Finley Boys’ Volleyball Preps for New Season

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School boys’ volleyball team is returning for a new season. Tryouts will begin on Monday, January 26. The squad will be coached by Washington Primary School physical education teacher Eric Mininni, who has coached on the varsity, JV and middle school levels during his career.

The team is bused immediately after school to Woodhull Intermediate School, where it practices in the gym there. Games will be played in the Finley gym. A Hudl camera has been installed in the Finley gym so games can be livestreamed and viewed on the Finley Blue Devil Sports YouTube channel.

Send a message to Coach Mininni at emininni@hufsd.edu for more information if you are interested in playing. No previous experience is necessary.

If parents have not already done so, they should visit the Final Forms website and create a free account. If such an account already exists, it should take only a matter of minutes to complete the sign-up.

To register, visit this link https://huntington-ny.finalforms.com and electronically complete all forms. A step by step Parent Playbook flyer can be found at this link: FinalForms Playbook

Consent forms can be signed digitally along with other required paperwork, including interval health history forms and physical exam reports. Any digital device can be used to access Final Forms.

Need help creating an account? Call the athletic office at 631.673.2017 or send a message to Nicole Haas at nhaas@hufsd.edu.

A 10 meet schedule has been issued by Section XI. It looks like a great year lies ahead. Meets have been at home with Accompsett-Blue, East Northport, Accompsett-White, Commack-White and Commack-Gold and away at Stimson-Maroon, Northport, Stimson-White, West Hollow and Candlewood.

The first meet will be held in the Finley gym on February 3 at 5 p.m. against visiting Accompsett-Blue. The season wraps up with a meet on March 25 at home against Commack-Gold at 4:45 p.m.

Students should look for flyers posted around the building. Those interested in participating in the Winter Season II sports program need to be cleared by school nurse Kay Khohkar. Students must present proof of a physical exam within the past 12 months and submit a signed interval health history form.

For information about getting cleared/requalified for participation send a message to Mrs. Khohkar at kkhohkar@hufsd.edu.

Mininni has been a Huntington physical education teacher since September 1998. A graduate of Oceanside High School, he obtained an undergraduate degree at Towson State University in athletic training and physical education and a master’s degree at Adelphi University in health. He completed his administrative certification through Stony Brook University.

Mr. Minnini has coached varsity softball, middle school, junior varsity and varsity boys’ and girls’ volleyball, middle school boys’ track and field, junior varsity girls’ tennis and middle school boys’ tennis.