ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Welcome to the home of the

award winning athletic program.

SPORTS NEWS:
Email the Winter Coaches
For a complete listing of all game schedules and directions to the games, go to the Section XI website

New Features!

Bob Williams Photo Pages
Homecoming Photos & Video

Community Health & Fitness Day
Presented by the Commack Athletic Department
Active Bodies-Healthy Minds™ pilot
Connecting physical fitness with emotional wellness for teenagers. Series of physical fitness routines that infuse social and emotional competencies. Look for upcoming events to experience this invigorating and innovative program. They will be posted here!

The Commack Girls Varsity Bowling team celebrated their first program victory in the history of Commack HS, with a win over West Babylon 34-6. Leaders for the match were Alanna Norotsky, Nicole Apps, Sabina Mehmood, and Danielle Tedesco. Congratulations girls, and good luck the rest of the season. Commack will open the second half of their matches in the new year, home against Bay Shore on Monday 1/5 at Commack Vets.

Commack 2nd at Amityville Duals
Commack entered this year’s Amityville Duals as a late replacement for their snowed out Kings Park Tournament and the Cougars responded in fine fashion on short rest. Their opening round loss to West Babylon, 55-27, was their only loss of the tournament as they rattled off three straight victories after the opener over Longwood “B”, 58-25, South Windsor (CT), 39-24, and host Amityville, 56-16.

Wrestler of the Week (Jan.3) is Junior Rocco DeForca!
DiMattei Advances to the Finals at Hills, Eight CHS Wrestlers Place! Led by junior Garrett DiMattei (125), a young Cougar wrestling squad fought their way through the grueling wrestle back rounds to place nine men at the Half Hollow Hills Holiday Tournament. The Cougars were nearly unstoppable on the second day of the ten-team two-day tournament. Garrett was the only Commack wrestler to advance to the finals and was voted the team’s Outstanding Wrestler for the meet.

The New York State Public High School Athletic
Association presented the School of Distinction Award to Commack High School on October 14. Congratulations to all of our teams and the Athletic Department.

And...Jeremy Thode, our AD, has been named the Physical Education Director of the Year by NYSAPHERD - Suffolk Zone at a conference on October 23 at St. Johns in Oakdale. Congratulations!!

Congratulations to our Varsity Gymnastics team who come into the county finals ranked 3rd in Suffolk.

Four girls received All-County: honors:

Courtney Mangini

Alyssa Burns

Lindsey Botter

Shannon VonBraunsberg

PHOTOS!

Six girls received All-League: honors:

Jessica Weiss

Dianna Felberbaum

Brittany Larocca

Krisitine Meyer

Jennifer Marburger

Jessica Fabrizio

Congratulations to Girls Varsity Soccer players Alysa Brandofino , who made the ALL EAST REGION TEAM, and to Alysa and Kelsey Dlugos, who both made the All STATE TEAMS!

Alyssa Brandofino was Named to Newsdays All Long Island Girls Soccer Team for the 2008 season.

Congratulations to CHS seniors Kristen Haller and Chris Longo, who were awarded the Suffolk Zone Physical Education Students of the Year Award.

Scholar athlete David Hall has signed a
National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Temple University. David has also been named to the 2009 Under Armour National Pre-season All American team. Congrats on receiving both athletic and academic scholarships.

The Girls Cross Country team performed very well at the Section XI Championship Race. Out of the large schools of Suffolk County, three of our seven varsity athletes qualified for All-County First Team:
Lisa Pellegrino
Allison Stapleton
Gabriella Botticelli
Only the top 11 athletes who complete the race qualify for this honor.

Congratulations to senior Christopher Longo, who will be signing a national letter of intent on November 12th with St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, a NCAA D-1 institution. Christopher will be receiving a scholarship for baseball, and has also been named as a 2009 Under Armour National Pre-season All American.

GIRLS TENNIS UPDATE: Congratulations for taking second place in Suffolk County! The girls defeated Bayport-Bluepoint, HHH East and East Islip to make it all the way to the finals of the County Tournament, but lost to a very powerful Westhampton team. It's been an amazing season for the tennis team who finished overall with a 12 and 4 record. Photos & More Photos!

The Commack JV Girls Tennis team competed in what turned out to be an unbelievable season. Commack's record was 11-1, finishing 1st in their league and making them League I JV Champions!! These girls earned the respect of other schools in the league whose coaches now know that next year....Commack is the team to beat!!!!!

The JV Girls Soccer team finished off a great season with a record of 8-4-2. The leading goal scorer was captain Ashley Prinz with 8 goals, and freshman goalie Katie Sollenne led the defense saving an average of 14 shots a game. All of the girls worked extremely hard and they all should be very proud of what they accomplished this season. They grew tremendously as individual players and as a team.
Photos JV Soccer

New Photos! The Girls Varsity Volleyball Team v. Bay Shore in the Playoffs. Thanks Bob! The girls had a final league record of 8-4, 10-5 overall.

Congratulations to the JV Football Team for their exciting victory over Patchogue-Medford 28-20. Notable efforts were made by Brandon Cook with 2 touchdowns and 251 yards rushing and by Frank Lentsch with 9 tackles. This was a team with spirit and heart!

Congratulations to the boy’s middle school cross country team for another undefeated season; a perfect record of 7-0. In addition to all the accomplishments of the season, the boy’s cross country team placed 4 runners in the top 10 out of 350 athletes during the Suffolk County Middle School Invitational at Sunken Meadow on October 16th, 2008. The strong performance from the boy’s team exemplified their hard work and dedication to be the best boy’s team in the Suffolk County. (Coach Graham and Valdes)

Congrats to the Boys JV Volleyball Team
Great Season! 12-2 Record

MRSA is once again in the news. In light of the recent focus on prevention of infectious diseases, and to maintain hygiene and good health practices within our schools, it is strongly recommended that all physical education and athletic attire and equipment be taken home on a daily basis to be cleaned and sanitized. Click here for more information and the letter from the Superintendent.

Homecoming Photos & Video
JV Football Photos
Varsity FB, Cheerleaders, Marching Band, Kickline Photos
JV9 Football Photos
Middle School Gr.8 Soccer Photos
Middle School Gr. 8 Football Photos

JV9 football had a tough game against Sachem East on 10/4. Photos below from the game. Thanks to Coach Joe Takacs for the photos.

Click on a photo for a larger view.

Girls Middle School Cross Country, a team of 67 members, is undefeated and unopposed, as they have yet to be scored upon. Erin Neville (7th grade) has placed first in every race with a personal best in the mile course of 6:02.

Congratulations to our cross-country team who had four members of the team selected to all-league.
Lisa Pellegrino
Allison Stapleton
Gabriella Botticelli
April Yoo

Photos of the Varsity 10/4 Game, plus Marching Band, Cheerleaders & Kickline
Click here for photos

Message from the Director

Check out the new photos of the teams here.

For a complete listing of all game schedules and directions to the games,
go to the Section XI website and click on "Schedules" or "Directions."

Athletic Department Schedules, updated daily.

Please use the links above for information before calling the athletic coordinators below.


Director of Health, Physical Education & Athletics	Jeremy Thode	912-2080
Athletic Coordinator, Commack High School	Pat Friel	912-2144
Athletic Coordinator, Commack Middle School	Eileen Cullen	858-3515
Lead Teacher, Commack Middle School	Theresa Bassett	858-3512

Links:
New! Fitness Fundamentals - http://www.hoptechno.com/book11.htm	Special Report: Steroids - September 2006 Issue of Performance Training Journal Nutrition - December 2007 Issue of Performance Training Journal
The Scholarship Divide: Expectations Lose to Reality of Sports Scholarships - Recruits Clamor for More From Coaches With Less	New Newsletter - Making Connections to Increase Student Achievement
Useful resources in regard to performance enhancing supplements: NSCA's website: www.nsca-lift.org.	Podcast - Dr. Hoffman discusses illegal substance abuse in professional, collegiate, and High School sports
Locks of Love Pics - http://www.locksoflove.org/ - http://www.naaf.org	There's been a recent rule change for prospective NCAA Student-Athletes
Email Addresses for Winter Coaches 2008	CHS Code Night Presentation - PowerPoint Viewer
Fall Sports Special Achievements Recognition	CMS Code Night Presentation - PowerPoint Viewer
Commack's Athletes Helping Athletes Website	Student Guidelines for Interscholastic Athletics
Sportsmanship for Spectator Guide	Elementary Website of Sportsmanship
Gatorade Sport Science Institute	NCAA.com
Health Links	Health News - Look Younger, Live Longer
Code of Conduct	Hazing Statistics & Occurrences
Physical Form	Newsday Sports
North Ridge Primary School Athletic Page	Interval Health Form
Wellness Committee

01/05/2009

Some Commack School District Web pages have links to other websites. These external Web addresses contain information created, published, maintained or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of Commack UFSD. Commack UFSD does not endorse, approve, certify or control these external Web pages and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of information located at such addresses. Use of any information obtained from such addresses is voluntary, and reliance on it should be taken only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness.