The Lynbrook Owls had much to celebrate during Varsity Fall Sports Recognition Night. The Varsity Football team clinched the Long Island Championship for the first time since 1992. MSG ranked the team as the Number One small school team in the tri-state area, and the team ranked 25th in the National Football Foundation’s final Tri-State poll. The Girls Cross Country team finished their season as Conference champs. In addition, the Boys Soccer team won the Nassau Officials Team Sportsmanship Award, while the Girls Volleyball team was the winner of the Conference I Sportsmanship award.
Scholar-Athlete teams
The Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Football, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, and Girls Volleyball teams were all named scholar-athlete teams.
Five coaches honored
Steve LoCicero was named Nassau County Football Coach of the Year, Dotty Amitrano earned Conference Coach of the Year for Swimming, Josh Berlin was named Conference Coach of the Year in Soccer, and Joe Beyrer earned the Conference Coach of the Year title in Girls Cross Country. In addition, Fred DeRuvo received the Nassau Coaches Association Lifetime Coaching Award in Cross Country.
Individual Awards
On the individual level, there were one All-Metro Honorable Mention, one All-Long Island, six All-County, one All-County Honorable Mention, seventeen All-Conference, five All-Division and two All-Class players named. One sportsmanship award winner and two scholar-athletes were also named.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
All-Division: Peter Lithen, Jesse Bua, Luke Germanakos
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
All-Conference: Hannah Deegan, Kacey Carter, Hannah Carlson, Sammy Harris
All-Division: Marissa Bellusci, Hannah Barroso
FOOTBALL
1st Team All New York State: Mike
Kozlakowski
2nd Team All New York State: Travis Loch
Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year: Paul Magloire
All-Metro Honorable Mention: Travis Lock
All-Long Island: Mike Kozlakowski
All-County: Paul Magloire, Travis Lock, Connor Daly, Brandon Cheney
Unsung Hero: Mike King, Chris King
All-Conference: Mike Calderone, Luke Spitzer
BOYS SOCCER
All-County: Angelo Messina
All-County Honorable Mention: Damian Andreani
All-Conference: Richard Bellusci, James Kirby, Michael Milillo, Andrew Marks, Gonzalo Andreani
Senior Scholar-Athlete Award: Andrew Marks
NSCAA Scholar All-Eastern Region Team:
Andrew Marks
GIRLS SOCCER
All-Conference: Carrie Feltkamp
All-Class: Samantha Greenberg, Mariel Messilaty
Scholar-Athlete: Julie Wigand
GIRLS SWIMMING
All-Conference: Leyla Canpolat, Christine Randazzo, Adrienne Germanakos
GIRLS TENNIS
All-Conference: Cathy Aronin
Sportsmanship: Mariam Ayvazyan
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
All-County: Taylor Garrett
All-Conference: Kasey Keller