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RUNNING DOWN A DREAM

chronicles the recruiting process of the nation's top player -  Nicole Kaczmarski of Sachem High School

 

 

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HERE ARE LONG ISLAND'S TOP PLAYERS, TEAMS AND COACHES FOR 2008

 

              updated 11/15

2008 PRE-SEASON All ISLAND TEAM

Top Seniors Top Juniors Top  Sophomores Top Freshmen
Top Point Guards Top  Forward/Centers Top Best College Prospects  Top Athletes
Top 10 HS Teams on Long Island

 

2008 ALL-ISLAND TEAM 

The All-Island team is chosen based on years performances, feedback from high school coaches and yes, sometimes even you the fans. The final Long Island Girl's High School Hoops All-Island Team was selected based upon regular and post season performances for 2007-08.

 

Players receiving consideration: updating throughout October/November 2007

 

Janine Aldridge, 5'11 - Sr. - Massapequa HS

Kristine Best, 5'4 - Sr. - St. Anthony's HS

Courtney Breen, 5'9 - Sr. - Hicksville HS

Kelly Cavallo, 6'1 - Sr. - Westhampton HS

Shneeka Center, 5'11 - Soph. - Smithtown West HS

Caitlyn Costello, 5'11 - Jr. - Holy Trinity HS

Kristen Doherty, 5'9 - Soph. - Sachem East HS

Taylor Flynn, 5'8 - Jr. - Holy Trinity HS

Gabrielle Gibson, 5'8 - Jr. - Copiague HS

Terry Green, 6' - Jr. - Holy Trinity HS

Christine Huber, 6'3  - Jr. - St. John the Baptist HS

Dani Iervelino, 5'4 - Sr. - St. John the Baptist HS

Dominique Johnson, 5'4 - Sr. Floyd HS

Felicia Joyner, 5'7 - Sr. - St. John the Baptist HS 

Michelle Kurowski, 5'7 - Sr. - Hicksville HS

Tara Lonergan, 6'1 - Jr. - Southside HS

Jackie McKenna, 6'1 - Jr. - Glenn HS

Eugeneia McPherson, 5'7 - Jr. - No. Babylon HS

Emma O'Connor, 6'1 - Soph. - Kellenberg HS

Jasmine Pitts, 5'6 - Sr. - Long Beach HS

Samantha Prahalis, 5'7 - Sr. - Commack HS

Lauren Rivera, 5'5 - Sr. - Elmont HS

Kelly Ryan, 5'10 - Sr. - Harborfields HS

Briana Sloper, 6' - Sr. - Sacred Heart HS

Tisha Stiklackas, 6' - Sr. - Wantagh HS

Megan Vasquez, 5'8 - Jr. - Calhoun HS

Ieasia Walker, 5'8 - Jr. - Copiague HS

 

TOP SENIORS return to top Updating throughout of Oct. 2007

 

Janine Aldridge - 5'10 - Massapequa HS

Kristine Best - 5'4 - St. Anthony's HS

Courtney Breen - 5'7 - Hicksville HS

Kelly Cavallo - 6'1 - Westhampton HS 

Danielle Iervolino - 5'5 - St. John the Baptist HS

Dominique Johnson - 5'4 - William Floyd HS

Michelle Kurowski - 5'8 - Hicksville HS

Samantha Prahalis - 5'6 - Commack HS 

Kelly Ryan - 5'10 - Harborfields HS 

Briana Sloper - 6'0 - Sacred Heart Academy

 

Others receiving consideration: 

Amanda Affigne - Wheatley; Valeri Ahrens - Island Trees; Katie Anello - Smithtown East; Ariel Bailey - Great Neck South; Katie Barnosky - Whitman; Ashley Bell - Riverhead; Erin Breen - Hicksville; Michelle Buoncore - Kings Park; Michele Caravella - Harborfields; Kim Cardenas - Seaford; Natalie Castano - Herricks; Karly Cohen - Hicksville; Kerry Collins - Centereach; Brianna Cook - Freeport; Marie Cordaro - SWR; Sinead Cordero - Riverhead; Brittany Coverdale - Bayport; Denise Crawford - Roosevelt; Kathryn Cronin - St. John the Baptist; Dominique Cunningham - Copiague; Jasmine Davis - Baldwin; Liz DeMarco - Whitman; Kristen Derespiris - OLMA; Jasmine Ducker - Newfield; Liz Fairman - Deer Park; Maria Feehan - Glenn; Julie Finlay - Holy Trinity; Theresa Foley - Centereach; Alexandra Foukalas - Roslyn; Jasmine Fuller - Calhoun; Alexis Gabbe - Malverne; Eileen Gaffney - Manhasset; Megan Galvin - Floral Park; Jackie Gentile; Kim Gianquinto - Massapequa; Kaitlyn Gillespie - VSS; Megan Gwynn - Brentwood; Liz Handy - Friends Academy; Donna K. Henry - Roosevelt; Shemique Hooks - Westbury; Kelli Hughes - E. Rockaway; Felicia Joyner - St John the Baptist; Tamara Kaileh - Kings Park; Kate Kissane - Westhampton; Kayla Koch - Kings Park; Genna Kovar - Hampton Bays; Sammy Krantz - Hampton Bays; Jen LaMaida - Herricks; Rebecca Levy - Calhoun; Ashley Lewis - Locust Valley; Kayla Lewis - Riverhead; Melissa Luxembourg - Harborfields; Becky Lynch - Garden City; Matile Mangual - Clarke; Jasmine Mann - Bellport; Jackie  Mazzetta - Pt. Washington; Colleen McCaffrey - Mt. Sinai; Kathleen McGrath - Bethpage; Madison McHugh - Herricks; Brenna McKelvey - East Islip; Jamie Medlock - Mineola; Erica Melchione - Wheatley; Stefanie Mignone - Sachem East; Kaitlyn Milazzo - Commack; Isabelle Mirman - Oyster Bay; Kim Mui - Herricks; Shanell Neal - Wyandanch; Katie Norwood - Southside; Justine O' Callahan - Floral Park; Michele Paolella - Southside; Claire Peterson - Wantagh; Colleen Pisciotta - Babylon; Jasmine Pitts - Long Beach HS; Angie Platia  Sewanhaka; Whitney Quackenbush - Manhasset; Tina Rando - Shelter Island; Nicole Redding - Smithtown West; Kristen Reynolds - North Shore; Lauren Rivera - Elmont; Candace Rossi - Farmingdale; Nicole Rufrano - Patch-Medford; Cara Savarese - Syosset; Arielle Schneider - Plainview JFK; Casey Scully - Huntington; Liz Shapiro - Great Neck North; Shannon Smith - West Babylon; Megan Stange - Deer Park; Tisha Stiklickas - Wantagh;  Sara Sullivan - Division; Tenea Stilley - Westhampton; Kelly Stoothoff - Bayport; Morgan Taylor - Friends Academy; Nicole Thomas; Kaneesha Turpin - Bellport; Kim Vareles - St. Dominic's; Tania Williams - Ward Melville; Maril Yehudian - Great Neck South; Jackie Zilnicki - Riverhead   

 

 

TOP JUNIORS return to top Updating throughout of Oct. 2007

 

Caitlyn Costello - 5'11 - Holy Trinity HS

Taylor Flynn - 5'8 - St. Anthony's HS

Gabrielle Gibson - 5'8 - Copiague HS

Terry Green - 6'0 - Holy Trinity HS

Christine Huber - 6'4 - St. John the Baptist HS

Tara Lonergan - 6'1 - Southside HS

Jackie McKenna - 6'1 - Glenn HS

Eugenia McPherson - 5'7 - Deer Park HS 

Megan Vasquez - 5'8 - Calhoun HS

Ieasia Walker - 5'8 - Copiague HS

 

Others receiving consideration: 

Caroline Alessi - Friends Academy; Christine Banos - Syosset; Kim Basel - Whitman; Meghan Biondolillo - Island Trees; Casey Bishop - Harborfields; Alex Boyle - Smithtown East; Samantha Breidenbach - Northport; Emily Brennan - CSH; Stephanie Brock - Carle Place; Kasyrah Bryant - No. Babylon; Genise Burnett - New Hyde Park; Ashley Caggiano - Sachem East; Nicolette Colon - Commack; Jenna Davis - Division; Kelly Dempsey - Hicksville;  Jasmine De Pompeo - Sayville; Kim Doyle - Pt. Washington; Dana Dunwoody - Clarke; Carolyn Fann - Roslyn; Katie Feldman - Glenn; Maliqua Fisher - No. Babylon; Julie Forster - Huntington; Kim Geidell - Harborfields; Nakaira Gibson - St. Dominic's; Alexis Gonzalez - Hauppauge; Kate Hartnett - Floral Park; Kerry Hicks - Huntington; Shannon Ingram - Floral Park; Brittany Jenkins - Malverne; Amanda Jimenez - Brentwood; Chloe Johnson - St. Mary's; Kayleen Kelty - VSC; Leah Kepping - Northport; Caitlyn Klaum - Floral Park; Alex Lanieri - Pt. Jefferson; Toni Ann Lawrence - Elmont; Charniece McCullough - Wyandanch; Kaitlyn McGayhey - Shelter Island; Isabelle Mahoney - SWR; Alexis Maisonet - Sacred Heart; Maria Marascia - Huntington; Christine Marra - HHH West; Erin Meade - Smithtown Christian; Megan Millhaven - Mac Arthur;  Liz Novotony - Patch-Medford; Katie O'Brien - Mepham; Catherine Pastor - Hewlett; Linda Periera - Newfield; Nikki Petrucci - Locust Valley; Siobhon Purvis - Amityville; Kim Ridini - Syosset; Brooke Rogola - Division; Ikema Ross - Bellport; Connie Simmons - Syosset; Caroline Smolenski - New Hyde Park; Danielle Spiliotis - Stony Brook School; Alyssa Steele - Malverne; Nicole Sullivan - Carey; Kim Von Bourgondien - Southold; Aniya Webb - Wyandanch 

 

TOP SOPHOMORES return to top Updating throughout Oct. 2007

Shneeka Center - 5'11 - Smithtown West HS

Kristen Doherty - 5'7 - Sachem East HS

Sarah English - 6'3 - Smithtown West HS

Shannon Flynn - 5'4 - St. Mary's HS

Bria Hartley - 5'6 - No. Babylon HS

Alyssa Leonard - 5'4 - Bay Shore HS

Diana Leondis - 5'5 - Garden City HS 

Siara Lowry - 5'8 - Uniondale HS

Emma O'Connor - 6'1 - Kellenberg HS

Simone Thomas - 5'10 - Roosevelt HS

 

Others receiving consideration: 

Andrea Arnold - Massapequa; Jessica Bandrowski - C. Moriches; Emily Bongiorno - Mt. Sinai; Keri Bongiovanni - Oyster Bay; Amanda Brisson - Eastport; Colleen Burke - Southside;  Nicole Caggiano - Sachem East; Nailah Cherry - Roosevelt; Samantha Corbitt - Roosevelt; Nicole Crew - Mac Arthur; Emily Cummins - Riverhead; Brianna Cunningham - Malverne; Siah Davis - Newfield; Emily DeArchangelis - E. Rockaway; Megan Eastwood - Amityville; Sarah English - Smithtown West; Megan Foehl - Whitman; Shayna Gaitling - Baldwin; Kaylie Gregory - Bethpage; Hope Heiselman - Rocky Point; Allison Herschlein - Locust Valley; Georgi Holland - Ward Melville; Jordan Holt - Longwood HS (transferred from West Coast); Kaitlyn Hopkins - Sachem East; Kristin Insardi - CSH; Cassie Janaitis - Rocky Point; Lauren Johnson - Mepham; Jessica Little - Wyandanch; Melissa Marshall - Amityville; Karli Nunez - Mercy; Ifeanyi Ofili - Uniondale; Widlyn Paul - HHH East; Stefanie Pisacano - Mattituck; Marlene Ricketts - Westbury; Sarah Rizik - Sachem North; Michelle Ross; Jackie Sileo - Wantagh; Sadie Singer - Stony Brook; Rachel Tufano - Hampton Bays; Ruth Vargas - Brentwood; Sarah Vivante - Bethpage; Samantha Wagner - Smithtown East; Kim Weathers - Wyandanch   

 

TOP FRESHMEN return to top 

Abbey Beltrani, Ward Melville; Brannon Burke, Port Jefferson; Kelsey DeGraw, Ward Melville; Sabina Fayman, Holy Trinity; Amber Furtado, St. Mary's; Kate Gawrych, Holy Trinity; Laura Hill, East Islip, Kayla Jerido, Ross; Alyssa Lagara, Bay Shore; Alexandra Leftridge, Glenn; Stephanie Leon, Northport; Taylor Lombardo, Bay Shore; Karen Maurer, Ward Melville; Dana McLaughlin, Carle Place; Kristen McMahon, Patch-Medford; Jane Mitchell, Huntington; Lindsay Minor, HHH East; Deanna Molinelle, Miller Place; Latasha Morris, Freeport; Megan Mullani, Sewanhaka; Alexis Smith, SJB; Barbara Sullivan, Garden City; Kamela Thompson, Newfield; Chelsea Williams, Copiague; Jessica Winston, Stony Brook

 

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE LEARN WHICH FRESHMEN ARE GOING TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND NEW FRESHMEN MAKE JUMP FROM EITHER JV OR JUNIOR HIGH BALL IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS) 

 

** TO BE CONSIDERED FOR TOP TEN FRESHMEN, PLAYERS MUST BE PLAYING VARSITY BALL ** 

 

TOP POINT GUARDS return to top (UPDATING throughout 10/07)

Kristine Best - 5'4 - Sr. -  St. Anthony's HS

Danielle Iverlino - 5'4 - Sr. -  St. John the Baptist HS

Dominique Johnson - 5'4 - Sr. - Floyd HS

Lauren Rivera - 5'5 - Sr. Elmont HS  

Ieasia Walker - 5'8 - Jr. - Copiague HS 

 

TOP GUARDS return to top (UPDATING throughout 10/07)

Kristen Doherty - 5'9 - Soph. - Sachem East HS

Michelle Kurowksi - 5'8 -Sr. Hicksville HS

Eugeneia McPherson - 5'7 - Jr. - Deer Park HS

Samantha Prahalis - 5'6 - Sr. - Commack HS

Megan Vasquez - 5'8 - Jr. - Calhoun HS

 

TOP FORWARDS/CENTERS return to top (UPDATING throughout 10/07)

Janine Aldridge - 5'11 - Sr. - Massapequa HS

Kelly Cavallo - 6'1 - Sr. - Westhampton HS 

Terry Green - 6'0 - Jr. - Holy Trinity HS

Christine Huber - 6'4 - Jr. - St. John the Baptist HS

Jackie McKenna - 6'1 - Jr. - Glenn HS

 

TOP ATHLETES return to top (UPDATING throughout 10/07)

Dominique Johnson - 5'4 - Sr. - Longwood HS

Kristine Best - 5'4 - Sr. - St. Anthony's HS

Eugenia McPherson - 5'9 - Jr. - Deer Park HS

Samantha Prahalis - 5'6 - Sr. - Commack HS

Ieasia Walker - 5'8 - Jr. - Copiague HS 

 

TOP BEST COLLEGE PROSPECTS (UPDATING throughout 10/07)

Janine Aldridge - 5'11 - Sr. - Massapequa HS

Kristine Best - 5'4 - Sr. - St. Anthony's HS

Kelly Cavallo - 6'1 - Sr. - Westhampton HS

Shneeka Center - 5'11 - Soph. - Smithtown West HS

Caitlin Costello - 5'11 - Jr. - Holy Trinity HS

Kristen Doherty - 5'9 - Soph. - Sachem East HS

Julia Finlay - 5'8 - Sr.  Holy Trinity HS

Taylor Flynn - 5'8 - Jr. St. Anthony's HS

Gabrielle Gibson - 5'8 - Jr. - Copiague HS

Terry Green - 6'0 - Jr. - Holy Trinity HS

Bria Hartley - 5'8 - Soph. - No. Babylon HS

Christine Huber - 6'4 - Jr. - St. John the Baptist HS

Dani Iervelino - 5'4 - Sr. - St. John the Baptist HS

Dominique Johnson - 5'4 - Sr. - Floyd HS

Felicia Joyner - 5'7 - Sr. - St. John the Baptist HS

Michelle Kurowski - 5'9 - Sr. - Hicksville HS

Tara Lonergan - 5'11 - Jr. - Southside HS  

Jackie McKenna - 6'1 - Jr. - Glenn HS

Eugenia McPherson - 5'9 - Jr. - Deer Park HS

Christine Marra - 5' 4 - Jr. - HHH West HS

Emma O'Connor - 6'1 - Soph. - Kellenberg HS

Jasmine Pitts - 5'6 - Sr. - Long Beach HS

Samantha Prahalis - 5'6 - Sr. - Commack HS

Lauren Rivera - 5'5 - Sr. - Elmont HS

Megan Vasquez 5'8 - Jr. - Calhoun HS 

Ieasia Walker - 5'8 - Jr. - Copiague HS

 

TOP 10 TEAMS (Large Schools) ON LONG ISLAND  return to top  (Updating throughout 11/07 - this is last years rankings)

  1. (2)        St. John the Baptist's (23-5) CHSAA AA Champions (#3 NYSSWA Rankings - AA)

  2. (1)        No. Babylon (24-2) - Long Island AA champion (#5 NYSSWA Rankings - AA)

  3. (10)      Hicksville (16-7) - Nassau AA champion (#12 NYSSWA Rankings - AA) 

  4. (1)        Massapequa (20-1) (#18 NYSSWA Rankings - AA)

  5. (5)        Elmont (17-3) (#20 NYSSWA Rankings - AA)

  6. (6)        Commack (19-4) (#15 NYSSWA Rankings - AA)

  7. (4)        Sachem East (20-2) (#17 NYSSWA Rankings - AA)

  8. (9)        Copiague (18-4) 

  9. (8)        Calhoun (16-4)

  10.             HHH West (17-4) 

Others receiving votes: 

Brentwood (16-5), Farmingdale (15-5), Herricks (14-5), Mac Arthur (12-6), Northport (14-7), Oceanside (13-6), Port Washington (13-7), Smithtown East (14-5), Syosset (12-8), Ward Melville (14-5), Whitman (12-8)

 

TOP 10 TEAMS (SMALL SCHOOLS) ON LONG ISLAND  

 

1.   (3)   Wyandanch (22-4) - LI Class B Champion (#4 NYSSWA Rankings - B)

2.   (5)   Harborfields (18-7) - LI Class A Champion (#8 NYSSWA Rankings - A)

3.   (7)   Floral Park (18-5) Nassau Class A Champion (#12 NYSSWA Rankings - A)

4.   (10)  Sacred Heart (18-7) 

5.   (2)   Huntington (21-1) (#17 NYSSWA Rankings - A)

6.   ( )   Great Neck South (19-3)

7.   ( )    Locust Valley (19-3) - Nassau Class B Champion (#6 NYSSWA Rankings - B)

8.   (4)   Wantagh (17-5) 

9.   (8)   Glenn (16-5) 

10. (1)    St. Dominic's (18-7) 

Others receiving votes:

Division (13-7), Garden City (16-5), Island Trees (14-6), Kings Park (15-5), Malverne (15-5) (#20 NYSSWA Rankings - B), Manhasset (12-7), Roslyn (16-5),  Southold (14-7), Stony Brook (21-3 - LI Class C Champions) (#7 NYSSWA Rankings - C), SWR (11-9), Westhampton (16-4).


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