Sport Award Highlights Archive

The varsity sports awards were held on June 4th in the Performing Arts Center at FHS. Teams and individuals were recognized for their outstanding performances on the field and in the classroom. Over one hundred students earned scholar athlete awards. Seventy seven students earned post season honors in their sport, including twenty eight All-County honors and eight All-State honors. Our girls’ basketball, cheerleading, football, boys’ soccer, and baseball teams qualified for the playoffs. Our soccer and baseball teams hosted their first playoff game in over a decade. The girls’ basketball team made it to the final four, the football team finished as Nassau County finalists, and of course, our cheerleading team won the Nassau County Championship and placed 5th in the State Championship. Student athletes at Dodd and on JV teams were celebrated during their sports awards as well. 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the sixteen wrestlers who qualified for the Nassau County Championship, held February 10-11 at Hofstra.  The team finished 3rd overall in the county. Seven students placed. Lee Mauras earned a wild card seed and qualified for the NYS Wrestling Championship, which will be held in Albany, New York February 24-25

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The Freeport cheerleading team competed on February 10-11, at the UCA Nationals and qualified in group B of the semi-finals with a score of 83.8 and 5th place out of twenty-two teams. In the semi-finals, the team scored an 84.1. Fourteen teams out of twenty-eight made the final; Freeport placed 16th, missing by .07 points.  This was the first Freeport team in history to make the semifinals and they received two of the highest scores ever in a UCA event.  The team’s performance in semis, “rocked the new Cheer arena at Disney's Wide World of Sports,” said coach Laurie Kolodny.  Coaches Laurie Kolodny, Erica Groover and Christina Prisco are proud beyond belief!  “The last month had been an incredible time for us. We've come to nationals hitting our last 3 routines and to put those routines on the mat was exceptional!” Moving forward this season, Freeport is ranked #1 going into counties which will be held at Wantagh HS on Sunday, February 25.  Good luck to the team as the competes for a trip to the State Championships!

 

Freeport High School teacher Meredith Jones received the 2017 Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award by the Nassau Zone of New York State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. She was recognized for her outstanding achievement as a physical education teacher at a ceremony held at Adelphi University on June 12, 2017. Pictured left to right: Jonathan Bloom, Director of PE, Health & Athletics, Jackie Beihoff, Awards Chair, Meredith Jones, PE & Health Teacher, and Tara Nelson , Nassau Zone President.

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The Freeport Cheerleading program hosted its 17th annual competition on January 28 at Freeport High School. Fifty eight teams from all over Long Island competed in the event. Hauppauge won the Small Varsity D1 division with host Freeport bringing down the house with their incredible performance placing 2nd, Wantagh 3rd, MacArthur 4th and Sachem North 5th. "The energy in the gym during this competition was electric. While Freeport was performing, it was like you could feel the gym shake. They were that incredible," coaches Laurie Kolodny and Cheryl Gayle said. "This is the absolute best performance any Freeport team has done by far in years. We couldn't be any prouder of our girls. Thank you to all the families, friends, administrators, Board Members and cheerleaders for making this competition a huge success."

Congratulations to Isela Amaya Merino and Domingo Batista for being selected as our 2016 Outstanding Physical Education Student award recipients. Each year, two seniors from every Nassau County school are selected by their high school physical education staff on the basis of scholastic leadership, physical performance, physical fitness levels, services and leadership abilities. The awards dinner was held at the Crest Hollow County Club on Monday December 12, 2016

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Congratulations to the varsity football team on winning the Long Island Class I Championship for the 5th time!

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