The winter sports season at Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School was certainly one to remember as all eight varsity teams were named Scholar-Athlete teams by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
In order to qualify the student-athletes must have acquired a collective 90% grade point average or more. In addition to the teams there were standout individual performances by the ESM athletes.
Both the girls and boys bowling teams received the NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Award. The boys' team also won the League 2 Championship; they had the Section XI Wildcard Tournament High Scorer and were a Playoff Qualifier. For the boys Jacob Lerit earned All-League honors and Logan Silbert was named All-League and All-County.
The boys winter track team also won a title when they won the League III Championship title, as well as the Section XI Small School County Championship title while the Girls Winter Track were also named a Scholar-Athlete Team. Separately Amaya Agudo earned All-League and All-County, Colleen Carroll also got the nod for All-League and All-County, Sarah Cluff, Meghan Burst, Sophia Colavito, Maddie Laezza, Elsie Martin, Lila McCarthy, Sara Mikula and Brooke Springsteen all made All-League. For the boys' team Justin Albanese led the way with All-League, All-County and All-State. Paul Zorn was named All-League and All-County. Will the other All-League honors go to Aiden Campbell, Christian Capolino, Jaden Flood, Riley Gimpel, Hyan Sy, Paul Zorn. Individually seniors Jaden Flood and Allyson Justesen were recognized for their outstanding athletic and academic endeavors with the 2024 NYS AHPERD Suffolk Zone Award. Sponsored by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the award recognizes one male and one female Suffolk County highschool senior from each school district who exemplifies outstanding scholastic ability, physical education performance and leadership qualities.
The Girls Varsity Basketball team were named a Scholar-Athlete Team with Sara Langdon taking home All-League honors and Karma Gould being named the Unsung Hero.
The Boys Varsity Basketball also was named a Scholar-Athlete Team. They were led by Sait Coskuntuncel who went All-League and All-Academic and Brady McGowan who was named All-League and All-Conference.
The Wrestling team and Competition Cheer teams also were named Scholar-Athlete Teams. The Cheer team had Cassandrah Catalano and Kaelyn McCall each take home an Academic All-County nod.