The best of the best showed up for the third annual National Football Foundation Girls QB Challenge last week at Smithtown West.
The challenge is similar to the boys' challenge where there are numerous events set up to test each quarterback's skill set as they compete for the best of the Island.
When the dust settled it was Longwood QB Claire Sclafani who stood above the rest. Sclafani was named the overall winner of the event. She was as excited as can be as her screams of joy filled the air and then immediately, she went on to thank her teammate and WR Liana Collazo, who has worked with her tirelessly.
Sclafani takes over for her former teammate who was selected to the All Long Island team. Last season she wasn't under center but still made an impression with 46 catches for 712 yards and six touchdowns as well as playing linebacker. She had one game as the signal caller last season and looked good with 235 yards and three TD passes.
In other categories Sachem East’s Sofia Larrea won the accuracy challenge and Half Hollow Hills’ Samantha Heyman won for the best football IQ.
Larrea earned the title of Accuracy Champion and had a standout showing in every event. She was named a 3rd Team All-State athlete earlier this year.
Larrera had such an impressive performance that former Jet lineman Jumbo Elliot took to X to say "Baller alert. Congrats Sofia!"