The Huntington High School boys’ soccer team is ready for a challenge this fall after reaching the Suffolk championship game last year for the first time in 57 seasons. The Blue Devils will take the field for the first day of practice on Monday, August 22 at 7:30 a.m. at the Manor Park turf field at East 5th Street in Huntington Station.
The Huntington varsity will led by head coach John Pagano and assistant coach Jason Suarez. The JV is coached by Jose Alfaro. The Blue Devils are expected to field a very competitive team.
Varsity play will open with four non-league games. Patchogue-Medford visits Blue Devil Stadium on Monday, August 29 at 5 p.m. Huntington travels to Rocky Point on Wednesday, August 31 at 6:45 p.m. Riverhead comes calling on Friday, September 2 at 4 p.m. and William Floyd visits on Tuesday, September 6 at 4:30 p.m.
A dozen league games follow against Bay Shore, Walt Whitman, Lindenhurst, Commack, Copiague, Northport, Half Hollow Hills East, West Islip, North Babylon, Brentwood, Smithtown West and Central Islip.
Huntington graduated nine players off last fall’s sensational team. Varsity returnees and promising players on last year’s JV will be asked to fill in the void created by the departing athletes.
Three graduating Blue Devil players were honored at the 54th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony. Pagano presented the senior MVP Award to Daniel Alzate, who plans to try and break into the professional ranks. The Most Improved Player Award went to Julio Martinez, who is heading to the University at Albany. Jose Flores garnered the Coaches Award.
Varsity veterans set to return this fall include Roman Borovica, Jerson Contreras-Moreira, Vincent Grassi, Dylan Hayden, Ian Husselbeck, Kieran Husselbeck, Bryan Lizama, Edwin Marroquin Chavez, Enzo Pupillo, Dante Salgado, Kevin Velez Rua and Justin Villatoro.
Interested in playing for the Blue Devils? Send a message to Coach Pagano at jpagano@hufsd.edu.
Every student needs to get re-qualified by the school nurse prior to each sport season. The nurse can only clear a student-athlete who has the following forms on file:
• Private Physical Exam Form (link below)
NYS Private Physical Examination Form for Athletes
• Interval Health History Form (link below)
Interval Health History for Sports Participation (English/Spanish)
Those who want to participate on the boys’ soccer team should report to the Huntington High School nurse’s office on Wednesday, August 17 at 9 a.m. to submit their private physical exam (if necessary) and interval health history forms. Any student who wants a physical exam by the school doctor should report to the nurse’s office at 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 18.
All Blue Devil sports student-athletes are also required to submit a blue parent permission form to their coach no later than the first day of tryouts/practice.
The form can be found at this link:
Parent Consent Form for Athletes (English/Spanish)