The J. Taylor Finley Middle School Winter Season II will begin on Monday, January 13.

The “blue” and “white” J. Taylor Middle School boys’ basketball teams are both on the court and doing their best make daily improvements and to win.

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School girls’ soccer “white” team played its collective heart out this past fall. The 17 player squad was captained by Brianna Zavala Reyes, Annabel Stein, Annie Lopez Berrios and Mackenzie Conklin.

The two J. Taylor Finley Middle School girls’ volleyball teams are in the midst of their season. Each squad will play 10 meets, split evenly between home and away sites.

Six Huntington UFSD fall interscholastic athletic teams have captured Section XI Sportsmanship Awards. Each of the squads will be given a certificate to display at the respective school.

Seventh grader Rylan Hook and eighth grader Kenny Canas captained and paced the Finley-White boys’ soccer team this fall. The 20 player squad was coached by science teacher Andrew Marcy.

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School boys’ soccer “blue” team battled its foes hard in all 10 games. Win or lose, the 26 player strong squad kept the pressure on the opposing defense. Indeed, Finley scored 13 goals in games that it lost and was never held scoreless in any contest.

Challenges. The J. Taylor Finley Middle School football team faced them this fall. While the team fell short of accomplishing its goals, players took pride in wearing their blue and white uniforms and taking the field for the Blue Devils.

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School “Blue” girls’ soccer team wrapped up its season under new head coach Oscar Aguilar Cruz. The squad consisted almost exclusively of seventh graders, who all worked hard and gave their teammates and coach everything they had.

The Finley Middle School field hockey had an interesting season. Call it “refuse to lose” or use a similar phrase to describe it. The squad compiled a 2-1-6 record. That’s right; six tie games.

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School girls’ tennis team achieved near perfection this fall, compiling a 9-1 mark while showcasing numerous future Blue Devil stars.

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School boys’ cross country team kept pace this fall. The 16 man strong roster was captained by Gregory Brandine and Gavin Kline.

There are more than 500 Huntington UFSD students in grades 7-12 participating in the fall athletic program. The district is sponsoring 17 high school teams and nine squads at J. Taylor Finley Middle School.

There’s more interest in the J. Taylor Finley Middle School cross country program this fall than there has been in several years as two dozen seventh and eighth graders are putting in mile after mile after school.

The parents of Huntington UFSD athletes in grades 7-12 are being asked to establish accounts on the Final Forms website platform now. The Blue Devils are in the midst of transitioning to the online registration system used by school district throughout Suffolk and Nassau and across New York State. It promises to make things easier on parents and athletes by streamlining the sports sign-up process, including allowing forms to be submitted and signed off on digitally.

Any Huntington High School student-athlete in a fall contact sport (football, soccer and field hockey) is invited to take the ImPACT concussion baseline assessment. This is a free service for student-athletes.

Huntington UFSD is partnering with Final Forms (stylized as FinalForms), an innovative online forms and data management service that promises to revolutionize the current athletic program form submission process during each sport season at J. Taylor Finley Middle School and Huntington High School.