Fall Sports

The Huntington varsity field hockey team knows how important sound mental health is regardless of age, gender or socio-economic standing. So the players came together to raise public awareness of an ongoing public health crisis involving suicide.

The Huntington High School varsity football team will honor players who are members of the Class of 2025 at Saturday’s football game against Newfield at Blue Devil Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Interest in the sport of girls’ volleyball is booming in Huntington UFSD. The varsity and junior varsity teams have a combined total 30 players while the two teams at Finley Middle School routinely see as many as 100 girls tryout in November.

The Huntington varsity boys’ golf team followed up on a season opening 9-0 win over Walt Whitman by defeating John H. Glenn, 8-1. The Blue Devils won both matches on their opponents’ home courses, the former at the Town of Oyster Bay facility and the latter at Crab Meadow in Northport.

Captains for Huntington High School fall season teams have been announced by Blue Devil head coaches and have assumed their positions of leadership with all of the squads.

The Huntington boys’ golf team topped Walt Whitman in the season opener on the Town of Oyster Bay course, 9-0. The Blue Devils are coming off a 2023 campaign that saw the team reach the county semifinal playoff round.

With a week to go in before the first game of the season, the Huntington varsity football team is going through its final preparations. The Blue Devils will play at Northport next Saturday (September 14) at 2 p.m. The contest has been designated as the Town of Huntington Dept. of Veteran Affairs’ annual Army vs. Navy game. A special trophy will be presented to the winner.

The Huntington varsity and junior varsity boys’ golf teams teed off on Monday, August 26 and are ready to test their skills against a slate of Suffolk foes.

Coming off one of its best seasons ever in the program’s history, the Huntington varsity girls’ volleyball team is looking to keep its momentum going.

The Huntington High School girls’ swimming and diving team is ready to make a splash with a young lineup. Coached by Christopher Helmke and Meg McConnell, the Blue Devils are the host for what Section XI dubs a “super team.” The squad includes Walt Whitman, Harborfields and John H. Glenn.

The Huntington High School boys’ cross country team is off and running. Practice commenced earlier this week after the runners received medical clearance. The Blue Devils are coached by Southdown School physical education teacher John Romano.

The Huntington varsity and junior varsity football teams began practicing this past Monday. All other Blue Devil fall sports teams will hold their first practice/tryout sessions on Monday, August 26.

The Blue Devil athletic program at Huntington High School and J. Taylor Finley Middle School is set for 2024/25 with junior varsity and varsity football teams kicking off practice this past Monday and all other high school sports beginning on Monday, August 26. Finley teams will open the fall season when classes resume.

The kids come first. That’s the overriding principle that Huntington UFSD’s athletic program is built upon. The Blue Devil coaching staff is striving to give the athletes on their respective teams a great experience. Are they playing to win? Yes, but always within the rules and while maintaining the high level of sportsmanship that the district and community expects and demands.

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.

Huntington UFSD’s Homecoming Day celebration is set for Saturday, September 28. The big day will culminate a week of special events and fun for everyone.

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.

Hundreds of Huntington UFSD athletes spread across grades 7-12 are expected to suit up for the Blue Devils during the fall season at Huntington High School and J. Taylor Finley Middle School. Participation is expected to total as many as 700 students.

The 101st edition of the Huntington High School varsity football team is in the midst of its summer conditioning in the run-up to the official start of practice sessions on Monday, August 19.

In an age of sport specialization, Huntington High School coaches are working together to encourage students to once again take up the challenge of being a multi or even three-sport athlete, a once relatively common occurrence that has become increasingly rare.

Lucas Spagnoletti dominated the waterways for the Huntington High School varsity boys’ swimming and diving program, winning All-State honors multiple times and helping to establish the Blue Devils as one of Suffolk’s best teams.

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.

The Huntington field hockey program is looking to keep its forward momentum with 20 players on the field this summer.

A trio of Huntington High School girls’ soccer team seniors received honors at the 56th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony. The tree teenagers were presented with plaques by head coach John Walsh.

The Huntington varsity boys’ golf team won the league title last fall and made a run at a county crown. At the 56th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony in the high school auditorium, three members of the Class of 2024 were presented with awards for all they have done to make the program one of Suffolk’s finest.

The Paci family is synonymous with Huntington High School football. The Paci’s have been associated with the Blue Devil gridiron program in one way or another for more than 50 years. So when David Dorilus Dax won this year’s Paci Family Football Leadership Award and the personalized plaque and $500 stipend that goes with it, he knew this wasn’t just any old award.

Longtime Huntington High School cross country team runners Jannel Marroquin and Jessica Kuom were both honored at the 56th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony before a crowd of 300 in the auditorium.

A summer weight training and conditioning intramural program will be available to Huntington High School students entering grades 9-12 next September. The summer program will run Monday through Thursday from July 1 through August 15 with sessions between 7:00-8:30 a.m. and again between 5:00-6:30 p.m.

The Huntington High School and J. Taylor Finley Middle School field hockey programs have high hopes for success next fall. The Blue Devil varsity and JV will both begin practicing on Monday, August 26 at 7:45 a.m. on the turf field. The Finley team will start the fall campaign on Wednesday, September 4 after school.

Huntington High School’s girls’ gymnastics team is ready for its third act. The Blue Devils are combined with nearby Harborfields to field a joint team. The two districts already collaborate in sponsoring girls’ and boys’ swimming and diving teams and in boys’ and girls’ fencing.

Huntington UFSD has announced its fall season sports calendar of important dates, including the first day of tryouts for football, all other high school sports and J. Taylor Finley Middle School fall teams.

Plans are steadily taking shape for the 2024 Homecoming Day celebration. Officials are looking at Saturday, September 28 for the parade, afternoon football game and halftime festivities.