Finley Girls’ Basketball to Feature Two Teams

Due to heightened interest, Huntington UFSD has created a second girls’ basketball team at J. Taylor Finley Middle School this winter. Tryouts will begin on Tuesday, January 17 in the school gym.

The two Finley teams are designated “blue” and “white” in a nod to Huntington’s school district colors. The two squads will be coached by physical education teachers Tim Madden and Jordan Ioviero. The rosters of both teams are expected to run 17-20 players each.

Section XI has issued both teams a 10 game schedule. The schedule will run from late January to late March. Practices and home games will be held in the Finley gym. Home games will be livestreamed via the Hudl camera in the gym to the Finley Blue Devil Sports YouTube channel.

Send a message to either Coach Madden (tmadden@hufsd.edu) or Coach Ioviero (jioviero@hufsd.edu) for more information about tryouts and the season.

Students interested in playing should sign-up in the nurse’s office. 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:

The following forms must be submitted to the nurse:

• 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)

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)

Questions: Contact athletic director Jim Hoops at jhoops@hufsd.edu or call the athletic office at 631.673.2018.

Madden has been a Huntington physical education teacher since September 2002. A graduate of Hauppauge High School, he obtained an undergraduate degree at SUNY Cortland and a master’s degree at Stony Brook University. He has coached football, basketball, baseball, track, lacrosse and softball at various levels. He is the summer sports camp coordinator for the Huntington Booster Club.

Ioviero has been a Huntington physical education teacher since September 2019. He has also taught adaptive physical education and health for the district. Prior to coming to Huntington, he taught physical education in Corona Queens for three years. A graduate of John Glenn High School, he earned an undergraduate degree in physical education at Dowling College. He obtained a master’s degree in general and special education, K-6 at Touro College. He also holds a health education license. He has coached varsity and middle school football and basketball and varsity Unified basketball. He is also the varsity boys’ and girls’ badminton team’s assistant coach.