Finley Teams Win Section XI Sportsmanship Awards

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.

The Finley wrestling team; Finley-White girls’ basketball team and the Finley-White girls’ volleyball team were all recognized with team certificates earlier this week.

Finley’s school colors are blue and white so consistent with Section XI practice, double teams in the same sport are referred to as one of those colors. (For example, Commack teams are listed as Black and Gold.)

Coaches submit ratings for the opposing team’s sportsmanship as well as for fans and the officials. The scores are tabulated by Section XI and announced seasonally for both middle school and high school sports.

The Finley wrestling team was coached by Anthony Annunziata and Louis R. Giani. The roster included (in weight order) Justin Vujeva, Luca Garcia, Dante Francis, Sawyer Davis, Artturi Landau, Charlie Cirlincione, Jencarlo Alfaro, Andy Alvarez, Gus Panagacos, Sebastian Mendia, Spencer Sturges, Jacob Boxer, Matther Tuccillo, Griffin Zarcone, Chris Guillen, Nicholas Bartasi, Dylan Garcia, Ben Burke, Cormac Driscoll, Eduardo Chavez, James Moy, Sha’Quan Wilson, Jory Morgan-Page, Abdullah Nawaz, Jefferson Interiano, Grady Mindich, Alexander Colonna, Logan Mazure, Anthony Jimenez, Danny Cabrera and Jordan Aguilar.

Finley-White girls’ basketball was coached by Hildi Stanford. The roster included Kaitlyn Purcell, Brianna, Juliet Johnson Purcell, Ava Bencivenga, Darphyna Augustin, Mikiyla-Racquel Blizzard, Ali Brady, Dayana Cruz Melendez, Thania Guardado, Matison Kindelmann, Charlotte Krause, Arielle Melendez, Gianna Parides, Melody Pierre-Louis, Ava Venga and Milania Watelier.

Finley-White girls’ volleyball was coached by Lauren Blackburn. The roster included seventh graders Zoe Chiclacos, Leah Edwards, Paige Falk, Norah Golden, Keira Lynch, Emma Martin, Gianna Skrobela, Abigail Uvena and Brianna Zavala Reyes; and eighth graders Mea Andrea, Hanna Boyle, Claire Dello-Iacono, Katherine Duke, Violetta Fox, Cassidy Harris, Gabriella Jones, Mackenzie McKay, Taylor Peters, Campbell Proctor, Karina Rodriguez and Amy Velasquez Mancia.