Blue Devils Win Lacrosse Season Openers at Farmingdale
April 1, 2025
The Huntington girls’ and boys’ varsity lacrosse teams both won their season openers at Farmingdale on consecutive days. The Blue Devil girls’ claimed a 14-10 victory on Friday with the boys’ winning on Saturday, 17-6.
Katie Reilly is the head coach of the Huntington varsity girls’ team, which is captained by Devon St. John, Sabrina Boyle and Jolie Weinschreider.
Julian Watts is the Blue Devil boys’ team’s head coach, which features captains Timothy McDonald, Luca Cuozzo, Colin Lennon, Thomas Kline and William Fallon.
Playing without St. John, who sat out with a muscle strain, the Blue Devil girls’ team found itself in a closely fought game on Friday as temperatures swung sharply cooler. Huntington took a 5-3 first period lead and held a 9-7 halftime advantage.
The Blue Devils outscored their hosts over the final minutes, 5-3 to lock up the win. Bridget Callery scored four goals and Valentina Puccio has three goals and a pair of assists.
Weinschreider also enjoyed a big day, tallying two goals and three assists. Boyle scored twice and assisted on two other goals. Grace Gordon also scored two goals and assisted on another. Jenna Italiano also scored in the game. Goalie Andie DiGioia made four stops in the cage.
“For our first game of the season, I feel that we played well, but knew we could have done even better,” Weinschreider said. “There were parts where we played very good and if we are consistent with that, we will be going very far this year. The team’s energy was awesome, which kept us motivated and our four defenders had an amazing game. I was very happy with how much we shared the ball on offense. We had multiple different goal scores as well as multiple assists from different people which showed how many players are going to be a key to our success.”
It was Farmingdale’s first loss after notching wins against St. John the Baptist, 18-5 and Calhoun, 15-5.
Luca Cuozzo Paces Blue Devil Boys
The Huntington boys’ team jumped out to an early 7-2 lead and was ahead at halftime, 11-4. The Blue Devils took complete command of the game by scoring five unanswered third period goals.
Cuozzo scored a goal and added an assist along with winning 19 faceoffs and picking up 20 ground balls. Lennon tallied five goals and an assist. Jack Kamenstein scored three goals and assisted on four others.
Kline, Stephen Fox and McDonald also turned in great performances. Kline had two goals and two assists. Fox scored two goals and assisted on another. McDonald also scored two goals.
Joe Boeckman and James Larson both scored in the game. Zach Schnitzer had an assist. Fallon recorded 15 saves in the goal.
It was Farmingdale’s first loss after winning its first game over North Shore, 15-7.
