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Photos by Bill landon
Clockwise from above, Shoreham-Wading River’s isadora Petretti; alexandra Smith; india McKay; and danielle ohrtman compete in the 5K event at Sunken Meadow State Park.
SWR takes eighth in 5K at St. Anthony’s Invitational By Bill landon With Port Jefferson cross country runner Aileen Schretzmayer nagged by injury and Shoreham-Wading River superstar Katherine Lee out on a college visit, both teams struggled to perform up to par during the St. Anthony’s Invitational Oct. 6.
Since Lee, who ran the Sunken Meadow State Park course in 19 minutes, 14.78 seconds Sept. 16, was visiting Stanford University to narrow down her college choices for next fall, junior Alexandra Smith was first across the 5K finish line for the Wildcats. Out of 300 runners, Smith placed 11th with a time of 20:38.50 behind first-place finisher Maggie Maier, a sophomore from Sacred Heart who finished in 19:39. “I was first [for my team] because Katherine wasn’t here, but it was my personal best,” Smith said. “The toughest part of the course for me was the down hills, but I’m pretty good at running up.” Lee currently sits atop the Class B leaderboard and is ranked No. 8 in New York state. Shoreham Wading-River head coach Paul Koretzki was pleased with his team’s eighthplace overall finish, especially given the outcome for a handful of his runners. “The first five ran their fastest times today,” he said. “The only Class B team that beat us was Kings Park, by a couple of points, and with Katherine we would’ve been right up there, maybe even moved to third.” Port Jefferson’s Schretzmayer was first to
cross the finish line for the Royals in 24:51.14. “It’s not her personal best,” Port Jefferson head coach Donald Slingerland said. “She’s been injured, so we’re trying to bring her back slowly.” Second across the line for the Royals was junior Amanda Brosnan, who covered the distance in 28:23. Slingerland warned his girls to drink plenty of fluids during the warm day, and to slow down when they thought they needed to, especially on what Brosnan said is a tough course. “It was a really big race,” Brosnan said. “There’s a lot of people running today and people came to this race from Connecticut. Cardiac Hill — it’s like a quarter of a mile long, it’s steep and it’s dirt and it’s right in the middle of the course, [so when you get to it], you’re already pretty winded.” Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Nicole Garcia, who clocked in at 21:55.50 for 38th, also spoke to the course’s demands. “Cardiac Hill was definitely the hardest [part],” Garcia said. “It’s a very steep hill and you think it’s never going to end; it’s very difficult.”
Mount Sinai 2, Miller Place 0
Miller Place 3, Babylon 0
Keeping score Rocky Point 6, Westhampton 1
Jack Costa and Alexander Bonacci scored a goal and an assist apiece to lead Rocky Point boys soccer to a 6-1 win at home over Westhampton Oct. 10. In a high-shooting game, Noah Pagnotta made 12 saves for Rocky Point. Westhampton’s goalkeeper made 18 stops. The Eagles moved to 6-3 on the season and clinched a playoff berth with the win.
Erol Ackay assisted on goals byJustin Murray and Joe Balzano to lead Mount Sinai’s boys soccer team to a 2-0 shutout at home over Miller Place Oct. 10. Noah Endelson made four saves for Mount Sinai and Kyle Korade stopped 10 shots for Miller Place. Mount Sinai moves to 3-5-1 in League VI while Miller Place falls to 0-10.
Haley Rosenblatt had 20 assists and four aces, while Emily Battey added nine kills and six aces to lead Miller Place to a 3-0 nonleague blanking at Babylon Oct. 10, 25-17, 25-23, 25-20. Emily Andriano had seven kills and six aces for the Panthers. With the win, Miller Place is 4-8 overall and 1-8 in League VI play.
Shoreham-WR 5, Riverhead 1
Anthony Guzzone had one goal and one assist for Shoreham-Wading River in a 5-1 nonleague win over Riverhead Oct. 10. Five different Wildcats scored and two others added assists. Goalkeeper Wesley Pase made six saves as the Wildcats move to 8-3-1 overall and remain at 7-2 in League VI behind undefeated Amityville.