North Shore's Brianna Welch Is 8th Grade Runner of the Year

North Shore eighth grader Brianna Welch capped off her tremendous cross-country season by being awarded New York State Eighth Grade Cross-Country Runner of the Year, as determined by the NY State Coaches Association and the Girls State Coordinator for the sport of cross-country.

She was also elected as part of the First Team All-State Cross-Country Class B team. Congratulations Brianna!

North Shore Football Players Participate in All-Star Game

After a very successful season, two North Shore Viking football players were chosen to participate in the Long Island All-Star Classic. The game was played on Thanksgiving Eve at Hofstra University where Nassau All-Stars played the Suffolk All-Stars. Vinnie Tesoriero started at strong safety and was also team captain. He was also named to the Nassau County All-County team. Chris Palliser started at tailback. Chris was named to the All-Conference team, Academic All-Conference Team and won a Scholar Athlete Award from the National Football Foundation. With the help of Chris and Vinnie, the Nassau All-Stars crushed Suffolk by a score of 37 - 9. North Shore's head football coach Dan Agovino was named Head Coach of the Nassau All-Stars. Junior Quarterback Ronnie Irving was also named to the All-County Honorable Mention Team.

The North Shore Girls' Winter Track and Field team began the season with tremendous success. They traveled into NYC to compete at the legendary Armory Track and Field Center. Over 35 schools from Nassau County ran in the Nassau Coaches Invitational which is the inaugural meet of the season. Virtually every North Shore athlete came home with a medal, which means they placed in the top 6 of their respective events. The evening led off with the sophomore 4x400 relay consisting of Anais Katz, Jen Dileo, Christine Goodman and Debbie Gilbert placing first. Other first place relays were the Distance Medley Relay consisting of Brianna Welch, Angela Shih, Kirsten Oertle, and newcomer Laura Cvikevich, who also ran to victory. The frosh/soph 4x800 relay consisted of Jen Dileo, Debbie Gilbert, Laura Cvikevich and Brianna Welch. Overall, it was a tremendous evening as the team has grown in size to almost 50 strong. The team looks to continue its tremendous efforts at a Cross-over meet in a few weeks. See you then!