Postseason Accolades for Hampton Bays and Westhampton Beach Winter Student-Athletes

HAMPTON BAYS

Hampton Bays Boys Basketball

All-County Academic

Cole Wilson

Team Awards:

MVP

Seamus Smith

Hustle Award

Cole Wilson

Hampton Bays Girls Basketball

All-League

Taylor Meyers

Unsung Hero

Julia Brandes

Competition Cheerleading

All-Classification

Maddie Warn

All-County Academic

Eden Spellman

The Baymen qualified for the Section XI Championships where they placed fourth in Class C. Ed.

Hampton Bays Boys Indoor Track

All-County, All-League

Kevin Londono (55-meter dash), 4x200-meter relay team (Charlie Alvarracin, Kevin Londono, Daniel Ortiz, Erick Ibanez)

Hampton Bays Girls Indoor Track

All-League

Brianna Farrell (300-meter dash), Sofia Galvan (1,500-meter race)

Scholar Athlete

Sofia Galvan

Hampton Bays Wrestling

All-State, Suffolk County Champion, 145 pounds

Cyrus Gutierrez-Tyler, eighth place in state

Gutierrez-Tyler was the first Hampton Bays wrestler to earn All-State honors since Dominick Mutascio placed sixth in 2006 and first to win a county title since Willy Kraus in 2020. Ed.

All-County

Michael Gutierrez, third place, 215 pounds

Brayden Havens, fourth place, 160 pounds

Keavin Saa Pacheco, fifth place, 124 pounds

Angle Valverde, fifth place, 152 pounds

Nilson Quesada, sixth place, 138 pounds

SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

Hampton Bays had four teams qualify as a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team this past winter. In order to qualify as a team, 75 percent of its average GPA for the season must be equal to or greater than 90 percent. Those teams included girls basketball (93.1 average), competitive cheerleading (93.6 average) and boys/girls indoor track and field (90 boys, 91.9 girls average). Student-athletes can also earn Scholar-Athlete individual honors by earning an individual average of 90 or above, whether their team qualified or not. Although specific names were not released, 104 student-athletes earned the distinction.

WESTHAMPTON BEACH

Westhampton Beach Boys Basketball

All-County, All-Conference

Jorden Bennett

All-League

Truman Hahn

All-County Academic

Dante Quinones

Westhampton Beach Girls Basketball

Newsday Second Team All-Long Island

Sandra Clarke

All-Tournament Team

Sandra Clarke, Shannon Sweet

All-Conference

Sandra Clarke, Kate Sweet, Jasmine Taylor

League V Player of the Year

Sandra Clarke

All-League

Sandra Clarke, Katie and Shannon Sweet, Jasmine Taylor

Unsung Hero

Chloe Blowes

All-County Academic

Shannon Sweet

The Hurricanes went undefeated in League V this winter, won a Suffolk County Class AA Championship for the second consecutive season and reached the Long Island Championship in as many years as well. Ed.

Westhampton Beach Competition Cheerleading

All-Classification

Lana Blowes

All-Academic

Emily Edwards

Westhampton Beach Boys Indoor Track

All-League

Marcus Haynia (1,600-meter race), Ezekiel McCrary (triple jump)

All-County Academic

Marcus Haynia

Westhampton Beach Girls Indoor Track

All-County, All-Conference, All-League, state qualifier

Lily Strebel

All-Academic

Halle Geller

Westhampton Beach Wrestling

All-State, Suffolk County Champion, 120 pounds

Lily Blenk, second place in state

League VI Champion

Dylan Blenk, 108 pounds

All-League

Darren Cangelosi, second place, 116 pounds

Dylan Razzano, second place, 152 pounds

Carmine Esposito, second place, 160 pounds

Andrew Lewis, second place, 190 pounds

SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

Westhampton Beach had six teams qualify as a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team this past winter. In order to qualify as a team, 75 percent of its average GPA for the season must be equal to or greater than 90 percent. Those teams included boys/girls basketball (boys 91, girls 96 average), competition cheerleading (91), boys/girls indoor track and field (94, 96 average) and wrestling (95). Student-athletes can also earn Scholar-Athlete individual honors by earning an individual average of 90 or above, whether their team qualified or not. Although specific names were not released, 74 student-athletes earned the distinction.

The Express News Group does not make any postseason award selections. All awards are either earned by student-athletes at respective levels or voted on by state, county and division/league representatives. All school awards are selected by respective coaches and school officials.