Bellport High School celebrated its state championship boys and girls wrestlers with a Parade of Champions on March 7. Students clapped and cheered as the athletes paraded down the halls of their school The girls wrestling team took home the state championship title from the first-ever girls state wrestling tournament sanctioned by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Additionally, Aaliyah Morrow was a state finalist and Caitlin Maragioglio placed fourth in the state. Also honored was boys wrestler Camryn Howard, who is a three-time county champion, a three-time state placer and the record holder for the fastest pin ever in Suffolk County finals.

Date Added: 3/12/2025

In marking Black History Month, fifth grade students at Frank P. Long Intermediate School created a civil rights museum in their school. The museum features a timeline of the civil rights movement, including influential individuals and monumental events that they have been studying in class. Students created exhibits related to Brown vs. Board of Education, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Woolworth’s lunch counter.

Date Added: 3/5/2025

Bellport High School girls wrestlers became the first to take home a state championship title from the first-ever girls state wrestling tournament sanctioned by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The wrestlers earned the top team honors wrestling for Bellport Surge Girls Wrestling, a unified team with wrestlers from Bellport, Bayport Blue Point, Patchogue-Medford, Sayville, Longwood, Riverhead, and William Floyd high schools. At 152 pounds, Aaliyah Morrow of Bellport took second place; at 126 pounds, Caitlin Maragioglio, also of Bellport, took fourth place; at 96 pounds, Olivia Anello of Patchogue-Medford took fourth; and at 145 pounds, Veronica-Sky Williams of William Floyd took fifth. The South Country School District extends its congratulations to the wrestlers on their impressive win.

Date Added: 3/4/2025