The Bellport Middle School football team is in the running for Team Up 4 Community’s annual Long Island Holiday Sports Heroes Video Challenge, where they can win up to $3,000 in scholarships and grants.

The 47-member team earned a spot in the contest after raising $4,200 for the American Cancer Society.

Voting will conclude on Dec. 19. To cast a vote, visit: www.teamup4community.org/l-i-holiday-sports-heroes-video-challenge-2021

Bellport Middle School technology education students recently designed cellphone stands as part of a woodworking design unit.

They each received a piece of wood and were challenged to design a cellphone stand. Through the project, they gained problem-solving skills, learned how to form shapes using lumber, and finished their stands by sanding them and adding a protective finish. They also burned their names into their projects.

Going forward, the students will be using tools to design and construct a birdhouse, a wood icon, a mouse trap-powered vehicle and a bridge that will be tested for weight load.

The 47 members of the Bellport Middle School football team, coached by Jeffrey Giacomin, Glen McAvoy and Don Schaaf, recently donated $4,200 to the American Cancer Society as part of a Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraiser.

To garner the funds, the team — which finished the season with a 5-1 record — handed out flyers in school and to family and friends with a QR code requesting that donations be sent directly to the American Cancer Society.

“The boys raised the money in less than a month,” said Giacomin. “They are amazing.”