HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PREVIEW Girls Players to Watch: [SUFFOLK Edition]

Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 11 Dec 1994

Samantha Berdinka, Forward, Sophomore, Eastport: As an eighth-grader, Berdinka started on the varsity soccer, basektball and softball teams . . . League VIII Rookie of the year as seventh-grader . . . Two-time All-League player who averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds. Jaime Buckridge, Guard, Senior, Sachem: The heart and soul of the Flaming Arrows . . . All-County last year with averages of 14.6 points and 4.3 rebounds . . . Gifted defensive player . . . Was on Empire State team. Mercedes Counihan, Guard, Senior, Southampton: Excellent offensive skills . . . Averaged 15.9 points last season . . . Was in double figures in all, but one game. Danielle Hurley, Forward, Junior, Commack: At 6-1, Hurley has excellent moves around the basket . . . Can score, rebound and pass. Nicole Kaczmarski, Guard, Eighth-grader, Sachem: She may not have played in a varsity game yet, but she is the talk of the county. “I saw her when she was in third grade and she was doing things that varsity players couldn’t do,” Longwood coach Pierce Hayes said . . . Excellent ballhandling skills and can shoot off dribble. Monique Lee, Center, Sophomore, St. John the Baptist: A big-time player who averaged 18 points as a freshman on a winless team . . . Intimidating at 6-1. “It only takes one quarter to realize you can’t drive on her,” assistant coach William Clair said . June Morrissey, Forward, Senior, Longwood: Five-year varsity player headed for Hofstra . . . Team MVP last year with 8.2 rebound average. Karen Mulligan, Guard, Senior, Connetquot: Versatile player who handles the ball well and excels defensively . . . Is the premiere player in the county . . . Averaged 16.3 points and 8.3 rebounds as All-County player last season . . . Signed with St. John’s University. Jo-Val Nance, Forward, Senior, Wyandanch: Consistently draws double teams because of her ability to go the length of the court and score from anywhere . . . All-County player averaged 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kelly Ottati, Guard, Junior, Hampton Bays: Scored 248 points, had 82 assists and was an 80 percent foul shooter, 90 percent in the fourth quarter, last season . . . Crafty point guard who was League VII Rookie of the Year as a freshman and All-League last season. Kristin Pepe, Forward, Senior, Northport: Excellent rebounder who grabbed 19 in Long Island Championship Game against Farmingdale . . . Three-year starter who averaged 12 points per game . . . Team leader. Beth Raptis, Guard, Senior, Longwood: The only returning player in Suffolk who scored in double figures in each game last season . . . All-County last season . . . Averaged 15 points, 5.5 assists and 4 steals . . . Has great outside shot . . . ranked No. 1 in class of 615. Mary Shea, Guard/Forward, Senior, Port Jefferson: Four-year starter who can do it all . . . Led Port Jefferson to its first playoff appearence in six years last season . . . Scoring average increased each year from 10 to 12 to 15.

NON-LEAGUE Longwood 23 19 22 25 89 Riverhead 8 6 7 8 29 L: Marotta 4-0-9, Schreiber 2-0-2, Raptis 10-2-22, Hillen 6-3-15, Treiling 4-0-8, Vilar 3-0-6, Klein 1-0-2, Van Cott 5-1-11, Bradley 3-2-8, Cotton 2-0-4. Totals: 40-8-89. R: James 6-4-16, Janecek 2-0-5, D. Grau 2-0-4, M. Grau 1-0-2, Myrden 1-0-2. Totals: 12-4-29. Threes: L 1 (Marotta); R 1 (Janecek). Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 09 Dec 1994

In other non-league action, Beth Raptis scored 17 of her 27 points in the first quarter as Longwood jumped out to a 21-3 lead in its 59-30 win over Miller Place. Courtney Marotta added 11 points and six assists for Longwood, and Marissa Battaglia led Miller Place with 13 rebounds and nine points Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Dec 1994

Longwood 12 12 12 20 56 Northport 16 25 11 8 60

L: Marotta 0-8-8, Schreiber 1-0-2, Raptis 7-6-23, Hillen 2-5-9, Treilling 1-0-2, Klein 2-0-4, Van Cott 1-0-2, Cotton 2-2-6. Totals: 16-21-56. N: Le. Bray 3-1-7, Wiebke 1-2-4, Byrne 8-0-16, Pepe 6-3-15, Ly. Bray 1-0-2, Frost 0-1-1, Beach 6-3-15. Totals: 25-10-60. Three L (Raptis 3). Dec 21

Longwood 17 10 10 6 43 Commack 11 13 13 18 55 L: Marotta 2-0-4, Schreiber 1-0-2, Raptis 7-2-17, Hiller 4-2-10, Treiling 2-0-4, Vancott 1-0-2, Colton 2-0-4. Totals: 19-4-43. C: Hurley 15-3-34, Darman 3-0-6, Lyons 2-3-7, Henderson 4-0-8. Totals: 24-6-55. Three-point goals – Longwood 1 (Raptis); Commack 1 (Hurley). Dec. 23

 Laurie Swanson hit four three-pointers as Sachem outscored Longwood 22-10 in the third quarter to take an eight-point lead en route to a 70-44 win. Swanson (19 points) was 6-for-9 from the field in the second half. Jamie Buckridge added 17 points for Sachem.  Longwood 21 10 10 3 44 Sachem 13 14 22 21 70 L: Marotta 1-1-3, Schreiber 0-3-3, Raptis 6-7-21, Hillen 1-1-3, Treiling 2-0-4, Klein 5-0-10. Totals: 15-12-44. S: Miller 1-0-2, Buckridge 7-2-17, Swanson 7-0-19, Kaczmarski 2-4-9, Thearle 0-2-2, Moor 2-0-4, Sikorski 1-1-3, Farley 1-5-7, Heppeler 0-1-1, Martin 1-4-6. Totals: 22-19-70. Three-point goals: L 2 (Raptis); Sachem 7 (Swanson 5, Buckridge, Kaczmarski). Jan 4

Danielle Glenn scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Smithtown to a 47-27 win over Longwood.Jan. 7

League I. Longwood 53 Patchogue-Medford 47. Jan. 11

Beth Raptis and Sara Hillen scored four points each in the fourth quarter to help Longwood (1-2) outscore Patchogue-Medford, 12-6, en route to a 53-41 win. Patchogue is 0-3 Longwood 7 23 11 12 53 Patchogue-Medford 8 17 16 6 47 L: Marotta 3-4-10, Schreiber 0-2-2, Raptis 5-4-15, Hillen 6-4-16, Jan. 12Treilin 2-0-4, Vilar 1-0-2, Klein 1-0-2, Cotton 1-0-2. Totals: 19-14-53. PM: Wright 4-3-11, McGuinness 3-0-7, Giarraputo 8-3-19, West 2-2-6, Roeder 2-0-4. Totals: 19-8-47. Three-point goals: L 1 (Raptis); PM 1 (McGuinness).

June Morrissey scored 13 first-half points as Brentwood (4-0) took a 26-17 halftime lead en route to a 49-44 League I girls basketball win over Longwood.

Kim Brown went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the last 50 seconds of the game to help keep Longwood (2-3) at bay. Beth Raptis hit two three-pointers for Longwood midway through the fourth quarter to close the score to 39-36. ongwood 9 8 13 14 44 Brentwood 10 16 7 16 49 L: Cotton 7-0-14, Raptis 6-1-15, Klein 1-0-2, Schreiber 3-0-6, Hillen 1-1-3, Treiling 2-0-4. Totals: 20-2-44. B: A. Murillo 1-0-2, Pagan 5-0-12, I. Murillo 1-1-3, Brown 4-4-12, Morrissey 8-3-20. Totals: 19-8-49. Three-point goals: L 2 (Raptis 2); B 3 (Pagan 2, Morrissey). Jan. 18

Dawn Klein hit three jump shots at the start of the third quarter to spark Longwood (3-3) to a 13-2 period on its way to a 62-42 win over Ward Melville (1-4) Ward Melville 8 16 2 16 42 Longwood12 16 13 21 62 WM: Calkins 1-0-2, Giehl 1-0-2, Kearney 2-6-10, Melvin 3-4-10, Salvesen 1-0-2, Siegel 3-3-10, Stone 0-2-2, Warren 1-0-2, Zeidner 0-2-2. Totals: 12-17-42. L: Marotta 1-3-5, Schreiber 2-0-4, Raptis 3-1-7, Hillen 6-4-16, Vilar 2-0-4, Klein 7-0-14, Vilinski 0-2-2, Bradley 0-2-2, Cotton 1-6-8. Totals: 22-18-62. Three-point goals: WM 1 (Siegel). Jan. 21

Sachem 23 12 13 15 63 Longwood 8 11 13 13 45 S: Buckridge 3-2-9, Swanson 6-2-18, Kaczmarski 8-4-23, Sikorski 2-0-4, Farley 2-1-5, Sneider 1-0-3, Martin 0-1-1. Totals: 22-10-63. L: Marotta 0-2-2, Raptis 6-3-18, Hillen 4-7-15, Vilar 1-0-2, Klein 3-0-6, Cotton 1-0-2. Totals: 15-12-45. Three-point goals: S 9 (Swanson 4, Kaczmarski 3, Buckridge, Sneider); L 3 (Raptis 3). Jan. 28

Danielle Glenn scored 12 of her 16 points in the first half as Smithtown (8-0) took a 37-19 lead in its 56-39 League I victory over Longwood (3-5) Longwood 8 11 8 12 39 Smithtown 19 18 7 12 56 L: Raptis 3-6-13, Hillen 7-6-20, Klein 2-0-4, Cotton 1-0-2. Totals: 13-12-39. S: Sweet 2-0-4, Skrenta 3-0-6, Fanuele 4-1-9, Rowe 1-0-2, Kulick 1-0-2, Enterlin 0-2-2, McNulty 1-0-2, Wardwell 0-2-2, Glenn 6-4-16, Legge 4-3-11. Totals: 22-12-56. Three-point goals: L 1 (Raptis). Feb. 2

Beth Raptis had 11 points, 9 steals, and 9 assists to lead Longwood (4-5) to a 45-27 victory over Patchogue-Medford (1-8) in League I. Patchogue-Medford 2 9 6 10 27 Longwood 12 16 10 7 45 PM: Maher 2-1-6, Wright 0-2-2, Anderson 0-2-2, McGuiness 5-0-10, Quick 1-0-2, West 0-1-1, Roeder 2-0-4. Totals: 10-6-27. L: Marotta 5-0-12, Schreiber 1-1-3, Raptis 5-0-11, Hillen 1-1-3, Treiling 2-2-6, Vilar 1-0-2, Klein 3-0-6, Cotton 1-0-2. Totals: 19-4-45. Three-point goals: PM 1 (Maher); L 3 (Marotta 2, Raptis). Feb. 3

n League I, June Morrissey’s layup at the end of the third quarter gave Brentwood (8-2) a 22-20 lead and the Indians never trailed in a 38-30 win over Longwood (5-6). Morrissey scored seven of her 13 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 11 rebounds and six assists.  Brentwood 2 9 11 16 38 Longwood 5 7 8 10 30 B: A. Murillo 2-0-4, Pagan 1-1-3, Brown 3-0-6, J. Walters 2-3-7, Badilla 2-1-5, Morrissey 5-3-13. Totals: 15-8-38. L: Cotton 0-1-1, Raptis 2-1-6, Marotta 2-3-8, Klein 4-0-8, Schreiber 1-1-3, Hillen 2-0-4. Totals: 11-6-30. Three-point goals – L 2 (Raptis, Marotta). Feb. 11