Locust Valley athletics have plenty to celebrate as both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams qualified for the playoffs, a shot-put star received All-County honors and five wrestlers qualified for the state tournament.
The boys’ basketball team punched their ticket to the Nassau County Class B Tournament on the back of a four-game winning streak to finish the season, capping an 8-4 conference record. Meanwhile, the B1 conference champions girls’ team go into the playoffs having won 13 of their last 14 games, finishing with a 11-1 conference record and 15-3 overall record.
Locust Valley High School senior Sophia Del Giudice was a conference champion and received All-County honors in girls’ winter track for her performance in shot-put.
The wrestling team took home several accolades, as seniors Charlie Dickman and Evan Shriberg and juniors Justin Dvorak, Jesse Firestone and C.J. Kelly all qualified for the NYSPHSAA Tournament in Albany on Feb. 24 and 25. Dickman, Kelly and Shriberg were all crowned county champions, as well.