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by Carolyn James The voices of the South Bay Elementary School chorus rose up into the moist twilight air. About 300 people, gathered for the groundbreaking for the new school, which had been devastated by a raging fire in February, listened and shared in what one woman de scribed as a “rising from the ashes.” The event took place Mon day, Oct. 4. It drew families, public officials and South Bay alumni, many who let out a rousing cheer when Superin tendent of Schools Anthony Cacciola announced that the district had made a commit ment to have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new build ing in a year, just in time for the opening o f school in Sep tember, 2011. “I can’t wait until Septem ber, 2011 when we cut the ribbon and everyone walks in to this new building and all of this (the damage from the fire) is somewhat of a blur,” said Board o f Education Pres ident Patrick M. FarrelL “This is not a building; it is a family? said Trustee Kathleen Jennings. “That’s what has en abled us to get through this.” Next year, helping to cut the ribbon will be Sen. Owen Johnson who was at the groundbreaking ceremony and recalled that he cut the ribbon on the South Bay School in 1952 when it was first constructed. “I can’t wait to do it again,” he said. As families gathered, the groundbreaking took on a celebratory note. ,,, fi , a. ' (C o n tinued o n p age 8) West Islip H om ecom ing... West Islip held its Homecoming October 2, and the com munity cheered on the hometeam, which won 39-0, marched in the parade and enjoyed all o f the festivities, including a performance by the Lion Cubs, shown above. See page 3 fo r story and more photos. SOUTH SHORE U S 1 ARGfST CIRCULATION WEEKLY NEWSPAPER S ervino thf community siNcr 1966 P rin ren on recycled v s p e r W ebsite : www . babylonbeacon . com E-MAIL ADDRESS: ACINEWS@RCN.COM ■ fllÉIÉi V OL. 4 4 N O . 4 0 ________ g f | W I H oops thanks supporters Recently, the Hoops Club o f West Islip thanked its longtime supporters: Harry o f Ziegler Deli, 17 Udall Rd., West Islip and Anthony o f Anthony’s Pizza, 791 Udall Rd., West Islip. Chris Hillier of the West Islip Hoops Club is shown above with Harry, Anthony is pictured below. OFFICIAL NEW SPAPER INSIDE iOP£-ioL\ri an ’ n o t a s v b 3AV 'T W O S VI a y v a a n o r a n d N o iA a v a sqq O w IOT the Babylon Beacon Is the hometown »cwspar*- • w ^u,ic LIBRARY THURSDAY, O c to b e r 14,2 0 1 0 BA B Y 5Q C E N T S West Babylon breaks ground for new South Bay School building Periodicals Postage Paid- Babylon Post Office, Babylon NY 11702 (USPS 03960-8000) FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY .TOWN OF D * ----------- .BABYLON, LINDENHURST S BABYLON SCH WYANDANC: Published every 65 Dee Founder. u rwuije, jane u . Wolfe Publishers, Carolyn and Alfred James West Islip Homecoming Pc. 3 form e r N Y Giant b a tboy C S ' Ion man drowns y m ■« Babylon blanks Wyandanch in its Homecoming game by Tony Spota Babylon was festive as the Columbus Day Week end featured the Village’s 18th Annual Fall Harvest Street Fair and the beautiful day welcomed visitors from everywhere. Babylon High School celebrated its Homecoming with the annual parade o f floats and the marching band. The cheerleaders performed an excel lent rendition o f Our National Anthem by the Babylon Express, under the direction o f Brian Kroll. During the game, Sgueglia’s kickoff went into the Wyandanch end zone. He had four end zone kickoffs on the day. The Babylon defense shut down the War riors throughout the game. They held the visitors to a net 16 yards for the day, 34 passing and a negative 18 on the ground. Meanwhile, the offense used eight run ning backs for 261 yards rushing and quarterback Sam Zamet completed both his passing attempts for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Zamet’s first TD pass went 45 yards on the Panthers’ very first play from scrimmage. Loudon was on the re ceiving end o f a right fly and raced for the score. An drew Hurst kicked the first o f his five extra points. The Panthers went 60 yards on their next series, taking sev en plays. The drive was capped when Grant Shannon ran it in from the 8-yard line, bursting through a huge hole opened by Nick Brennan and Brendan Cunning ham. Sgueglia’s ensuing kickoff went to the Warrior 11 and was taken up the right side to the Babylon 46. There Sgueglia provided a jarring hit which loosened the ball and A. J. Sullivan recovered for the Panthers at the 40. Three plays later from the Warrior 20, Frank Mankiewicz raced through right guard and hurtled into pay dirt. In the second quarter, Babylon scored on a 70-yard . pass play as Zamet connected with Hurst up the right side. Hurst leaped to catch it and zigged between the two covering defenders, outracing them to the end zone. Babylon’s next drive went 41 yards, capped on a 10-yard blast up the gut by Brian Loskamp. And the Panthers carried a 35-0 lead into the half. Babylon took only three plays to score in the second half, with Danny McHugh going through left tackle and outracing the secondary. Thie play went 55 yards. Zamet took a high snap and ran in the 2-point con version. They scored again on a 44-yard run by Rod Holder through right guard. No conversion was at tempted. The Warriors’ final possession got them well into Babylon turf. But the defense held them off and the Panthers won i t Other stuff - Babylon’s defense was outstanding. They had five sacks, one each by Sullivan, Mankiewicz, Ryan Visgauss and Evan Max, plus a shared sack by John Dertinger and Connor Valvo. Visgauss also had a batted pass and Harrison Dittmeier a blocked punt. Of Babylon’s 261 yards rushing, Holder, Mankiewicz and McHugh had eight carries for 181 yards. Andrew Wat son made his varsity debut. The Smurfs were super on both sides o f the ball. In recent games, the JV split, with a win over Center Moriches, but fell to Mount Sinai. (C o n tinued o n p age 8)
