Top 10 Sport Stories of the Year

The Bulls earned their first Class AA volleyball championship in November over Lindenhurst, 3-2 (25-20, 18-25, 15-25, 25-16, 25-18).

The Bulls worked their way to the Suffolk County Championship, eliminating  and before ultimately falling to  in an overtime thriller.

Although the , Higgins proved to the team that he was a valuable asset and was given a . Higgins' success on the ice continued this season, leading the Canucks with .

Smithtown resident Jim Liu, 15, advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open Junior Amateur tournament after defeating 16-year-old Nicolo Galletti in the first.

Former West lacrosse standout and current Duke University player Kyle Keenan made the United States under-19 men's lacrosse team, one of 23 players selected to the squad after four days of tryouts at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He will compete at the 2012 Federation of International Lacrosse U-19 Men's World Championships in Turku, Finland.

Although lacrosse season is months away, ESPN High School has broken down the top 100 players by position, with West attack James Pannell coming in at number five. 

The Long Island Lizards selected Smithtown West alum Matt Stefurak in the Major League Lacrosse draft.

Smithtown native and former Major League Baseball player Frank Catalanotto was inducted into the 2011 Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame at the induction ceremony at Patchogue’s West Lake Inn.

Smithtown's Tony Romano is a veteran of many NHL prospect evaluation camps. However, his third with the Islanders, and fifth overall, may be the most memorable.

East varsity field hockey saw some playoff success this past season, , but ultimately fell to .