Sachem North is your 2024 League II wrestling champion. The Flaming Arrows had 13 All-League wrestlers. Sachem had three league champions, including Jack Cusumano (124 pounds), Joe Marotta (138 pounds), and Nate Gsell (215 pounds). […]
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Dennis Wandle, Founder of Sachem Athletic Club and First Sachem Youth Football, Lacrosse, and Cheer Programs, Passes at 83
Dennis Wandle devoted himself to Long Island youth sports programs as a founding father of some of the most successful programs on Long Island. He is a visionary and community leader who impacted the lives […]
Sachem Conversation: Deanna Lytell, Daughter of Walter C. Dunham, Sachem’s Founding Superintendent
Walter Dunham was Sachem’s original school chief when the district was centralized in 1955. He served the Lake Ronkonkoma School and Gatelot Elementary children as a sixth-grade teacher and principal for 15 years before the […]
SAchem Induct’s 2023 Hall of Fame Class
2023 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: Congratulations to this year’s Sachem Athletic Hall of Fame inductees! Thanks for making us proud and being great examples of student-athletes and coaches we hope the current and future generations […]
Mike Falcon, Sachem Wrestling’s Only 2x State Champ, Dies at 61
Mike Falcon was the nicest man you’ll ever meet, but he was tough and unpredictable on the wrestling mat as he flipped a lauded and feared switch. He was Sachem wrestling’s first New York State […]
Sachem Alum Mike McElwee Elected to Islip Town Council
Sachem alum and local business owner Mike McElwee won election to the Town of Islip board. The Class of 1993 graduate, a conservative, defeated his opponent, Christine Pellegrino, with 54.98 percent of the vote. McElwee, […]
Tim Clouser, Sachem Basketball Coach During Pivotal Hoops Era of 1970s, Dies at 80
Tim Clouser only coached in Sachem from 1968 to 1978, but he led the boy’s basketball program to one of its most successful stretches in school history. His players credit attention to fundamentals, and an […]
Sachem Alum Anthony Piccirillo Wins Suffolk Legislature Re-election
Sachem alum and Suffolk County Legislator Anthony Piccirillo has won re-election to his seat in the county’s 8th Legislative District. Piccirillo, a Republican, earned 69.43 percent of the vote compared to his opponent, Heather Gallagher, […]