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DEAR READERS, Football season is finally here! We’ve worked long and hard to search all over Long Island to find the top returning players and teams. This year we’ve ranked the top-10 teams in both Suffolk and Nassau across all four divisions. Suffolk County has many of the usual suspects – Division I powers William Floyd and Sachem North are the favorites to clash for a fourth straight County title – but also some upstarts. Sachem East and Bay Shore should contend in Division I and upstarts Riverhead and Miller Place are looking to make noise in Division II and III respectively. Out in Nassau East Meadow again looks to be the class of Division I and will be looking to avenge its Long Island championship loss to Floyd in 2011. All the Nassau County conference champions from 2011 should be strong in 2012 and try to avenge LIC losses. Garden City, Lawrence and Roosevelt are all in the same boat. Lawrence is a particularly interesting team to watch after last year’s 61 point outburst against Sayville in the LIC. The Golden Tornadoes are poised to blow by any offensive record they didn’t already break last season. As the weather gets cooler and the leaves begin to fall, the bright lights on Friday night will illuminate across Long Island. The road to November and the Long Island championship began in the intense summer heat as teams began practicing day and night in hopes of chasing after long lasting glory. Now, we get to watch it all play out on the field and see just which teams can live up to their lofty rankings and who will break through and surprise everyone. Welcome to football season. Sincerely, Gene Morris WWW.ULTIMATEATHLETEMAGAZINE.COM Ultimate athlete magazine PUBLISHER/CEO EXECUTIVE EDITOR SENIOR ART DIRECTOR SENIOR MEDIA DESIGNER GRAPHIC DESIGNERS PaUl CoraCe n.J Comanzo rbeCCa Canese PonnUthUrai Jeyathas adriana KiJKo rebeCCa Canese rob lawson JessiCa Fisher Josh rosenman niCholas herms John CalleJas Josh rosenman desiree Keegan riChard brooKs Kristen hoFFman Kristin CaCChioli dr. tom Ferraro miKe meJia CsCs SENIOR VIDEO EDITOR VIDEO EDITOR DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION MANAGER CONTRIBUTING WRITERS gene morris miKe browning desiree Keegan Jerry del Priore IN HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERS morgan harrison hannah singleton CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS adil borlUCa adriana KiJKo COVER PHOTOGRAPHY morgan harrison COVER ARTWORK rob lawson rebeCCa Canese How to contact us Phone: 1-800-680-3213 Email: [email protected] Ultimate Athlete Magazine (ISSN 1931-5295) is published 12 times a year by Ultimate Athlete, Inc., 24 Woodbine Ave, Northport, New York 11768. All contents copyright 2012 by Ultimate Athlete Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use in whole or part of the content without the prior written consent of Ultimate Athlete, Inc. is strictly prohibited. All logos and trademarks are properties of thier respective owners. Although the writers and the publishers have exhaustively researched all sources to ensure the accuracy and the completeness of the information contained in this publication we aassume no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or any inconsistency herein. The opinions expressed in all materials are those of authors and do not neccesarily represent those of Ultimate Athlete, Inc or Long Island’s Ultimate Athlete Magazine.