Sachem has Combined Seven All-County Selections

For the most part, Sachem's football players left Thursday's dinner the same way they entered ... empty handed.

After numerous nominations for prime awards at the annual Suffolk County Football Coaches Association get together, no players took home honors above their All-County selections.

Sachem East's lone All-County nominee was lineman Lucas Brum, who was also recognized as a National Football Foundation Golden 11 selection, meaning he is one of the top scholar athlete football players in Suffolk.

North's All-County selections were Jesse Scanna, , , , James Thompson and .

Scanna, Sachem's career record holder in tackles with 320, was a finalist for the Hansen Award as Suffolk's top player and the Collatta Award as Suffolk's top linebacker.

Instead, Connetquot's Mike Pellegrino, a player Sachem held to just 36 yards in a 45-0 shutout during the 2010 season, won the Hansen and Islip's Alex Gavira won the Collatta.

Scanna did win the Division I MVP, while Armine was named MVP of the Suffolk County Division I championship after rushing for a season-high 265 yards. Sachem head coach was named Division I Coach of the Year.

Thompson was nominated for the Zellner Award as Suffolk's top lineman, but that honor was given to James Walsh from William Floyd.

John Glenn was awarded the Rutger's Trophy as Suffolk County's top team for the second time in school history, beating out Bellport and Floyd. Sachem alum and Glenn head coach Dave Shanahan was recognized as the Suffolk County and Division IV Coach of the Year. 

The county honor was extra special because the award was named to honor  this year. Fusaro is Shanahan's assistant at Glenn, and a legendary head coach from his days at the helm of Sachem's program.

"I'm truly blessed and humbled by this recognition," said Fusaro, who won Rutger's Trophies with Sachem in 1977 and 1986, the second which Shanahan was a part of as a player.

News & Notes:

-Sachem alums Mike Botti and Jack LaPraire, representing the Rutger's Club, presented Shanahan with the trophy.

-Sachem alum and Bellport head football coach  was honored with a plaque for setting a new all-time wins record in the county. The number stands at 211.

-Sachem athletic director Pete Blieberg, representing the Boomer Esiason Foundation, accepted a check on behalf of the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association for $11,500. "The money will go to research and hopefully one day they will find a cure for this disease," he said.

-Other awards:  James Labue - named after a Sachem alum who passed from leukemia - (Stephen Skon, Lindenhurst), National Football Foundation wide receiver (Jack Delahunty, Northport), Cassese Award (Greg Fitzmaurice, Harborfields), Cipp Award (Mike Pellegrino, Connetquot) and Boomer Esiason Award (Stephen Skon).