| Somers High School | |
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| Location | |
| 120 Primrose St. Lincolndale, New York 10540, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1962 |
| Oversight | Somers Central School District |
| Principal | Irene Perrella |
| Asst. Principals | Brian Hunt, Philip Campbell |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,100 (2011-12) |
| Color(s) | Red, White and Black |
| Mascot | Tusker |
| Newspaper | 'Tusker Times' |
Somers High School is the a public high school in the town of Somers, New York, United States.
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Somers High School offers a New York State regents curriculum augmented by Advanced Placement courses and a variety of electives. The school has local chapters of the National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society.
For the 2006-2007 school year Somers had a graduation rate of 100% with 97% receiving a regents diploma and 61% receiving a regents diploma with advanced designation. Of graduating students: 2% enrolled in a 4-year college, 22% enrolled in a 2-year college, 5% became employed full time, and <34% joined the military.[1]
In 2008, Alexander Saeboe won 2nd place in the team competition at the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.[2]
Somers High School has an athletics program with many sports represented. Its mascot, an elephant and the teams' nickname, the Tuskers, are to honor the town of Somers being known for hosting the first American circus.
The baseball team had won only one league title, in 1972, until 2000 when the school won its second league title and eventually losing 2-1 to Harrison in the Section 1 Class B Semi-Finals. The baseball team would again win the league title the following year in 2001. Eventually losing to Brewster in the Class B Quarter-Finals. After 2001 the baseball team fell on hard times. In 2005, the team made the sectional playoffs defeating Pearl River in the opening round. The team would lose in the Class A Section 1 Quarterfinals to Nyack, New York. Two years later the emergence of Somers as a Section 1 powerhouse came with a walk-off home run by senior Mike Levine in the bottom of the 7th inning in the 2007 Class A title game. The team followed up with another Sectional title in 2008 but both season would end in the first round of the NY State Class A playoffs. In the 2009 Sectional Playoffs, Dan Zlotnick pitched a no-hitter against Lakeland HS to win the Section 1 Class A crown and make it a 3-peat for Somers.
In 2007 Rob Sanzillo a Somers High School graduate (class of 2003) was drafted in the by the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
The football team's best year came in 2000 when they won their only Section 1 title, defeating Nanuet 30-9 in the Class B title game. Somers ended up being ranked 2nd in Class B with a 9-0 record through the section title game outscoring opponents 348-72. They were however upset by unranked Rondout Valley of Section 9, 28-14, in the NY State Quarter-Finals.
The Tuskers' best season since 2000 was the 2007 season when the team won the regular season League A title in Class A but then lost in the Sectional Semi-Finals to Ossining 11-9. The 2008 season for Somers ended with an 8-1 record as well as the Central league champions of class A. In 2009 Somers went 8-1 and beat Ossining 27-13 to win the Dematteo bowl.
The current varsity coach, Tony DeMatteo, is the winningest coach in Section 1 New York State football history and has been named High Schools most motivational coach of all time by the NFL.[4][5]
The Somers Ice hockey team is merged with North Salem High School. In the 07-08 season Somers/North Salem had their winnigest season in either schools history by finishing 16-9-1 and winning their first ever sectional game against rival JFK/Putnam Valley. The team was led by leading scorer Joe (JoJo) Marasco who had 39 goals and 29 assists on the year.
The next season in 09-10 Somers/North Salem finished with a 16-10 record and again went to sectionals to beat Pearl River in the first round but loss to Pelham High School in the second round for the second straight year. Marasco led the team again with a school record high of 46 goals and 24 assists totaling for 70 points.
While the Tuskers' basketball team has struggled in a tough Class A division, in the 2005-2006 season the senior class led Somers to their winnest season in over a decade. The Tusker's have high hopes for the future of Somers basketball.
The lacrosse team has been to 7 sectional title games from 2000–2008; winning in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2006 and as such has earned a reputation as being one of the elite programs in the area. The team, however, was defeated in the NY State Semi-Finals in 2000-2002,2006 and in the state title game in 2003.
Since 2002 six Tuskers' have earned All-American Honors under the coaching staff of Jim Donohue and Tim Schurr:
The Girls Soccer team has won 2 Sectional titles and made it into the NY State Class A State Semi-Finals in 2006. The Boys Soccer team won the Section 1 title in 1998 and finished the season ranked fifth in New York State.
The school's only state championship came via the cross country team in 2004. The cross country team however won the sectional title in 2005 and 2007. In addition, the indoor track and field team has won the sectional title in 1984, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005–2008, and 2010. In 2008, Pat Hashmall, John Turro, Pat Porteus, and Todd Apgar placed 5th at Nationals thus making them All-Americans.In 2010, Jon Groton placed 1st at eastern states championship in the 200m and Albert Tunas, Frank Licursi, Scott Friedman, Isacc Shelby won the 4x800 relay at the eastern states championships. The outdoor track and field team has won the sectional title in 2001-2004, 2007 and 2008.[6]
Somers is also well known for its wrestling program, which consistently produces individual and team Section Championships as well as placing wrestlers in the states. Brian Realbuto won Somers' first state championship in 2009 as a freshman in the 103 pound weight class, he then won the state championship again in 2011 at the 135 pound weight class. He has over 130 wins and is on pace to break Joe Mazzurco's (Mahopac) Section 1 wins record by his junior year.