The 21-3 North Shore squad is a force to be reckoned with this season after beating Brentwood 54-46 for the school’s first-ever AAA Long Island title.
Syosset is heading to its first-ever New York State final four this weekend on the heels of an incredibly deep team where three middle schoolers sharpen the skills of the more seasoned athletes.
“They do what’s expected of them to the highest level, and it’s really allowed the team to shine,” head coach Mike Ferreira told The Post ahead of facing Syracuse suburb Liverpool at Hudson Valley Community College upstate in Troy on Saturday afternoon.
Building the program up from the ground level, especially encouraging the new recruits to thrive when they got in the game, is something senior leaders such as Kate Nelmes genuinely takes to heart.
She even boasted that middle schoolers on scout team played a key role in prepping for Brentwood.
“We’ve gone through great role models [in the past], and I think we’ve learned from them,” Nelmes said, adding that many team alumni were in the stands of the LI championship.
“We try to represent some of those qualities,” she added of making the young teammates feel significant.
