Long Beach High School Athletes Pledge To Colleges

LONG BEACH, NY — Many Long Beach High School senior athletes will be joining college teams and continuing their sports careers. Ryan Buonocore, Kevin Lopez, Izzy Maldonado and Dylan Sofield are all captains and four-year members of varsity teams and have earned numerous achievements during their time at Long Beach High School.

Buonocore has twice been named Defensive MVP on the Long Beach High School football team and will now take his skills to the field at SUNY Cortland. He also plays lacrosse.

Lopez will attend Nassau Community College and participate on the wrestling team. He is a three-time All-County athlete and two-time New York State Qualifier.

Maldonado was accepted to the honors program at Utica College, where he plans to play football. He is also a basketball and track athlete and aspires to study sports management or business economics.

Sofield will join the wrestling team at Trinity College. He has earned Conference Champion and Conference Runner Up accomplishments on the High School’s wrestling team and has participated in cross country and track.