The Village Beacon Record - January 7, 2015

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BEACON RECORD The Village

Volume 31, No. 24

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Staller Center’s season resumes

also: emma S. Clark Memorial Library to host Long Island premiere screening of thriller ‘Distiller’

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Photo from St. Charles Hospital

BaBy, please come home: danielle Stenzel and david delligatti Jr. rang in the new year with a bundle of joy when the mama

delivered baby boy Jaxon abel delligatti at 6:20 a.m. on Jan. 1, the first baby born at St. charles hospital in 2016. the hospital presented the first-time parents, who are lake grove residents, with a gift basket to celebrate.

Meet the candidates Port Jefferson Free Library will hold its Board of Trustees election next Wednesday

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Tom Rotanz will head new lax program Former SWR lax coach will join ranks of St. Joseph’s College By deSirée keegan

A familiar face is stepping onto the college lacrosse scene. Tom Rotanz, a former head boys’ lacrosse coach for Shoreham-Wading River for 18 years, will helm St. Joseph’s College’s new men’s lacrosse program, which will begin its first season in spring 2017. “It’s something I always wanted to do,” Rotanz said of joining the college ranks. “I think any competitive athlete and coach wants to show someone what good can come from having the right people around you and the good players that are willing to commit themselves, and I hope to have another successful tenure at St. Joseph’s.” Rotanz has a long history with lacrosse. His elder brother was on the team that

won Ward Melville’s first Long Island championship in 1974, and the younger Rotanz was part of the squad that won the second and third in 1976 and 1977. The lacrosse captain earned All-American honors as a senior in 1977, after his team also made it to the New York State championship game, the first one for lacrosse. The boys lost that game, 12-11. From there, he was the captain of the Suffolk County Community College lacrosse team that won a national championship and earned All-American honors twice. He then repeated that feat at Adelphi University, where he was also named an All-American twice. “Tom was a great player,” said his former high school coach, and a legend on TOM ROTaNZ continued on page a4

Photo from Tom Rotanz

tom rotanz coached Shoreham-Wading river’s boys’ lacrosse team to three state championships over his 18 years with the Wildcats.


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