Sports

Bayport Youth Soccer Team Takes State Cup, League Title

It was team's first time playing in the Premier League.

The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) is very pleased to announce the 13 champions of the 2013 ENYYSA Premier League. 71 teams from eight leagues kicked off play on the weekend of March 23 and 24. Squads from six different leagues were recently crowned league champions:

Boys-Under-12: Bayport Tsunami, Long Island Junior Soccer League
Boys-Under-13: B/W Gottschee Boys 99 Blue, Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League
Boys-Under-14: FC Somers Razors, Westchester Youth Soccer League
Boys-Under-15: Yonkers United Celtics, Westchester Youth Soccer League
Boys-Under-16: Alleycats Straycats, Capital District Youth Soccer League
Boys-Under-17: White Plains Rockets, Westchester Youth Soccer League
Boys-Under-18: Dover Dreamers, East Hudson Youth Soccer League

Girls-Under-12: Smithtown Crimson Tide, Long Island Junior Soccer League
Girls-Under-13: South Merrick Lady Cyclones, Long Island Junior Soccer League
Girls-Under-14: Farmingdale Shamrocks, Long Island Junior Soccer League
Girls-Under-15: Quickstrike FC 98’s, Hudson Valley Youth Soccer League
Girls-Under-17: Bayport Lady Hurricanes, Long Island Junior Soccer League
Girls-Under-18: Alleycats Ocelots, Capital District Youth Soccer League

The Bayport Tsunami used what they learned in the ENYYSA Premier League to help them win the State Open Cup on June 1 at Stringham Park in LaGrange.

“We’re extremely excited to win both the State Cup and Premier League,” commented Bayport coach Eddie Hackett. “It was the Tsunami’s first time in the Premier League. They’re a very good group of kids who have a lot of good things ahead of them.”

Congratulations to these 13 champion youth soccer teams who automatically qualify for entry into the Northeast Regional Premier League (NERP) in 2014.

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.