Sports

Coach, 3 Starters Earn County Honors

Dave Spinella named Suffolk Coach of the Year, while Jalyn Brown, Melodee Riley and Shanice Allen named to all-county teams.

Following his team's , Riverhead girls' hoops coach Dave Spinella was named Suffolk Coach of the Year, as players Jalyn Brown, Shanice Allen and Melodee Riley took home honors to the county's All-Suffolk teams.

Brown, a senior who will be playing basketball at C.W. Post next year as she enters college, was named to first team, All-Suffolk. Riley, a senior, and Allen, a junior, took home second team All-Suffolk honors.

The girls' hoops team won the Suffolk title for the first time since 1984, and its first Long Island championship ever, en route to a trip to Troy. The run ended with a .

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