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A senior takes her final shot the end of the game, an easy 52-26 Kellenberg win, when Ressegger came off the bench Michaela Ressegger’s final and stepped onto the court. The moment on the basketball court referee blew a whistle and gave at Kellenberg Memorial High her the ball. She moved toward School, in Uniondale, on Feb. 3 the basket and made a clean layup. Her teammates cheered, wasn’t supposed to happen. The senior captain of the and the crowd stood. “I think it means a lot for my girls’ varsity basketball team had torn her left anterior cruci- p a r e n t s , ” R e s s e g g e r s a i d , ate ligament on Jan. 13, ending “because they got to see me do it one last time, and her season — and it gives them a seemingly her high sense of relief that school career — and everything will be was on the sidelines, OK, and it gave me wearing a brace. It a highlight — one was Senior Day, last time.” when athletes play It wasn’t just a one final game of basket. For the the season. 17-year-old RessegBut before Kellenger, it was closure. berg and St. John “I was annoyed the Baptist tipped that I couldn’t be in off in East Islip, the the game, and obviteams agreed on ously upset, something rare in MATThew KIRK because sports competitive sports: Head varsity girls’ have been my Ressegger would get basketball coach, entire life and I one last shot. couldn’t partici“ I d i d n ’ t w a n t Kellenberg High pate in the last Michaela to have School game as a senior,” her last basketball experience in a jersey and not she said as tears streamed on our court,” said Matthew down her face. “That’s upsetKirk, head coach of the varsity ting, because I’ve been on the girls’ team and an assistant team for three years, and I’ve principal at Kellenberg. “To played basketball here for six give her that opportunity — years.” “I was just glad I could do it just thinking outside the box, we wanted to try to create a spe- one more time.” Kirk, Kellenberg Athletic cial moment.” That moment came toward Continued on page 15
By STACY DRIKS
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Photos courtesy Long Island Children’s Museum
Girl Scouts explore the world of science On Girl Scout STEAM Night last Saturday at the Long Island Children’s Museum, scouts rotated through four hands-on stations designed to spark their interest in science and exploration. At right, Daisy Eva Didonato, 5, got to know Brie, the “fancy rat,” at the Animal Adventure station, where a STEAM Night coordinator showed the girls a number of animals, including Mango, a bearded dragon; Mochi, a gecko; and Brie, and explained how evolution had shaped their bodies. Other activities included an exploration of motion, fluid dynamics and aerodynamics and the creation of a foil sailing vessel. Above, the scouts toured the museum’s permanent exhibit, “Saltwater Stories.”
didn’t want Michaela to have her last basketball experience in a jersey and not on our court.