Curriculum
Bay Shore High School, which follows the New York State Syllabus, offers courses in the following areas: English, Cultural Arts, Mathematics and Computer Technology, Occupational Education, World Languages (Latin, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and French), Science and Social Studies. Additionally, the high school offers an Honors Program, Humanities Program, Math/Science/Technology/Career Program, Advanced Placement Courses, a Law sequence (7 courses), and Project Adventure (a physical education program that builds teamwork and trust.) Bay Shore High School began offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in 2009. [5]
Sports
Softball
Bay Shore has one of the most storied softball programs in New York State. Under coach Jim McGowan, Bay Shore softball won a record seven New York State championships in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2010. McGowan is the winningest softball coach in New York State softball history, with 661 wins. In this time, the team also won a record 13 Suffolk County championships, a record 10 Long Island championships, and 25 League titles. From 1994-1996, the Marauders won a Long Island record 56 games in a row including two undefeated New York State championships in 1994 and 1995. These teams were crowned Team of the Decade by Newsday and earned McGowan Newsday Coach of the Decade. McGowan was inducted into the New York State Softball Hall of Fame, NYSPHAA Hall of Fame, and Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame. Bay Shore has won two Suffolk County championships since McGowan's departure in 2011. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] .
Wrestling
Bay Shore Wrestling is the oldest team in public school wrestling team in Suffolk County, founding in 1932. [11] As of 2020, Bay Shore Wrestling has a record of 733-436-14 in dual meets, along with 82 Suffolk County champion wrestlers, 23 Long Island champions, and 4 New York State champions. [12] In 1981 and 1982, the Marauders won back to back Suffolk titles, including a dominant performance in 1981, setting the points, margin of victory, and place-winners records [13] . In the late 1950s, Bay Shore Wrestling won three Suffolk County team championships, led by Edward Hubbard, a three time Suffolk County champion and a Long Island champion. Hubbard remained involved in wrestling for decades and was inducted into the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame and National Wrestling Hall of Fame [14] Their fourth New York State champion was Elijah Rivera, winning the 106 pound New York State championship in 2020. [15] [16] Also in 2020, Bay Shore began the very first NYSPHAA official girls wrestling team, with athletes from across Suffolk County. [13]
Esports
Bay Shore Esports has one of the most prominent Esports teams in Suffolk County. For their initial season, 127 students initially tried out. Marauders Esports has participated in games such as Call Of Duty, Overwatch, Rainbow Six: Siege, and Counter-Strike:Global Offensive, and also has had an ESPN article written about them in 2018. [17] As Esports gains a foothold on Long Island, Bay Shore is one of the key players. They also won at the Microsoft Empower Possibility event, earning many consoles and devices along with $2,000. At this event, there was also a short documentary filmed about the team. [18] [19]
Other Achievements
Boys’ Golf went undefeated in 2010. [6]
In 2022, Boys' Cross Country won division championships. [20]
Basketball won Suffolk County championships in 2004 and 2024 and the Long Island championship in 2024. [21] They have also won four other Long Island Championships, including one in 1981. [22]
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
