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Cuozzo deserves Hall of Fame honor

On April 3, 2004, then-Ward Melville coach Joe

Photo credit: James A. Escher | On April 3, 2004, then-Ward Melville coach Joe Cuozzo, left, speaks to his team during halftime break of a game against visiting Yorktown.

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It was a picture worth a thousand wins, but the coach who had most of them wasn't the one arranging the photo.

Joe Cuozzo, in his farewell tour as coach at Mount Sinai but a lacrosse legend for what he accomplished in 38 years at Ward Melville, was asked to pose after a game in May of 2010.

One of his former players, Shoreham-Wading River coach Tom Rotanz, had just won his 200th game...

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