Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame to induct nine

Smithtown native and former Met Frank Catalanotto will be inducted... — Smithtown native and former Met Frank Catalanotto will be inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday. (Mar. 7, 2010) Credit: Getty Images

February 7, 2011

The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in Patchogue will induct its nine-member class of 2011 tomorrow morning.

Included on the list are former major league baseball players Frank Catalanotto and Jim Mecir, both Smithtown products; 28-year St. Anthony's High School athletic director Don Buckley, and Cathy Gallagher, the Section XI executive director from 1982-2003.

Long Island's most decorated wrestler, Jesse Jantzen, also will be inducted. He was a four-time state champion for Shoreham-Wading River and the 2004 NCAA champion for Harvard.

Also being inducted are former Suffolk CC-Ammerman baseball coach Eric Brown, former lacrosse and soccer standouts Jeff and Scott Reh of Rocky Point, and Barbara Williams, the NHL's first skating coach, who was hired by the Islanders in 1977.

Former Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson, former Jets defensive lineman Marty Lyons, Patchogue Mayor Paul Pontieri and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko will present the inductees.