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East Islip’s Scafuri’s, Sachem’s Panzarella Earn LIJSL Honors
By Ken Ilchuk
Ronkonkoma, NY – Beth and Frank Scafuri of East Islip Soccer Club, and Marge Panzarella of the Sachem Soccer Club, became the most recent inductees of the 83-member Long Island Junior Soccer League Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Friday, March 4th, at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, NY. The induction took place at the organization’s volunteer awards dinner, which kicked off the 29th annual LIJSL Convention.
Beth Scafuri has along history in the soccer community that includes serving on the Board of the defunct Central Islip Soccer Club. She has involved with the Exceptional Seniors Games for twenty years and has Chaired it for the last ten years. Beth has held positions as the Saturday Girls Director for the Games committee, the Boys Select program administrator and currently sits on the Scholarship Committee. She also is the Registrar for the LIFC Program.
Frank Scafuri held several administrative positions with in the LIJSL Boys Select Program before taking over as the program Chairperson. His term was marked by many new innovative changes,including the unification of the Boys and Girls Select programs, the start of the player development program and helped to implement the Pass Back Program.
He worked with Alfonso Mondello to create the LIJSL Advanced Training Program. He also has served on the Player Arbitration Committee and has worked with the LIFC Program. Frank has been a member of the LIJSL Board of Directors for the last eight years with duties such as the Risk Management Program.
Panzarella was a long time coach of multiple teams within the Sachem Soccer Club, was in charge of field maintenance, and served as the club registrar. On the league level, she held Supervisor and Division Coordinator positions as a member of the Games Committee. In addition, she volunteered for over 12 years as a member of the LIJSL Registration Committee.