Lindenhurst Girls Varsity Basketball Coach.
Associate Director of Long Island
Lightning.
Long Island Lightning and Crown Lightning 2022-23-24 Head Coach
No words can do justice to how much I will miss this group of girls. Just an amazing group of people and players who dedicated 4 years of their lives to our shared journey together. Thank you for hard work and dedication. And for the good times and fun you brought to my life.
USJN-how about 16 top bracket playoff spots and 8 are occupied by HGSL teams. 8 of our 13 teams in the top bracket made the playoffs.
United
Crown Lightning Flynn
Shoreshots
Freedom
Extreme
Belles Fagan
Nex Elite
Central PA Dynamite
@hgsl_girls
Ready to close the book on Lightning Flynn 2024 commits
Haylee Ellwood Daemen D2
Katie Drozd New Haven D2
Annie Kiernan Bentley d2
Iris Hoffman Molloy D2
Brooke Kershow Curry College d3
Kaitlyn Nestor Cortland D3
Reily Roberts Geneseo D3
Congrats. Good luck to all
Super proud
Congrats to Lightning Flynn 2023/Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 forward Meghan Andersen on her commitment to play basketball for
@Coachgaitley
at Fordham University. Could not be more proud of such an amazing player and person. Great job Meghan.
@hgsl_girls
@CrownBBALL
@LightningAAU
I can truly say that the thing I’m most proud of as a coach is that my kids grow to become friends and care and root for each other. Forget wins. This group of girls is special because of the people they are. That allows them to accomplish incredible things.
Priceless
Incredible year by an absolutely amazing group of young women. Thanks for the faith you had in our program and our coaching staff. Winning 65 percent of their games and the 15u HGSL championship as 9th graders make them one of our best Lightning teams ever. Couldn’t be more proud
Congrats to Crown Lightning/Long Island Lightning Guard Riley Weiss on scoring 52 points today to eclipse the 2000 point mark for her career. An incredible accomplishment by an incredible kid and Player
First AAU practice of the year last night went great. Felt like we had a great practice and that all the girls have matured and got better over the winter. Looking forward to the many great games and tournaments ahead with these two great groups. Keep getting better every day.
I am excited to announce that Lightning Flynn 2024 guard Kaitlyn Nestor will be continuing her academic and athletic career at SUNY Cortland under head coach Colleen Ames. Thank you to all the amazing coaches who took their time out to recruit her and show interest in her.
Reily Roberts and Kaitlyn Nestor not pictured (injury)
So proud yet very sad to see this amazing group end it’s run. 61-52 in three years at every major event and 3 HGSL playoff appearances. Thanks for so many great memories. Pumped to see everyone succeed in college.
I wanted to thank Mike Gennero, Chris Ryan and the Suffolk County Coaches Association and Executive Board for selecting me for the SCWBA Coach of the Year this year. There is no greater honor then being selected by such a great group of people and coaches.
Congrats to Crown Lightning 2022 Forward Lindsay Hogan on her commitment to a full scholarship at the University of New Haven in the Northeast 10 D2. We are so proud of Lindsay who is a phenomenal player and person. Lindsay has been a huge part of our program since 8th grade.
Incredible season with an incredible group of girls. Crown Lightning 2022 ended their season with a 29-14 record playing against the best teams on the East Coast .
Looking forward to getting my sweatshirt and rooting all my players on in college. Thank you for an amazing ride
Congrats to Lightning Flynn Blue 2018 guard Lauren Hammersley who has committed to play at Adelphi University as a two year grad transfer. Lauren is a tremendous player and person and will have a big impact at Adelphi.
Also our first grad transfer tweet ever. Trailblazing.
Great news. Congrats to Crown Lightning 2022 Center Caitlin Marten on accepting a scholarship and committing to East Stroudsburg University is the D2 PSAC conference. We are tremendously proud of you Caitlin. Great Job!
@hgsl_girls
@CoachDelPreore
It is with great pleasure that I announce that Lightning Flynn 2023 Forward Victoria Pfeffer has accepted a scholarship and committed to play basketball for Coach Scott Lagas and Mercy College D2. We are incredibly proud of Victoria and happy for the Pfeffer family. Congrats
We, as coaches, ask our players to step up their game for the live period. So should we. Announcing on this big day the arrival of the New, Upgraded, Customized Bumblebee shirt. This will shake Bumblebee shirt nation to its core
Sooo awesome
@CoachVasselman
@HammertimeJH42
Crown Lightning Assistant Coach Lauren Hammersley had a career high 22 points in a 72-60 Assumption loss to a good Lemoyne team. So proud of Lauren who is a great leader and captain who continues to work hard and succeed .
Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 had an incredible weekend . Won pool and a playoff game and lost to a great
@Nepa_Elite
team in the semis. They went on to win the title. Our kids played amazing with great effort, heart and execution. Great work.
@hgsl_girls
Bumblebee shirt nation is spreading everywhere. Everyone is looking to have some Bumblebee shirt magic come to their program. The amount of yellow polos is increasing in the building..I wonder why..you know why…great to see you coach.
@ElmiraWBB
Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 HGSL defeated Illinois Hustle 51-45 to capture the Platinum Championship at 6-0 in the Fuchsia Division at Run for the Roses. Super proud of our girls for this hard fought victory . First championship for Lightning at Run for the Roses
@hgsl_girls
Wanted to Thank Kyla Nembach and her family for the great gift. ….I would say everyone who knows the story of the bumblebee shirt and it’s rise to superstardom has realized tonight this has pushed things to a whole other level …what a year…let’s go
@KylaNembach
Wanted to congratulate Meghan Andersen, Haylee Ellwood, Iris Hoffman, and Annie Kiernan for representing Lightning Flynn in the Alzheimer’s classic today. Nassau beat Suffolk 93-54 with our own Meghan Andersen winning MVP honors. Super proud of my crew. Great job
Crown Lightning 2022/Lightning Flynn 2023 guard Riley Weiss scored 50 points a school record including 9 threes in a North Broward Prep victory over Boca Christian. Riley recently committed to Columbia and we are super proud of her. Great job Riley
I am happy to announce that I will be taking over Lightning Connolly 2025. They will be Lightning Flynn 2025 HGSL next year along with Emma Heaney who was playing up on my 2024 team. I am excited for this new journey with what will be a fun group.
Incredible job by Crown Lightning Flynn 2024 HGSL on its 4-0 record in our first league tourney. We racked up 11 HGSL points. Max allowed. Everyone on the team had some big moments to gets us the 4-0 record. I am really proud of this team and their improvement the last 2 months
Excited for the HGSL Championships in AC on July 10-12. Speaking to dozens of college coaches who are excited to see the teams who will be at the event. There are a lot of kids in our league with significant followings who are going to bring a ton of coaches
@hgsl_girls
Lauren Hammersley had 21 points on 6-9 shooting including 4-6 from 3 in a huge assumption upset of Bentley. We are super proud of Coach Hammersley who is on our Lightning Flynn coaching staff and is a 2018 Lightning Flynn alum. Keep killing it Coach
Congrats to Meghan Andersen who had 29 points and 11 boards and also scored her 1500th point in her incredible career. One of the most unselfish and valuable players to her team on Long Island. Probably one of the most coachable kids I ever had in my career.
@MeghanAndersen2
Unlike me I would like to say I was extremely disappointed in the ref and scoring table situation at AC this week. I felt we had 3 games where conditions deteriorated to dangerous and had multiple scorer issues which impact games. For the cost of AC/tourney it needs to be better
Usjn
7 HGSL teams made the playoffs out of 13 in the 16u bracket
Running Rebels
Shoreshots
Lightning Flynn
Freedom
Nex elite
Mid Atlantic magic
Maine Firecrackers
@hgsl_girls
Great work by our league.
Riley you are Truly a special player and person. Blessed to be able to coach such a superstar player . Thank you for all the great times and memories. Can’t wait to root you on in college. I know you will be awesome in the Maccabi Games this July.
Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 went 2-0 today with a huge victory over Hoopers Melious. We won 81-75 in an incredible game in which there were about 6-7 D1 kids between the two teams. It was a great back and forth battle that went to the wire. Much respect for them.
@hgsl_girls
Tomorrow 7pm at the mount St Mary vs Sarah Lawrence game with be the full time head coaching debut of my favorite player, assistant coach/friend, and college basketball coach of all time . Coach Colleen Ames . You will be amazing. Could not be more proud to be there to watch
I want to Congratulate Colleen McCullough of Crown Lightning 2022 on her commitment to Accepting a scholarship to play at Stonehill College D2 . Colleen is a great player, student and person. Stonehill is getting a good one. Thank you to Coach Trish Brown and her staff.
Congratulations to Emily Gillis (Division HS 2020) on committing to D1 Gardner Webb University. Emily is a member of Long Island Lightning Flynn Gold 2020. Our Second D1 commit . Congrats to Emily and her family.
Lightning Flynn 2023 HGSL went 4-0 and scored 11 points in the HGSL standings this weekend. Huge wins over very good XGen, Extreme, and main Firecracker HGSL teams plus XGen red. A total team effort with big shots and comebacks. Twice rallying from double digits to win. Great job
I was part of an incredible moment yesterday. Copaigue has a young lady who has two prosthetic legs and is playing basketball. She is an amazing example of courage. Well with newsday there to do a story her she nailed a 3 pointer on the final play of the game. Incredible
Pumped for the July 10-12 HGSL Championships in AC. We will be there with our top 4 teams (2022-25). Looking forward to matching up with all the talented teams in our league
@hgsl_girls
Looks like a monster lineup for June 12-13 HGSL East Stroudsberg event . I-90, Crown Lightning , Shoreshots, United, Demons, NJBelles, LI Renegades, Maine Firecrackers, philly Running rebels, NEPA, royals, freedom..if I was a college coach I think I might want to check it out
I know our time as a team has come to an end but if there is ever a time where you need to be reminded to box out, rotate defensively or screen effectively I can leave you with this option..you can always take a look at this picture and be reminded of the details of the game
Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 with 4 all Long Island players selected by Newsday
Riley Weiss 1st Team
Meg Andersen 1st Team
Lindsay Hogan 1st Team
Erin Harkins 2nd Team
Congrats to a great group of girls
Last 3 games at spooky nook (first 2 films are unwatchable
Riley weiss
26.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
60 percent from 2
63 percent from 3
73 percent effective FG
Top bracket absolute epic performance
Crown Lightning forward Annie Kiernan has opened the season averaging 19 points a game in 3 wins for Sacred Heart against Fontbonne, Massapequa and Moore Catholic. She hit a huge 3 to send the game to overtime at the buzzer of regulation vs Moore Catholic. Keep up the good work
Speaking with several college coaches for April came away with these recruiting points from them
“It’s important I see how the kid defends, rebounds and rotates. That ultimately decides if they play”
“How do they guard a ball screen, do the box out or run after rebounds”
I am ready to cheer on my three Lightning Flynn alumni in the NCAA tournament. Congrats to a group of incredible basketball players who I truly enjoyed coaching every minute they played for me. Special players and people. Let’s go.
Could not be happier or anymore proud of you Haylee. You have been a great floor leader for us for 3 years. Your hard work, dedication and talent will thrive at Daemen in the ECC . Congrats the whole Lightning program is excited for you.
Long Island Lightning 2024 HGSL went 2-3 at the HGSL championships and 5-5 overall for the live period tourneys. Lost 5 games by less than 8 points. Gotta continue to increase skill level and to improve. Proud of our team
Wanted to congratulate Crown Lightning 2022 Forward Colleen McCullagh on becoming a D1 player. Colleen is committed to Stonehill who will be D1 next year for the first time. They will be joining the D1 Northeast Conference. We are super proud of Colleen. Congrats
100 percent correct. Great post. The goal was to find the best possible place for Meghan to be happy. It wasn’t about glory it was about finding the place she would play and make the most impact and be happy. Mission accomplished
Generational fit over name example
Meghan Andersen found the system, the opportunity. National POY watch list as a freshman out of the MAAC!
Think of how many McDonald's All Americans, Top 50/100 recruits sitting on the bench.
Depth Chart 101 + CarFax Report beats HS hype
I’m hearing
@AgunzoLiv
@EllwoodHaylee
and
@KatieDrozd
played very well at the Empire State Takeover event this weekend. Super proud of these 3 girls for working hard to make our two teams better. Great job this weekend
Amazing team dinner at Comix Roadhouse with my two teams. Incredible to see my younger girls give presents to my older team with will be wrapping up their AAU careers tomorrow. Hard to put into words how proud of my kids, parents and coaches I am for the culture we have
Crown Lightning 2024 guard Iris Hoffman scored 19 points in about a half of basketball in a 62-23 win over Lindenhurst. Hoffman played a great game against…ahem..we’ll you know who coaches lindenhurst
If you had Greg Flynn mentioned in ESPN broadcast in your office bingo pool you are a winner, was super proud to hear ESPN 3 announcer tell the story of how Meghan Andersen got to Fairfield from original verbal to Fordham. And a certain AAU coach was mentioned…super proud
Posting a correction from last night Crown Lightning Flynn Guard Riley Weiss scores 53 points in a 77-72 win over Manhasset. Previously reported 49. It was in fact 53 points. Incredible performance.
Lightning Flynn 2023 had an incredible weekend winning our pool with a 4-1 record. We had four straight double digit wins over very good team. Our high powered offense was in high gear all weekend. Thankful for the 30-40 coaches who watched us this weekend. Great Job
Lindenhurst Girls Basketball defeated Sachem North 48-40 clinching our first playoff berth since 2013. Down 18-4 today they battled back with huge plays the whole second half. It’s a credit to their amazing mental toughness and basketball IQ. Great job girls
Lightning Flynn 2024 complete a 4-0 weekend with a 50-47 win over a very tough and well coach Bulls Basketball Team. Super proud of my team, also a big win over the Hoopers early in the day. Great team play with multiple players coming up big to close the win against the Bulls.
Congrats to Lightning Flynn 2023 Forward Michaela Ligon on her commitment to Mount St Vincent College D3 in the Skyline Conference. We are so happy and proud of Michaela who was missed big time in our final run due to an ACL tear. Looking forward to a great career in college
Incredible game for the pool title vs
@MTEliteDucks
45-44 which game down to a huge 3 by Jaime Agostino to win it. Dan Norton is a class guy who does a great job. His team was younger than us playing up. They will be a force moving forward next year and half.
Last night hanging out with an amazing group of kids and parents with Crown Lightning 2022. Truly special people with special kids. I will always be there rooting our girls on in college with my WaWa shirt( thank you Jeff Weiss) and looking forward to our two 2023s returning
Congrats
@rileyweiss_
. Riley is a special player and person. A winner who makes huge shots at huge times and is super unselfish by making everyone around her better. Never seen a harder worker. Blessed to coach her. Well deserved
So retweeted the percentage of players who play college basketball...3.4 percent. Proud to say we have had 43 college players in or commit to d1-2-3 from Lightning Flynn 2013,2014,2016,2018,2020 and Lindenhurst High School hoops. Super proud of my players and staff. Keep working
So for anyone who thinks Long Island Basketball isn’t good, Long Island is currently 16-2 at USJN between Crown Lightning, Lightning Flynn 2023, Lightning Vassalman, Premier Leon Martin, and LI Renegades Cirnigliaro
#Strong
Island
Congrats to Lightning Flynn 2020 wing Emily Gillis whose Gardener Webb team won The Big South conference tonight and will be going to the D1 NCAA Tourney. Emily is a great player who has contributed key minutes to their run. Great job Emily . You are awesome
Congrats to following members of Lightning Flynn
Who made All Long Island.
Iris Hoffman 1st team
Jasmine McKay 1st team
Sofia Vasselman 2nd team
Annie Kiernan 2nd team
Emma Heaney 2nd team
Iris was also named Suffolk County player of the year
Congrats to all
Tomorrow is the last day in Louisville we have had some great wins, tough losses, great times and laughs . I can truly say that this year Kentucky trip has been a blast. Blessed to have such great parents, players and coaches in our program.
So thankful for the D1 coaches calling and building relationships with our kids. Been a great day so far. So happy for our girls who put a ton of time in to get those calls. Keep working and keep grinding
Our program produced nine all state players. And honestly about 2-4 more who missed due to injuries.I am extremely proud of our program and the results we are getting.
Super proud of early feedback on my Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 girls in their freshmen years. Two head coaches have texted me to say these kids really know how to play and are winners. Skills are important, training etc, but knowing how to play the right way is most important
Very busy day of calls, texts and emails. Once again proves to me playing in the top bracket against the best is the way to go. You have to step up to the plate and confront the best they will give you if you feel your kids can handle it. They learn to battle through adversity
Lightning Flynn 2023 pulled out 2 big wins including a shooting display for ages vs NYC Heat in a 91-54. Emma Murphy hit about 12 threes. I gotta check the video to confirm. Also pulled out a big 5 point win vs a very physical Rise as One team. Great weekend .
Congrats to Lightning Flynn 2024 guard Iris Hoffman and my good friend Coach Dan Trebour and the Whitman Wildcats for winning the Suffolk County Championship. A tremendous team with a great coaching staff. Great job and good luck in the regionals .
Captain Citrus prevails The Bumblebee Shirt in another riveting episode right out of a Batman TV Show . Here is a picture of the initial confrontation. Great job by the Firecrackers winning 48-21. Prayers for number 7 and her knee. Get well soon
@hgsl_girls
@FitzKmj
Super proud of my team on today’s win vs the Hoopers and a big win for the HGSL which we are proud to be part of . Looking forward to a big July
@hgsl_girls
Absolutely special player. One of not only my favorite players but favorite people I have ever coached. Every coach should blessed to one day coach a kid like Riley Weiss In their career. I am super proud of her and all she has and will accomplish
𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏 ‼️
Meghan Andersen has been named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale
@USBWA
𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
She is one of 4⃣0⃣ players nationwide with just 4⃣ rookies!
📰:
#WeAreStags
🤘
Lightning Flynn 2023 goes to 4-0 with 2 big wins over HGSL league rivals Evo Elite and Central Pa Dynamite. Defender very well and executed our offense in game 2. Battles through a slow start to ignite a big run to win game one. Last game tomorrow vs Mid Atlantic Magic
Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 guard Riley Weiss made her return score 53 points in a 70-47 win over my Lindenhurst Bulldogs. Incredible performance. Kelly Griffin led Lindy with 20. Great job Riley. So much for taking it easy on your AAU coach
Lightning Flynn 2018 Blue guard Lauren Hammersley scored 27 points going 7-10 from 3 leading Adelphi to a big league win over St Anslem. Great game for our alumni team captain
Want to congratulate Crown Lightning 2022 Guard Erin Harkins on her commitment to LIU Post on a lacrosse scholarship. Erin was a big part of our team providing instant offense off the bench. She also always could make me laugh.We are proud of you and wish you luck
@erinnnharkins
Lightning Flynn 2024 HGSL Finished the weekend 2-2 with a 49-40 win over FBC Legacy. A great showing in the top bracket for our team who battled really hard all weekend . Super proud of my team . Looking forward to some rest and our next stop May 13 at Fitchburg
Parachuted in to win two games coaching another organization because there coach needed an emergency fill in and is A friend of mine. This just shows you the demand for The Bumblebee Shirt is expanding around the Northeast. Everyone wants to see it on their sideline. Priceless.
Crown Lightning 2022/Lightning Flynn 2023 guard Riley Weiss scored 14 points in her D1 collegiate debut including 4-7 from 3 in an 85-73 Columbia loss to Stony Brook. Incredible job
@CrownBBALL
@rileyweiss_
Super proud of my Crown Lightning 2022 team to compete and execute at such a high level vs one of the best teams in the country. Striving to be the best by playing the best is what playing at a high level is all about. This team battles monster teams all year. Keep grinding
Super proud of being selected as a lindy legend by my fellow teachers at Lindenhurst at today’s faculty meeting. I am honored to have taught in such a great community and with such a great staff of people for the last 23 years. Proud to be a lindy bulldog.
It is with great excitement that I announce that Lightning Flynn 2016 Forward Jessica Fressle has signed to play professionally in Ireland. Jess is a truly special player and person who worked so hard to achieve this goal. The entire Lightning program is super proud.
Once again Crown Lightning 2024 guard Iris Hoffman had 17 points on 5 for 5 shooting from 3 to defeat Lindenhurst 66-38. I am proud of how hard my team competed and executed. We are improving. But as for Iris hitting 3s on her aau coach please
@IrisHoffman20
@Phoffjr
Lightning 2024 Commitments
Haylee Ellwood Daemen
Annie Kiernan Bentley
Katie Drozd New Haven
Brooke Kershow Curry College.
So far we are really doing well
Three incredible players still available
Kaitlyn Nestor
Iris Hoffman
Reily Roberts
Coach Ames and her Mount Saint Mary College Knights finished as regular season champs and a 21-3 record. Congrats. Looking forward to the semis on Thursday I will be there to root on Colleen and her crew.
Lightning train keeps rolling.
Col is a 2012 Lightning alum
2018 LF coach
Crown Lightning Flynn 2022 defeated Proskills 68-36. We hit an unreal 16 threes in the game. Riley Weiss hit 7 and had 28 points and Lindsay Hogan hit 6 . Everyone on the team played well in what was our most complete win of the year
I also want to congratulate my former star player/assistant coach Colleen Ames for being named Head Coach At Suny Cortland. Truly one of the most gifted individuals in terms of basketball instincts and knowledge at a young age I have ever dealt with. And an incredible person
Ryan and Riley Weiss
And most important probably for the first time a brother sister twin combo
Both made First Team all Long Island first team. An absolutely incredible accomplishment .
Congrats to two amazing kids
This tourney victory allows both of our teams 17u and 16u to be seeded in the Top 5 with one HGSL event to go. And our freshmen team is currently 6th in 15u
Great run heading into the HGSL Championship
@hgsl_girls
@LILightningBB