Ali Galgano Ali Galgano, a Garden City resident and senior at Sacred Heart Academy, will be competing in the New York State Golf Championship in Buffalo on June 1st. Ali qualified for the Championship after winning the NSCHSGAA Golf Individual Stroke Play Championship at Harbor Links at Port Washington on May 15th. Ali shot a 79 on the par 72 course, which is the best score ever by a Nassau/Suffolk golfer in the league and was eight strokes better than her closest competitor (and included a near hole-in-one!). Ali was the unanimous coaches' choice for the Player of the Year Award. As a measure of the respect that Ali has earned from her peers during the season, all of the other golfers individually congratulated Ali on her championship effort.

Ali was captain of Sacred Heart's golf team, which finished second in the league this year. In her last match to end the regular season, she shot an even par 31 on the 9-hole course. This was the third consecutive year that Ali posted an even par round. Ali will be attending Villanova University (in the Honors Program) this fall where she will continue to play club golf.