Joe Lores, 2019

East Rockaway HS, Section 8

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Joe Lores has coached scholastic basketball for 35+ years.  His teams at East Rockaway High School won the school’s first two Long Island Championships and first three Section VIII titles.  Coach Lores is an Ambassador for the game of basketball. His significant basketball related work in the community benefited the St. Raymond’s Parish, Catholic Youth Organization and the Nassau County Police Activities League. He has been honored as Coach of the Year and

Person of the Year.  He continues to serve on the BCANY Board of Directors where he was instrumental in forming a team to represent Section VIII in the BCANY Summer Hoops Festival.