Top 12 Private School Players on Long Island

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The private schools on Long Island have some high talent play at their schools. Long Island Lutheran a perennial state championship final contender is where college coaches go to get their next stud. They are a fixture in the national landscape as well. The big ten, big east, pac 12 are sprinkled with LUHI players. The Portledge school is a rising program that also is a state champion fixture in their class. Upper Room Christian school also gets alot of college program traction . 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