Top: Can junior defenseman John Bello, first-year coach Lew Janavey and the Somers Tuskers show some “Red Rage” (the team’s rally cheer) by advancing to thesectional finals for the first time since 2007? Above: Matt Gorski and Darien face rival Wilton in the FCIAC semifinals.
(Photos by Ryan Rabidou/LaxLessons.com, top, and Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com/ above)
By the end of the day Friday, our final-round matchups will be set everywhere but Class A in Suffolk.
It’s semifinal-round time throughout the region.
Among the storylines to keep an eye on:
Can Wilton, which snapped Yorktown’s nine-game regular-season win streak last week, spring another upset against four-time state champ Darien in the FCIAC semis today?
Can first-year coach Lew Janavey and his Somers Tuskers show some “Red Rage” (the team’s rally cheer) by advancing to the sectional finals for the first time since 2007 by beating 2008 sectional semifinalist Brewster?
Can Lakeland/Panas and Yorktown advance to meet in the final for the third straight year?
Can four-time Class B sectional champ John Jay shake off its No. 3 seed and win at Greeley to return to the finals yet again?
Can the top two seeds, Comsewogue and Shoreham-Wading River, win to set up an intriguing Class B final in Suffolk next week?
Here’s the lineup, including some semis that were played yesterday.
Be sure to check back for score updates and weigh in with info/scores on the games you attend.
Section 1 (Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess) playoffs
Friday, Games at 4:30 p.m. (unless indicated)
Class A
Yorktown 21, North Rockland 5
Lakeland/Panas 9, Mahopac 6
Class B
Somers 11, Brewsteer 3
John Jay 16, Greeley 6
Class C
Putnam Valley 17, Byram Hills 3
Rye 10, Bronxville 6
Nassau
Class A
Semifinals
Thursday
Baldwin 7, Farmingdale 6
Friday at Hofstra
Hicksville 6, Syosset 5
Class B
Semifinals
Thursday
Garden City 9, Plainedge 4
Friday at Hofstra
Lynbrook 10, South Side 8
Class C
Semifinals
Thursday, at Hofstra
Manhasset 14, Friends 6
Friday, at Hofstra
Cold Spring Harbor 9, Seaford 8, 2OT
Section 11 (Suffolk) playoffs
Class A
Semifinals
Saturday
No. 5 Connetquot at No. 1 West Islip, 11 a.m.
No. 3 Whitman at No. 2 Ward Melville, 11 a.m.
Class B
Semifinals
Friday
Smithtown West 9, Comsewogue 1
Sayville 9, Shoreham-Wading River 8
Class C
Friday
Glenn 7, Bayport-Blue Point 6
No. 1 Mount Sinai, bye
SCC
Semifinals
Friday
Fairfield Prep 14, Guilford 6
Cheshire 15, Amity 12
SWC
Friday
At Bunnell
Newtown 15, New Milford 14
No. 1 New Fairfield winner vs. No. 5 Weston, 7 p.m.
Note: The FCIAC finals, scheduled for today at Brien McMahon, have been postponed till Saturday. Wilton plays Darien at 3 p.m. and Ridgefield plays New Canaan immediately after.
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Joe –
A heads up: FCIAC just moved the semifinals to tomorrow. Wilton-Darien at 5 and Ridgefield-NC at 7. I’m sure that they are disseminating this information to the teams now.
Good job, James, thanks for the info. That makes a lot of sense on their part.
Thanks, James. Your info is indeed correct. I received word via e-mail a short time before his comment.
The other games throughout the region are still on as of now. We, of course, will be posting immediate updates if that changes.
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Greeley fans forgot that stewart did not even play the first time around he had a shoulder injury for that game.
Nothing regarding the first game matters now. This is the playoffs. It’s a new season. We beat Fix Lane 15-2 in the regular season and (hen 5-3 on Wednesday. See my point?
P-Reigns sure does see your point Greeley Rent. So basically your saying you guys are in BIG trouble today. P-Reigns agrees!
Brewster in the Upset
Brew!–12
Somers-11
Janavey is a clown! Who would vote for him
JJ-13
Greeley-7
York-16
NR-4
L/P-11
Pac-9
Rye-9
Bronx-5
Byram-11
Put Valley-10
Oh God, “P Reigns” just what we don’t need – another juvenile poster referring to himself in the third person. Who started this nonsense?
Injun –
If you really think Brewster is going to beat Somers tell us why. If it’s because you don’t like Lou Janavey your opinion holds no weight.
Brew! defense is playing the best they have all year. B Donelan is a beast!
Young attack will drop a bunch on red rage.
Tired of all the publicity Janavey and the Tuskers get for NO reason!
CLOWN!
Inun Joe must be from Lakeland! Very Bitter.
We’ve had a lot of distractions this year and this week but we have our eyes on the prize. Here’s a sneak peek at a final score you will all be seeing here around 6:30 …
Pac 10, LP 7
PacMan –
If you are correct, then congratulations will be in order. If you are wrong, please don’t leave the blog for a week again!!!
Greeley parent – Similar to the comment by Laximus, if you really think that Greeley is going to beat JJ then tell us how it will happen. Not only is it true that Will Stewart did not play the first game, it is also true that this JJ team is much, much better right now then when they played Greeley earlier in the season. Throw in the fact that they have a point to prove by getting the #3 seed behind HC and you are very much in trouble. JJ won by 9 the first time around, this one could be much more like 16 – 2.
Wow Greeley fans are really confident. Look at this they say the John Jay rematch is a wish come true! Be careful what you wish for …
http://greeleylacrosse.net/news/article.asp?id=261311
today’s picks
Town 15, NR 3
L/P 9, Pac 6
Somers 13, Brewster 7
JJ 16, Greeley 4
Wogue 10, Smithtown West 9
SWR 7, Sayville 5
Lynbrook 6, SS 5
Syosset 8, Hicksville 7
CSH 7, Seaford 4
LI your Sec 1 scores are almost identical to the irst time those teams played. Looking for consitency!!
todays picks
Town 14, NR 5
L/P 10, Pac 7
Somers 14, Brewster 6
JJ 16, Greeley 4
Wogue 12, Smithtown West 9
SWR 8, Sayville 6
SS 8, Lynbrook 6
Hicksville 10, Syosset 8
CSH 10, Seaford 5
Hey guys,
Some predictions:
Lakeland/Panas 12, Mahopac 6
Yorktown 14, North Rockland 4
John Jay 13, Greeley 5
Somers 14, Brewster 7
Comeswogue 9, Smithtown West 6
Shoreham-WR 9, Sayville 8
Lynbrook 8, South Side 4
Syosset 11, Hicksville 9
CSH 10, Seaford 6
FCIAC Saturday
Ridgefield 10, New Canaan 5
Darien 10, Wilton 6
not looking good for B’ville, 3-1 Rye, mid first. Rye controlling the ball, B’ville’s poles need to slide quicker, and a little too anxious on offense
LP 10 Pac 7
Town 16 NR 4
JJ 15 HG 3
Somers 15 Brewster 6
PV 12 Byram 10
Rye 8 Bville 6
I see the section one C games as the better games
Wogue 8 SW 7
SWR 8 Sayville 7 (OT)
Lbrook 8 SS 7
Syo 10 Hvill 8
CSH 11 Seaford 5
R field 12 New Canaan 6
Darien 12 Wilton 5 (only because of returning players)
Bronxville is playing Rye very tough. Its 6-3 Rye late in the 2nd qtr
Thanks, Laxerdude.
Folks, be sure to post updates on any games you’re at as well.
rye beats bronxville– 10-6 final. Rye led by 3 or 4 goals through most of game.
Smithtown West 5
Comsewogue 0
Halftime
hey laxerdude
how did satangelo play
any scores yet available for JJ-HG and the Brew-Somers games?
Jay up 3 – 1 with 2 mins left in 1st
John Jay leads Greeley 3-1 after one quarter. Drew Beck snaped a 1-1 tie with 4:58 to go in the first quarter. Jordan Fried had tied it at 1-1 for Greeley.
Thanks Joe and LacrosseInsider, keep em coming.
Halftime:
L/P 5 Mahopac 4
Jay up 5 – 1 (helping joe out he is busy talking!)
Smithtown West 8
Comsewogue 1
End of three. I asked my source if he was sure West was playing ‘Wogue…he replied that he was quite sure because the game is at Wogue. Then, I asked if he was sure it was the varsity…he is, he saw Pannell score a goal.
Very surprising, but don’t forget SW is coming off a big win at Rocky Point. I’m glad you like the site THEGilmanfan congrats on the championship
lacrosse insider thanks for the updates but who is scoring for jay?
the JJ game, how much left in 2nd qtr? WHo’s scoring for Jay?
thanks for the updates!
Jay up 7 – 2 (helping joe out he is busy talking!)
lax it Santangelo 3g 3 a and a bunch of ground balls in 10-6 Rye win
has that JJ game reached half time yet?
John Jay leads 8-2 at halftime. Mike Daniello has three goals.
Jay up 8-2 at the half. Masterson has a couple, Beck, Daniello, I think walters and Morris as well, very balanced.
Insider –
Thanks man. Yeah I was. Haha. I’m on my way to Somers now so it’s your ball now. Thanks! BTW – I was mostly listening (to Pete Ruff from News12 and Greeley AD Steve Young + lol)
Jay up 11 – 4 with 6 mins left in 3rd
Colin Tullgren and JoJo Marasco score back-to-back. Somers lead 4-2 1:48 into the second quarter. Timeout Brewster.
updates: 4th qtr score yet in the Jay game?
Jay up 14-5 with 7 mins left
who is scoring for jay
Jay up 15-6 with 4 mins left jay has pulled starters
Final: Rye 10, Bronxville 6
Somers leads Brewster 6-3 at the half. After Mike Moran pulled Brewster within 5-3, Petre answered for Somers.
what was the final score for the JJ game? thanks
Final JJ 16 HG 6
Final: John Jay 16, Greeley 6
do we have stats on scorers for jay
Stop complaining and play the game.
Yorktown leads North Rockland 12-1 in the second quarter.
Heard Pac and LP were tied 2-2 at HT but I’m not there.
Marasco and Pat Hashmall score to give Somers an 8-3 lead midway through the third quarter.
My mistake. LP was up 5-4 at half. It was 2-2 after one. Anyone have a final?
Petre scores an impressive behind-the-back goal with 34 seconds left in the third. Somers has pulled away to take a 9-3 lead.
Colin Tullgren scores his third goal off a Marasco feed. Somers leads 11-3 with 7:20 to go in the game.
I know L/P was leading 9-5 with only a few minutes left in the game
Yorktown leads 17-2 at the half over North Rockland.
Now that’s some Yorktown firepower…
Something tells me they are motivated …
Final: Somers 11, Brewster 3
Somers will play JJ in the Section 1 Class B title game Thursday at 8 p.m. at White Plains High School.
joe do u have any stats for the jay game
Ytown leads 19-3 after three. Ranagan has six goals in his last game at Murphy Field. KI also has six. Both have been pulled to start the fourth.
Final scores:
Iona Prep 13, Canisius 7
John Glenn – Elwood 7, Bayport-Blue Point 6
Niskayuna 17, Albany Academy 1
Smithtown West 9, Comsewogue 1
Final: Yorktown 21, North Rockland 5
The ‘Huskers advance to the Class A final on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.at White Plains.
Joe just an amazing job with the updates. It’s like you were at all the games at once. I don’t know what we’d ever do without you.
jay wins big, something like 16-3
upset: No. 3 JJ over No. 2 Greeley 16-6
Seriously. Chappaqua’s new nickname is upset city.
John Jay won 16-6. Joe posted the final like 2 hours ago.
Well, well. Greeley fans sure got their “wish” – haha. You gotta check this:
http://greeleylacrosse.net/news/article.asp?id=261311
For info on today’s Iona Prep-Canisius Catholic state semifinal game, check the comments portion of this thread:
http://laxlessons.com/blog/2009/05/closing-in-on-300/
Today’s stat leaders
Class A
Yorktown 21, North Rockland 5
Y Kevin Interlicchio, John Ranagan each scored six goals.
Lakeland/Panas 9, Mahopac 6
LP Will Fallo 2-0, Shawn Honovich 2-0, Chris Monteferante 1-2, Jack Doherty 1-1
M Tyler Perrelle 5-0
Class B
Final stat leaders JJ 16, Greeley 6.
JJ Drew Beck 4-0, Mike Daniello 3-0, Forrest Walter 3-0, Andrew Masterson 2-4, Jake Weil 2-2
HG Jordan Fried 2-0
Final stat leaders Somers 11, Brewster 3
S Colin Tullgren 3-2, Greg Petre 3-1, JoJo Marasco 2-2
Class C
Final stat leaders Rye 10, Bronxville 6
R Rob Santangelo 3-3, Matt Foristel 2-0, Cole McCormack 2-0
B Dan Lentz 2-2, Joe Wood 2-1, Dave McCann 22 saves
Putnam Valley 17, Byram Hills 5
PV Jim van de Veerdonk 3-1, Dan O’Gorman 3-1, Bill Ries 3-0
HV Lax –
I second that praise for Joe. Incredible job with the updates today. No one does it better!
Final: Cheshire 14, Amity Regional 10
Final: Fairfield Prep 14, Guilford 6
pv 17
byram 3
Finals:
Cold Spring Harbor 9, Seaford 8 (2OT)
Hicksville 6, Syosset 5
Final: Sayville 9, Shoreham-Wading River 8
I was just gonna post that Joe. How many people were expecting SWR-Comsewogue? Man, a Smithtown West-Sayville final flies in the face of all conventional state tournament history. That should be a heck of a game.
joe,
Rye/Bronxville
Other scorers for Rye inc. Wood, McReddie and I think J. O’Callaghan
McCormack was 17-20 on face-offs and had 13 ground balls.
Great effort by Bville and particular hats off to Bville’s goalie that made a number of great saves. Rye was peppering him for a large part of the game and he held the margin of win down.
That’s Long Island lacrosse for you. Remember last year everyone had West Islip written into the downstate semi. Then along came Syosset. Teams like this emerge every year. It’s what makes LI the king of HS lax, really.
Was every game a one-goal game today on the Island? A further testament to the depth I was talking about.
I’ve been touting the “mystery” team coming out of Class B on the Island for years. Now it’s starting to happen In A. Manhasset better get eyes in the back of its head …
Syracuse, Joe is 100 percent on the mark. This happens every spring out here. None of us are the least bit suprised. Island Lax rules!
Shoreham went from the hottest team around a month ago to going home just like that. …
Must be the ‘CUSE curse.
Joe and Pequa really nailed it. It really is so true.
You give me a Connetquot-Whitman A final and I’ll give up all the nasty habits I have for good.
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Greeley where was your special defense??? you are lucky sav pulled his starters or it would have been 20 goals again. Nice game plan the same as last time. Very pathetic for having two empire players on defense. Do the greeley coaches even watch film?
I will say this Greeley has more talent then john jay.
Greely does not have more talent than John Jay. Its not to say that Greely is not talented. Greely was just not on the top level this year. JJ was in a transition year. Some view there losses to Putnam Valley and Lakeland/Panas as indicators of their capability and it is not so. Somers will have to play very well to beat them.
SCC
Today’s semifinals
Fairfield Prep 14, Guilford 6
Cheshire 15, Amity 12
Final will be Monday at Branford, 5 p.m.: No. 1 Fairfield Prep vs. No. 3 Cheshire
SWC
Today’s semifinals
Newtown 15, New Milford 14
No. 1 New Fairfield vs. No. 5 Weston, 7 p.m.
Final will be Tuesday at Pomperaug, 5 p.m.: No. 1 New Fairfield/No. 5 Weston vs. No. 2 New Milford
I have to give props to Katchis of Greeley, the kid played a great game, he took the ball away from Stewart and several other Jay players several times, very impressive. Jay is looking very strong right now, I can’t see them losing next week but it WILL be a battle!
how can you say a defensman plays well when they let in 16 goals
Final: Lynbrook 10, South Side 8
max – trust me, he was the one bright spot for Greeley. One player is obviously not enough….I am a Jay fan and I will tell you he had a few very nice plays.
Lacrosseinsider,
Congrats on Jays win.
Not a HG fan and agree with you on Katches. He is a super long pole (as is Litwak). But he cant do it all and all 16 goals of course cant be pinned on him. When HG is getting pounded by Jay or other teams may fall off his assignment occasionally or take risks to try and plug up holes.
slacrosse – congrats to you as well! Good to see Rye back in the final!
For every take away check Katches makes he gets beat three to four times. The two best D-men on the field were Stearns and Pickel and it wasn’t even close. JJ defensemen play as a unit and aren’t allowed to throw checks but that is going to win you games in the long run. The Greeley poles are way too agressive and got abused all day by the JJ attack . Meanwhile, not a single goal was scored by a Greeley attackman. Also impressed with Franklin in goal today – very solid.
Cuse, I know its a little before your time but Town honored 84 tonight! Murphs! WOW
ringer the box score had Leventhal scoring and he played attack due to an injury
playing for rings,
It is somewhat before my time, but I knew a lot of them as older brothers of friends. I was in the seventh grade I think when they beat Genny at Hofstra for the title. Anyway, yeah, Murph’s and there also going to be a huge house party to follow.
Only playin Cuse, i think there’s another party Sunday!
I spoke to one of the guys on the team during the national title game on Monday and I said to him straight out, what was it like after you beat Genny. His answer?
“Total and utter madness … for about a week straight.”
And back then “total” and “utter” madness was a lot different than it is today!
A whole different world back then my man 🙂
Joe…Should Yorktowm beat Lakeland on Theursday where will Town Play Sec. 2 champion “Guilderland”? Albany? or Middletown? and at what time?
Thx….Go Town All your fans are behind you!
Here you go Re-LAX-N:
State playoffs
Quarterfinals (Section 1 vs. Section 2/9): June 9 (at University at Albany)
Class C – 1 p.m., Class A – 3:30 p.m. Class B – 6 p.m.
Long Island championships (Section 8 vs. Section 11): June 9 (at Stony Brook)
Class C – 3 p.m., Class A – 5:30 p.m. Class B – 8 p.m.
Downstate semifinals (Section 1/2/9 vs. Section 8/11): June 11 (at Middletown High School)
Finals: June 13: (at Paetec Park in Rochester)
FYI, gang. I learned today next year’s state championships will be at Stony Brook University, followed by Colgate University in 2011 and Middletown High School in 2012.
Also, effective in 2011, the state semis and finals will Wednesday and Saturday, respectively (with quarterfinals the previous week). That will give teams an extra day to prepare for the state finals. They also will not have to play three games championship week.
Joe:
The NYSPHAA website shows the Class A quarterfinal game being played on June 9th at 5:30 pm. And, I believe the bracket that NYS is showing reflects that the game will be at the winner of Section 2/9 – which we all believe will be Section 2. If that is the case, then the game will be at SUNY-Albany. If Section 9 should win, the bracket makes you think that the state quarterfinals on the 9th would be at Middletown High School.
I think the time that you show at post 113 is for the Regional Finals, on June 6th. The Regional Finals have Section 2 vs. Section 9 at SUNY-Albany at 1:00 (Class C), 3:30 (Class A) and 6:00 (Class B).
If the state quarterfinal schedule has changed for Class A (as you note above), then the Class B and Class C times would also change. I am sure all the Section 1 parents would like to know if the game times have changed.
Thanks for your clarification.
Hi Terry, and thanks for catching that. This should be correct:
NYS playoffs
Quarterfinals
Section 1 vs. Section 2/9: June 9 (at University at Albany or Middletown)
Class C – 3:30 p.m., Class A – 5:30 p.m. Class B – 8 p.m.
Long Island championships (Section 8 vs. Section 11): June 9 (at Stony Brook)
Class C – 3:30 p.m., Class A – 5:30 p.m. Class B – 8 p.m.
Downstate semifinals
Section 1/2/9 vs. Section 8/11: June 11 (at Middletown High School) Class C – 3:30 p.m., Class A – 5:30 p.m. Class B – 8 p.m.
Finals
June 13: (at Paetec Park in Rochester)
Class C – 11 a.m., Class A – 1:30 p.m. Class B – 4 p.m.