Matt Bocklet, top (shown in action for the Denver Outlaws),
has had the upper hand on most of his MLL and NLL
opponents during his pro career thus far.

Matt Bocklet’s lacrosse career has taken him to many places.

From John Jay High School to an NCAA tournament appearance at Fairfield University to an NCAA championship at Johns Hopkins — to the NLL with the Philadelphia  Wings, and now, to the Major League Lacrosse championship game with the Denver Outlaws.

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For Ryan Fitzgerald, these are the best of times.

After helping Putnam Valley unseat four-time Section 1 champion Rye to win the Class C title in June, Fitzgerald had one goal and one assist Monday night as Put Valley beat Fox Lane 5-2 to win the Sound Shore League High School League title.

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Two titles in two months. That’s not too bad.

We caught up with Putnam Valley coach Brian Kuczma, who guided the Tigers to the Class C sectional title in June, and then the Sound Shore High School League championship Monday night after a 5-2 win over Fox Lane.

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An interesting aspect of the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight that just wrapped up today at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury is the many family connections.

One of them featured one of the top rising juniors in the nation, John Jay attackman Mike Daniello, and his brother, Chris, who is a key member of Syracuse’s two-time national championship squad.

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Our next video interview from the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury is with one of the top high school attackmen in the nation, Manhasset native Jimmy Bitter, who now lives in Stratton, Vt., and attends the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.

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We continue our video interviews from the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury now with one of the top rising sophomores at the event, Darien’s Case Matheis.

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We start our video interviews from this week’s Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury with Manhasset rising sophomore Bobby Duvnjak.

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West Islip will be looking to win its third state title in the last four years on Saturday when it meets Orchard Park at 1:30 p.m. a at Paetec Park in Rochester.

To do it, the Lions will need another big game from University of North Carolina-bound junior Nicky Galasso.

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Was it something I said? Not sure. But that’s quite an expression on Somers
first-year coach Lew Janavey’s face during our interview Thursday night.

First-year Somers coach Lew Janavey joins us now as we wrap up our interviews following the top-seeded Tuskers’ 14-9 win over four-time sectional champion John Jay in Thursday night’s Section 1 Class B championship game at White Plains High School’s Glenn D. Loucks Field.

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Defense made a big difference Thursday for Somers in its 14-9 win over John Jay in the Section 1 Class B final.

In addition to the play o f junior goaltender Chris Longo (17 saves), the Tuskers got a strong effort from the close unit of junior John Bello, sophomore Eddie Schurr and senior Erik Zmuidins.

We talked with the trio after the game.

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Somers juniors Greg Petre and Colin Tullgren combined for five goals Thursday as the Tuskers downed four-time sectional champion John Jay 14-9 in the Section 1 Class B championship game at White Plains. We caught up with them after the game.

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We continue our video interviews following Somers’ 14-9 win over John Jay in the Class B sectional final on Thursday with a pair of Somers juniors: goaltender Chris Longo, who made 17 saves, and attackman Cole Partenza, who scored two goals.

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We continue our video interviews following Thursday’s Section 1 championships at White Plains High School.

Now playing is senior goaltender Michael Bonitatibus Yorktown, who reflects on Yorktown’s 11-10 win over Lakeland/Panas which gave the ‘Huskers their 28th sectional title in the last 30 years.

Bonitatibus became the first freshman to start in goal for Yorktown since John Martino in 1967 back in 2006.

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We continue now with our video interviews following Thursday’s Section 1 championships at White Plains High School.

Next up is senior attackman Tom Casey of Yorktown, who scored four goals in Yorktown’s 11-10 win over Lakeland/Panas. Casey is bound for 2009 Division III national champion Cortland State.

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We are now starting off our video interviews following Thursday’s Section 1 championships at White Plains High School, gang.

First up is Johns Hopkins-bound senior midfielder John Ranagan of Yorktown, who scored the winning goal in overtime in Yorktown’s 11-10 win over Lakeland/Panas, giving the ‘Huskers their 28th sectional title in the last 30 years.

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It was a defensive-oriented game last night as Ridgefield outlast Darien 7-6 in overtime to win the FCIAC title.

One of the standouts in that department was unquestionably Darien senior Matt Gorski.

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Think Ridgefield’s 7-6 overtime win over Darien last nigh in the FCIAC championship game was special?

Consider this. When do you think the next time it will before something scores two game-winning overtime goals against Darien.

Matt White did just that last night.

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We start off our post-game interviews following Ridgefield’s dramatic 7-6 win over Darien in last night’s FCIAC championship game at Brien McMahon High School with Roy Colsey, who led the Tigers to their first county title in his first year as coach.

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We wrap up our interviews following Yorktown’s 13-10 win Friday night over John Jay.

Now playing — Cortland State-bound senior attackman Tom Casey of the ‘Huskers. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Casey, known for his dodging ability, had two goals and three assists against John Jay,

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We continue our interviews following Yorktown’s 13-10 win Friday night over John Jay.

Next up is Lafayette-bound senior defenseman Geoff Stearns.

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We continue our interviews following Yorktown’s 13-10 win Friday night over John Jay.

Next up is Geneseo-bound defenseman Jeff Dunworth of John Jay, who was assigned coveraged duties on Hopkins-bound attackman Kevin Interlicchio, limiting him to two goals in the Indians’ box and one defense.

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Former Yorktown star Roy Colsey will be at John Jay High School in Cross River tonight to watch his alma mater take on the rival Indians.

But last night, Colsey enjoyed one of the most memorable days of his lacrosse career as either a player or coach. In his first year as head coach of Ridgefield, he led the Tigers to a triumph against powerful Darien — a dramatic 8-7 win.

• Ridgefield rallies to beat Darien

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After being held scoreless in the first half of his team’s game last night against Darien, University of Virginia-bound Matt White came alive in the second half. He had two goals, including the winner with 47 seconds to go, and three assists as the Tigers beat Darien 8-7.

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Varsity debuts don’t get much better than this.

John Jay’s Forrest Walter, who did not play a varsity game prior to this season, has been an impact player for the Indians.

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Somers junior Greg Petre.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)

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Syosset rallied back from a four-goal fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Yorktown last year in the Class A state semifinals.

But the Braves lost eight starters from that team. But Syosset has still been more than competitive this season and could be a sleeper team come playoff time.

To find out more about that and other topics, we talked with senior stars Eddie Loftus and Jonathan Guzman on Saturday after Syosset’s 11-10 overtime loss at John Jay.

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The Irvington Bulldogs are off to a 9-0 start.

Not bad for a program in just its third year at the varsity level.

• Look who’s 9-0: Upstart Irvington

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The Chaminade Flyers are one up and one down in their season series with rival St. Anthony’s.

Will there be a Round 3? You can probably count on it.

That’s one of the topics we discussed with Chaminade defenseman Jimmy O’Neill, who is headed for Duke University, after the Flyers’ 9-8 overtime loss Saturday at Yorktown in a showdown of national and regional powers.

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We continue now with the video interviews we completed on Saturday.

Towson Univeristy-bound defenseman John Fennessy talks about Yorktown’s season and the upcoming Under Armour All-America Game on June 27, which he and teammate John Ranagan will be playing in and which conflicts with Yorktown’s graduation.

How are they going to resolve that? You’ll find out.

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John Jay sophomore Mike Daniello spent today watching his brother Chris and the Syracuse Orange defeat Siena 11-4 in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Carrier Dome.

But just last night, Daniello was the star of the biggest John Jay win of the season. He had three goals and three assists, including the game-winning goal in overtime, as the Indians defeated 2008 Class A state finalists Syosset 11-10. You can watch Daniello’s OT goal here.

Here’s our conversation with Mike after the game.

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There were enough plot twists in the final few minutes of Saturday’s 9-8 Yorktown overtime win over Chaminade for a week’s full of games.

In case you doubt me, just check the highlights here.

After the game, we talked to Kevin Interlicchio, who netted the winning goal, and John Ranagan, who scored two goals, including the 100th of his varsity career. His second goal gave Yorktown an 8-7 lead with time winding down. But Chaminade’s Matt Gillan scored with three seconds left in regulation to tie it at 8-8.

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The Yorktown ‘Huskers have failed to win a Section 1 championship just twice since 1980.

One of those years was 1997 when a Lakeland/Panas player named Jim Lindsay scored four goals in a 7-4 Rebels win in the title game at Mahopac High School.

Lindsay, though, never won a Charlie Murphy Cup game vs. Yorktown as a player. Now, as Rebels coach, he and the Rebels are looking to win the Cup for the second time in the last three years.

That’s one of the topics we discussed on Tuesday after the Rebels pulled out a dramatic 13-12 win at John Jay. It was Lindsay’s first career win against John Jay as a coach.

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The John Jay Indians have won four straight Section 1 Class B titles.

But all those teams were mainly led by seniors. While the Indians once again have a strong senior nucleus, they also have 12 sophomores. So it should come as no surprise that while John Jay has improved since the outset of the season, it’s still searching for consistency.

That’s one of the topics we discussed with John Jay coach Nick Savastano following the Indians’ 13-12 overtime loss to Lakeland/Panas on Tuesday.

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Ridgefield Tiger Video Interview Week wraps up here at LaxLessons.com, gang.

We’ve heard from coach Roy Colsey, Colgate-bound Matt Baker, University of Denver-bound attackman Colin Scott and Fairfield University-bound midfielder Brendan Walsh.

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We’ve heard from Will Fallo, who had the winning goal in overtime in Lakeland/Panas’ 13-12 win at John Jay today.

We heard from Shawn Honovich, who scored three goals.

Next up is all-America attackman Jack Doherty.

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We continue our postgame interviews after Lakeland/Panas’ 13-12 win at John Jay today. Next up is Lakeland/Panas’ Shawn Honovich, who scored three goals.

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Lakeland/Panas junior Will Fallo was the hero tonight in what may have been the Section 1 regular-season game of the year, scoring his second goal of the game with 2:02 remaining in overtime to give the Rebels a 13-12 win at John Jay. It was LP’s first win over JJ in nine seasons.

We caught up with Will after the game. Check back for interviews with teammates Jack Doherty and Shawn Honovich and coach Jim Lindsay.

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Ridgefield Tiger Week continues here at LaxLessons.com, gang.

We’ve heard from coach Roy Colsey, Colgate-bound Matt Baker and University of Denver-bound attackman Colin Scott. Next up is our video interview with midfielder Brendan Walsh, who is headed to Fairfield University.

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It’s the final Tuesday of April action, folks, and we have some good ones in store.

So let’s get rockin’ and rollin’.

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It’s Ridgefield Tiger Week here at LaxLessons.com, gang.

We’ve heard from coach Roy Colsey and Colgate-bound Matt Baker. Next up is our video interview with attackman Colin Scott, who is headed to the University of Denver.

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In addition to coach Roy Colsey, we talked to four Division I-bound standouts on the Ridgefield Tigers following Saturday night’s 17-9 win over Somers.

In the next few days, we will be bringing them all to you, starting today with midfielder Matt Baker, who is headed to Colgate.

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Few players in lacrosse history have accomplished what Roy Colsey has.

Now, the former Yorktown High School, Syracuse University and professional star is on the brink of doing some special things as a coach.

Check back this week for video interviews with the following Division I-bound Ridgefield players: attackmen Matt White (Virginia) and Colin Scott (Denver) and midfielders Matt Baker (Colgate) and Brendan Walsh (Fairfield).

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They’re next-door neighbors — and best friends.

Kevin Interlicchio and John Ranagan also happen to be two of the best boys lacrosse players in the nation.

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Jack Doherty of Lakeland/Panas hopes to earn all-America honors for a second straight season. (Photo by Ray Gallagher)

There’s a smattering of games on tap for today, folks, but nothing I would consider describing with our special LaxLessons.com term “mega matchup.”

And with rain (and potentially lots of it) on the way any way, what better time than to pose the question.

Especially as we near the midway point of the regular season.

The selections won’t be made until June. But let’s get an idea now who is going to be picked.

Let’s hear everybody’s all-Americans.

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If you’re a Section 1 lax fan, there are plenty of afternoon games to pick from on Saturday.

Among them: John Jay at Horace Greeley, Lakeland/Panas at Iona Prep and Ward Melville at Yorktown.

But at 7:15 p.m., the red-hot Somers Tuskers will be hosting the Clarkstown South Vikings in what is an interesting game on several fronts.

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Holding JoJo Marasco and the Somers Tuskers to three goals is no small task.

Especially for a first-year starter in goal.

But that’s exactly what Cold Spring Harbor’s Greg Hanley did in a big 7-3 win on Saturday.

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Cold Spring Harbor started this season by stepping up in class and picking up back-to-back wins over 2008 Class A state finalist Syosset and South Side.

Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Though in Class C, the Seahawks are annually one of the region’s premier teams.

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The Horace Greeley Quakers are known for their defense.

And for good reason. With a starting close unit of seniors Derek Katchis, Ben Litwak and Jake Jessup and long pole Hunter Bastian, the Quakers are pretty stingy in the backline.

But Greeley has some good offensive weapons too. Among them — senior attackman Jordan Fried.

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The Horace Greeley Quakers have already achieved a significant first during senior defenseman Derek Katchis’ varsity career.

When Katchis was a sophomore, the Quakers defeated Yorktown for the first time in school history.

Can the Quakers make it two wins against Yorktown in the last three years? We’ll know soon. The teams will be meeting at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Charlie Murphy Field.

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Cold Spring Harbor has been a model of consistency among programs in the region this decade.

And that’s exactly the word you can use to describe the playing style of Cornell-bound junior midfielder Christian Kennedy.

We caught up with him after the Seahawks’ 7-3 win at Saturday on Saturday.

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Zac Koufakis and the Manhasset Indians picked up a huge 14-13 win at Darien on Saturday. (Photo by Newsphoto.com. See more photos from this game at http://tinyurl.com/d2sw86.)

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Headstrong, charismatic, supremely confident … all these superlatives sum up Roy Colsey.

The new Ridgefield coach opened a new chapter in his illustrious career with a lopsided win over Bridgeport Central on Wednesday. The sky appears to be the limit for his team in 2009. Colsey has some high expectations, desires he says his players believe are very much attainable.

Colsey, the former All-American at Syracuse who needs no introduction anywhere in the civilized lacrosse world,  recently sat down for an interview with LaxLessons.com, during which we discussed his team’s chances this season, other things pertaining to his previous coaching stops and what the future may have in store for a man who has excelled at virtually every level of the game.

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When Jameson Pickel was getting set to start his sophomore season at John Jay last year, he was a midfielder. Now, the 6-foot-1, 175-pound Pickel is a defenseman headed to national power Johns Hopkins. It was an interesting transformation. You can find out more by checking out this interview. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)

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With a sophomore-laden team, John Jay’s seniors have been called upon to be mentors as well as players. No one fills that role better than senior captain Will Stewart. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound midfielder, who is headed to Williams College, talks about that among other topics. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)

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