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.

Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight stories:

* All-star game report

* All-star game video highlights

* Video interviews

* Game updates

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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.

• Video highlights of the game

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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.

• Video highlights of the game

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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.

• Ridgefield beats Darien

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