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Terence Pfeifer, right, and Hicksville will face West Islip
in Tuesday’s Class A Long Island championship game.
Simply put, any of the three Long Island championship games are almost as big as a state final. This year will be no exception as six schools have emerged from the regular season and sectional wars to get to Stony Brook University for Tuesday’s state quarterfinal tripleheader. The winners advance to Thursday’s downstate semifinals at Middletown High School.
Which attackman is going to get the first vote?
We’ll find out tonight at the strike of midnight when week-long voting for our inaugural LaxLessons.com all-region team starts.
Yorktown midfielder Liam McCarthy.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Both Somers and Ward Melville stated their case during the regular season.
That’s when the Tuskers beat John Jay for the first time since 2003 and the Patriots, who earlier in the season knocked Yorktown from the unbeaten ranks, did the same to West Islip on May 4.
Now, Somers is preparing to meet John Jay again and Ward Melville is set to square off one more time against West Islip.
Only now, the stakes are much higher.
Garden City attackman Brian Coleman.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Two No. 1 seeds (Garden City in Class B and Manhasset in Class C) are alive and well as we get set for today’s Nassau County finals.
But we do have one casualty. And it’s a big one.
In Class A, Farmingdale was ousted in the semifinals, falling 7-6 to upstart Baldwin.
Darien coach Jeff Brameier
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
It’s time.
For months, FCIAC fans have known this moment would arrive.
Though it nearly did not (thanks to an inspired effort by New Canaan in the FCIAC semifinals), Ridgefield and Darien will indeed be meeting for the FCIAC title.
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.
Brendan Donelan and No. 4 Brewster host
No. 5 Hen Hud in a Class B sectional semifinal today.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Senior midfielder Cameron Ross and Darien
lay out the welcome mat for visiting Norwalk today at 4 p.m.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Garden City’s Brian Coleman, left, and
Cornell-bound defenseman Thomas Keith of Syosset.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
We’ve got playoff games all over the place today, gang.
Hope you’re ready.
Ready to not only post your predictions and then take in the games, but pass along updates and info on the games you attend right here.
It should be an interesting day without a doubt.
• For a photo gallery of Fox Lane’s 9-6 win over Ossining, click here
Holy Cross-bound senior attackman Myles Gillespie
of Iona Prep holds the Metro tournament trophy
with his teammate and brother Jack after the Gaels’
17-7 title-game win over Fieldston at Iona Prep.
Iona Prep and Fieldston are meeting for the Metro tournament title today and action gets under way in the Nassau County playoffs with Class B action.
Rob Santangelo and Rye are hoping to win
a fifth straight Class C sectional title.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Much is made of the annual Charlie Murphy Cup between Yorktown and Lakeland/Panas.
But the ‘Huskers also play another Cup game that honors of the program’s other founding father.
Tonight at 7 p.m. at Wilton, Yorktown and the host Warriors meet in the annual Jim Turnbull Cup game.
Michael O’Hagan is one of five Division I-bound player on Iona Prep.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
It’s the grand finale, gang.
Well sort of, at least.
The final Saturday of the regular season features some interesting matchups.
Let’s take a look, shall we.
John Jay defenseman Jeff Dunworth. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
When did John Jay/Yorktown become, well, John Jay/Yorktown?
As far as I can tell, it was 2004. I remember looking back at the crowd midway through the second quarter of the teams’ regular-season meeting (the first time John Jay ever won at Yorktown) and seeing the bleachers filled and fans rows deep along the fences.
John Bolton and Darien visit Ridgefield.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
It’s here.
The moment FCIAC fans — and fans from throughout the region — have all been waiting for.
Darien vs. Ridgefield.
Darien has won four straight state titles. Ridgefield is the No. 1-ranked team in the state.
The Irvington Bulldogs’ 9-0 start has created quit a stir on this blog in the last 24 hours. Be sure to check out our report on yesterday’s 7-4 win over Eastchester as well as a video interview with first-year coach Drew Werney.
Today, the Bulldogs, who are in their third year as a varsity program, can set a school record for wins in a season as Irvington, which went 9-7 last year, plays at Albertus Magnus at 4:30 p.m.
• Manhasset tops Chaminade; White Plains pulls off another stunner
Many viewed last year’s Section 1 Class C final as a given.
Rye was going to win a fourth straight title.
Someone forgot to tell that to the Byram Hills Bobcats, who built a surprising 4-3 lead at the half. But the Garnets battled back and went ahead 5-4 in the third quarter on a goal by Rob Santangelo. The Bobcats then tied it at 5-5. Rye then scored five straight goals and wound up winning 10-5.
The teams meet for the first time since then today at 5 p.m. at Rye.
T.J. Tynan of Fox Lane battles Joey Bonitatibus of Yorktown.
(Photo by Ray Gallagher/Picture That)
Iona Prep hopes to defend its CHSAA New York section championship today when it meets rival Fordham Prep for the second time in four days today.
The teams met on Friday in the opening round of the playoffs, with Iona Prep pulling out a 10-7 win. Fordham Prep then beat Monsignor Farrell 10-5 Saturday to advance to the finals.
It’s the second Saturday in May and that can only mean one thing, folks.
Wall-to-wall lax.
So in between making the rounds to whatever game or games you may be attending, be sure to check back here for all the latest scores.
Can we talk for a second?
In private.
Actually, I should say, about privates.
Because today’s slate is headlined by a private school showdown between host Brunswick of Greenwich, the No. 10 team in the LaxLessons.com Top 25 regional rankings, and New Jersey power Lawrenceville, which is coming off a 12-11 win over the No. 5 team in the rankings, Ridgefield.
Somers junior goaltender Chris Longo.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
This is Lew Janavey’s first go-round as a head varsity coach.
But prior to his arrival at Somers this season, he made a name for his self after serving for years as an assistant coach for Lakeland and then Lakeland/Panas under Frank Vitolo and Tim Weir.
Tonight, Janavey takes his Somers team to Panas where it will face Lakeland/Panas in a 7 p..m. game. (Note: It had originally been scheduled for 7:30 p.m.)
It’s been an upset-ting week for several of the top teams in the LaxLessons.com regional rankings so far.
West Islip, Shoreham-Wading River and Rocky Point have all been upset victims.
Kings Park, which stunned SWR on Monday, is looking to prove it was no fluke when it plays at Glenn today at 4 p.m.
It’s been a stormy season on Long Island.
And there were a few more bolts of thunder last night.
Try these on for size:
King Park 9, Shoreham-Wading River 8, 2OT.
Glenn 12, Rocky Point 7.
These results — and others — impacted our latest LaxLessons.com Top 25 regional rankings.
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