On the right panel of this page, you can find the poll question asking you to pill the top rivalry in the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region.
Among the leading vote-getters is the annual Lakeland/Panas vs. Yorktown Charlie Murphy Cup game.
One of the most memorable games in the history of that rivalry came in 1991 when Yorktown pulled out a dramatic 9-8 overtime win.
A “Dream Team” of former Syracuse stars that included Roy Colsey, the Powell brothers, Ric Beardsley, Rob Kavovit and Paul Carcaterra took on Rusty Red in the Division 1 championship game of the masters competition of the 20th annual Lake Placid Summit Classic this past weekend.
Colsey had four goals for Burnt Orange but Rusty Red won 12-10. Former Nyack and Princeton star Jon Hess and Bethpage native and former Hopkins star A.J. Haugen were among the standouts for Rusty Red.
Be sure to check video highlights from InsideLacrosse.com on the second page of this post.
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.
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.
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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The White team pulled out a 13-7 win over the Red team Tuesday night in the all-star game of the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.
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.
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.
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.
It should come as no surprise that when 44 of the nation’s best senior boys lacrosse players gathered for the fourth annual Under Armour all-America Senior Classic last night, there was plenty of scoring — and one unforgettable play.
The South outlasted the North 19-16 before 2,364 fans at Towson University’s Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md.
We’re starting a new feature here at LaxLessons.com.
We’d like you to send along video highlights of any memorable games from the past or recent summer league or alumni games — whatever you want to share with all the folks who check this blog each day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We now start our post-game interviews following top-seeded Somers’ 14-9 win over four-time defending sectional champ John Jay in Thursday’s Section 1 Class B final at White Plains’ High School Glenn D. Loucks Field.
First up: Who else? JoJo Marasco. The two-time all-America attackman, bound for two-time national champion Syracuse, had four goals.
We have plenty more interviews with Somers players and coach Lew Janavey. So be sure to check back.
The Somers Tuskers won a sectional championship for the first time since 2006 and sixth time in school history Thursday as they beat three-time defending sectional titlist John Jay in the Class B final at White Plains High School’s Glenn D. Loucks Stadium.
Here are some highlights. Be sure to check back for post-game video interviews.
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.
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.
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.
We’re starting our video packages from yesterday’s Section 1 championships.
First off, second-half highlights from Yorktown’s dramatic 11-10 overtime win over Lakeland/Panas in the Class A title game at White Plains High School.
Check back for more including post-game interviews.
Here you go, gang. Video highlights of Ridgefield’s 7-6 overtime win last night over four-time defending state champion Darien in the Fairfield County Interscholatic Athletic Conference championship game played before an overflow crowd at Brien McMahon in Norwalk.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
The LaxLessons.com logo is popping up all over the place these days.
You can now check out video interviews conducted by LaxLessons.com over at InsideLacrosse.com, the ESPN affiliate and leading lax Web site in the nation.
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.
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.
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.
Sophomore Mike Daniello scored off the initial possession of overtime to give John Jay a dramatic 11-1- win over 2008 Class A finalist Syosset Saturday night. You can watch the goal 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Was it something I said? Not sure. But that’s quite an expression on Somers
Somers junior Greg Petre.
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