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.

• Blast from the Past: Somers vs. Manhasset 2003 OT state semifinal

• Blast from the Past: John Jay vs. Huntington 2007 OT state semifinal

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The New England Patriots improved to 5-2 today by picking up a 35-7 win against Tampa Bay.

Success in football is nothing new to the Patriots’ Bill Belichick, who has coached three Super Bowl champions.

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The growth of lacrosse in inner cities the last few years has been quite significant throughout the U.S.

A soon-to-be released documentary focuses on just that, with Denver in the spotlight.

Check out a preview by clicking here.

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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.

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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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Lacrosse was featured this morning on NBC’s TODAY show.

In case you missed the segment, you can watch it here.

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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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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.

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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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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.

Joe’s MaxPreps.com column: White/Marasco behind-the-back goal leaves quite an impression at All-America Classic

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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.

To submit your video, just click here.

First off is a pretty memorable one.

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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Are you ready to watch a little bit of history, gang?

The Ridgefield Tigers, who 10 years ago lost to Darien 24-0, beat the Blue Wave last night, winning in dramatic fashion, 8-7.

• Ridgefield beats Darien

• Video interview with Ridgefield coach Roy Colsey after the game

• Video interview with Ridgefield star Matt White, who scored the winning goal with 47 seconds remaining

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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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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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