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Despite starting last season with little fanfare, the Lakeland/Panas Rebels were thisclose to winning the Section 1 Class A championship. But the Rebels wound up losing to Yorktown 11-10 in overtime after holding a 9-4 third-quarter lead.
Once again this season, most observers have tabbed Yorktown to win the title. But Lakeland/Panas should, at the very least, be a strong contender.
Junior midfielder Conor Prunty tells us more.
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
Rye attackman Rob Santangelo will be
spending his college years close to home.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Hey gang -
Be sure to check back here each day for the latest recruiting news. As we all know, this time of year, there is plenty — and you never know when it’s going to happen.
Case in point: Rye star attackman Rob Santangelo, who e-mailed me late tonight to inform me that he has verbally committed to Fairfield University.
For newly updated commitments, be sure to scroll down to the “Comments” portion of this thread each day.
• You can get your own LaxLessons.com recruiting profile by clicking here.
Hey gang -
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.
Rye defenseman Donald Keough
and John Jay midfielder Mike Daniello.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
The matchups are hardly surprising. But the games themselves could be.
We’re talking about the Section 1 playoffs.
With live threads now (see below) on the finals in Connecticut and Long Island, it’s time to launch our final prediction fest — for the three title games in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess lax.
Colgate-bound Erik Pfiffner and Syracuse-bound JoJo Marasco.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
There was something in the mist tonight at Walter Panas High School.
With a thick white haze engulfing the field, tonight’s game between Somers and host Lakeland/Panas had a unique feel to it.
It’s a feeling Somers hopes to experience once again real soon.
The Tuskers rallied for a 10-9 overtime win after trailing 9-7 late in the fourth quarter.
• For a rundown of Thursday’s scores and highlights, click here.
• For video highlights of Somers vs. Lakeland/Panas, click here.
The win was especially sweet for Somers for a variety of reasons.
First, a week earlier to the day earlier, the Tuskers squandered a lead in losing to Rye 9-8 in overtime.
Second, it marked first-year Somers coach Lew Janavey’s first coaching appearance against the Rebels, where he served as an assistant from 1990 to 2004, before being relieved of his duties.
Finally, it was a physical, hard-hitting and at times chippy game in which emotions boiled over at times.
Somers won it 40 seconds into overtime when JoJo Marasco blasted home a low shot into the left corner of the net.
“Colin (Tullgren) put it there for me,” Marasco said. “Then after I took that first slide, and I just tried to put it in low.”
Trailing 9-7 late in the game, the Tuskers rallied to force overtime on goals by Dylan Haas (with 2:25 left in regulation) and Marasco (with 2:06 left), who finished with three goals and two assists.
Haas, Rob Lombardo and Greg Petre each had two goals for the Tuskers. Cole Partenza had the other goal for Somers. Chris Longo made 13 saves.
“Certain guys played selfishly down the stretch and we made some mental mistakes you just can’t make,” said Lakeland/Panas coach Jim Lindsay, who expressed his sentiments to his team in a 10-minute post-game huddle. “We gave the game away. That drives me nuts.”
Moments before Somers’ comeback, a heated exchange occurred between Marasco and Lakeland/Panas’ Owen Rice, in which Marasco fell to the ground in apparent pain after taking a slash to the stomach before the ball was dropped. The two then exchanged words while serving their ensuing penalties. Moments later, a near melee between the teams at midfield ensued. Order was restored, but emotions were at a fever pitch. (One player was called for five penalties during the course of the game.)
“There was some chippy play,” Janavey said. “We’re a physical team and they weren’t backing down.”
But Lindsay said the Rebels weren’t able to counter the Tuskers’ physical style.
“They outgroundballed us,” Lindsay said. “I don’t think we were able to match their physicality. We’re just not as physical as much as we may want to change that habit.”
Somers played without faceoff specialist Matt Deiana, who is out with a foot injury. In his place, junior Erik Pfiffner took the majority of the faceoffs and fared well against Lakeland/Panas faceoff standout John Hitmann, especially in the second half. He won the faceoffs that set up the tying and winning scores.
“That was my whole focus going into the game,” the Colgate-bound Pfiffner said. “I knew how important it was going to be and I was really focused on it.”
Will Fallo had two goals and an assist for the Rebels. Jack Doherty and Shawn Honovich also scored twice. Steven Hoch made 16 saves.
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John Ranagan will never forget the feeling.
No matter how hard he may try.
It was two years ago and Ranagan and the Yorktown ‘Huskers had just suffered a crushing 10-9 loss at Lakeland/Panas. It ended a string of 12 straight Yorktown wins in the Charlie Murphy Cup game.
“I wanted to make sure I never felt that way again,” said Ranagan.
Tonight, Ranagan made sure of it. He had five goals and one assist as the ‘Huskers held on for an 11-8 win over the visiting Rebels before a crowd estimated at more than 2,000.
• For video highlights of the Lakeland/Panas-Yorktown game, click here.
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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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.
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.
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.
Shawn Honovich of Lakeland/Panas battles John Jay’s Forrest Walter in the Rebels’ 13-12 overtime win today. (Photo by Ray Gallagher)
• For video highlights of Lakeland/Panas’ 13-12 win over John Jay, click here.
Cortland State-bound senior attackman Tom Casey (shown in action Saturday against Darien) and the Yorktown ‘Huskers will be renewing their rivalry against Lakeland/Panas on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the annual Charlie Murphy Cup game. The game had originally been scheduled to be played at 3 p.m. at Yorktown High School’s Charlie Murphy Field. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Hi all -
Just received word a few moments ago that Saturday’s 20th annual Murphy Cup game between Lakeland/Panas and Yorktown, originally scheduled for 3 p.m. has been moved to 7 p.m.
Also, as an FYI, in case you can’t make it out to the game, it will be aired on Cablevision. (But just a word of warning – you’ll have to be subjected to my analysis.)
Now that the time is set, who wants to throw out the first pick?
Most now view the FCIAC championship chase as a two-horse race between defending champion Darien and Ridgefield.
Those two teams don’t meet till mid-May.
But we may get a bit of an idea how the teams compare tonight when Darien visits Wilton.
Andrew Fazio, a 5-foot-1 junior long-stick midfielder for Lakeland/Panas, in action vs. Iona Prep on Saturday. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
• For a photo gallery from the Lakeland/Panas-Iona Prep game, click here.
• Saturday scores and highlights
The first thing you notice when you see Andrew Fazio on the lacrosse field is that his stick is about as long as he is.
But then, after watching him play defense for a few minutes, it’s quite apparent that despite his small size — he’s 5-foot-1, 130 pounds — he has as big an impact on the game as just about anyone.
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Gus Guido had a big game on offense for Iona Prep, but the Gaels fell to Lakeland/Panas 10-9. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
• For a photo gallery from the Lakeland/Panas-Iona Prep game, click here.
• Saturday scores and highlights
A couple of big showdowns in Suffolk. Some crucial games involving teams from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam.
It should be an interesting Thursday throughout the region today.
Tomorrow, Long Island will take center stage with some colossal confrontations on tap.
But today, Section 1 is in the spotlight.
Let’s call it Super Tuesday.
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