Yorktown’s moving down. (From Class A.)
Rye’s moving up. (From Class C.)
John Jay and Somers are still there.
The result: A class that is as stacked as Section 1 has ever seen.
Who do you think is the team to beat in Class B?
Folks, it takes a lot to impress me. And this game did — and still does.
In fact, it may be the most dramatic and memorable high school games I’ve ever seen.
It happened back in June 2003 at Hofstra University.
It may be the dog days of August, but the recruiting commitments continue to come in from throughout the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. You can learn about them as they’re made by checking out the “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” thread each day.
One of them was just made by a player who is busy preparing for the football season. Somers rising senior Anthony Lombardo, who is expected to be the Tuskers’ quarterback this fall, has finalized his collegiate future. He has accepted a scholarship offer from Binghamton.
John Brandofino had three goals and two assists as he picked up his first win over Somers during his four-year varsity career. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
The Mahopac Indians picked up the kind of signature win that they have been eagerly pursuing for more than three seasons tonight with an 11-9 win against defending Class B sectional champion Somers.
This now firmly re-establishes Mahopac as a sectional title contender and throws the “Who’s No. 1?” question in Section 1 in a wide-open discussion right now.
Chris Longo came up big in Somers’ biggest games last season.
The senior goaltender made 17 saves as the Tuskers unseated four-time defending champion John Jay 14-9 in the sectional finals. This came after a 26-save performance in a 10-7 regular-season win over John Jay.
Longo and the Tuskers are in action on Saturday as they host their second annual Red/Gray Preseason Tournament, starting at 9 a.m.
The schedule for the seven-team, second annual Red/Gray Tournament starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 20 at Somers has just been finalized.
The event includes defending Section 1 Class B champion and host Somers, CHSAA champ St. Anthony’s and New Jersey power Don Bosco. Brewster, Fox Lane, Auburn and Guilderland will also be competing.
It didn’t take long for the Somers Tuskers to set the tone against three-time defending sectional champion John Jay in last year’s Section 1 title game at White Plains High School.
It happened just seven seconds into the game when Greg Petre (shown above in a photo taken by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) fired in a shot off a fastbreak.
If the Tuskers are to win another sectional title this year, they will need plenty more big goals from the Army-bound senior attackman, who is also expected to see a considerable amount of action at midfield this season.
Few players in the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region enjoyed the rapid rise Somers senior John Bello did last season.
After coming off an injury-riddled sophomore season, Bello emerged as one of the area’s top defensemen and a Division I recruit. Over the summer, he accepted a scholarship offer from St. John’s of the newly formed Big East Conference.
Rising junior defenseman Eddie Schurr will become
the first player in Somers history to attend Johns Hopkins.
(File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
It didn’t take long for one of the top juniors in the region to make a college commitment.
And it’s a big one.
Just five days after Division I coaches became allowed to contact current juniors, Somers defenseman Eddie Schurr has given a verbal commitment to Johns Hopkins.
Somers all-section attackman Greg Petre
just gave an oral commitment to attend Army.
(File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
• Check the second page of this post for a Q&A with Greg Petre.
Rising senior John Bello will be spending his college career
in the newly formed Big East Lacrosse Conference.
(File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Somers’ John Bello, one of the leading returning defensemen in the region for next season, just got off the phone moments ago with St. John’s coach Jason Miller.
Bello called Miller this evening to inform him he has accepted a scholarship offer from the Red Storm.
Ted Georgalas, who founded Mahopac’s varsity program and is one of the men most instrumental in the growth of Section 1 lacrosse, has joined Army’s program as an assistant coach.
Syracuse-bound JoJo Marasco.
(Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
The votes are all in, and in a down-to-the-wire showdown, Syracuse University-bound JoJo Marasco of edged Manhasset’s Connor English and West Islip’s Nicky Galasso to earn the inaugural LaxLessons.com regional player of the year award.
LaxLessons.com all-region threads:
• Here is your 2009 LaxLessons.com all-region team
All three matchups will be 1 vs. 2.
No, we’re not talking about seeds. We’re talking about sections.
Three teams from Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties) will square off against their counterparts from Section 2 (Albany area) tomorrow starting at 3:30 p.m. at the University at Albany in the state quarterfinals.
We’ve previewed tomorrow’s Long Island championships as well as the CIAC quarterfinals, now let’s take a look at what to expect up along I-87.
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.
We talked with the trio after the game.
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Section 1 championship video interviews: Somers’ Colin Tullgren and Greg Petre
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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Section 1 championship video interviews: Somers’ Chris Longo and Cole Partenza
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.
SECTION 1
Class A: Yorktown 11, Lakeland/Panas 10 (OT)
Class B: Somers 14, John Jay 9
Class C: Putnam Valley 10, Rye 7
Photos by Ray Gallagher
(For a gallery of photos from the three championship games, click here.)
Check back for video interviews and highlights.
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.
JoJo Marasco now has 202 career goals.
(Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)
Reaching the 100-career goal mark in high school lacrosse is a rare feat.
Today, Syracus University-bound Somers star JoJo Marasco accomplished something even more unusual.
Marasco scored his 200th career goal today as Somers won at Brewster 13-7.
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