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Posted In: Fairfield lacrosse, fciac, General, Section 1, Section 11, Section 8, Section 9, SWC lacrosse
SECTION 1 TOP TEN
1. Yorktown
2. Mahopac
3. John Jay
4. Somers
5. Lakeland/Panas
6. Rye
7. Bronxville
8. Suffern
9. Mamaroneck
10. Fox Lane
Taxi Squad: North Salem, Pelham and Byram Hills
Remember this is not a scientific poll comments welcome as well as your top ten.
good list id have fox lane ahead of mamaroneck on bronxville though, they played rye very close
Maybe infront of mamo, but certainly not bxv. Bronxville handled the foxes 9-1
great list. top 5 are deff in the correct order
how is mahopac ahead of john jay? they lost to them
beat ytown, destoyed panas by 9 goals
BH should be in front of Fox Lane and Mamo, as they beat FL for the 2nd time this season today and beat Mamo easily.
Ok Lets keep the ball roling.
1-Yorktown
2-John Jay
3-Mahopac
4-Lake Panas
5-Bronxville
6-Suffern
7-Somers
8-Rye
9-Iona Prep
10-Fox Lane
Hon Mention: P-Ville, Arlington,White Plains, Byram Hills, Pelham, Mamo
suffern and bronxville are not better than somers. Somers is top 4
JJ should have 4 all americans
Weil
Walter
Daniello
Lanza
As of now what are your thoughts on all americans?
AA – As far as Nassau, Suffolk, the top players going in all seem in line to get it. Section 1 is most interesting with injuries to two expected AAs in Daniello (JJ) and Christopher (PV).
I’ll throw out the first list –
Schuldt – Ytown
Mabus – Ytown
Donohue – Somers
Schurr – Somers
Caffrey – LP
Prunty – LP
Foley – Pac
Near – Bronxville
A goalie: Danehy, Mamo and Fraylick, Pville among the candidates
Section 1 AA’s
Locks:
Schur- Somers
Schuldt- Town (#1 player in section hands down)
Maybe:
Collins- Rye
Mabus- Town
Prunty – L/P
McNally – Suffern (always look for a junior)
Near – Bronxville
Foley – PAC
Donahue – Somers
O’Callahan – Rye (15 goals last 4 games)
Stephens – Foxes
Still have a chance:
Fahey – Town
Barton – Rye
Lombardo – Somers
Caffery – L/P
McCormick – Bronxville
Gatley – Town
Fraylick – Pville
Christopher – Put Valley
Left out by mistake
Maybe:
Weil – JJ
Walter – JJ
i would add give barton from rye and caffrey from l/p a good chance, two of the best attackmen in the section, both lead their teams in points
u think only one player from Pac? what about anthony berardis, or jon bota. possibly even kevin carey. esp bc most likey Pac will win class A
Anthony is Berardis is a stud.
very good. going to siena most likey am i correct?
Mabus- Yorktown
Shuldt – Yorktown
Prunty – L/P
Foley – Mahopac
Near – Bronxville
Lombardo -Somers
Donohue -Somers
Schurr – Somers
Bonaventura -Rye
Close:
Caffrey-L/P
McCormick -Bronxville
Small- Hen Hud
Best Goalie By Far- ALleyne – Clarks South
If Somers beat Yorktown or even gave them a game, 3 from Somers would be a possibility but that never happened. Somers was never in the game. If Somers beats John Jay decisively they could have a shot at 2. But Somers always struggles vs Yorktown or John Jay and if we’re talking about 3 potential AAs from Somers talent doesn’t seem to be the issue.
totally agree.no way somers gets 3
yeah i dont know how somers would get three and john jay would get zero
I don’t know there are more than a few great goalies in the section.
how is there no anthony berardis or possibly jon bota from Pac. esp berardis
agree that berardis should be in the discussion (but probably not given the middies that will get it). Don’t agree at all on Bota, plenty of other options.
Disagree on goalie have not seen all of them but Stephens at Fox Lane Definitely stands out in section 1. And very doubtful Somers gets 3, I think Small from HH over Lombardo
Have seen most (not Fraylick, Alleyne (others?). Ones I’ve seen are all top goalies but at this point gotta go with Stephens. Not only for his saving ability but his clears are very strong in terms of length and accuracy.
YORKTOWN is finally starting to click
typical Huskers! always start coming on at the end of the year
THE CUP IS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS! GOOD WORK BOYS!!!!!!!!!
Regional Top 15:
1. West Islip
2. Ward Melville
3. Garden City
4. Manhasset
5. Chaminade
6. Darien
7. St. Anthony’s
8. Smithtown West
9. Comsewogue
10.Yorktown
11.Sachem North
12.Connetquot
13.East Islip
14.Mahopac
15.Shoreham-Wading River
good rankings… but what about Mahopac. they beat ytown and are rolling strong, maybe moved up a couple spots?
They were also destroyed by East Islip (15-6). I give them credit for the Yorktown win for sure, but I still believe Yorktown is a better team. I think Yorktown is better than most people on here even give them credit for, they will give GC or Manhasset a game if they make it to the state semis. Mahopac has no shot at whoever wins Suffolk A.
Long Island teams started practice a week earlier than sec 1 teams. When Pac played EI it was Pacs first game and EI third game. I think if they played again the score would be considerably different.
true it was pacs first game and a long 2 hour busride and it was there 3rd game. and pac played northport and won by two which east islip beat them by 2 also. would deff be a great game if they played now in the season
Small correction- final scores were: Pac 13, Northport 12, and EI 11, Northport 8. The EI-Northport game was close until the very end, however.
I really doubt it. EI is very good, especially on offense. I am sure the score would not have been 15-6, but I am pretty sure that you can’t infer that Mahopac would have won.
LI LAX, Thats what they said to the Pac in 1996. They then beat Ward Mel and West Genny to win the Class A Crown. No one else in the section but Town can claim that. Yes JJCR we know you went to the finals in 07. I guess their coaches (who were on that team by the way)should just tell their kids that they have no chance. That is why they play the games. There is always a chance!!!!!!Get em boys. Foley AA with out a doubt. A lock. 4 goals vs. Town, LLP and Suffern in the last week alone.
Yeah, I rank the ’96 Mahopac achievement as quite possibly the greatest achievement in a single state tournament. I would give you 10-1 odds on beating the Suffolk A champion though.
More like 50-50. Pac beat Yorktown, Yorktown lost to Smithtown West 9-8 and Smithtown West lost to West Islip in OT without their leading scorer Kyle Keenan.
Consistency is a virtue…Ty Schuldt didn’t play against Mahopac, matters just as much as Keenan.
Mahopac got beat by EI and struggled to beat Northport. Northport came close to WI but it was only a letdown game from WM. If you want to take this bet, I would be up for it.
I presume you aren’t giving any of the Nassau A teams any shot against whoever comes out of Suffolk A, either. Which makes sense I suppose.
No shot at all. Pequa would be competitive with Connetquot (lost in OT), EI, Bay Shore, Northport…not WI WM SW SN. There is another tier of teams that the top of Nassau A is not up to right now. Pequa is a nice team, but they aren’t going to pose any threat to whoever comes out of Suffolk.
I still don’t understand how you rank Mahopac in the top fifteen of the region ahead of John Jay. JJ beat them by 3 and it was 7-1 at halftime, it was never a game they handled them easily, not to remind you they did it without their best player ranked 7th in the nation, Daniello. Yes they have 5 losses and are very inconsistent but their losses are to teams that Mahopac would lose to as well
Unfortunately, John Jay’s resume overall doesn’t warrant a top 15 ranking. They lost to three unranked teams, including handily against Pequa and to Ridgefield and New Canaan. Their best win is Pac. It is tough to rank those three, because it is a triangle. Jay may be better, but they have too many ‘bad’ losses.
I’m not saying Jay should be in the top 15, I don’t think they should. I’m just saying Mahopac shouldn’t be in the top 15. Yes, they beat Town but other than that they lost to an average Somers, got handled by a not top 15 Jay, and got demolished by an average East Islip. I don’t think either should be in but if your going to put one in Jay is a better team.
EI is not average. Just because they are 7-8 in Suffolk A doesn’t make them average. They’d be a top 3 team in Section 1.
You are probably right I just know they lost to Smithtown West by 9 goals, a team that Town only lost to by 1 so I made an assumption that may not be true.
LI Lax – Your undying love and support for all Long Island teams is great and I admire your blind loyalty for all LI teams, but I’m objective and you have to draw the line my friend. East Islip is not very good. They’ve lost three in a row, including to SE and got absolutely crushed by SW – could have been a 15 goal margin if Sean Keenan weren’t a class act. Way off on this one LI Lax.
I agree. Jay has the potential to win the section, it is possible that this could happen. However, Jay has issues that have led them to underperform in games that they were certainly talented enough to win. When you lose those games, forget it. They stopped playing against Massapequa (It was very frustrating). Blew a big lead vs. New Canaan. L/P and Mahopac were great wins. The Somers game will be important and then there will be a semi-final sectional game that will be huge. It’s like flipping a coin with Jay, but you need more than that.
i dissagree with above statments. i feel pac should be futher up and if not deff not any lower. 14 spot is reasonable and i wont argue with that. but again, they destroyed lp by 9, beat ytown and are otherwise not losing many. they lost to islip in their first game off a 2 hr bus ride and it was islips 3rd game. and ok they lost to jay by 3, a horrible game for pac, u cant win them all but otherwise i feel these rankings are fair
A possible Suffolk AA list:
Kyle Keenan, A, Smithtown West (Duke)
James Pannell, A/M, Smithtown West (UVA- junior)
Will Mazzone, A, Ward Melville (Army)
Mike Pellegrino, D/LSM, Connetquot (Hopkins)
Kyle Turri, G, West Islip (Duke)
Brandon Gamblin, M, Sachem North (UMass)
Connor Duddy, M, Comsewogue (Stony Brook)
Matt Scalera, D, Comsewogue (Albany)
Tim Rotanz, A, Shoreham-Wading River (sophomore)
Just missed the cut:
Myles Jones, M, Whitman (Duke)
Tyler Begley, A/M, East Islip (Hofstra)- currently LI’s leading scorer)
Zach Oliveri, G, Connetquot (UMass)
Ryan DeSimone, A, Smithtown East (Villanova)
Kevin Wendel, M, East Islip (Navy)
Dalton Crossan, M, Sachem North (junior)
Drew Federico, A, West Islip (Fairfield)
Matt Pollion, G, Mt. Sinai (Lehigh)
All the missed the cut guys are Class A except Pollion, I don’t know enough about B and C to pick except the three I think will get AA.
I think Comsewogue is a lot better than people give credit to.This team has flown under the radar.
IslandLaxpert,
I don’t think I am. Losing to Smithtown East and Connetquot doesn’t make them ‘not very good.’ They beat Mahopac by 9 who is clearly a top 3 team in Section 1 right now…and all other score comparisons are in their favor. Hate doing this but when it ALL works out…the anomaly is the Smithtown West-Yorktown game. I said I believe Yorktown is very good, having seen them once live and twice on tape, but I think they’re a few goals worse than West.
Tim Curran from North Salem and Empire States team also scored his 100th goal this past weekend.
Niiice – way to go Timmy!!
Great Job Timmy, another ESG guy lighting it up.
If his father did the stats I would check whether that is accurate. ????????