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Senior captain James Wilson, an attackman, hopes to help Kennedy Catholic get by Croton today at 4:30 p.m. at Kennedy Catholic. The Gaels, who are coming off a 10-9 loss to Haldane, have won five of their last seven.
Believe it or not, gang, state championships have already been awarded in three states.
But unlike Arizona, Florida and Texas, the postseason has not yet started in Connecticut and New York.
That changes this week.
Seedings will be unveiled tomorrow in downstate New York and Wednesday in Connecticut. Postseason action begins on Thursday in New York and next week in Connecticut.
College action is well immersed in the postseason, of course.
This past weekend featured wall-to-wall NCAA tournament action.
Among the highlights, Maryland effectively using the hidden-ball trick in a win over North Carolina — a play that fooled not only the Tar Heels but the ESPN announcers and cameramen.
If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definitely must-see TV. And who knows what high school team from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, will be inspired by it and try to run it in the postseason?
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Elsewhere, former Ridgefield star Matt White scored in OT to lift Virginia past Bucknell 13-12 in the opening round.
Bucknell, picked by many to pull the upset, probably would have had it not elected to take not one but two shots on goal leading 12-11 with first just over two minutes remaining and then, with 1:53 left, resulting in a change of possession. UVa then tied it at 12-12 and forced OT on a goal by Steele Stanwick.
As we start postseason play, many players and coaches undoubtedly now realize the importance of holding on to the ball with a lead in the closing minutes. After all, the only way the score can be tied if the team leading has possession is on a turnover, or change of possession after a shot on goal.
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Now, back to high school action.
Defending FCIAC champion Greenwich, fresh off a 10-8 loss to Rye, visits defending Section 1 Class A champion Lakeland/Panas. Though the game has no meaning as far as postseason seedings, it’s a marquee matchup of two of the region’s premier programs.
Suffolk has a couple of interesting games as Smithtown West, whose only losses have been OT setbacks to Ward Melville and West Islip, as well as to Garden City, plays at Northport. Ward Melville, meanwhile, visits East Islip. West Islip takes a 36-game win streak into its game at Walt Whitman, and Sachem North visit Connetquot.
Also of note, Rye and Putnam Valley, the teams that have squared off the last six years in the Section 1 Class C title game, meet again. This will be the teams’ one and only meeting this year because the Garnets have moved up to Class B.
Here’s today’s rundown:
Smithtown West at Northport, 4 p.m.
Newburgh Free Academy at Washingtonville at Middle School, 4 p.m.
Warwick at Monroe-Woodbury at Torne Valley, 4 p.m.
Great Neck South at Elmont, 4:15 p.m.
Harrison at North Rockland, 4:15 p.m.
Commack at Half Hollow Hills East, 4:15 p.m.
Scarsdale at Byram Hills, 4:15 p.m.
Ward Melville at East Islip, 4:30 p.m.
Croton at Kennedy Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Wappingers at Red Hook, 4:30 p.m.
Glen Cove at Manhasset, 4:30 p.m.
Pleasantville at Sleepy Hollow, 4:30 p.m.
Sewanhaka at Hewlett, 4:30 p.m.
Fox Lane at Horace Greeley, 4:30 p.m.
Brewster at North Salem, 4:30 p.m.
Huntington at Southampton, 4:30 p.m.
Roslyn at Garden City, 4:30 p.m.
Carmel at Peekskill, 4:30 p.m.
Kennedy-Bellmore at Wantagh, 4:30 p.m.
South Side at Jericho, 4:30 p.m.
Mamaroneck at White Plains, 4:30 p.m.
Carey at Levittown Division, 4:30 p.m.
Pelham at Dobbs Ferry, 4:30 p.m.
Mepham at New Hyde Park, 4:30 p.m.
Clarkstown South at Bronxville, 4:30 p.m.
Albertus Magnus at Haldane, 4:30 p.m.
Harvey at Cheshire Academy, 4:30 p.m.
Trinity-Pawling at Brunswick, 4:30 p.m.
Wallkill at Highland, 4:30 p.m.
Plainedge at Lynbrook, 4:30 p.m.
FDR-Hyde Park at Middletown at Faller Field Complex, 4:30 p.m.
William Floyd at Patchogue-Medford, 4:30 p.m.
Wappingers at Red Hook, 4:30 p.m.
West Islip at Walt Whitman, 4:45 p.m.
Bethpage at Malverne, 4:45 p.m.
Valley Central at Suffern, 5 p.m.
Sachem North at Connetquot, 5 p.m.
Rye at Putnam Valley, 5 p.m.
Stratford at Brookfield, 5:30 p.m.
Minisink Valley at Kingston at Dietz Stadium, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame-Fairfield at New Milford, 6 p.m.
Smithtown East at Longwood, 7 p.m.
Fairfield Prep at Daniel Hand, 7 p.m.
Clarke at Cold Spring Harbor, 7 p.m.
Half Hollow Hills West at Copiague, 7 p.m.
Greenwich at Lakeland/Panas at Walter Panas High School, 7 p.m.
Nanuet at O’Neill, 7 p.m.
Masuk at Brien McMahon, 7 p.m.
Norwalk at Newtown at Blue and Gold Stadium, 7 p.m.
New Fairfield at Pomperaug, 7 p.m.
Xavier at Cheshire, 7 p.m.
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BBBear
Way to go hanging in there for the double OT win over Hollow!
indeed, best game of the year for us, John Haeling with the game winner…
Looks like North Salem and Briarcliff will end season with same points 39 for seeding purposes(probably the 9 and 10 seeds in C playoffs)
FL 9 HG 6
SW 13 Nport 8
WM 10 EI 8
WI 11 WW 7
Rye 15 PV 2
Pelh 10 DF 8
Brew 9 NS 7
Pville 14 SH 9
KC 9 CH 8
BH 11 Scdale 5
Pelham 10, Dobbs Fery 5 (not 8)
The irony in the Bison loss is that going into the game Quint noted how the Bison like to press w/ the goalie & then Ghitelman & UVA put the game into OT using it. As I watched it the open net seemed so enticing & Ghitelman’s doubles really pushed the action. I’m sure it will haunt the Bison faithful for awhile
The Class C seedings are massively dependent on the outcome of today’s games. Here are my guesses after looking at the various teams’ records, those of their opponents and calculating their total points:
If Pleasantville beats Sleepy Hollow and Bronxville beats Clarkstown South today, Pleasantville would get the top seed and Bronxville the no. 2 seed
If Dobbs Ferry loses to Pelham today, they get the no. 3 seed and Pelham gets the no. 6 seed
If both Pleasantville and Bronxville were to lose while Dobbs Ferry were to win, Dobbs would get the no. 1 seed, Bronxville the no. 2, Pleasantville the no. 3 and Sleepy Hollow the no. 4.
If Byram Hills beats Scarsdale and Sleepy Hollow loses, Byram gets the no. 4 seed and Sleepy Hollow the no. 5
Whoever wins in the Kennedy/Croton game today grabs the no. 7 seed if Pelham beats Dobbs Ferry but nabs the no. 6 seed if Pelham loses. The loser of the Kennedy/Croton game will receive a no. 11-13 seed.
If North Salem beats Brewster today, it gets the no. 8 seed if Pelham defeats Dobbs Ferry and the no. 7 seed if Pelham loses. If North Salem loses, it falls into a tie (based on points for wins, wins vs teams with 0.500-0.749 winning percentages and wins vs teams with winning percentages of 0.750 or better) for the 11th seed with the loser of the Croton/Kennedy game. I do not know what the tie-breaker rules are.
Irvington gets the no. 8 seed if North Salem loses and the no. 9 if North Salem wins
If Pelham loses and North Salem wins, Pelham falls into a tie for the no. 10 seed with Briarcliff. Again I do not know what the tie-breaker rules are.
If Pelham win beats Dobbs Ferry and North Salem losses, Briarcliff gets the no. 10 seed.
The only other variable that could impact these is the outcome of Ardsley’s final game of the season over the weekend. I haven’t seen the result. Ardsley was 8-7 going into the game. If they won and beat a team with a winning record, they could push up above Briarcliff and Pelham (if it were to lose)
that really cleared things up!
by my math, if both teams win today both Bronxville and Pleasantville will have the exact same index, 4.19. 4 points for each win and 1 point for each win against a team over .500 and 2 points for a win against a team over .750. That would give each team 67 points divided by 16 makes 4.19. If the next tiebreaker is common oppoonents, the only one they have in common is Fox Lane who Bronxville beat 9-1 while Pleasantville won 8-4 which would give the edge and #1 seed to Bronxville
P’villle lost to Fox Lane 8-4
Assuming Bronxville and Pleasantville both win today, by my count, the Broncos would come up with 67 points while the Panthers would have 68. Each team would have 15 victories and thus 60 “base” points. Bronxville would have 7 wins over teams with 0.500-7.490 records(Fox Lane, Marmaroneck, and Fordham Prep once as well as White Plains and Pelham twice) for 7 more points. Meanwhile, Pleasantville would have beaten Croton and Briarcliff twice for 4 extra points and Sleepy Hollow (current record 12-3) twice for another 4 points.
Gonzo, I believe you miscalculated on Irvington as they ony played 14 games so will be higher seed like a 7, which moves the others down one in your forecasting, but with these formulas who knows. When teams tie what is the deermining factor as I see North Salem and Briarcliff with the same numbers for either the 9 or 10 seed?
Im assuming they will do everything possible to get the games in because there is so much riding on the outcome of these games with respect to the seedings?
Prediction: Greenwich 9, LP 6
My guesses for Suffolk
WI 15, Whitman 6
WM 10, EI 7
SW 16, Northport 6
SN 12, Connetquot 8
Caff, Prunty, Monte, others–get it DONE today Rebels!!
really hope those guys can pull this one off. it’d be a big momentum swing for them coming off all of the close losses especially at somers. best of luck to them today!
Prediction:
Suffern 15
Valley Central 2
Should be a breeze for Suffern…
And the point would be…? Valley Central would be a breeze for any quality Section 1 team, no?
Obviously, but its nice to see the boys have an easy win to secure the number 1 seed.
If that is not a league-mandated game, why would they ever schedule such an opponent?…I would think suffern could find many more challenging games given how many soft games they already have…
Well everyone can complain about schedules all you want but the Mounties will most likely get the 1 seed so clearly they did something right this season…
16-5 Suffern win
Brunswick 5 TP 2 9:40 left 2nd qtr
Brunswick 6-2 over Trinity Pawling 2nd 5:15
Reading on laxpower that Whitman is out to a 6-2 first quarter lead against WI.
It’s confirmed. I’ll have an updater there soon.
Brunswick 8-3 Half
Fox Lane leads Greeley 3-2 at the half.
Greeley scores in the final seconds to win 7-6.
Cory Ekstrom scored the winning goal with 3 seconds left.
Ekstrom had 5 goals
Gladstone had 2 goals
any word on WP Mamo game???
10-7 White Plains over Mamo
Looks like Suffern could be seeing LP in the semis…BRING EM ON!!!
Careful what you wish for.
Just saying it should be a fun one!
Loomings . . . .
Easy now! Your Mounties lost to L/P once already this season & Greenwich is better than anyone your boys have played this yr w/ the exception of maybe Pac, who beat your team. L/P’s gonna want to turn that “smack” your talkin into a “smackdown” after this loss! I think suffern might want to sneak up on the L/P’s & Pac’s that are “looming”
For the record I am not part of the team I am just a fan and I would love to see that game. I am not talking smack. LP is a good team that beat Suffern earlier. It might be tough for the 1 seed to sneak up on anybody. And finally, if a Suffern blogger is what LP (or any team for that matter) needs to get motivated then they are doing something wrong…
And since when do people on this blog take me seriously? Other than friend of the Wall Ball Ballers, Joe Lombardi and D-Pac, iI didn’t think there were many others…
Let’s do it. I’m looking forward to the Mounties having a chance to beat LP after such a tight game last time. Suffern has only looked better and “Sleepy” Mike Johnson IS carrying the team to the section finals.
8-3 Brunswick @ half. Some real good players on both teams. The Bruins have more.
Myles Jones must be doing work on WI… I didn’t think Whitman would get 6 on WI for the game let alone 1 quarter.
wow that is crazy if they are really beating them. West Islip does struggle with good middies but this is crazy. MJ must be killing it if that is true.
I just looked it up it says whitman 6 west islip 12 after 1 no way that many goals scored in first.
It’s 6-2, I don’t know where you got 12 from.
8-6 Whitman at half.
WI woke up as they usually do in the 3rd…15-8 WI with 2:30 left in the 3rd.
16-8. Scott Craig works his magic again…
9-6 TP scores on EMO 2;30 left in 3rd
Wick 10-6 end of 3
10-7 TP scores on a quick stick on the doorstep 9mins left in the game
Wick 10-8 7:45
Hearing Rye leads PV 9-1 at the half. Wholesale substitutions by Rye.
Rye 13- PV 5 Final
11-9 TP has played well in the 2nd half. Wick makes it 12-9 some bone crushing checks w/ no calls 13-9 no 13-10 final wick
17-8 WI after 3. 11 goals in the third. This is the third time WI has been behind at halftime against a team not in the top six in Suffolk A right now.
13-10 Wick Final
BH over Scarsdale 15-7 to finish at 12-4–may be key in Class A/B seedings b/c its opponents this season should now get 2 bonus points
My Raiders took it on the chin today. Kept it close for a quarter and a half due to strong defense and BH’s countless turnovers.Started the 3rd again OK than eventually the wheels came off for good. Both teams better pull it together for the playoffs or they’ll both be one and done.
no offense but i feel like bh did not need to put in a great deal of effort this close to the post season. also it looks like they will be playing a low caliber team in the first round so i doubt they will be one and done
no offense taken, having caught a couple games of BH its easy to notice they typically play down to their competition. A perfect example of that would be their most recent game against Harrison. It could have been ugliest game ever. Bh’s poor play and unforced errors were only out done by Harrison’s. If thats how they are going to play even against a “low caliber” team, they might just be one and done.They need to be careful so good luck.
One last thing I noticed BH’s middies thing I noticed
BH’s last game vs Harrison they won 9-1….
actually GreenBear it was 8-2 and it was ugly!
they may have just put in all of their backups…
Yes the Sophmore Jake Kaiser on BH is a solid Middie with good upside, good ball movement and high Lax IQ and can play D.
Brewster over North Salem 10-6.
White plains mamo score?7
Greenwich 1 LP 0 10:23
2-0 Greenwich Dixon on both 9:20
2-1 Caffery 7:25
3-1 Moser 6:37
4-1 Samms
5-1 Foote with Goal 2:06
5-1 Greenwich after 1
F/O and wing play all Cardinals
6-1 Feeney with Goal11:48
6-2 Caffery 10:32
7-2 Washe with Goal 9:45
8-2 Dixon with 3 7:15
9-2 Cabrera with Goal 6:33
Timeout LP
9-3 man up 3 for Caffery
Kennedy Catholic Beats Croton 12-11.
Kennedy finished 10-6 record and might get the 7th seed.
X JJ Pla
Caffery with 4 9-4 2:12
9-4 Half
9-5 Greenwich 8:25
Caffery # 5 9-6
9-7 Greenwhich5:38
10-7 Greenwich 2:40
11-7 Foote 0:58
11-7 end of 3
12-7 10:05
12-8 Caffery with 6 7:30
12-10 young Prunty with last 2
12-11 Caffery with 7 1:49 left timeout LP with ball
Nice game great updates! You bounced from wick to L/P? Impressive!
LP 12-12 ties it 6 sec Montafarrante
12-12 ot
13-12 Greenwhich in OT
Wow–what a game!!
Someone needs to give coach Lindsay a hug after the season he’s gone through!
Wow…Section 1 and the FCIAC have yielded some thrilling encounters in ’11:
– Somers comes roaring back from an 11-3, mid-3Q deficit to stun NC
– NC battles back from a first-half deficit to topple John Jay, 8-7
– Greenwich squanders a big lead against L/P, then knocks them off in OT
– Rye takes a tight “border battle” against the Cards, 10-8
– Ridgefield takes a tight “border battle” against Jay, 9-7
Interestingly, Yorktown’s the only team that can’t seem to keep things interesting. Maybe Y’town-Wilton will make up for it.
did Pelham win its game –I think that is the only variable left that the great Gonzo post from earlier on the C seeding projections…
who from jay, lakeland, rye, and somers will get all american or all section…any thoughts?
great comeback by LP, but it has got to be brutal to lose a game like that after coming all the way back–no give up in them but has to be so emotionally draining!
should light a fire in all of them after all these heartbreakers. these holes they get into wont be as surmountable in the playoff race. got to love the fight in them though!
Thanks Relax, I try!
Great job as always, sec1. You da man!
Seriously!
Same goes to you as well, reLAX.
who from jay, lakeland, rye, and somers will get all american or all section…any thoughts??
PLease give me some input.
Connor Lindsey and Dan Jeanotte from Arlington really should get a nod for AA, Zach Basso as well.
Hey Better. Is Jeanotte the D man #32?
yes
I assume you meant all-section and not AA.
Which one is the LSM and which one is the big long pole?
Dan Jeanott is the LSM, Connor & Zack are attacks.
Dan Jeanotte is the LSM going to C.W Post,
Pat Sunday is the Long pole Headed to St. Rose
we have 7 kids going to play lax in college next year, 6 going to D2 programs and 1 D3.
arlington plays no one… there is no basis to judge those players on, they may look good against arlingtons weak schedule but put them up against jay or rye’s defense and see how they look
You have the wrong team. Arlington has played Pac, LP, Jay and Somers!!
who from rye will get all section? any thoughts?
All Section:
Jay- entire attack and middie lines
Rye- barton, bonoventura, mcreddie, collins, pickup, stern
Somers- cousins, donehue, shurr
Lakeland- prunty, caffery
not the third middie from jay. not stern from rye. both deserve honorable mention but not all section
and not the 3rd attackman from Jay. I’m assuming Daniello is not considered for anything in sayin that.
how many people from the section receive all section?
AA Team
Prunty LP
Schuldt Town
Schurr Somers
Caffrey LP
Near Bxville
Mabus Town
Foley Pac
Donohue Somers
Weil JJ
last spot I see is up in air….in no particular order
Gately Town
Lombardo Somers
Barton Rye
Lambert JJ and Koelsch will be next year but not this year…Both were #1 Dmen on their teams as Sophomores….
McNally Suff next year..only junior..needs to play better competition to get this year…will be next year…
Stephens Fox Lane
bonaventura- rye
pickup/collins- rye
daniello- jay
mccormack- bville
larrabee- byram
what goalies?
“Sleepy” Mike Johnson Suffern
puhhh-leaaase
One of the toughest kids around
slacrosse, if Rye gets one AA, who would it be in your opinion? I would think Barton. I don’t believe they get more than one.
I’m thinking about it.
What I’m thinking about is: Will a Rye or Jay kid be eliminated from consideration because his season ended on Saturday and therefore it puts up an artificial barrier on who or how many kids can make it. I think it might. What a shame! Hope the coaches realize this and will cut an otherwise worthy AA from Rye or Jay a break even though his team lost in the quarter finals.
sorry–insert the word “not” before “cut” in third sentence of my 1:45 comment
OK lets get this right–NOW DISREGARD my 2PM correction comment
Who’s on first?
:o)
Hammershlag Suffern should be in there
Hammershlag has around 70 points on the season. Is that not good enough to be considered for AA???
provided these happen what are your thoughts on section players from the same teams?
When is the all american all section meeting?
May 31 for Section 1
Where is the meeting?
Why does it matter where it is? What are you going to do, go there and protest for your son?
You think Hammershlag has a chance?
Carmel beats Peekskill 19-2. Peekskill may be a new program as well, but I feel Carmel is on their way to a high potential future. Sorry for the late post guys!