On a day when Garden City knocked off the nation’s top-ranked team, Conestoga (Pa.), the biggest surprise happened not at the Checking for Cancer Classic at the Hanover School in Pennsylvania (where Garden City and Conestoga played), but in Nassau County.
That’s where John Jay, coming off a 9-6 loss on its homefield to Somers, took the nation’s 15th-ranked team, Manhasset, to overtime.
Manhasset wound up pulling out an 11-10 win on a goal by Amherst College-bound senior attackman Quinn Moroney.
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So glad the #1 team in the nation will be from NY! Nice to see a Public HS from LI At #1 Sounds better then PA. LI’s always been a Hot Bed. PA’s been the place good NY kids might go to play college ball!
If Smithtown West and GC played, I would take Smithtown. The big schools of Suffolk are better than the smaller schools of Nassau. Smithtown should be ranked one spot higher than GC
No doubt SW is a great team but disagree they should be a notch above GC. Toss up if they played. But quality, not size Of school that counts.
Also GC’s strength of schedule so far has been much tougher: Syosset, Ward Mel, St. Pauls,#1 ranked Conestoga!!. STW’s name games vs real top teams includes Ward Melville and Yorktown–no comparison.
fair point, but the single common opponent they had was Ward Melville. West’s margin of victory was higher.
In fairness to STW for it’s schedule, thought I had read that Suffolk County may have some kind of limit on playing out of Section games??
I would favor Garden City if the two played, in a close game.
Attack- Edge West (GC’s attack is still real good though)
Middies- Edge GC
FOGO- Edge West
Defense- Edge GC
GK- Edge GC
Yorktown is better than Syosset and St. Paul’s…Bay Shore is also better than both and West crushed them. SP is very down this year.
Yeah was going to footnote fact in my list that that SP is down this yr–was at the SP/Garden City game. Not a kill at 9-6 but only GC’s 4th game. GC far better then that 3 goal margin.
Do Sections 8 and 11 limit out of Section games??
I don’t believe they do. West got a new coach this year though and they have never been known to venture too far beyond section 11. They pick up some section 8 games and some catholic schools here and there. why schedule out of section when you section consists of the best class A schools in the state though? Doubt they would drive up to west genny for a game.
SW has played GC in the past, last year in fact, I know SW is good this year but not as good as GC. I don’t think SW has ever beaten GC.
Smithtown West has beaten Garden City before, 13-8 in 2007.
It would be a great game though. Again, I would take west.
Our league (Suffolk A) we can only play 2 non league games.
This is because we play 14 league games and the state limit is 16 total games.
Thx guys
That’s right, I should’ve known that. It has been a while for me and I even played on LI in my high school days. I forgot that your class is you league in suffolk. That is why they used to have the super 6 champs…not everyone could play all of the teams in the league. Thanks for the clarification LI Lax.