We are now in state tournament play throughout the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. For updated brackets for all three states, click here.
Long Island, however, still has to crown its county champions prior to the Long Island Championships (state quarterfinals) on Saturday, June 1 at Stony Brook University.
Today, Nassau County’s three representatives in the LIC will be determined as Section 8 holds its championship games in a tripleheader at Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium.
The day begins at 3:30 p.m. with Woodstick 2 as top-seeded Garden City takes on No. 2 Manhasset in a rematch of the April 27 123rd Woodstick Classic, won by ‘Set, 9-7.
It’s another 1 vs. 2 matchup in Class C as Cold Spring Harbor faces Friends Academy at 6 p.m.
The 8 p.m. Class A final features No. 1 Massapequa against third-seeded Port Washington.
You can watch all three Nassau title games live on MSGVarsity.com.
The premiere telecast of the Class B game will be on Friday, May 31 at 10 p.m. on MSG Varsity Channel 14 (Optimum). The Class A premiere telecast is Friday, May 31 at 4 p.m. The Class A premiere telecast is Saturday, June at 7 p.m.
It’s Day 1 of the Suffolk County finals with one of the three Section 11 class championships set for today as defending Class C state champ Shoreham-Wading River, the top seed, faces No. 3 Bayport-Blue Point at Dowling College at 7:30 p.m. You can watch it live on MSGVarsity.com.
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NEW YORK
* Section 2 (Albany area) boys, girls
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* Section 5 (Rochester area) boys, girls
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CONNECTICUT
* CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) boys
* CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) girls
NEW JERSEY
* New Jersey boys (Public/Parochial)
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* Beyond the tristate region/girls
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Garden City leads 2-0 after one. Goals by Dale Stasco and Justin Guterding.
Guterding has four goals in the game and 49 for the season. Garden City leads Manhasset 6-1 at the half.
Manhasset controls time of possession in the third but has nothing to show for it. GC leads 7-1 after three closing in on its eight straight county crown.
GC wins 10-4 for its eighth straight county crown.
Friends has jumped out to a 2-0 first-quarter lead over CSH.
We have a good one at Hofstra. Friends scores a last-second goal to end the second quarter and leads CSH 3-2 at the half.
Another last-second shot and score by Friends, which now leads 5-4 after three.
Another last-second shot and score by Friends, which now leads 5-4 after three.
Final:: Friends 9, CSH 4 in the Nassau County Class C title game.
From Twitter.com/joe_lombardi:
Here are the 10 Hudson Valley AAs named tonite:
Here they are:
Jack Lambert-John Jay
Peter Conley-Mamaroneck
Nick Mariano-Yorktown
Trevor Koelsch-Yorktown
Brian Prestreau-Yorktown
Austin Fusco-Yorktown
Luke Palmadesso-Yorktown
Connor Vercruysse-Yorktown
J.D. Colarusso-Arlington
Jack Grass-Bronxville
Congrats to all the selectees!
Congrats to all but it’s a team sport and it’s all about WINS in May and June. Good luck to all of the Section 1 teams tomorrow. Represent
Congrats to all. Vin is correct…team first. All in Section I get it done!
St. John the Baptist beats Fordham Prep 9-7 to win the downstate Catholic AA Championship