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 […]
The CIAC quarterfinals are set for Tuesday. So let’s take a look at three things to watch. Breaking down the CIAC tournament (includes brackets and schedule)
Terence Pfeifer, right, and Hicksville will face West Islip in Tuesday’s Class A Long Island championship game. Simply put, any of the three Long Island championship games are almost as big as a state final. This year will be no exception as six schools have emerged from the regular season and sectional wars to get […]
Nassau champion Hicksville will face Suffolk champion West Islip in the Long Island championship game on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Stony Brook University. Today’s opening-round Section 2 vs. Section 9 tripleheader in Albany was just completed, gang, and earlier in the day, all of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference opening-round state tournament games were […]
Port Washington’s Jeff Froccaro was named Nassau County’s midfielder of the year. Hey gang – Congrats to Connor English of Manhasset, who was selected by coaches as the Nassau County player of the year. You can check out the complete list of honorees here.
Which attackman is going to get the first vote? We’ll find out tonight at the strike of midnight when week-long voting for our inaugural LaxLessons.com all-region team starts.
Guys, the conference championships are in the books. That means that its time to take a look at the Connecticut state championships, which started yesterday with some outbracket matchups. Classes L and M are previewed below the fold, with an overview of Class S. Connecticut state tournament schedule: CIAC tournament: Division L pairings […]
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.
Yorktown midfielder Liam McCarthy. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) Both Somers and Ward Melville stated their case during the regular season. That’s when the Tuskers beat John Jay for the first time since 2003 and the Patriots, who earlier in the season knocked Yorktown from the unbeaten ranks, did the same to West Islip on May […]
Though all three favored teams wound up winning, there was plenty of drama tonight in the Nassau County championships at Hofstra University.
Here you go, gang. Video highlights of Ridgefield’s 7-6 overtime win last night over four-time defending state champion Darien in the Fairfield County Interscholatic Athletic Conference championship game played before an overflow crowd at Brien McMahon in Norwalk. Click here for more info on the game Click here for more post-game video interviews.
Garden City attackman Brian Coleman. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) Two No. 1 seeds (Garden City in Class B and Manhasset in Class C) are alive and well as we get set for today’s Nassau County finals. But we do have one casualty. And it’s a big one. In Class A, Farmingdale was ousted in the […]
There’s no way of knowing now what will wind up happening down the line. But if the Ridgefield Tigers do indeed wind up becoming one of Connecticut’s premier programs on a year-in, year-out basis, then mark down this date. June 2, 2009. No matter what happens though, it’s a date that will go down in […]
Darien coach Jeff Brameier (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) It’s time. For months, FCIAC fans have known this moment would arrive. Though it nearly did not (thanks to an inspired effort by New Canaan in the FCIAC semifinals), Ridgefield and Darien will indeed be meeting for the FCIAC title.
As a rule, postseason teams are selected by coaches or writers. That’s the way it’s always been, and that’s fine. But since this is a place where we take pride in pioneering new ways of doing things, I’ve decided to do something just a little bit different in selecting the members of our inaugural LaxLessons.com […]
