There’s a battle for the ball during the showdown between Garden City and Lynbrook between GC’s Brian Fischer and Lynbrook’s Alex Maini earlier this week. Garden City pulled out a 5-4 win. (Photo by newsphoto.com. For more photos from the game, click here.) It’s been a season of close calls for Bay Shore, which has […]

Somers junior Colin Tullgren (top) had four goals and two assists in the Tuskers’ big win today at Horace Greeley. Classmate Cole Partenza (below) scored twice. (Photos by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) • For a photo gallery from Somers’ 15-8 win over Greeley, click here.

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A couple of big showdowns in Suffolk. Some crucial games involving teams from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. It should be an interesting Thursday throughout the region today.

My fellow lax aficionados, In my continuing quest to keep everyone up to date on what the rest of New York state has to offer in each classification as we head toward June, I’m going to add on to the bottom of every weekly “View” column a quick Top 10 with notes on the best […]

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Yesterday was Super Tuesday with plenty of big games that may foreshadow what we see in the postseason. In light of the matchups now in store, I guess we can call today Wild Wednesday.

As John Jay and Somers players lined up for the post-game handshake following Somers’ 10-7 win tonight, you could almost sense the feeling on both sides. That while it was a big game — and, in fact, a very entertaining one — it was just Round 1. I talked to players and coaches from both […]

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West Islip has been a model of consistency since the debut of the LaxLessons.com Top 25 regional rankings. The Lions have held on to the top spot since the outset. But there has been plenty of commotion in the other spots, folks. And that continues this week.

Tomorrow, Long Island will take center stage with some colossal confrontations on tap. But today, Section 1 is in the spotlight. Let’s call it Super Tuesday.

Hey gang – We have a HUGE week of games throughout the region. But No. 1 on Today’s Top 5 is not a contest at all. It’s a brand-new feature here at LaxLessons.com. We are proud to officially launch the much-awaited player profiles section of this site. You can see what all the excitement is […]

Zac Koufakis and the Manhasset Indians picked up a huge 14-13 win at Darien on Saturday. (Photo by Newsphoto.com. See more photos from this game at http://tinyurl.com/d2sw86.) NEW FEATURE: • LaxLessons.com player profiles • Be sure to get yours up, too!

Instant classic. Titanic struggle. Flat-out war. Choose your overused cliché because each would be an appropriate summation of today’s “Battle of the Sound” opener between Manhasset and host Darien. When it was over, the Indians celebrated like they had just won a state championship. The Blue Wave, on the other hand, had the look of […]

The Somers Tuskers are off to a strong 2-1 start with their lone loss to Yorktown 11-6. The ‘Huskers, of course, are seventh in the latest Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national rankings and No. 3 in the latest LaxLessons.com Top 25 regional rankings. Now, Somers, which is unranked national and No. 19 in the LaxLessons.com rankings, […]

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Hey guys, Syracuse here. Without question, the marquee matchup this weekend in our region is Game 1 of the “Battle of the Sound” doubleheader at Darien, pitting the host Blue Wave against Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you survive that epic, you’re in for more good lacrosse in the second game as two of the country’s most […]

Thanks to an impressive start, featuring Kevin Interlicchio’s unheard of 26 goals in just three-plus games, Yorktown rocketed up 11 spots to No. 7 in this week’s Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse power rankings. Yorktown (4-0) was No. 22 in the publication’s preseason poll and moved up four spots last week, but after Saturday’s 14-10 win over […]

Headstrong, charismatic, supremely confident … all these superlatives sum up Roy Colsey. The new Ridgefield coach opened a new chapter in his illustrious career with a lopsided win over Bridgeport Central on Wednesday. The sky appears to be the limit for his team in 2009. Colsey has some high expectations, desires he says his players […]