High School Zone: Long Island NY
It will be Championship Thursday in the CHSAA (NY) Nassau-Suffolk Division as Class AAA and AA titles are decided at Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium. Here’s a look at the matchups. St. Anthony’s (13-4) vs. Chaminade (12-3), 4:45 p.m. Analysis: The two regular-season were each decided by one goal, with the teams splitting. Round 3 — […]
It will be a huge day of playoff action on Wednesday on Long Island, and some very good teams who’ve had outstanding seasons will be packing their gear and calling it a season. That’s the nature of this time of year in New York, which has a single-elimination format, meaning you can’t lose a sectional […]
The week started out with some interesting results on Long Island. After all, who would have thought Northport, which lost to Half Hollow Hills West 8-5 during the regular season, would turn around and defeat Hills West 15-3 in the first round of the Suffolk Class A playoffs. That 15-goal swing has to be one […]
There will be no shortage of senior boys and girls players from the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, at the 2014 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic set for Saturday, July 12 at Towson University. The boys game, which will be shown live on ESPNU, is at 5 p.m. […]
Suffolk County (NY) Class A playoff action starts Monday in Day 1 of what promises to be one of the most interesting — and eventful — conference championships from sea to shining sea. One of the matchups set for Monday has No. 11-seeded Northport at No. 6 Half Hollow Hills West. One of the top […]
West Islip’s appeal regarding a disputed goal in Sachem North’s 6-5 double-overtime victory over West Islip on Tuesday, May 13 has been denied by Section 11 officials today, Lacrosse Insider has just learned. So the opening-round matchups will go on as planned, but there’s one big change. Instead of the first-round games being played on […]
We posted the Suffolk Division 1 playoff pairings here at Lacrosse Insider on Wednesday. Now, those pairings are being reviewed in light of an appeal by West Islip, Lacrosse Insider has learned. West Islip and Sachem North officials are scheduled to appear in a hearing with Section 11 today to review a call in Sachem […]
We presented the playoff brackets for Suffolk Class A here on Wednesday at Lacrosse Insider. The brackets for classes B and C have now also been completed and are available here. Lacrosse Insider Recruiting Central Top 100 tristate preseason player rankings, players 1-50 Top 100 tristate preseason player rankings, players 51-100 Tristate Division I senior […]
If the postseason is anything like the wild ride we’ve seen during the regular season, the next few weeks should be very exciting in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Joe Lombardi hosts a comprehensive look at tristate teams to keep an eye on as the playoffs get […]
Nassau County (NY) Tournament action gets under way on Monday, May 12 with first-round Class B games. The winners advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16 at Adelpi University. The pairings have not yet been set for classes A and C. Here’s how all the brackets look. Lacrosse Insider Recruiting […]
It was one of the more much-awaited games on the mid-April calendar in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse. But when the threat of lightning resulted in the postponement of a game between defending CHSAA AAA champion Chaminade (NJ) and Bergen Catholic (NJ), the teams initially planned to make up the game last Monday, […]
Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Players of the Week New York Hudson Valley Pleasantville’s Brendan Halloran (above) became the school’s all-time scoring leader when he netted a second-period goal in a 12-6 win over Greeley, giving him 230 points for his career. Long Island Wantagh’s Kyle Cain had five goals and six assists in a 14-6 […]
It may wind up going down as the game of the regular season in tristate lacrosse. Smithtown East beat unbeaten Smithtown West, the No. 1 team in the LaxLessons Tristate Top 25, for the first time since 2009 Thursday night. Moments after the Bulls’ big win, Joe Lombardi shared his thoughts on the impact of […]
Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com Smithtown East’s 11-10 win over previously unbeaten Smithtown West wasn’t the only dramatic game in Suffolk County (NY) on Thursday. Following a takeaway by Mike Aronow, Sean O’Brien’s goal, off a feed from Joe Caridi, gave Sachem North an 8-7 overtime win over defending NY Class A champion Ward Melville. It […]
