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So I guess that college line-up and that insane college coaching staff didn't work out to well after all .

Congrats WB

So I guess that college line-up and that insane college coaching staff didn't work out to well after all .

Congrats WB

West Babylon wins a wild one 9-8 over Rocky Point.

It was a very entertaining game. I attended the game but had "no skin" in the game so I offer my unbiased opinion and observation.

#16 and #99 had great games, as did the whole WB team.

When you have a clear advantage of talent on the field, as RP had, you have to blame the majority of the outcome on the coaching. Here is my take and I'll take my lumps in responses with an open mind.

1) RP was better offensively and should (could) have just ground out goals. Instead they try to score spectacular, "ESPN highlight" type goals. It made no sense. Just rushing the offensive sets. You don't get credit for 1.5 if it's pretty.

2) For the first 40 minutes the defense just stood around; no movement. It wasn't until the last 10 minutes (and really the last 5) that the defense applied pressure. WB was rattled by the pressure. Where was that the first 40 minutes? You have the better players, on paper at least, so use them.

3) With 9:30 left RP changes goalies for the third time, with the score 8-8. The goalie was stellar, making three point blank stops. She was clearly the better of the three goalies. Why put her in at 9:30 (to all the goalie folks out there--we all know that's a tough spot to put a goalie in)?

Finally, the stick check. The RP player's stick was obviously bad. You could see it from the stands. The ref checked, re-checked and checked again. It looked like he was trying to find the stick as bad. He was really doing the opposite. He was trying in vain to make that stick good. He had another ref look at it as well. It was a bad stick. The stick check on the WB player's winning goal was fast--because the stick was not even close to being bad.

A tip of the cap to WB. They never let the game get away and with 12 seconds left their best player had the ball and scores as time runs out.

It was a very entertaining game. I attended the game but had "no skin" in the game so I offer my unbiased opinion and observation.

#16 and #99 had great games, as did the whole WB team.

When you have a clear advantage of talent on the field, as RP had, you have to blame the majority of the outcome on the coaching. Here is my take and I'll take my lumps in responses with an open mind.

1) RP was better offensively and should (could) have just ground out goals. Instead they try to score spectacular, "ESPN highlight" type goals. It made no sense. Just rushing the offensive sets. You don't get credit for 1.5 if it's pretty.

2) For the first 40 minutes the defense just stood around; no movement. It wasn't until the last 10 minutes (and really the last 5) that the defense applied pressure. WB was rattled by the pressure. Where was that the first 40 minutes? You have the better players, on paper at least, so use them.

3) With 9:30 left RP changes goalies for the third time, with the score 8-8. The goalie was stellar, making three point blank stops. She was clearly the better of the three goalies. Why put her in at 9:30 (to all the goalie folks out there--we all know that's a tough spot to put a goalie in)?

Finally, the stick check. The RP player's stick was obviously bad. You could see it from the stands. The ref checked, re-checked and checked again. It looked like he was trying to find the stick as bad. He was really doing the opposite. He was trying in vain to make that stick good. He had another ref look at it as well. It was a bad stick. The stick check on the WB player's winning goal was fast--because the stick was not even close to being bad.

A tip of the cap to WB. They never let the game get away and with 12 seconds left their best player had the ball and scores as time runs out.

Rocky Point coaching staff should be fired. There is no excuse for the game plan they came up with. And they got beat by WB in OT a month ago.

Rocky Point coaching staff should be fired. There is no excuse for the game plan they came up with. And they got beat by WB in OT a month ago.

Rocky Point coaching staff should be fired. There is no excuse for the game plan they came up with. And they got beat by WB in OT a month ago.

Rocky Point coaching staff should be fired. There is no excuse for the game plan they came up with. And they got beat by WB in OT a month ago.

O.K Boot Camp Mikey and Lil'Parisi. Trying to weasel your way into the Varsity coaching spot, with all your trolls on the side line that been drinking cool-aid. A guy that never played a day in his life and doesn't even know how to hold a stick knows more than DS, but watched some YJ practices. Yea, please fire a Spallina for a daddy coach that never played. Good luck with that.

Does RP still have the parent that coaches the team from the stands?

You lost to get over it. West Babylon is going all the way!

O.K Boot Camp Mikey and Lil'Parisi. Trying to weasel your way into the Varsity coaching spot, with all your trolls on the side line that been drinking cool-aid. A guy that never played a day in his life and doesn't even know how to hold a stick knows more than DS, but watched some YJ practices. Yea, please fire a Spallina for a daddy coach that never played. Good luck with that.

Say what you want but there is no way that the RP coaching staff can allow the WB star to score 6 goals against them in a County Semi-Final game. The two teams played each other earlier. The coaches should have learned something from that game.

Credit to WB players and coaches, very few teams have been able to game plan against them over the past 2-3 years and the WB coaches continually came up w/ a game plan to ensure their stars got the ball in crucial games/situations. WB almost beat WI in playoffs a few years ago, beat ESM down the stretch last year then beat Huntington in playoffs. This year they are County finalists!... Best of luck girls, great job.

And Rocky Point will be back and do well next year. Team and coaches will learn from this...

ESM doubled them up in first game of the season (14-7)
Don't see the result being much different this time around

ESM doubled them up in first game of the season (14-7)
Don't see the result being much different this time around

Parent "coach" had his plan all along , and sold it to paid coach last year . Both should be held accountable along with the AD and school board . You do not allow outside parent influence on any HS sport team in a HS town program UNLESS that outside PARENT source is well qualified and proven and a prime example would be the Paid Coaches Brother who is far more superior then any parent on the island when it comes to LAX . The District was bamboozled . And you people
sit back and truly think your getting your way with a youth lacrosse coach leading the parade !

How can any defense allow a girl to go from midfield to the goal with 12 seconds left without fouling. Here is where the stupid foul rules work in the defenses favor. Foul until the clock runs out and take your chances in OT. You knew she was going straight to the net. She had 5 of the 8 goals at the time. Doesn't take a defensive genius to figure out what's going to happen.

Oh here we go again!!! The Rocky Point Haters ride again. The young ladies lost a close one due to a Subjective Ref call and all you can do is hyper focus on a parent coach. That parent coach was on the sideline for most of RP Varsity games and was an integral part of every practice. JV and Varsity practice together. This was not the case last year. Look at their record this year compared to last, maybe he worked well with DS and his assistant and had a positive influence. But you will just continue blaming one person that you don't agree with. TID!!

They're much better from the last time they played. We will just have to wait and see…

Oh here we go again!!! The Rocky Point Haters ride again. The young ladies lost a close one due to a Subjective Ref call and all you can do is hyper focus on a parent coach. That parent coach was on the sideline for most of RP Varsity games and was an integral part of every practice. JV and Varsity practice together. This was not the case last year. Look at their record this year compared to last, maybe he worked well with DS and his assistant and had a positive influence. But you will just continue blaming one person that you don't agree with. TID!!

Oh here we go again!!! The Rocky Point Haters ride again. The young ladies lost a close one due to a Subjective Ref call and all you can do is hyper focus on a parent coach. That parent coach was on the sideline for most of RP Varsity games and was an integral part of every practice. JV and Varsity practice together. This was not the case last year. Look at their record this year compared to last, maybe he worked well with DS and his assistant and had a positive influence. But you will just continue blaming one person that you don't agree with. TID!!

Good luck with the RP JV next year coach. Thanks for posting and apparenntly teaching DS all that he knows.

WI 11- MC 7 Final

SW 9- NPT 6 Final