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Scrimmages from Saturday (Just Starting Lineups)
West Islip over St. Anthony's, 4-1
Huntington over Massapequa, 6-4
Massapequa over West Islip, 4-2
Huntington over HHHE, 4-1

Basically, all the matches were get-in-playing-shape events with the exception of the Huntington/Massapequa game. Both teams seemed to have a little "edge" to them with some very hard hits that were picked up by everyone watching. Almost seemed like the players were after starting spots and respect for later in the season.

Two league games kicked off on Saturday to start the season.

Floral Park 10, New Hyde Park 7: Casey Giarrantiana scored four goals.

Friends Academy 12, Bayport-Blue Point 9: Harry Dellafera and Will Sands each had four goals.

Scores from Monday, March 21st

West Hempstead defeats Hempstead, 9-3
Cold Spring Harbor defeats South Side, 10-6

Latest scores from March 22nd

West Islip over Huntington, 9-3 (Scrimmage)
Ward Melville over Shoreham Wading River, 9-6
Sayville defeats Wantagh, 9-8 (Non-League)
Middle Country defeats Rocky Point, 10-7
Garden City soundly over Syosset, 8-1 (7-0 late)
Holy Trinity over Farmingdale, 10-9

Phone call received from a parent telling me that Ward Melville looked strong in their match. Another call saying Sayville was solid against the Wantagh team. Not a good non-league loss for Farmingdale.

Additional scores as follows:

Valley Stream 8:1 Lawrence
Port Washington 12:7 Locust Valley
Long Beach 17:5 Division
Seaford 13:9 Calhoun
Carey 10:4 East Meadow
Hicksville 13:7 Kellenberg
Lindenhurst 11:7 Pat-Med
Oceanside 14:8 Lynbrook
Belmore 8:7 Mineola

Good win for Hicksville after losing some key players to Sachem North. Most impressive results have to be Garden City's win and Holy Trinity over Farmingale.

Comsewogue beat Sachem North in a "scrimmage" 11-5 yesterday, certainly a shocking result - North played with their recent player additions. Defensively Sachem was a little ragged although the quarterly goalie switches could explain everything - no rhythm, just practice which is the right approach for a scrimmage.

Comsewogue was better in the faceoffs throughout the game; their zone defense seemed to pick up the individual Sachem North attackmen fairly easily - including transfer Gamblin which was a surprise, but surely just early season struggles. Let's see what happens two months from now.

Wednesday, March 23rd Results

Copiague over Center Moriches, 17-4 (11-1 at halftime)
Chaminade over Massapequa, 14-8 (8-4 at halftime)
Hewlett over Great Neck South, 13-5 (8-1 at halftime)
Miller Place over Kings Park, 11-4
Roslyn over Glen Cover, 15-5 (9-0 at halftime)
North Babylon over Deer Park, 16-5 (10-3 at halftime)
Connetquot over Mount Sinai, 8-5 (Third Period was 5-2)

Top performances : Evan Friedlander (Roslyn) - Six Goals, Corey Miller (Copiague) - Five Goals, Copiague team had seven goals in the opening five minutes, Matt Kavanagh (Chaminade) - Five Goals, Jake Geiger (Hewlett) - Five Goals, Ryan Slane (North Babylon) - School Record Seven assists

Thursday, March 24th Results

Whitman over Harborfields, 12-9
Middle Country over Hauppauge, 12-6
Bethpage crushes Plainview JFK, 22-5 (20-2 at halftime)
Commack steamrolls Malverne, 15-4 (9-1 at halftime)
Syosset over South Side, 11-7
Half Hollow Hills East beats Plainedge, 15-2
Roslyn over Mineola, 12-3
Division handles Island Trees, 12-2
MacArthur squeezes by Bellmore JFK, 5-4

Highlights :
Tyler Meigel (Middle Country) - Six Goals,
Tom Engelhardt (Bethpage) - Eight Goals,
Ryan Walsh (Bethpage) - Five Goals,
David Murphy (Commack) - Four Goals, Eight assists

Friday, March 25th Results

Port Washington over Floral Park, 8-7 (Score in Last Minute)
East Islip over Glenn, 14-10 (Non-League)
Lynbrook over Baldwin, 12-10 (Non-League)
East Meadow (1-1) over North Shore (0-2), 11-3
Massapequa (1-1) over Carey, 11-4
Locust Valley over Kellenberg, 7-6 in Overtime (Final 2 Minutes)
Sachem North explodes against Weddington, 22-10 (Match in North Carolina)
Long Beach (2-0) over Freeport (0-1), 19-5
Brentwood (1-0) crushes Center Moriches, 16-1 (Non-League)
Uniondale (1-0) over Lawrence (0-1), 11-6
Chaminade (2-0) defeats Holy Trinity, 9-3
Wheatley/Carle Place over St. Doms, 6-5
Hicksville (2-0) over Cold Spring Harbor, 5-1

Highlights:
Brandon Gamblin (Sachem North) - Six Goals
Hicksville's Anthony Lomangino and Defense Pitch a "One Hitter"

As a sideline observer today, accolades to Lomangino - some nice keeping throughout the game - strong Hicksville defense against a limited "individualized" attack from the CSH midfielders.

Cold Spring Harbor had issues with basic fundamentals - particularly catching and ground balls - seemed to be a problem all game. Things were not helpe with the unsportsmanlike penalty to the CSH coach. Setting your team up, struggling offensively, to play two men down in the first game of the season shows that the program needs to take a deep breath in week one.

Hicksville looks solid; CSH was hopefully just having early season jitters.

Saturday, March 26th Results

Roslyn over Deer Park, 7-4
Lindenhurst over Babylon, 13-7
Southampton over Brentwood, 7-5
Hauppauge over East Hampton, 10-9
Clarke out-offensed New Hyde Park, 21-15
Garden City clamps down on Smithtown West, 6-2
Mineola over Great Neck North, 12-6
Westhampton over Kings Park, 6-4
Glenn over St. John the Baptist, 6-5
Smithtown East over Rocky Point, 14-6
Sewanhaka over Elmont, 3-1

Highlights :
Shane Lauria (Clarke) - Seven Goals, Six assists
Mike Martiello (Clarke) - Six Goals, Six assists
Dan Marion (Garden City) - Ten Saves, Three-Quarter Shutout
Joe Sanatagata (Glenn) - Eight Saves, Second Start, Former Baseball Player
Garry Watson (Smithtown East) - Seven Goals

I hear there are a crop of young 2013 and 2014 RI players in the lower divisions? Can that be true? RI?

Wantagh defeated Farmingdale by an 11-9 margin after Farmingdale was down 6-1 in the first half. While the Warriors keeper played an exceptional game, the fact is that this is the second straight game where the Dalers were not ready at the opening whistle. This is a coaching problem where the three all-county attackmen need to come out more ready to apply pressure for the full match.

Exactly why did Sachem North need to play a team in North Carolina in March?

Again, is the High School team being used as a showcase team for some players?

Is Sachem North the team that recuits and has "transfers"?

Yes, several key new players came into the district this year - whether recruited, transferred, or otherwise is your choice.

The more concerning aspect is that the Sachem School District has now established a Board of Education level policy dealing with Non-Resident Tuition Rates. This entire discussion opens a new element in the public versus private education debate.

Approval for Establishment of Non-Resident Tuition Rate
RECOMMENDED ACTION: “that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Education approves the tuition rate for the child of a nonresident to attend the Sachem School District. The formula to calculate the tuition rate for a regular education pupil is determined by the New York State Department of Education. The estimated tuition rate for a student, full day K–6, for the 2009-10 school year is $4,972.00. The estimated tuition rate for a student, grade 7-12, for the 2009-10 school year is $8,056.00. The actual 2009-10 and 2010-11 school year tuition rates have not yet been calculated. Therefore, it is recommended, if in the event a child of a non-resident is approved to attend full day K-6 in the Sachem School District, the tuition charged will be $4,972.00 and for a student to attend grade 7-12 in the Sachem School District, the tuition charged will be $8,056.00 and shall be modified upon receipt of the 2010-11 tuition rates.”

Monday, March 28th Results

Great Neck South over Glen Cove, 6-5
East Hampton/Bridgehampton over Riverhead, 8-4
Clarke over west Hempstead, 13-6
Seaford (2-0) over Mepham, 9-4
Wantagh over Cherry Creek, 9-7
Baldwin over HHH West, 11-10 in Overtime

Highlights :
Five Goal final period for East Hampton seals the win.
Wantagh defeats Cherry Creek, Colorado, 9-7, down 3-2 at Half

Interesting, I was curious to see if the other states are catching up to NY (LI) in lacrosse so I did some research on Cherry Creek.

Cherry Creek HS has a student population of over 3,500 compared to 1,100 for Wantagh. So cleary their division would be different.

Also, found out that Cherry Creek was 2010 Colorado state Champs so I guess NY (LI) still may have an edge.

Seems like the have a pretty good program for Colorado:

"Besides 11 State Championships, 23 All-Americas, and many All-State awards, the Cherry Creek program has
had several Doc Stabler award winners (top Scholar-Lacrosse Player in Colorado), and has sent a steady
stream of players to top Division I, II, III, and Club programs across the country."

Cherry Creek came east to showcase against teams from the region and potentially tour some east coast colleges. Effectively, this successful varsity scholastic program feels that this particular group is special and wants to afford the team members the chance to play some east coast (hotbed) teams and tour selected campuses.

To understand more about this program, check our their web site at : Cherry Creek Lacrosse.

Tuesday, March 29th Results

Chaminade (almost) triples St. John the Baptist, 14-5
Uniondale over Malverne/East Rockaway, 10-7 (4th Qtr. Comeback)
Carey over Floral Park, 8-3
Mineola over New Hype Park, 10-8
St. Dominic over Long Island Lutheran, 14-12
Port Washington over Roslyn, 8-7
East Meadow over Plainedge, 8-3
Garden City (almost) triples Jericho, 14-5
Great Neck South over Wheatley, 9-5
Clarke over Sewanhaka, 12-5
Hicksville (3-0) over Division, 14-6
Farmingdale over Lynbrook, 10-3
North Shore over Calhoun, 12-8
Glen Cove over Hempstead, 12-5

Highlights :
Major second half leads Hicksville offensively
North Shore puts up an 11-3 second half in win
Shane Lauria (Clarke) - Four Goals
Tom Gordon (Garden City) - Four Goals
Dan Ahern (St. Dom's) - Five Goals
Peter Nicholls (Carey) - Four Goals

Major event of the evening sees Cherry Creek playing St. Anthony's - final score is still pending. Also, remember the following live MSG broadcasts during the upcoming weeks.

Fri., Apr. 1: Delbarton (N.J.) vs. St. Anthony's
Sat., Apr. 16: West Islip vs. Chaminade
Sat., Apr. 30: Garden City vs. Manhasset
Fri., May 6: Sachem North vs. Ward Melville
Sat., May 14: Mountain Lakes (N.J.) vs. Shoreham-Wading River

Saturday, April 2, 2011
Veteran's Park, Northport, NY
10:00am - 8:00pm

The 10th Annual Louis J. Acompora Lacrosse Jamboree has taken on a new format - changing from pre-season scrimmages to featuring marquee lacrosse games all day long. Five of the eight boys teams are previous New York State Champions. All eight boys teams are ranked in the Top 10 of their respective county conferences. An added bonus to the jamboree is a girls lacrosse scrimmage featuring highly-ranked Northport hosting Huntington.

The venue of the event has also relocated to the beautiful turf fields of Veteran's Park, a state-of-the-art athletic facility managed by the Town of Huntington.

While showcasing premier lacrosse teams the entire day, the jamboree is dedicated to spreading the awareness of commotio cordis and prevention through public access defibrillation programs.

Jamboree Schedule
10:00 am - Eastport South Manor vs. Walt Whitman
12:00 noon - Corning vs. Northport
2:00pm - Mahopac vs. East Islip
4:00 pm - Rocky Point vs. Shoreham-Wading River
6:00 pm - Huntington (girls) vs. Northport (girls) [scrimmage]

Wednesday, March 30th Results

Bay Shore was on the same field with Brentwood, 18-1 (18-0 at Halftime)
Ward Melville triples Pat-Med, 18-6
North Babylon over Sachem East, 13-12
West Islip octuples Lindenhurst, 16-2
East Islip over HHH West, 20-7
Elmont over Lawrence, 13-3
Mepham over Locust Valley, 7-4
Massapequa over Wantagh, 12-7
Manhasset over Bethpage, 13-5
Connectquot over Smithtown East, 8-5
Seaford over Baldwin, 8-7

Highlights :
Game of the Day - North Babylon wins fourth quarter, 4-3, for win
Second Game of the Day - Massapequa's big second stanza steals the game
Dylan Sheehan (Massapequa) - Seven Goals

Thursday, March 31st Results

Mount Sinai over Bellport, 10-2
Miller Place over Westhampton, 9-4
St. Anthony's five-folds Kellenberg, 16-3
Wheatley triples Island Trees, 12-4
St. John the Baptist crushes St. Dominic, 18-5
Glenn crushes Center Moriches, 23-2
Bayport-Blue Point over Sayville, 8-7
Kings Park over Deer Park, 8-6
Babylon over Southampton, 16-3
Great Neck South (3-1) triples Sewanhaka, 15-5
Valley Stream over Malverne/East Rockaway, 13-7
North Shore over Bellmore JFK, 9-7
Comsewogue over Hauppauge, 18-3 (15-1 Halftime)
Jericho over Mineola, 13-4
Eastport-South Manor over Huntington, 9-4
Harborfields over East Hampton/Bridgehampton, 13-6

Highlights:
Local rivalry of BBP vs. Sayville gives a great game with the winner scored with just three minutes remaining.

Saturday, April 2nd Results

Bellmore JFK over Copiague, 11-10
Lynbrook over Friends Academy, 13-10
Plainview JFK over Island Trees, 11-3 (10-0 After 3 Periods)
Locust Valley over Roslyn, 8-5
Harborfields over Longwood, 14-6
Wantagh over Hendrick Hudson, 15-3
Commack crushes Great Nexk North, 15-2
Carey over Bethpage, 7-6, Overtime
Herricks defeats Hempstead, 13-1 (10-0 After 3 Periods)
Eastport-South Manor over Whitman, 9-5
Smithtown East over Miller Place, 10-7
Bayshore over Madison (NJ), 13-9
Ward Melville over Garden City, 10-7

Highlights :
Fourth Quarter 3-1 Surge Gives Win to Bellmore JFK
Connor Coyle (Harborfields) - Four Goals
Greg Fitzmaurice (Harborfields) - Four Goals
Luke Spitzer (Lynbrook) - Six Goals
Strong Win for ESM over Whitman
Lucas Rock (Bay Shore) - Five Goals
Bay Shore Travels to New Jersey in Win

I did not think that anyone would break the double digit mark against Garden City this season - excellent game by Ward Melville.

The Ward Melville defense was up to the task all game. Garden City's attack was getting hit hard and from the sidelines, it did not look like they were comfortable against the Ward Melville defenders. Garden City came out after halftime and looked unprepared for the restart. Seemed that the team lost their composure with several flags and short handed situations. For an early season matchup, this one was very intense on the field.

St. Anthony's turned back Delbarton, 8-6, scoring the ultimately deciding goal with second remaining in the third period. Four goals for St. Anthony's were racked up by Sean McDonagh in the MSG Varsity live broadcast.

Monday, April 4th Results

Freeport handles Malverne/East Rockaway, 14-2
Uniondale over Wheatley, 7-4
Commack double Riverhead, 12-6
Mepham defeats Calhoun, 11-9 (5-1 in Fourth for Win)
Sachem North crushes Half Hollow Hills West, 19-3 (16-2 Half)

Highlights
Sachem North cages ten goals in the second period - Sachem North is average 18 goals per game through their first four matches this season. Truth be told, you do not need to play much defense with numbers being posted on that scale.

Whitman beat HHH East, 12-10, as HHHE came back from a 10-7 deficit to knot the game at 10-10 with about five minutes to go.

"Truth be told", out of town recuits will do that for you.

Chaminade 10 - St. Anthony's 5

Score midway through the second quarter was 4-2 in favor of St Anthony's. Chaminade then scored eight unanswered goals until letting up a goal in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. The last couple of seasons, Chaminade has won the opening match-up only to lose later in the playoffs. Let's see what happens this year.

Both teams will be better for playing this great match against each other rather than playing a ten-goal win game against some other conference teams. It seems as if there have been more blowout varsity matches than in years past.

Wednesday, March 6th Results

St. Dominic's destroys St. Mary's, 17-1
Freeport doubles Hempstead, 13-6
Valley Stream Central over Uniondale, 7-5
Ward Melville over Northport, 13-5
Sachem North over Whitman, 17-6
Half Hollow Hils East over Brentwood, 21-0
Sayville over Babylon, 13-3

Noteworthy Matches from Tuesday, April 5th Results

Massapequa over Baldwin, 17-9
Mineola over Glen Cove, 9-8, Overtime
West Islip over Connetquot, 8-7, Overtime
Seaford over Kellenberg, 14-8
Chaminade over St. Anthony's, 10-5

Highlights:
Justin Mayr (St. Dom's) - Six Goals
Evan Lapice (Freeport) - Six Goals
Will Mazzone (Ward Melville) - Four Goals

Wed, April, 6th....Huntington over Islip 10-7, sloppy game Hunt needed good Goal play to pull out after being down 4-1 early. Neither team going anywhere the way they played today.

Comsewogue, SWR, maybe Eastport, teams to beat in Class B.

Transfer player Gamblin has been getting up to five goals per game on average for Sachem North. Hicksville is surely missing those goals winning by one or two in the important games.

Friday, April 8th Results

South Side over New Hyde Park, 14-4
Massapequa downs MacArthur, 18-5
East Islip over Pat-Med, 14-10
Islip over Center Moriches, 18-5 (10-0 After First Period)
Manhasset over Malvern/East Rockaway, 14-1
Mt. Sinai doubles Deer Park, 14-7
Lynbrook over Glen Cove, 12-1 (8-0 After Third Period)
Uniondale wins in the fourth over Plainview JFK, 9-8
Plainedge downs West Hempstead, 9-2
Friends over Clarke, 11-3
East Meadow eight-folds Hempstead, 16-2
Westhampton over Babylon, 10-6
Sewanhaka over Great Neck North, 7-3

Comsewogue 9, Huntington 6 - questionable game with the winners getting four man-up goals - poor refs. Huntington's goalie played well in the game.

Saturday, April 9th Results

Valley Stream Central over Freeport, 8-6
Bethpage crushes Lawrence, 19-2
West Islip over Bay Shore, 10-6
Connetquot doubles Middle Country, 12-6
Calhoun triples Herricks, 12-4
St. Pauls over Garden City, 7-5 (Non-League)
Oceanside over Baldwin, 15-12
Lindenhurst defeats Brentwood, 23-5 (18-3 Half)
West Babylon over Copiague, 16-13
St. Dominics over Cardinal Hayes, 17-1 (16-0 After Three)
Ward Melville (3-0) over Smithtown East, 14-4
Half Hollow Hills East over Longwood, 14-6
North Babylon over Floyd, 15-10
Whitman downs Commack, 14-8
Northport over Riverhead, 19-5

Well done by St. Paul's traveling from MIAA to compete against some of Long Island's best varsity squads. Spoke with some folks from MIAA who made the trip down for the game with their boys - excellent match, close competition.