The Boys Varsity Lacrosse season will be getting onto the practice fields in just about 90 days and the action for Nassau (Section VIII) and Suffolk (Section XI). For our second consecutive year, BOTC will be the leading source of Long Island Varsity Lacrosse news, scores, and stories. We expect to be launching our reporting team into the field for some coverage of the top games once the formal schedules are announced.

Please use this thread to cover the Spring 2012 Season.

The Nassau County boys preseason seeds were released on November 16th as voted by the coaches association.

CONFERENCE 1
Syosset
Massapequa
Farmingdale
Baldwin
Port Washington
Hicksville
Oceanside
East Meadow
MacArthur
Plainview
Uniondale
Freeport
VS District
Hempstead

CONFERENCE 2
Garden City
Long Beach
Wantagh
Carey
Jericho
JFK Bellmore
Calhoun
Elmont
Great Neck South
New Hyde Park
Wheatley/Carle Place
Mepham
Herricks

CONFERENCE 3
Manhasset
South Side
Bethpage
Hewlett
Lynbrook
Plainedge
Roslyn
Levittown Div
Floral Park
Great Neck North
Lawrence
Sewanhaka
Glen Cove
Malverne/East Rockaway

CONFERENCE 4
Cold Spring Harbor
Friends Academy
Locust Valley
Seaford
Mineola
North Shore
Clarke
Island Trees
West Hempstead
Oyster Bay

The Suffolk County boys preseason seeds were released on November 16th as voted by the coaches association.

Division I
1 West Islip
2 Ward Melville
3 Smithtown W.
4 Sachem North
5 Norhtport
6 Smithtown East
7 Connetquot
8 Bay Shore
9 Sachem East
10 Lindenhurst
11 HHH East
12 North Babylon
13 East Islip
14 Middle Country
15 Walt Whitman
16 West Babylon
17 Pat Med
18 Commack
19 HHH West
20 Longwood
21 W. Floyd
22 Riverhead
23 Copiague
24 Brentwood

Division II
1 Shoreham Wading River
2 Comsewogue
3 Eastport South Manor
4 Sayville
5 Islip
6 Hauppauge
7 Miller Place
8 Huntington
9 Harborfields
10 Bayport Blue Point
11 Mount Sinai
12 Rocky Point
13 John Glenn
14 Kings Park
15 Westhampton
16 Babylon
17 Bellport
18 East Hampton/BH/Pierson
19 Deer Park
20 Center Moriches
21 Matt/Gpt/Shld
22 Southampton

can someone explain how the conferences translate in "A's"-"B's" and "C's" for playoffs and why don't they just have "A's"-"B's" and "C's" conferences

thank you

Boys (and girls) lacrosse is considered by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) to be a three class sport, Class A, Class B and Class C. Each class is driven by the number of students at the High School level. Class A is for high schools with 1050 students and up. Class B is for high schools with at least 650 but not more than 1049 students. Finally, Class C is for high schools with less than 650 students. (Notice that the girls breakpoint for Class B and Class C is 675 students.)

The Conferences are built to define "who plays who" during the regular seasons. Nassau and Suffolk have differed year-on-year in how the Conferences are created. Sometimes they have been created reflecting competitive ability; other seasons, Conferences have been created along Class lines.

The State Championships are always run along Class lines, not Conference lines.

[To help even further and illustrate how the Class structure varies by sport], boys soccer is a five class sport with Class AA, Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D. The full table will be provided in our next post.]

NYSPHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011-12 TOURNAMENT FORMAT

5 CLASS SPORTS	Baseball Softball Boys and Girls Soccer Boys and Girls Basketball	AA A B C D	925+ 525-924 305-524 175-304 174-below
	Girls Volleyball	AA A B C D	1040+ 690-1039 436-689 256-435 255-below
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4 CLASS SPORTS	Boys and Girls Cross Country (Revised for 2011-12)	A B C D	911+ 470-910 260-469 259-below
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3 CLASS SPORTS	Field Hockey	A B C	915+ 450-914 449-below
	Boys Lacrosse	A B C	1050+ 650-1049 649-below
	Girls Lacrosse	A B C	1050+ 675-1049 674-below
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2 CLASS SPORTS	Wrestling Boys and Girls Spring Track	I II	600+ 599-below
	Boys Volleyball	A B	1000+ 999-below
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1 CLASS SPORTS	Boys and Girls Tennis Boys and Girls Swimming Girls Gymnastics Boys and Girls Bowling Boys and Girls Winter Track Boys and Girls Golf

could you be more specific.....lol, tank you

Corrigan Sports Enterprises announced today the seventh annual Under Armour® All-America Lacrosse Classic will take place on Saturday, June 30th, 2012 at Towson University’s Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md. Each year only 88 of the nation’s top boys and girls high school seniors earn the sport’s most prestigious honor.

Last year the boys’ South team emerged victorious for the second time in the event’s history by downing the North squad, 11-9. The girls’ North team won 15-10 by outscoring the South 8-3 in the second half.

A full weekend of events will be highlighted by the All-America boys senior showcase live on ESPNU Saturday evening at 8pm. The girls will face off at 5pm.

The weekend will once again include a ten-region underclassmen event with boys and girls All-Star teams from Baltimore, Long Island, Midwest, New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, South, Upstate NY and Washington, D.C. and West.

The three-day underclassmen tournament (June 29th – July 1st) will feature the top national lacrosse players from the graduating classes of 2013, 2014 and 2015. Underclassmen tryout dates for each region will be announced next month.

For more information, visit www.underarmourlacrosse.com. Nominations can also be submitted at InsideLacrosse.com/UnderArmour.

Class of 2102 (Seniors) NCAA Division I Commitments from Long Island

Ryan Adler, Smithtown West, goalie, Towson
Chris Appell, Locust Valley, attackman, Lehigh
Joe Amato, Kellenberg Memorial, midfielder, Virginia Military Institute
Matt Balzano, Wantagh, midfield, Massachusetts
Anthony Berardis, Mahopac, midfielder, Stony Brook
Patric Berkery, Garden City, midfielder, Penn
Paul Bitetti, Bethpage, defense, Detroit
Mark Boylan, Kings Park, LSM/defenseman, Holy Cross
Frank Borgognone, Manhasset, LSM, Fairfield
Trevor Brosco, Shoreham Wading River, midfielder, Notre Dame
Ryan Buckley, Ward Melville, attack, Marquette
Kieran Burke, St. Anthony’s, goalie, North Carolina
Brendan Caputo, Chaminade, midfielder, Brown
Matt Chanenchuk, St. Anthony’s, attack, Navy
Sean Connors, Deerfield Academy (Locust Valley),attackman, Princeton
Brendan Conroy, St. Anthony’s, midfielder, FO, Army
Jimmy Coughlan, Ward Melville, midfielder, Brown
Connor Coyle, Harborfields, midfielder, Air Force
Ryan Curley, Eastport-South Manor, attack, UMass
George Deignan, St. Anthony’s, defenseman, Binghamton
Harrison DellaFera, Friends Academy, attackman, Villanova
Frank DeLuca, Farmingdale, goalie, Wagner
Connor Devane, Wilton, Conn. (LI Sting), midfielder, Quinnipiac
Richard Doktor, St. Anthony’s, midfield, Rutgers
Sean Doyle, Cold Spring Harbor, attackman, Bucknell
Bobby Duvjnak, Manhasset, defenseman, Harvard
Devin Dwyer, Garden City, attackman, Harvard
Johnny Edmonds, Ward Melville, midfield/attack, Cornell
Terence Foly, Islip, defense, Villanova
Thomas Forsberg, John Glenn, attack, Maryland
Frank Froccaro, Port Washington-Schreiber, midfield, Princeton
Frankie Fusco, Yorktown, attack, Drexel
Jake Gannon, Sachem North, midfield, UMBC
Connor Gately, Yorktown, attack, Marquette
Casey Gibson, Chaminade, attackman, Air Force
Giovanni Girardi, Cold Spring Harbor, midfield/FO, Hofstra
Matthew Graham, Chaminade, midfielder, Michigan
Joe Guidarelli, Harborfields, midfield, Fairfield
Chris Hughes, St. Anthony’s, attackman/midfielder, St. John’s
Ryan Hunter, Syosset, attack, Ohio State
Brendon Hurley, St. Anthony’s, midfield, Binghamton
Andrew Iacocca, Blair Academy, NJ (LI Sting), attackman, Lehigh
Myles Jones, Salisbury School (CT) PG/Walt Whitman, midfielder, Duke
Jack Kelly, West Islip, goalie, Brown
Ryan Kirby, Massapequa, attackman, Towson
Mitchell LaBianca, Miler Place, midfielder/FO, Binghamton
Cam Lee, Cold Spring Harbor, midfield, Dartmouth
Sam Llinares, Hauppauge, attack/midfield, Hofstra
Gerald Logan, Sachem North/Hotchkiss, goalie, Michigan
Frank Lucatuorto, Ward Melville, midfielder, Stony Brook
Tyler Lutjen, Shoreham-Wading River, goalie, Siena
Jon Lynott, St. Anthony’s, defenseman, Stony Brook
Craig Madarasz, Smithtown West, FO/midfielder, Johns Hopkins
Chris Mahoney, Shoreham-Wading River, defenseman, Ohio State
Dan Marino, Garden City, goalie, Virginia
Brian Martin, Fairport, midfield, Binghamton
Sean McDonagh, St. Anthony’s, attackman, Harvard
Conor McDonnell, Garden City, Marquette
Ryan Matthews, Manhasset, midfielder, Johns Hopkins
Evan Molloy, Manahsset, goalie, Syracuse
Chris Monteferante, Lakeland-Panas, midfield/FO, Army
Dominic, Montemurro, King’s Park, midfield/FO, Marist
Thomas Moore, West Islip, attack, Denver
Sam Mortella, Woodmere, Michigan
Daniel Muller, Massapequa, midfielder, UMass
John O’Connor, Canton Central/Salisbury School, midfield, Delaware
Ryan Palasek, Rocky Point, defenseman, Syracuse
James Pannell, Smithtown West, attack, Virginia
Stefan Pate, Manhasset, defense, Harvard
Cody Petillo, Sachem North, midfield/attack, Rutgers
Brian Pickup, Rye/Deerfield Academy, MA, (LI Sting), defenseman, Princeton
Nick Pombonyo, Bethpage, midfield, Sacred Heart
Robert Popdan, Bayport-Blue Point, defense, Fairfield
Brian Porter, Chaminade, defenseman, Marquette
Kevin Porzelt, Cold Spring Harboro, midfielder, UMass
Brian Pratt, Chaminade, Yale
Michael Quinn, Chaminade/PG at Hotchkiss, Conn., LSM, Yale
Ryan Ramirez, Brentwood, midfield/FO, Stony Brook
Joe Reilly, Chaminade, midfield, Holy Cross
Gregory Rhodes, Chaminade, midfielder, Duke
Ryan Ricciardelli, Chaminade, goalie, Albany
Blaze Riorden, Fairport, goalie, Albany
Paul Riportella, West Islip, midfielder, Marquette
Mark Rizzo, Hewlett, LSM/defenseman, North Carolina
Rob Savage, Garden City, midfield, UPenn
Alec Salvadori, Long Beach, defense, Rutgers
Dylan Sbarglia, Rome Free Academy, midfield, Stony Brook
Matt Schultz, Smithtown West, attack, Cornell
Derek Sganga, Eastport South Manor/Avon Old Farms, defense/LSM, Marist
Brian Sherlock, St. Anthony’s, midfielder, North Carolina
Jake Sichenzia, Sayville, attackman, Stony Brook
Daniel Simonetti, Cold Spring Harbor, midfielder/attackman, Navy
Brendan Smith, West Islip, attack, Marquette
Connor Sofield, Long Beach, attackman/midfielder, Holy Cross
Timothy Stackpole, St. Anthony’s, LSM, Army
Nick Strano, Rocky Point, midfielder, Manhattan
Shane Sweeney, Hicksville, defenseman, Hofstra
Ryan Tarzia, Hicksville, midfielder/FO, Detroit Mercy
Tripp Telesco, Ridgewood, NJ (LI Sting), defenseman, Lehigh
Paul Urbank, Chaminade, midfielder, Delaware
Sal Vitale, St. Anthony’s, defenseman, Marquette
Jack Wallice, Hill School (PA), of Cold Spring Harbor, attackman, Delaware
Evan Zakow, Walt Whitman, attack, Jacksonville

Class of 2012 (Seniors) NCAA Division II Commitments

Dan Chillianis, Bethpage, Defense, NYIT
Anthony DeLuca, West Islip, attackman, C.W. Post
Brandon DiGiacomo, Connetquot, attack/midfield, Assumption
Andrew Failla, Oceanside, goalie, U of Tampa
Pat Fleming, Sayville, goalie, NYIT
Ryan Gaspari, Division, goalie, NYIT
Jake Gaspari, Division, defenseman, NYIT
Corey Gamblin, Sachem North, defenseman/midfielder, New York Institute of Technology
Steven Hartnett, Connetquot, midfield/FO, NYIT
Ryan Kellerman, Ward Melville, defense, NYIT
Vin Loscalzo, Rocky Point, midfield, Belmont Abbey
Shawn Murphy, Sachem North, attack, NYIT
Joe Persico, Plainedge, defense, Mercy
Kyle Rhatigan, Sachem North, attackman, Limestone College
Brendan Schade, Sachem north, goalie, Belmont Abbey
Danny Schaeffer, Sachem North, attack/midfield, Dowling
Michael Shires, North Babylon, defense/LSM, Limestone
Cory Stavis, Wantagh, attack/midfield, Adelphi
Eric Talbot, Sachem North, midfield, NYIT

Predictions for the Spring 2012 season : Class A will come down to West Islip and Ward Melville - we will take West Islip in Suffolk to handle all Nassau challengers this year on the rebound.

Class B looks like it will be all Nassau County with Garden City and Manhasset dominating the action - taking Garden City for the crown and defeating the Suffolk Challengers.

Finally, Class C figures to be a toss up all around but we will take Shoreham Wading River. Any comments on these selections?

West Islip is DONE. S.C. should retire. It is going to get Ugly for W.I. over the next few years! This past year is just the beginning.

Preseason winter league games at Walker Park in Hicksville are now planned - some players might be missing, but for those looking to get a preseason dose of outdoor lacrosse, the action starts this weekend!

Sunday, December 11th
9am Lynbrook vs Friends Academy
10 am Manhasset vs South Side
11 am Rocky Point vs Carey
12noon Jericho vs Garden City

Sunday, December 18th
9 am Garden City vs South Side
10 am Carey vs Lynbrook
11 am Friends Academy vs Manhasset
12 noon Jericho vs Rocky Point

Sunday, January 8th
10 am South Side vs Carey
11 am Lynbrook vs Jericho
12noon Garden City vs Manhasset
1 pm Rocky Point vs Friends Academy

Sunday, January 22nd
9 am Lynbrook vs Garden City
10 am Friends Academy vs Carey
11 am Rocky Point vs Manhasset
12 noon Jericho vs South Side

Sunday, January 29th
10 am South Side vs Friends Academy
11 am South Side vs Rocky Point
12 noon Lynbrook vs Rocky Point
1 pm Carey vs Garden City
2pm Manhasset vs Jericho

Sunday, February 5th
10 am Lynbrook vs Manhasset
11 am Carey vs Jericho
12 noon Garden city vs Friends Academy

Some great games for non-conference play in Nassau are being announced this week.

Manhasset will play CSH, Darien (CT), John Jay, Calvert Hall (away), and Chaminade.

Garden City will take on Shoreham Wading River, St. Paul's Duxbury, Syosset, and Ward Melville.

Farmingdale's out of conference schedule is not available yet. Does anyone have their details?

You have to give some love to Smithtown West??? Think it will be a race with the three of them WI and WM and SW.Lots of returning talent. I like Shoreham this year also.