High school training camps are set to break ground during the late Winter and early Spring months across New York and the extended region. Back of the Cage is pleased to present our exclusive Girls Varsity Scholastic lacrosse thread. Good luck to all of our players, coaches, and teams for this upcoming season!

Back of the Cage's Girls Section VIII (Nassau County) Preseason 2011 Top 30 Rankings (All Classes)

[1] Garden City
[2] Manhasset
[3] Farmingdale
[4] Wantagh
[5] Port Washington
[6] North Shore
[7] Cold Spring Harbor
[8] Mineola
[9] Locust Valley
[10] Massapequa
[11] Plainedge
[12] South Side
[13] Baldwin
[14] Friends Academy
[15] Lynbrook
[16] Floral Park
[17] Long Beach
[18] Levittown Division
[19] Valley Stream
[20] Calhoun
[21] Hicksville
[22] Island Trees
[23] Jericho
[24] Mepham
[25] Carle Place
[26] New Hyde Park
[27] Freeport
[28] MacArthur
[29] Seaford
[30] Oceanside

Back of the Cage's Girls Section XI (Suffolk County) Preseason 2011 Top 30 Rankings (All Classes)

[1] Northport
[2] Shoreham-Wading River
[3] Rocky Point
[4] Bay Shore
[5] Hauppauge
[6] West Babylon
[7] West Islip
[8] Eastport-South Manor
[9] Sayville
[10] Commack
[11] William Floyd
[12] Middle Country
[13] Islip
[14] Bayport-Blue Point
[15] Ward Melville
[16] Lindenhurst
[17] Miller Place
[18] Mt. Sinai
[19] Huntington
[20] Half Hollow Hills
[21] Deer Park
[22] Sachem North
[23] Harborfields
[24] Smithtown East
[25] North Babylon
[26] Babylon
[27] Smithtown West
[28] Comsewogue
[29] Bellport
[30] Elwood-John Glenn

Sacred Heart and Saint Anthony's should be able to give most teams in Nassau and Suffolk a run for their money.Have to show the Catholic's a little love.

The Catholic High Schools are ranked outside of the public schools as you probably know. Generally speaking, the local rankings seem to be pretty clear.

Girls Catholic High Schools

1. St. Anthony's
2. Sacred Heart
3. Kellenberg
4. St. John the Baptist
5. Our Lady of Mercy
6. Holy Trinity
7. St. Mary's
8. St. Dominic's

The ranking gap between St. Anthony's and Sacred Heart is much larger than the gap from Sacred Heart back to the rest of the field.

St. Anthony's would be competitive with all the top Nassau and Suffolk teams. Being fair, Sacred Heart is probably competitive with the fifth ranked teams and downward across the two counties.

ESPN's Top 20 Attackers on the Rise

1. Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep (Baltimore, Md.), Boston College
2. Brigid Smith, Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), Duke
3. Molly Hulseman, Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), Loyola
4. Casey Bocklet, John Jay (Cross River, N.Y.), Northwestern
5. Lauren CoachS, St. Anthony’s (Melville, N.Y.), Georgetown
6. Jennifer Cook, McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.), Maryland
7. Lindsay Toppe, Fox Lane (Bedford, N.Y.), Cornell
8. Erin McMunn, Winters Mill (Westminster, Md.), Princeton
9. Anna Salemo, Heritage (Littleton, Colo.), Stanford
10. Caroline Tarzian, Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.), Georgetown
11. Jane Gion, New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.), undecided
12. Emily Solenberger, Downingtown East (Downingtown, Pa.), Lehigh
13. Samantha Mcgee, Bryn Mawr (Baltimore, Md.), North Carolina
14. Leah Gallagher, Radnor (Radnor, Pa.), Notre Dame
15. Megan Meritz, Farmingdale (Farmingdale, N.Y.), Florida
16. Jamie Leone, Farmingdale (Farmingdale, N.Y.), Fairfield
17. Mallory Vehar, Hudson (Hudson, Ohio), Syracuse
18. Alexa Froccaro, Paul D.Schreiber (Port Washington, N.Y.), undecided
19. Alison Curwin, Pittsford Sutherland (Pittsford, N.Y.), James Madison
20. Christina Gambino, St. Anthony’s (Melville, N.Y.), Penn

ESPN's Top 20 Midfielders on the Rise

1. Taylor Trimble, Episcopal Academy (Newtown Square, Pa.), Duke
2. Mikaela Rix, Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.), Boston College
3. Shannon Gilroy, Northport (Northport, N.Y.), Florida
4. Brooks Lawler, McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.), Northwestern
5. Caroline Seats, Roland Park (Baltimore, Md.), Georgetown
6. Mollie Caputo, Fayetteville-Manilus (Fayetteville-Manilus, N.Y.), Georgetown
7. Kelly McPartland, Farmingdale (Farmingdale, N.Y.), North Carolina
8. Nora Barry, Marcellus (Marcellus, N.Y.), Florida
9. Morgan Rubin, Bryn Mawr (Baltimore, Md.), North Carolina
10. Blake Dietrick, Wellesley (Wellesley, Mass.), Princeton
11. Kelly Devlin, Downingtown East (Downingtown, Pa.), North Carolina
12. Chelsea Landon, Nobles & Greenough (Dedham, Mass.), Duke
13. Jessica Loizeaux, Clearview (Mullica Hill, N.J.),Virginia
14. Maggie McCormick, Liberty (Eldersburg, Md.), Penn State
15. Kerrin Maurer, St. Anthony’s (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.), Duke
16. Sloan Warren, Baldwin School (Baldwin, Pa.), Virginia
17. Sydney Thomas, Medina (Medina, Ohio), Loyola
18. Annie Thomas, John Carroll (Bel Air, Md.), Loyola
19. Kelly Lechner, Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), Towson
20. Courtney Swan, Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Fla.), Virginia

ESPN's Top 20 Defenders on the Rise

1. Barbara Sullivan, Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.), Notre Dame
2. Shanna Brady, St. Anthony’s (South Huntington, N.Y.), Maryland
3. Caileigh Sindall, Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), North Carolina
4. Sally Jentis, Ridgewood, (Ridgewood, N.J.), Florida
5. Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright (Bel Air, Md.), UMBC
6. Christine Ferguson, St. Paul’s (Concord, N.H.), Undecided
7. Megan Ark, Brighton (N.Y.), Colgate
8. Alexis Cross, Liberty (Eldersburg, Md.), James Madison
9. Summer O’Donnell, Strath Haven (Wallingford, Pa.), Drexel
10. Megan Douty, Rumson-Fair Haven (Rumson, N.J.), Maryland
11. Katherine Shepherd, Highland Park (Dallas, Texas), William and Mary
12. Megan Marnelli, Northport (Northport, N.Y.), Georgetown
13. Chelsea Cook, Bay Shore (Bay Shore, N.Y.), Denver
14. Nicole Gleason, Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), Villanova
15. Clare Curran, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Alexandria, Va.), Yale
16. Sarah Scott, Yorktown (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), North Carolina
17. Maggie Forker, Episcopal Academy (Newtown Square, Pa.), Vanderbilt
18. Casey McGowan West Islip (West Islip, N.Y.), Georgetown
19. Hannah Mullen, St. Stephen & St. Agnes (Alexandria, Va.). Harvard
20. Christina Monahan, Jr., Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)

ESPN's Top 20 Goalies on the Rise

1. Annie Woehling, Radnor (Radnor, Pa.), Princeton
2. Bridget Bianco, Moorestown (Moorestown, N.J.), Northwestern
3. Kelly Weis, Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.), Harvard
4. Caitlin Hester, Battlefield (Battlefield, Va.), Ohio State
5. Allie Murray, Downingtown East (Downingtown, Pa.), Notre Dame
6. Kelsey Richardson, Jordan-Eldridge (Jordan, N.Y.), Syracuse
7. Schylar Healy, Liberty (Eldersburg, Md.), James Madison
8. Marya Fratoni, Downingtown East (Downingtown, Pa.), Navy
9. Lucy Ferguson, Montclair (Montclair, N.J.), William and Mary
10. Rachel Vallarelli, Hartsdale (Hartsdale, N.Y.), UMASS
11. KC Emerson, Sherwood (Sandy Spring, Md.), Johns Hopkins
12. Mackenzie Jones, Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.), George Washington
13. Jennifer Danko, Thomas Worthington (Worthington, Ohio.), Savannah School of Design
14. Lauren Knight, Roland Park (Baltimore, Md.), La Salle
15. Kelsey Gregerson, South Side (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), Hofstra
16. Santana Osterhus, Owatonna (Owatonna Minn.), Robert Morris
17. Jaquelyn Kakalecik, Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.), Temple
18. Julia Burns, Broadneck (Annapolis, Md.), Undecided
19. Taylor Hurwitz, Council Rock South (Holland, Pa.), New Hampshire
20. Kellie Roddy, Poway (Poway, Calif.), Undecided

BOTC Industries has just learned that Ms. McPartland has turned down the North Carolina offer after her verbal agreement and has signed a national letter of intent to play for the University of Maryland.

Long Island Commitments/Signings

Jenna Agostino M. Country Stony Brook
L. Casadonte HHH West Fairfield
Courtney Chmil Our Lady Mercy Fairfield
Erin Collins West Islip Maryland
V. DePasquale East Meadow Hofstra
Rachael Dillon Mt. Sinai Denver
Krislyn Engelke Farmingdale Syracuse
Lauren Engelke Garden City Fairfield
Sarah Ehrman Huntington Stony Brook
Caitlin Gargan Rocky Point Notre Dame
Loren Generi Bayport-Blue Point Navy
Jessica Hassett Rocky Point Ohio State
Kelly Keenan Wantagh Sacred Heart
Jackie Kennedy Massapequa Wagner
Kelly Kuerner Sachem N. Stony Brook
Amber Kupres Connetquot Stony Brook
Jamie Leone Farmingdale Fairfield
Erin Magnuson Northport Yale
Morgan Mallon Manhasset Bryant
Megan Marinelli Northport Georgetown
Kelly McPartland Farmingdale Maryland
Casey McGowan West Islip Georgetown
Maegan Meritz Farmingdale Florida
Erin Mullins Garden City Yale
Jess Nelson Northport Princeton
Gabrielle Nesi Garden City Vanderbilt
Kyra Ochwat Farmingdale Syracuse
Jen Poretto Hauppauge Ohio State
Emilie Pugliese Huntington High Point
Mikaela Rix Garden City Boston C.
A. Rousseau Wantagh Manhattan
Brianna Schussler Wantagh Sacred Heart
Barbara Sullivan Garden City Notre Dame
Caroline Tarzian Garden City Georgetown
Rachael Vasquez Sachem North Iona
Jessica Venturino Hauppauge Dartmouth
Kirsten Viscount Smithtown West Marist
Kelly Weiss Garden City Harvard
Jackie Wieczorek West Islip Sacred Heart
Octavia William Floyd Johns Hopkins
Loren Ziegler West Islip Syracuse

The South Huntington School District just listed five lacrosse positions that are open on both the boys and girls side.

Lacrosse, Varsity Asst. Girls $6,837
Lacrosse, JV Asst. Girls $5,210
Lacrosse, Varsity Boys $8,622
Lacrosse, JV Asst. Boys $5,210
Lacrosse, 7th & 8th Gr. Boys $5,210

Applications are due by January 24th - reasonably late for the upcoming Spring season for sure.

So from the top ten, which girls teams will make the most noise this year? Let's get some varsity season discussion going!

What about Suffolk??

These were the top ten for Suffolk - how are these in order?

[1] Northport
[2] Shoreham-Wading River
[3] Rocky Point
[4] Bay Shore
[5] Hauppauge
[6] West Babylon
[7] West Islip
[8] Eastport-South Manor
[9] Sayville
[10] Commack

These are all schools in different divisions. But there will finish in top of their standings

6 WEEKS and we have a new season upon us. Lets hope for plenty of excitement, lots of improvement and some hard fought battles. Lets hope those with injuries are fully recovered and those with strong potential have worked hard since last season. Can't wait to watch some of the early season battles. Good luck to all our defending champions and those who plan to take the top spots. Lets get the dialog going.

If it ever stops snowing. If we keep getting buried in snow through February it could make it a real pain for girls to get out. Season starts @ March 16th and we can get some reason snow storms in March. Ugh

May as well wrap up and deliver # 1 trophy now.No one will touch Garden City in the publics.

Dont count out NORTHPORT they are stacked with everyone returning!!

Look out for Farmingdale!

Open question ; Who will be the top sophpmores this year from Section VIII and Section XI?

Sophomore year is the primary BO year for most top players. Some to watch :

Courtney Fortunato - Northport
Maggie Bill - St. Anthony's
Danielle Doherty - Massapequa
Nadine Hadnagny - Farmingdale

Any other sophomore "shots to watch"?

Courtney Fortunato - Northport
Caroline Fitzgerald-Mt Sinai
Maggie Bill - St. Anthony's
Nadine Hadnagny - Farmingdale
Alexis Maffucci-Hills
Taylor Fischer-Comsewogue
Julia DiMaria-Hills
Ali Tilley-Ward Melville

How about these other players?

Birdie Gahan (Friends/Liberty)
Jenny CoachS (St. A's/Express)
Maddy Molinari (Manhasset/Liberty)

Question: Why don't the high schools on Long Island plow their turf fields like all of the colleges on Long Island? In most cases, it is the same style of turf so that can't be the issue. With all of the new turf fields we have throughout Long Island and most of them sit covered in snow, the kids have no where to shoot and play and get ready for the spring.

Its not in New York State's budget! LOL

Schedules for Nassau are posted on the Section 8 web site. Things look a lot different this season.

How is this going to work as far as playoffs go? Is this good for the sport in Nassau?

Who are the top three in each division in Nassau & Suffolk?

Nassau A
1. Farmingdale
2. Massapequa
3. Port Washington

Nassau B
1. Garden City
2. Manhasset
3. Wantagh

Nassau C
1. Cold Spring Harbor
2. North Shore
3. Island Trees

Suffolk A
1. Northport
2. Bay Shore
3. West Islip

Suffolk B
1. SWR
2. Rocky Point
3. Hauppague

Suffolk C
1. Mt. Sinai
2. Babylon
3. John Glenn

Comments on these girls varsity rankings? Let's hear it!

Mt. Sinai on top based con what?
And hauppauge is gonna cream swr

Just finished looking at the records of the Class C teams mentioned. Have I looked at the wrong data or were all of the leading Class C teams at most two games over .500 last season? With budget cuts looming all over in the New York State and shortened schedules (non-division scrimmages), it will be tough to gauge just how well these teams would match up with one another.

Some of the current Class C schools played in the Nassau County "Power Conference". A small school like Cold Spring Harbor played schools like Garden City, Manhasset, Farmingdale, Wantagh, Friends Academy, North Shore, Massapequa, South Side, Syosset, Calhoun, Carle Place, Hicksville and Plainedge.

Only three of those schools were in the Class C playoffs; all of the others were in Class A or Class B.

Cold Spring Harbor was 10W-8L with the fourth strength of schedule ranking.

Nassau Class A: Farmingdale is an overwhelming favorite while Massapequa and Port will be fighting for the second spot. Calhoun will also be in the mix tihs year but the upgrade to Class A might be a problem.

Nassau Class B: Obviously Garden City is the clear favorite but Manhasset moving into Class B makes it more interesting for the first time in years. Wantagh, South Side and Division should be in the mix to round out the top four.

Nassau Class C: Cold Spring Harbor and North Shore will battle for the top spot with Friends, Carle Place, and Mineola for the next spots - remember only top 6 make the playoffs.

the thought of sayville being ahead of bayport is disgusting. bayport beat them twice last year ...not even close games. Mount sinai will not beat bayport in the class c title. Bayport has only lost 3 key starters and still has it's top scorers. do not under estimate loren generi, gen stickney , christy thoden, julia ohnson and rachel obrien.

I don't understand how Bayport Bluepoint could be placed under Sayville having beat them last year. They are sure to win their county game as well, nobody on Sinai can stop their best players.. Sinai has a young team who lost twice to Bayport. Don't underestimate BBP.

The ranking clearly reflects Sayville's overall record last season which favored them over BBP. Mount Sanai girls side has improved this year and could well challenge for Suffolk's Class C title. That does not take away from BBP - but the whole season goes into a ranking, not just the head-to-head games.

Middle Country Girls played Bayport in scrimmage yesterday. I know its just a scrimmage but they were down 6-2 (Bayport) at half and lost by about 11-8. Maybe they were missing some girls? They didn't look to be a force??

Mt. Sinai is going to beat Bayport handily

Syosset 5, East Meadow 4: Dominique Compito scored from the center hash with 1:22 left in overtime to lift Syosset to a 5-4 season-opening win over East Meadow.

Bethpage 15, Jericho 5: Junior Lindsay Cafiero had career-high in goals (six), assists (five) and points (11) and Brianne DeNigris had four goals and one assist to lead Bethpage in non-league.

Baldwin 13, Elmont 2: Senior Courtney Berg scored a career-high six goals and added an assist.

Hewlett 22, Carey 8: Senior Dani Kandel scored a career-high seven goals, Jenni Rogoff had five goals.

West Islip 13. Massapequa 10: Lorraine Hodgson had four goals and two assists and Loren Ziegler and Erin Collins each had three goals to lift West Islip.

Sayville 17, Lindenhurst 5: Mia Bonocore scored two goals, Emily Meier had four goals and one assist and Kimmi Marra added three goals and three assists for Sayville in non-league.

Results from Monday, March 21st

Massapequa defeats East Meadow, 14-5
Wantagh defeats Cold Spring Harbor, 19-11
Middle Country defeats Miller Place, 9-8

Massapequa 14, East Meadow 5: Kelsey O'Brien scored four goals to lead Massapequa (1-0) in Conference I. Maddie Pimental added two goals and four assists.

Wantagh 19, Cold Spring Harbor 11: Paula Schmidt had four goals and Colleen Lovett added five goals.

Middle Country 9, Miller Place 8: Shannon Coleman scored with 7:31 left in the second half to give Middle Country (1-0) a 9-7 lead in non-league. Jenna Agostino added three goals. Tiana Parrella and Casey Brown each had three goals and an assist for Miller Place (0-1).

Tuesday, March 22nd Games

Glenn over Whitman, 16-7
Mineola over Wheatly, 13-2
Hewlett over Malverne/ER, 14-3
New Hyde Park over Sewanhaka, 18-7
Mepham over Great Neck South, 13-5

Blowouts across the board in the early results on the girls side today.

Wednesday, March 23rd Results

North Babylon over Copiague, 21-1
Long Beach over Freeport, 15-3
Division over Syosset, 16-1
Cold Spring Harbor over Floral Park, 16-4
Wantagh over Calhoun, 17-8

Not a single game worth highlighting or discussing from a competitive perspective.

Thursday night action, middle country 14, Babylon 11. Good non league action, 7 different girls scoring for m.c.

Back of the Cage was in attendance at yesterday's heavyweight battle between five time defending Class B Champions, Garden City, and two time defending Class A Champions, Farmingdale. After trailing 6-3 at halftime, the hometown Garden City fans were as chilly to the game as the weather was to the players. As exceptional second have that saw Garden City outscore Farmingdale, 14-5, etched the final score at 17-11 for the Trojans over the Dalers.

As the scoring indicates this was two games inside one with the second half offense from Garden City telling the tale.

With roughly 14 minutes remaining, Garden City assumed the lead at 9-8 and never looked back extending the difference to three and then four goals with eight minutes remaining. A trio of Trojans netted four each for Garden City (Boston College-bound Mikaela Rix, Catherine Dickinson (junior), and Georgetown-bound Caroline Tarzian) while the now-Maryland-bound Kelly McPartland netted a pair for the Dalers. Harvard-bound Kelly Weis played well in the opening stanza before Erin Mullins stepped between the pipes in the second half.

Saturday, March 26th Results

Floyd crushes Deer Park, 19-3 (13-1 Halftime)
Mineola beats Island Trees, 13-11
Babylon defeats Brentwood, 13-7 (6-6 Halftime)
East Meadow beats Herricks, 11-6
Plainview JFK crushes Hempstead, 16-1 (12-0 Halftime)
Kellenberg turns back Calhoun, 11-10 in Overtime
Cold Spring Harbor destroys Clarke, 16-1 (13-0 Halftime)
Bayport-Blue Point over Pat-Med, 20-8
North Shore triples Seaford, 15-5 (11-1 Halftime)
St. John the Baptist over Baldwin, 9-5
Floral Park doubles Jericho, 20-10

Are these halftime "crushes" really what the varsity game wants to achieve? Isn't it time to consider ability based divisions in scholastic lacrosse to get away from the blowouts, particularly on the girl's side this year?

Did anyone get a chance to see the Nothport SWR and Rocky Point Scrimmages at Commack yesterday?

Northport Shutout Rocky Point and SWR struggled getting ball up the field they handled them easilty too! Neither were a match for Tigers that day

Monday, March 28th Results

Plainedge over Mineola, 14-6
Carle Place doubles Wheatley, 17-8
Port Washington crushes Herricks, 20-2 (11-2 at halftime)
St John the Baptist over Islip, 18-14
Mepham over Sewanhaka, 17-10
Deer Park over Center Moriches, 15-4
St. Dominic's doubles Glen Cove, 15-7
West Islip more than doubles Smithtown West, 15-6
Syosset over Freeport, 9-6
Island Trees destroys Malverne/ER, 15-1
Seaford doubles Plainview JFK, 18-9
Sayville comes back on Sacred Heart, 10-9
Hewlett destroys West Hempstead, 19-1

Highlights:
Jaqueline Kennedy (Plainedge) - Five Goals
Taylor Martello (Carle Place) - Seven Goals
Danielle Jaycox (STB) - Five Goals
Christina Olson (Mepham) - Six Goals
Nicole Stackpole (Mepham) - Six Goals
Katie O'Brien (St. Dominics) - Six Goals

Lowlights:
Island Trees and Hewlett games

Tuesday, March 29th Results

Locust Valley by fives times over Wheatly, 20-4
Half Hollow Hills over West Babylon, 11-6
Floyd over Middle Country, 13-10
Commack crushes Riverhead, 20-8
Lynbrook triples Glen Cove, 16-5
Northport over Connetquot, 21-4 (12-1 at Halftime)
East Islip over Longwood, 20-7
Bellmore JFK doubles Great Neck South, 17-8
MacArthur over Valley Stream Central, 15-6
Sachem East over Whitman, 16-5
Farmingdale over Oceanside, 20-6 (15-3 at Halftime)
Bay Shore over Pat-Med, 11-4
Shoreham-Wading River, 11-5
Roslyn over Carey, 8-4 (Second half comeback)
Ward Melville over North Babylon, 12-5

Lowlight :
Only two games from the entire slate were within two goals at the halftime mark.

Wednesday, March 30th Results

Westhampton over Center Moriches, 19-3
Sachem North over Copaigue, 15-0
Massapequa over Long Beach, 14-6
Hauppauge over Eastport-South Manor, 13-1
Port Washington over Plainview JFK, 21-2
New Hyde Park over Great Neck North, 19-7
Herricks over Hempstead, 15-1
Mt. Sinai over Rocky Point, 11-10
Comsewogue over Bellport, 18-3
St. Dominics over Roslyn, 8-7
Manhasset over North Shore, 15-12
Kellenberg over Our Lady of Mercy, 10-7
Long Island Lutheran over Mary Louis, 12-1
Sacred Heart over St. John the Baptist, 12-7
Mepham over Malvern/East Rockaway, 11-6

Highlights :
Mount Sinai match was a late game nail biter.

Friday, April 1st Results

Massapequa defeats Hicksville, 17-5
Hauppauge crushes Islip, 17-3
Herricks doubles Roslyn, 14-7
St. John the Baptist defeats Our Lady of Mercy, 11-6
Carey over Great Neck North, 13-9
Sayville over Westhampton, 10-9
Mt. Sinai over Comsewogue, 9-6
Brentwood defeats Copiague, 12-2
Port Washington (2-0) over Baldwin, 9-8
Shoreham Wading River over Huntington, 10-6, Overtime
Island Trees over Hewlett, 17-12
Sacred Heart over Kellenberg, 17-9

Highlights:
Emily Lucas (Island Trees) - Six Goals
Jenni Rogoff (Hewlett) - Six Goals
Stacey Riley (Island Trees) - Ten Saves
Maeve Quinn (Sacred Heart) - Five Goals
Rachel Dillon (Mount Sinai) - Five Goals
Emily Meier (Sayville) - Winning Goal with 33 Seconds Remaining (*)
Danielle Jaycox (St. Johns) - Five Goals
Katie Rahill (Herricks) - Six Goals

(*) = Best Wishes at High Point

Garden City scrimmaged Ridgewood, NJ on Thursday, dropping the scrimmage 12-10. If there is a team in NJ better than Ridgewood, I'd sure like to see them play. This team was well coached and well practiced, particularly for this early in the season.

Saturday, April 2nd Results

Miller Place over Babylon, 9-4
Bellmore JFK over Valley Stream, 11-9
Sacred Heart over South Side, 11-7
Long Beach over Deer Park, 13-6
Division over Bethpage, 17-6
North Shore handles St. John the Baptist, 16-7
North Babylon easily over Bellport, 16-3
Glenn glides over Mattituck, 19-2
Mineola aces Clarke, 9-0
St. Dominics over St. Francis Prep, 14-4
Manhasset prevails over Notre Dame Prep, 14-13

Highlight :
First shutout of the season logged by Mineola over Clarke
Nicole Caccioppo (St. Dom's) - Four Goals
Katie O'Brien (St. Dom's) - Four Goals
Halle Majorana (Manhasset) - Four Goals
Katie Dul (Mineola) - 15 Saves, Logs the Ace
Ally Kennedy - Seventh Grader Nets First Varsity Goal
Amanda Johansen (North Shore) - Four Goals
Julie Ballantyne (Division) - Four Goals
Christina Rea (Division) - Four Goals
Emily McLoughlin (Long Beach) - Five Goals
Morgan Kitton (Bellmore JFK) - Four Goals

An excellent match between the Long Island and Maryland hotbeds ... excellent win for the Manhasset Indians ... and knots the four game series at two apiece. Well done by the Long Island Varsity crew at Manhasset.

Monday, April 4th Results

Cold Spring Harbor quadruples Island Trees, 16-4 (12-1 Half)
Plainedge over Calhoun, 10-7
Kellenberg over Holy Trinity, 17-10 (14-4 Half)
Floyd doubles Pat-Med, 17-8
Plainview JFK over Freeport, 14-13, Overtime
Our Lady of Mercy over Jericho, 18-10
Great Neck South over Elmont, 7-6
Lynbrook over New Hyde Park, 14-11
Commack over Longwood, 20-6 (14-4 Half)
Bellmore JFK triples Malverne/East Rockaway, 16-5
Bethpage over Mepham, 14-9
Commsewogue over Greenport/Southold/Mattituck, 18-2 (12-0 Half)

Highlights
Kelly Carcich (Plainview JFK) - Nine Goals
Heather Russel (Our Lady of Mercy) - Nine Goals
Courtney Murphy (Floyd) - Six Goals
Paige Savia (Kellenberg) - Five Goals
Claire Switala (Cold Spring Harbor) - Four Goals
Lindsay Cafiero (Bethpage) - Five Goals
Sarina Manetta (Commack) - Four Goals
Nicole Pataky (Lynbrook) - Four Goals

Huge game from the weekend : GC 11, St. A's 10

(From Newsday) Highlights: Garden City 11, St. Anthony's 10: Catherine McTiernan scored the winner off a pass from Alexandra Bruno with 51 seconds left in the second overtime for Garden City (3-0) in non-league.

Scoring:
Garden City -- Mikaela Rix, 3 goals; Alexandra Bruno, 2 goals/1 assists; Caroline Tarzian, 2 goals/3 assists; Catherine Dickinson, 2 goals; Barbara Sullivan, 1 goals; Catherine McTiernan, 1 goals; Jenna Fuchs, 1 assists.
St. Anthony's -- Kerrin Maurer, 4 goals/1 assists; Lauren CoachS, 2 goals; Darcy Messina, 2 goals/1 assists; Jenny CoachS, 1 goals/1 assists; Alexis Nicolia, 1 goals; Annie Heagerty, 2 assists.

Goalies:
Garden City -- Kelly Weis, 9 saves.
St. Anthony's -- Tori Holland, 9 saves.

Wednesday, April 6th Results

Islip over Babylon, 13-12
Massapequa over Syosset, 15-4
Garden City over Plainedge, 16-5 (13-2 Half)
Wantagh over Jericho, 20-7
Carey over Malverne/East Rockaway, 14-2
Hewlett over Freeport, 16-7
Sewanhaka over Elmont, 12-7
Bethpage squeaks by New Hype Park, 9-8
Comseqogue over Glenn, 19-6
Hauppauge over Miller Place, 14-2
Sachem East over Riverhead, 15-4 (12-1 Half)

Highlights:
Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip) - Five Goals
Kelsey O'Brien (Massapequa) - Five Goals
Dani Kandel (Hewlett) - Six Goals
Jenni Rogoff (Hewlett) - Five Goals
Taylor Ranftle (Hauppauge) - Seven Goals
Michelle Rubino (Comsewogue) - Four Goals
Jill Donodeo (Sachem East) - Four Goals

Thursday, April 7th Results

Half Hollow Hills East over East Islip, 13-7
Middle Country over Sachem East, 11-10
North Babylon over Whitman, 16-10
Sachem North (3-1) doubles Connetquot, 10-5
Floyd crushes Commack, 17-5
North Shore handily over Floral Park, 22-9
Roslyn over Wheatley, 11-8 (Half : 9-1)
Riverhead over Copiague, 19-2 (Half : 14-2)
Long Island Lutheran edges Rye Country Day, 17-16
Pat-Med over Longwood, 17-6 (Half : 12-1)
Carle Place over Clarke, 20-13
Wantagh edges Manhasset, 13-11
Smithtown West cross-towns Smithtown East, 16-15
South Side triples Clahoun, 15-5
Miller Place aces Center Moriches, 15-0
Cold Spring Harbor over Locust Valley, 10-9
Baldwin over East Meadow, 11-9
Northport over Ward Melville, 20-7
West Islip over Bay Shore, 16-9
Lindenhurst over Babylon, 7-5

Highlights
Alexis Maffaucci (HHHE) - Five Goals
Kelly Kuerner (Sachem North) - Six Goals
Amanda Johansen (North Shore) - Seven Goals
Nicole Sinacori (Long Island Luteran) - Eight Goals
Dhara Kadakia (Carle Place) - Fourteen Saves
Heidi Heldberg (Smithtown West) - Six Goals
Kristin Viscount (Smithtown West) - Five Goals
Kristen Ierna (Miller Place) - Five Goals
Alex Neillis (Miller Place) - Three Saves, Shutout
Kelly Anne Sherlock (CSH) - Six Goals
Shannon Gilroy (Northport) - Eight Goals

ESPN Rise Girls Lacrosse Top 12 - Week 3                

Rank	School (City, State)	Record	Prev
1	Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)	6-0	2
	The Falcons ousted No. 20 Winters Mill last week and will play No. 21 St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.) on April 9.
2	McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.)	5-0	3
	The Eagles defeated former FAB 50 team John Carroll, 23-12, and will play No. 17 Liberty on April 8.
3	Northport (Northport, N.Y.)	2-0	4
	Northport opened its season by outscoring its first two opponents 44-10.
4	Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.)	5-0	5
	The Ramblers were idle last week, but travel to Virginia to participate in the St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Spring Fling this week.
5	Ridgewood (Ridgewood, N.J.)	0-0	7
	The rematch against No. 7 Moorestown is on April 9. Ridgewood ended Moorestown’s 228-game in-state winning streak last year.
6	Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.)	2-0	10
	Garden City moves up four spots after defeating former No. 1 St. Anthony’s, 11-10, in double overtime last week.
7	Moorestown (Moorestown, N.J.)	1-0	8
	Moorestown defeated former No. 15 Strath Haven (Pa.) last week and will travel to play No. 5 Ridgewood on April 9.
8	Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Fla.)	15-0	9
	Vero Beach continues its impressive 2011 season – defeating No. 45 Lake Brantley, 16-5 last week.
9	Manhasset (Manhasset, N.Y.)	4-0	NR
	Manhasset jumps into the rankings this week after defeating No. 15 Notre Dame Prep (Md.) 14-13 on the road last week.
10	Fox Lane (Bedford, N.Y.)	0-0	16
	The Foxes begin their season on April 6 when they travel to play Byram Hills.
11	St. Anthony's (South Huntington, N.Y).	1-1	1
	The Friars were upset by then No. 10 Garden City, 11-10, in double overtime last week. St. Anthony's has games against No. 7 Moorestown (N.J.), No. 1 Good Counsel (Md.) and No. 2 McDonogh (Md.) this month.
12	Bay Shore (Bay Shore, N.Y.)	2-0	18
	The Marauders held its first two opponents to a combined six goals to start their season.

Saturday, April 9th Results

Carle Place over Plainedge, 16-14
Great Neck South over West Hempstead, 19-11
Clarke crushes Sewanhaka, 15-3
Holy Trinity in a comeback over Calhoun, 9-8
Floyd over Rocky Point, 11-8
LI Lutheran doubles St. Dominics, 16-6
Kellenberg over Mineola, 18-10
North Shore over Sacred Heart, 13-12
Lynbrook defeats Bellmore JFK, 17-8
Smithtown West over King Park, 15-8
Northport dominates Half Hollow Hills, 19-9
South Side crushes Jericho, 19-5
Garden City triples John Jay, 18-6 (14-2 Half)
MacArthur over Bethpage, 18-10
Cold Spring Harbor triples over Seaford, 15-5
Comsewogue over Islip, 14-6

Reported by Newsday, April 10th, 2011

The head coaches of the Babylon and Sayville girls lacrosse teams have been suspended for the remainder of the 2011 season by Suffolk's public high school athletics governing body for a scheduling rules violation, but their teams will be allowed to compete in the postseason if they qualify.

An appeals committee of Section XI, Suffolk's chapter of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, suspended Babylon's Tim Harrison and Sayville's Gary Jensen from all coaching duties Thursday because their teams played more than the maximum number of games permitted for varsity lacrosse teams, officials for the schools and Section XI said.

The teams, which did not play each other, were to lose their playoff eligibility, but the appeals committee ruled to allow both to participate in the postseason, should they qualify, and suspended the head coaches for the rest of the season effective Saturday, Section XI executive director Ed Cinelli said.

The maximum number of games lacrosse teams are permitted to play was changed from 17 to 16 after the 2009 season, according to the Section XI handbook. Sayville's Jensen said he hadn't been aware of the change and, in fact, tried without success to schedule a 17th game last season, too. Babylon's Harrison would not comment on the suspension.

"The [NYSPHSAA] and Section XI have a very specific rule: if you play in excess of 16 games, you would forfeit the 17th game and you are not eligible for playoffs," Cinelli said.

Section XI scheduling rules state the maximum number of games varsity lacrosse teams can play is 16. Sayville and Babylon each played three non-league games and have 14 scheduled league games for a total of 17.

Babylon athletic director Mike DeJoseph and Sayville AD Dennis Maloney spoke on behalf of their respective programs at Thursday's hearing, Cinelli said. As terms of their suspensions, Jensen and Harrison must cease all coaching activities for the remainder of the 2011 season and are not permitted to attend games as spectators until next season, according to Cinelli.

"It's my responsibility as AD to take responsibility for any violation that takes place under my watch," Maloney said. "Unfortunately, my coach is receiving the punishment. I wish I was the one receiving the punishment. The good thing was they didn't take it out on my student-athletes."

Jensen said he informed his team of the rulings at the conclusion of its Thursday practice.

"I told them the good news [being playoff-eligible] first. They cheered, they were so happy," Jensen said. "At the end, I said, 'Here's the drawback. I'm being reprimanded for my mistake.'

"I am very happy that they decided to put the kids first and I'm glad the kids aren't going to be punished for an adult mistake," he added.

Assistant coach Adam Sznitken was named interim head coach for Sayville, which beat Bellport, 17-3, on Friday. Maloney said Sznitken is expected to be named head coach for the remainder of the season pending approval from Sayville's Board of Education as soon as later this week.

DeJoseph issued a statement to Newsday acknowledging Babylon's violation Friday afternoon.

"We claim full responsibility for the infraction and accept the consequences," DeJoseph said in a statement. "Babylon respects the leadership and governance of Section XI and the NYSPHSAA and will continue to follow the rules and regulations without exception. We want to get back to the business of playing lacrosse and request all concerned parties respect our wishes."

DeJoseph was unable to say who will replace Harrison as Babylon head coach for the remainder of the season. Harrison, who coached the Panthers in their 14-8 loss to Eastport-South Manor on Friday, declined to comment to Newsday.

Sayville's superintendent was unavailable for comment and the high school principal did not return a call from Newsday. Babylon's superintendent did not return a call and the principal declined to comment.

Sayville's new AD is horrible. Did a do-nothing job at Middle Country then thought he would slide right into program at Sayville. Watch out for him, his ineptitude will hurt their program further.

Tuesday, April 12th Results

Floyd over Whitman, 12-2
Hewlett over New Hyde Park, 17-12 (12-5 Half)
Northport crushes Sachem North, 20-2 (11-0 Half)
Farmingdale pastes Syosset, 21-2 (14-0 Half)
Bay Shore over Middle Country, 12-10
East Islip over Riverhead, 17-4
Connetquot slams Copiague, 19-2
Long Beach over Herricks, 14-4
Lindenhurst over Pat-Med, 14-13
Garden City over South Side, 10-7
Jericho over Bellmore JFK, 12-8
Half Hollow Hills over Ward Melville, 12-11
MacArthur over Plainview JFK, 13-12
Mineola over Floral Park, 17-12
Cold Spring Harbor over Carle Place, 17-11
North Babylon over Commack, 15-13

Wednesday, April 13th Results

Kellenberg over St. John the Baptist, 13-12
Long Island Lutheran over Chapin School, 20-9
Wantagh over Seaford, 18-8
Eastport-South Manor over Miller Place, 16-6
Harborfields over Glenn, 17-7
St. Anthony's over Our Lady of Mercy, 20-8
Islip over Center Moriches, 13-6
Manhasset doubles Division, 18-9
Mepham doubles Great Neck North, 20-10
Glen Cove doubles Malverne/East Rockaway, 18-9
East Hampton over Greenport, 12-2

Late, Hauppauge over Shoreham Wading River 12-7 (9-3 at half)

Thursday, April 14th Results

Calhoun over Elmont, 20-7
Bay Shore doubles Smithtown East, 18-9
North Babylon over Riverhead, 17-3
Farmingdale over MacArthur, 19-6
North Shore by a touchdown over Island Trees, 21-14
Bethpage edges East Meadow, 10-9
West Islip over Middle Country, 17-12
Huntington over Kings Park, 15-8
Port Washington over Carle Place, 23-9
Pat-Med over Brentwood, 14-4
Ward Melville doubles Sachem North, 10-5
Carey doubles Great Neck South, 18-9
Floyd over Smithtown West, 18-14
Long Beach over Hicksville, 14-8
West Babylon over Connetquot, 12-8
Mepham over Roslyn, 13-8
Sewanhaka over West Hempstead, 12-7
Friends Academy over Clarke, 10-8
Whitman over Copiague, 17-0
South Side over Mineola, 16-5

Friday, April 15th Results

East Islip (5-1) over Lindenhurst, 13-6
Eastport-South Manor (4-2) over Harborfields, 7-2
Sacred Heart (5-0) over Holy Trinity, 18-3
Bellport over Mattituck, 9-8
Shoreham-Wading River (5-1) over East Hampton, 11-6
Mount Sinai (5-1) over Babylon, 10-8
Comsewogue (6-1) over Miller Place, 11-8
Garden City (3-0) over Jericho, 18-2
Bayport-Blue Point over Kings Park, 14-6
Hauppauge over West Hampton, 10-5
Deer Park over Glenn, 18-14
Wantagh over Plainedge, 17-8
Rocky Point over Huntington, 16-11
Lynbrook over Hewlett, 11-6
Sayville over Islip, 13-6
Baldwin over Calhoun, 16-6

Saturday, April 16th Results

Sayville over Shoreham-Wading River, 7-4
Hicksville aces Hempstead, 12-0
St. Anthony's over Moorestown NJ, 8-3
Friends over Island Trees, 10-8
North Babylon over Longwood, 16-7
Massapequa doubles West Babylon, 16-8
Port Washington over Long Beach, 20-9

Highlights
Games were completed before the worst of the weather hits.
Emily Rosenthal (Port Washington) - Four Goals
Danielle Doherty (Massapequa) - Five Goals

Fine road win for St. Anthony's Girls over the well known state champion team from New Jersey.

Scoring:
St. Anthony's -- Annie Heagerty, 3 goals; Kerrin Maurer, 3 goals; Kasey Behr, 1 goals; Darcy Messina, 1 goals/2 assists; Lauren CoachS, 1 assists; Chrissy Schreiber, 2 assists.
Moorestown (NJ) -- Toy, 2 goals; Shapiro, 1 goals.

Goalies:
St. Anthony's -- Tori Holland, 10 saves.
Moorestown (NJ) -- Bianco, 9 saves.

Manhasset 14, Chatham NJ 11

Highlights: Manhasset 14, Chatham (N.J.) 11: Jenny Vlahos had two goals and three assists and Cathryn Avallone added two goals and two assists for Manhasset (7-2) in non-league.

Scoring:
Manhasset -- Jenny Vlahos, 2 goals/3 assists; Cathryn Avallone, 2 goals/2 assists; Ali Perez, 2 goals/1 assists; Charlotte Avallone, 2 goals; Maeve Mulholland, 1 goals; Halle Majorana, 1 goals; Sarah Barcia, 1 goals/1 assists; Julia Glynn, 1 goals; Natalie Stefan, 1 goals; Meghan Markham, 1 goals; Madison Molinari, 1 assists.
Chatham (N.J.) -- Leto, 5 goals; Persely, 3 goals/1 assists; Murray, 2 goals; Murphy, 1 goals/1 assists; Maionano, 2 assists; Ford, 1 assists; Hyde, 1 assists.

Goalies:
Manhasset -- Grace Morelli, 5 saves; Kelsey Quackenbush, 4 saves.
Chatham (N.J.) -- Nall, 5 saves.

Monday, April 18th Results

Comsewogue over Kings Park, 11-6
Darien (CT) over Manhasset, 19-9
St. John the Baptist over Holy Trinity, 16-2
West Babylon over Commack, 20-7
New Hyde Park over Jericho, 12-9
West Islip over Ward Melville, 14-12
Half Hollow Hills over Smithtown West, 17-3 (8-0 Second Half)
East Islip over Smithtown East, 14-11
Locust Valley over Syosset, 16-9
Baldwin doubles Plainedge, 14-7
Bellport over Center Moriches, 12-9
North Shore four-folds Clarke, 16-4
Island Trees over Carle Place, 18-11
Oceanside over MacArthur, 8-3
Connetquot over Middle Country, 11-10
Hauppaugue (7-0) over Sayville, 12-10
Whitman over Pat-Med, 13-12, Triple Overtime
Floyd over Lindenhurst, 9-6

Wednesday, April 20th Results

Rocky Point over Shoreham Wading River, 11-8
Hewlett over Herricks, 17-8
South Side edges North Shore, 14-13
Floyd four-folds East Islip, 8-2
Division edges Baldwin, 9-8
Lynbrook downs Plainview JFK, 12-3
Island Trees outlasts Bethpage, 13-12
Port Washington crushes Plainedge, 16-6 (11-1 Half)
Mount Sinai edges Miller Place, 11-10
Glenn edges Kings Park, 11-10
Long Beach edges Locust Valley, 9-8
Commack over Carle Place, 17-9
Kellenberg over Syosset, 17-4
Bayport-Blue Point over Eastport-South Manor, 11-8
Freeport over Elmont, 16-4
Huntington edges Harbofields, 9-8
West Islip edges Canandaigua, 11-10
East Hampton over Deer Park, 13-8
Smithtown East over Friends, 18-10

Highlights
Many one goal affairs with winning cage shots by Erin Byrnes (West Islip), Alexis Thompson (Huntington), Melissa Rubin (Long Beach), Monika Sivilli (Glenn), Shayna Pirrecca (Mount Sinai), Emily Lucas (Island Trees), Julie Ballantyne (Division), and Kendall Gough (South Side).

Shoreham Wading River must feel a little shocked to not be un-defeated. Goes to show when you move up into a tougher division its not a cake-walk any more

Thursday, April 21st Results

Abbreviated Schedule

Famingdale over Wantagh, 14-10
St. Anthony's doubles Sacred Heart, 24-12

I think the quote about SWR is an uneducated one. They have a new coach and most of the players are predomiately sophmores. They graduated many seniors last year just like Northport will do this year!

When your old coach wanted to come back you should have welcomed him back with open arms. Yes, he wanted to come back and was told no. Bottom line, swr cannot compete as well in a more competitive division as in evidenced by their games this year. The fact that rocky point is not the team they were last year with out Mupo and they still beat swr speaks volumes. No longer do you have to win two playoff games to get in the finals like previous years. This spring will be a rude awakening for swr...

. Funny, the best player on Northport (besides GIlroy) is a sophomore, age doesn't always matter

No the old coach did not want to come back. I personally know him and he was not interested. Yes Rocky Point beat SWR and we have a new coach. All I am saying is that SWR is not the team it once was and they have work to do but slamming them and the kids who are involved is not productive as it isn't for any team. The girls who are involved with the program play respectfully and give credit where credit is due. The new coach works hard at taking the place of a coach who one 4 state championships. It is a hard place for her to be in, so give credit where credit is due.

That also is an immature statement about Northport. There are certain teams who only have one or two talented players that make the whole teams and its evident. SWR graduated those players and have a new coaching staff and slamming kids is just plain immature.

Now you are saying that swr graduated "those players with talent" leaving what? players who are not talented? Your words not mine. Too me, that sounds like you are slamming them. I never said team did not have talent I said they were in an easy division for years. Youch

The biggest problem that Northport has is that the league season sees them not playing enough top flight competition so that when the Class A cross-over with Section 8 happens (Nassau), they will get run over. Shoreham-Wading River is playing well on both the girls and boys side this season.

Saturday, April 23rd Results

Farmingdale (7-1) over Skaneateles, 11-9
Longwood (1-6) over Bellport, 16-10

Highlights
Longwood picks up their first win of the season.
Sara Rivadeneyra (Longwood) - Five Goals
Lindsey Eggers (Longwood) - Four Goals
Alanna Johnson (Longwood) - Four Goals
For those wondering, Skaneateles is located in central New York.

Youch you are putting words in my mouth that i did not say. What I said was they graduated players that had way more experience some of them were on the team since 8th grade. You were the one saying we should have never let the coach go and that its not a cakewalk. Never was a cakewalk just girls who worked hard to get to be where they were Double Youch.

Uh...sure.

Monday, April 25th Results

Middle Country trounces Copiague, 19-1
Sachem North defeats Brentwood, 16-7
Smithtown West over Longwood, 19-7
Connetquot over Whitman, 16-5
Sachem East over Patchogue-Medford, 17-8
Westhampton over Islip, 15-9
Smithtown East crushes Riverhead, 19-4
Bay Shore over Wantagh, 13-10, Overtime
Downingtown East (PA) over St. John the Baptist, 18-9
Eastport-South Manor over East Hampton, 10-3

Highlights
Vacation periods ended with numerous blowouts.
Bay Shore scores three in overtime to turn back Wantagh in a tight match.
Underclassmen stepped up to lead the scoring in two matches

• Elizabeth Pellechi (Smithtown East) - Six Goals, Eleven Points (Sophomore)
• Alexa Smith (Westhampton) - Seven Goals (Freshman)

what school has the best girl's goalie

kaitlyn leahy (bayport blue point)

So now that Bay Shore beat the 3rd best team In Nassau
What does that say for Nassau Competition? Bayshore struggles in Suffolk?
On any day Northport,Bayshore,floyd,west islip,melville,hauppauge would give any Nassau team a great game. SWR and RP just cant hang this year!

It says that Bay Shore scored three in overtime after a 10-10 game. Section VIII is still the strongest until a Section XI team takes out Garden City. Going to be some great games coming down the stretch. Who do you like in Class A or Class B?

Oh so it says there is only one really good team in Nassau!!

Clearly, Garden City is quality. Manhasset is also typically solid come playoff time. Wantagh despite the loss will be competitive as will Farmingdale and Massapequa. If you look at Nassau thus far, the disappointments would be Syosset, Hickville, and Plainedge from years past.

Tuesday, April 26th Results

Shoreham-Wading River over Babylon, 17-6
East Meadow edges Hicksville, 14-13
Elmont over West Hempstead, 6-5
Seaford over Clarke, 14-6
Miller Place over Bellport, 18-3 (14-1 Half)
Sachem North over Riverhead, 14-8
Mineola over Carle Place, 13-5
Syosset over Bethpage, 10-4
Mount Sinai over Islip, 16-5
Henderson (Westchester) over St. John the Baptist, 13-10
Locust Valley over Friends Academy, 14-11
Cold Spring Harbor over Plainedge, 17-6
Division over Sewanhaka, 16-6
Glenn over Center Moriches, 17-4 (14-1 Half)

you forgot this player;kaitlyn leahy (bayport bluepoint h.s)

FROM NEWSDAY.COM:::

Suffolk Girls Lax Top 10
Monday April 25, 2011 9:18 PM By James Crepea

(As of 4/25)

1. Northport (7-1)

2. Floyd (10-0)

3. West Islip (8-1)

4. Hauppauge (8-0)

5. Bay Shore (5-2)

6. Mt. Sinai (6-1)

7. Comsewogue (8-1)

8. Sayville (9-2)

9. Half Hollow Hills (5-3)

10. Harborfields (7-2)

On the bubble:

Shoreham-Wading River (5-3)

East Islip (7-2)

Eastport-South Manor (5-3)

A rather quiet week in the Suffolk Top 10 due to the holidays. Comsewogue gets a bump up and Half Hollow Hills joins the ranks this week. Please note: This list is for Suffolk public schools only.

Late final for Tuesday April 26, Hauppauge over Kings Park 17-4 (8-3 at half)

Wednesday, April 27th Results

West Islip (7-1) over Lindenhurst, 17-7
Kellenberg (4-2) over Our Lady of Mercy, 13-10
Massapequa (4-0) over Oceanside, 13-3
Garden City over North Shore, 17-6 (10-1 Half)
Ward Melville over Floyd, 11-7
Half Hollow Hills over Copiague, 22-2 (15-0 Half)
Holy Trinity edges Carle Place, 15-14
Herricks over Glen Cove, 14-11
Northport (8-0) handily over Commack, 22-5 (15-1 Half)
East Islip (8-2) doubles Pat-Med, 12-6
Smithtown East smothers Brentwood, 18-2 (10-0 Half)
Connetquot (5-3) over Longwood, 15-4 (10-1 Half)
Manhasset (6-2) over Jericho, 17-7
Sachem East over North Babylon, 13-10
Floral Park over Wheatley, 18-8

Highlights
Jocelyn Penteck (Floral Park) - Six Goals (Sophomore)
Casey Naab (Floral Park) - Six Goals
Elizabeth Pellechi (Smithtown East) - Seven Goals, Eleven Points
Missy Driscoll (Herricks) - Six Goals
Solid wins for West Islip, Massapequa, Garden City, Ward Melville, East Islip and Northport as teams start the final "jockeying" for seed positions in the post season tournament.

Looks Like a big game tomorrow for playoff implications.. Floyd vs Half Hollow Hills..Any thoughts out there????

Before yesterday's games, you would have predicted Floyd and Northport remaining undefeated in league play and until they went up against each other. Someone forgot to tell Ward Melville yesterday as they landed one of the major upsets of the girls varsity season in an 11-7 win over Floyd.

Half Hollow Hills' blemishes this season included the losses to Bay Shore and Northport which showed them to be just a cut below the top tier teams. Yes, HHH defeated the same Ward Melville by a goal two weeks back.

Floyd has not hung up ten goals in their last three matches scoring seven on Ward Melville, eight on East Islip, and nine on Lindenhurst. Perhaps the team is wearing down late in the season?

Overall, we still have to go with Floyd on a bounceback heading into the playoffs. BOTC Industries will call this game at 10-8 for Floyd.

The game between HHH and Floyd is huge.HHH is finally coming of age with their talented sophomore class( 11 of them) led by Julia Dimaria and Alexis Maffucci. While Northport is still far superior than anybody else watch out for HHH over the next two years.....

If Sidaris (goalie) is on her game, Floyd will previal!

I think Lindenhurst has a great goalie

The number of underclassmen is certainly an issue for the Half Hollow Hills camp. The Floyd attack and midfield positions should be able to take advantage of the age/experience difference in getting to the ten goal mark for the first time in their last four matches.

Same can be said for Ward Melville. Young team very talented, Great defense good young goal keeper. Girls LaCrosse on Long Island appears to be alive and very Strong.

Thursday, April 28th Results

St. Anthony's over Good Counsel (Maryland), 22-8
South Side over Kellenberg, 16-12
Farmingdale handles Baldwin, 22-6 (14-2 Half)
Garden City demolishes Division, 18-2 (13-0 Half)
Eastport-South Manor over Mount Sinai, 15-9

Interesting since Good Counsel defeated Northport, 18-13, back on April 20th.

Friday, April 29th Results

Sacred Heart over Loyola Academy (Chicago), 19-18, Overtime
West Islip over Connetquot, 17-12
Pat-Med aces Copiague, 13-0
Middle Country over West Babylon, 10-7
Plainedge edges Lynbrook, 12-11
Cold Spring Harbor over Friends Academy, 18-15
Long Beach over Valley Stream Central, 19-6
Glen Cover over West Hempstead, 13-2
Longwood over Riverhead, 13-9
MacArthur crushes Hempstead, 20-2
Sewanhaka over Malverne/East Rockaway, 17-11
Northport handily over Smithtown West, 20-9
Hewlett over Bethpage, 13-10
Bayport Blue Point (5-3) over Miller Place, 19-7
New Hyde Park over Mepham, 13-9
Bay Shore over East Islip, 13-6
Smithtown East edges Lindenhurst, 7-6
Floyd over Half Hollow Hills, 13-10

Final result : Floyd 13, Half Hollow Hills 10. Our BOTC Industries assessment on this game was correct for Floyd and one has to be impressed with the potential for Half Hollow Hills' Girls Varsity to potentially dominate in the next two years with rising sophomores - a very interesting pair of teams, both this season and for the next two to follow!

West Bab/Middle Country Game, battle of 2 8th graders, Ortega from MC and Apuzzo from WB with Ortega coming out on top. Those 2 will face each other again in the summer as Ortega plays for Yellow Jackets and Apuzzo plays for Top Gun

Saturday, April 30th Results

Syosset edges Hicksville, 8-7
Carle Place over Division, 17-14
Wantagh edges Massapequa, 10-9
Smithtown West over Whitman, 19-9
Locust Valley over Mineola, 17-13
Baldwin over MacArthur, 13-6
Harborfields over Kings Park, 13-5
St. Dominic's over Sewanhaka, 16-14
St. John the Baptist edges Kellenberg, 9-8
McDonogh (Maryland) over St. Anthony's, 14-8
Farmingdale over Long Beach, 15-6 (13-1 Half)
Portledge over Marymount, 16-5
Plainview JFK over Herricks, 12-11, Overtime
Oceanside over Hewlett, 15-7
Seaford over Malverne/East Rockaway, 16-7
Garden City over Darien (CT), 18-5
Hauppauge over Rocky Point, 16-5
Shoreham-Wading River over Bay Shore, 9-8
Sacred Heart over Lake Forest (Illinois), 16-7
Floral Park over Holy Trinity, 18-13

Highlights
Wantagh 10, Massapequa 9: Colleen Lovett scored an unassisted goal with 4:24 left in the second half that proved to be the game winner for Wantagh (9-2 overall) in non-league. Kelly Keenan contributed on the defensive end with nine saves.

McDonogh 14, St. Anthony's 8: Kerrin Maurer scored a game high five goals for St. Anthony's (8-2) as they lost a non league game to McDonogh (16-0), the defending national champions who are working on their second consecutive unbeaten season.

Garden City 18, Darien (CT) 5: Mikaela Rix notched six points (five goals, one assist) and Alexandra Bruno had two goals and two assists to lead undefeated Garden City to a non-league win. The Trojans improved to 11-0 on the season.

Sacred Heart 16, Lake Forest (Ill.) 7: Nina Corcoran had four goals and two assists to lead Sacred Heart (9-4) in non-league. Maggie Comiskey added three goals and two assists and Kristen Brent had two goals and four assists.

GAME OF THE WEEK Hauppauge V.S BAYPORT

McDonogh was absolutely the better team on Saturday and certainly deserves a #1 national ranking for High School Varsity programs. St. Anthony's goaltending was top notch with a half dozen saves at close range to keep the score within reach. During the game, St. Anthony's was slow in moving from the defensive to offensive ends, but that could have been the outstanding quality of the McDonogh midfielders.

Actually, the game of the week will be the Mount Sinai vs. Northport matchup this Saturday night at 7:00pm. Manhasset vs. Garden City on Wednesday afternoon is not a bad "fixture" either!

Mt. Sinai is playing Wantagh. Northport vs. GC

Monday, May 2nd Results

Wantagh as expected over Mineola, 21-9 (7-5 Half)
New Hyde Park over Roslyn, 15-11
Kellenberg doubles Holy Trinity, 23-11
Lutheran over Horace Mann, 13-6 (First Report All Season?)
Hewlett lights up Bellmore JFK, 22-14
Lynbrook edges Division, 9-8, Overtime
Hauppauge four-folds Comseqogue, 16-4
East Islip edges Smithtown West, 9-8
Miller Place over Islip, 15-8
Clarke over Carey, 13-3
Ricky Point handily over Kings Park, 21-4
Island Trees plays big offense over Mepham, 27-18
Bayport-Blue Point over East Hampton, 16-5
Manhasset handles South Side, 16-10
Mount Sinai over Bellport, 17-1 (12-0 Half)
Eastport-South Manor over Deer Park, 11-6

Al v.s carol

I'm sure you do....your her Mom!!!!

Get facts straight Northport Plays Garden City at 7pm at Mt Sinai

Again., pleeeeese get your facts straight! Garden City plays Northport this Saturday night at 7:00. Golly, its amateur hour here.

Hauppauge will crush Bayport. At least a ten goal margin.

Mt sinai will get hammer....

no i'm not i'm anothers mom . I just watched her thought she was great.

Tuesday, May 3rd Results

Baldwin over Syosset, 11-4
Floral Park over Carle Place, 19-12
Oceanside over Hicksville, 7-6
Half Hollow Hills over Smithtown East, 22-10
Floyd edges West Babylon, 12-11
Plainedge over Jericho, 12-7
Bay Shore over Ward Melville, 12-7
Great Neck South over Great Neck North, 15-9
Northport over West Islip, 20-11
North Babylon over Pat-Med, 18-14
Middle Country over Sachem North, 12-4
Connetquot edges Sachem East, 14-13

Highlights
Half Hollow Hills nets baker's dozen in second half.
Kayla Garritano (Plainedge) - Thirteen saves.
Northport sweeps Division I at 10-0.
Great Neck South wins bragging rights for 2011 season.
Sophomore Jane Quinn's (Connetquot) - first varsity goal was a game-winner with 47 seconds left.

this game will come down to the final possession

Whichever, it's rescheduled for tomorrow.

Mt Sinai over Shoreham 9-8. Big win for them!

Wednesday, May 4th Results

Mount Sinai over Shoreham-Wading River, 9-8
Island Trees easily over Wheatley, 20-6
Division edges New Hyde Park, 9-8
Rocky Point over Miller Place, 14-10
St. Anthony's glides past Kellenberg, 23-8
Lynbrook over Roslyn, 17-10
Bethpage over Bellmore JFK, 23-19
Garden City handles Manhasset, 13-6
Herricks over Valley Stream Central, 16-11
Huntington over Bellport, 22-6
Harborfields over East Hampton, 16-10
Massapequa over Port Washington, 16-12

Highlights
Garden City 13, Manhasset 6: Goalie Kelly Weis made 12 saves, Alexandra Bruno scored four goals and had one assist and Mikaela Rix had three goals and two assists to keep Garden City (5-0) unbeaten in Conference B1.

Mt. Sinai 9, Shoreham-Wading River 8: Rachel Dillon scored four goals and Caroline Fitzgerald had one goal, four draw controls and five loose ball controls for Mt. Sinai (9-2) in Division II.

When is the last time Shoreham lost 4 games in a season??

Really good question - at least three years that I can remember but probably more than that.

Thursday, May 5th Results

Kings Park over Mattituck, 16-6
St. John the Baptist over St. Dominics, 13-4
Malverne/East Rockaway edges West Hempstead, 10-9, Overtime
Sayville over Eastport/South Manor, 9-5
Calhoun over Syosset, 9-3
West Islip over Sachem East, 14-9
Freeport over Valley Stream Central, 17-8
Hauppauge over Bayport-Blue Point, 11-5
Seaford doubles Island Trees, 22-10
Hicksville over Bethpage, 19-8
Half Hollow Hills over lindenhurst, 9-5
North Babylon aces Copiague, 20-0 (No Comment)
Ward Melville triples Connetquot, 15-5
North Shore over Mineola, 12-9
Wheatley over Great Neck South, 15-11
Middle Country over Commack, 17-7
Floyd over Sachem East, 17-10
Long Beach over East Meadow, 15-6
Longwood over Brentwood, 15-8
Locust Valley over Floral Park, 17-16, Overtime

Friday, May 6th Results

Farmingdale over Hickville, 20-3 (17-0 at Halftime? Seriously?)
Comsewogue over Babylon, 18-9
Eastport-South Manor over Glenn, 17-8
Sachem North over West Babylon, 13-12
Huntington over Mattituck/Greenport/Southold, 18-4
Massapequa over Calhoun, 16-6
Plainedge over Division, 11-8
St. Dominic over Mary Louis, 14-7
Cold Spring Harbor over Wheatley, 17-2 (14-1 Haltime)
Glen Cove over Carey, 7-6
Harborfields over Shorham-Wading River, 9-7
East Hampton over Westhampton, 17-11
Bellmore JFK over Mepham, 19-16
MacArthur over Freeport, 11-9
Sacred Heart over Holy Trinity, 21-9
Wantagh over South Side, 12-9

Saturday, May 7th Results

Great Neck South over Malverne/East Rockaway, 11-9
Long Beach over Floral Park, 18-15
St. Mary's over St. Francis Prep (Queens), 8-5
Seaford doubles Locust Valley, 16-8
Sacred Heart edges Shoreham-Wading River, 18-16
Lynbrook over Bethpage, 15-9
Plainview JFK edges Roslyn, 13-12
Manhasset (11-3) over Yorktown, 15-10
St. Anthony's over Ridgewood (16-1, NJ), 19-11
Farmingdale (12-1) over Darien (CT), 18-7

Interstate Updates
Farmingdale 18, Darien 7: Kimberly Kolodny had six goals and one assist, Jamie Leone had one goal and six assists and Colleen Reynolds added three goals and two assists for Farmingdale (12-1) in non-league.

St. Anthony's 19, Ridgewood 11: Senior Kerrin Maurer scored a career high 12 points (seven goals and five assists) to lead St. Anthony's (10-2) over Ridgewood (16-1) in a non league game. The win snapped Ridgewood's 38 game winning streak which has encompassed two New Jersey state titles.

Congratulations to the following Girls Varsity Lacrosse Newsday Athletes of the Week :

Paula Schmidt | Wantagh : She totaled 19 points in two wins last week, including a seven-goal, five-assist explosion on Monday.

Courtney Murphy | Floyd : Had 11 goals in two games last week, including the winner in the Colonials' 12-11 victory over West Babylon.

Bridget Vilbig | Island Trees : The junior had a career-high 10 goals and five assists in the Bulldogs' 27-18 win over Mepham on Monday.

Sacred Heart looked good over a lathargic Shoreham team. SH let them back in late to make it look close. Wantagh was efficient but not spectacular against a young,scrappy and talented Mt.Sinai team! Turnovers did them in. but look out for MS in the C's! Good goalie and talented youngsters!Garden City was atheletic and surgical in their win against Northport! Northports Defense could not hang with GC's Athlete's. Gilroy could not dominate GC's middy's. GC is the real deal!

Garden City 17, Northport 7

Halftime score was 11-5 and the game was not that close. The Garden City attack positions were just dominant compared to anything else that we've seen in High School this season.

Northport runs much of their offense through one player (Shannon Gilroy). This is very typical of a High School varsity lacrosse team and works most of the time until you meet a nationally ranked team like Garden City. Garden City can score through three or four different positions and moves the ball well - check the scoring/assist table and you'll get that picture.

Scoring:
Garden City -- Barbara Sullivan, 5 goals/1 assists; Alexandra Bruno, 3 goals/4 assists; Catherine Dickinson, 3 goals; Mikaela Rix, 3 goals/1 assists; Caroline Tarzian, 1 goals; Catherine McTiernan, 1 goals; Jenna Fuchs, 1 goals/1 assists.
Northport -- Shannon Gilroy, 4 goals; Megan Marinelli, 1 goals; Paige Bonomi, 1 goals; Cortney Fortunato, 1 goals.

Goalies:
Garden City -- Kelly Weis, 7 saves.
Northport -- Meaghan Kollmeier, 5 saves.

Way to GC against Northport! Made Northport look sloppy! As far as Mt Sinai not sure as I agree with your comments. Shoreham I thought played well considering the season they have had and their goalie is what saved their game.

Never mind Gilroy. What was the story of GC holding Fortunato to 1 point when she averaged over 7?

As far as Shoreham, I guess if you lower your expectations they competed, but they looked disinterested in the 1st half.They did gain some steam as the game progressed. What don't you agree about Mt. Sinai? They turned the ball over a lot and their D was suspect, but they did a good job in the middle of the field and had some talent in the offensive end. Loooking at their roster they are mostly 8th,9th and 10th graders. GC looked like a good D 1 college team!

Northports Fortunato and Gilroy were no match for Sullivan

I guess in time we will see with Mt Sinai I just think Wantagh was the stronger team, but you are right a lot of young talent. Garden City did play like a D1 team! As far as Shoreham I don't think you have to lower your standards they are also a young team with a new coach, lots of dropping passes and not getting ground balls, give them time too. Remember a lot of their players now did not necessarily "play" last year

Wantagh is certainly a strong contender this season, but Mount Sinai looks to have two years of very good varsity lacrosse in front of them on the girls side.

As for Shoreham-WR, the problem with dropped passes and ground balls is a fundamentals issue which is rarely ever adequately addessed within the context of a varsity program. This has to be addressed with a club or showcase team where the practices are more intense. I would look for more growth at the varsity level from Mount Sinai than Shoreham-WR for that reason.

Monday, May 9th Results

Portledge triples Dalton, 12-4
Hauppauge over Brewster, 13-4
Clarke over Island Trees, 14-13
Miller Place over Westhampton, 18-16, Overtime
Pat-Med over Riverhead, 17-9
Locust Valley over Carle Place, 20-14
Port Washington four-folds Oceanside, 16-4
Glen Cove over Sewanhaka, 15-9
East Meadow over Freeport, 19-15
St. Anthony's over Holy Trinity, 19-5

From Newsday ... U.S. Lacrosse recently announced the 18-player roster for this year's U-19 national team. Five Long Island girls made the team, which will travel to Germany in August to compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse Championship.

Madison Acton, Lincoln Sudbury Regional, Midfielder, Junior
Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright, Defender, Senior
Tatum Coffey, Toms River North, Midfielder, Senior
Jen Cook, McDonogh, Attack, Senior
Kelsey Duryea, Governor's Academy, Goalie, Junior
Christine Ferguson, St. Paul's, Defender, Senior
Cortney Fortunato, Northport, Attack/Midfield, Sophomore
Shannon Gilroy, Northport, Midfielder, Senior
Erin McMunn, Winters Mill, Attack, Senior
Kelly McPartland, Farmingdale, Midfielder, Senior
Allie Murray, Downingtown, Goalie, Senior
Mikaela Rix, Garden City, Midfielder, Senior
Caileigh Sindall, Good Counsel, Defender, Senior
Brigid Smith, Good Counsel, Attack, Senior
Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep, Attack, Senior
Barbara Sullivan, Garden City, Defender/Midfield, Senior
Kayla Treanor, Niskayuna, Midfielder, Senior
Taylor Trimble, Episcopal Academy, Midfielder, Senior

Congratulations. The honors are well-deserved.

Current Top 10 Nassau Girls Section VIII Varsity Programs

1. Garden City (13-0)
2. Farmingdale (12-1)
3. Wantagh (12-2)
4. Manhasset (11-3)
5. Massapequa (10-3)
6. South Side (8-4)
7. Port Washington (10-3)
8. Cold Spring Harbor (10-3)
9. North Shore (10-3)
10. Lynbrook (10-2)

can anyone tell me when girl's high school tryout were? can you still tryout? who should you contact? also is their going to be an empire state team this year? is their any other tryout going on like Under Armour,adidas???????

I'd like to know this too. How does one find out about these types of tryouts? My daughter's high school coach does not forward any of this type of information to the team members. Do you find out through the club teams?

Girl's High School Varsity tryouts were back in February/March and the High School League season is just about reaching the playoffs over the next two weeks. The Empire State Games were cancelled this year which is a tremendous loss as the ESGs were more about the entire experience than just the lacrosse matches.

Your final question was about the Under Armour Tournament. The Under Armour All-American Lacrosse Classic Underclassmen Tournament will be held from July 1st-3rd, 2011 at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. Our regional tryout events are as follows :

Long Island Boys - June 11th/12th - 6pm-10pm - John Burns Park in Massapequa - Coach : Mike CoachC

Long Island Girls - June 20th-21st - 3pm-7pm - John Burns Park in Massapequa - Coach : Corrine Broesler-Lomangino

Hope that this helps.

You assume that your High School coach, drawing a stipend typically in the $8,000 range, is plugged into the National Lacrosse Scene and wants to be a part of those programs.

Programs like Under Armour and Adidas are those "Fall Between the Cracks" types of showcase events. High School coaches are generally not tuned into these events as their Varsity teams are their players "most important focus". Meanwhile, Club and Premier lacrosse teams are charging to be part of those larger programs and as a result would not have an interest in advertising programs like Under Armour and Adidas.

Therefore, often times, such events only become known through word of mouth (like provided on the BOTC message boards), a committed High School Varsity coach/program, or searches executed by parents/players looking for other options.

The downside with these single showcase events is that there is no continuity for longer term player development or showcasing. Under Armour and Adidas are one shot deals - and very functional at that level - but most players are seeking a longer term arrangement. Hence, you will see cross-overs from High School teams into these events and from these events into Elite Summer teams.

If you are refferring to the School Girls tryout, It was a couple of weeks ago. The teams are picked already but they haven't released all the names yet. The girls were told if they made it at the end of the tryout.

Tuesday, May 10th Results

Carey over Elmont, 12-8
Half Hollow Hills over West Islip, 11-9
Friends over Wheatley, 19-6
Garden City over Wantagh, 16-9
East Hampton over Bellport, 17-7
New Hyde Park over Bellmore JFK, 18-10
Sayville (9-2) over Kings Park, 21-15
Bathpage over Roslyn, 12-5
Hauppauge over Harborfields, 16-13
Rocky Point over Babylon, 17-4
South Side over Plainedge, 17-7
Baldwin over Hicksville, 14-6
Long Beach over MacArthur, 15-7
Deer Park over Islip, 12-10
Bayport-Blue Point over Huntington, 19-12
Great Neck North over Great Neck South, 16-15
Division over Jericho, 16-7
Middle Country over North Babylon, 14-8

Highlights
Garden City opened a 9-0 lead on Wantagh in their match.
In the Battle of Great Neck, North beats the South.

I see that Half Hollow Hills beat West Islip, was that an upset or has parrity set in beneath Northport??

So Sullivan covered them both or was someone face guarded by someone else?

In Suffolk, aside from Northport in the A and Hauppaugue in the B, all the teams listed below can beat each other on any given day.
Mt. Sinai, Sayville,West Islip,Hills,Bayshore,Ward Melville,floyd,Shoreham-Wading River, Rocky Point, Huntington, Harborfields, Eastport-South Manor, Comsewogue, Westhampton and Bayport-Blue Point.

I agree. You never know which team is going to be on, or off, on any given day.

Many of these games are affected by the ref's too much. I wish they would put the whistle away a bit and not be such a big part of the outcome of the game. I do think it is importtant to protect the players but they need to let them play a bit. I can't tell you how many times I have seen a girl lose the ball and immediately grab her head looking for a call(and usually get it). It seems the better actress you are the more calls you get. In addition it also seems that whenever a girl falls down whether it is incidental or on her own most ref's will give her the ball back! It is frustrating to watch and it is starting to promote drama queens. I also can't stomach watching some of the ref's take 3 minutes off the clock to move a girl 4 inches half way accross the field! It would be great to see the girls ability and execution dictate who comes away with a victory!

Wednesday, May 11th Results

Sewanhaka over Carey, 11-9
Hewlett over Mepham, 20-12
Port Washington over Calhoun, 19-5
Northport (12-0) over Floyd, 16-10
Syosset doubles Oceanside, 10-5
East Meadow over Plainview JFK, 11-5
Ward Melville (8-4) crushes Commack, 19-2
Half Hollow Hills over Pat-Med, 19-6
Connetquot (7-5) over Riverhead, 19-5
West Islip (10-3) edges West Babylon, 16-14

Highlights
Loren Ziegler (West Islip) - Seven Goals
Jackie DiMaria (Half Hollow Hills) - Five Goals
Shannon Gilroy (Northport) - Five Goals
Dani Kandel (Hewlett) - Six Goals

Late result : Farmingdale 14, Massapequa 9 in the Battle of Nassau Conference A1 unbeatens. Farmingdale finishes the league season at 7-0 and overall 12-1 with the lone loss coming to Garden City. Suddenly, Farmingdale and Northport become the Class A teams to beat in Section VIII and Section XI. Massapequa and Long Beach (longshot) will be the key Nassau challengers; Floyd, West Islip, Half Hollow Hills and Bay Shore are all looking for the Suffolk title.

I can't disagree with this either. Coming from a soccer background, I see a lot of dramatics that remind me of European football. Heh. But it works, so...<shrugging> In general, the reffing seems erratic, even within one game. I've felt that my daughter's team has been on both sides of reffing that really influenced the outcome of the game. And really, the bottom line should be how many balls find the back of the cage, not how many preferential calls your team gets.

While many readers will not like this answer, one reason why the game is called more tightly with the girls as opposed to the boys is that protective headgear (helmets) is not worn by the girls. Now, the female headgear vote "failed" earlier this year - so nothing changed. However it has always seemed obvious to us that standing in front of a thrown lacrosse ball at short distance should itself be enough reason to introduce helmets.

Was at the Sachem N-Longwood game for senior night. LW has a defender; didn't catch the name, but her number was 17. Late in the 2nd half, she took a clear the goalie and outran the whole Sachem team. No dodging or ducking; just straight running.

Who is this girl? All I know that she is black.

My point was not about whether they should wear head gear or not. It was about how the game is being called. i personally don't think head gear will solve much. The boys still get hit in the head a lot and there are plenty of penalties given out for it. Right now there are no helmets and the ref's have to call the game under the current rules and guidelines. They have the ability to keep the whistle to themselves unless they feel the game is getting dangerous. Awarding players for pretending to get hit or dramatically falling down is rediculous! In hocky if you "take a dive" the penalty is on that player. I would love to see that rule put in! For now I would be satisfied if the ref's tried a bit harder not to be part of the game and let the girls play to see which team is actually better. As it stands now I think they actually play lacrosse about 25 of the 50 minutes.

I heard, and correct me if I"m wrong, that the reason helmets were voted down was the feeling that wearing helmets would encourage more violent play.

My first experience with lacrosse was with the boys' game, and to then see the girls play, well, it was frustrating. So much stoppage of play. I always wanted to just suit the girls up like the boys and let them get on with the game. Every game girls are getting hit in the head by errant checks (or at least making it look that way, referencing posts earlier in this thread). I know a goalie who took a ball to the helmet and got a concussion, so imagine if she hadn't had a helmet on. Scary. Every defender that runs in to help defend the net runs the risk of a shot to the head.

Thursday, May 12th Results

Bayport-Blue Point over Shoreham-Wading River, 15-12
Comsewogue over Center Moriches, 11-3
Lynbrook over Sewanhaka, 14-3
Babylon over Bellport, 21-7
Harborfields over Deer Park, 13-4
St. Anthony's over Our Lady of Mercy, 22-8
Long Island Lutheran Over St. Dominics, 22-14
Garden City over Cold Spring Harbor, 18-6
Bellmore JFK over Glen Cove, 20-10
Clarke over Wheatley, 10-6

Does anyone know what the selection process is for All Conference, All County, etc.? Who selects the players? Is it the coach or the coaches of the teams they play against?

Late score. Hauppauge over Mt. Sinai 14-9

Hauppauge continues to be impressive in Suffolk Class B at with their 12-0 record figure to make it to the county finals. You would have to expect that either Sayville or Mount Sinai would make it to at least one more rematch in the playoffs with Hauppauge before the season's end.

Of course, the game on which all of Suffolk B will focus will be the County Championship against Garden City.

Generally based on the team's record, the coach will be allocated a certain number of slots for each post-season award; once the allocation is made, the team coach decides which of his/her players are placed at which level. Remember that the allocation does actually start with the team's rank/record within the county and within the individual class/conference.

It won't be Mt. Sinai, They are a C team!I heard Mt. Sinai gave them a run, cutting it to 11-9 with 7 minutes left. Look for Bayport or Mt Sinai to win the counties. I believe either of those teams should beat the Nassau C champ, whether it is CSH or Northshore!

As soon as we saw this post, we knew we had Mount Sinai in the wrong class!

Apologies on that and we agree that Bayport/Mount Sinai in the Section XI Class C tournament will be the dominant forces.

We also agree that both teams are heads and shoulders over Cold Spring Harbor (slightly disappointing this year) and North Shore.

Thanks for the correction.

Hauppauge is hot, that's for sure. I think Garden City will crush them though.

Friday, May 13th Results

North Babylon over Brentwood, 18-4
Babylon over Center Moriches, 13-2
Portledge over Chapin, 16-13
Lindenhurst over Smithtown West, 10-9
Connetquot over Commack, 14-13, Overtime
St. Anthony's over Sacred Heart, 19-14
Northport (13-0) crushes Middle Country, 20-1 (11-1 Half)
Long Island Lutheran over Staten Island, 15-11

Highlights
Those who watched the MSG Livecast of the Connetquot/Commack game were treated to good coverage, good commentary, good camera work and a great match. Halftime : 6-6, Fulltime : 12-12, Overtime, first half : 13-12 Commack, Final Score : 14-13 Connetquot

Hauppauge is no match for GC
They lost to NPT twice in scrimmage
Play and class B comp is way down
This year
Also disagree and think CSH or NS can
Beat mt sinai or bayport

why do you think CSH or Northshore can win?

The game will be on MSG Varsity next week. Highly recommend you watch it, it was a very exciting game

Any thoughts on how West Islip has managed to stay in second place after losing to Northport, Floyd and HHH?

Let's look at Cold Spring Harbor so far this season. Their twelve goal loss to Garden City (18-6), one goal come back win on North Shore (8-7), four goal loss to Summit (NJ), big loss to Massapequa (15-4), and an eight goal loss to Wantagh early in the season (19-11).

Meanwhile, Mount Sinai lost by five to Hauppauge (14-9), lost to Wantagh (15-11), Eastport-South Manor (15-9), and Harborfields (10-8).

In essence, CSH had non-conference games that were not really competitive this season. The game to look at between the two is the Wantagh common opponent. We think that Mount Sinai might just be a little stronger.

Bayport's loss to Hauppauge (11-5) was certainly no disgrace and puts them right with Mount Sinai having beaten Eastport-South Manor during the season (11-8). Would not be surprised to see Bayport go up against Cold Spring Harbor for the Class C title.

Since Northport has run the table in Suffolk's League I (13-0) thus far, the real story is West Islip, Floyd, Half Hollow Hills, and Bay Shore. All four are 10-3/11-3/11-2 at this point and pretty much round-robin winning against each other.

West Islip's win over Bay Shore was definitive. Half Hollow Hills win over west Islip was an upset, but then Bay Shore also won by a goal against Half Hollow Hills. Floyd defeated Half Hollow Hills which just goes to show the mix.

If we had to call it right now, West Islip and Floyd are slightly better than Bay Shore and Half Hollow Hills. In a head to head match, we might just take Floyd as we did earlier in the season off that 10-7 win against West Islip.

None the less, all four of these teams need to find a way to get past Northport in order to get to the Long Island Championship.

i think that CSH will be playing mt sinai for the long island title. the team to win that game will probaby be sinai because they have strong players on the field. dont get me wrong, CSH has a great program and am not judging this is just my prediction.

i disagree and think that sinai will beat bayport for counties and then go on to beat CSH for islands, NS will be hard though

lindenhrst-ramirez
northport-aymong
mt sinai-michaels
eastport-south manor-giacolone
floyd-sidaras

...just some of the ones i have seen and heard about recently, any others?

mt sinai will beat CSH, they did last year by one point regular season and they didnt even have the best line-up

Saturday, May 14th Results

Mount Sinai over Westhampton, 17-9
St. Dominic over Mary Louis, 22-13
Long Island Lutheran over Marymount, 16-7
Smithtown West over Pat-Med, 15-12

Giacolone letting up a lot of goals this year. You only hear about her so much because of who her father is.

Bayport will be a tough out for Mt. Sinai! Generi will be the most dominant player on the field. i saw Mt. Sinai play and they are a very talented group, but really young. They have a couple of good seniors but most of the talent is 8th,9th and 10th graders. Maybe the best young group around but every team needs their upper classmen to play their best. If both teams play to their potential Mt Sinai wins. It will be interesting to see if they can knock off Bayport twice. I think either team beats CSH or Northshore. Bertalone has a stable of young hungry Yellow jackets out there!

shoreham wading river -daly

the goalie from bayport head to head

beat the goalie from (lindenhurst)
beat the goalie from (esm)
beat the goalie from (rocky point)
Beat the goalie from (SWR)
lose to mt sinai but she play better

Thanks to Newsday and Section VIII coordinator Christine Morrow, BOTC Industries presents the 2011 Section VIII Playoff brackets.

CLASS A
All games are scheduled for Wednesday May 18

(1) Farmingdale hosts (8) MacArthur @ 4:30
(2) Massapequa hosts (7) East Meadow @ 4:45
(3) Port Washington hosts (6) Long Beach @ 4:45
(4) Baldwin hosts (5) Syosset @ 4:30

CLASS B
The top four seeds, (1) Garden City, (2) Wantagh, (3) Manhasset and (4) South Side have first-round byes. All first round games are scheduled for Monday May 16

(5) Plainedge hosts (12) Glen Cove @ 4:30
(6) Division @ (11) New Hyde Park @ 7 p.m.
(7) Jericho hosts (10) Bethpage @ 4:30
(8) Lynbrook hosts (9) Hewlett @ 5

CLASS C
The top two seeds, (1) Cold Spring Harbor and (2) North Shore have first-round byes. All games are scheduled for Wednesday May 18

(3) Seaford hosts (6) Floral Park @ 7 p.m.
(4) Locust Valley hosts (5) Mineola @ 4:30

Playoff details as follows :

Long Island Championship
DATE: June 4 Hofstra Univ.
B 4:00 PM
C 6:00 PM
A 8:00 PM

NYSPHSAA SEMIS
DATE: June 10 SUNY Cortland
A: Time TBA
B: Time TBA
C: Time TBA

NYSPHSAA FINALS
DATE: June 11 SUNY Cortland
A: Time TBA
B: Time TBA
C: Time TBA

The Bayport Blue Point goalie has really stepped up this year. She's made some fantastic saves and looks very comfortable in the net.

You make it seem like it is a one on one sport. Do you think the other 11 kids on the feild had anything to do with the outcome of the game??? I am not saying she is a bad goalie, but certainly nothing special!!!The team is a solid TEAM!

their talking about goalie not field player.don't get your underwear in a bunch.by the way defense wins championship

Ranking the top ten girls lacrosse teams from Nassau County heading into the playoffs.

[1] Garden City (Record : 15-0, Preseason #1) - No questions until someone manages to knock the Trojans from the pedestal.

[2] Farmingdale (Record : 13-1, Preseason #3) - Two-time defending Class A state champs remain the mark to beat with their Conference A-I championship over Massapequa. Lone loss? Garden City.

[3] Wantagh (Record : 12-3, Preseason #4) - Three losses included Farmingdale and Garden City which helps set the overall pecking order.

[4] Massapequa (Record : 10-4, Preseason #10) - Their closing game loss to Farmingdale placed them in the four slot as a solid Class A program.

[5] Manhasset (Record : 12-3, Preseason #2) - Facing Garden City is never easy but four wins in conference play was a good result.

[6] Cold Spring Harbor (Record : 11-4, Preseason #7) - Good season punctuated by some big losses when playing outside the pond. The class of Class C will need to survive their North Shore match to return to the Long Island Championship match.

[7] Port Washington (Record : 12-3, Preseason #5) - Next best to Massapequa coming from Class A, Port Washington hopes to survive a couple of rounds in this year's playoffs.

[8] North Shore (Record : 11-4, Preseason #6) - The whole season will be summed up in a playoff rematch with CSH with their seniors trying to avenge the 8-7 conference deciding loss.

[9] South Side (Record : 9-4, Preseason #12) - Perhaps they would have had a better league record by playing in Class A rather than Class B. Despite their first round bye, South Side is the more vulnerable Class B seed heading for the semifinals.

[10] Long Beach (Record : 11-4, Preseason #17) - How do they avenge a 20-9 loss to Port Washington from earlier in the season? Surprising season for this program and an opening round playoff matchup with Port Washington allows them to avoid the big two from Class A. Can the pull off the redemption upset following their most recent four wins?

Ranking the top ten girls lacrosse teams from Suffolk County heading into the playoffs.

[1] Northport (Record : 13-2, Preseason #1) - Undefeated in league play, Northport remains the top of Suffolks Class A with a loss to Garden City and Good Counsel on the slate.

[2] Floyd (Record : 13-2, Preseason #11) - Lost to Northport and Ward Melville were the only blemishes this season.

[3] Hauppauge (Record : 15-0, Preseason #5) - Undefeated in Suffolk League II action with a softer schedule than the top two choices.

[4] West Islip (Record : 12-3, Preseason #7) - The four/five slots can flip flop from the contentious second grouping from Suffolk's League I action.

[5] Bay Shore (Record : 12-3, Preseason #4) - Surprising performance this year; the other half of the flip/flop entries in the four/five slots.

[6] Sayville (Record : 13-2, Preseason #9) Since the April 6th loss to Mount Sinai, Sayville has certainly been executing on all cylinders. This team could well be more dangerous in the playoff than their Mount Sinai rivals.

[7] Half Hollow Hills (Record : 11-4, Preseason #20) Next best from League I in a year where the round-robin matches did not all fall their way.

[8] Mount Sinai (Record : 11-4, Preseason #18) A tough loss to Hauppauge aside, other losses included Wantagh, Eastport South Manor, and Harborfields. The loss to Harborfields was the blemish on the ranking. Young group will be playoff pressed this year.

[9] Ward Melville (Record : 9-6, Preseason #15) What did they do wrong except run into the League I buzzsaws?

[10] Harborfields (Record : 11-4, Preseason #23) In a League II where many teams are locked at 9-4, Harborfields stands out as next best to round out the list. The one goal loss to Sayville on April 26th sent a message that this team could be primed for a playoff upset - that game was the end of their three game losing streak to ESM, Huntington, and Sayville.

Monday, May 16th Results

Nassau Playoffs (Class B, Opening Round)
Plainedge over Glen Cove, 17-4
Jericho over Bethpage, 17-14
Lynbrook over Hewlett, 16-13

Other Action
Hauppauge over Babylon, 13-6
Holy Trinity doubles St. Dominic, 16-8
St. Anthony's over St. John the Baptist, 17-8
Deer Park over Mattituck/Greenport/Southold, 10-7
Rocky Point over Harborfields, 15-13
Bayport-Blue Point over Glenn, 24-15
Sayville doubles Comsewogue, 12-6
Shoreham-Wading River over Kings Park, 13-3

Highlights
Plainedge to play South Side on Thursday
Jericho travels to play Wantagh on Friday
Lynbrook plays Garden City on Friday

Late Results

Nassau Playoffs
Division over New Hyde Park, 18-10

Other Scores
Eastport-South Manor over Huntington, 12-5
Miller Place over Southampton, 1-0 on Forfeit
Long Island Lutheran over Portledge, 11-6
Islip over Bellport, 19-14

Highlight
Division plays Manhasset on Thursday.
All of the higher seeds in Class B win their openers.

Tuesday, May 17th Results

Half Hollow Hills over Brentwood, 17-2
Middle Country over Riverhead, 22-4 (13-1 Half)
West Islip handles Commack, 17-6
Northport glides past Lindenhurst, 20-4
Sachem East triples Longwood, 18-6
Smithtown East over Copiague, 16-1
East Islip over Whitman, 15-6
Bay Shore over Floyd, 8-7, Overtime
St. John the Baptist over Kellenberg, 19-16
Ward Melville over West Babylon, 19-6

Highlights
*** Section VIII Playoff Action Resumes on Wednesday ***
Bay Shore 8, Floyd 7: Carly Cox scored on a feed from Catherine Schmidt at the crease with 1:29 left in triple overtime to win the game for Bay Shore (12-2) in Division I. Caroline deLyra had three goals, including the game-tying goal with 2:16 left in regulation, and Kyra Harney had two goals, including the game-tying goal with four seconds left in the second overtime for the Marauders. Courtney Murphy had three goals, including the go-ahead goal in the first overtime, for Floyd (11-3). Bay Shore clinched the No. 2 seed in Suffolk Class A.

Bay Shore did well to wrestle the second seed away from Floyd in overtime.

Newsday's Top Ten for Suffolk, as of May 15th:

1. Northport (13-2)
Clearly the best Class A team in Suffolk, the Tigers rebounded from last week’s 10-goal loss to Garden City by defeating Floyd, 16-10 on the road and thumping Middle Country.

2. Hauppauge (15-0)
Suffolk’s lone undefeated team, the Eagles defeated two tough opponents in Harborfields and Mt. Sinai last week. Jen Porretto is making a serious challenge to be the top-scorer on Long Island. Porretto is currently No. 2 with 109 points, trailing Northport’s Shannon Gilroy (113 pts).

3. Floyd (13-2)
Lost to Northport, but everyone else has too. For what it’s worth, Gilroy said the Colonials were the toughest team Northport’s played in Suffolk.

4. West Islip (12-3)
Lost a close game to Half Hollow Hills and snuck past West Babylon this week thanks to Loren Ziegler’s seven goals and assist.

5. Sayville (13-2)
Defeated Kings Park and Miller Place thanks to Emily Meier’s combined 13 goals and assist.

6. Bay Shore (12-3)
Won games against Lindenhurst and Sachem North last week.

7. Half Hollow Hills (11-4)
Edged West Islip and romped Patchogue-Medford last week.

8. Harborfields (11-4)
Had a close 16-13 loss to Hauppauge, the only other team to challenge the Eagles was Sayville.

9. Mt. Sinai (11-4)
Lost to Hauppauge and defeated Westhampton

10. Bayport-Blue Point (10-4)
Wins over Huntington and Shoreham-Wading River bump BBP into the Top 10 this week.

Can someone please explain the power ranking system to me? Or point me to a link with an explanation?

Someone on the Boys Varsity thread just requested similar information.

BOTC Industries has been through the details and basically, you need one big Excel spreadsheet to get all of the calculations to be correct. However, if you want to see the whole algorithm in action, take a look at the following link which includes some detailed examples from the Section XI web site :

Power Points Rating System

Holy smokes, that's mind-boggling! I think I like the win = 3 pts., tie = 1 and loss = 0 way better. At least I can figure it out on my own.

Thanks for the link, CageSage.

With the unbalanced schedules in Section XI, the Power Points System attempts to capture the difference between Team A that is forced to play the top team in a conference from Team B that plays the bottom placed team yet wind up with the same record overall.

Why do they divide the teams up in those large divisions? Instead of, say, how they divide up the soccer teams?

For some reason, the smaller brackets used by soccer have never caught on within Section XI's football and lacrosse camps. Perhaps it is that the structure has been around for less time or perhaps there is flexibility in being able to change opponents each season.

Section XI Division II (Class B) seedings and post season tournament pairings have been published. The tournament will open on Saturday, May 21st.

Huntington (8) @ Hauppauge (1)
Harborfields (5) @ Eastport-South Manor (4)

Shoreham-Wading River (6) @ Rocky Point (3)
Comseqogue (7) @ Sayville (2)

Second round semi-final action will be on Tuesday, May 24th.

Section XI Division II (Class C) brackets have been released.

The semi-final match will pit Elwood-John Glenn (3) against Bayport-Blue Point (2). The winner will face Mount Sinai (1) in the Championship on Thursday, June 2nd.

Key in this bracket is that Mount Sinai will not have a game on the scoresheet for the next two full weeks. Will they be game sharp to face that BBP lineup?

Its amazing that you can have a losing record and still be in a playoffs and in the semi finals no less. It is further amazing to me that in the "C Class" division you can automatically get in the championship without playing one playoff game. Look how hard it is in the "Class A" bracket.

How does John Glenn get in over Miller Place when Miller Place has more "points"???

Miller Place was Class B, not Class C according to our listings.

You are right. This is why shoreham-wading river got into the finals every year. You will notice that they could be out in first round. Watch them go back into class c next year

Wednesday, May 18th Results

The weather washed away most of the games from the opening round of the Class A and Class C Section VIII action today. The only game that went off despite the weather was the Farmingdale (1) vs. MacArthur (8) match in Class A.

Farmingdale crushed MacArthur, 23-4

With the win, the Dalers will next face the winner of the Baldwin (4)/Syosset (5) match on Thursday, May 26th.

Among the privates in IPSAL,

Long Island Lutheran over Portledge, 11-10, Overtime

You can put more teams in the C playoffs but it isn't going to change who wins the C championship. There is a reason they are class C schools. They have LESS girls to choose from!! It is not like these teams are ducking the competition during the year. Both Bayport and Mt Sinai played most of the top "B" schools and did very well! Instead of degrading the accomplishment of winning their bracket, you should be applauding the fact they are very competitive with some schools that have 50-100% more girls in the district. The girls from these schools work just as hard or harder to compete as any of the schools. They don't make the brackets, you shouldn't try to minimize their accomplishments(past or future).

Glenn would not have a losing record if they only played class C schools!

They are (Swr) going back to Class C and it has to do with the size of the school.

wow, did you hear that collective sigh of relief from swr parents!!

Now that is idiotic statement! SWR parent have been proud know matter what class they are in. Your statement is CLASSLESS!

Thursday, May 19th Results

Manhasset over Division, 16-4
Connetquot over North Babylon, 17-7
Massapequa crushes East Meadow, 20-3
St. John the Baptist over Holy Trinity, 18-6
Our Lady of Mercy over Kellenberg, 15-10
Locust Valley over Mineola, 15-4
Port Washington over Long Beach, 16-7
St. Dominic over St. Francis Prep, 17-3
Baldwin over Syosset, 7-3

Highlights
Manhasset (3) plays Wantagh (2)/Jericho (7) Winner
Massapequa (2) plays Port Washington (3), Thursday, 6:00pm at Denton Avenue (Tully Park)
Baldwin (4) plays Farmingdale (1), Thursday 4:00pm at Denton Avenue (Tully Park)
St. Dominic (1) plays Mary Louis (2), Tuesday, 3:00pm at CWPost
Locust Valley (4) plays Cold Spring Harbor, Tuesday, 6:00pm at Denton Avenue (Tully Park)

Additional Scores

South Side over Plainedge, 15-9
Seaford over Floral Park, 19-11

Highlights
Southside (4) plays Garden City (1), Wednesday, 4:00pm at Denton Avenue (Tully Park)
Seaford (3) plays North Shore (2), Tuesday, 4:00pm at Denton Avenue (Tully Park)
After Seaford's first vote budget failure, the girls lacrosse team is looking to become a local feel good story.

All-league, all-conference (or division if you're in Nassau, I guess), then all-county. All-state is next, but those awards are not chosen by the coaches but by the sportswriters.

After a couple of rounds of Section VIII playoff action, where do things stand on the girls varsity tournament?

Class A

Farmingdale vs. Baldwin, May 26th, 4:00pm, Denton
Massapequa vs. Port Washington, May 26th, 6:00pm, Denton
Championship Match, June 1st, 7:00pm, Hofstra

Class B

South Side vs. Garden City/Lynbrook, May 25th, 4:00pm, Denton
Manhasset vs. Wantagh/Jericho, May 25th, 6:00pm, Denton
Championship Match, June 1st, 3:00pm, Hofstra

Class C

Cold Spring Harbor vs. Locust Valley, May 24th, 6:00pm, Denton
North Shore vs. Seaford, May 24th, 4:00pm, Denton
Championship Match, June 1st, 5:00pm, Hofstra

Those are all the teams still playing on the girls side in Section VIII/Nassau County. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will be Nassau Semi-Finals with all of the Championship matches to be held at Hofstra on June 1st.

The Section XI/Suffolk County girls varsity tournament kicks off today, Friday.

Division I (Class A)
Four games in Division I (Class A) followed by quarterfinals on Monday, May 23rd. Semifinals will be on May 25th with finals to be held at Dowling at 3:00pm on June 2nd.

Division II (Class B)
Action continues tomorrow, Saturday, with four games in Division II (Class B). Semi-finals will be on Tuesday, May 24th with finals at Dowling at 5:30pm on June 2nd.

Division II (Class C)
Elwood/Glenn will play on May 24th with the winner facing Mount Sinai in the finals on June 2nd at 8:00pm at Dowling.

Friday, May 20th Results

Garden City as expected over Lynbrook, 18-2
Middle Country edges Connetquot, 15-11
Wantagh four-folds Jericho, 20-5
Sachem East upsets East Islip, 7-5
Half Hollow Hills over Sachem North, 10-7
Ward Melville over Smithtown West, 19-8

Highlights/Next Games
Garden City (1) vs. South Side (4) in Nassau Class B Semis
Wantagh (2) vs. Manhasset in Nassau Class B Semis
Middle Country (8) vs. Northport (1), Monday
Sachem East (10) vs. Bay Shore (2), Monday
Ward Melville (5) vs. Floyd (4), Monday
Half Hollow Hills (6) vs. West Islip, Monday

what types of lax award do they give at the end of the season.if so, what do they mean? please explain

Thanks!

By the way SWR beat Rocky Point today

even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes, even giving up 15 goals and going into o.t. Good luck against that 8th grade goalie...

Sayville is gonna crush swr.

I'm no Sayville fan, nor a SWR fan for that matter, but I do think Sayville is going to win handily. :-/

SWR goalie played a stellar game and why are you so prejudiced against SWR? Not cool to put a team dowm time and time again makes you look small. I think giving credit where credit is due is appropriate and both teams played outstanding lacrosse today with all heart both SWR and Rocky Point. Both teams should be proud and commended on jobs well done!

Problem is both teams "put their eggs in one basket" with their seniors last year not letting team share the ball. When the "big dogs" leave the underclassmen (women?) are left holding the bag. Gotta share the ball.

Ok so some kids were ball hogs last year so that makes a whole team "bad" um ok?? Thats an interesting point of view? Aren't high school teams always changing?

Maybe the poster meant that since last year's seniors hogged the ball that this year's team isn't as well-prepared as they would have been if they'd been included last year.

Yes that is what I meant. But the coaches encourage this type of play too. Then when the seniors graduate they are like, oh crap.

I agree, and I see it across sports. Coaches need to develop the bench to secure future success. Witness SWR and RP this year.

I've heard of all of them exdept for Hadnagy, never heard of her!

Swr beat sayville today hum!

I have to say I am impressed. Waybills started out slow and even tho they caught up, too little too late. Sadness in waybills tonite!

Sorry, inside joke, Sayville I mean

Hauppauge beat Eastport in OT 11-9.

Awesome win!

Tuesday, May 24th Results

Hauppauge (18-0) over Eastport-South Manor, 11-9, Overtime (8-8 Regulation)

Monday, May 23rd Results

Floyd over Ward Melville, 10-9
Bay Shore over Sachem East, 15-6
Northport triples Middle Country, 15-5
West Islip survives Half Hollow Hills, 12-11, Overtime
Shoreham-Wading River upsets Sayville, 10-7

Next Action

Division II/Suffolk
Hauppauge (1) plays Shoreham-Wading River(6), June 2nd, Dowling in an attempt to record the perfect Section XI season.

Division I/Suffolk
Floyd (4) plays Northport (1), Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:00pm
Bay Shore (2) plays West Islip (3), Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:00pm

Games dwindle to a precious few.

bayport beats john glenn 20 - 9

bayport vs mt sinai June 2nd at Dowling

On the Girls Varsity side, here are the remaining games for the Section VIII and Section XI Spring 2011 Varsity Season.

Section VIII Class A
Farmingdale (1) vs. Baldwin (4), 5/26, 4:00pm
Massapequa (2) vs. Port Washington (3), 5/26, 6:00pm
Championship, 6/1, 7:00pm

Section VIII Class B
Garden City (1) vs. South Side (4), 5/25, 4:00pm
Manhasset (3) vs. Wantagh (2), 5/25, 6:00pm
Championship, 6/1, 3:00pm

Section VIII Class C
Championship, Locust Valley (4) vs. North Shore (2), 6/1, 5:00pm

Section XI Division I (Class A)
Northport (1) vs. William Floyd (4), 5/25
West Islip (3) vs. Bay Shore (2), 5/25
Championship, 6/2, 3:00pm

Section XI Division II (Class B)
Championship, Hauppauge (1) vs. Shoreham-Wading River (3), 6/2, 5:30pm

Section XI Division II (Class C)
Championship, Mount Sinai (1) vs. Bayport-Blue Point (2), 6/2, 8:00pm

Wednesday, May 25th Results

Bay Shore ousts West Islip, 13-5
Northport over Floyd, 19-6
Garden City over South Side, 16-7
St. Anthony's over Sacred Heart, 20-5 (Tuesday)

Highlights
Northport (1) vs. Bay Shore (2), Section XI Class A Championship
Garden City (1) vs. Manhasset (3), Section VIII Class B Championship
St. Anthony's take CHSAA Class AA Championship

Section VIII Class A
Farmingdale (1) vs. Baldwin (4), 5/26, 4:00pm
Massapequa (2) vs. Port Washington (3), 5/26, 6:00pm
Championship, 6/1, 7:00pm

Section VIII Class B Championship
Garden City (1) vs. Manhasset (3), 6/1, 3:00pm

Section VIII Class C Championship
Locust Valley (4) vs. North Shore (2), 6/1, 5:00pm

Section XI Division I (Class A) Championship
Northport (1) vs. Bay Shore (2), 6/2, 3:00pm

Section XI Division II (Class B) Championship
Hauppauge (1) vs. Shoreham-Wading River (3), 6/2, 5:30pm

Section XI Division II (Class C) Championship
Mount Sinai (1) vs. Bayport-Blue Point (2), 6/2, 8:00pm

Thursday, May 26th Results

Farmingdale over Baldwin
Massapequa over Port Washington, 15-10

The Girls Varsity Playoff championship matches across Nassau and Suffolk County are now set with matches on Wednesday, June 1st and Thurday, June 2nd. BOTC will have all the results and details as they become available directly from our field reporters.

Section VIII Class A Championship
Farmingdale (1) vs. Massapequa (2), 6/1, 7:00pm

Section VIII Class B Championship
Garden City (1) vs. Manhasset (3), 6/1, 3:00pm

Section VIII Class C Championship
Locust Valley (4) vs. North Shore (2), 6/1, 5:00pm

Section XI Division I (Class A) Championship
Northport (1) vs. Bay Shore (2), 6/2, 3:00pm

Section XI Division II (Class B) Championship
Hauppauge (1) vs. Shoreham-Wading River (3), 6/2, 5:30pm

Section XI Division II (Class C) Championship
Mount Sinai (1) vs. Bayport-Blue Point (2), 6/2, 8:00pm

locations?

score for Manhasset vs Wantagh? Not listed anywhere

Manhasset 11, Wantagh 7

Girls Section VIII finals will all take place at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium; Section XI finals will all be played at Dowling Sports Complex. At Dowling, there will be a $6.00 admission charge - usually Hofstra has a similar event fee of about $8.00 but BOTC Industries has not yet received confirmation on that pricing.

Looks like a slam-dunk for all the number one seeds and North Shore (who catches a break thanks to Locust Valley) ... with the exception of the Mount Sinai vs. BBP match where Bayport is looking upset minded.

Long Island champions figure to be all Nassau with Farmingdale (A) and Garden City (B).

manhasset will win, trust me.

Garden City will lead by at least three at the half and will lead by at least five in the second half. Final score : Garden City 12, Manhasset 6

Northport is done Gilroy out for championship game!!

Injured her ankle in the US/Canada U-19 exhibition at Ward Melville High School this weekend. Turns out to be sprained as opposed to broken - on crutches. Major blow for Northport High School and Yellow Jackets in the upcoming weeks - should be fine by the time August rolls around for college if not sooner.

Lacrosse is starting to look like year-round soccer! Between high school varsity games/practices six days per week, outside club teams during the Spring season and these types of showcases, the likelihood of injury just increases.

Any predictions for tonight's Nassau games?

Farmingdale 16-8.
Garden City 18-9.
Northshore 12-7.

Final Score : Garden City 15, Manhasset 10 - Garden City opened an eight goal lead early in the match (9-1) and coasted home from there.

Section VIII Class C Final : North Shore 16, Locust Valley 6

Scoring:
North Shore -- Amanda Johansen, 5 goals/1 assists; Tess Korten, 3 goals/1 assists; Lauren Janelli, 2 goals/5 assists; Carly Comitino, 2 goals; Micaela Dussel, 2 goals/1 assists; Denise Kilderry, 1 goals/1 assists; Amanda Juhasz, 1 goals; Sam Grabher, 1 assists.
Locust Valley -- Bairre Reilly, 3 goals/2 assists; Taylor Bleistein, 1 goals; Julia Palermo, 1 goals; Stephanie Lucidi, 1 goals.

Section VIII Class A Final : Farmingdale 17, Massapequa 10

The sixth consecutive Nassau Class A crown for the Dalers. They will face the winner of the Section XI Class A final scheduled for Thursday.

Interesting that none of the girls games were close in the Nassau finals. (Dalers by 7, Garden City by 5, North Shore by 10). Meanwhile, almost all of the boys games have been nail biters!

Well, the final margin was exactly right - but the Trojans could have won by a dozen if they kept the engines wide open against Manhasset.

Northport spanked Bayshore today 19 - 8 despite dirty bayshore hacker and being down a girl. Way to take it to them Northport! WooHoo!!

Did Gilroy play?

Yes, I think she had 2 goals

Newsday is carrying the scoring table.

Scoring:
Northport -- Kiera McNally, 4 goals; Cortney Fortunato, 4 goals/1 assists; Paige Bonomi, 4 goals/1 assists; Allie Pavinelli, 3 goals/1 assists; Shannon Gilroy, 2 goals/1 assists; Allie Breitfeller, 1 goals; Emily Columbus, 1 goals; Erin Magnuson, 1 assists.
Bay Shore -- Caroline deLyra, 3 goals; Kyra Harney, 2 goals/1 assists; Kaitlyn Arnold, 1 goals; Cynthia DelCore, 1 goals; Catherine Schmidt, 1 goals; Carly Cox, 1 assists.

Goalies:
Northport -- Michaela Aymong, 8 saves.
Bay Shore -- Samantha Fagone, 7 saves.

Section XI Class B Final : Hauppauge 8, Shoreham-Wading River 5

No title for swr this year. Wow

How about m Sinai bay port game?

Current score : Mount Sinai 8, BBP 6 ... 1:20 left

Mount Sinai led 5-0 at the end of the first half.

Section XI Class C Final : Mount Sinai 8, Bayport-Blue Point 6

The Mustangs take their very first Suffolk title and will play North Shore in the Long Island Championship in Class C at 6:00p.m. Saturday, June 4th at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium.

Physical game that saw Mount Sinai control the scoreboard from the outset. Scored in the opening minute with two goals in ten seconds to open the 5-0 halftime lead. Bayport barely escaped their defensive end in the opening stanza.

Bayport closed the gap to 5-3 in the opening five minutes of the second half and the two teams traded goals from there. The Bayport-Blue Point Phantoms closed the gap to 6-5 with about ten minutes remaining but never got to the tie.

The Long Island Championships, the next round of the NYSPHSAA playoffs, will be held on Saturday, June 4th at Hofstra University's Shuart Stadium.

Class A : Northport vs. Farmingdale, 8:00pm
Class B : Hauppauge vs. Garden City, 4:00pm
Class C : Mount Sinai vs. North Shore, 6:00pm

Thats ok SWR will be back Strong next year

Hauppage is going to get spanked hard by Garden City

When you move back down into the C bracket.

It was all just a publicity stunt. She was never hurt! She was just tired of CF getting all the press.

CF is a much better player. She was face guarded the whole game and still scored 4 goals.
The "injured" one had no one on her and only got 2 goals in and about 10 missed shots.

Her driving threw 5 people will never work in D1 lacrosse. Where the defenders are as big as her!
I guess Florida will have to teach her how to play real lacrosse!

Thank God we are moving back so we can win more games next games!!

next year! I mean

what does it matter what bracket Swr is in that goes by school size duh?

another prejudiced comment about SWR? So silly are these comments.

Smaller schools generally offer less competition. Duh. SWR would have a better chance at a title in class C.

It must be a coincidence that 4 years in a row they win a title then the first year they are moved up to "B" they lose 7 games and are out before leaving Suffolk County. I am sure its just a coincidence

Of course. That is why they were so great. Lesser competition.

yes and mt sinai beat SWR for the first time ever this season and mt sinai is class c and swr is b...coincidence or is swr recovering from losing so many seniors

I think it's a little bit of both. I think SWR was dominant for a number of years but wasn't able to field as good a team this year. No disrespect to the girls on that team, but I suspect they didn't have the experience the older girls brought to the field. Plus it's also easier in the lower class, generally speaking.

It has nothing to do with B or C. It has to do with the girls on the team. Shoreham lost many good players. When they were a C team the beat just about all the B teams they played(with the exception of GC). They are still a good team(not dominant). We will see what the future brings. Every school especially smaller schools have good classes and bad. Shoreham battled this year with a pretty good team. It's hard to dominate every year whether u are A,B or C!Look at Bayport and Mt Sinai thy beat most of the B teams as well. It is all about the girls who are playing , NOT THE NAME on their jersey!!!

It has nothing to do with you class. A, B or C. SWR is a young team many of the seniors moved on. For some reason Powerfinger is extremely prejudiced against this team. look at the past posts. When you come from a small school district the pool of girls that tryout is of course not as large and what pushed us into the B bracket this yr was a matter of 5 kids. SWR is a bunch of nice HARD working kids who had a rough year with the transition of new coach and many new players. All in All impresive for what they accomplished

Dont make it seem like you only get 15 girls playing lacrosse. At SWR its field hockey (fall) and lacrosse in spring. You have plenty of girls to pick from. In fact you have more girls playing lax in SWR than many A schools

Long Island Championship - Girls Class B (Final)

Garden City 13, Hauppauge 7

Leading 6-2 at the half, Garden City opened an 8-4 lead with thirteen minutes remaining to salt away any doubt in this match. Hauppauge led 2-0 at the opening eight minute mark in this match. Garden City will go for an incredible sixth championship and will play in the state semifinals at 9:30 a.m. Friday at SUNY/Cortland.

Um totally Not true , lots of girls play softball and are travel softball at swr.Many girls
do track as their main sport where do you get your info?

whats the score of the class C girl's game

Long Island Championship - Girls Class C (Final)

Mount Sinai 12, North Shore 10

Long Island Championship - Girls Class A (Final)

Northport 14, Farmingdale 7

Northport takes its first Long Island title since 2004.

congrats to the winners of todays game! great news for northport! hopefully this talented group of girls can finally win states! also at the north shore mt sinai game...mt sinai dominated the draws...ns goalie definitely kept them in the game but overall great job by mt sinai!

Hey, didn't someone here predict Nassau sweeping the LI championships? I guess he/she predicted wrong. LOL

The Girls Varsity New York State Final Four and Championships later this week will be held at SUNY/Cortland.

Class A - Semifinals June 10th, 2:30pm
West Genesee (Section 3) vs. Pittsford (Section 5)
Lakeland/Panas (Section 1) vs. Northport (Section 11)
Championship Final : June 11th, 2:30pm

Class B - Semifinals June 10th, 9:30am
Oswego (Section 3) vs Brighton (Section 5)
Yorktown (Section 1) vs Garden City (Section 8)
Championship Final : June 11th, 9:30am

Class C - Semifinals June 10th, 12:00pm
CBA-Syracuse (Section 3) vs Marcus Whitman (Section 5)
Pearl River (Section 1) vs Mt Sinai (Section 11)
Championship Final : June 11th, 12:00pm

Any results from first game yet??

Northport wins 18-5. Playing Pittsford tomorrow. Looks like Northport has a great shot at finally winning states

What about Mt Sinai and garden city.

Garden city and Mt Sinai won also! Yippe for long island lax!

Class A
Pittsford 9, West Genesee 7
Northport 18, Lakeland/Panas 5
Championship Final : June 11th, 2:30pm

Class B
Brighton defeats Oswego
Garden City 15, Yorktown 6
Championship Final : June 11th, 9:30am

Class C
CBA-Syracuse defeats Marcus Whitman
Mount Sinai 16, Pearl River 7
Championship Final : June 11th, 12:00pm

The Girl Varsity New York State PHSAA Championship Finals are set.

Class A - Championship : June 11th, 2:30pm at SUNY/Cortland
Pittsford (Section 5) vs. Northport (Section 11)

Class B - Championship : June 11th, 9:30am at SUNY/Cortland
Brighton (Section 5) vs. Garden City (Section 8)

Class C - Championship : June 11th, 12:00pm at SUNY/Cortland
CBA-Syracuse (Section 3) vs. Mount Sinai (Section 11)

Class B Championship : Garden City 2, Brighton 0 (First Half)

With eleven minutes remaining in the opening half, the Trojans have been in control thus far with the Barons trying to double-team anything that moves inside. Goals by Tarzian and Bruno.

Class B Championship : Garden City 3, Brighton 1 (First Half)

Dickinson scored with eight minutes remaining after a bit of loose ball play inside the eight. Brighton scored their first with 2:30 remaining after two lost balls by Garden City on the offensive end.

Class B Championship : Garden City 5, Brighton 1 (Halftime)

The Trojans immediately responded on the second goal by Tarzian with a little over one minute remaining in the half. Sullivan scored with literally ticks remaining to put Garden City in complete control heading to the locker room.

Class B Championship : Garden City 9, Brighton 5 (Second Half)

The Trojans scored in the opening two minutes of the back half with Dickinson netting her second. After a Brighton goal, Rix netted her first of the day to make the score 7-2. Brighton tightened to 7-4 but Dickinson's third and Rix's second broke it back open to 9-4. Nine minutes remaining.

Class B Championship : Garden City 10, Brighton 6 (Second Half)

Sullivan to Fuchs with seven minutes remaining puts Garden City up by five - but Brighton still shows fight and scores right from the draw.

Class B Championship : Garden City 12, Brighton 6 (Final)

Garden City wins the Class B State Championship. Fact to consider : The current Trojan Seniors have not experienced a loss to end their season since Middle School - that's how many State Championships in a row have been won by the Garden City Girls. A true dynasty at the High School Sports level.

Class C Championship : CBA-Syracuse 0, Mount Sinai (Pregame)

All season, there has been discussion about the youth of the Mount Sinai program. Four eighth graders and seven ninth graders are on the varsity roster for Long Island's Class C state finalist.

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 2, CBA-Syracuse 1 (First Half)

Goals from Pirreca and Dillon give Mount Sinai the early advantage with fifteen minutes remaining in the opening stanza.

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 4, CBA-Syracuse 3 (First Half)

Shayna Pirreca (sister) scores Mount Sinai's third. Fitzgerald gets Mount Sinai's fourth goal with fourteen remaining. Christian Brothers Academy nets a pair to bring the score back to 4-3 with ten minutes remaining.

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 4, CBA-Syracuse 4 (First Half)

CBA equalizes with eight minutes remaining and Coach Leonard from Mount Sinai calls a much needed time out to get the troops settled.

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 5, CBA-Syracuse 5 (First Half)

A goal by Burns from a Dillon pass takes the 5-4 advantage which is met my a CBA score by Poplowski who is having a strong game on the attack. Two minutes remaining the half.

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 5, CBA-Syracuse 5 (Halftime)

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 8, CBA-Syracuse 6 (Second Half)

Dillon scores on the roll with eighteen remaining. Also gets the go-ahead goal with thirteen remaining on incredible pass from eighth-grader Mitchel. Parents are quite loud and very as this match has turned extremely physical. (Has been very physical from the outset - field refs have done a great job letting the girls play which keeping a lid on this pressure cooker.) Dillon scores her third straight with just under twelve remaining.

Class C Championship : Mount Sinai 8, CBA-Syracuse 8 (Second Half)

Two from CBA-Syracuse level the score - less than nine minutes remaining.

Class C Championship : CBA-Syracuse 9, Mount Sinai 8 (Second Half)

Less than one minute remaining. Mount Sinai on the timeout to plot how to handle the next drive.

Class C Championship : CBA-Syracuse 9, Mount Sinai 8 (Final)

Dillon called for a charge with 0:12 remaining on a questionable call. CBA-Syracuse burns the last dozen seconds to end this Class C Championship.

Class A Championship : Northport 1, Pittsford 0 (First Half)

Northport's Marinelli scores seconds into the match. A lightning strike nearby at 2:40pm has put this match into suspension. The delay will be at least 30 minutes after the last lightning strike. Both teams are reported to be in their respective locker rooms.

Class A Championship : Northport 1, Pittsford 0 (First Half)

Torrential rains have hit the SUNY/Cortland area. Reports are that the match will resume at 5:30pm, approximately 85 minutes from now.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 2, Northport 1 (First Half)

Action has finally resumed at 5:35pm. Pittsford has equalized with just under sixteen minutes remaining in the restarted first half. In the following minute, Pittsford's Curwin scored to take the 2-1 lead.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 3, Northport 1 (First Half)

Collins scores Pittsford's third from thirty feet out. Coach Carol Rose calls a time out for Northport with thirteen minutes remaining in the first half.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 4, Northport 3 (First Half)

Gilroy scores her 100th goal of the season to bring the score back to 3-2 with eleven minutes remaining. Then, Northport steals the ball after the faceoff with Pavinelli netting Fortunato's steal. Less than ten minutes remaining in the first half.

Pittsford wins yet another draw and sees Curwin net another goal to retake the 4-3 lead with less than nine remaining.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 5, Northport 5 (Halftime)

Like some of the heavyweight battles we have seen in Syracuse today on the boy's side, every time the Tigers score one, the Panthers have an answer. Gilroy to Magnuson brings the score back to level. Three goals in the final minute of first half action.

Stat of the Game : To show how balanced these two teams are, there have been a total of ten first half goals .... from ten different goal scorers.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 7, Northport 5 (Second Half)

Sixteen minutes remaining and Pittsford opens a two goal lead, one of the biggest edges in the entire match.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 8, Northport 6 (Second Half)

Game halted with eight minutes remaining due to thunder/lightning in the area. Thirty minute minimum hold at this time.

Class A Championship : Pittsford 8, Northport 6 (Second Half)

BOTC just received a phone call that told us that nothing has changed weather-wise in the SUNY/Cortland area. The storm seems to be solidly locked into the area and it will still be some time before play in this twice disrupted Class A final will resume.

Class A Championship : Northport 10, Pittsford 9 (Overtime)

Game resumed at about 8:15pm. Game went into overtime tied at eight. Northport scored four unanswered to take the lead and Pittsford responded with one. Approximately one minute remaining in the match.

Class A Championship : Northport 10, Pittsford 10 (Overtime)

Thirty seconds remain in the second three minute overtime period. Sudden death will follow if needed.

Class A Championship : Northport 11, Pittsford 10 (Final, Overtime)

Congratulations to Northport for winning this match that took over five hours to complete today. We will be tracking the reported injury to Gilroy which is being reported by Newsday as a potential ACL injury. Laura Albanese tweets, "Hearing Shannon Gillroy, girls lax phenom, tore her ACL scoring a go-ahead goal in the state final. Nothport wins, 11-10 in 2OT."

NYSPHSAA Championship Final Results

Class A - Championship : June 11th, 2:30pm Final, Overtime
Northport (Section 11) 11, Pittsford (Section 5) 10

Class B - Championship : June 11th, 9:30am Final
Garden City (Section 8) 12, Brighton (Section 5) 6

Class C - Championship : June 11th, 12:00pm Final
CBA-Syracuse (Section 3) 9, Mount Sinai (Section 11) 8

Terrible call with the game on the line where the refs were clearly involved int the outcome. Dillon split the double team cleanly, got hit in the head as she crossed through, and somehow got called for the charge. As ref crews go, this groups seemed challenged throughout.

The Women who called the charge was a ref in the Mt Sinai semi final game. She was even worse in that game. She called a number of phantom charges before the last horrific call. It is a shame when a ref feels the need to be part of the outcome. You never want to blame the refs but this one is tough not to.

Congrats to tonight's All County and All Division Award winners!! You did Suffolk County proud!

I was at the award dinner last night.Two pick for all american were a joke!shame on those 2 coaches

Which 2? Their Coach only nominates. All the other coaches vote.

I was there too I would say Hauppauge,Mt.Sinai. The 2 best player from those team didnt win.We had this debate at or table and we all agreed. how many people felt the way we did!!!!

Who did win?

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think All-Americans are selected by sports media, not by coaches, same as the All-State honor.

Ask yourself this question mr powerfinger who were 2 the best girls on those two team?

The best player from MT Sinai won the award. Most goals doesn't always mean best player.

she not the best player on the team, their were at least 2 other girls on mt sinai that were better!!! i think the player who won it is very over rated.give me a break

Who was better?

So a Mt. Sinai girl won and someone is disgruntled and thinks the wrong player won? Because the non-winner scored more goals? Just trying to follow along here.

I still don't know who won.

I think the Fitzgerald kid was named All American from Mt Sinai. Apparrently there were a couple of tables who thought other Mt Sinai kids were more worthy. But they didn't say which ones.

http://www.uslacrosse.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=xaw4kPSI5uc%3d&tabid=1004

That's a link to the official list of All-Americans for our area.

Here is how All-Americans are selected
(from this link: http://www.uslacrosse.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=7nw4o9D-EtU%3d&tabid=1004 )

ALL-AMERICAN PROCESS PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF ALL-AMERICANS PER CHAPTER
1) Head Varsity Coaches must join or renew by April 1st of each spring season so that their membership runs through the current high school lacrosse season including the post season. A) Example – a head varsity coach whose membership expires May 31st or earlier of the current
season and the season ends in June must renew by the April 1st deadline. However, a coach in the same league whose membership expires June 30th or later is not required to renew in order to be counted in the determining of All-American numbers. *Note – this deadline applies to coaches’ eligibility to nominate All-Americans and All Academic Team. This registration also affects how many teams your sub region is allotted for national tournament the following year.
2) All-American numbers are determined based on the number of active Head Varsity Coach Members within the chapter.
A) For every 4 girl’s head varsity coach members within a chapter, the chapter is allotted 1 All- American selection. Example – 12 girl’s head varsity coach members equals 3 Girl’s All American selections. 15 girl’s head varsity coach members would round up to 4 Girl’s All American selections. (AA numbers are rounded up at .5 or greater and rounded down under .5)

The fact that Jen Porretto from Hauppauge did not receive All American honors was a travesty. Led Long Island in assists, 4th in total points, 11th in goals. Anyone who watched her play this year would agree she and Ranftle were the best players on the field at every game (with the exception of the Eastport playoff - DeMartino took those honors, and Garden City playoff game) . She made her teammates better. She hustled on offense and defense. A travesty!

Amen

You hate to say some other kid doesn't deserve it, but I agree totally. I swa 5 of their games and I thought she was overall the best player on Hauppaugue. Rantfle was great offensively,but Porretto was all over the field. Great player!

The AA selection process is flawed and politics are always in play... Catherine Dickinson, junior from Garden City is the only player on the GC team to start every game since her freshman year and was not selected, most unselfish player on the team... US lacrosse does not appreciate team players.

Did Jen Porretto receive 5 yellow cards during the season? This would disqualify her from AA selection.

Records indicate Porretto was issued four yellow cards for the 2011 Spring season...

The following players are the US Lacrosse Academic All-Americans from the Long Island region - quite a roster of academic and athletic talent from our Nassau and Suffolk County areas.

Ahern, Dana — Defense (Rockville Centre, NY/South Side, NY) — Lafayette
Allen, Kelsey — Midfield (West Islip, NY) — (junior)
Arnold, Kayla — Defense (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore, NY) — Fairfield
Batcher, Jayme — Defense/Midfield (W.C. Mepham, NY) — (senior)
Beltrani, Abby — Attack (Ward Melville, NY) — (senior)
Berglin, Jennie — Goalie (Glen Head, NY/North Shore, NY) — Colgate
Brady, Tara — Defense (Massapequa, NY) — (senior)
Brierley, Kirsten — Midfield (East Hampton, NY) — (senior)
Browne, Casey — Midfield (NY/Miller Place, NY) — Navy
Bruno, Alexandra — Attack (Garden City, NY) — (junior)
Butcher, Kathryn — Defense (Garden City, NY) — (senior)
Cable, Alexandra — Attack (Westhampton Beach, NY) — (senior)
Canty, Claire — Defense (East Rockaway, NY/Sacred Heart Academy, NY) — Wellesley
Casadonte, Lauren — Defense (East Northport, NY/Half Hollow Hills, NY) — Fairfield
Cavallone, Ariana — Attack (Glen Cove, NY) — (junior)
Clyne, Samantha — Defense (East Islip, NY/East Islip, NY) — New Haven
Comiskey, Margaret — Attack (Sacred Heart Academy, NY) — (junior)
Cook, Chelsea — Defense (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore, NY) — Denver
Corcoron, Nina — Midfield (Sacred Heart Academy, NY) — (junior)
Costantino, Paige — Midfield (Islip, NY/Islip, NY) — Slippery Rock
Denihan, Kelsey — Midfield/Attack (Friends Academy, NY) — (junior)
Dougherty, Kelsey — Defense (Comsewogue, NY) — (junior)
Duffel, Marjorie — Defense/Midfield (Kings Park, NY) — (junior)
Dul, Katherine — Goalie (Mineola, NY) — (senior)
Eckel, Meghan — Defense (Kings Park, NY) — (senior)
Edwards, Amanda — Defense (Friends Academy, NY) — (junior)
Edwards, Kasey — Defense (Islip, NY) — (junior)
Ehrman, Sarah — Midfield (Huntington, NY/Huntington, NY) — Stony Brook
Fater, Lacey — Attack (Mineola, NY) — (senior)
Fischer, Noelle — Defense (Commack, NY) — (junior)
Fitchett, Caroline — Defense (Miller Place, NY) — (junior)
Froccaro, Jackie — Midfield (Port Washington, NY) — (senior)
Fuchs, Sarah — Attack (Bay Shore, NY) — (senior)
Gahan, Augusta — Defense (Friends Academy, NY) — (senior)
Gambino, Cristina — Defense (St. Anthony's, NY) — (senior)
Gargan, Caitlin — Midfield (NY/Rocky Point, NY) — Notre Dame
Generi, Loren — Midfield (Bayport, NY/Bayport-Blue Point, NY) — Navy
Gerin, Alexandra — Attack (Glen Cove, NY) — (junior)
Giray, Julide — Defense (Hauppauge, NY) — (junior)
Gomez, Erin — Defense (Eastport South Manor, NY) — (junior)
Gonzalez, Jasmine — Defense (Deer Park, NY) — (senior)
Greene, Bridget — Midfield/Attack (Harborfields, NY) — (junior)
Griffo, Maggie — Attack (Babylon, NY) — (junior)
Guido, Samantha — Defense (Rocky Point, NY) — (senior)
Higgins, Taylor — Defense (Sacred Heart Academy, NY) — (senior)
Hodgson, Lorraine — Attack (West Islip, NY) — (junior)
Hoehing, Brittney — Midfield (Hicksville, NY) — (senior)
Hogan, Lindsay — Defense (Mt. Sinai, NY) — (senior)
Holland, Betsy — Defense (St. Anthony's, NY) — (senior)
Kennedy, Jacqueline — Midfield (Massapequa, NY) — (senior)
Killeen, Katherine — Attack (Miller Place, NY) — (senior)
Klein, Sara — Attack (Commack, NY) — (senior)
Landow, Morgan — Attack (Friends Academy, NY) — (junior)
Lentricchia, Sara — Defense/Midfield (Babylon, NY/West Babylon, NY) — Swarthmore
Lessing, Maggie — Midfield (Islip, NY) — (senior)
Liberty, Jessica — Attack (East Setauket, NY/Ward Melville, NY) — Old Dominion
Lyman, Nicole — Defense (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon, NY) — St. Joseph's (NY)
Magnuson, Erin — Midfield (Northport, NY/Northport, NY) — Yale
Mandell, Devin — Goalie (Westhampton Beach, NY) — (senior)
Marinelli, Megan — Midfield (Northport, NY/Northport, NY) — Georgetown
Markham, Meg — Defense (Manhasset, NY) — (senior)
Marra, Kimberly — Attack (Sayville, NY) — (junior)
McCallan, Alyssa — Defense/Midfield (West Islip, NY) — (senior)
McCormick, Mary Kate — Attack (Comsewogue, NY) — (junior)
McDonald, Lauren — Attack (Islip, NY) — (senior)
McGowan, Casey — Midfield/Defense (West Islip, NY/West Islip, NY) — Georgetown
McKeon, Ciara — Attack (Westhampton, NY/Westhampton Beach, NY) — Central Connecticut
McTiernan, Catherine — Attack (Garden City, NY) — (junior)
Medlock, Kerri — Attack (Mineola, NY) — (junior)
Miksinski, Nicole — Defense (East Hampton, NY) — (junior)
Mulholland, Maeve — Attack (Manhasset, NY/Manhasset, NY) — Williams
Murphy, Ellen — Defense (Babylon, NY) — (senior)
Nawrocki, Corrine — Defense (Northport, NY) — (senior)
Nawrocki, Scarlett — Defense (East Northport, NY/Northport, NY) — Lehigh
Nelson, Jessica — Defense (Northport, NY/Northport, NY) — Princeton
O'Brien, Kelsey — Attack (Reading, VT/Massapequa, CT) — Wheaton
O'Connor, Devin — Midfield (St. Anthony's, NY) — (junior)
Olsen, Christina — Midfield/Attack (W.C. Mepham, NY) — (senior)
Owen, Courtney — Defense (Westhampton Beach, NY) — (senior)
Parry, Danielle — Defense (Westhampton Beach, NY) — (senior)
Peragine, Kristin — Midfield (Riverhead, NY) — (junior)
Piccione, Julie — Attack (Babylon, NY) — (senior)
Plastaras, Alexandra — Midfield (Kings Park, NY) — (junior)
Rea, Christina — Midfield (Levittown, NY/Division Ave, NY) — Old Dominion
Rix, Mikaela — Midfield (Garden City, NY/Garden City, NY) — Boston College
Rogers, Lindsey — Midfield (Hicksville, NY) — (junior)
Rowland, Ashley — Attack (West Babylon, NY) — (senior)
Rullan, Elizabeth — Defense (Ward Melville, NY) — (junior)
Ruttkayova, Sandra — Attack (Riverhead, NY) — (junior)
Salter, Emma — Goalie (Sacred Heart Academy, NY) — (junior)
Sanchez, Haley — Defense (Rocky Point, NY) — (senior)
Schmidt, Catherine — Midfield (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore, NY) — Davidson
Sidaras, Chelsey — Goalie (William Floyd, NY) — (junior)
Sivilli, Maddlyn — Midfield (John Glenn, NY) — (junior)
Smith, Samantha — Attack/Midfield (West Babylon, NY) — (junior)
Smithwick, Allison — Attack (Commack, NY) — (senior)
Socrett, Nicole — Defense (Manhasset, NY) — (senior)
Stolba, Kasey — Midfield/Attack (Harborfields, NY) — (junior)
Sullivan, Barbara — Midfield (Garden City, NY/Garden City, NY) — Notre Dame
Thorsen, Katla — Defense (East Hampton, NY) — (junior)
Thorsen, Kelsi — Midfield (East Hampton, NY) — (senior)
Tricarico, Brittany — Midfield (Comsewogue, NY) — (junior)
Troisi, Maria — Attack (Commack, NY) — (junior)
Venezia, Marina — Goalie (Mt. Sinai, NY) — (junior)
Vesley, Kayla — Attack (Mineola, NY) — (senior)
Viteritti, Natalie — Defense (John Glenn, NY) — (senior)
Viteritti, Nicole — Defense (John Glenn, NY) — (senior)
Waldron, Laura — (Massapequa, NY) — (junior)
Watt, Kelly — Defense (West Babylon, NY) — (junior)
Weber, Shannon — Defense (Babylon, NY) — (senior)
Wernert, Taylor — Midfield/Defense (Hauppauge, NY) — (junior)
Wynne, Ashley — Midfield (Hicksville, NY) — (senior)

For those that were unaware, it was confirmed that Shannon Gilroy did in fact suffer a torn ACL. Reports from her coach and others indicate that surgery will be within the next several days. BOTC wishes a strong recovery for this talented young lady and we hope to see her in action at Florida sometime soon!

Jennifer Porretto of Hauppauge named Suffolk County Player of the Year.

Abigail Zeltmann of Hauppauge named Suffolk County Coach of the Year.

Contrats on the well deserved awards!!!!

Cage Sage,

Please post the Long Island Girls who made the US Lacrosse All American list (not just academic all americans). Thanks!

For those interested, the All American and Academic All American selection rules and criteria is available online for review. Our readers should focus on pages seven through twelve.

As we have already posted the Academic All-American listing, the following listing is the Long Island Metro area's first team All Americans.

DiMartino, Dene - Eastport South Manor
Leone, Jamie - Farmingdale
Kelly, McPartland - Farmingdale
Bruno, Alexandra - Garden City
Sullivan, Barbara - Garden City
Tarzian, Caroline - Garden City
Weis, Kelly - Garden City
Mikaela, Rix - Garden City
Peragallo, Stephanie - Hauppauge
Ranftle, Taylor - Hauppauge
Majorana, Halle - Manhasset
Markham, Meg - Manhasset
Fitzgerald, Caroline - Mt. Sinai
Fortunato, Cortney - Northport
Marinelli, Megan - Northport
Gilroy, Shannon - Northport
Gargan, Caitlin - Rocky Point
Heagerty, Annie - St. Anthony's
Messina, Darcy - St. Anthony's
Maurer, Kerrin - St. Anthony's
Bill, Maggie - St. Anthony's
Brady, Shanna - St. Anthony's
Schmidt, Paula - Wantagh
Esposito, Christina - West Babylon
Collins, Erin - West Islip
Sidaras, Chelsea - William Floyd

For those interested, the full national list of Girls All Americans can be viewed here : Full National Listing of Girls All Americans

Also the full national list of Girls Academic All Americans can be viewed here : Full National Listing of Girls Academic All Americans

JP deserved All-American Honors. Unfortunately she plays for the LI Express and is not a YJ so no All-American for her.

Did you actually take a moment to read the All-American criteria that we specifically posted for our BOTC Readers? If you had taken the time to go through the criteria, you would know that club affiliation is not part of the evaluation process.

I think the post was tongue in cheek in regards to club politics. Jen plays for Express.

JP is a Yellow jacket

Long Island Player of the Year, First in Assists. Not only was Jennifer Porretto best all around player on the field, but most unselfish. In the Garden City LI championship, Hauppauge was ahead until she got the yellow. Ask the GC team who they feared the most; not making the All-American is just ridiculous. Ohio State is fortunate to have her.