It’s playoff time and we are inching our way closer to the championship rounds.

LL_Game-Day-CROPPED16Saturday, May 18 quarterfinal matchups are set in New York’s Section 1 as well as the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference in Connecticut. Quarterfinal games are set in Suffolk Class A for Tuesday, May 21: Connetquot at Ward Melville, West Islip at Smithtown East, Bay Shore at Northport and Sachem North at Smithtown West.

Today, Nassau County will complete its semifinal matchup with a pair of Class B quarterfinals at Hofstra.

Here’s the lineup: North Shore will face Wantagh in a 4:30 p.m. game you can watch live on MSGVarsity.com. Manhasset will then face Carey at 6:30 p.m.

The CHSAA playoffs get under way as Archbishop Stepinac plays at Fordham Prep at 4:30 p.m.

Connecticut action is highlghted by a 7 p.m. game between Fairfield Prep (11-4) and Guilford (12-3) at Kavanaugh Turf Field at GHS.

With county championships now complete, state tournament action begins in New Jersey. Among the matchups: Mahwah vs. Indian Hills.

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Today’s schedule/Postseason schedule

NEW YORK

* CHSAA boys

* CHSAA girls

* Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties) boys, girls (click on “Game schedule” tab and use the pull-down menu)

* Section 2 (Albany area) boys, girls

* Section 3 (Syracuse area) boys, girls

* Section 4 (Binghamton area) boys, girls

* Section 5 (Rochester area) boys, girls

* Section 6 independents

* Section 8 (Nassau County) boys, girls (click on “Game schedule” tab and use the pull-down menu)

* Section 9 (Orange and Ulster counties) boys, girls

* Section 10 (Potsdam area) boys, girls

* Section 11 (Suffolk County) boys, girls (click on “Schedule” tab and use the pull-down menu)

* New York City boys

* New York City girls

CONNECTICUT

* CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) boys

* CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) girls

NEW JERSEY

* NJ boys

* New Jersey boys (Public/Parochial)

* New Jersey (Public) girls

* New Jersey (Parochial) girls

NEW ENGLAND

* NE boys

* NE girls

REST OF THE NATION

* Beyond the tristate region/boys

* Beyond the tristate region/girls

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6 Responses to “Friday, 5/17: Nassau quarterfinal doubleheader at Hofstra; Stepinac visits Fordham Prep in CHSAA playoffs; Fairfield Prep (11-4), Guilford (12-3) meet under the lights; NJ state tourney starts”

  1. LaxLessons.com says:

    Final: North Shore 12, Wantagh 8

  2. LehighLax says:

    Impressive win by NS.

  3. LaxLessons.com says:

    Final from the NJ state tournament: Mahwah 8, Indian Hills 6

  4. LaxLessons.com says:

    In the second game of the Section 8 Class B doubleheader at Hofstra, Manhasset and Carey are tied 2-2 at the half.

  5. LaxLessons.com says:

    Final: Fordham Prep 15, Stepinac 4 in the CHSAA AA semifinals

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