Berge on Massapequa’s first-ever NY state title: ‘Words don’t do it justice’
Photo by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps Massapequa’s first visit to the New York State Final Four was a memorable one. The Chiefs cruised to a 16-2 win over Section 3’s Fayetteville-Manlius in the Class A championship game at Hofstra University for their first state title in their first state title-game appearance. That came after an impressive show […]
Lacrosse Insider: Here are the Top 50 in our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason rankings
Our first-ever player rankings debuted here Sunday at Lacrosse Insider as we ran down players 50-100 in our listing of the Top 100 varsity players in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region heading into the 2014 season. For those just joining us, because we won’t budge in our […]
Player’s perspective: Berge leads strong group of returnees for defending Nassau County Class A champion Massapequa
After falling by one goal to Syosset in the 2012 Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A title game, Massapequa came back to become Chiefs of Section 8 in 2013. ‘Pequa picked up a 14-5 win over Port Washington. The postseason ride ended with a 12-3 loss to eventual state champion Ward Melville in the Long Island […]
Ask Joe: These lacrosse standouts are the tristate’s top football players
Reader “Just sayin” asked the question. Now, Joe Lombardi has the answer. Just sayin” wanted to know who Joe thinks the top football-playing tristate lacrosse standouts are. Here’s Joe’s response: I talk all the time about the football/lacrosse connection and the synergy between the sports. We now have more football/lacrosse standouts than ever. And in […]
Nassau County All-Americans
Two players from two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City — Eddie Blatz and Justin Guterding — were among the 10 players from Nassau County named US Lacrosse All-Americans. Just two of the recipients — Craig Berge and Will Sands — are juniors. Below is the complete list, which was first reported earlier […]
Long Island boys, girls teams for Under Armour Underclass Tournaments
Long Island teams that will compete in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic Underclass Tournament at Towson University in Maryland July3-5 have been selected. Boys Craig Berge, 2014, midfield, Massapequa Liam Blohm, 2014, longstick midfield, Syosset Sam Bonafede, 2014, midfield, Chaminade Brian Cannon, 2014, attack, Northport Nicholas Capuana, 2014, defense, Massapequa J.t. Caputo, 2014, […]
Massapequa (NY) midfielder Berge bound for Georgetown
Craig Berge’s abilities on the field made him a target recruit of many of the nation’s top programs. The midfielder at Massapequa High School (N.Y.), one of the top juniors in the nation, became even more appealing to elite college programs because of his proficiency in the classroom. He sports a 3.73 grade-point average. So […]
Player’s perspective: Nick Capuano, Massapequa (NY) defenseman
Mark it down. Massapequa will be one of the teams playing in the Nassau County Class A title game. That may be a bold prediction to make, but then again, when you look at what’s happened the last three years, it may considered a pretty safe pick. That’s because the Chiefs have in the the […]
