Photo gallery: Smithtown West beats Cold Spring Harbor in opener

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Photos by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps.com Smithtown West and host Cold Spring Harbor got the 2014 season started on Wednesday, March 19 at CSH. Smithtown West came away with an 8-5 win. The Bulls outscored the Seahawks 4-1 in the second quarter to take a 6-3 lead at the half. Christian Zawadzki had three goals for West, […]

Bethpage (NY) junior Biasi will take his size, speed to St. John’s

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A combination of size and stick skills are two of the most ideal attributes Division I coaches crave in a defenseman. Put checks in both columns for Nick Biasi. The Class of 2015 Bethpage High School (N.Y.) standout checks in at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds. A natural righty, he is equally strong with either hand. So […]

Player’s perspective: Ohio State-bound Blohm hopes to help Syosset (NY) reclaim Nassau County lacrosse crown

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Syosset fell short in its bid to in a second straight Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A title in 2013, so expect the Braves to have nan extra sense of purpose as the 2014 season draws near. Syosset fell to Port Washington 11-9 in the Section 8 semifinals last spring after beating Massapequa in the 2012 […]

Player’s perspective: Berge leads strong group of returnees for defending Nassau County Class A champion Massapequa

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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 […]

Two-time NY state champ Jericho soccer standout Tyler Amodio’s college future is in lacrosse

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Tyler Amodio is focused on soccer right now, and for good reason. The senior is a defenseman on the two-time defending New York state champion Jericho High School boys team that plays South Side on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Nassau County championship game at Adelphi University. His college future, however, is in lacrosse. The […]

Nassau County All-Americans

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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 championship (state quarterfinal) game schedules

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BOYS Saturday, June 1 at Hofstra University in Hempstead. Winners play the Section 1/2/9 champion on Wednesday, June 5 in the state semifinals. Class B Miller Place (Suffolk) vs. Garden City (Nassau), 2 p.m. Class C Shoreham-Wading River (Suffolk) vs. Friends Academy (Nassau), 4:30 p.m. Class A Ward Melville (Suffolk) vs. Massapequa (Nassau), 7 p.m. […]

Player’s perspective: William Sands, Friends Academy (NY) attackman

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Friends has become a force. In Long Island, Class C that is. Friends Academy has advanced to the Nassau County Class C championship game the last two years, falling to Cold Spring Harbor each time. Can the Quakers break through with a title this year? For more, we turn to William Sands. One of the […]

Player’s perspective: Brian Badgett, Garden CIty (NY) midfielder

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Garden City hopes to build off last year’s breakthrough season. After falling in the New York Class B state title game two years in a row, the Trojans coasted to an 11-4 win over Irondequoit in the final at Middletown High School after beating Yorktown 14-4 in the semifinals at Hofstra University. The championship capped […]

You make the call: Who is the favorite in Section 8 Class B?

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There was no shortage of opinion late in the summer when we devoted a thread to an outlook on Section 1 Class B for this coming season. With two-time finalists John Jay and Somers back, and Yorktown moving down from Class A, and Rye moving up from last C, Class B looks to be stacked […]