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We brought to you the 2014 schedule for two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City here yesterday. So it seems only fair that we give Manhasset equal time. After all, the teams make up the nation’s longest — and best — high school rivalry. When they meet May 3 at Garden City, it […]

Our preseason player perspectives have become an annual tradition at LaxLessons.com. We traverse the tristate — and beyond — to get the thoughts of some of the leading returning varsity players as their teams prepare for the start of a new season. Where better to start for 2014 than at the home of the only […]

Both college games of the Big City Classic can be seen today on ESPNU. Action starts at 4 p.m. as Cornell meets Princeton. Then, at 6:30 p.m., Notre Dame faces Syracuse. ESPNU starts a college lacrosse tripleheader with the game between defending national champion Loyola and host Johns Hopkins at 2 p.m. Speaking of “Classics,” […]

MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s 24/7 Emmy Award winning high school network, will provide live HD coverage of the 123rd Annual Woodstick Classic between Garden City HS and Manhasset HS, the oldest uninterrupted public school lacrosse rivalry in the nation, this Saturday, April 27 starting at 7 pm on MSG Varsity, Optimum TV Channel 14. The Woodstick […]

LaxLessons.com and Epoch Lacrosse have teamed up for a new feature at LaxLessons.com in which lacrosse standouts share their epic high school memories. A two-time All-American for New York State’s current reigning Class B champion Garden City, Dean Gibbons managed to more than equal his lofty accomplishments at the Division I level. Gibbons, an attackman […]

Manhasset is looking to return to a familiar place. After winning back-to-back state titles, the Indians have not returned to the state tournament the last two seasons. That stretch coincides with Manhasset’s move up to Class B, where rival Garden City has won Nassau County titles in both 2011 and ’12 and the state title […]

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 […]

 Photo by Miles Tintle If you looking for the prototype of what college coaches are looking for in a major Division I midfielder, we refer you to Exhibit A. His name is Ryan Matthews. The Manhasset senior has size, speed, a strong shot and exceptional stick skills. He was also as equally impressive on the […]

The Woodstick Classic is the nation’s longest uninterrupted high school boys lax annual affair. Last year’sevent,  the 120th edition of a rivalry that started in 1935, had special significance since both Garden City and Manhasset were aligned in the same class, meaning it was a likely preview of the Nassau County Class B title game. […]

Much of the preseason buzz surrounding the 2011 season centered on the fact that longtime Woodstick Classic rivals Manhasset and Garden City would be competed in the same class – B. That meant that either Manhasset or Garden City would not get out of Nassau County in the postseason – let alone make it to […]

Garden City will start the 2011 season No. 2 in the nation in the Inside Lacrosse/Under Armour national power rankings. But before worrying about how the stack up nationally, or even making it back to the state championship game, the Trojans first have to find a way to get out of Nassau County. That’s because […]

Our current poll question is, “Who do you think will be Long Island’s best team in 2011?” (Don’t forget to exercise your right to vote. On the right panel of this page, just scroll past the “New Comments” and “Popular” tabs and click on “Poll,” and then click on your choice.) Two of the nominees […]

Top photo: Manhasset senior captain John Duvnjak celebrates the Indians’ 8-2 win over Garden City in the Woodstick Classic. Above photo: Matt Rubertone of Manhasset chases after Garden City’s Will Fuller. (Photo by newsphoto.com. For a gallery of photos from the game, click here.)

I only wish I could make it to all of them. Realistically, three is going to be a stretch. But I’m going to try. (Other than the postseason tripleheaders, this will be a first for me. So stay tuned, my friends.)

Sophomore attackman Brian Coleman and the Garden City Trojans have dominated recent meetings in the Woodstick Classic. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com)