Hicksville’s Brandon Gamblin scored four goals as Long Island won its fifth straight Empire State Games gold medal by edging Central 7-6 today at Canisius College in Buffalo.

The UMass-bound Gamblin, a midfielder, finished the tournament with 17 goals in six games as Long Island finished 5-1 and avenged for an 8-7 overtime loss to Central in Day 2 of action on Friday night.

In their rematch, Long Island scored three unanswered goals in the third quarter to go ahead 5-4 on a goal by Gamblin. It was a lead it would not relinquish. Central had taken a 4-2 lead halftime lead by scoring twice in the last minute of the second quarter.

Western won the bronze-medal game earlier today at Canisius, defeating Adirondack 13-7. Western outscored Adirondack 6-2 after Adirondack had pulled within 7-5 with just over a minute remaining in the third quarter.

Here are the final standings:

Long Island 5-1 (gold)
Central 5-1 (silver)
Western 4-2 (bronze)
Adirondack 2-4
Hudson Valley 1-4
New York City 0-5

Just as the Empire State Games end today, another showcase event will be starting. It marks the unofficial end of the live July evaluation period for Division I college programs. It’s the Battle of the Hotbeds at the University of Delaware, and it  ends on Wednesday. For a look at the complete Hotbeds schedule, click here.

Also of note, the 21st annual Champ Camp is under way in Baltimore. It features teams from 21 states. For the complete schedule, click here.

All-time scholastic men’s lacrosse champions

(Silver, bronze medalists in parentheses)

2010

2008

Long Island

Long Island

(CN/WN)

(CN/HV)

2007

Long Island

(CN/WN)

2006

Long Island

(WN/HV)

2005

Long Island

(CN/WN)

2004

Central

(LI/AD)

2003

Central

(LI/AD)

2002

Long Island

(WN/CN)

2001

Long Island

(CN/WN)

2000

Western

(HV/LI)

1999

Central

(LI/HV)

1998

Long Island

(HV/WN)

1997

Long Island

(CN/HV)

1996

Long Island

(CN/HV)

1995

Long Island

(CN/WN)

1994

Central

(LI/HV)

1993

Central

(LI/HV)

1992

Hudson Valley

(LI/WN)

1991

Long Island

(HV/WN)

1990

Hudson Valley

(LI/CN)

1989

Central

(HV/WN)

1988

Long Island

(CN/WN)

1987

Long Island

(WN/CN)

1986

Long Island

(CN/WN)

1985

Long Island

(HV/WN)

1984

Central

(LI/WN)

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6 Responses to “LI wins fifth straight gold medal”

  1. Pequa says:

    Wow Gamblin really went off scoring in these 6 games. Congrats LI and to Central for two well played games vs. LI.

  2. Lions Den says:

    Nice job boys!

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  4. BHop says:

    Yeah, its really great to see a town like hicksville with such talent and watching them make it so far to the LI championship.

  5. slacrosse says:

    Gamblin was a wrecking machine!

  6. george fox says:

    just wanted you to know that l.i. was the bronze medalist in 1989.they beat western new york after they lost to hudson valley that year.

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