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Manhasset boys lacrosse advances to Nassau 'B' final

Manhasset's Michael Fahey, left, gets pressured by Chaminade's

Photo credit: James Escher

During practices, the Manhasset boys lacrosse team is always talking about one more.

One more pass, that is, to the guy who is slightly more open and closer to the crease than the one with the ball in his stick at the time. One more instance of unselfish play on offense in an effort to produce one more win.

“It symbolizes the greater good of the team,” said captain Mike Fahey, who leads...

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Big win alert: Garden City tops Manhasset

Garden City defender Linda Marie Attanasio.

Photo credit: James Escher

As it turns out, Garden City is still… Garden City.

Junior Haley O’Hanlon scored a career-high four goals, including the winner in overtime, as Garden City edged rival Manhasset, 10-9, on Thursday in Conference I girls lacrosse.

O’Hanlon’s goal with 14 seconds left in the first overtime gave the Trojans a 10-8 lead before Manhasset’s Natalie Stefan scored with 1:43 remaining in the second...

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Nassau boys lacrosse top performers

Hewlett's Zach Richman takes a shot on goal

Photo credit: James Escher

Nassau boys lacrosse top performers for the period April 2-8

1. Jake Brown, Long Beach

With his team down 4-2 at halftime last Friday against Oceanside, Brown, a defenseman, became very offensively-minded and decided to run an idea by his head coach.

“I noticed their faceoff guy was only in for that initial play and then ran off the field,” Brown said. “I knew we needed to figure...

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Player Profile: Alice Coughlin

Manhasset defender Alice Coughlin (April 6, 2013)

Photo credit: Stephen Haynes

We’re gonna try a couple new things this season to add some more flavor to the blog. One of the new additions will be the Player Profile posts. These will be Q&A style write-ups for the purpose of getting a quick glimpse at the people behind the goggles (and goalie masks).

I will readily admit that this idea was stolen from Mike Gavin’s softball blog. But, hey, since softball had it, we...

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3 LIers named to Field Hockey All-Region Team

Garden City's Victoria Piscopo passes the ball against

Photo credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Maddy Molinari, Victoria Piscopo and Katie Trombetta were named to the field hockey All-Region team, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association announced on Tuesday.

Molinari, a Manhasset forward, was Long Island's second leading scorer with 30 points, and her 18 assists were the most. The senior helped lead the Indians to the Nassau Class B championship. Molinari was an All-State and Newsday...

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