High School Boys Lacrosse
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Live blog: New York Class A final, Farmingdale vs. Ithaca
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**FINAL**: Wow, what a way to start the day here in Cicero. Korey Hendrickson scores his third of the day 42 seconds into overtime to give Farmingdale its first state title with an 12-11 win over Ithaca.
**UPDATE**: At the 6:34 mark, Lasda scored his third of the game (all in the second half) on a bounce shot past a double team to tie it yet again, this time at 10.
**UPDATE**: Just 10...
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Farmingdale (16-4) vs. Ithaca (19-1)
State Class A final, 11 a.m. on Saturday at Cicero-North Syracuse High
The Dalers have been magnificent in the playoffs, especially on offense. Farmingdale’s run-and-gun attack, led by Sal Tuttle and Korey Hendrickson, is averaging 14 goals per game. They’ve been aggressive on ground balls and faceoffs, too, a key reason they ended West...
Read more »A familiar foe for Garden City
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Garden City (19-2) vs. Jamesville-DeWitt (21-0)State Class B final, 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Cicero-North Syracuse High
With West Islip out of the mix, this game is between arguably the two best teams in the state.
The Trojans have won 15 in a row by a combined 178-46, including Wednesday night's 10-8 semifinal victory over Yorktown in the sweltering White Plains heat. They are 4-2 all-time...
Read more »Bayport-BP wins state semis
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WHITE PLAINS – Phantom phanatics were everywhere. From Mike DeBlasio’s father, Jack, who drove from Ohio where he was on a business trip on Wednesday morning and drove back home after the game. To hundreds of students from Bayport-Blue Point High School who drove an hour and a half and provided an enthusiastic soundtrack of bleacher-rattling stomps, chants and cheers for the...
Read more »Blog: Garden City wins in Class B state semis
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Garden City defeated Yorktown (Section I) 10-8 at White Plains High School in the boys lacrosse Class B state semifinals. Follow along with Chris Mascaro as he live blogs below, and watch the action with a livecast by clicking here.
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Read more »Blog: Farmingdale wins in Class A state semis
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Farmingdale defeated Shenendehowa (Section II) 14-10 at White Plains High School in the boys lacrosse Class A state semifinals.
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Read more »State semifinals pushed back due to heat
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Tonight's boys lacrosse state semifinals at White Plains H.S. in Westchester have been delayed by one hour each due to excessive heat.
Farmingdale and Shenendehowa's Class A semi originally scheduled for 3:30 p.m. will now begin at 4:30 p.m.
The Class B semi between Garden City and Yorktown will now begin at 6:30 p.m. instead of 5:30.
The Class C semi between Bayport-Blue...
Read more »State semifinal preview
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Wednesday at White Plains High School are the East Regional semifinals (a.k.a. the state semifinals). Long Island champions Farmingdale (Class A), Garden City (Class B) and Bayport-Blue Point (Class C) will be representing the Island.
Here is a quick breakdown of each game...
CLASS A: Farmingdale (15-4) vs. Shenendehowa (19-1), 3:30 p.m.
The biggest challenge for coach Bob...
Read more »New York State boys lacrosse playoff brackets
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Below are the New York State championship brackets. The semifinals will be held Wednesday at White Plains High School and the finals will be played Saturday at Cicero-North Syracuse High.
Nassau and Suffolk brackets are also listed below. Final conference standings can be viewed here.
STATE PLAYOFFS: Class A - Class B - Class C
NASSAU: Class A - Class B -...
Read more »Live blog: Long Island Class A final, West Islip vs. Farmingdale
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**FINAL**: The streak is over.
West Islip's 40-game winning streak was snapped when senior middie Mike Perettine scored on a low bouncer to the far post to give Farmingdale a 10-9 win.
The Dalers won their first Long Island title since 2003.
**End of regulation**: Yet again, West Islip is headed to overtime. We're tied at 9.
Federico scored two in a row, the second...
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