Northport-Smithtown East Class A title game suspended by lightning
Northport's Timothy Kirchner (31) looks to get around Smithtown East's Owen Carroll (32) in the first quarter during the Suffolk High School boys lacrosse Class A final between Smithtown East and Northport on Wednesday June 1 2022 at East Islip High School Credit: Bob Sorensen
The Suffolk Class A boys lacrosse championship game was suspended Wednesday evening because of lightning.
The top-seeded Northport Tigers were leading No. 3 Smithtown East, 13-8, with 7:28 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Play will resume at 3 p.m. Thursday at East Islip High School.
The game was tight throughout most of the first three quarters.
Freshman Jack Deliberti, faceoff specialist Tyler Kuprianchik and long stick middie Andrew Miller all scored in a 19 second span late in the third quarter to take the top-seeded Tigers from down a goal to up 9-7 with 3:51 remaining in the quarter.
Northport opened the fourth quarter with four straight goals to extend the lead to 13-7 before Smithtown East’s Marcus Wertheim scored to cut it to 13-8.
Delberti and Jacob Starcke each had three goals for Northport. Brendon Marz had three goals for Smithtown East.
Gene Morris joined Newsday's sports department in September 2012 and covers high school sports. He earned a journalism degree from Stony Brook University in 2010.
