Win one more, and it's on to the final four
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That’s the situation today, folks, for 24 Section 1 teams as we shift to the quarterfinal round of the Section 1 playoffs.
Today’s winners advance to Friday’s semifinals.
Brian Mendoza and the Mahopac Indians hope to earn a trip to the sectional semifinals. (Photo by Matthew Brown/The Journal News)
Here’s the rundown.
Be sure to weigh in with your info/thoughts/predictions.
Class A
No. 8 Scarsdale at No. 1 Yorktown, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Suffern at No. 3 Horace Greeley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 North Rockland at No. 4 Mahopac, 4:30 p.m.
No. 10 White Plains at No. 2 Lakeland/Panas, 4:30 p.m.
Class B
No. 8 Harrison at No. 1 John Jay, 4:30 p.m.
No. 7 Nyack at No. 2 Brewster, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Ossining at No. 3 Somers, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Fox Lane at No. 4 Hen Hud, 7 p.m.
Class C
No. 8 North Salem at No. 1 Rye, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Briarcliff at No. 4 Pleasantville, 4:30 p.m.
No. 10 Pelham at No. 2 Putnam Valley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Bronxville at No. 3 Byram Hills, 4:30 p.m.
Here’s what awaits after today’s games:
Friday
Section 1 semifinals, at higher seeds
Thursday, June 5
Section 1 finals, at John Jay
Class A, 3 p.m.
Class B, 5:30 p.m.
Class C, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 7
State tournament first round, at Dietz Stadium, Kingston
Class A, 1 p.m.
Class B, 3:30 p.m.
Class C, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 10
State quarterfinals, at Yorktown (if Section 1); at Dietz (if Section 9)
Class A, 3:30 p.m.
Class B, 5:30 p.m.
Class C, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 12
State semifinals, at Hofstra
Class A, 3:30 p.m.
Class B, 5:30 p.m.
Class C, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 14
State finals, at Hofstra
Class A, 11 a.m.
Class B, 1:30 p.m.
Class C, 4 p.m.
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go mahopac!!
ps, his name is spelt bryan. just a heads up
Joe
Rye game has been changed to 5:00, as the girl's game scheduled for yesterday is being played today before the boy's game.
Rye vs. North Salem has been changed to 5 pm
go bcliff!
Lets go briarcliff!'
What if Suffern beats Greeley. Mahopac if victoriuos against NR will play L/p not Ytown.Is that right?
Lax it up
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the winner of Pac v NR will play Town regardless of what happens in the other games. They do not re-shuffle the brackets if there are upsets.
Any thoughts on Briarcliff/Pleasantville.
briarcliff wins
Pumpkins heads get smushed!
Joe, what do you think?
the battle of plesantville road will come to the same conclusion as last time
Joe
Do high vs low seeds go in semis or do seeds stay the same
I don't think they re-seed. Your team is in a "bracket."
Suffern is a team to watch in my view. They only averaged 6.4 goals per game during the regular season, but also allowed only 7.4 per game.
The Mounties may have enough to scare someone, starting with Greeley today. They didn't play Greeley or Yorktown this season, and only lost to L/P by 5, Mahopac by 6 and NR by 1.
I'm not saying they shock the world. I just think they'll definitely be in this game and possibly a semifinal should they beat Greeley.
I also think a Somers-Brewster semifinal will be the highlight of that round. Marasco and King on the same field should be a treat.
Lax08 –
I don't see any big upsets. A couple of the 6 vs. 3 games could be interesting, especially in Class C where Bronxville plays at Byram Hills. The 4-5 games should all be good games. I don't consider a 5 beating a 4 an upset though.
lax it up 123 – The seeds do remaining the same, so 4/5 winner plays 1/8 winner, etc., in semis.
JOE
WHY WAS CHAMINADE NOT IN THE CHSAA STATE TITLE GAME PLAYING
IONA THEY BEAT HOLY TRINITY IN THE LI SEMIS AND ST. ANTS IN THE FINALS?
Mike – This was the inaugural year for the downstate CHSAA state intersectional championship game. In the future, it may be that the actual LI champion plays in the game, but this year it was somewhat arbitrary. We'll see what happens as they go forward.
Mahopac and North Rockland are tied 2-2 in the second period.
How about this? Ossining leads Somers 3-2 at halftime.Somers 18-7 in the regular season.
BCliff vs PVille any updates?
Mahopac leads 6-5 early in the third quarter. Rose has all five goals for the Rock.
Yorktown was up 8-1 early …
Mahopac leads 1O-7 in the middle of the fourth.
Final: Somers 5, Ossining 4
oh wow ossining had a good game
update on mahopac, joe?
According to maxpreps JJ wins 17-4 against Harrison. JJ had an 11 goal 1st quarter.
http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/BoxScores.mxp/AreaID-7d31756e-91d6-468d-90d7-3dc409870b9a/ContestID-ef025d9c-7d39-4868-9948-e1b437764414/opntid-ffe722f3-2165-4d0d-b319-0a1d2ddf5350/SchoolID-2cefc31d-b955-41af-add4-9fea5c2fdfe5/Boys_Varsity_Lacrosse_Spring_07-08/NewYork
John Jay 17, Harrison 4
Greeley Score?
FINAL: Greeley 4, Suffern 3 (not official but what I heard)
Byram was up 7-6 going into the 4th, but it should be final by now.
Putnam Valley 11 Pelham 2
greeley beat suffern
Byram Hills 10 Bronxville 7
GREAT game…7-6 going into the fourth…Byram just wanted it that much more and gave a final push to win it
Pville 7 Briarcliff 6
Final: Mahopac 11, North Rockland 7
Final: Yorktown 18, Scarsdale 6
Pville finally proves its better then an highly overrated briarcliff team
What was the Brewster score?
now that briarcliff lost, will they finally stop writing on the blogs 24/7
Here's more info on Pleasantville's big 7-6 win over Briarcliff:
In a Class C quarterfinal game at Pleasantville, Kevin Reda had three goals and an assist for the No. 4 Panthers, who fell to Briarcliff 9-8 during the regular season. Teammate Conor Fraylick had 16 saves. Mike Perlow had two goals and an assist for the No. 5 Bears, who had won 16 of their last 17 entering the game. The Panthers will face the winner of the Rye/North Salem game Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the semifinals.
Here's more on the other one-goal game we have so far – Somers edging Ossining 5-4:
In a Class B quarterfinal game at Somers, senior Chris DePaolis scored off a feed from freshman Kieran Donohue to break a 4-4 tie midway through the fourth quarter. Joe Marasco had three goals for third-seeded Somers. Eric Shuster scored twice for sixth-seeded Ossining, which had lost to Somers 18-7 during the regular season. Somers will play either No. 2 Brewster or No. 7 Nyack tomorrow in the semifinals.
it was a good game but some tough calls. Cliff should have won. All of you will bad mouth us now. Ok but remember we are league champs and had a great year. Meola is a master and watch us in years to come even though we lose some seniors. Bears rule. Talk against and your a fool
PV 11 Pelham 3
Did anyone besides me notice the solid defensive play by PV`s John McLean, Sean Henry and Ryan Foshay in todays game? One reason Hugh O`Gorman can make the highlight film plays he makes is that these guys have had his back all season. The defensive coverage, slides and pick ups were on the money today. 4 Goals against in two sectional games, doesn`t get much better than that.
Congratulations to Travis Mitariten, got his first Varsity goal in the big game.
The Pelham Goalie #1 Jon Eich was red hot, the write up said 20 saves, it looked more like 40, he kept Pelham in the game in the first half, and never let up or gave up a soft goal. He bears watching next season, if he keeps that up.
WOOHOOO YEAH BYRAM!!!! GOING TO THE SEMIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE….10 YEARS WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO
any news on rye ns?
lacrosse dude u sound like a bitter bcliff guy who was just ousted from the playoffs a little earlier than u expected??....no one is denouncing your accomplishments this year but pleasantville was the better team today and deserved to win
Final: Lakeland/Panas 11, White Plains 3
Final: Putnam Valley 11, Pelham 3
rye wins 12-1 against North Salem. it was close in the first quarter until rye started to try. rye starters started to come out in second quarter. good game overall and should beat Pville again on Fri.
it was 12 – 2 final between rye and North Salem 1 – 0 Rye entering the second quarter
Actually the score of the NS-Rye game was 12-2 and it was a well played game by both teams. Congrats to NS for making it this far in your second year as a Varsity team.
Joe- thoughts on the PV pelham game?
Why do so many people on this blog rip Briarcliff? I don't understand. Do you not want Rye to have legitimate challengers? I'm sure 'Cliff would try to schedule tougher opponents if they could have their ducks in a row. Don't fault them for beating the teams put in front of them.
I expect 'Cliff will add some tougher teams in future years.
not to many people call me joe. But
'cuse- Out of curiosity, who are some of those teams they might look to schedule? Would getting some teams from areas like CT or maybe even LI be an option?
Not to many people call me joe but that kid Daniel O'Gorman not to be confused with Hugh O'Gorman Had a break out game. First career Hat Trick. How bout them apples 12Rock.
Congrats #29
Final: Brewster 15, Nyack 1
Final: Hen Hud 11, Fox Lane 3
any thought about the PV vs Byram Hills game Joe?
watup briacliff you guys all thought u were good but int he ened u cockey idiots finally got wat u deserved. You beat one good team and that was pville and then u came back to lose to them when it counted. It shows when you play good teams in the regular season like pleasantville you will learb from your mistakes and be a better team. props to pville for being great sports at the end of the game unlike briarcliff like the last time pleasantville played them.
Hey white head he was talking to Joe Lombardi ,... and on the other hand yes nice day for the young one …. thanks…. at this point I'll take the W over anything…. Just give me the W and keep on playing. team work and good coaching will get this done
Hey Awa yes longpoles are like grunts blue collar guys … they need to work as a unit and carry a heavy load …. and do not always get enough credit…. trust me i feel you on this ..But if we can lets keep it as one unit at this time of year …. win as one … lose as one its all about unity
Thanks again Lax Diddy ( Daddy)
Click here for a rundown of Friday's semifinal matchups.
The last post was mine
In the words of the infamous Tommy Smothers.
"Mom always liked Hugh Better"
laxguy11,
Of course I don't know when scheduling is conducted and when teams have available slots, but if I was to put together a list of the types of teams Briarcliff should go after, I would suggest the following:
Guilderland, Shenendehowa, Niskayuna from Section 2
Mt. Sinai, Cold Spring Harbor from Section 11
North Shore from Section 8
There are plenty of good upstate Class C schools, like New Hartford, Skaneateles and Homers from Section 3.
Briarcliff would probably lose a lot of these games, but you know what? They'd be better for it. And eventually they'd start beating these teams and then could schedule even bigger fish. The most important aspect is teams of this nature or better—like a Nisky or Cold Spring Harbor—would show Briarcliff what its faults are, and would give you a sneak preview of the type of skill level you'd see in a state tournament at the Class C level.
Now, I know Lafayette and Manhasset are the perennial powers state-wide in Class C, but if you do like Rye has, you pass everyone else and snuggle in right behind them. If so, then it's just a matter of time before you are top dog.
Shen, Nisky and Guilderland are not Class C schools but I get your point.
congrats to Chris Bocklet. Just found out he had his 200th career goal today against Harrison.
Syracuse,
Agree with your comments on Cliff. In earlier blogs Bcliff people that seemed legit and objective said Cliff had tried hard to sched good out of section comp but had trouble scheduling teams who wanted to play teams they perceived to be "better" then Cliff. I actually felt Cliff scheduling Chatham (then #3 in NJ + ranked 1 AHEAD of Delbarton!) was an over-reach and could have been counter-productive being swamped by a FAR FAR superior team.
By way Rye needs to "toughen itself up" and has a ways to go in terms of scheduling a number more TOUGH out of section games (dont mean WM or West Islip type teams). The Wantaugh game was really the only legit out of section game scheduled.
L@X,
Disagree with your comment that reason was only 1-0 after 1st Q was because Rye "wasn't trying". They WERE trying (as always) and dominating with huge possesion advantage but their SOG were not lethal (at the goalie, etc) and their passes to cutters were missing.
Then in 2nd Q it all came together for the O in terms of the above and the goals started coming.
Overall thought Rye played very well in O, D, transition, etc.
Hats off to NS who made a great effort and by the way were only playing with 5 dressed substitutes!!!
North Salem went out and put up a bit of a challenge the 1st 3rd and 4th quarters, Rye can say they were trying or not, but North Salem put their heads high and kept it close for the first 12 mins, a change in D and a step up from Rye proved fatal in the 2nd quarter, but even down 7 goals NS didn't just roll over and let rye have the game. For a second year varsity team against a powerhouse, it was nothing to be ashamed of.
laxman – I just made my pick on Pville-Byram and the otehr five semis. You can check it out here.
Twin, I know they aren't Class C schools. I just listed them as possibilities because they are up and coming. Also, because I bet if you wanted to schedule a good state A school, they'd be likely choices because they aren't as in demand.
I wouldn't say Briarcliff was cocky in lacrosse at all…there wasn't many bcliff lax bloggers and the ones that were weren't snobby rude or anything. You guys are getting confused with basketball.
way too much Briarcliff chatter. They are a relatively new program who beat some terrible teams and got killed by the only 2 good teams they played. Now that their youth program is growing, the potential is there, but this year's team is mediocre at best. Hopefully the chatter will be realistic ,
in around 2011.
can pville and bcliff go back to playing hoops, ugh
greeley 4
suffern 3
great defensive battle
greeley keeper 15 saves
suffern keeper 17 saves
fried scored 2 for greeley
sorrillo patrick and milovich were the scorers for suffern
good job to both teams
Bcliff,
Know its got to be a tough loss but sounds like a great game, competitive game. Just keep winning games in Section, sched tough out of section games and with junior program , Bcliff will be in real good shape in future
16, all other pville bloggers-
dont try and call your selves classy you guys mabye shook hands and didnt throw your pads but many of you dirtbags drove behind the briarcliff bus honking at those kids and cursing at them which is the most classless act i have ever hurd of in a highschool lacrosse game you should all be ashamed of youselves for calling yourselves classy your all pathetic and need to learn respect and what class really is
WOW – ya know what my friend that blog to 16 really and truly doesn't hold much water. You have the audacity to even mention the words respect and class – PLEASE FRIEND get or buy yourself a clue!!!
wow-
When people talk about Class they are talking about the players and not the kids honking horns. Look you must admit Bcliff players got a little carried away with their last win by throwing sticks, pads, etc. Now Pville wins clearly a much more important game and walks off field like it was just another game. No big deal was made from the Pville kids and that you have to agree was very classy.
Look in lacrosse it was pads, and sticks and in Basketball your player was taking his jerseys off and throwing it on the court…..a Trend??
In the Bears defense their play in all sports has really taken off in the last 5 years or so. Their girl sports are off the charts in Bball and soccer. The girls teams seem all to have class its just the Bcliff boys and parents that most people can't stand.
What is a bigger upset Rye beating JJ or Pville beating Rye? If you answered the Rye win I would agree. I think the Rye win is clearly a much bigger upset. So why can't Pville upset Rye? Extreme long shot but fingers are crossed over here. After a terrible regular season this would be all forgotten if Pville could beat the 2nd best team in the state (behind Yorktown)
Hopeful,
Where is stat showing Rye #2 in NY behind Town??
An earlier blog few days ago showed a NYS poll with Rye #3 in Class C (cant remember where town was in Class A)
Dont know if you're a Pville fan but if so good luck tomorrow.
Thanks
Slacrosse,
Maybe he meant "section" instead of "state."
I don't know. I'm beginning to wonder a little if Rye's offense, conservative as it is, will be enough to win at Hofstra. I'm going to stick by them but their play over the last few weeks, at least when they have the ball, has given me a tiny moment of pause.
Look, it's one thing to score in single digits most of the time and win against Section I, even with the region's improvements, but it's another when you're margin for error is microscopic against a team like Manhasset or SWR. I think defensively Rye will do what it does and do it well. I just don't know if 5 or 6 goals, if they can score that many, will be enough against a team of that caliber from Long Island.
I'm also beginning to think John Jay would beat Rye 7 or 8 times out of 10. I'm not trying to start trouble, but as much as we've beaten Rye's offense to death this season on this board, you can't ignore the fact that it's still poses a big problem come states.
Any thoughts?
I guess you have never been to a Murphy Cup game??? The winner of that game celebrates in the same fashion after a win!! To throw their sticks and gloves out of excitement after being around for 5 short years and beating their cross town rivalry is exciting!! But please do not cut them at the knees!! Do not compare them to the basketball team!! They are very classy and shook their hands and respect P-Ville very much!! Coach meola would not have it any other way!!!
Steve R
Im glad to see that all the P'Ville folks think that showing class is important because they will get a chance very soon to show some when there season ends at Rye. You may want to tell the Bus Driver to keep it running so as to get a head start on any Rye kids that want to follow the bus.
Speaking of hoops… did P'Ville get any more kids from the Cottage school lately? Real classy there…How about that the Catcher on the Baseball team that lived in the Bronx?
If you want want to talk easy schedules look at your football squad. Pleasantville always was and always will be a joke..
Jakesmith,
Good point Jake about the Murphy Game. I was merely trying to defend the comments from Wow:
"you should all be ashamed of youselves for calling yourselves classy your all pathetic and need to learn respect and what class really is"
At least I found a Bcliff fan that admits the jersey throwing at the County Center was as embarrising as it gets.
Good luck Pville against Rye….U will need it!
jake smith
Nobody would compare your Lax team to your Hoop team because your Hoop team Played in 2 Section Championships and Won one. Your lax team won nothing… What you dont get is people dont like to accept losing, sure they can accept losing to Yorktown in lax or Mount Vernon in Hoops. But they cant accept losing to Briarcliff in Hoops or Lax and if they do lose then Briarcliff or "whoever" else had no class. Dont you get it? Its just to make "themselves" feel better. Take Hopeful for example, somebody who obviously is blog snot that never played lax or hoops but knows alot about class, he's got tons of class…all low however. And dont worry, you can hang on to regular season win vs. P'Ville as tight as you want, gloves, stix and all.
48hrs-
I will agree with you on one thing. Pville has no chance against Rye at all. I would agree to keep the bus running but with diesel prices at 5.00 a gallon probably not a good idea. Rye did beat them 10-4 during the season and seems to stepped up there game so I would say 14-2 Rye.
Did the Pville hoops have a kid from the cottage school this year? I don't think they did. Just to let you there are around 10 to 15 cottage school kids who go PHS each year. So once in awhile one of those kids play basketball? Is that a big deal? Irivington HS has the same thing.
Onto your football comment. Listen Pville has and will always be a football town. Yes did they have a little bump in the road during the end of the Rote era. Have they always crushed Briacliff, YES!! Things are starting to change and as the last two years have shown they will be on the top of their Class. Do you know what Class means? Oh ya and onto their "soft/joke" schedule. They did beat Nanuet(6-2) Westlake (6-3) and they lost to Sleepy who was undefeated except for its losses to Rye (Undefeated State Champs). Now they did in fact have one "INCREDIBLY SOFT" team on their schedule. I am pretty sure it was a second grade team. The score was 28-0 Pville. You might know the team. I am not sure where they were from but they have blue and orange uniforms, nickname the "Bears", fans were incredibly rude and classless, and if you look at them you would swear they are Pumkin Heads!
Yours truly,
Smashing Pumpkins
Re-lax,
I am confused by your comments are you on Jake Smiths side or against it? Not sure what you mean about not accepting losing to Briacliff and then talking about class. Not sure if you saw but it was Pville who won yesterday. In regard to your comments about never playing hoops or lax your right I did not play lax since it wasn't a sport at PHS when I graduated. I did play hoops but not sure why either of that matters.
Syracuse,
I'm a known 150% die-hard Rye fan but have always TRIED to be objective on my blogs as you've always been. Wish you hadn't put this to me.
Teams can break thru their stats but can't get away from stats when trying to reach a conclusion. So yes agree you have objective basis for your concern.
Looking at Manhassat in their W's and L's vs their VERY BEST Comp(inc some of the best teams in the country)
they've scored an av of 9 goals per game, well above same stat for Rye.
So as in the JJ game, I think Rye is gonna have to get up in the area of at least 10 goals to make this a competitive game. Rye's D is very strong but I cant see Manhassat scoring less then their average per above.
But "stats" dont play!! Kids do!! So I think with the "juices really running" and Rye's confidence getting stronger and stronger for this bunch of great atheletes, the odds are building in favor of Rye having more then a decent chance to have another "JJ type" game therefore giving them the chance to win. If they win then they definately win the finals.
Disagree with your preliminary feeling that JJ beats Rye 7-8 x's out of 10 which I guess means that Town beats Rye 9-10 times out of 10? I dont view JJ and Town THAT differently (agree Town > Jay > Rye) and feel that Town and Jay win more like 6-7 x's out of 10.
Would love to see a Town Rye rematch now with BOTH teams playing so much better then when they met in early April.
Smashing Pumkins
Trust me on this one thing…Pleasantville a Football town? Based on what? I assure you that there is not one other school(other than PVille) that considers PVille a football town. Bump in the road…lol Mt Everest on the Freeway is more like it. Lets not forget a recent stat. The last time PVille played in a Sectional Football Final they lost to your beloved Briarcliff(not a lot of Pumkins were smashed I assure you) yeah yeah Briarcliff was rude and classless that day I'm sure as well..blah blah blah
As far a losing to Sleepy is concerned, Class B Football last year was Rye, Sleepy and everyone else, including Panther Pukes(Winner of the Loser Bowl), Westlake, Nanuet(Loser of the Loser Bowl) and everyone else a distant Non-Factor.
Good luck in Class C…lol Say Hello to DobbsFerry Panther Puke
Facebook that Cliff, maybe that was being a little full of yourselves. Great crowd but left really fast.
Jake Smith- the murphy cup is an entirely different situation. That game is so filled with emotion that you cannot compare it to any briarcliff pville game, no matter the implications.
But i think what should be looked at that shows the true class(or lack there of) of briarcliff is what happened at the end of the JJ v Rye game. Rye's OT victory was a huge victory , but as you can see on the LoHud video, Rye didn't dog pile, throw their helmets, or hardly even throw off their gloves. They just congratulated each other and went to shake hands. THAT is what it means to be extremely classy. I hope Briarcliff had fun throwing their equiptment around in the regular season cause now not only are they out of the playoff,but they have proved themselves a second rate team when it comes to class.
Slacrosse,
Fair enough on your assessment of Rye's chances but I disagree on the Yorktown-Rye who would win how many times out of 10 thing. Until you win once, you can't say Town would win 6 or 7 out of 10. Rye has never beaten Yorktown, so it's completely unfair to say they's win 30-40 percent of the games between them going forward.
You need the first one, and then some consistency, ah la what Jay has done over the last few years, before you can make that claim.
But that said, I'd agree anywhere from 6-8 times out of 10 Jay would beat Rye.
Briarcliff bashers….. coach Meola has been through many a Murphy Cup and in fact has spoken many times about building upon the Panther/Bear rivalry in the same way. Perhaps it was this emotion that might begin a long road of good games. As for class, remember this is a young program, with a great year, perhaps one of it's biggest wins, showing emotion is class. Yes the table turned in the latest game, but both were one goal games. If you ever played this game, and I'll bet that many of you did not, you know how great a win in OT feels. As for class, Smashing Pumpkin is going to talk about class??? Give me a break, we could buy and sell you several times over…. Funny how we never hear Lakeland or Yorktown fans discuss this. A good rivalry and sometimes more, but loud mouths don't talk lack of class over celebration.
Briacliff
Smashing Pumpkin is going to talk about class??? Give me a break, we could buy and sell you several times over….
I think that comment "we could buy and sell you several times" over just shows you want not just Pville but all of Westchester think you guys are a bunch of snobs.
Can you please explain how that comment has anything to do with lacrosse, sports, class, or maybe it just shows your lack of class.
Briarcliff,
Nice comments. Very true. Though Yorktown and L/P want nothing more than to beat each other, there is certainly a mutual respect between the programs and schools, mostly because these kids all grew up playing against each other, maybe even as friends.
It would seem to me the same should be the case down in the B-Cliff/P-ville area. At least, one would think so considering proximity.
Growing up I remember that even though Yorktown owned Lakeland, things were always civil. I know Lakeland and Mahopac tend to hate each other on occasion, but it never gets out of hand.
You're starting to see a similar mutual respect between Town and John Jay as well.
I said it before, I just don't understand why everyone is jumping on Briarcliff. Could it be because some see the writing on the wall? That Coach Meola has something special going on over there that many of the bashers can't be a part of? You'd think the P'Ville or whomever supporters would be supportive of the fact that Class C is often more competitive than Class A and rivals Class B in tight games that can often go either way.
It's one thing to want to beat your rivals. Obviously everyone wants that, but it's another entirely to act like a horse's you know what before, during and after the fact.
I'll be first to admit I might hate losing to John Jay more than anyone, but I'm not going to turn around and act like I'm 12 in the process. Respect is truly earned and if you don't know that by now, you'll spend your life antagonizing everyone.
If that's the case, move to England and join a soccer firm.
Ur Kidding Right??- Yorktown…. please explain why you can't spell BRIARCLIFF!!!!!!!
Why is there so much talk on these boards about Pleasantville and Briarcliff? Both had good years, both are up and coming, both are well-coached, both are located in central westchester (just a mile or two apart). I understand this. What I don't understand is the lack of respect shown for each other's opponent. I have been part of numerous murphy cup games and after every game, the teams always shook hands (after the other had celebrated) and we sometimes even hung out together. Mr. Murph used to invite L/P and Ytown players to his house. Believe it or not, the players got along very well. The reason: they respect each other, no matter how lopsided the defeat, no matter the importance of the game. They respect that both are in the same boat. They both face similar pressures from their respective coaching staffs, media, fans, college decision-making and so on. L/P and Ytown even used to practice together. When I see talk about "class" and "who has more money" and who is "rude" and whatever else, I see people who might not fully understand what lacrosse is about. It isn't about class or who's town is better. It is about the players and their dedication to their teams and programs. I do not know Pville or Bcliff on a personal level, but I have been impressed with their emergence. Can we please put this Pville-Bcliff stuff to rest and focus on the game that was played?
True Class doesnt require claiming to have it or saying others dont, those who accuse others of not having any usually own the biggest void…
I am with you… btw Knew Mr. Murph well.
Most of the P-ville fans talking here don't know Lax or are so stupid that they are focused on B-cliff today and not Rye. Way to go guys… Make us all look stupid. B-cliff is a good team, but you idiots need to learn the game and look ahead. I see your future at the local gas station.
hey briarcliff dont even talk about being good sports you have basketball players who throw their freaking jersey on the floor because they get dominated by marc miller you guys have a lot of class. Also how about in 2004 to 2006 with all the players on your footballl team taking steroids everyone knew you guys did it so dont deny it. 28-0 and 7-6 thats all i got to say.
I suggest everyone on this board read this story.
All this talk of class and respect … well, if you want to know the true meaning of each, you need look no further than what happened in upstate New York earlier this month.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3398247
And when you're done, maybe you'll want to re-think how you look at your opponents because … you just never know.
Man: relish those words of wisdom, as your intelligence proves more true every comment. BTW use an apostrophe in don't, names are capitalized and comments accusing illegalities are just plain ignorant. Keep working it man!
Wow what else is there to say a quick slap of reality
Thanks Cuse.
the man(punk)
the same basketball players who spanked you in 5 straight games(talk about dominated), while your ridiculously lousy football players chant obsenities in the stands.
PVille's entire athletic history consists of a couple of kids from Elmsford and an occasional recruit from the Cottage school…what a tradition.
Haha at the steroids on the football team allegation…Name one player on Briarcliff during those years that was actually big? I can name a couple Pleasantville players in all sports that took steroids..So lets not go there.
briarcliff has owned pleasantville in basketball for the past two years and the rest has been pleasantville.
also u guys are saying how we got pocanico kids but how would your team be if you didn't have beechum the past few years and what about higle in football too so i wouldn't talk if i was you because pleasantville would've easily beat briarcliff that year if u guys didn't have him.
Wow- I notice no P-ville talk after a bad loss to Rye. Face it, steroid talk, jersey taking off talk, even trash talk about beating us in the sectionals needs to stop now! Summer league is now on the horizon for all. Stop the garbage talk and get real!!
By the way… Great job Rye
pville-bcl STOP! hard 2 watch shut da ```up
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OK, OK… We stink, I get it! Rye Rocks, Cliff should have won and we need to change sports. Enough already