Somers is looking for a new head coach.John DeVito has resigned from his position after one year in charge. He took over for Tim Schurr, who was fired after the 2007 after four years as the head coach. Schurr wound up returning as an assistant last season.John DeVito, who took over for Tim Schurr as [...]

Here are the scores:

A Division: No Limit 8, Green Lobster 2

A1 Division: Publik House 11, Giner Real Estate 3

B Division: Sowest 14, White Plains 6

High school division: White Plains 7, Nanuet 4

No Limit's Paul Carcaterra is defended by Green Lobster's Parker McKee during the A-division final of the Sound Shore Lacrosse League at Purchase College. [...]

Iona Prep's Nick Trizano and John Jay graduate James Whalen are both headed to Drexel, where they will play for head coach Chris Bates, a former standout at John Jay and Dartmouth College.

• Recruiting updates for the Class of 2009

• Recruiting updates for the Class of 2008

Stepinac's Brian Fee resigned from his position as head coach, a post he has held for the last nine years, this morning. He led Stepinac to one co-league title and one tri-league title during his time as coach.

Pleasantville coach Gregg Cavaluzzi resigned from his head coaching job at Pleasantville, one that he has held the last three seasons, on Monday.

"The kids, the district, the school, were all great," Cavaluzzi said. "I needed to take most of the summer to make this decision. There were just too many outside distractions that made it [...]

Still no decision according to Dave Marr regarding whether Yorktown will be in Class A or Class B next year. Because of enrollment, the 'Huskers are technically a B school, but are considering petitioning moving up to A.

Enrollment figures say Yorktown should be in Class B next season, but the 'Huskers are considering petitioning to [...]

Just spoke to Suffern's Dave McNally. Approximately 325 players tried out for the Empire team and it's now down to about 125.

The tryout process continues on Monday at Horace Greeley. Registration is from 3:15-4 p.m. and tryouts will go from approximately 4:30-6 p.m.

McNally expects to make cuts down to between 45-60 after the next tryout [...]

Brutal day thus far for Section 1. It's up to Rye now.
Warmup clock reads 39:15 so this game should start a few minutes after 8:30.

Kevin Drew and John Jay shocked Huntington last year. Can John Jay return to Long Island and win again? (Dave Kennedy/Journal News file photo)

Hopefully I can provide some insights into today's semifinal games considering I covered Long Island lacrosse the last few years. Below are some thoughts about these three monumental state semifinals. [...]

Stars such as John Ranagan have Yorktown thinking a state title is possible. Yorktown plays Long Island champion Syosset at 3:30 p.m. today at Hofstra in a state semifinal. (Photo by Matthew Brown/Journal News)

I might be writing these same words on Saturday, but today represents one of the biggest days in Section 1 boys lacrosse [...]

As a result of the extreme heat, the three boys lacrosse state regional final games scheduled for today at Yorktown have been postponed until Wednesday.

Class A: Yorktown will play Niskayuna at 3:30 at Yorktown.

Class B: John Jay will play South Glens Falls at 5:30 at Yorktown.

Class C: Rye will play Johnstown at 3:30 at Lakeland.

Long [...]

It should be the most exciting day of the season for Section 1 lacrosse. Instead, it wound up being pretty predictable. And no one was surprised.

Sam Fulmer scored Rye's biggest goal of the season in a double-overtime 9-8 win over John Jay on May 8. Now he'll try to lead the Garnets to their fourth straight sectional title. (Mike Roy/The Journal News)

Here are some quick facts and stats to know about the Class C final.

Chris Bocklet will attempt to lead John Jay to its fourth straight sectional title. (Dave Kennedy/Journal News file photo)

Here are some quick facts and stats to know about the Class B final.

Yorktown defeated Lakland/Panas 9-6 in last year's sectional final. No surprise that the teams will be meeting again this year. (Vincent DiSalvio/Journal News file photo)

Coming tomorrow: A look at the Class B final between John Jay and Brewster.

Here are some quick facts and stats to know about the Class A final.

Can a road team win a game? Can we get an upset?

Apparently not thus far during the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Iona Prep returns its core next year in a very important season for the Gaels. (Photo by Matthew Brown/The Journal News).

So Iona Prep went through what all the top teams in the area go through today in the downstate CHSAA Class A final against Holy Trinity. It played reasonably well except for a disastrous [...]

Had Scarsdale not held on to a 9-8 win over rival Mamaroneck, it would have been an absolutely crushing defeat for the Raiders. Not only because it would have represented a toal postseason choke, but also because Scarsdale desperately wanted to beat Mamaroneck.

• For links to several segments on the sectionals that appeared the past [...]

I will do my best to answer questions regarding seeing. I was at the seeding meeting tonight.

But first, please read the following carefully. Teams were seeded based on the following criteria.

Michael Bonitatibus and Yorktown took the unofficial title of Section 1's best team from Chris Bocklet and John Jay. Now it's time for sectionals. (Photo by Dave Kennedy/The Journal News)

Edge: Yorktown.

13-10 'Huskers.

There were no trophy presentations, no Gatorade dumped on coaches and no tears on the losing end. Just some simple pride and bragging rights.

I didn't take math my senior year so this post is a little dangerous.

Here is what teams need to do to qualify for sectionals. (The seeding meeting is on Tuesday at Clarkstown South.)

Typical scene from today's Iona Prep 17-6 win over Fordham Prep. (Photo by Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News)

Had my first chance to see Iona Prep today as the Gaels won their second straight CHSAA title by beating Fordham Prep 17-6. Avid followers of Lower Hudson Valley lacrosse know that it's always an interesting debate [...]

As the surprising (but maybe not shocking) Rye upset 9-8 overtime win over John Jay sets in, we can begin to consider what this means going forward.

Sam Fulmer, center, had a big day for Rye yesterday. (Photo by Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News)

As blog poster "Syracuse" pointed out, Rye might actually be the biggest favorite [...]

Rye celebrates getting included in the discussion for Section 1's best team. OK, maybe it was just a celebration for beating John Jay. (Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News).

For several years, Section 1 lacrosse could be roughly described like this: "There's John Jay, Yorktown, and everyone else."

Make some room for Rye.

Former Yorktown star Roy Colsey coached Horace Greeley against Yorktown today. It was his first varsity head-coaching appearance against his former school. (Photo by Seth Harrison/The Journal News)

Roy Colsey coached against Yorktown, the school he starred at before becoming an all-American at Syracuse as a midfielder, as Horace Greeley's head coach for the first time [...]

As I'm sure everyone knows through the updates on our today's games thread, Rye pulled off a thrilling 9-8 double overtime win over John Jay. Sam Fulmer scored unassisted with 3:00 left in the second overtime.

I'll be back with more thoughts a bit later.

For now, here's our breaking news update that was posted moments ago [...]

Ryan McGee had a goal and four assists in White Plains' 11-6 win over North Salem. (Photo by Mike Roy/The Journal News)

• For photos from the White Plains-North Salem game, click here.

• For a video from the game, click here.

The White Plains-North Salem boys lacrosse game was a good one, won by White Plains 11-6. [...]

but then we got our ducks in a row.' – Brewster's Zach Badalucco

Horace Greeley's Nathan Becker falls to the turf while being pursued by Brewster defenders. (Photo by Seth Harrison/The Journal News)

• For photos from the Brewster-Greeley game, click here.

• For a video from the game, click here.

 in the CHSAA. (Relax everyone else).

The CHSAA playoffs begin Wednesday, with home games at the higher seeds at 4:30 p.m.

The seeds are as follows: No. 1 Iona Prep; No. 2 Fordham Prep; No. 3 Monsignor Farrell; No. 4 St. Francis Prep; No. 5 Stepinac; No. 6 Mount St. Michael; No. 7 St. Joseph's by the [...]

Yorktown scored twice in the final 1:16 to pull of a memorable 10-9 Murphy Cup win. (Photo by Dave Kennedy/The Journal News).

For photos from the Murphy Cup game, click here.

For a video, click here.

Can Lakeland/Panas win for just the third time in 19 Murphy Cups? It would be a major upset. (Journal News file photo/Dave Kennedy)

There won't be a need for grandiose speeches or motivational tricks. No gimmicks necessary.

Saturday's 19th Murphy Cup meeting between Yorktown and Lakeland/Panas, matches two proud teams playing in honor and for the [...]

If there was one thing that would link together just about every game I've seen thus far, it has been a complaint about officiating.

Look, these games can't ALL be poorly officiated. So I'm beginning to think that players and coaches are just looking for reasons to take their frustration out on the refs.

If you look at Yorktown's schedule, there really are three parts:

Part 1: Out-of-area schedule against some of the best teams in the country (McDonogh, St. Anthony's, Chaminade, Ward Melville, Darien).

Part 2: Section 1 schedule, of course highlighted by THE GAME against John Jay.

Part 3: Playoffs.

Michael Bonitatibus made some great saves agianst Darien. He'll need to [...]

It was a very light day on the schedule (tomorrow is pretty busy), but we do have some interesting results so far.

Rye edged Iona Prep 6-5. The game had been tied at 4-4 at the half.

Briarcliff beat White Plains for the first time in school history, winning 8-3.

Here's what we have so far:

Rye 6, Iona [...]

I'm not sure what to make of Yorktown at this point.

On Friday, the 'Huskers were the No. 1 team in our weekly power rankings that appear each week in the boys lacrosse notebook. (OK, John Jay is the only other team that gets consideration.) And then today they get thoroughly dominated. I had seen them [...]

I just recorded some analysis from what I saw and heard today in East Setauket.

Let me know what you think.

Download:

There wasn't much celebrating for Pleasantville prior to yesterday. But the Panthers had a great 6-4 come-from-behind victory over Somers the day after a team meeting. (Photo by Tania Savayan/The Journal News)

In Pleasantville's 6-4 win today over Somers, it trailed 3-1 and 4-2 at different points in the first half. Pleasantville was having [...]

This photo was not taken from today's Yorktown-Rye game. This is the type of emotion Yorktown needs when it plays St. Anthony's (LI) on Thursday. OK, OK. If you want to see some pics from today's game, just click on the "Recent photos" link on the right side of the page. (Dave Kennedy/Journal [...]

This blog posting comes about two hours later than I hoped.

Sometimes when discussing my job as a sports writer, a person will ask me, "What's the toughest part?" Without hesitation, I will say, "Figuring out how I'm going to send my story late at night at a high school."

Chris Latino made this save against Manhasset in last season's 9-8 triple-overtime win. He'll need to be great on Saturday night to help John Jay beat Manhasset, the No. 3-ranked team in the country, again. (Dave Kennedy/Journal News file photo)

For the first time since its classic 11-10 overtime win over Huntington, then the No. [...]

Today's game between Stepinac and Fordham Prep was marked by an unusual situation: there was just one official. (Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News)

Then maybe you should hope only one referee shows up. At today's Stepinac-Fordham Prep game, there was a mixup about officiating assignments. No refs were at the 4 p.m. start.

Finally one showed up [...]

Syracuse-bound Kevin Drew will be counted on for a huge season for John Jay, a team that's expected to have a great year. (Dave Kennedy/Journal News file photo)

With most lacrosse teams getting their seasons under way, I'm wondering whether the players and the coaches are getting specific about their goals and expectations for the [...]

This man wore shorts today. I have no idea why. (Aaron Houston/Journal News file photo)

The dashboard in my car said it was 38 degrees. I don't get it. It felt like negative 4. I covered Saturday night's game between Hen Hud and Put Valley, won by Hen Hud 13-12, and it was freezing. FREEZING.

Mike Malan, center, and Lakeland/Panas will celebrate a win over Yorktown in the Class A sectional title game this season, our own Harold Gutmann predicted on our inaugural 'Lax to the Max' podcast. Be sure to weigh in with your thoughts on that prediction — and share some of your own — for this season [...]

Brewster has one of the area's top attackmen in senior Matt King, left, who is bound for Sacred Heart. The Section 1 schedule starts today as the Bears face Putnam Valley. (Stuart Bayer/Journal News file photo)

Two of the greatest words in sports: opening day.

The 2008 Section 1 boys lax season kicks off today [...]

Put Valley's Hugh O'Gorman will be primarily employed on defense this season after playing midfield last year. (File photo by Elizabeth Orozco/The Journal News)

Continuing to touch base with coaches. Here are some early insights on Somers, P'ville, Put Valley.(Remember, the official Journal News lacrosse preview will be on April 2. Start counting down the days.)

SOMERS: [...]

Rye's Kevin Gordon is going to Colgate. Smart guy. (File photo by Elizabeth Orozco/The Journal News)

John Jay is the best team in Section 1. (Well, as of now.)

Yorktown has the best tradition.

But Rye has emerged as a small-school power. The three-time defending Class C sectional champ is looking for another one but will have [...]

By the way, for those of you who missed it, the greatest school in the world, my alma mater, Colgate, put up a tremendous effort against Rockland lacrosse writer Harold Gutmann's awful school, Duke, losing 15-7, and winning me some, um, stuff, that I can use to get a few slices of pizza.

Let's just [...]

Alex Kaufmann will be returning to Hen Hud this season. (File photo by Dave Kennedy/The Journal News)

I've been getting going on the lacrosse preview and it's interesting to hear the coaches talk about who they have coming back and who they need to replace and the challenges it poses.

Hen Hud has its attack back, but [...]

Here is the breakdown of classifications for the upcoming season:

Class A – Arlington, Clarkstown North, Clarkstown South, Horace Greeley, Wappingers, Lakeland/Panas, Mahopac, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, North Rockland, Roosevelt, Scarsdale, Suffern, White Plains, Yorktown.

Class B – Brewster, Fox Lane, Harrison, John Jay, Nyack, Peekskill, Tappan Zee, Somers, Hen Hud, Ossining.

Class C/D – Albertus Magnus, Ardsley, Briarcliff, [...]

I've been gone for three years.

What were the keys to John Jay establishing itself as Yorktown's equal? Superior? Is that even fair to say?

When and, more importantly, how did this happen?

In April, Joe posed the question whether John Jay was the new Yorktown.

Is the rivalry between these two teams one of respect and admiration or [...]