Long Island Lacrosse

BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI

The game that really jump at me from Wednesday was Half Hollow Hills West's 19-16 win over Kings Park. Hills West was unable to contain King Park's three top offensive threats, but had enough offense to pull out the win. Stephen Eicher had seven goals and one assist, Dan Abbene had five scores and one assist and Matt Boylan added five assists and a goal for Kings Park. John Conneely's five goals and one assist makes me believe his is fully recovered from his apendexemy for Hills West. The Colt's coaches were most impressed with Joe Sipala, who scored three goals, added two assists and won 14 of 19 face-offs for them. David DiMaria has three goals and three assists. His brother Dan DiMaria assisted on two off his goals.

Syosset rebounded from a less then stellar performance in its loss to Garden City with an 11-10 win over South Side yesterday. Jeff Cohen was held in check by Garden City, but yesterday had three goals and one assist and scored the game-winner with 2:46 left in the fourth quarter.

Part of the story here is also South Side. There 0-2 record doesn't do it justice. South Side has two one-goal losses. The first came to nationally ranked Manhasset and Syosset is the defending Nassau Class A champ. Not to shabby. Nick O'Reilly and Kyle Smith have scored three goals each in the two games. Keep and eye on those guys and South Side as the season continues.

Lastly, good job by Cold Spring Harbor getting a quality win over Hicksville and Huntington, getting a double-overtime goal from Steve Mock in a win over West Babylon.

Keep checking the blog over the weekend. I will be at West Islip for its game against Massapequa on Friday and at Huntington vs. Cold Spring Harbor on Saturday. Both games should be fun and will help me get an early look at some of these teams.

Around the Crease will be Joseph Staszewski's quick look at and thoughts on the daily happens of the 2008 Long Island boy's lacrosse season.