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Miller Place senior Zoe Weissman battles at the draw. Photo by Bill Landon
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Miller Place sophomore Giulia Francese fires at the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place senior Zoe Weissman battles at the draw. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff goalie Emma Batter with one of her 11 saves. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson junior Anna Matvya looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff sophomore Marley York eludes a defender. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place attack Hayden Young breaks up-field. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Angie Efstathiou splits a pair of defenders. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Savanna Florio drives towards the crease. Photo by Bill Landon

By Bill Landon

The Royals of Port Jefferson had their hands full when they hosted the Panthers of Miller Place Friday afternoon, April 26, in a home game in a girls lacrosse matchup. The Royals hoped to use the home field — which is grass, not turf — to their advantage. But the game didn’t play out that way in the Division II matchup.

Port Jeff junior Anna Matvya split the pipes midway through the second quarter to break the ice for her team, but it was little consolation as the Royals trailed 11-1 at the half. Miller Place peppered the scoreboard with seven more goals in the second half with Matvya finding the back of the net thrice more for an impressive four goals as the Royals fell to the Panthers 18-4.

Miller Place attack Mirabella Altebrando had three goals and eight assists with teammate Lyla Coffey netting three times. 

Sophia Ingenito and Casey Gilbert both had two goals and an assist for the Panthers and Angie Efstathiou and Hayden Young had two goals apiece.

Port Jeff goalie Emma Batter had 11 saves.

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Payson Hedges scores despite being triple teamed by Massapequa. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Payson Hedges who will play for Adelphi next year on this very field looks for an opening at the goal. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Emma McLam is bottled up by Mary Koster (left) and Bridget Valentine. Photo By Steven Zaitz
Jessica Giller of Massapequa harasses Emma Greenberg. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Kennedy Radziul scores past Christina Fradella. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Kennedy Radziul is checked by Bridget Valentine. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Julia Huxtable is defended fiercely by Bridget Valentine. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Payson Hedges (right0 stick-handles around Mary Koster. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Northport Draw Specialist Grace McCarthy. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Emma McLam with a diving attempt at a ground ball. Photo by Steven Zaitz

It was the miracle that wasn’t.

In the Long Island Championship, the Northport Lady Tiger lacrosse team came back from a six-goal deficit in regulation capped by a goal from freshman Kate Atkinson with less than three minutes to play — only to lose the game in sudden death overtime 9-8 at Adelphi University in Garden City.

Massapequa Lady Chief Caitlyn Dorman scored with less than 20 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to win the L.I.C. and deny Northport its fourth straight Long Island Championship as well as a chance to compete for their third New York State title.

The Lady Tigers were 17-2 this year and they had handled Massapequa (11-5) the two previous years to win the L.I.C., but the Lady Chiefs came out of the gate on fire, determined to stop that streak.

Jessica Giller scored two minutes into the game for Massapequa on a free position opportunity and the flood gates were open. Allison Pertullo took a nifty feed from Bridget Valentine a minute later, and it was 2-0 Massapequa, and when Giller beat Tiger goalkeeper Megan Morris at 4:24 of the first half, it became an almost unfathomable 7-1 lead for the Chiefs.

But Northport, as everyone knows, is made of championship stuff — and they started to chip away. They got two goals in the final moments of the half — both by Kennedy Radziul and the score was 7-3 at the break.
Radziul opened the second half scoring in the first minute and the momentum was still firmly on the Tigers’ side. Emma McLam dodged her way through traffic and slipped one past GK Christina Fredella to cut the deficit to two and the Lady Tigers sideline was delirious, sensing what they thought was inevitable.

With the score 8-6 in favor of Massapequa, Northport’s Payson Hedges, who will attend Adelphi in the fall, took on three defenders with nine minutes to go and zing on past Fredella from close range. Atkinson would complete the comeback on a curl play, taking a brilliant lead pass from Radziul to tie the score at eight. On to overtime.

After Atkinson bounced a ball just wide that would have won the game, Northport turned the ball over and committed a turnover. Dorman was awarded a free position opportunity from 10 yards away to Morris’s stick side. Dorman bounced it in and Massapequa captured its first ever Long Island Championship.

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Northport Lady Tigers celebrate their victory. Photo by Steven Zaitz
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Payson Hedges bounces one past Makayla Inguanta for a goal. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Emma Greenberg (11) celebrates with Leah Riccardi. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Julia Huxtable. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Kennedy Radziul blasts one from in close. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Julia Huxtable maneuvers her way in. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Emma McLam (1) goes up high. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Julia Huxtable (right) checks Jayla Pimentel. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Mary Breckling (29) races for the ball against Emma DiMaio. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Kennedy Radziul on the attack. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Julia Huxtable scoring one of her five goals for Northport. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Northport Lady Tigers celebrate their victory. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Alison Filosa (4) battles Kennedy Radziul for loose ball. Photo by Steven Zaitz

The second-ranked Northport Lady Tigers lacrosse team advanced to the Suffolk County Division I final match by clobbering the William Floyd Colonials, 12-7, at home on Tuesday Night. They will face fifth-seeded Smithtown East at Stony Brook University on May 31 after the Bulls upset the top ranked Ward Melville Lady Patriots.

In what was a close game for the first six minutes, the Lady Tigers took control of the match with six goals in the last nine minutes of the first half, including two in the last 45 seconds, both by freshman attacker Kate Atkinson. This offensive explosion turned a slim 3-2 Tiger advantage into a 9-3 rout in-the-making. 

Fellow attacker Julia Huxtable had five goals, including the last three of the game for Northport. Left defensive winger Kennedy Radziul had a goal and five assists. Goalkeeper Megan Morris had five saves as the Tigers never allowed the Colonials to crawl back into the game in the second half. 

Senior Grace McCarthy won a whopping 78% of her draws at the dot and this allowed Northport to control the ball in the offensive zone for long stretches. McCarthy also chipped in with two assists, and junior Christina Lauro had two first half goals.

Northport’s record is now 16-2 overall, and Floyd finishes the year at 13-5. Ava Tiedemann scored three goals for the Colonials and Kayden Meyer had two. GK Makayla Inguanta kicked out nine Northport shots.

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Middle Country senior Juliana Speziale scores for the Mad Dogs. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Kaitlyn Ippolito pushes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Olivia Annunziata passes to the outside. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Mia Juvelier with another draw control. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Olivia Annunziata rifles a shot. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Kate Timarky looks to shoot. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Kaitlyn Ippolito looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country goalie Jamie Cuozzo with a save. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Kate Timarky splits a pair of defenders. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Kate Timarky rips a shot on goal. Photo by Bill Landon
Mad Dogs score. Photo by Bill Landon

Middle Country, the seventh seed, entered postseason play hosting tenth-seeded Sachem East in the opening round of the playoffs, leading the Arrows by five goals to open the second half of the Div. I matchup on Tuesday, May 16.

It was the trio of Kate Timarky, Juliana Speziale and Olivia Annunziata who dominated the scoreboard for the Mad Dogs, keeping Sachem East at bay in this contest.

Seniors Speziale and Annunziata, both of whom will play lacrosse for Long Island University next season, notched four goals apiece and three assists between them. 

Senior Kate Timarky, the Notre Dame-bound midfielder, netted five goals along with one assist in the 13-5 victory. Senior goalie Jamie Cuozzo had a quiet day in net with three saves.

Middle County travels to the quarterfinal round on Friday, May 19, when the Mad Dogs face second-seeded Northport. Game time is 4 p.m

– Photos by Bill Landon

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Rocky Point goalie Brianna Henke with a save. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point senior midfielder MaryKate Abernethy calls the play. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point senior midfielder Emilie Schultz sees a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point sophomore midfielder Kylie Lamoureux pushes past a defender. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point senior midfielder MaryKate Abernethy sees the cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point junior Anna Wood looks toward the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point sophomore Fiona Vu passes to the outside. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point scores. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point goalie Brianna Henke with a save. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point sophomore midfielder Lily Woods pushes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point sophomore midfielder Kylie Lamoureux passes outside. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point junior Mckenzie Moeller from behind the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point junior Anna Wood looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point sophomore Fiona Vu looks toward the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point sophomore midfielder Kylie Lamoureux looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point senior attack Grace Curtin pushes past a defender in a home game against West Hampton. Bill Landon photo
Rocky Point senior midfielder MaryKate Abernethy sees the cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Rocky Point attack Sydney Woods passes inside. Photo by Bill Landon
Photo by Bill Landon

In a home game against Westhampton Beach Thursday night, May 11, the Rocky Point Eagles entered the halftime break tied 3-3. Rocky Point junior Sydney Woods opened the second half with a goal, putting her team out front by one.

But the Hurricanes rattled off four unanswered goals, retaking the lead and never looking back. Westhampton Beach grounded the Eagles in the Div. II matchup, winning 11-6.

Senior Leela Smith led the Eagles in scoring with three goals, while teammates Kylie Lamoureux, Fiona Vu and Mckenzie Moeller each scored. Goalie Brianna Henke had six stops in net.

The loss drops the Eagles to 9-5 in the division, 11-5 overall. The team will now focus on postseason play which begins Wednesday, May 17.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Middle Country senior Kaitlyn Ippolito sees a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Kaitlyn Ippolito passes outside. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Juliana Speziale presses toward the crease. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country junior Ella Hirsch looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country junior Ella Hirsch fires at the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior midfielder Kate Timarky looks for an opening. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior midfielder Kate Timarky bends the stick with a shot on goal. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior Juliana Speziale pushes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior attack Olivia Annunziata looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior attack Olivia Annunziata fires at the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country junior Ella Hirsch looks to get a shot off. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country junior Ella Hirsch fires at the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Middle Country senior midfielder Mia Juvelier passes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon

It was all Kate Timarky for the Middle Country girls lacrosse team Monday afternoon, May 8, when the senior midfielder rattled off five goals in the first six minutes of play.

In this Div. I home game against Half Hollow Hills, Middle Country closed out the first half with a four-goal advantage. But the Mad Dogs exploded in the second half, peppering the scoreboard with eight more, putting the game away 18-9.

Notre Dame-bound Timarky led her team in scoring with five assists and eight goals. Teammates Olivia Annunziata finished with five goals and two assists, and Juliana Speziale notched a pair of assists along with three goals. Goalie Jamie Cuozzo, a senior, had 10 saves in net.

With the victory, Middle Country improves to 8-4 in the division with two games left in the regular season before playoffs begin Tuesday, May 16.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Miller Place midfielder Hayden Young looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Panthers score. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Sophia Ingenito fires at the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place senior goalie Natalia Altebrando with a save. Photo by Bill Landon
Panthers score. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Olivia Coffey takes flight. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Angie Efstathiou breaks down the sideline. Photo by Bill Landon
Panthers score. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Olivia Coffey gets double teamed. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place sophomore Mirabella Altebrando fires at the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Angie Efstathiou looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Angie Efstathiou pushes past a defender. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Sophia Ingenito wins the draw. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place defender Madison Hall splits a pair of defenders. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place midfielder Sophia Ingenito pushes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown West attack Ashlyn Renkowski looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Sophia Ingenito battles Ashley Mennella at draw. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place defender Madison Hall powers her way upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown West midfielder Ashley Mennella passes. Photo by Bill Landon
Miller Place senior goalie Natalia Altebrando clears the ball for the Panthers. Photo by Bill Landon
Abigail Lonigro and Jolie Schiavo battle for a loose ball. Photo by Bill Landon

It was all Miller Place on a rainy Saturday afternoon, April 29, when the Panthers hosted the Smithtown West Bulls in a Div. II matchup.

Miller Place had secured a 7-2 lead by the halftime break. Smithtown West’s struggles continued in the second half, with Miller Place controlling the pace the rest of the way. The Panthers put the game away 15-4.

Mirabella Altebrando led the way for the Panthers with six assists. Olivia Coffey netted four goals while teammates Isabella Luisa and Hayden Young each scored three goals apiece. Natalia Altebrando had eight saves on the day.

Smithtown West’s Jolie Schiavo scored twice for the Bulls, and Ashley Mennella and teammate Laura Luikart both scored.

The win lifts Miller Place to 6-5 in their division, while the Bulls dropped to 5-6 with three games remaining before postseason play begins.

Both teams are back in action Wednesday, May 3, when Miller Place hosts Eastport-South Manor, and Smithtown West hits the road for an away game against Greenport-Southold-Mattituck. Both games begin at 4:00 p.m.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Comsewogue freshman goalie Isabella Borruso with a save. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue sophomore attack Jackie Riviezzo passes. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman attack Gianna McNulty looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
University of Florida-bound Alyssa Deacy looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Timeout, Comsewogue. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman midfielder Jayla Callender pushes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman midfielder Kamryn McCrary passes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue sophomore attack Jackie Riviezzo drives toward the crease. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman goalie Isabella Borruso with another stop in net. Photo by Bill Landon
Bryant University-bound Gabby Constant wins the draw for the Warriors. Photo by Bill Landon
Warriors score. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue senior midfielder Alyssa Deacy looks for a cutter. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman midfielder Vienna Guzman passes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue sophomore attack Jackie Riviezzo passes to an open shooter. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue sophomore attack Jackie Riviezzo changes direction. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman midfielder Jayla Callender pushes upfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman attack Gianna McNulty drives toward the cage. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue senior midfielder Alyssa Deacy looks inside for the Warriors. Photo by Bill Landon
Bryant University-bound Gabby Constant scores. Photo by Bill Landon
Warriors win. Photo by Bill Landon
Warriors win. Photo by Bill Landon

West Babylon came knocking on Comsewogue’s door Thursday night, April 27, in a Div. II contest in which both teams held matching records at 3-6. The Warriors relentlessly pursued victory, though it would take five overtime periods to determine them the victor.

West Babylon scored back-to-back goals in the opening minutes of the second half, edging ahead 7-4. But the Warriors’ offense came thundering back, rattling off three unanswered goals of their own and tying the game at 7-7 with two minutes left in regulation.

Neither team could find the cage as the time on the clock expired, forcing overtime. Scoreless through the first four three-minute overtime periods, Comsewogue freshman Vienna Guzman’s stick would be the difference maker, breaking the stalemate and winning the game 8-7.

Comsewogue’s Gianna McNulty scored and had two assists. Teammates Gabby Constant and Kamryn McCrary scored two goals apiece. Freshman goalie Isabella Borruso had seven saves on the night.

The win lifts the Warriors to 4-6 in their division with four games remaining before postseason play begins.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Madison Dunleavy attacks the goal
Emma McLam looks for options as Norah Kelly defends
Emma McLam (1) and Jenna Soto get entangled
Emma Greenberg breaks away from pack
Ava Arceri (22) gets some air against Kennedy Radziul
Ava Arceri (22) gets some air against Kennedy Radziul
Jenna Soto goes for a goal against Megan Morris
Jenna Soto
Fab Freshman Kate Atkinson scores past Grace McDonald
Kate Atkinson jars the ball loose from Jenna Mehlinger
Fab Freshman Kate Atlinson had seven goals against Smithtown East
Emma McLam hurries the ball upfield for Northport

Fabulous freshman attacker Kate Atkinson had an astonishing seven goals for Northport as the Lady Tigers beat the Smithtown East Lady Bulls, 17-11, on Tuesday.

Northport continues its undefeated season and moves to 7-0 and has won 61 of its last 62 games dating back to 2019. The only blight on this record is a loss to Baldwinsville in the New York State Championship final last June. Smithtown East falls to 4-2.

Northport spotted East the first goal of the game, and the Lady Bulls controlled the ball for a large portion of the opening five minutes. Jenna Mehlinger scored at 19:32.

The Lady Tigers got in gear after Mehlinger’s goal and reeled off the next seven in a 13-minute span, three of which coming off the stick of Atkinson. Northport took a commanding 10-3 into the half.

The two teams traded goals in the second half, and the Bulls outscored the Tigers 8-7 in the second session, but it was not nearly enough.  Kennedy Radziul had three goals, and Haleigh Greenberg and Grace McCarthy had two each. Goalkeeper Megan Morris had six saves.

Ava Aceri had five goals for Smithtown East, all of them coming after halftime. She also assisted on a goal by Jenna Soto, who had a pair of goals.  Mehlinger totaled three goals and an assist as beleaguered Bulls netminder, Grace McDonald, faced 24 shots on the afternoon, stopping seven of them. 

Northport has a non-league match coming up on April 22 against Westchester County’s Fox Lane High School, and Smithtown East will suit up next against Sachem East on April 20.

— Photos by Steven Zaitz

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Kings Park junior Peyton Wozniak splits a pair of defenders in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Anne McGovern scores one of her four goals in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park freshman Emily Hnis passes in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park freshman Emily Hnis fires at the cage in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Anne McGovern scores one of her four goals in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Anne McGovern winds up for a shot on goal in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Jaxie Cestone buries her shot in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Katie Richardson looks for a cutter in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior attack Mary Ellen Gilchriest from behind the cage in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior attack Chloe Hickman finds the back of the cage in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park midfielder Sophia Russo passes in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Anne McGovern drives towards the corner of the cage in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo
Kings Park senior Jaxie Cestone controls the draw in a home game against John Glenn. Bill Landon photo

It was a one-sided affair when Kings Park hosted John Glenn in a girl’s lacrosse Division II matchup. The Lady Kingsmen peppered the scoreboard with 10 unanswered points in the opening half before Glenn found the back of the cage nine minutes in. The Kings Park defense was swarming and unrelenting allowing only two goals from their visitors to put the game away 18-2 Monday afternoon. 

Kings Park senior midfielder Anne McGovern led the way with four goals and four assists, Mary Ellen Gilchriest had four goals of her own along with one assist, and eighth-grader Sophia Russo had two assists and two goals. Goalie Haley Abraham had a quiet afternoon in net, with four saves.

The win lifts Kings Park to 3-1 in league, and 4-1 overall. Kings Park hosted Rocky Point on Wednesday. Results were not available at press time.

— Photos by Bill Landon 

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