Long Island 2024

[LI13]

Never too early to start.

I will say that I like my Tigers next year, as good a shot as any to four peat in Suffolk A. We'll have to replace one of the best players on the Island in Drew Miller, but young guys on the offensive side should make a jump next year.

How do the other defending county champs look? Any others to look out for to make a big jump? In Suffolk A Hills was very young and should be quite good next year.

[JoeMauer89]

Never too early to start.

I will say that I like my Tigers next year, as good a shot as any to four peat in Suffolk A. We'll have to replace one of the best players on the Island in Drew Miller, but young guys on the offensive side should make a jump next year.

How do the other defending county champs look? Any others to look out for to make a big jump? In Suffolk A Hills was very young and should be quite good next year.

Manhasset returns most of the their starting defense, but must replace Flood and Lapina. Im returns in Goal. They obviously have to try and attempt to find an adequate replacement for Cal. Offensively they return a lot of talent, led by Danny Kolin.


Joe

[kr522]

Never too early to start.

I will say that I like my Tigers next year, as good a shot as any to four peat in Suffolk A. We'll have to replace one of the best players on the Island in Drew Miller, but young guys on the offensive side should make a jump next year.

How do the other defending county champs look? Any others to look out for to make a big jump? In Suffolk A Hills was very young and should be quite good next year.

I was just looking ahead to next year so I’ll chip in what I observed. I think Nassau B & C will be more competitive

Suffolk
- in A I agree it looks like Northport is in great shape. WM brings back a decent amount, might be your toughest competition?
- in B it looks like EI could be the favorite….returning their top 7 offensive contributors. Could they be one of the top teams on LI?
- in C I’m guessing SWR will be favorite. Seems like Mt Sinai and even BBP lose too much

Nassau
- Class A: Farmingdale loses a couple important players but return enough difference makers. Port, Syo, and Pequa seem to lose a bigger % of key players and were weaker teams to start with
- Class B seems interesting: GC will go through another reload cycle. How good will South Side be? They have a lot of talent returning and were very competitive against the top Nassau teams this year
- Class C: Manhasset returns a very strong D and solid goalie. Cromwell is an offensive mind, so he’ll figure out putting points on the board, but they lose a lot of difference makers. Wantagh was good this year and they’ll return enough that next year could get interesting….their FO guy is very good and comes back, so that dynamic will reverse
- Class D: CSH probably has no competition on LI again. This 8th grader Testa looks really good

[kr522]

Never too early to start.

I will say that I like my Tigers next year, as good a shot as any to four peat in Suffolk A. We'll have to replace one of the best players on the Island in Drew Miller, but young guys on the offensive side should make a jump next year.

How do the other defending county champs look? Any others to look out for to make a big jump? In Suffolk A Hills was very young and should be quite good next year.

Manhasset returns most of the their starting defense, but must replace Flood and Lapina. Im returns in Goal. They obviously have to try and attempt to find an adequate replacement for Cal. Offensively they return a lot of talent, led by Danny Kolin.


Joe

Joe, aside from Kolin and maybe Arnold & Mondiello, which offensive players are you thinking about

[JoeMauer89]

Never too early to start.

I will say that I like my Tigers next year, as good a shot as any to four peat in Suffolk A. We'll have to replace one of the best players on the Island in Drew Miller, but young guys on the offensive side should make a jump next year.

How do the other defending county champs look? Any others to look out for to make a big jump? In Suffolk A Hills was very young and should be quite good next year.

Manhasset returns most of the their starting defense, but must replace Flood and Lapina. Im returns in Goal. They obviously have to try and attempt to find an adequate replacement for Cal. Offensively they return a lot of talent, led by Danny Kolin.


Joe

Joe, aside from Kolin and maybe Arnold & Mondiello, which offensive players are you thinking about

I think his last name is Giacobbe. Plus I think there was a freshman that should play a role next year. JV had a strong year.

Joe

[thedisciple516]

Never too early to start.

- Class D: CSH probably has no competition on LI again. This 8th grader Testa looks really good

Does CSH lose a lot (regardless that they're still the LI Favorites)? In other words... should upstate peeps think they might have a chance next year in D?

[oldbartman]

Never too early to start.

- Class D: CSH probably has no competition on LI again. This 8th grader Testa looks really good

Does CSH lose a lot (regardless that they're still the LI Favorites)? In other words... should upstate peeps think they might have a chance next year in D?

CSH does lose a good number of kids to graduation this year. That said, the program is similar to Manhasset and Garden City in that they just reload. It's been that way since I was there (mid 1970s). A couple of the fathers in my men's league live in the district and have kids playing there. They said it's next man up there. Coach Bonn knows how to work the players he gets into a solid team by the time playoffs come around. Playing up against larger schools with quality programs really helps.

[LI13]

The Long Island Lacrosse Showcase top 50 games are tomorrow at Veterans Park on Bellerose Ave in Northport

Class of 2024 - 5:45
Class of 2025 - 8:15
Class of 2026 - 7:00
Class of 2027 - 4:30

Anyone planning on going? Would love to see rosters for these games.

[fordmaddoxford]

No rest for the weary.

[kr522]

Not if you want a college coach/scout to actually see you play

[kr522]

So I hear next year Manhasset moves back to B and Southside drops to C

[LI13]

So I hear next year Manhasset moves back to B and Southside drops to C

Both actually should be in B. The cutoff is 734 and Manhasset is at 746 and South Side is at 740.

[LI13]

If the cutoffs are correct where I'm reading them (A - 1026, B - 734), then the biggest changes are that F-M and Ithaca are headed back to A. Nisky is 4 kids short of A.

[JoeMauer89]

So I hear next year Manhasset moves back to B and Southside drops to C

Awesome, this is what I like to hear! Allows for an additional OOC game as B has slightly less teams in that classification and playing GC won't be considered one of our Non-Conference games!

Joe

[kr522]

So I hear next year Manhasset moves back to B and Southside drops to C

Awesome, this is what I like to hear! Allows for an additional OOC game as B has slightly less teams in that classification and playing GC won't be considered one of our Non-Conference games!

Joe

I wish I had your enthusiasm! For me one Woodstick a year is perfect and then not interfering with each others playoff runs has been very nice but it will definitely amp up the rivalry. not sure about an extra OOC game because they’d have to drop South Side

Chris I don’t know the exact numbers but SS should be in C. good timing for them to make a go of it

[LI13]

So I hear next year Manhasset moves back to B and Southside drops to C

Awesome, this is what I like to hear! Allows for an additional OOC game as B has slightly less teams in that classification and playing GC won't be considered one of our Non-Conference games!

Joe

I wish I had your enthusiasm! For me one Woodstick a year is perfect and then not interfering with each others playoff runs has been very nice but it will definitely amp up the rivalry. not sure about an extra OOC game because they’d have to drop South Side

Chris I don’t know the exact numbers but SS should be in C. good timing for them to make a go of it

I'm looking at the 2023-24 BEDS numbers and SS is at 740. Unless the cutoff is between 740 and 746, Manhasset and South Side will be in the same class.

https://nysphsaa.org/documents/2022/10/ ... df?id=2722

[LI13]

And here's my source for the class cutoffs: https://nysphsaa.org/sports/2021/6/8/cl ... tions.aspx

[kr522]

And here's my source for the class cutoffs: https://nysphsaa.org/sports/2021/6/8/cl ... tions.aspx

I heard it from one of the GC parents so I figured they got it on authority, but I can’t swear by it. Maybe you’re right

[LI13]

Can we use this thread instead for Long Island, as it already has a full page of replies?

[LI13]

So I hear next year Manhasset moves back to B and Southside drops to C

Both actually should be in B. The cutoff is 734 and Manhasset is at 746 and South Side is at 740.

Apparently the cutoff seems to be 775 based on the leagues Suffolk put out, which would put both Manhasset and South Side in C.