See who’s making waves in Suffolk early in the 2024 season… Mirabella Altebrando, Miller Place. Altebrando has been dissecting defenses for the 6-2 Panthers in 2024. Altebrando had 33 assists on the season, and is an uncommitted junior who is on a tear of late.  Mckenzie Moeller (Wofford W. Lax Commit)  has 42 points on the year for a red-hot Rocky Point team. RP only has 1 loss on the year to a very talented Sayville group. As Moeller continues to put up monster numbers, this very complete RP team continues to make waves in Suffolk County.  Payton Noack (Bryant W. Lax Commit) o ..read more

See who’s impressing the LILJ early season out in Nassau County… Brooke Sullivan Pagano, Hicksville, Brooke is averaging almost 6 points per game. Just a Sophomore, Sullivan-Pagano has her Comets at 6-2, with big wins over Island Trees & Division. Julie Shaughnessy is leading Syosset with 31 points on the year. Another super sophomore, Shaughnessy is moving quickly from being a Nike Running All-America, to one of Nassau’s biggest threats on the offensive. Watch out for Julie as Syosset battles inside Nassau’s Power Conference.  Leila Paz is a Juniors (Dominican Commit). Leila is avera ..read more

See who’s impressing the LILJ early season out in Suffolk County… Kole (w/ a K) Lemke is a Senior from Hauppauge that is straight rolling this season with 27 points from the midfield, leading his boys to a 3-1 start in 2024. Lemke is averaging nearly 7 pts / game.  Griffin Sumwalt has his boys at Riverhead off to a hot start. This Senior is 13G & 5A from the attack for the Wave. Riverhead is approaching a tough stretch this month in the schedule and Sumwalt is ready to lead the way.  Nick Uzakewicz is a Senior who dropped 84 points, with 59 Apples a season ago. With 17 assists in ..read more

High School lacrosse if finally underway on the Island. A few players are standing-out in Nassau, leading their teams to some gritty wins and impressive records. See who has stood out thus far below. Jack Mccormack (St. John’s Commit), Mineola Senior is averaging over 7 points per game, leading Mineola to a 3-0 start on the season. Two-way midfielders has been a force for the Stangs.  Michael Melkonian (Cornell Commit) South Side stud is leading Nassau in GBs with almost 8 pick-ups per game. South Side is 3-0 w/ the biggest test of the season coming up against Garden City on April 3rd.&nb ..read more

Coming in at number one in the LILJ top 24 preseason rankings, it’s the national powerhouse the St. Anthony’s Friars who enter the season once again as the reigning CSHAA champions. A team that never has a shortage of talent, they enter the 2024 season once again as one of the top teams across the country and will play some of the top teams across the country and aim to capture another CSHAA title over rival Chaminade, led by longtime Head Coach Keith Wieczorek. The Friars had a very special 2023 class that they graduated last year, but return a number of seniors that give them another great c ..read more

Now to the number one team in the LILJ top 24 preseason rankings, it’s the St. Anthony’s Friars who are historically one of the national powerhouses in the country. Last year they were once again CHSAA Champions where they held on for an 8-7 win against Sacred Heart in the championship game. This year the Friars have a new leader in charge as Darcy Messina takes over as first year head coach. The team returns with a very deep and supremely talented senior class, and this winter they showed why they are arguably the top team in the country as they were LILJ HSWL Champions of the AAA bracket. St ..read more

We get to number two in the LILJ top 24 preseason rankings, and it’s one of the nationally renown programs the Chaminade Flyers. The Flyers are always one of the premier programs both on the island and in the country, and as they do each year they return with an immensely talented team as they look to see where they stack up against fellow nationally ranked opponents, and hope to take the CHSAA title which they have lost the last few years to rival St. Anthony’s. To get ready for the spring season the Flyers appeared in the LILJ HSWL where for the second straight season they were crowned winte ..read more

As we now get to the final three teams in the LILJ top 24 preseason rankings, the Garden City Trojans enter the rankings at number three. The last two seasons they have proven to be the best team in the state of New York in Class B, winning consecutive state championships under Head Coach Steve Finnell, with last year’s coming against Victor in an epic 9-8 game. This season Garden City looks to add to their rich history by capturing a third straight state championship and the 10th in the history of the program. This season Garden City returns several players that helped win the last two state ..read more

With just three teams to go in the LILJ top 24 preseason rankings, the Garden City Trojans enter at number three. For the last three seasons they have been the team to beat in Nassau Class B with three straight appearances to at least the Long Island Championship. Last season they were the best team on the Island in Class B and were just a few plays away from winning the state championship against Victor. Leading the charge is Head Coach Dave Ettinger and they return the vast majority of their team this season and have as good a chance as ever to win their first state championship since 2017 ..read more

The Wildcats who enter the season as the defending county champions of Suffolk Class C come in at number four in the LILJ top 24 preseason rankings. A the helm is Head Coach Mike Taylor, and although Shoreham graduated a number of players in the 2023 class, they still have star power that makes them the likely favorite in Suffolk Class C and possibly the favorite on all of Long Island in Class C. Shoreham’s offense which was high powered last season welcomes back their senior Duke bound attackman Liam Kershis who was among the islands top scorers last season with 59 goals and 38 assists for 97 ..read more