Boys' Lacrosse: Coaches of the Year

Coach of the Year

CLASS L: Mike Epstein - Brien McMahon
CLASS M: Jeff Lombardo - Daniel Hand
CLASS S: Paul Deon - Stonington

Assistant Coach of the Year

CLASS L: Steve Garneau - Conard
CLASS M: AJ Alessi - Branford
CLASS S: Chris Jez - Somers

Boys' Lacrosse: All-State First and Second Teams (with college commitments)

CT All-State First Team

CLASS L

Attack
Matt Kycia - Xavier - Senior - Quinnipiac
Scott McCormack - Brien McMahon - Senior - Endicott
Matt Prezioso - Southington - Senior - Wesleyan
Aidan Scott - Ridgefield - Senior - Denver
Stephen Dodd - Greenwich - Senior - Fairfield University
Midfield
Kip Orban - Staples - Senior - Princeton
Andrew Buckanavage - Ridgefield - Senior - UVM
Zach Wholley - Southington - Senior - Maryland
Matt Dupont - Cheshire - Senior - Keene State
David Dickson - Greenwich - Senior - Bucknell
Cory Santor - Glastonbury - Senior - Wagner
Defense
Matt Yeager - Staples - Senior - Colgate
Mark Fessenmeyer - Brien McMahon - Senior - Roger Williams
Dan Jacobsen - Simsbury - Senior - Connecticut College
Adam Sands - Greenwich- Senior - Lehigh
Torrey Martone - Cheshire - Senior - UMass
Goalie
Parker Burr - Simsbury - Senior - UMass
Long Stick Defensive Midfield
Matthew Shannon - Ridgefield - Senior - UNC
Short Stick Defensive Midfield
Louis Digiacomo - Brien McMahon - Senior - Fairfield University

CLASS M

Attack
Case Matheis - Darien - Junior - Duke
Mike Francia - Wilton - Senior - Villanova
Richard Gregory - Darien - Senior - Union
Mike Bossidy - New Canaan - Junior
John Pendergast - New Fairfield - Senior - Western Connecticut
Midfield
Graham Maybell - Darien - Senior - Villanova
Joe Costigan - New Canaan - Senior - UNC
Mike Serpa - Wilton - Senior - Dickinson College
Chad Crisco - Daniel Hand - Senior - Quinnipiac
Ryan Mallon - New Fairfield - Senior - Siena
Mike DeFaria - East Lyme - Senior
Defense
Eric Parnon - Darien - Senior - Maryland
Christian Kolderup - Darien - Senior - Villanova
Pat Holland - Wilton - Senior - Roger Williams
Stephen Gruse - New Fairfield - Senior - C.W. Post campus of Long Island University
Christian Cattaruzza - Guilford - Senior - Babson
Goalie
Sam Somers - Wilton - Senior - Army
LSDM
Baylis Treen - Darien - Senior - Lafayette
SSDM
JP Walsh - Darien - Senior - Lehigh

CLASS S

Attack
Connor Sweet - Ledyard - Senior - Roger Williams
Zach Thresher - Somers - Senior - Eastern Connecticut
Wyatt Tompkins - Joel Barlow - Junior
Brian Bacarella - St. Joseph - Junior
Cory Allen - Suffield - Senior - Southern New Hampshire
Midfield
Pat Corcoran - St. Joseph - Senior - Quinnipiac
Mike Hanna - Somers - Senior - Salisbury
Brian Sternberg - Joel Barlow - Senior
Thomas Riordan - Stonington - Senior
Connor Defemia - Ellington - Senior
Jack Scheufele - Weston - Junior
Defense
Kip McMahon - Weston - Senior - Fairfield University
Garrett Ficara - Somers - Senior - Endicott
Cam Pollard - Ledyard - Senior
Doug Indelicato - Joel Barlow - Senior
Sean Curtin - Ledyard - Senior - Saint Michael's
Goalie
Dan Bell - Somers - Senior - Western New England
LSDM
Nick Taylor - Joel Barlow - Junior
SSDM
Brandon Goncalves - St. Joseph - Senior

CT All-State Second Team

CLASS L

Attack
Kevin Adams - Cheshire - Junior
Lewis Thompson - Newtown - Senior - Wittenberg
Danny Carr - Hall - Senior
Charlie Ross - Staples - Senior - Union
Connor Kelly - Fairfield Prep - Sophomore
Midfield
Dan Walsh - Xavier - Senior
Colby Summerlin - Newtown - Senior
Harrison Cotter - Fairfield Prep - Senior
Will Northrop - Newtown - Senior - Gettysburg
Ryan Scott - Brien McMahon - Junior
Jeff Smith - Simsbury - Junior
Defense
Brandon Reid - Xavier - Senior - Stevenson
Douglas Pollack - Glastonbury - Senior
Max Nacewicz - Newtown - Senior
Travis Tiger - Ridgefield - Senior - Eastern Connecticut
Dean Duffy - Fairfield Prep - Senior
Goalie
Dan Feeney - Greenwich - Senior - Salisbury
Long Stick Defensive Midfield
Evan Gaudio - Cheshire - Senior - Deerfield (Prep school in New Hampshire)
Short Stick Defensice Midfield
Steve Patria - Simsbury - Senior

CLASS M

Attack
Paul Alberti - Daniel Hand - Senior - Avon Old Farms (Prep school in CT)
Ben Preston - Darien - Senior - Trinity
Brian Swenson - East Lyme - Senior
Nick Petrowski - Guilford - Senior
Ian Bond - Fitch - Sophomore
Midfield
Nate Ryan - Fairfield Ludlowe - Senior - Wesleyan
Henry West - Darien - Junior - Cornell
Kurt Skelly - Avon - Senior
Bobby Weaver - Darien - Junior
Taylor Leahy - RHAM - Senior - Western Connecticut
Casey Dowd - Daniel Hand - Senior - Siena
Defense
Zach Bartlett - East Lyme - Senior - Western Connecticut
Tony Britton - Darien - Junior - Cornell
Kevin McDonough - New Canaan - Junior
Nick Kyle - New Fairfield - Senior
Eric DeLea - East Lyme - Senior
Goalie
Jimmy Granito - New Canaan - Senior - Loyola
LSDM
Willie Gould - New Canaan - Senior
SSDM
Jack Bratches - New Canaan - Junior

CLASS S

Attack
Jake Turkowski - Old Lyme - Senior - Wesleyan
Nolan Stauffer - Joel Barlow - Junior
Dan Pelzar - Granby Memorial - Senior - Endicott
Avery Dodd - Stonington - Sophomore
Mike Marini - St. Joseph - Senior
Midfield
Pat Mulligan - St. Joseph - Senior - Quinnipiac
Neil Cardwell - Somers - Senior
Ryan Brouwer - Waterford - Sophomore
Mike Delia - Ledyard - Junior
Alex Navarro - Old Saybrook - Senior
Oscar Nordness - Stonington - Senior - UConn
Defense
Alex Stefkovich - St. Joseph - Senior - Mount St. Mary's
Jacob Steinhoff - Stonington - Senior
Tyler Pardee - Granby Memorial - Senior
Dan Shine - Waterford - Senior
Nick Francis - St. Joseph - Senior - Stevens
Goalie
Alex Peyreigne - Weston - Senior - Merchant Marine Academy
LSDM
Brendan Wenzel - Ledyard - Junior
SSDM
Eddie Hutchins - Weston - Senior

Boys' Lacrosse: Case Matheis Injury Update

Courtesy of Stamford Advocate sportswriter, Dave Ruden, I can tell you that 2011 CHSCA Player of the Year Case Matheis had surgery this morning to repair his torn meniscus.  The surgery was succesful, it was fully repaired and Case said he is feeling "surprisingly good."

Boys' Lacrosse: 2011 All-Americans, Scholar All-Americans, Scholar-Athlete and Player of the Year

The 2011 US Lacrosse All-Americans for CT (non-prep schools) have been announced!  They are all seniors, except Case Matheis, who is a junior.

Andrew Buckanavage - Ridgefield - Midfield - UVM
Parker Burr - Simsbury - Goalie - UMass
Joe Costigan - New Canaan - Midfield - UNC
David Dickson - Greenwich - Midfield - Bucknell
Mike Francia - Wilton - Attack - Villanova
Patrick Holland - Wilton - Defense - Roger Williams
Ryan Mallon - New Fairfield - Midfield - Siena
Torrey Martone - Cheshire - Defense - UMass
Case Matheis - Darien - Attack - Duke
Graham Maybell - Darien - Midfield - Villanova
Kip Orban - Staples - Midfield - Princeton
Eric Parnon - Darien - Defense - Maryland
Matthew Shannon - Ridgefield - Defense - UNC
Sam Somers - Wilton - Goalie - Army
JP Walsh - Darien - Midfield - Lehigh

The US Lacrosse Academic All-Americans for 2011 are as follows (all are seniors):

Connor Byrne - Fairfield Prep - Midfield - Amherst
Henry Downes - East Catholic - Defense - Alabama
Justin Menke - New Fairfield - Midfield - Navy
Gabe Nardi-Huffman - Brien McMahon - Midfield - Wesleyan
Oscar Nardness - Stonington - Midfield - UConn
Philip Schapiro - Stamford - Defense - Vanderbilt
Andrew Suslavich - Ridgefield - Midfield - Dartmouth

The 2011 CHSCA Scholar-Athlete is Gabe Nardi-Huffman from Brien McMahon.

Last but not least, the CHSCA Player of the Year for 2011 is Case Matheis from Darien.

Boys' Lacrosse: Championship Results (Saturday 6/11)

Before I start my final post, I have some things to take care of:

Thank you everyone for reading, it really means so much to me that this website has become such a success; 15,000 views is above an beyond anything I expected when I started this website back in January.

My final record for lacrosse postseason picks was 31-4 (89%) and for volleyball was 15-7 (68%) making me 46-11 (81%) overall.

Sorry my coverage on baseball fell out during the season, I really do wish I had had the time to keep it up on my own; I play and love the sport.  The state championships were some really awesome games so congrats to (17) Newington 3-2 over (7) Southington in 10 innings (Class LL), (15) Notre Dame-West Haven 2-1 over (16) Farmington on a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the 7th inning (Class L), (20) Montville 1-0 over (22) Seymour (Class M), (2) East Hampton 6-2 over (1) East Catholic (Class S).

Lastly, in case you don't know, my name is Mark Scalzo and hopefully this is not the last time you will see my name.  Becoming a professional sports writer is one possibility but politics is a more likely avenue; I look forward to possibly serving you once again!

CLASS L

(4) #3 Fairfield Prep 10 vs (6) #2 Ridgefield 11
-I guess my objective side held true (my higher seed held true) as Sean Wilkinson scored the game winning goal in this one with 15 seconds left but really, almost like Darien's loss, this result can be attributed to a key injury.  Prep's goalie Mike Seelye took a shot off the chest early in the second quarter and was spitting up blood, he even had to be taken to the hospital later.  At that point, Prep was up 6-1 but Ridgefield made it 6-5 at halftime, 10-8 after three and ending up winning 11-10; see below:
Ridgefield 1 4 3 3--11

Fairfield Prep 6 0 4 0--10
Scoring: R--Aidan Scott (3 goals), Andrew Buckanavage (2 goals, 1 assist), Sean Wilkinson (1g, 2a), Sean Riley (2g), Eric Scala (2g), Matt Hrvatin (2a), Will Bonaparte (1g); FP--Connor Kelly (5g), Kevin Brown (2g, 1a), David White (1g, 1a), Matt Brophy (1g, 1a), Tim Edmonds (2a), Tyler Cox (1g), Harry Cotter (1a).
Goalies: R--Adam Winne (8 saves); FP--Mike Seelye (3), Ryan Orvis (6).
Shots: R--36; FP--31.

CLASS M

(5) #4 Wilton 12 vs (7) #6 New Canaan 2
-see below:

New Canaan 1 0 0 1--2
Wilton 3 4 2 3 --12
Scoring: NC--Peter Kraus (1g), Michael Bossidy (1g). W--Michael Serpa (4g) Connor Melillo (2g, 1a), Christopher Nugent (2g), Michael Francia (1g, 3a), Matthew Kobyra (1g, 1a), Matthew Dunn (1g, 1a), Patrick Holland (1g), Sam Somers (1a).
Goalies: NC--Jimmy Joe Granito (4 saves); W--Sam Somers (16 saves), Conor Johnson (2 saves).
Shots: NC--20 W--16.

CLASS S

(3) Joel Barlow 5 vs (12) St. Joseph 6
-Second title for St. Joseph in the past three years...oh yeah they came in second last year, the year they didn't win it; see below:
St. Joseph 3 0 1 2--6

Joel Barlow 0 3 1 1--5
Scoring: SJ--Brian Bacarella (3 goals), Bobby Ciotti (1 goal, 1 assist), Pat Corcoran (1g, 1a), Mike Marini (1g, 1a), Peter Vallerie (1a); JB--Brian Sternberg (2g, 1a), Thomas Samaritano (1g), Dominic Lee (1g), Liam Rooney (1g), Robbie Palazzo (1a).
Goalies: SJ--Matt Mohr (13 saves); JB--Zach Upton (10).
Shots: SJ--32; JB--30.