Boys Lacrosse
Rocky Point natives Justin and Troy Reh are two of the best players on the top-ranked men’s lacrosse team in nation at the University of Albany.
The Reh brothers, who were All-Americans in high school, were recently featured in a story by the Albany Times Union newspaper.
A number of former Section XI student-athletes were recently named to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List for 2018.
The lists include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2018 Tewaaraton Award.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States.
The following played high school lacrosse in Section XI member schools:
Women
Men
Players not named to the initial lists have several opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch list additions, if applicable, will be announced on March 22 and April 5. On April 26, the field will be narrowed to 25 men’s and 25 women’s nominees. Nominees can be players on the watch lists or players not on the watch lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.
Five men’s and five women’s finalists will be announced on May 10 and invited to the 18th annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 31.
VICE Sports featured a story about him with the headline, “Myles Jones is the Future of Lacrosse.”
Jones wrote a story for The Players Tribune titled, “The Face of the Game.”
It’s clear that Myles Jones is on another level as an ambassador of his sport.
The first overall pick in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Draft and Walt Whitman High School alum is truly one of the faces of lacrosse. From the U.S. Team, which he should be playing for at the World Championships this summer, to winning a National Championship at Duke, to his dominant play in the MLL, Jones is a star.
At Duke, he anchored the midfield for four years and put up more than 60 points in three of his four seasons with the Blue Devils. He also won the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award and was a Tewaaraton Finalist in 2015 and 2016.
It’s never too soon to think about warmer weather and spring sports.
This spring will feature the first Bob Hoppey High School Lacrosse Classic hosted by Brentwood Varsity Lacrosse on Saturday, April 7.
The day will showcase eight programs from all across Long Island competing, and will also feature an opportunity for Brentwood alumni Jason Lambert to coach his Smithtown East Bulls at Brentwood for the first time since graduating there as a two-sport star in 1998.
Teams competing include Brentwood, Smithtown East, Massapequa, Northport, Riverhead, Mattituck, East Meadow and Deer Park.
Bob Hoppey Lacrosse Classic Schedule:
This day of lacrosse is about honoring the memory of the late, great Hoppey, who coached at Brentwood from 1959 to 1988. The Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer won 303 games, nine league titles and three county championships.
The Mt. Sinai girls lacrosse team competed at the Tunnel to Towers Run recently.
Coach Al Bertalone shared a team photo on his Twitter account celebrating their efforts.
The mission of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation is to honor the sacrifice of firefighter Stephen Siller who laid down his life to save others on September 11, 2001.
In a feature story posted on the school district’s website, William Floyd lacrosse player Jake Taylor is profiled for his skill, but also overcoming being born with club feet and hip dysplasia.
“I never even knew about my feet and hip until recently when I found my old casts and braces in my bedroom closet,” said Jake. “I began playing lacrosse, soccer and football at an early age and my parents didn’t think I should know. I had to wear orthotics in my sneakers but I didn’t think it was anything major.”
Now Jake plays in one of the toughest high school lacrosse divisions in the world.
