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| 2008 - It's Long Island Again | |
| (August 4, 2008) - Long Island easily defeated Central to walk away with their fourth consecutive Gold Medal. Hudson Valley also defeated Western to win the Bronze Medal. This was Long Island's 15th Gold Medal, Central's 9th Silver Medal, and Hudson Valley's 7th Bronze Medal. Full Report | |
| Sunday - Hudson Valley Takes Bronze | |
| (July 26, 2008) - Hudson Valley controlled the game and won the bronze medal (7-5) in men's lacrosse at the 31st annual Empire State Games. The entire team contributed to the victory but the game was won on the exemplary achievements of two particular Valley players. Luke Haggerty in the goal and Cole McCormack's face off work was the difference for Hudson Valley. Full Report | |
| Sunday - Island Takes Gold Again | |
| (July 26, 2008) - Long Island dominated Central, in a win that was one goal away from running time and saw the Island winning 14-3. The game really did not start running away until the third quarter. This Gold Medal game, unlike any of the other games in the tournament was played as four twelve minute quarters instead of ten minute quarters. Full Report | |
| Sunday - Island, Central and Valley go 1-2-3 | |
| (July 27, 2008) - Long Island easily defeated Central to walk away with their fourth consecutive Gold Medal. Hudson Valley also defeated Western to win the Bronze Medal. This was Long Island's 15th Gold Medal, Central's 9th Silver Medal, and Hudson Valley's 7th Bronze Medal. Full Report | |
| Saturday - Western beats ADK 11-4 | |
| (July 26, 2008) - Western played a smart game and defeated Adirondack 11-4. Western attack led their scoring with 9/11 goals. Adirondack had four different players score. Full Report | |
| Other Stories of Interest | |
| NYS Tournament - We're Done! | |
| The finals are now set in the New york State Tournament and Section Five is now finished as Cananadigua lost a heart-breaker to West Genesee (11-10) and Penn Yan lost to Corning East (9-5). Full Report | |
| Champions - CA, Geneva and Penn Yan | |
| (June 6, 2008) - Although wins by both Penn Yan and Canandaigua were surprising mismatches, a four goals streak with just over a minute gave Geneva a 14-13 win in the Class B Championships at St. John Fisher College on Friday. Full Report | |
| 2008 Award Lists | |
| The All league awards for Monre County, Finger Lakes and Grall have been awarded, as has been the All Tournament Teams. Full Report | |
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| SportsFive Rankings Once again, this year, we will publish, each week, rankings in each class. SportsFive will continue to publish the New York State Sportswriters poll and will provide links to the Laxpower national polls. For the latest rankings click here. | |
November 7, 2005 - The first New York State Lacrosse Tournament was held in 1977 with Elmont (Section 8) the first champion. There were only six teams entered in the '77 tournament. Section Five first entered the tournament in 1978 with Rush Henrietta losing to Farmingdale 7-4 in the semi final round.
SportsFive has put together brackets for all the New York State Tournaments from 1977 to 2005 and has have updated the summary information which is available from the Tournament page.