The Wildcats huddle together. (Credit: Christopher Cecere)
The road to the New York State championship this year ended in Rochester, a roughly seven-hour drive from the campus of Shoreham-Wading River High School. In June 2020, the state championship game returns much closer to home, at a site of so many memorable games in the program’s history: Hofstra University. READ
The Shoreham-Wading River boys lacrosse team led start to finish in Saturday’s Class C New York State championship game against Jamesville-DeWitt. The Wildcats’ 12-7 victory brought them the program’s fourth state title.
Junior Xavier Arline scored five goals with two assists to lead the Wildcats’ attack.
The Wildcats finish the season 18-5.
See more photos from the championship below:
Photos by Christopher Cecere
From an early age, Dominick Visintin dreamed of this moment.
The senior grew up embedded in the Shoreham-Wading River lacrosse program. He gravitated toward the sport by pre-school and watched his older brother Anthony become a standout for the Wildcats. (more…)
All one has to do is look at the youth sprinkled throughout the Shoreham-Wading River High School boys lacrosse team’s roster to see that the Wildcats have a bright future ahead of them. And their present isn’t that bad, either. READ
The Shoreham-Wading River boys lacrosse team rallied from five goals down to defeat Cold Spring Harbor, 13-12, Saturday in the Class C Long Island Championship. READ
Shoreham-Wading River has its Xs and Os in place. An X (the supremely talented Xavier Arline) is a big part of its O (offense).
But it was another SWR lacrosse player, Gavin Gregorek, who stepped to the forefront when the Wildcats needed him most. READ
Shoreham-Wading River coach Michael Taylor was smart enough to put the ball in Xavier Arline’s stick with the game on the line. Arline, in turn, was smart enough not to try and force a shot that wasn’t there. That’s how the ball found Anthony Cimino’s stick before ending up in the Mount Sinai goal.
That’s smart lacrosse. READ
In Suffolk County boys lacrosse, Class B is often referred to as the Killer B’s.
It might be time for a nickname to describe Class C.
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