Anthony Berardis had a major decision cooking on his front stove. A wealth of major Division-I programs had been in persistent pursuit of the Mahopac midfielder. Everyone from a diddle-eyed Joe to a damned-if-I know inquired about the promising young… Continue Reading
Ryan Wagner’s shooting hand hung in the air a bit longer than usual. With 2:53 remaining in the third quarter, the sharpshooting Wagner was again playing possessed. Mahopac’s high-horsepower senior two-guard had just drained a deep corner 3-pointer, capping a… Continue Reading
Heading into the 2010-2011 season, chances of Walter Panas surging into the league’s upper crust seemed nil. Following the mass exodus of ballers (June 2010 graduation helped bottom-out the cabinets of Shawn Sullivan’s team), success in 2010-2011 seemed about as… Continue Reading
It was a slugfest from the get-go, with Mahopac and Lakeland-Panas both showing up to the Wild Wild West shootout with some significant ammo. A game of this magnitude was supposed to play out this way. Both teams are front-loaded… Continue Reading
For MAHOPAC, consistency and sustaining a lead is a critical factor this post-season. The ‘Pac is slated for a date with White Plains in the first round of the playoffs. On paper and entertainment value-wise, the game should be bigger… Continue Reading
His fingers were so frozen by the biting-cold, Johnny van de Veerdonk had trouble gripping his stick at times. In the end it wouldn’t matter. With the relentless rain, the drenched field at Putnam Valley High, and the slip-and-slide conditions,… Continue Reading
Assessing the Class A lacrosse landscape is a daunting task these days, one that’s open to more debate than a hipster-laden liberal law house when the conservatives come calling. A selefect few have pole vaulted into the Section’s upper-crust in… Continue Reading
Henry Weltman and the Lakeland Hornets had been anticipating a performance of this ilk from Chris Fazio. It was a time bomb, just a matter of ticks before the high-volume scoring guard/forward’s explosion was felt by the Section I masses.… Continue Reading