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t-;enned\' and Tee! \X.estht>lle. whilt' Comfort 1\lustau ;lllchored the defense . St. Pauls (1710) Guy \\'hlltt'n ·:- \\'dton W:trriors \\ouldn 't Brooklandville, Md . & \\' ithn IS <1 horrible lle:tdl1ne (JChln)!l\· allner<tll\'e) , hut It .~Uill" up the :-~::.~:-.on for Ward Melvile 12210) No. 7 Wilton Cl8 3J. out of Wilton. Conn . Setauket, N.Y. Two of their three los~es were to No . 8 3. Boy's latin I18/2) Darien (] H'3) m the regul:tr sea. on and the Baltimore, Md . Fairfield County championship. hut they ~· :.~shed over the Blue Wave. l(l -6, for the 4. Farmingdale 11811) state title led by ~oalie Joe K.irmser, defender Farmingdale, N.Y. Ross Thomson . <tncl middie!> Ben .lohn;.on and Man Wilson . Darien , under state coach 5. Yorktown 121 I 1) of the ye:.tr Jeff 13rameier, should he credited Yorktown Heights, N.Y. for <1 guuy , 8- FC title win over Wilton in 6. Montclair I17 12) triple overt1me. A speedy midfield :.tnd a Montclair, N.J. high-scoring attack, anchored by Mike Mazzeo and Brian Merrin. were key, as was 7. Wilton (18/3) the defensive play of Ted Thoma. Wilton, Ct. No. 9 Baldwinsville (19/ 4) of Bald8. Darien (18/3) winsville, 1'\.Y., has been playing !aero se for 35 years, but they've had the misforrun of Darien, Ct. spending much of rhar Lime in West Genn. ·s 9. Baldwinsville 119I 4) long shadow .. ;ot this year. The Bees S[Ung Baldwinsville, N.Y. the seven-time state champs 9-8 in oven1me ro caprure the ection 3 title and advance. 10 lawrenceville School ultimately, 10 their first Class A final. They 11413) Lawrenceville, N.J. lost. despite strong face-off work from Joe 11. Corning East (201 4) Kline. Jim Gonnella, Dan ·n Dave Brostek Corning, N.Y. and Matt Coleman figured prominemly in rhe team's overall success. 12. Broadneck (1612) Marshall Chambers clearly left No . 1 0 Annapolis, Md. Lawrenceville School (14 / 3) of Lawrenceville, · .J in capable hands. The Larries 13. Ridgewood (1813) won their second straight Prep A ride under Ridgewood, N.J. coach Rusry Hlavacek. defeating Pingry. /-3. 14. New Canaan (12/4) New ,lames Heavey. Bill Granville Cborl1 headed to Canaan, Ct. Duke) and Beckett \'l:lolff were the big guns. The team needs another nickname, though. 15. Sachem (16I2)Loke The "Lawrenceville Arabians?" iah .. . Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Trojans? That one's already taken hy , 16. Severn (12/6) among others , Bob Streeten ' s No. 11 Severn, Md. Corning East (2014) of Coming. r.Y .. who surely ger this year's prize for endurance. 17. lynbrook (16/4) They outlasted Irondequoit. 8-7, through four Lynbrook, N.Y. ovenimes in the state semifinals to ad,·ance to their th1rd final in four years . Alas , 18. Garden City (1611) Yorktown bested them, desptte the effons of Gorden City, N.Y. yracuse-bound goalie Brad LeBaron as well 19. Springfield (24/0) as Tony Caruso and Andy Snow. Spri ngfield, Po. The Maryland class 4A/3A Lille game was tied four times, including --5 heading 1nt0 20. Moeller (1812) the final quaner. bur No. 1 2 Broadneck Cincinnati, Oh. 06/2) of Annapolis scored f1ve more ro bear preseason ·o. 2 Dulaney, 10-7. Clay White's ream was led b) Greg Jackson. and got a strong showing from Alex lrmler. Mike Strohman. Sam Peterson and Steve Bruso for their first stare Litle since 1987.
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t-.tre.tkl' h:tve !(l end .~nmetime Cnlumhi~< ended No. 1 3 Ridgewood ( l R '3 l of R1dgt'\\ oocl. l'\..J. ~ ++-g:JnW ,,.1n :-treah and .\ lontcla1r ,,.:.t the f1N team lC• ~core m douhil' ftgUrt'!': ..tg.unst them tn 'i6 game~ . denying ~tt'v e .l<Jcoh,.,on ·, tc:am a :-;econd str:nght statt' lltk: Attackman Joe Turco keved Rid~ewood · ~ offens·=. while Dennis Sullivan n:tiled down rhe defense. Although they're :1 ~· mtng team , How ·trd Bened1ct":- No . 14 New Canaan (] 2 /'J ) of ·ew ·C:tnaan . Conn ., m:1de 1t 10 tile . t:11e semifinals hefme f;.~lling to L·v~.:ntu:tl champion \X 'ilton. 7-6. in overtime . Adam Uu11erwnnh :tnd Tyler Hardy helped keep it close. But for W:-trd Melville·. tw1ce avenging l:.lst ye:tr's oven1me los~. No. 1 5 Sachem 06/2) of L:.tke 1{onkonkoma, N.Y. was perfect for coach Rick /vlercurio. Chris Mach. Chri. Panos and Vinny Hannigan were a formidable arrack and got them ro the Suffolk County championship, but no furrher. A simjlar obstacle <rwo of rhem , actually : St. Paul's and B.L ) stood in rhe way of No. 16 Severn (12/6) of Severn , Md. Still. Rob White's team-led by .Milford Marcham. Ben Andrew (who are joming Yorktown 's David Marr at Hopkms this year) and Jason Wade-showed a lot of hean. We mention Hopkin because their coach. Tony Seaman, hails from Lynbrook. '.Y .. as does. not surprisingly, No. 17 lynbrook 06/ 4) , coached by Larry Glenz. . The Owl< , led by goalie Jon Marcus (Marr's roommate this fall) , Gary Correa and Rob Grella , made ir ro the state emis where. surprise. they smacked into Yorkrown. They did caprure rhe Section title (no "crazy" joke .. please ) with an R-6 win over No . 1 8 Garden City (16/ 1), whiCh until that pomr had been cruising comfortably atop the Class B poll. O-man Paul Murphy ,,·as a strong anchor for Doc Dougherty's crew . No . 1 9 Springfield C24 / 0) of Springfield. Pa .. capped a perfect ea. on for fourrh-year coach John Heisman with a 10-9 win over defending Pa . Scholastic champion and presea . on ·o. 20 Episcopal before 5.000 fans . They were ranked No. 1 in eastern Pa . 10 hegm rhe season and Greg Campbell , Dave O 'Donnell and Tom late never Jer them give it up. Five vears ago . the p rog ram at No . 20 Moeller 08/ 2) of Cincinnati, Oh. drew 80 players and a former Svracuse standout to its first tryout. Today. coach Tom Kennedy has the top program m the Midwest. and one mar could probabh· give many programs back East f1ts . Goalte Dan Thiel. Kevm Jwanusa , Joe Leever and Kennedy 's son . .hm , anchored ll1e ream. A bn ,,f adv1ce. coach: if Notre Dame calls you abour a coaching position hang up d1e phone . . . ~