The weather was great once again and so was the fun, food and game action!

The day began with the boy's 7/8 Team Blue-White game.  It was an entertaining battle with plenty of end to end action as the alumni and everyone in attendance got a peek at the future Sawyers.

The Laxtravaganza started off with last year's winners receiving their championship shirts and then the games began. The championship between the Odd and Even alumni went down to the wire as the Evens tied the score with less than 2 minutes to go but, the Odd team responded scoring two quick goals late to take the 2011 title 6-4.

Remo Montalbano once again has the program running this summer - with the addition of a youth instructional division. The schedule is listed below.  Each day youth plays from 3pm-4:30pm, Adult 5pm-7pm. A small fee is charged to cover the expenses.

 Saturday  June 18

 Saturday June 25

Saturday July 2

 Saturday July 9

Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 6:00p to 9:00p

Warwick Alumni vs Sect 9 Alumni - Warwick Town Park:

Warwick Alumni vs Sect 9 Alumni - TOWN PARK - FIELD A5:

In effort to help raise money for Coach Graig McElroy's medical expenses for

his baby daughter Kenley, a game of WARWICK VALLEY VS Section 9 LACROSSE

ALUMNI is taking place. $25 to play. Admission cost is $5.

117 UNION CORNERS ROAD, WARWICK.

Contact John Peruso if any questions - 986-7035 or perusoj@gmail.com

4/9     SHS  14   New Paltz  1  (details below)

4/12   SHS   18   Burke Catholic 1

4/14   SHS 9   Scotia-Glenville 10 (2OT)

4/16   SHS 11   Highland 1

4/19   SHS  14   FD Roosevelt  3

4/21   SHS  9   Red Hook  2

4/26   SHS  15   O'Neill  4

4/30   SHS   8    Wallkill  3

5/3     SHS  19   New Paltz 1  *100th win for Saugerties Lacrosse

5/5     SHS  18   Burke Catholic 4

 5/10  SHS  18   Highland  3

5/12   SHS   9   Red Hook  8

5/19   SHS  11  O'Neill  8

5/21   SHS  9    Wallkill  14

 6/2    SHS  12  Wallkill  11 (Section IX Final)

 6/8    SHS  1    Niskayuna  17 (NYS Regional)

Play has begun at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome in Milton and the Sawyers are off to a great start! Stop down on a Monday evening to watch the guys play - plenty of great lacrosse action - click on the headline to link to the Sportsdome site to view schedules and standings.

"Every battle is won before it is ever fought" - Sun Tzu

 Win the battle NOW!

The Alumni won yet another match-up with the Sawyers varsity - taking this years contest 13-9.  The largest turn-out of alumni in many years and a huge crowd as well.  More to follow on the game along with pics.

 Special thanks to Dick's Sporting Goods of the Hudson Valley Mall and manager Bryan McGuire for their donations to the Laxtravaganza 2009. 

GOALS SCORED  

   GROUND BALLS 

Congratulation to the 5 Sawyer stickmen named to the All-Section IX team.

First Team Midfield - Tony Spada, Sr.

Second Team Face-Off Midfielder - Vito Massa, Jr.

Second Team Defense - Bryan Quinn, Sr.

Honorable Mention Attack - Phil Missasi, Sr.

Honorable Mention Long Stick Midfielder - Dave Rothe, Sr.

Our Tradition

By Niko Polizzi

Battle cries,

Moments alive.

Victory rises in

The distant skies.

Our enemy left

Shattered in fear,

Through compromise,

Blood, sweat,

And tears,

As we continue

Our tradition

Another year.

SAWYER LAX! '09

The boy’s varsity lacrosse team defeated Wallkill 8-6 at Middletown’s Faller Field to earn their 7^th consecutive Section 9 Class B championship. Tony Spada scored 2 goals and had 3 assists, DJ Leslie and Phil Missasi had 2 goals and 1 assist each, Mike Hans and Vito Massa each added single tallies and Tom Fisher had 1 assist.  Mike Pfeiffer and the defense turned aside several Wallkill scoring threats.  The boy’s will play Niskayuna at the University at Albany in the New York State regional game Saturday evening at 6:00PM.

Special thanks are extended to Vince Crantz of Anaconda Sports for his continued efforts to support Section IX Lacrosse and the Sawyers Lacrosse program.

Under the leadership of Coach Meisinger the JV team finished the 2009 campaign with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses. Great job guys.

 v. Pine Bush           W 16-4
@ Arlington             L 18 -10
@ Wallkill               W  16-4
@ Pine Bush           W  12-1
v. Monroe               W  6-2
@ Middletown         W  10-2
@ Minisink              L  11-10
v. Delaware Valley   W  12-2
v. Minisink              L 11 - 9
@ Burke                 W  11-2
v. Valley Central     W  14-6
@ Warwick            W  8-6
v. Wallkill               W  18 -5

“Our Game”

By Niko Polizzi

Looking beyond

The ancient goal posts that

Once provided a purpose of sport,

There is a field of memories,

Where countless battles have taken place,

Each with its own tale of triumph.

We remember our victories

And defend with pride, knowing

There are many battles to come.

These victories were well earned.

We ran ourselves far past exhaustion,

Lungs almost bleeding as a result

Of our vigorous routine.

Every practice was preparation,

Preparation for glory, and every dropped pass

Would haunt us until it reached

Perfection. Perfection that would carry over

to all aspects, on and off the field.

Every day is ours,

We can out play,

Over power,

Defeat, any challenges,

Any obstacles

Present.

We are strong, physically and

Mentally. The sky is the limit.

Potential is a word of the past.

Even if circumstances beyond

Our control appear.

We always persevere.

We are more than a team.

We are brothers!

We are family!

SAWYER LAX 09’

FAMILY 09’

With his six goal performance on Monday, Senior midfielder Tony Spada became the Sawyers career goal scoring leader with 146 goals.  The previous record of 144 goals in a career was set by Remo Montalbano, currently playing at Dominican College.  

The Sawyers travelled to Arlington in Section 1 for their second and final scrimmage session of the pre-season today.  The "ironmen" saw action with Arlington, FDR and Red Hook.  The weather was great once again and so was the action on the field.  Now it is on to the regular season - the opener next Wednesday at Red Hook.

On Tuesday, November 18 at 2:30PM, Senior Tony Spada sat down with his parents in the Senior High School library and signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Maryland Baltimore County on a lacrosse scholarship.

 UMBC finished the 2008 regular season ranked 6th in Division 1 men's lacrosse. Tony is the the first SHS athlete to receive a Division 1 lacrosse scholarship and will be the first Sawyer to play at that level. 

The Sawyers attended the 7th Annual Gladiator Games at RPI this past Sunday.  The format was changed this year to 10 v. 10 - full field - matching what most fall tournaments are doing.  As some may know RPI has made some major renovations to their athletic fields - including the addition of another field turf playing surface and a new stadium and sports arena/administration building is under construction.

 The fall stickman defeated South Glens Falls 4-2 in their first game, then they outscored a free agent team of players from Bethlehem, Glens Falls and Saratoga 6-2 and dropped their final game to a strong Queensbury team 10-7. In addition the boys got a bonus for arriving early and scrimmaged the Niskayuna Silver team for a half hour.

 Next up - The Winter Indoor League at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome.

Up first on the Fall Ball agenda was the Warwick Applefest Tournament on October 12th.  Last year the Sawyers took home the 2nd Place trophy, however this year the competition was a little tougher and the team did not advance into the final. 

 Next up:  The Gladiator Games at RPI.  This is a 10 vs. 10 format tournament for the first time this year. 

The following Sawyer stickmen garnered post season honors:

All-Section IX

Tony Spada - First Team Midfield

Jack Froude - 2nd Team Attack

Matt Swart - 2nd Team Attack 

Dan Bender - 2nd Team Face-Off Midfielder

Brian Hindes - 2nd Team Long Stick Midfielder

Kevin Carpenter - Honorable Mention Defense

US Lacrosse - Mid Hudson Region Awards

Shawn Leahy - Academic All-American

Tony Spada - All-American

Matt Swart - SHS Lax Sportsmanship Award

The Seniors - SHS Contributed Most Award

Congratulations to all!!!

The Duffman now holds the career goalie saves record with 406 saves.  He broke the record with his 8 save perfomance against FDR.  The record of 387 saves was previously held by Dave Nicolato class of '04.