Here is a beautiful, artistic, video of the SI v Chaminade game. It features lots of slow-motion footage and tells a great story. Worth watching this 5 minute piece of cinematic drama even if you aren't a lacrosse fan!
http://lacrosserecruits.com/news/featured/game-recap-video-st-ignatius-ca-at-chaminade-ny/
Thanks to the folks at Lacrosserecruit.com for producing it!
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
High School: Chaminade vs St. Ignatius delayed game reports
End of Q1 SI 1 Chaminade1
Cyrus Scott with 3 Saves
Joe Lang on a feed from Moore Harris for the SI goal
8:07 left in the 2nd quarter SI 1 Chaminade 3
Chaminade scores two quick ones off the FO
Still in Q2 Flyers pick up a loose ball and go for an unassisted goal. 4-1 Flyers
Flyers on EMO with Si in the Box for 2 minutes
SI time out with 1:52 left in the second quarter. Cyrus Scott great in the cage. Score still 4-1 Flyers.
SI facing a VERY stout defense – 13 unforced errors so far for the Wildcats.
Half Time: Score still Chaminade 4 SI 1
Observers say Cyrus Scott keeping SI in the game. Has at least 13 saves in the first half. SI playing lots of D. O needs to possess to give D a rest.
Start of Q3 David Fleming scores for SI Cham 4 SI 2. Seventeen minute scoring drought for the 'Cats has ended!
Flyers answer with a fast break goal. 5-2 Chaminade with 9 minutes to go in the 3rd.
Cyrus Scott keeping SI in the game. Two successive saves on the doorstep!
SI scores again on a rip by Matt Emery! Now 5-3 Chaminade.
David Fleming with his second goal! Now 5-4 Chaminade. 1:25 left in the 3rd.
Cyrus Scott with another BIG save to end the quarter. He's standing on his head! Chaminade 5 SI 4. Go 'Cats!
End of Q3: Chaminade 5 SI 4!
Q4 SI on defense:
Time out with 3:09 left in the game. Still Chaminade 5 SI 4.
SI in their huddle.
Now 31 seconds left. SI with the ball....
5 seconds left. Chaminade with the time out.
Final score Chaminade 5 SI 4.
Box score from Long Island's Newsday:
Things to note in the Box Score: 1) Cyrus Scott with 16 saves, 2) the Flyers' Ryan Lukacovic was involved in 4 out of the Flyers 5 goals (3G,1A), 3) David Fleming stepped up, big-time, and 4) St. Ignatius had a respectable 50% of its goals assisted, while Chaminade had 80% of its goals come on assists.*
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* I have long believed that teams with high assist percentages win more often than those teams who don't. It has been an assertion of mine, with no proof. Recently, statisticians started mathematically modeling the components of success in lacrosse contests. Their work shows that the assist is the single most significant event in lacrosse games. More important than CTOs, more important than goals, more important than saves, and more important than ground balls. I believe the assist is the purposeful manifestation of a set of seemingly chaotic acts, i.e. off-ball movement, dodge-draw-dump, skip passes, give and goes, picks, screens, etc. All those activities seek, however imperfectly, to get a player into open, threatening space near the goal. That is, the assist is the result of continuous hard work by everyone on the offense. That motion, those activities, those coordinations without the ball, are the gist of getting a man freed up into threatening space. The assist is merely the natural last act in a long chain of actions. But it is a crucial last act!
I AM SO PROUD OF THE GUYS. They lose by one on the home field of the #2 team in the nation after traveling 3,000 miles to New York, jet-lagged, sleeping in unfamiliar surroundings, and all the other anomalies that impose a slight drain on players.
Great game by two fine teams. If Chaminade were to fly to SF, good as they are, I continue to believe the 'Cats win by two.
Cyrus Scott with 3 Saves
Joe Lang on a feed from Moore Harris for the SI goal
8:07 left in the 2nd quarter SI 1 Chaminade 3
Chaminade scores two quick ones off the FO
Still in Q2 Flyers pick up a loose ball and go for an unassisted goal. 4-1 Flyers
Flyers on EMO with Si in the Box for 2 minutes
SI time out with 1:52 left in the second quarter. Cyrus Scott great in the cage. Score still 4-1 Flyers.
SI facing a VERY stout defense – 13 unforced errors so far for the Wildcats.
Half Time: Score still Chaminade 4 SI 1
Observers say Cyrus Scott keeping SI in the game. Has at least 13 saves in the first half. SI playing lots of D. O needs to possess to give D a rest.
Start of Q3 David Fleming scores for SI Cham 4 SI 2. Seventeen minute scoring drought for the 'Cats has ended!
Flyers answer with a fast break goal. 5-2 Chaminade with 9 minutes to go in the 3rd.
Cyrus Scott keeping SI in the game. Two successive saves on the doorstep!
SI scores again on a rip by Matt Emery! Now 5-3 Chaminade.
David Fleming with his second goal! Now 5-4 Chaminade. 1:25 left in the 3rd.
Cyrus Scott with another BIG save to end the quarter. He's standing on his head! Chaminade 5 SI 4. Go 'Cats!
End of Q3: Chaminade 5 SI 4!
Q4 SI on defense:
Time out with 3:09 left in the game. Still Chaminade 5 SI 4.
SI in their huddle.
Now 31 seconds left. SI with the ball....
5 seconds left. Chaminade with the time out.
Final score Chaminade 5 SI 4.
Box score from Long Island's Newsday:
GAME STATS
| Chaminade | Goals | Assists | Points | Saves |
| Burke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carney Mahon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Fowler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Jack Tigh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Lukacovic | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sean Cerrone | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Things to note in the Box Score: 1) Cyrus Scott with 16 saves, 2) the Flyers' Ryan Lukacovic was involved in 4 out of the Flyers 5 goals (3G,1A), 3) David Fleming stepped up, big-time, and 4) St. Ignatius had a respectable 50% of its goals assisted, while Chaminade had 80% of its goals come on assists.*
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* I have long believed that teams with high assist percentages win more often than those teams who don't. It has been an assertion of mine, with no proof. Recently, statisticians started mathematically modeling the components of success in lacrosse contests. Their work shows that the assist is the single most significant event in lacrosse games. More important than CTOs, more important than goals, more important than saves, and more important than ground balls. I believe the assist is the purposeful manifestation of a set of seemingly chaotic acts, i.e. off-ball movement, dodge-draw-dump, skip passes, give and goes, picks, screens, etc. All those activities seek, however imperfectly, to get a player into open, threatening space near the goal. That is, the assist is the result of continuous hard work by everyone on the offense. That motion, those activities, those coordinations without the ball, are the gist of getting a man freed up into threatening space. The assist is merely the natural last act in a long chain of actions. But it is a crucial last act!
I AM SO PROUD OF THE GUYS. They lose by one on the home field of the #2 team in the nation after traveling 3,000 miles to New York, jet-lagged, sleeping in unfamiliar surroundings, and all the other anomalies that impose a slight drain on players.
Great game by two fine teams. If Chaminade were to fly to SF, good as they are, I continue to believe the 'Cats win by two.
High School: Two pre-game articles on St. Ignatius vs Chaminade
Inside Lacrosse has written a short article on today's SI v Chaminade game. You can read it at:
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/04/24/high-school-st-ignatius-prep-calif-travels-east-attempting-make-history
Lacrosse Recruits has another article today about the big East v West game. You can read it at:
http://lacrosserecruits.com/news/lacrosse/game-preview-st-ignatius-prep-ca-at-chaminade-ny/
By the way, the opening face takes place at 4:15PM EDT.
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/04/24/high-school-st-ignatius-prep-calif-travels-east-attempting-make-history
Lacrosse Recruits has another article today about the big East v West game. You can read it at:
http://lacrosserecruits.com/news/lacrosse/game-preview-st-ignatius-prep-ca-at-chaminade-ny/
By the way, the opening face takes place at 4:15PM EDT.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
High School: St. Ignatius v Chaminade
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| St. Ignatius 2013 |
The last time I got my hopes up was in 2011, when Peter Worstell's San Ramon Valley Wolves travelled to Garden City (Coach Worstell's home town) and took on the then #5 ranked Garden City boys. Garden City prevailed, 14-7. Devin Dwyer, Garden City's X Attack, shredded SRV's defense, which was a VERY good Western defense. Devin Dwyer is now a highly rated Freshman at Harvard. His knowledge of the game's angles provided a lesson in Applied Geometry to the Wolves. Moreover, SRV had at least four players, I'd say 5, who were HIGHLY sought after by the top DI teams in the country: one to current #3 UNC, two to current #10 Penn State, and one to current #13 Syracuse. No one in the West had ever had a stud like Michael Tagliaferri. He was one of four members of the World Champion 2012 US U-19 team who were, when selected, still in High School. The other three U-19 prodigies? All from the East Coast!
Here's the thing: A Western victory is gonna happen sometime. When that occurss, it will shake the Lacrosse world. Heck, it may be that some VERY GOOD East Coast teams will then have to come to visit the West Coast, to take on our boys – on our turf! Right now, we genuflect to the East. We are the ones who have to travel 3,000 miles, sleep in strange beds, forego home cooking, and generally get discomfited by the journey. I think that's worth at least two goals, but NO ONE on Long Island will be thinking of travel-distance adjusted scores. You've gotta be MUCH than an Eastern Power to beat them on their home turf.
Do I hope that SI will prevail against Chaminade? Hell yes! Do I think the odds are with us? No. Reason and hope aren't the best of bedfellows. I've lived in hope before. Still, this is a very good SI team, taking on the #2 team in the country. The Wildcats have their assets. SI has a VERY good coaching staff, a stout, smart, skilled defense, and, perhaps, the best overall offense the West has produced. I believe they can play with – and defeat – the vast majority of Long Island and Maryland teams. Can they beat a stacked Chaminade team with more than twice as many NCAA DI recruits as the Wildcats? The answer will only be known on the field and when the game ends, the Chaminade scoreboard will reveal the final score. Should SI prevail, get a picture of the scoreboard! That image would symbolize – forever – a shift in the tectonic plates of the Lacrosse world.
I will be rooting for the 'Cats – and hoping for the 'Cats – and even praying for the 'Cats to play their best. I refuse to be disappointed if they don't prevail and I will be VERY PROUD OF THEM if they do! If I could tell them one thing, it would be to remember that they are NOT playing for NorCal, they are NOT playing for California, they are NOT playing for the WEST. They ARE playing for their teammates, their coaches and their school. They are 34 strong and they are... RELENTLESS! AMDG, boys.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
St. Ignatius to make East Coast trip!
It's official! St. Ignatius will travel to New York to play the legendary Long Island Catholic powerhouse – Chaminade. Last year, Chaminade finished 16-2, playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation. They finished the year rated #8 in the country. The Flyers had wins over national #2 ranked West Islip and national #6 ranked St. Anthony's.
In addition, SI will play Seton Hall on their Eastern swing. This game will be played as part of the Konica Minolta Big City Classic event, held at MetLife Stadium in Rutherford, NJ. More important, Seton Hall is coached by Dave Giarusso, formerly Head Coach of St. Ignatius. What a reunion and what an amazing road trip for the SI guys!
Game info:
Thursday 4/25/13 at Chaminade, Mineola, NY @ 4PM
Saturday 4/27/13 vs Seton Hall at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic MetLife Stadium, Rutherford, NJ @ 11AM
While it's too early to speculate on whether SI can win one or both of these games, I am sure the Wildcats will give it everything they have. Here are some stats on college commitments and school size that show SI will need to be on top of its game:
Current NCAA Commitments*: DI DII DIII Male students
Chaminade Flyers 21 2 4 1,700
Seton Hall Pirates 7 0 3 975
St. Ignatius Wildcats 8 0 3 710
I wouldn't miss it!
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* Data from LaxPower recruiting lists for recruits entering college in school years 2013-14 & 2014-5
In addition, SI will play Seton Hall on their Eastern swing. This game will be played as part of the Konica Minolta Big City Classic event, held at MetLife Stadium in Rutherford, NJ. More important, Seton Hall is coached by Dave Giarusso, formerly Head Coach of St. Ignatius. What a reunion and what an amazing road trip for the SI guys!
Game info:
Thursday 4/25/13 at Chaminade, Mineola, NY @ 4PM
Saturday 4/27/13 vs Seton Hall at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic MetLife Stadium, Rutherford, NJ @ 11AM
While it's too early to speculate on whether SI can win one or both of these games, I am sure the Wildcats will give it everything they have. Here are some stats on college commitments and school size that show SI will need to be on top of its game:
Current NCAA Commitments*: DI DII DIII Male students
Chaminade Flyers 21 2 4 1,700
Seton Hall Pirates 7 0 3 975
St. Ignatius Wildcats 8 0 3 710
I wouldn't miss it!
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* Data from LaxPower recruiting lists for recruits entering college in school years 2013-14 & 2014-5
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