Awards, honors pile up after Sachem lax season

Sachem North boy's lacrosse strung together a memorable season. / Credit Ray Nelson
Sachem North boy’s lacrosse strung together a memorable season. / Credit Ray Nelson

Sachem North boy’s lacrosse put together a strong season in Suffolk County’s Division I, and now many members of the team are enjoying post-season awards from the program and county.

Here’s a round up from the program’s awards dinner and the Suffolk County Coaches Association Awards dinner …

Sachem Lacrosse Team Banquet

  • Player’s Player Award (similar to Sachem Football’s Black Helmet): Mike Aronow
  • Team M.V.P.: Mike Calvagna/Jake Slater
  • Offensive M.VP.: Sean O’Brien
  • Defensive M.V.P.: Mike Aronow
  • Unsung Hero: Jacob Giacalone
  • Coaches Awards: Jimmy Hoffman, Joe Caridi, Justin Smith and Jacob Henry
  • Scoop Monster: Mike Calvagna
  • Most Points: Joe Caridi
  • Most Assists: Joe Caridi
  • Most Goals: Sean O’Brien
  • Spirit Awards: Nick Lampitelli/Nick Szewchuk
  • Most Improved: Paul La Francesca
  • Hustle Award: Zach Ednie

2014 Sachem North lacrosse season highlights

  • Beat Ward Melville, West Islip and Smithtown East in the same year for the first time since the early 2000’s before the split
  • Program high for wins in a season
  • Defeated State Champion Bronxville
  • Gave up only 4.59 Goals a game
  • Made Suffolk County Class A Semi-Finals two out of last three years
  • Sixth year in a row Sachem was Super 6/7 Division Champions finishing highest this year which was second place during the regular season
  • Finished the year ranked No. 19 in the MSG Tri-State Poll and No. 9 in the MSG Varsity L.I. Power Rankings
  • Sachem coach Jay Mauro reached 100 wins for his coaching career

Suffolk County Awards

All-Division

  • Jacob Henry
  • Jimmy Hoffman
  • Joe Caridi
  • Jake Slater
  • Mike Calvagna
  • Mike Aronow
  • Sean O’Brien
  • Jacob Giacalone

All-County

  • Mike Aronow
  • Joe Caridi
  • Jake Slater
  • Mike Calvagna
  • Sean O’Brien
  • Jacob Giacalone

All-Long Island

  • Mike Aronow

All-American

  • Mike Aronow

Suffolk County Goalie Of The Year: Jacob Giacalone

Honorable Mention Tri-State Midfielder: Joe Caridi

Top 7 Tri-State Face-off: Mike Calvagna

As with any Sachem athletic program, the success of the most recent season is just more of a reason to work hard over the summer heading into the following school year. Sachem North lacrosse has a very busy summer planned and expects to pick up where it left off.

This summer so far …

Sachem just played at the Lehigh Lax Fest in the Varsity Elite Division. The Flaming Arrows went 5-1 losing in the championship game 7-6. J.V. and U-13 had very successful weekends as well. “The kids played awesome,” said Sachem coach Jay Mauro.

Jacob Giacalone was named to the Under Armour All-American Underclassmen roster for top players on Long Island. The Hopkins-bound goaltender is with some pretty big lacrosse names from the area and he’s already one of the top talents in the tri-state and beyond.

Last week the Long Island Showcase was held at Farmingdale College featuring the Top 20 in Suffolk against the Top 20 in Nassau in three age groups: seniors, juniors and sophomores. The following players represented Sachem North:

  • Rising Seniors: Bobby Amato and Kevin Bragaglia
  • Rising Juniors: Jacob Giacalone, Dylan Rhatigan and Tom Haun
  • Rising Sophomores: James Avanzato and Ryan McAllister

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