Long Island Lacrosse Showcase 2025

For more than a decade, the Long Island Lacrosse Showcase for boys attending local high schools has been recognized as the premier event that allows players to display their talent for college coaches. The Long Island Lacrosse Showcase format originally was featured in the former New York Empire State Games. The Nassau County Lacrosse Coaches Association and the Suffolk County Lacrosse Coaches Association recreated the format during 2009.

The 2025 Long Island Lacrosse Showcase Top 25 Games for Rising Freshmen, Rising Sophomores, Rising Juniors and Rising Seniors were held at Hofstra University on Thursday, June 26. Suffolk captured the first three games until Nassau’s freshmen salvaged a win for the county. The winning teams received the Metzger Cup.

Game Results/MVP Awards

Rising Freshmen: Nassau defeated Suffolk 11-7. Coaches John Nessler of MacArthur High School (Levittown), Ryan Walsh of Mepham High School (Bellmore) and Justin O’Connell of Half Hollow Hills West High School (Dix Hills) accepted the Metzger Cup. The James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award was presented to Luke LaMontagne, a midfielder from Chaminade High School (Mineola) who scored three goals.

Rising Sophomores: Suffolk defeated Nassau 20-7. Coaches Paul Benway of Half Hollow Hills West and Anthony Muratore of Sachem North High School (Lake Ronkonkoma) accepted the Metzger Cup. The James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award was presented to Tyler Jerome, a long stick midfielder from Sachem North who scored three goals. Jerome also plays for Team 91 club program.

Rising Juniors: Suffolk defeated Nassau 18-8. Coaches Pete Mitchell from Comsewogue High School (Port Jefferson Station) and Mike Vitulli from Center Moriches High School accepted the Metzger Cup. The James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Awards were presented to Gianni Marino, attack from Comsewogue, and Tommy Massaro, faceoff specialist from Mount Sinai High School. Marino also plays for Legacy East club program and Massaro also plays for Team 91 club program.

Rising Seniors: Suffolk defeated Nassau 10-7. Coaches Tom McCandless of Lindenhurst High School and Chris Nentwich of Riverhead High School accepted the Metzger Cup. The James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award was presented to Sean Steimle, goalie from Mount Sinai High School. Steimle, who also plays for Team 91 club program, didn’t allow any goals during the first quarter.

The awards were presented by James C. Metzger and Vincent J. Sombrotto. Metzger was a lacrosse, football and basketball standout at Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills and a lacrosse All-American at Hofstra University during the 1970s. He received the 1977 Lt. Ray Enners Award for outstanding Suffolk County lacrosse player when he scored 102 points and received All-American honors. Metzger’s support for Long Island lacrosse includes boys high school leadership, MVP and outstanding player awards for teams in Nassau and Suffolk counties. He is the founder and chairman of Whitmore – The Agency, an insurance and financial services firm in Garden City now known as Acrisure.

Sombrotto attended Chaminade High School in Mineola during the 1970s and was a Hofstra All-American midfielder. He was named to the 1982 All-World Team and is a member of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame.