The Farmingdale eighth-grade Conference A team defeated Garden City 15-7 to remain undefeated at 7-0. Farmingdale pressured Garden City all over the field, forcing Garden City into some costly mistakes.

Garden City opened the scoring going ahead 1-0. Farmingdale won the draw and Kian Lyons raced up the field finding Katie Dorso open who fired a bullet, tying the game at 1. The teams went up and down the field, with both goalies making some great saves. Michelle Maier then scored two unassisted goals, putting Farmingdale ahead 3-1. Katie Dorso made a perfect pass to Ryann Quinn, who scored making it 4-1. Nohra Ramirez was playing excellent defense, when she forced the Garden City girl to drop the ball. She scooped it up and sprinted down the field and found Ali Lauterborn cutting across the middle, scoring her first goal of the game. Farmingdale added three more goals in the final four minutes to go up 8-2 at half. Scoring for Farmingdale were: Kari Rotkin, unassisted; Courtney Cullen, assisted by Ryann Quinn, and Ali Lauterborn on a nice feed from Kari Rotkin.

The second half Garden City came out first, scoring two goals in the first five minutes. Farmingdale then scored four unassisted goals, one each by: Ali Lauterborn, Courtney Cullen, Michelle Maier and Kari Rotkin. Kim Miller threw a long pass to Courtney Cullen, for her third goal of the game. Katie Dorso rounded out the scoring with two goals on assists from Nohra Ramirez and Michelle Maier. Also contributing on offense was Terri-Ann Beier, forced many Garden City turnovers.

Defensively, Kian Lyons played an excellent game. She forced Garden City into many 3-second counts and blocked many attempted passes. Nicole Juray, Maggie Grubb, Erica Masci and Denise Mulhall did their usual fine job protecting the goalie by limiting Garden City's opportunities. Megan Hardgrove, Farmingdale's goalie played a fabulous game once again making 14 saves some of which were point blank. She also did a fine job clearing the ball, starting some of Farmingdale's fast breaks.

Farmingdale will face the only other undefeated team, Wantagh, to determine the Conference A champion in their final game on June 1 at Mill Lane.

Farmingdale's combined seventh and eighth-grade PAL girls lacrosse team won another game 13-8 against Northport. The game was dominated by Farmingdale from start to finish. Farmingdale was coming off two loses and was not going to be defeated. The Farmingdale team was playing one player short the whole game with seven players missing but still managed to come out with a victory. The girls played a great game. The offensive scoring was lead by Jenna Block with five goals, Katie Moloney four goals, Kerri-Ann McCarthy two goals and Silvia Megalaa and Kristen Dilello with one each. Amanda Dorsey had her best game yet controlling the offensive game with several key plays. The defensive game was controlled by Brittany White, Erin Forstrom, Stephanie Butler, and Melissa Crow. The defense was credited with several offensive scoring assists. Our lone goalie Brenna Dugan had a remarkable game with several great saves to keep the opposing team from completing any offensive drives. Coach Tom White working solo with help from Larry Block was extremely pleased with the girls ability to win and playing one player short with no subs. Jillian Cerar, Patricia Draghi, Kristin Jones, Katie and Mary Orabona, Kiera Murphy, Nicolr Prechti, and Margaret Wheeler were unavailable for the game.

The PAL Farmingdale Spirit played the Huntington-Cold Spring Harbor sixth grade girls lacrosse team to a dramatic 11-11 tie on Sunday. It was another thriller for Farmingdale as their record went to 3 wins, 1 lose, and 2 ties.

Farmingdale took a first quarter 3-2 lead on goals by Codie Weber, Candace Rossi off a nice pass from Jackie Gunn, and an Alyssa Dorsey goal off an assist from Lauren Principato. Huntington scored their second goal with just two seconds left in the quarter. Huntington then scored the first two goals of the second quarter to take a 4-3 lead. The Spirit then came right back on two of Candace Rossi's six goals on the day one off another Principato assist. Huntington again scored at the end of the quarter for a 5-5 halftime score. By the end of the third quarter the Spirit trailed 8-7 with Rossi scoring both Farmingdale third quarter goals.

The fourth quarter was extremely exciting and closely played. With just two and a half minutes remaining the Spirit trailed 11-9 and the outcome seemed bleak for Farmingdale. However, the Spirit, led by Rossi, pulled out the dramatic comeback with Rossi's last two goals, one off a great assist from the Danielle Dialto. The last Spirit goal was scored with just 55 seconds left on the clock, but the outcome wasn't sealed yet. Two dramatic point blank saves were required from the Spirit second half goalkeeper, Samantha Elie, and the team got them to preserve this well earned tie. Elie finished with four saves.

Julianne Cona played a strong first half in the Spirit goal making five big saves. Alyssa Dorsey and Melissa Maier both had great games with two goals and one assist each. Katie Wood rounded out the scoring with a spectacular assist on one of Rossi's goals. The entire Spirit team played up to their nickname with strong Spirited play. Kate Thompson and Brittany Kohlmann continued to come up with key ground ball pick-ups at key times. Julia Castaldi again played a big role for her team with her outstanding midfield play. Carolyn Psillos, Alex Maldonado, Chelsea Bianco, and Ashley Raso all hustled up and down the field helping their team earn this tie with a skilled and strong opponent. All this was done without the Spirits leading scorer at game time, Shannon Haas, who suffered a severe toe injury at home prior to the game.

The fifth grade girls improved their record with three consecutive victories. They now stand at 6-0 for the season. The first of the three victories came against Wantagh and it was a decisive 10-2 victory. The girls jumped out to a commanding lead right away. Janine Hillier started the scoring with the first of her 3 goals less than a minute into the game. She also added 3 assists on the day. Tara Coyle followed suit with 1 goal and 2 assists. Rounding out the scoring was Lauren Maksym (1 goal, 1 assist), Jamie McPartland (1 goal, 1 assist), Emily Fugarazzo (1 goal, 1 assist). Shea Macagnone, Lindsay Hoglund, Joan Buczkowski, and Kayla Mueger added a goal each. Jackie Mazza and Regina Bates added 1 assist each.

As always the girls received excellent goal tending from Emily Fugarazzo and Katy Wong who shut out her opponents in the second half. Outstanding efforts were turned in by Jana Diamond, Kim Valdini, Brittany Hushion, Stacy Leckawicz, and Victoria Finocchiaro.

The second victory came at the expense of West Islip, the girls won decisively 11-7. The day started out badly as the team learned that one of their top players, Emuily Fugarazzo, had broken her wrist while playing soccer and may miss the rest of the season. The team is hopeful that Emily will heal quickly and help them finish out the season in winning fashion. Even though there were many outstanding efforts in this game it was the outstanding play of goaltender Lauren Maksym who stole the show. As always the Farmingdale offense was relentless, led by Janine Hillier, 4 goals and 1 assist, Tara Coyle 2 goals and 1 assist, Shea Macagnone had 2 goals. Jackie Mazza and Stacy Leckawicz had 1 goal and 1 assist each. Regina Bates rounded out the scoring with 1 goal. Helping the scorers were Victoria Finocchiaro 2 assists, Joan Buczkowski 2 assists, Katie Wong and Kayla Mueger each added an assist. The key to this victory was the help the girls on defense gave to their goal tender, outstanding efforts on defense were turned in by Brittany Hushion, Lindsay Hoglund, Jamie McPartland, Briana Lively, Jana Diamond, and Kim Valdini.

This past week the fifth grade girls up their record to 6-0 with an exciting 7-4 victory over Garden City. For the first time this season the girls saw their opponent score the first goal of the game. This week the girls were playing short-handed with only 1 substitute. Lauren Maksym again proved the difference as she stopped shot after shot that Garden City fired at her. In one instance she made 5 consecutive saves to end the second quarter. Kayla Mueger started off the scoring for the girls on a free position shot. Janine Hillier added 3 goals, Joan Buczkowski had 1 goal and 1 assist and Briana Lively and Brittany Hushion added 1 goal each. Shea Macagnone added two assists and Stacy Leckawicz and Tara Coyle and Jamie McPartland had one assist each. Excellent efforts were turned in by Victoria Finocchiaro, Kim Valdini and Regina Bates. The girls next game is June 1 at Rockville Center.

The fourth grade White team once again came up against a worthy opponent. In what turned out to be an exciting seesaw battle, it was only fitting that the final score rested at a 10-10 tie. This would not have been possible except for the tenacious goal-tending by Megan Planz (18 saves) whose outstanding play in the fourth quarter preserved the tie.

Rockville Centre jumped out strong with a 2-0 lead. Alyssa Cardillo (3 goals) quickly answered putting Farmingdale on the board. This sparked the girls offensively. Jordyn Hasemann (4 goals) came alive and proceeded to score 2 unanswered goals putting Farmingdale up 3-2, a lead that would not be relinquished. Passing and ground ball play has improved steadily throughout this hard fought season. Key plays by Brianna Kane, Samantha Smith, Kelly Grzinic and Lauren Connors proved to be a determining factor in the offensive drive. As Sarah Mulcahy (1 goal), Katie Murphy (1 goal), and Alexis Rzempoluch (1 goal) rounded out the scoring. Amy Neuburger, Jaime Ann Hart and Lisa Duddy scoured the field for ground balls, which was vital to offensive play.

Constantly on guard was the defense. Megan Ryan and Emily Todd once again anchored the defense in front of Planz making it a road not easy for the Rockville Centre attackers.