The Nassau County PAL Lacrosse League is an instructional program, teaching fundamentals, good sportsmanship, and character. It also stresses education and good grades with athletics. PAL's motto is, "it is better to build youth than to to mend adults."

This past season, through the great efforts of John Garvey, his daughter Erin, and their assistant Allison Gersten the "Lady Tomahawks" lacrosse team was born. It is comprised of 25 girls from fourth through sixth grade. For first year players they had an outstanding season - four wins, two losses, and two ties. They all had a great time.

The Lady Tomahawks and Tomahawks finished their seasons on Sunday June 6, with 103 players participating. There were also 30 co-ed players in the second grade clinic.

The season culminated with an awards brunch held at Antun's in Hicksville on Sunday, June 13, which was a great success. The guest speaker at the brunch was John Lott, who came through this program, and played for Levittown Memorial and Division Avenue High Schools, and Old Dominion University. Since 1991, Lott has been the head coach for the seventh and eighth grade teams. In his speech he emphasized education, marks, and striving to do one's best, not giving up.

A new award was established last year in memory of a boy who came through the program and tragically lost his life. The Deene DuBeau Sportsmanship Award is presented to a boy who demonstrates good sportsmanship, leadership, and character. This year's recipient was Rich Balder.

Participation certificates and trophies were presented to all players.

The NC PAL Youth Lacrosse season finished at the Annual Lacrosse Jamboree sponsored by the Long Island-Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation, at SUNY Farmingdale on Saturday June 19. There were 16 girl and 40 boy All-Star teams competing in different grade categories. Levittown was represented by:

Jr. Division- Coach: Erin Garvey

Lauren Costello- fifth grade

Lauren Cummings- sixth grade

Kaitlyn Heraghty- fifth grade

Stephanie Kempf- fourth grade

Third Grade- Division 2- Coach Q

Kyle Carley

Brendan Colby

Kevin Jasinski

Dom Matarrese

Fourth Grade- Division 2- Coach: John Fechtmann

Kyle Faherty

Brian Fechtmann

Kyle Hughes

Ron Irving

Sam Levy

Fifth Grade- Division 2- Coach: Kevin Nuckel

Patrick Davis

Mike Dell'Aera

Tom DeSanno

Louis Monteleone

Brian Nuckel

Sixth Grade- Division 2- Coach: Scott Rodgers

Vinny Ciaravino

Mike Cama

Billy Fama

Sean Hall

Scott Rodgers

The Levittown Clinic- Grades one and two were invited to participate and played a controlled game against Farmingdale's Clinic. The organization would like to thank all the men who volunteered their time, energy, knowledge, teaching and coaching the young players in the program. They are also grateful to all the parents for their cooperation.