The Jericho third and fourth grade lacrosse team has completed six of their eight scheduled games for the spring 2005 travel season, and they have only found the loss column once. Jericho won their first four games of the season, which started April 3, before losing their first game on Mother's Day, May 8. The coaches are very excited about the about how great the team is playing as they head toward the final three games of the regular season, and a tournament to be played on Saturday, May 28 in Plainview to kick off the Memorial Day weekend.

The opening game of the season was played at home on the Jericho High School lacrosse field against a strong Franklin Square team. This see-saw battle kept the fantastic spectator audience on the edge of their bleacher seats and pacing the sidelines as Jericho held on to win the game by one goal. Leading the scoring was Steven Fletcher and Noah Starr. Steven scored a goal late in the fourth quarter to tie the game and Noah scored the game winning goal with just a little over one minute left in the game. The great defensive play of Chandler Kirby, Zachary Wachtel, and Tyler Amodio kept the game close as well as sharp goal tending by Eric Kang and Brahm Fatehi.

The second game was played away against New Hyde Park on April 10, and the Jericho squad managed the offensive possession very well and won the game by a final score of six to one. Jack Roberts had two goals and Andrew Fox and Reed Ginsberg each added one goal. Also very impressive was the crisp passing in this game, which lead to four assists including one each from Drew Longo, Drew Schuman, Harrison Seideman, and Noah Starr. Ryan Corcoran scooped up five ground balls to aid with Jericho's strong possession play.

Game three was another exciting home game, this time against Rockville Center. This game was a breakout game for new players Jacob Rosenthal and David Greenbaum. Both played very aggressively on the midfield as David scored four goals and Jacob scored twice. Also adding goals were Steven Fletcher (2), Noah Starr (2), Reed Ginsberg, and Brahm Fatehi. Brahm also stopped several shots while playing in the goaltender position in the first half. Jericho won by a final score of 12 to 9.

Game four was played in Syosset on May 1 with a limited squad of players due to the spring break vacation week. This game also had several up and down plays as Jericho held on to win by a final score of 11 to 8 as Syosset made several attempts to come back from behind to win. Zach Wachtel stabilized the defense as Braham Fatehi played all game defending the Jericho goal. Braham's brother Sam hustled on midfield along with Eric Smiley. Chase Landow and Josh Solomon assisted on attack.

On Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8 the team played away in Stony Brook as Jericho took on a very skilled Three Village team. Jericho hung in there early in the first half as they had an unassisted goal from Steven Fletcher. Shortly afterwards, there was a spectacular fast break goal started by David Greenbaum who looped a pass to Drew Longo, who found Jack Barnett waiting alone in front of the net, and Jack fired the ball into the opponent's goal to make the score three to two in favor of Three Village. However Three Village continued to scoop up the ground balls and controlled possession of the game. Jericho lost this one by a score of nine to four. John Amodio made his first appearance at midfield for the season and Mikey Schumer played solid defense.

The most recently played game was at Jericho against Bayville. Jericho was able to take an early lead and build continuously until the game reached a final score of ten to one. More than one goal was scored by a few players including Reed Ginsberg, Drew Longo, Jack Roberts, David Greenbaum, and Steven Fletcher. Assists were held by Jacob Rosenthal, Drew Schuman, Andrew Fox, and Jack Barnett.

The final games of the season are against Plainedge, and Hewlett. The Hewlett game is at home on the Jericho High school lacrosse field at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 5. Please come out and support the team. To learn more about the Jericho lacrosse programs, please logon to www.jericholacrosse.com.