Long Island Lacrosse Showcase 2026

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 2026 Long Island Lacrosse Showcase Top 25 Games for Rising Freshmen, Rising Sophomores, Rising Juniors and Rising Seniors was held at Hofstra University on Thursday, June 25. Suffolk captured three of the four games against Nassau. The winning teams received the Metzger Cup.

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Game Results/MVP Awards

Rising Freshmen: Suffolk defeated Nassau 14-6. Lucas Chung of Half Hollow Hills West High School dominated faceoffs throughout the game and received the James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award. The winning Suffolk team, coached by Kevin Quinn, director of Legacy Lacrosse, and Paul Benway of the Hills Lacrosse Club (combined Half Hollows High School East and West programs), received the Metzger Cup.

Rising Sophomores: Suffolk defeated Nassau 17-7. Midfielder Al Pehanick of Northport High School with three goals and second half goalie James Kalberer of Saint Anthony High School were named co-MVPs and received the James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award. The winning Suffolk team, coached by Drew Peters of Westhampton Beach High School, Mike Massari of Mount Sinai High School and Mike Vitulli of Center Moriches High School, received the Metzger Cup.

Rising Juniors: Suffolk defeated Nassau 17-6. Attackman Owen Madden of East Islip High School with four goals and an assist and long stick midfielder Tyler Jerome of Sachem North High School with two goals were named co-MVPs and received the James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award. The winning Suffolk team, coached by Pete Mitchell of Comsewogue High School and Matt Schulz of Smithtown High School West, received the Metzger Cup.

Rising Seniors: Nassau defeated Suffolk 15-9. Attackman Will Nabet of Locust Valley High School scored six goals and received the James C. Metzger Most Valuable Player Award. The winning Nassau team, coached by Eric Dunne and Mike Scheuerer of Farmingdale High School, received the Metzger Cup.

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.