Nolan Wieczorek Wins James C. Metzger MVP Lacrosse Award

Massapequa High School of Nassau County scored a minimum five goals in each of the first three quarters of the game and cruised to a 19-6 victory over Suffolk County’s Sachem North High School in the Class A 2026 Long Island Boys Lacrosse Championships. The game was held at Stony Brook University on Saturday, June 6.

Massapequa junior midfielder/attackman Nolan Wieczorek tallied the most points (nine points with four goals and five assists) and received the game’s James C. Metzger MVP Award. The award was presented by Long Island lacrosse all-stars and All-Americans James Pannell and Jack Concorran.

Pannell is a graduate of Smithtown West High School, where he was a two-time All-American and career points leader. He became an All-American at the University of Virginia and a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) All-Star. From Lindenhurst, Concannon is a graduate of St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington and a multi-time All-American goalie at Hofstra University. He is a Major League Lacrosse and Premier Lacrosse League All-Star for New York Atlas Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).

A three-sport athlete at Half Hollow Hills East in Dix Hills, James C. Metzger received the 1977 Lt. Ray Enners Award for outstanding Suffolk County lacrosse player when he scored 102 points and received All-American honors. An All-American lacrosse player at Hofstra University, Metzger is the founder and chairman of Whitmore – The Agency, an insurance and financial services firm in Nassau County now known as Acrisure.