N.S., Manhasset shine in spring lacrosse

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

Both the North Shore and Manhasset girls lacrosse teams were on a collision course throughout the Nassau County playofs this spring.

North Shore (16-3) was the overall No.1 seed in Class C bracket, and survived a triple overtime scare in the semifnals to advance to the championship game. They were led by the incomparable Kylee Colbert, maybe the best player on Long Island, bound for college power Boston College, who scored a ridiculous 101 goals on the season.

Waiting for them, as expected, was Manhasset, which struggled with injuries and inconsistency during the regular season, but as usual got it together when it counted. The defending state champs, and fourtime defending county champs, have a multitude of Division I signees and oral commitments on the squad as usual.

The third-seeded Indians rolled to the championship game behind Duke-bound Caitlin Barrett and future Vanderbilt attack Shea Panzik, winning two games by large margins.

And in the Class B championship game, North Shore and Manhasset put on a classic. The Vikings trailed briefy at the start but then lead nearly the entire game, as Colbert (7 goals) was unstoppable. When North Shore took a 12-9 lead with 8:30 left on Colbert’s fnal goal of the night, the Vikings fans were going crazy in the stands, and it looked like the Indians’ streaks were about to end.

Except, they didn’t. Manhasset took advantage of some North Shore mistakes and staged an improbable rally, scoring three goals in the fnal 5:48, including a Barrett goal with eight seconds left, to tie