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Traigh Tomassone Wins James C. Metzger MVP Lacrosse Award

Bayport-Blue Point High School defeats Wantagh in Class C Long Island Championships.

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Long Island Lacrosse Championships James C. Metzger MVP Award for Class C is presented to Traigh Tomassone, Bayport-Blue Point High School midfielder, by James Pannell, left, and James C. Metzger.
Long Island Lacrosse Championships James C. Metzger MVP Award for Class C is presented to Traigh Tomassone, Bayport-Blue Point High School midfielder, by James Pannell, left, and James C. Metzger. (M. Virgintino)

After relinquishing a 5-0 first quarter lead, Bayport-Blue Point High School held on to defeat Wantagh High School 9-7 in the Class C 2024 Long Island Boys Lacrosse Championships held at East Islip High School in Islip Terrace on Wednesday, May 29. Traigh Tomassone, Bayport-Blue Point junior midfielder, scored three goals and captured the game's James C. Metzger MVP Award.

A 1970s Long Island lacrosse star and now a lacrosse benefactor, James C. Metzger received the 1977 Lt. Ray Enners Award as outstanding Suffolk County player and then was an All-American at Hofstra University. A member of the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame and the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, he is founder, chairman and CEO of Whitmore – The Agency, an insurance and financial services firm in Garden City now known as Acrisure.

The award was presented by Metzger and James Pannell, a two-time All-American and career points leader at Smithtown West High School. He was an All-American at the University of Virginia and a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) All-Star.

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