Half Hollow Hills are your Class A Boys Lacrosse Long Island Champions. Hills won the title by beating Section VIII champion Massapequa by a score of 15-14 in a thrilling title game.
Hills West senior Luke Bradley had all eyes on him in the final moments as the game was tied at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium. But as the seconds ticked down Bradley scored the winning goal with 9.7 seconds left in the game and with that goal won the undefeated Half Hollow Hills team another Long Island trophy.
Bradley had a game for the ages as the final goal on the day only put a cherry on top of a truly remarkable game for the youngster. Bradley ended the game with four goals in all and added three assists to give him seven total points in the game.
All everything star Anthony Raio also had seven points as he was his outstanding self with five goals and two assists. Raio led all of Suffolk with 154 points. He has 85 goals and 69 assists on the year as well. Just three weeks ago Raio become Suffolk County’s all-time leading goal scorer in boys' lacrosse history. He now holds that record along with becoming Long Island’s all-time leader in goals, when he surpassed Syosset’s Jeff Cohen with 260.
James Bruno was a dominant offensive force with three goals while Zach Marco, Dan Chung and Ryan Chung each had one goal. Nick Haugen chipped in with one assist and in net Sal Santoro stopped six goals. Santoro added to his saves number this season with a remarkable 219 saves.
Hills is now 20-0 on the season and 14-0 in division play. USA Lacrosse has Hills ranked as the #1 team in the country. They now will travel to Yorktown High School for the sub-regional game against Mamaroneck this Saturday.