Being given the chance to wear 22 and play in the Dome was something that Ive been dreaming about since I was a kid.. Bell improved his elite playmaking skills this season, tallying 57 assists. "This is awesome, honestly," said Spallina, who would be in his fifth varsity season had the pandemic not claimed the 2020 campaign. The team we played ran a zone and I just picked it apart, Spallina said. It is one of the "easier" crosswords to work on compared to some of the heavy . It was a sense of family, Dom Pietramala said. Daquino said Spallina even enjoyed it. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE . He narrowed his list to five schools Syracuse, Loyola, North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia and chose Syracuse both because of that childhood dream and the teams commitment to letting him play his style of lacrosse. Dom, more of free spirit, respects that decision, but knows the military is not for him. Sitemap | He led all players on Long Island with 122 points, which included 45 goals and 77 assists. Hes not the strongest or most physical, but he knows how to use his 5-foot-10, 180-pound frame to bully defenders. Spallinas arrival couldnt come at a more pivotal time for the Orange, who are coming off. Rating: 100, A post shared by Team 91 Lacrosse (@91lacrosse), Congratulations to Team 91 22 Smash and Mount Sinai attackman Joey Spallina on his commitment to @CuseMLAX! It wasnt easy, but they took it very seriously. Continue with Recommended Cookies. 22 jersey and what it means to the program. Personal: Full name Joey Tyler Spallina son of Mary Beth and Joe father is the head coach of the Stony Brook University women's lacrosse team . SWRs only two losses this year have come to Mount Sinai, including a 12-7 defeat May 15. 1 attackman Rating: 100. . - Joey Spallina . Gait Lacrosse, a collaboration between lacrosse legends and brothers, Gary and Paul Gait, launched in the fall of 2019 with only womens lacrosse gear and a small assortment of mens equipment. Hes just an exceptional, exceptional lacrosse player.. And Spallina has a lot of friends. So, Daquino told Spallina he couldnt let defenses lock him, needing to break out and still get the ball. Hes just proved on every aspect to be the best high school lacrosse player Ive ever watched or coached, Mount Sinai coach Harold Drumm said. So the defending Long Island Class C champ is 11-0 and has now beaten the defending Class B champ (Garden City) and the defending Class A champ (Northport). As the final schools the Pietramalas were looking at became harder to separate, Nick created a Google Doc to clarify his priorities and help organize his thoughts. Playing for Syracuse and wearing 22 was all a dream come true, Spallina said. 2 A whos who of leading environmental advocates joined elected officials in Riverhead last week to discuss and Long Island-wide A publication of Times Review Media Group, 7555 Main Road Box 1500 Asked about his teams approach to handling Joey Spallina, Taylor said: We had several things we tried. The Daily Orange is Syracuse Universitys independent student news organization. Spallinas drive, playmaking ability and experience playing beyond his years etched his name into the high school record books. Pictured, top row from left:AJ Alexander of Syosset,Ryan Bell of Smithtown West,Danny Caddigan of Smithtown West. His lacrosse IQ is off the charts.. I think hes an amazing goalie.. Dom, the No. The things that he did were remarkable, Reh said. The idea of a time machine was born. Spallina spun inside and finally brought Mount Sinai even at 3. Mount Sinai (18-0), the Division II regular-season champion, took charge from the start and never allowed SWR (16-2) to pick up any momentum, building leads of 6-1, 10-2 and 14-4 by the end of the first three quarters. This is your process, he told them. He broke the record in four years, not five, you know, and we didnt go really deep in the playoffs a couple of those years and every single team does whatever they can do to try to stop him and he still has eight, nine, ten points a game and all the kids on the team thrive off him. The visits that the Pietramalas made on their own were eye-opening for Dave Pietramala, too. Spallina (225 goals, 276 assists for his career) surpassed West Islip's Nick Galasso, who set the previous standard at 500 points in 2010, according to Newsday. Privacy Policy | About Us | Both write with their right hand, but Dom is a natural lefty in lacrosse. Help. During this past winter break, Spallina got up at 4:30 every morning, being the first one at the gym at 5 a.m. for a 90-minute workout. Joey Spallina #22 of Mt. Spallina dished out 13 assists, including 12 in the first half, despite not playing the fourth quarter as he led Mount Sinai to a 16-3 win over Hauppauge. The setting was postcard perfect at St. Anthonys blue sky, warm air, sun-splashed turf. The Mustangs will defend their Long Island title against Manhasset or South Side Saturday at Hofstra University. Committed to: Syracuse. I will tell you that going on the visits with him to all those places, I saw a different look in his eye when we were at Syracuse, Joe said. And once that was done, Spallina shot for an hour, grabbing his dads key card for the practice facility at Stony Brook, where Joe coaches the womens team. Joe Spallina (left) has supported his son, Joey, through his experience as a No. Joey Spallina is not waiting until his college lacrosse career begins to start making his money. Now that you are logged in, it's time for you to select your favorites! You cant get a wrong impression when you have two impressions, Dom Pietramala said. Joey Spallina. They did it the right way., Youre not going to disappoint them, Dave Pietramala reassured his sons. Terms of service | Former U.S. Indoor and NLL star Roy Colsey has mentored his son and Virginia commit, Ryan. At first, the coaches decided it wouldnt be the right move socially. Mt. And two of the best high school boys lacrosse teams around were squaring off, with a national TV audience along for the ride on ESPNU, too. Full disclosure, I could be better at times, Joe Spallina said about balancing the relationship between being Joeys father and coach. The hard work molded Spallina into the most coveted recruit in his class. Following a two-game, 10-goal weekend for Syracuse's Joey Spallina, the No. The kid has a lot of heart, transferred here knowing hed be a standout goalie, and I think he proved it this season and I think he proved it this game. That pressure wont go away over the next four seasons at Syracuse, he said. Few players were as talked about as Joey Spallina, the son of Stony Brook womens lacrosse coach and former New York Lizards coach Joe Spallina. Plus, it was beautiful. Paul Rabil, who jumped over the hood of a car, would take home the top prize. Sinai, center, gets congratulated by teammates after scoring in the third quarter against Garden City at St. Anthony's High School on Friday, April 22, 2022. Credit:. Sinai's Joey Spallina took another step forward as a junior. Now that Ive committed, I feel like the work is just beginning, Spallina said. The Pietramalas felt the relationships Tar Heels coach Joe Breschi, along with his assistants Dave Metzbower and Kevin Unterstein, built with their teams were similar to what they saw their dad create at Homewood. Spallina always wanted to be SUs 22, and wanted to play in the JMA Wireless Dome because lacrosse is king here, he said. On weekends, Nick will get up before dawn to go fishing by himself. 22. 1 attackman Credit: Dawn McCormick. Desktop notifications are on | Turn off. Height 5'11" Weight 190 Current Team Team 91 LI Rating: NLF October 2020 Super 60 Rankings Ranked No. While sitting on a table after a preseason practice at Ensley Athletic Center, cradling his Gait Torq stick in his hands, Spallina shared his ambition: To win a national championship every single year., Published on February 2, 2023 at 12:04 am, Contact Connor: [emailprotected] | @csmith17_. His father, Hall of Famer Roy Colsey, is his coach at Ridgefield High School and a middle-school physical education teacher in the district. After the narrow victory over the Catamounts and . Riley Reese, a defenseman at Glenelg Country (Md. Giving credit all to him, he stole that moment from me.. While growing up a Pietramala had its obvious advantages, including playing Xbox with the Blue Jays, the twins have also received their share of undue scrutiny from the doubters and challengers. Sinai, New York through his junior season at Syracuse, where he made waves signing his letter of intent in the fall of 2020. In January, the three Powell brothers met with Gait and Lockwood at LaxCon in Baltimore. He was unguardable.. Get breaking news alerts from Newsday. This is awesome, honestly, said Spallina, who would be in his fifth varsity season had the pandemic not claimed the 2020 campaign. Spallina said he doesnt think about pressure or high expectations. 2 Shoreham-Wading Rivcr, 16-5, in the Suffolk County Class C final. And his ceiling is still unknown. It was probably, Spallina said, our best half of lacrosse weve played in a while., Privacy Policy |Terms of service |Subscription terms |Your ad choices |Cookie Settings |California Privacy Rights |About Us |Contact Newsday |Reprints & permissions |Advertise with Newsday |Help. Growing up, that was my dream school. The accolades extend into Spallinas club level performances. [CDATA[ Subscribe; Home; Long Island. Spallina worked his way from around the back of the cage, dodging a defender before putting in the games final goal with 2 minutes, 37 seconds remaining. 22 still has its magic, since it helped attract the nations top player to Syracuse. Spallina has already impressed Gait, one of the games best players ever, and Owen Hiltz, who led Syracuse in goals in 2021. SUBSCRIBE TO ALLSYRACUSE.COM NOW TO GET ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE INSIDER CONTENT! Go inside the helmet with the #1 2022 recruit, Joey Spallina, as they take on the Juiced Cherries at the Inside Lacrosse Elite Eight. I dont know what else he could possibly prove. But at the top of both their lists was another criterion. Based on our proprietary formula and summer club events, we provide the most precise team rankings. During the regular season, only two of Manhasset's games were decided by less than double digits, in large part thanks to Mulhollands play on attack and in the midfield. "Excellence is what we strive for, but youre never going to be perfect with everything. 22 to the next. By Spallinas junior year, he could score several ways going left, backing into defenders, going behind the back or turning the corner and firing, giving them a workout, Reh said. Francisco Cortes, Shoreham-Wading River, M, Jr. Jameson Smith, Bayport-Blue Point, M, Jr. Gene Morris joined Newsday's sports department in September 2012 and covers high school sports. He is a two-time Nassau Suffolk game MVP, a Gold Medalist at the New York State Empire Games, four-time Under Armour All-American, and named three-times Under Armour All-Tournament Team. It was always a dream of mine to play in the Dome, play for Cuse and wear 22. The shift in perspective for Pietramala happened this summer and fall while he helped his sons Dom and Nick, fraternal twins and juniors at Boys Latin (Md. Excellence is what we strive for, but youre never going to be perfect with everything. But both admitted their excitement that when they head south, theyll do so with someone who will always have their back. His career is at the beginning of his future in lacrosse, just as ours is in the development of our mens line. Mt Sinai's Joey Spallina celebrates a goal in the third quarter during the Long Island Class C boys lacrosse final between Mt. Alexander scored nine goals in Syossets three playoff games and also had three game-winners in the final minutes of games earlier in the season. 2 in their class, theres no rivalry or ill will. In an article published Oct. 13, Inside Lacrosse noted that there were 264 players in its recruiting database who had committed to a Division I program since Sept. 1. Start with their positions. At environmental forum, officials discuss host of issues including waste management, housing needs. A lethal goal scorer, Caddigan followed up his breakout sophomore season in which he led Suffolk I with 52 goals this spring. The other noticeable trend was the volume of commitments despite the dead period the NCAA Division I Council has extended through the end of 2020. An all-around athlete, his skills were on display as he led Syosset to the top-seed and the Nassau Class A championship. I always loved Syracuse growing up, Spallina told AllSyracuse.comafter he committed. When Spallina moved to the Mount Sinai district the following year, coaches debated if he should play on the varsity team or not. Im usually the one telling him hes not doing something today, instead of telling him to go do it. - Joe Spallina on his son, Joey. Contact Newsday | The hardest part was calling the coaches of other finalists, like Penn States Jeff Tambroni and Denvers Bill Tierney, whom Dom and Nick Pietramala have known since they were kids. For the season, Joey has 76 goals and 88 assists, tops in Suffolk, per Newsday. Mattituck, NY 11952, Site made in collaboration with CMYK He often found himself with the ball in his stick in the most pivotal moments for Nassau Class A champion Syosset. I always felt really comfortable with the coaching staff and that was something that was very important to me.. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Mount Sinai had to do everything possible to get Spallina the ball and he notched 122 points as a junior. 21 Garden City by two and didnt own a goal, and Brendan Staub was blanketing Spallina. He notched 131 points, earning All-American honors. 22, especially at Syracuse, Lockwood said, because everything is magnified. Thousands of eager lacrosse enthusiasts checked into Instagram Live broadcasts and waited for word from the No. Spallina first made waves back in 2011 as an 8-year-old at the MLL All-Star Game Freestyle Competition. When you put the No. Sitemap | But it was little Joey Spallina who stole the show and earned a spot at No. All rights reserved. If Spallina seems like a player who has been groomed to succeed at the next level, thats because he has been. Late in the game, with the result a mere formality, there was one final piece of unfinished business. He was flawless, Berger said. He had double-digit saves in both regular-season matchups against St. Anthonys. Credit: James Escher. Editorial The Ukraine test Newsday Reporter Saturday 25 February 2023 US president Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his surprise visit to in Kyiv. His reign at the top of the Inside Lacrosse and NLF class of 2022 rankings, was expanded to a top 60 beginning September 2020. 2-ranked recruit in the Class of 2022 according to Inside Lacrosse, is an attackman whose flair is paralleled only by his unselfishness. Some games teams slide early, sometimes late, so we have to be able to beat teams different ways. Pietramala, the winningest coach in Johns Hopkins history who mutually parted ways with the university back in April, was not alone. McCaffrey was a key cog in the Comsewogue defensive unit that allowed 10 goals in a game only once this season. If youre worried, that means you havent done enough to prepare yourself, Spallina said. . He helped Comsewogue win the Suffolk Class B title and helped the team hold Garden City to only five goals in the Long Island final. Surrounded by one of the most talented groups of players in the nation, Mulholland scored 57 goals and assisted on 20 more. Mike McAllister is a go-to source for Syracuse Orange content. Daquino, who coached Mount Sinais offense, said that Spallina listened to Drumm (who ran the defense) rather than him in practice because he wanted to understand what the defense was doing so he could beat them. If you went up to either of us and you didnt know us, you wouldnt think we were twins, Nick Pietramala said. has four siblings, Jake, Brett, Alexa and Olivia favorite athlete is Michael Jordan and favorite professional team is the New York Islanders enjoys fishing, boating and wakeboarding favorite Other times, when defenders were all over Spallina, hed be relaxed, jogging, with no panic in his eyes, Drumm said. Spallina was quick and to the point in reading his prepared statement. 22 scored from a sharp left angle with 6:07 remaining before adding an exclamation point with 53.9 seconds left. Newsday Cars Newsday Homes Newsday Jobs Newsday Connect Hometown Shopper News Long Island Sports Opinion Politics News Business Towns High school sports More Funbook Obituaries Crosswords Things to Do Entertainment Restaurants Family Travel. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. All rights reserved. Being very familiar with their history, fast-forwarding to the impact that they have made in the womens game, I am beyond thrilled to be at the jumping-off point of what is to come on the mens field while under Coach Gaits leadership at Syracuse. Spallina improved on his first collegiate game against Vermont, in which he scored just one goal on a team-high 15 shots. Gregorek-Ali finished the season with 60 goals and 23 assists while Kershis ended up with 42 goals and 35 assists. Top Stories Nassau Suffolk Education Crime Politics Towns Investigations Data and . The best part is it was the first game in my high school career I didnt score a goal. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE ALL SYRACUSE NEWSLETTER TO GET THE LATEST ORANGE UPDATES SENT TO YOUR INBOX! P.O. The son of another Syracuse legend, Ryan Colsey of Ridgefield (Conn.) committed to Virginia. 22 was always on his back as he became the nation's best recruit. Cant wait to get there, do everything I can to help get Syracuse back into the Final Four.. Thats when Mulholland led the Manhasset boys lacrosse team to the Nassau Class C title, lighting up scoreboards along the way. Advertise with Newsday | 1 recruit in the nation earned Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. The deal also incorporates a product collaboration with Gait and Spallina on his own branded goods. When Mount Sinai needed a goal late, they gave him the ball, and Spallina thrived under pressure, Drumm said. 22 at Syracuse. Decorated NCAA and PLL official Matt Palumb was a three-time NCAA champion goalie for the Orange, but his son, Jackson, plays attack and committed to Albany. And thats saying something. I just stay here. Dom and Nick Pietramala can agree on at least one other one topic: They dont want to room together in Chapel Hill. Joey joining our brand while we begin the growth of our mens product is a nice addition to the Gait team. Then-head coach John Desko had called him at midnight via his mothers phone to tell him he could wear No. Your homepage will customize based on your selections. Its where you want to be.. Joey is much like me. That decision was a surprise, perhaps most of all to their dad. Nine years after Joey Spallina first garnered national attention for a flurry of trick shots at the MLL All-Star Game festivities in 2011, he found himself again at the center of the lacrosse world. Long Island; Sports; Things to do; News; Feed Me; Opinion; Business; Events; All; TODAY'S PAPER 76 8/12/2022 Good Evening. Copyright 2023 Newsday. Like their dad, Nick plays on the defensive end. He also showed off his goal-scoring prowess, finding the back of the net 37 times. No one has to tell that to SWR coach Michael Taylor. He had 32 goals and 23 assists this season and helped lead the Wildcats to a 13-2 record. He got a feel for how to move people, using his eyes and body language to move defenders and waiting an extra second for the lane to open up. But Spallina countered. ESPN, what else do you want?. Position Attack Year 2022 High School Mount Sinai, N.Y. Of course, they wanted to go to a school where theyd contend for NCAA championships. The great No. So, you learn from it and thank God Joeys graduating.. For the better part of his high school career, Joey Spallina has been front and center. Sinai and Manhasseton June 19 at East Islip. Its not just him, but the whole offense just runs through Joey, Farron said. Spallina and Gait talk every day about making plays and beating defenders. Lizards star Stephen Berger, known around the league as one of the most fun-loving athletes, wanted to include Spallina in his performance. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. You dont get nervous if youre prepared and you trust that your skills will get you through it.. Daquino thinks Spallina could become the new face of lacrosse, but Spallinas goals are team-based. I think we have the same mindset, Powell said. When Spallina first picked up a stick at a young age, he already knew how to handle it. Eclipses Josh Marcus Named Five Star, Ranks as the No. It was the first time the five former No. 22.COMMITMENT STORY https://t.co/i1W6z5Mhrs pic.twitter.com/mP1tWaVsuW. Hes committed to Cornell. Ranked No. Manage Settings But his most impressive game of the season came under the brightest light. The public-address announcement followed that Spallina had scored the 501st point of his career, a Long Island record. Less than a minute later, Laforge put in a rebound. He got up before 5 a.m. for workouts, using shooting drills and hours of film on footwork and defenses to improve. Spallina (225 goals, 276 assists for his career) surpassed West Islips Nick Galasso, who set the previous standard at 500 points in 2010, according to Newsday. We knew at the end it was just give it to Joey and let him make something happen.". Ron Klausner, godfather to the Pietramalas and the director of operations for Koopers Lacrosse Club, remembered the time he had to pull Dom Pietramala off the field during a game at Beach Lax Festival in Ocean City because a parent from the opposing team was verbally accosting him. Eighty-seven percent of college womens lacrosse coaches were in favor of the postponement, but the NCAA rejected it and Timmy Myers, for one, was relieved. They tossed a ball between themselves, one No. He earned a journalism degree from Stony Brook University in 2010. 2022 Times Review Media Group All Rights Reserved, Proposal for family-friendly downtown would ban tattoo parlors, smoke shops and rehab facilities, Peconic Bay Medical Center clinicians reflect on recent medical mission to El Salvador, Election 2023: Stark, Kent to face off for county legislature seat, Wrestling: Shoreham-Wading River 8th grader places second in state championships. Sinai, A, Jr. After being the first freshman to be named to the Newsday All-Long Island team in 2019, it shouldn't surprise anyone that Mt.. Nobody but them understands what those guys have had to go through, Klausner said. Their interests diverge off the field, too. He eventually played up on the famed Team 91 2020 Crush team featuring Brennan ONeill, but never let the spotlight or fanfare get to him. Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. The Mount Sinai senior won 19 of 23 faceoffs and collected nine ground balls. Spallinas well-documented work ethic separated him from the pack. Altamont, N.Y. (January 12, 2022) Gait Lacrosse is excited to announce a 4-year partnership with mens lacrosse star Joey Spallina making him the first high school lacrosse athlete signed to a hard goods brand. Gait Lacrosse, a collaboration between lacrosse legends and brothers, Gary and Paul Gait, launched in the fall of 2019 with only women's lacrosse gear and a small assortment of men's equipment. SWR long-stick midfielder Ryan Farron said Galfano, a sophomore transfer from Eastport-South Manor, was given a pretty hard task, you know, a lot of shots on the crease, a lot of shots from Joey, you know, not an easy task. I was talking to [UNC attackman] Nicky Solomon, and he told me, I dont even go home in the summers anymore, Dom Pietramala said. But got to give credit to my teammates. Log in ACCOUNT. Years ago, when Powell played for the Major League Lacrosses Long Island Lizards, with Joe at head coach, he watched Spallina the teams ball boy put on a show for fans at halftime with his stick work and showmanship. Please enable notifications or using normal browsing mode. There are no statistics available for this player. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); All rights reserved. He also boxes four days a week. Then the Syracuse-bound attackman erupted for four goals and an assist. Terms of service | Dave Pietramala emphasized to the boys to block out the noise when deciding on their next step. 22, many fans heckled Spallina. Reh said Spallina could be one of the best college players of all time. Bottom row:Jack Cascadden ofGarden City,Jake Deacy ofComsewogue,Jake Demert ofBay Shore. And there was never any doubt who was going to get the ball with the Mustangs' season on the line. 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