Sports Roundup: Rocky Point Alum Leads Syracuse to Big East Lax Title

Local college athletes recently made headlines, and there were a few noteworthy happenings in the local sports scene as well.

Rocky Point alum Tommy Palasek led the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team to a victory in the inaugural BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship Saturday with a career-high tying six points. The Orangemen won 12-4 over St. John’s for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse faces Duke in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday.

The honors continued for the Rocky Point High School Cheerleading National Championship team as Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker presented a certificate of congratulations to the team at the General Meeting of the Legislature on April 24th.

The Miller Place and Rocky Point varsity baseball teams continue to battle it out for the top spot in League VI as the season winds down. The Panthers swept a three-game series with Harborfields to improve to 13-4 and move ahead of Rocky Point (12-5) for first place. The two team's each have three games left on the regular season.