Syosset Week in Review: May 27-June 2

Syosset Gets Patriotic for Memorial Day 2012

A Honda SUV had been parked for days in front ofand remained there during the . In addition to a parking ticket, the owner of the car also got a piece of someone's mind.

"2 Hr. Parking! You've been over two days...Parade starts at 10 a.m.," warned Uncle Sam in thick black marker on a photocopy of a Syosset Memorial Day Committee flier.

"Sometimes it takes just one person to get something going," said Syosset's Parade Coordinator Gus Scutari.

Thousands of Syosset residents marched, watched, and waved at the 71st annual Syosset Memorial Day Parade. Braving the intense sunshine and humidity, citizens marched to the beat of the Syosset marching band's drum from to the .

Syosset Lacrosse Saga Comes to an End

players dropped to their knees in stunned disbelief while the entire boys lacrosse team stormed onto the Hofstra University turf in ecstasy.

That’s how an epic Nassau Class A championship clash ended Tuesday night, with each side acknowledging its role in the improbable finish of perhaps the finest game on Long Island this season. No. 2 Syosset caught fire to score six straight goals in the game’s final 15 minutes to knock off top-seeded Massapequa, 14-13.

For the seniors, it was a just reward. For the rest of the boys lacrosse team, reaching the Long Island Class A title game was a building block – motivation for next year.

That's because Suffolk power , the No. 10 team in the ESPN Rise national rankings, shook off a poor first half and ran away with the Long Island title, 11-4, Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 3,000 at Hofstra.

Ryan Feit stared down one of Nassau’s most prolific offenses Tuesday night and never blinked.

The junior goalie and his teammates held Massapequa without a goal over a 15:42 span of the second half. That’s an eternity in lacrosse terms. 

But in the heat of the Nassau Class A boys lacrosse championship game? It was unforgettable; legendary even.

Patch Kicks Off the Summer

They’re the prize of Long Island, the sandy beaches that line the South Shore or the rocky seaside that calls the calm waters of the Long Island Sound home.

is the for favorite beach on Long Island, scoring nearly 400 votes out of the nearly 1,500 we got across Long Island.