But there's an achievement out there with more prestige, and with its fourth NYSPHSAA Class A championship in five years, West Islip accomplished it yesterday. Beating Fairport 13-5 left no doubt that West Islip is the new gold standard of New York boys lacrosse.

   Nicky Galasso collected a goal and six assists in the final to give him a Long Island-record 500 points for his career. He tied Elmont 's Jim Zaffuto (498 points from 1974-77) with 1:34 remaining in the third quarter, broke the mark with an assist just more than a minute later and then hit 500 on a feed to Mike Sagl's 33 seconds into the fourth quarter.

   "I knew where I was (on the list)," the North Carolina recruit told Newsday. "I wasn't planning on getting the record. I didn't want to think about it. I just wanted to win another championship."

   The Lions, who outscored their previous three opponents by a 20-4 margin in the third quarter, broke a 5-5 halftime tie with a 7-0 run in the third quarter to put away the Red Raiders at SUNY Stony Brook.

   "At halftime, I told them, 'It's 5-5, we've got 'em where we want 'em' " West Islip coach Scott Craig said.

   Sagl finished with four goals for the winners.

   In Class B, Jamestown-DeWitt finished a 22-0 season with an 11-5 triumph against Garden City on the strength of three goals and two assists by Eric DeJohn. Garden City led 2-1 midway through the first quarter when DeJohn charged hard to the goal against two defenders and fired home the tying goal.

   The Red Rams built leads of 7-3 by halftime and 10-3 entering the fourth quarter against a squad that had held 10 of its last 11 opponents to six goals or less.

   “When we looked at tape we didn’t see teams attacking their defense,” coach Jamie Archer told The Post-Standard. “We thought teams weren’t being aggressive enough against their long sticks, and we felt that we had a strong enough attack to do that. We felt if we took it to them that we’d put them on their heels and be able to score against them.”

   Cam Stone added two goals and two assists for J-D, which was without No. 2 goal scorer Jake Bratek, who was out with a collarbone injury.

   Manhasset began the championship tripleheader by dominating Corning East 19-6 to defend its Class C championship. Drew Belinsky, Pat Moroney, Chris Cook and Matt Tompkins scored hat tricks to pace the Indians, and Ricky Buhr won 18 of 23 faceoffs.

   A year after graduating 21 seniors, Manhasset won all 20 of its games to push its winning streak to 36.

   "It was supposed to be a rebuilding year," junior goaltender Frank Morelli told Newsday after making four saves in the win. "We were all nervous because we were trying to live up to expectations, but nobody really expected this. A perfect season."

   Girls lacrosse finals: Stop me if you've heard this one before: Farmingdale, Garden City and Shoreham-Wading River rule the roost in girls lacrosse.

Farmingdale defended its NYSPHSAA Class A championship with a 6-5 victory vs. Lakeland/Panas, surviving its lowest offensive output since the 2007 state final by overcoming two-time All-American goalie Alex Fitzpatrick's 12 saves for L/P.

   "It was a long, tiring season for everyone, because we questioned ourselves," coach Shari Campbell said after the Dalers capped a 15-4 season. "Everyone did."

   Maegan Meritz connected twice, Melanie Raso scored on a low shot with 21:39 to go and again with 18:22 left to make the score 4-4, and Jamie Leone gave Farmingdale its first lead of the day midway through the second half.

   The loss capped a difficult few days for the

Lakeland/Panas players, who were dealing with the suicide of a 2009 teammate on the eve of the tournament. After the game, Farmingdale players presented their counterparts with flowers.

   "Our coaches made us aware of the situation and we feel really bad," Leone said. "It's a sad situation."

   In Class B, Garden City made it five straight championships and 11 in 16 years by routing Fox Lane 20-10 as Caroline Tarzian found the net seven times. The Trojans went on an 11-2 run in the second half to break open a close game against a Fox Lane squad with just four seniors.

   "If I would've said to everybody that Fox Lane is going to be playing Garden City for the state championship, if I said that at the beginning of the year, they'd lock me up," second-year coach Bill Broggy told The Journal News.

   Fox Lane junior Lindsay Toppe scored four goals to finish with a NYSPHSAA-record 132 for the season and had a pair to help build a 6-1 lead, but Garden City regrouped and Tarzian scored at the halftime buzzer for a 9-8 advantage.

   Shoreham-Wading River ran its streak of Class C crowns to four with a 10-9 win over Carthage. The drive for five will have to commence under a new coach, as Bob Vlahas announced his retirement following the game.

   Jen Devito and Kait Brosco scored hat tricks and combined for nine points for S-WR. "They're two of my veteran leaders," Vlahas said. "They're going to stay cool and calm under pressure."

   A Chelsey Newman goal for a 10-8 lead with 2:56 left proved to be the winner for S-WR.

   State track highlights: If you think Garden City had a nice weekend in lacrosse, winning a girls crown and advancing the boys to the state final, take a gander at what the girls track team's 3,200 relay did.

   Seventh-grader Emma Gallagher roared to the lead after starting the third leg in fifth place, then senior Emily Menges kicked it home for an 8:49.88 finish and a state record at the NYSPHSAA championships in Vestal. Taylor Hennig and Katie O'Neill ran the opening legs.

   The time is No. 2 in U.S. history, and Garden City needed every bit of the performance to hold off Fayetteville-Manlius (8:50.56) and Saratoga (8:50.70), who moved to fourth and fifth, respectively on the all-time list.

   Less than an hour later, Menges anchored the 1,600 relay to a Federation championship in a dominating 3:47.45.

   Wisconsin recruit Alex Hatz of Fayetteville-Manlius defended his 1,600 meters championship in 4:07.47, third in the country this spring, and Roslyn's Emily Lipari took over the national lead in the 1,500 at 4:24.37. Shaun Thompson of Baldwinsville also rose to No. 1 in an event by winning the 3K steeplechase in 9:20.30.

   In the boys 3,200 relay, 10 quartets broke 7:50, with Liverpool (7:38.78) ascending to second in the country for the season by beating top-ranked Warwick Valley (7:42.97).

   Girls golf: Commack teammates Suzie Lee and Julie MacDonell matched 73s to take the first-day lead in the NYSPHSAA girls golf championships at SUNY Delhi.

   Play was suspended because of weather while the last group was still on the course. The final round is scheduled for today.

   Alex Seabury of Fayetteville-Manlius held down third place after an opening 75.

   More later: I'll be back Sunday night to wrap up yesterday's highlights from the NYSPHSAA baseball final fours in the Binghamton area and softball at Waterloo.