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Three Flyers Make U-19 USA Lacrosse Team Tryout List

Tryouts will take place July 7-10 at the University of Maryland.

Chaminade students Matt Kavanagh, Sean Mahon and Shane Thornton are three of the 122 players on the tryout list for the United States Under-19 men’s national lacrosse team.

Tryouts will take place July 7-10 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the U-19 World Championships will take place in Turku, Finland in 2012.

There are 24 Long Island natives who made the tryout list this year.

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Garden City has the most on the list with four selected to tryout.

Here’s a look at all Long Island natives who made the tryout list, according to LaxLessons.com:

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Name School Position Year Michael Andreassi Sachem Attack 2011 Devin Dwyer Garden City Attack 2012 Matt Kavanagh Chaminade Attack 2011 Kyle Keenan Smithtown West Attack 2011 Joseph Leonard Hicksville Attack 2011 Joseph LoCascio St. Anthony's Attack 2011 James Pannell Smithtown West Attack 2012 Sal Tuttle Farmingdale Attack 2011 Trevor Brosco Shoreham-Wading River Midfield 2012 Jake Froccaro Port Washington Midfield 2012 Sean Mahon Chaminade Midfield 2011 Charles Raffa St. Anthony's Midfield 2011 Shane Thornton Chaminade Midfield 2011 James Burnside Garden City Defense 2011 Greg Danseglio St. Anthony's Defense 2011 Bobby Duvnjak Manhasset Defense 2012 Robert Enright Massapequa Defense 2012 Brian Fischer Garden City Defense 2011 Stephen Jahelka Garden City Defense 2011 Joseph Ostrander Farmingdale Defense 2011 Mike Pellegrino Connetquot Defense 2011 Jake Gambitsky Wantagh Goalie 2011 Zach Oliveri Connetquot Goalie 2011 Kyle Turri West Islip Goalie 2011


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