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Ward Melville back to its winning ways, and No. 1 national ranking

Ward Melville's Brendan Hegarty celebrates his goal, the

Photo credit: Adrian Kraus | Ward Melville's Brendan Hegarty celebrates his goal, the Patriot's eleventh, with teammate Daniel Bucaro during the Class A NYSPHSAA Boys Lacrosse Championships. (June 8, 2013)

Most of them had played together since the fourth grade in the lacrosse-mad Three Village neighborhoods. They grew up watching West Islip replace Ward Melville as Suffolk's pre-eminent boys lacrosse high school program. They'd had enough.

"It's all we talked about. We wanted to win a state championship," senior Christian Mazzone said.

Mission accomplished, with a No. 1 national ranking,...

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