YORKTOWN CONTROL, DEFENSE, KEEPS THREE-PEAT AWAY FROM F-M; HORNETS BID FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT CLASS A GIRLS LACROSSE TITLE FALLS SHORT. YORKTOWN 8 F-M 7.(Sports)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | June 11, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: Neil Kerr Staff writer

Cortland -- The streak is over.

The Section III streak of Class A state championships in girls lacrosse was halted at six on Saturday by a fired-up Yorktown squad that caught two-time defending champion Fayetteville-Manlius with a late rally to earn an 8-7 victory at Cortland State.

F-M, finishing a 19-5 season, took a No. 1 state ranking into the showdown and held the upper hand through the opening 25 minutes. Twice, F-M built two-goal leads, at 4-2 and 5-3. But coach Kathy Taylor's squad was unable to fend off a ...

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