Calhoun lacrosse player earns leadership award

The annual James C. Metzger Leadership Award for Nassau County high school boys’ lacrosse was presented to one player on each of the eight teams that competed in the finals of the 2023 Section 8 Nassau County high school boys’ lacrosse championships. 

Each award recipient reflected the tenacity, honesty, commitment and positive attitude required in Nassau lacrosse. Each player also possessed the ability to inspire others on and off the field. One of the eight award recipients is senior long stick midfield and attack Peter Thomann of Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick. He is committed to North Carolina University.

The lacrosse championships were held on Tuesday-Thursday, May 30-31,​ at Hofstra University. In the Class B championship game, Garden City defeated Sanford H. Calhoun High School of Merrick 7-6.

The awards were presented by 1970s Long Island lacrosse stars James C. Metzger and Vincent J. Sombrotto. A three-sport athlete at Half Hollow Hills East in Dix Hills, Metzger received the 1977 Lt. Ray Enners Award for outstanding Suffolk County lacrosse player when he scored 102 points and received All-American honors.

An All-American lacrosse player at Hofstra University, Metzger is the founder and chairman of Whitmore – The Agency, an insurance and financial services firm in Garden City. Sombrotto attended Chaminade High School in Mineola and was a Hofstra University All-American midfielder.

He was named to the 1982 All-World Team and is a member of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is a senior vice president at Whitmore.

–Jordan Vallone