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There isn’t a harder event in the country to win. Laxachusetts, Team 91 Long Island and MadLax each did it twice.
The NLF founding members from Boston and Long Island, as well as the DMV-area affiliate, made their way through gauntlets of brackets to each take home titles at two age groups at the 2026 NLF National Championships.
Laxachusetts put on a second-half show to crack open a one-goal game to trounce the Colorado Kings, 12-3, in the 2027 final. It marked Laxachusetts’ first NLF national title in a high school division. Boston’s best also earned a title in the oldest youth division when St. Sebastian’s (Mass.) eighth-grade sensation Stew Curry sniped his fourth goal of the game to end a lengthy overtime in a win over Team 91 Colorado. Curry and five-star Princeton commit Fin Kilbourne (St. Paul’s, N.H.) were named MVPs for their respective age groups.
Team 91 couldn’t miss early and rode that wave to a 13-8 win over a potent Eclipse team in a game that featured five five-star prospects in the NLF’s first class of 2028 rankings, plus ’29 Jake Byrnes (Massapequa, N.Y.) who will almost certainly be a five-star next year. He pocketed four goals and added an assist for the Venom. Five-star midfieler Ben Hristoforatos (Chaminade, N.Y.) was named tournament MVP for the Venom. Two days earlier, goalie Quinn McCauley (Massapequa, N.Y.) backstopped the ’32 Valor to its first national title and earned MVP honors in the process. 91 took down Eclipse, 10-6, in the final.
MadLax’s young guns shined bright as #RunDMV took home the two youngest divisions. The 2033s nipped Team 91 Long Island Nitro, 7-6, in the championship. The 2034s dominated throughout the tournament, never winning a game by fewer than two goals and taking down Express East Ferrara, 7-2, in the title game.
Long Island Express Channy capped off a terrific summer by exploding in the second half to double Laxachusetts up, 12-6. Down a goal at the half, Express got a balanced offensive performance in the second half led by Nic Huber (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.). Tournament MVP Anthony Moore (Chaminade, N.Y.), an LSM, tossed in a goal to fuel the goal scoring spree.
Carter Caputo (Three Village, N.Y.) dominated the faceoff stripe to give his team the ball a lot and Express East Vitale didn’t miss their chances. The team defended its national championship with a virtuoso 14-7 domination against the West Coast Starz. Caputo was named tournament MVP for his play.
2026 NLF National Champions
2027: Laxachusetts Black
2028: Team 91 Long Island Venom
2029: Long Island Express Channy
2030: Laxachusetts Black
2031: Express East Vitale
2032: Team 91 Long Island Valor
2033: MadLax
2034: MadLax
2026 NLF National Championship MVPs
2027: Fin Kilbourne, midfield, Laxachusetts Black – St. Paul’s (N.H.) / Princeton
2028: Ben Hristoforatos, midfield, Team 91 Long Island Venom – Chaminade (N.Y.)
2029: Anthony Moore, LSM, Long Island Express Channy – Chaminade (N.Y.)
2030: Stew Curry, attack, Laxachusetts Black – St. Sebastian’s (Mass.)
2031: Carter Caputo, faceoff, Express East Vitale – Three Village (N.Y.)
2032: Quinn McCauley, goalie, Team 91 Long Island Valor – Massapequa (N.Y.)
2033: Adrien Morrison, midfield, MadLax
2034: Luke Leachman, midfield, MadLax