Long Island lacrosse player has new outlook after seizure and brain surgery
The pep rally was underway for the spring sports season, an upbeat occasion for the entire Carle Place student body. And then suddenly panic sliced through the gym.
Vincenzo Pisani felt pain and grabbed the railing on the side of the bleachers where he was sitting. The slender 5-11, 175-pound JV lacrosse and football player blacked out. There were those distinct movements associated with a Grand Mal seizure. Foam was coming from his mouth.
Teachers ran over to assist, the gym was cleared and Pisani woke up in the back of an ambulance. He was bound for surgery after an MRI revealed a brain tumor. This was April of 2023.
Now the sun was beating down on the Wheatley turf in April of 2026. One-on-one practice drills were underway for the Wheatley/Carle Place varsity boys lacrosse team. And there was this solid 6-4, 235-pound defenseman, staying close with an offensive player circling out from behind the cage, then forcing a weak, wide bounce shot.
Pisani has grown in more ways than one. He has gone from that 14-year-old freshman facing the scare of a young lifetime to a 17-year-old senior who has developed into a player headed for college lacrosse and developed as an individual because of that health experience.
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