From press release Colombia Lacrosse is attempting to be just the second country from South America to go to the World Lacrosse Championships despite less than two full years playing the sport. It has just launched its Indiegogo campaign fundraiser to bring Colombia’s first-ever National Team to the 2014 World Lacrosse Championships. The players are […]

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NCAA Tournament action has prompted two features on men’s lacrosse on CBS News. CBS This Morning focused on Duke’s 29-year-old Casey Carroll, an Army veteran, in a featured that aired on Wednesday. You can watch it here. CBS This Morning co-anchor Charlie Rose, a Duke alum, became choked up on camera at the end of […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Byram Hills, seeded at No. 6 in Class B, is the only one of six teams in Thursday’s Section 1 finals that was not expected by most to be there. The Bobcats upset No. 2 Somers 9-8 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Hudson Valley’s group of teams that will be embarking […]

 Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com * High School Scoreboard, Tuesday, 5/20 * Tristate Top 25 team rankings * Tristate players, coach of the week It’s quarterfinal time in the No. 1 high school conference top to bottom from sea to shining sea: Suffolk (N.Y.) Class A. Here’s the rundown: No. 8 Whitman at No. 1 Smithtown […]

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Photo by Jim Sannerud/MaxPreps.com   * High School Gameday, Tuesday, May 20 NY Bronxville 17, Briarcliff 4 Byram Hills 9, Somers 8 Cold Spring Harbor 11, Mineola 5 Ithaca 8, Binghamton 5 Lakeland/Panas 12, Fox Lane 5 Lynbrook 9, Bethpage 5 Mamaroneck 8, North Rockland 6 Millbrook 7, Red Hook 5 Pleasantville 11, Putnam Valley […]

It will be a huge day of playoff action on Wednesday on Long Island, and some very good teams who’ve had outstanding seasons will be packing their gear and calling it a season. That’s the nature of this time of year in New York, which has a single-elimination format, meaning you can’t lose a sectional […]

The week started out with some interesting results on Long Island. After all, who would have thought Northport, which lost to Half Hollow Hills West 8-5 during the regular season, would turn around and defeat Hills West 15-3 in the first round of the Suffolk Class A playoffs. That 15-goal swing has to be one […]

* High School Scoreboard, Monday, 5/19 * Tristate Top 25 team rankings * Tristate players, coach of the week Section 1 will determine its finalist in semifinal games played on the home fields of the higher-seeded teams. Here’s the rundown. Class A No. 4 Fox Lane at No. 1 Lakeland/Panas No. 3 North Rockland at […]

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There will be no shortage of senior boys and girls players from the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, at the 2014 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic set for Saturday, July 12 at Towson University. The boys game, which will be shown live on ESPNU, is at 5 p.m. […]

* High School Gameday, Monday, 5/19 NY Half Hollow Hills East 19, Hauppauge 10 Northport 15, Half Hollow Hills West 3 Rye Country Day 15, Poly Prep 5 Ward Melville 8, Connetquot 7, OT Walt Whitman 10, Bay Shore 7 West Islip 11, Sachem East 10 CT Avon Old Farms 13, Simsbury 9 Canterbury 16, […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Goaltender Grant Limone and Weston (Conn.) wrap up the regular season with a game against rival Joel Barlow on Monday. Then it’s on to the playoffs. After leading the Trojans to the Class S state title last year, the 6-foot-3 Limone is hoping for one more run to the title game […]

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* Tristate Top 25 team rankings * Tristate players, coach of the week We’ve waited long enough. Now it’s time to get the playoffs started in the most competitive conference in the nation from top to bottom: Suffolk Class A. Openers had been scheduled for last Saturday, but were moved to Monday after Section 11 […]

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Suffolk County (NY) Class A playoff action starts Monday in Day 1 of what promises to be one of the most interesting — and eventful — conference championships from sea to shining sea. One of the matchups set for Monday has No. 11-seeded Northport at No. 6 Half Hollow Hills West. One of the top […]

A busy week of playoff action is in store this week in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Here’s a look. Monday, May 19 We’ve waited long enough. Now it’s time to get the playoffs started in the most competitive conference in the nation from top to bottom: Suffolk Class A. Openers had been scheduled […]

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Here are the latest LaxLessons Tristate Top 25 rankings. 1. Darien (CT), 15-0: Blue Wave’s defense of Yale-bound goaltender Phil Huffard and long poles Mark Evanchick, Sam Mejes, Brad McCarthy and Kyle Gifford was its usual unyielding self in wins over St. Anthony’s (12-6) and Ridgefield (5-4). Last week’s ranking: No. 2 2. Bergen Catholic […]

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