* High School Scoreboard Central, Thursday, 4/3 Stephen Parker said South Side players were not aware before Thursday’s game against Manhasset that the Cyclones had never beaten the Indians. “Even if we did, that would not have changed our mindset,” said Parker (pictured above). A mindset that helped produce a historic 6-5 win at Manhasset […]

Bob Baker Putnam Valley’s Tommy O’Sullivan goes airborne en route to completing a takeaway against Lakeland/Panas on Tuesday, April 1. Put Valley overcame a four-goal deficit to beat the Rebels 10-9. PV was losing 8-7 when O’Sullivan made the big player. A minute later, the Tigers tied it. We now transition from our High School […]

The Long Island Showcase has emerged as one of the top recruiting events in the summer months. And why not? After all, the top 20 players from Nassau and Suffolk battle it out in rising senior, rising junior and rising sophomore showcases in an event run by the Nassau and Suffolk County Coaches Associations. The […]

High School Scoreboard Central, Wednesday, 4/2 It was a day in which defending champions went head-to-head. In New York’s Section 1 on Wednesday, defending Class B champion Yorktown built a six-goal, second-half lead but had to hold off a late run for a 13-10 win over defending Class C titlist Bronxville. Also in the Empire […]

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The 2014 varsity boys lacrosse season is just a week old in New Jersey and already one of the top players from one of the top teams in the state has suffered a season-ending injury. The injury occurred this past week in an interstate matchup between Christian Brothers Academy of Syracuse and Don Bosco Prep […]

We now transition from our High School Gameday Center for Wednesday, April 2 to our score rundown. Here are boys varsity finals for games played Wednesday, April 2. NY: Baldwinsville 10, Auburn 9 Briarcliff 9, Hackley 8 Calhoun 18, Hempstead 1 Carey 15, Bellmore JFK 2 Chaminade 10, Fordham Prep 4 Clarkstown South 11, Harrison […]

Niskayuna reeled off 21 straight wins in 2013, drawing the consensus No. 1 national ranking. The Silver Warriors suffered their first loss in their last game, falling to eventual two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City 10-9 in the semifinals. Nisky will be back in Class A in 2014. One thing remains the […]

* High School Scoreboard Central, Tuesday, 4/1 There were a couple of double-overtime thrillers in New Jersey as Chatham outlasted Summit and Don Bosco Prep beat Glen Ridge. A Hudson Valley (NY) player scored a tristate best nine goals (Tyler Pollack in Tappan Zee’s 14-5 win over Carmel). On Long Island, St. Anthony’s picked up […]

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Jericho High School (NY) is looking to take the next step after a breakout 12-4 season in 2013 — quite an accomplishment for a program that has shown steady improvement since going 5-10 in 2010. Can Jericho continue its upward climb in 2014? We continue our video team spotlights by checking in with four Jayhawks: […]

We now transition from our High School Gameday Center for Tuesday, April 1 to our score rundown. Here are boys varsity finals for games played Tuesday, April 1. NY: Archbishop Stepinac 11, Kennedy Catholic 7 Bethpage 15, West Hempstead 1 Half Hollow Hills East 18, North Babylon 4 Hamburg 16, Williamsville South 3 Hastings 11, […]

* HS Scoreboard Central, Monday, 3/31 The phrase “March goes in like a lion and out like a lamb” sure doesn’t apply to 2014 weather-wise. A surprise spring snowstorm dumped up to 5 inches of the white stuff within a 15-mile horizontal stretch of central Suffolk County on Long Island on Monday. That same stretch […]

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We now transition from our High School Gameday Center for Monday, March 31 to our score rundown. Here are boys varsity finals from games played today. NY: Briarcliff 14, Keio 0 Byram Hills 7, North Rockland 6 Harrison 15, Nyack 3 Mamaroneck 10, Pelham 9, 2OT Mepham 11, Oyster Bay 10 New Rochelle 12, Ardsley […]

We have a pair of 2015 commitments to report in this latest recruiting update – one from Long Island and the other from Connecticut. We start on Long Island with defending Nassau County Class A champion Massapequa. Joe Lombardi is reporting that defenseman Sean Gleason has verballed to the University at Albany. Gleason is Massapequa’s […]

With New Jersey and Hudson Valley teams now off and running, we’re set for our first big week of wall-to-wall varsity action as Connecticut gets set for its April 9 season-opening date for public schools. How do the tristate’s finest stack up heading into the week. Check the latest LaxLessons Tristate Top 25 rankings here. […]

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The varsity season in Connecticut is the last to start in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. A preview of Connecticut lacrosse, with special emphasis on the FCIAC, was the focus of the “Laxworm Radio Show,” which premiered Sunday morning from the Lax Cave. Joe Lombardi was the […]