Air Force has been flying high when it comes to landing commitments from standouts in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region. The latest commitment for the Falcons comes not only from beyond the tristate, but beyond the Northeast well. It comes from athletic midfielder Cole Haverty of Westminster Schools […]

It would be hard to say where Peter Dearth is more valuable on the lacrosse field. Offensively, the sophomore at Connecticut power Ridgefield uses his quickness, athleticism and ability to shoot on the run to create scoring opportunities. Defensively, Dearth’s physical attributes — coupled with a strong lacrosse IQ — allow him to get takeaways […]

The University of Michigan, despite its relative infancy in terms of Division I longevity, has been able to pounce on available coveted recruits from the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. So chalk up another one for the Wolverines. Joe Lombardi broke the news today that highly recruited Class […]

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Mountain Lakes ended the 2013 season in a familiar place — with a New Jersey Group I title. The Lakers, who finished 15-6, ended the season with an 11-8 loss to Rutgers Prep in the opening round of the New Jersey Tournament of Champions. For a look at the 2014 Lakers, we turn to Christian […]

If the opening week of the season was any indication, college lacrosse fans should be in for a wild ride this season. The SECTOR SPDRS College Lacrosse Preview – hosted by ESPN analysts Quint Kessenich and Paul Carcaterra – will air Wednesday at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. The fast-paced, 30-minute show will capture the big […]

Kevin Snyder doesn’t have too much spare time to work on his lacrosse skills in the offseason. After all, the freshman at Commack High School (N.Y.) also plays football and basketball. But at a young age, he said he knew lacrosse was the sport for him, and it’s the sport he will play at the […]

  It’s more than 300 miles between Smithtown East High School (N.Y.) and Penn State University. But the lacrosse programs at those respective places are narrowing that gap very quickly. Bobby Burns, a freshman midfielder, became the latest Smithtown East standout to verbally commit to Penn State. Gerard Arceri, a sophomore faceoff specialist, became Penn […]

In a recent story here on Lacrosse Insider, we focused on whether Smithtown could be the new hotspot in tristate lacrosse. After all, Smithtown East and Smithtown West high schools have combined for 10 players in our first LaxLessons.com Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. There’s plenty of talent even beyond that group of 10, […]

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Like many youngsters, Ian Miller played a wide variety of sports. “I started off between the ages of 5-9 being a gymnast and playing soccer,” he said. “I then dropped both of those sports and started playing football until I was introduced to lacrosse in the sixth grade.” That’s when everything changed for Miller, who […]

Box score, stats From press release SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Top-ranked Syracuse (1-0) defeated Siena (0-1) in the earliest season opener in school history on Monday, Feb. 10 by the score of 19-7 at the Carrier Dome. Attackmen Dylan Donahue (Camillus, N.Y.) and Kevin Rice (Skaneateles, N.Y.) turned in near record-setting performances, combining for 17 points […]

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National power St. Anthony’s High School has hit double digits in Class of 2015 commitments. It happened tonight. Before we get to No. 10, let’s recap the previous nine: Danny DeSanti, Army, longstick midfield; Brendan Homire, Boston University, attack/midfield; Danny Jones, Johns Hopkins, midfield; Evan Killen, Quinnipiac, midfield; Joe Licciardi, Penn, midfield; Michael Laviano (transfer […]

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It’s been quite an opening week of college lacrosse action. Virginia pulled out a dramatic overtime win against Loyola then got a scare from Richmond, before pulling out another one-goal win. In the first nationally televised game of the season, Johns Hopkins prevailed 10-9 in triple OT over Ohio State. You can check out all […]

When it comes to his own family, Lucas Quinn is part of the crowd. After all, both his older brothers play Division I college lacrosse at the University of Hartford, where his oldest brother, John, is a senior defender and middle brother, Evan, is a freshman goaltender. The Quinns’ father played lacrosse at Whitesboro (N.Y.) […]

Any conversation about contending teams for both the Connecticut Class L state and Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference titles will include the name Greenwich. The Cardinals, who won the FCIAC title in coach Scott Bulkley’s first season as head coach in 2010, advanced to the state title game in 2012. GHS went 15-6 last season, […]

Dominic Castiglia has made his mark in Central New York. The lefty attackman at Liverpool High School played on Team Syracuse in the National Brine All-American Classic. The junior will be playing his college lacrosse in Connecticut, verballing to the new Division II program at Post University lacrosse in Waterbury, Conn., a decision first reported […]