It was a breakthrough season for Smithtown East High School (N.Y.) last year. The Bulls, who enjoyed a nine-game win streak, finished 14-4 and and ended West Islip’s string of 11 straight appearances in the county final and nine consecutive county championships by defeating the Lions 12-4 in the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Class A quarterfinals. […]
One of the nation’s premier high school programs, Yorktown in New York’s Hudson Valley, now has three Class of 2015 college committed players. And one family accounts for two-thirds of them. Joe Lombardi is reporting that the latest Husker junior to decide on a Division I program is defenseman Dan DelBene, who has given a […]
The Red/Gray Preseason Classic, hosted by Somers High School in New York’s Hudson Valley, has emerged as one of the premier multi-team scrimmages in the tristate region. This year marks the event’s sixth season. Action is set to get under way on Saturday morning, March 22. That day marks the first test of 2014 for […]
LaxLessons.com is the leading resource for lacrosse plays and lacrosse drills. You can subscribe to LaxLessons.com’s playbook, featuring animated drills and plays for your team here: LaxLessons.com/plays. Each month, we will highlight one of LaxLessons’ array of plays. First up: a play called “Dr.” It’s a man-up play run out of a 1-4-1 set with […]
It’s hardly a bold statement to say that Yorktown is one of the leading contenders for the New York Class B state championship in 2014. The Huskers, after all, have made 34 straight Section 1 title-game appearances. Last season, Yorktown dealt previously unbeaten Chaminade, then the consensus No. 1-ranked team nationally, its first loss, defeating […]
The following are links for boys lacrosse collegiate commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area, for the high school graduating classes of 2015, ’16, ’17 and ’18. If you have a commitment to report, or any additions to make to this rundown, email us at joe@laxlessons.com or […]
Press release TOWSON, Md. – Top-ranked Syracuse improved to 3-0 this preseason with a 13-12 scrimmage victory against Towson in a game that featured five 15-minute quarters Saturday, Feb. 1 at Johnny Unitas Stadium. The Orange trailed for most of the game, but scored five of the last six goals to win by one. Attackmen […]
Unlike many varsity lacrosse standouts in the tristate region, there isn’t much time for Shawn Smith to prepare for the upcoming season in the winter. That’s because the senior is not only a lacrosse standout, but one of the leading varsity hockey players in New York’s Section 1 (Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Dutchess counties), In […]
We have a pair of commitments from New Jersey and one from Long Island in this latest update. Let’s start in the Garden State. Joe Lombardi is also reporting that Cranford High School 2014 two-way midfielder Brendan Halpin has just committed to the University of Hartford. Halpin told Joe he also drew recruiting interest from […]
Dan Rooney made an immediate impact on the varsity team at Smithtown East, in the tristate lacrosse hotspot of Smithtown in Suffolk County (N.Y.), as a freshman last year. Rooney’s best lacrosse, though, is yet to come. The sophomore attackman, a LaxLessons.com Tristate Top 100 preseason selection, has three more varsity seasons with the Bulls. […]
