When Jeremy Magno weighed his college choices, there were many factors he considered. One thing, though, set Air Force apart from the other schools on his short list. “I loved the idea of giving back to my country by serving,” he said. The Class of 2016 midfielder at Bergen Catholic High School will be doing […]
To call Matt Gaudet a versatile lacrosse player would be the ultimate understatement. The native of Hamilton, Ontario, is also a box lacrosse standout, where he has played all possible positions. He was the No. 1 pick in the Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior A Draft on Jan. 14. Gaudet, a Class of 2016 attackman/midfielder who […]
Maryland is on the board for Class of 2016 commits. Ohio State has come away with a verbal with one of the top sophomores on Long Island. We also have several other verbals from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, in this latest update. We begin with the […]
We did the math. And it was quite telling, indeed. Ten of the LaxLessons.com Lacrosse Insider Tristate Top 100 preseason players are members of the varsity programs at either Smithtown East or Smithtown West High School. Can you say impressive? It sure is. So too is the fact that Smithtown West has three players in […]
St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) enters the 2014 varsity season on a mission after seeing its run of four straight CHSAA AAA titles ended last season. The Friars will have no shortage of college-bound players aiming to achieve that goal. St. A’s has 17 — count ’em — 17 Class of 2014 commits alone. One of them, […]
Rumson-Fair Haven made it all the way to the New Jersey Tournament of Champions Group I finals in 2013, where its 18-4 season ended with an 8-6 loss to Mountain Lakes. One of the Bulldogs’ top performances in the game came from Chris Hubler, who had two goals. The Johns Hopkins-bound Hubler is a blue-collar […]
Malcolm Kahn is an attacking defender. “I am a very aggressive LSM and like to get out on players and attack them shortly into the game,” said the junior standout at Hewlett High School (N.Y.). That style of play should suit him well at the next level. The quick and athletic Kahn has given a […]
Hewlett High School in Nassau County on Long Island is known nationally as the alma mater of MLL standout and former Cornell University All-America midfielder Max Seibald. After earning Ivy League rookie of the year honors, Seibald, a 2009 Cornell grad, went on to win the Tewaaraton Trophy. Hewlett also has some standouts on defense, […]
The combination of playing both attack and midfield is common in the lacrosse world. But how about a player who can play both those positions — and play them very well — and also shift to play close defense and longstick midfielder. Oh yeah, and take faceoffs, too. Syracuse University has just landed a verbal […]
What separates a player ranked, say, No. 22 from one ranked No. 23 or N. 24? Is it possible someone ranked No. 41 may be a better all-around player than one ranked No. 30? Of course. Rankings, whether team rankings or player rankings, are not an exact science. It’s one of the main reasons we’ve […]
Jake Marino has enjoyed a memorable varsity career in both football and lacrosse for Harrison High School (N.Y.). It will be coming to an end this spring. Then, it’s on to UMass, where the athletic midfielder committed to attend almost two full years ago. Marino is hoping to lead the Huskies to the kind of […]
