Delbarton’s 2013 regular season could not have been any more impressive. The New Jersey power, after all, picked up attention-grabbing wins against St. Anthony’s (7-3), Summit (9-8), Fairfield Prep (9-5) and Chaminade (6-5). That resume allowed the Green Wave to enter the postseason as the consensus No. 1-ranked team in the nation. Delby wound up […]
West Islip’s mission for 2014 is as clear as could be. After all, the Lions are coming off a 12-6 season in which their run of nine straight Suffolk County (N.Y.) championships and 11 straight Section 11 title-game appearances came to an end. WI’s title run ended with a 12-4 loss to Smithtown East 12-4 […]
Defending consensus national champion Ward Melville (N.Y.) has gained a late addition to its Class of 2014 college committed players. That senior class of commits already included defender Brendan Simpson (Army) as well as midfielder Ryan Wiberly (Dominican). The latest soon-to-be high school graduate on the Patriots to decided on a college destination is Thomas […]
Considering the fact that he’s a Jacksonville, Fla., native, it should come as no surprise that Anthony Teixeira grew up playing football. But that all changed when Teixeira was in the fifth grade. “A few kids in my neighborhood were talking about trying out lacrosse and I thought it sounded fun, so I signed up […]
Player’s perspective: Towson-bound Sunday hopes to keep Arlington (NY) in Section 1 title contention
Arlington has emerged as a program on the rise in New York’s Hudson Valley. After finishing 3-14 in 2008, the Admirals improved to 8-10 in 2009, 10-7 in 2010 and 11-6 in 2011 before enjoying a breakthrough run to the Section 1 Class A semifinals i 2012. Last season, an 11-6 season ended with a […]
Dylan Joy had never stepped foot on the University of Vermont’s sprawling and scenic campus in Burlington, Vt., prior to an unofficial visit there last year. The Class of 2016 defender/longstick midfielder came away convinced he had found a perfect. “Burlington is a great place and I’m excited to be there for four years,” said […]
St. Anthony’s is eager to return to a familiar place in 2014. The Friars had won four straight New York CHSAA AAA Nassau/Suffolk championships, beating Chaminade in the AAA final each season prior to last year. That title run came to an end in 2013 as Chaminade defeated the Friars 7-5 in the title game […]
We have one Class of 2016 commitment and one college choice made by a former Nassau County standout now attending prep school. We begin with the junior commitment. Midfielder Maurice Tessier will be playing his college lacrosse close to home. Joe Lombardi is reporting that the Albany Academy standout has verbally committed to Siena College. […]
Manhasset won back-to-back New York State Class C championships in 2009 and ’10. Then, in 2011, the Indians moved up to Class B, joining their longtime archrival, Garden City. The Trojans have defeated ‘Set in the Nassau Class B title game each of the last three years, winning state titles the last two season. Last […]
Harvard University has become a hotspot for attracting marquee recruits from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. The Crimson added another tristate state on Saturday with the decision of a native Canadian now playing at a Connecticut prep school to verbally commit to Harvard’s admissions process. Joe Lombardi […]
Syosset fell short in its bid to in a second straight Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A title in 2013, so expect the Braves to have nan extra sense of purpose as the 2014 season draws near. Syosset fell to Port Washington 11-9 in the Section 8 semifinals last spring after beating Massapequa in the 2012 […]
With the first pick in the Major League Lacrosse 2014 College Draft, the Ohio Machine selected Princeton University midfielder and former St. Anthony’s High School (N.Y.) standout Tom Schreiber. The MLL’s 14th annual draft was held tonight in the Liberty Ballroom of the Philadelphia Marriott during the US Lacrosse National Convention. Duke’s Jordan Wolf, a […]
