We have verbal commits from two of the states that make up the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, in this update. We begin in Connecticut and 2013 Class L state finalist Staples. Junior defenseman Lucas Jackson of Staples High School has given a verbal commitment to Loyola University. […]
The Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions has quite a claim to fame, describing itself as “the only true national championship in the sport of lacrosse.” The event is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 29 through Tuesday, Dec. 31 in Wesley Chapel, Fla., just north of Tampa, Fla., and features the following boys divisions: Elite (current […]
For Lazarus Chavez and the Rye High School Garnets, the path to the Section 1 (N.Y.) final starts within their league. The senior Syracuse University-bound defenseman sees games against Fox Lane, Horace Greeley, Byram Hills, Pleasantville and Harrison as critical to the Garnets’ success in 2014. So too, undoubtedly, will be the play of Chavez, an […]
Press release BALTIMORE — Nine first-time entrants will highlight the 38-team field expected for the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse Men’s World Championship, which will be hosted by US Lacrosse at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Denver from July 10-19, 2014. The 38 teams will be a record for the FIL World Championship, surpassing the […]
Smithtown West has emerged as one of the powerhouse programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. The Bulls, coming off a 16-3 season that ended with a loss to eventual New York state champion Ward Melville in the Suffolk County Class A title game, have won 15 […]
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Amid all the gift giving and gatherings, the holiday season also provides us with an opportunity to reflect as we look back as well as look forward. As we get set for the start of a new year, we want to take a moment to wish you and yours a safe, happy and healthy holiday. […]
It didn’t take long for Ian Laviano to make his mark at Long Island power Cold Spring Harbor. He became just the second eighth-grader to ever make the CHS varsity last spring. (Greg Peyser was the first in 1998.) The 2017 attackman has now decided where he”ll make his mark in college, giving a verbal commitment […]
University of Virginia junior men’s lacrosse player Carl Walrath has been charged with assault of a police officer as a result of a November fight on campus. Walrath, 21, is charged with felony assault and three misdemeanors, including resisting arrest and public intoxication, following the Nov. 24 incident. Walrath allegedly punched a police officer in […]
It’s been quite a week for the Class of 2017. The number of verbal commitments by current freshmen in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, has doubled. If you were with us Sunday morning on our Lacrosse Insider premium coverage section, you learned from Joe Lombardi that Connor DeSimone […]
The number of verbal commitments for the tristate of Class of 2017 has doubled from a week ago at this time. At that point, the only freshman verbals by standouts in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, was two, with those commits by midfielder Ara Atayan of Bronxville […]
Our preseason player perspectives have become an annual tradition at LaxLessons.com. We traverse the tristate — and beyond — to get the thoughts of some of the leading returning varsity players as their teams prepare for the start of a new season. Where better to start for 2014 than at the home of the only […]
The first Class of 2017 verbal commitment, for both the entire nation and the tristate, was made on Sept. 29, 2013 by Bronxville High School midfielder Ara Atayan, who decided on North Carolina. Atayan’s verbal, first reported by Joe Lombardi on Lacrosse Insider, is one of our Top 5 biggest offseason stories in tristate lacrosse. […]
