Since we first reported on July 25 on our Lacrosse Insider section that Smithtown East (N.Y.) faceoff specialist Gerard Arceri had become Penn State’s first 2016 tristate verbal, the Nittany Lions have been on a roll when it come to landing verbals from sophomores in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse. In fact, in […]

The Class of 2014 is closing in. National power St. Anthony’s (NY) has 15 members of its Class of 2013 now on college lacrosse rosters. Today, the Friars’ Class of 2014 saw its 10th member declare his intentions to play at the next level. A pair of New Jersey standouts, meanwhile, have also given verbals. […]

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Few may recognize the name Jay Silverheels. Silverheels was an actor who appeared in the popular television series “The Lone Ranger,” playing the role of Tonto. That series aired in the 1940s and ’50s, but “The Lone Ranger” is back in a new movie starring Johnny Depp. The New York Times reports that Silverheels, whose […]

A total of 98 of the world’s best lacrosse players have converged in Baltimore for Team USA tryouts that will last through Sept. 1 at Goucher College. The U.S. is hosting the 2014 World Games, which will be held in Denver, starting July 10, 2014. Here are some links to get you caught up. * […]

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Quinnipiac University has emerged as one of the leading colleges when it comes to landing tristate verbal commitments. The Bobcats hit the No. 7 mark earlier this week with their latest verbal, which marks their first for the Class of 2015. (For college-by-college commitments rundown links for the classes of 2014, ’15 and ’16, scroll […]

MaxPreps.com, the online high school sports leader and a CBSSports.com site, announced on Thursday that it is launching sites dedicated to providing hyper-local coverage of 40 metro areas across the country. MaxPreps.com’s deep national data and content will now be available to high school sports fans on the city level across digital platforms. “With our […]

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Men’s and women’s players from the region will have an opportunity to sharpen their skills for November tournaments at a fall Box-Out Tournament at Yale University on Sunday, Oct. 27. The event is open to all ages and both genders. The cost is $600 per team, with each team playing four games.  Registrations is under […]

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It was just over a month ago that we broke at our Lacrosse Insider special coverage section that Penn State received its first Class of 2016 verbal commitment (from Gerard Arceri of Smithtown East High School, N.Y.). Since then, PSU has picked up four more from the tristate region with the latest coming earlier this […]

Brian Feldman likes to finish what he starts. The 5-foot-11, 205-pound left-handed attackman is effective at using his size and strength to create goal-scoring chances. “My strength as a player is when I get my hands free and can shoot in space,” Feldman said. “I have a pretty accurate, very hard shot so man up […]

Penn State’s Class of 2016 recruiting efforts are now alive at five, according to Joe Lombardi. Before we get to the latest, let’s recap the previous four: Arceri; Mac O’Keefe (Syosset, N.Y.), attack; Mitchell Schaefer (Canandaigua, N.Y.), midfield; Conor Smith (West Islip, N.Y.), midfield and Cole Willard, Cazenovia (N.Y.), attack. Joe revealed this afternoon that PSU’s […]

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Nick DelBene is the one. Yorktown, among the most renowned and successful varsity programs from sea to shining sea, has its first Class of 2015 commit. Towson University, meanwhile, has its second tristate rising junior verbal. DelBene gave a verbal to Towson yesterday, a commitment first reported when it was made by Joe Lombardi on […]

Liam Lynch excels in the faceoff X. But don’t call the rising junior at New York Class C state finalist Bronxville a FOGO. Lynch, after all, is a skilled midfielder with outstanding stick skills who is also a crafty dodger and finisher. “I pride myself on doing all the little things to help make my […]

Quinnipiac University has emerged as one of the leading colleges when it comes to landing tristate verbal commitments. The Bobcats hit the No. 7 mark today with their latest verbal, which marks their first for the Class of 2015. Here’s a quick recap of QU’s commits prior to today (all Class of 2014): James Byrnes, […]

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One of the nation’s most tradition-rich and successful varsity programs, Yorktown, has its first Class of 2015 commit. Towson University, meanwhile, has its second tristate rising junior verbal. The Tigers’ first 2015 commit from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, came when another Hudson Valley standout, Brendan Sunday, […]

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Another Class of 2015 standout from the Garden State has decided on Holy Cross. Oratory Prep two-way midfielder Jack McKenna is the latest New Jersey rising junior headed to Worcester, Mass. McKenna verballed to the Crusaders last week as first reported by Joe Lombardi on LaxLessons.com’s Lacrosse Insider special coverage section. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound lefty, […]