It’s Under Armour All-America weekend. For a rundown of the 88 boys and girls All-America teams that will be playing in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic set for Saturday, July 6 at Towson University, click here. You can check out the New England, New Jersey and upstate New York underclass teams here. Now, […]

Here are rosters for the all-star games at the Gait Cup Session 1, held this past weekend at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa. For a rundown of July travel events, click here. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New iPhone/iPad and Android apps * Download for free the new […]

With recruits routinely giving verbal commitments as high school underclassmen, we’ve also seen an increased amount of changes to those commitments. Alec Orazietti, a rising junior attackman at Watchung Hills (N.J.), is the latest example. Orazietti verbally committed to UMass this past December. But circumstances prompted Orazietti to look elsewhere — most notably his brother […]

If you’ve been with us the last few days on Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi, you know that the That goes for beyond the borders of the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Last week, we told you about an attackman from Las Vegas, Grant Gravitt, who verballed to the University of Denver. […]

It’s been three weeks since the 2013 high school season ended, but national champion Ward Melville just picked up a first. The Patriots got their first verbal commitment from a player in the Class of 2015 earlier tonight when rising junior defenseman Tom Reilly committed to the admissions process at Cornell University, as first reported […]

If you were with us this week here at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi and at LaxLessons.com/blog, you have already caught the wave. The new wave of college verbal commitments that coincides with the end of high school season and the start of summer travel showcases. For more on that and other top stories in tristate lacrosse, check Joe […]

Comfort level with the campus and the program are often the key factors in a lacrosse recruit’s decision to verbally commit. That was certainly the case with Kyle Quinn. But there was another factor that was equally important for the rising senior at Kellenberg High School (N.Y.), who has decided on Marist College, as first […]

Gait Cup National Tournament Session 1 June 27-30, Gettysburg College (Pa.) MVP June 28-30, University of Delaware (Del.) Crabfeast June 29-30, Boys’ Latin, Loyola University, Gilman School and Roland Park Country School (Md.) Top 205 Rising Juniors June 30-July 3, Towson University (Md.) Top 205 Rising Juniors June 30-July 3, Towson University (Md.) Vail Shootout […]

If there’s an early tristate leader for most verbal commitments since the 2013 varsity season ended on June 8, St. Anthony’s would have to be the No. 1. The New York CHSAA power has seen four members of its program give verbals in less than two weeks. The latest came today as rising junior attackman […]

Don Bosco Prep has emerged as one of the tristate’s most dominant programs when it comes to churning out college committed players. The New Jersey Tournament of Champion finalist Ironmen have 18 of them. The breakdown is as follows: 14 graduated seniors, and two each from the classes of 2014 and ’15. One of those […]

Family ties and location. Those were the two keys in Ryan Ozsvath’s college choice. The rising junior attackman at Half Hollow Hills West has verbally committed to Stony Brook University, where both his father and uncle graduated. The 6-foot, 160-pound Ozsvath, who has outstanding field vision, is an excellent feeder and off-ball player who moves […]

Elite 180 Recruiting Camp June 24-26, Keene State (N.H.) Jake Reed Nike Blue Chip (Sophomores), MD June 25–27, UMBC (Md.) Top 205 Rising Seniors June 26-29, Towson University (Md.) Gait Cup National Tournament Session 1 June 27-30, Gettysburg College (Pa.) MVP June 28-30, University of Delaware (Del.) Crabfeast June 29-30, Boys’ Latin, Loyola University, Gilman […]

Norm Murray, the Voice of Long Island Lacrosse, for nearly 50 years, died yesterday after battling cancer. He was 87. Murray was public-address announcer for countless collegiate and high school lacrosse games on Long Island, many at Hofstra University, where the PA booth is named in his honor, “The Norm Murray Corner.” With a baritone […]

Twenty two teams will be converging on John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Northern Westchester, N.Y., Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30 for Weschester Warriors Tournament. Here’s the schedule: SATURDAY JUNE 29 U-15 TOURNAMENT – ALL GAMES ON GRASS 8:00-8:45 WW-15 VS CT. CHARGERS 2017 BLUE 8:50-9:35 HV SPARTANS VS CT. CHARGERS 2017 […]