LaxLessons.com | February 16, 2013
With a total of 14 college-bound players, expectations are high at the Trinity-Pawling School in New York’s Hudson Valley, which competes in the highly regarded Founders League. Sacred Heart University-bound Bryce Jurk is among nine T-P seniors set to take their games to the next level. A 6-foot-1, 175-pound midfielder, Jurk is especially adept at […]
LaxLessons.com | February 16, 2013
Who are the Top 25 players in collegiate men’s lacrosse? Analyst Quint Kessenich, the former Johns Hopkins goaltender, gives his take in this story for the Baltimore Sun. In other headlines from this past week: * Pietramala eyes improvement on Hopkins’ attack * VCU to add women’s lacrosse in 2015-16 * Virginia looks to reload […]
LaxLessons.com | February 15, 2013
There’s been a steady stream of sophomore college commitments we’ve been reporting on the last couple of weeks. One of them came from the Rochester, N.Y., area — Webster Thomas midfielder Kevin Hill announced his intentions to attend Penn State. Chalk up another one from a high school just a mile and a half away: […]
LaxLessons.com | February 15, 2013
The race for the top spot in Suffolk County Class A is attracting a lot of discussion — and votes in our latest poll. One team that is always in the hunt but has lacked some preseason buzz in 2013 is Sachem North. For more on the Flaming Arrows, we turn to Mike Calvagna. The […]
LaxLessons.com | February 14, 2013
The House of Sports wants to help you prepare for lacrosse season. Its staff of elite level coaches, led by the No. 3 player in the world, Ned Crotty, is ready to bring your game to the next level. The House of Sports is now offering high school players the opportunity to participate in four […]
LaxLessons.com | February 14, 2013
It was a fantastic finish for Iona Prep last season. The Gaels rallied back from a three-goal fourth-quarter deficit to beat rival Fordham Prep 10-9 for their fifth New York CHSAA Division AA title in the last six years. How does Iona Prep look in 2013? For more, we turn to Ross Schnitzer. The 6-foot-4, […]
LaxLessons.com | February 13, 2013
To say Lazarus Chavez’s best lacrosse is ahead of him would be hard to argue. “The sky’s the limit for his game,” said former Yorktown High School (NY) and Johns Hopkins defensive standout Chris Watson of Chavez, a junior defender at Rye High School (NY). Lazarus, an athletic, on-ball defender who excels in transition, verbally […]
LaxLessons.com | February 12, 2013
Ridgefield’s first game in its quest for a third straight appearance in the Connecticut Class L title game won’t be for six weeks, when the Tigers host Greenwich on April 3. But they have been doing plenty of work in preparation for that season-opener, and the official start of practice. We continue our preseason look […]
LaxLessons.com | February 12, 2013
Rye (NY) junior Laz Chavez, an athletic, on-ball defender who excels in transition, has verbally committed to Syracuse University. The 6-foot, 195-pound Chavez, who also plays football, enjoyed a strong summer playing for former Yorktown High School and Division I collegiate standouts Chris Watson (Johns Hopkins) and Mike McCall (North Carolina) with the Westchester Predators. […]
LaxLessons.com | February 11, 2013
Mark it down. Massapequa will be one of the teams playing in the Nassau County Class A title game. That may be a bold prediction to make, but then again, when you look at what’s happened the last three years, it may considered a pretty safe pick. That’s because the Chiefs have in the the […]
LaxLessons.com | February 11, 2013
A free lacrosse clinic is scheduled for Monday, March 4 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Brewster Sports Center in Brewster, N.Y., for players in grades 8-12 and hosted by the Westchester Warriors. For more, check the Warriors’ website. LAXLESSONS Links Schedules scanner Links to 2013 men’s and women’s collegiate and boys and […]
LaxLessons.com | February 10, 2013
Putnam Valley wants to get back. The Tigers, who have enjoyed success almost from the outset since launching a varsity boys lacrosse program in 2003, last made it to the New York State tournament in 2010. But in the two years since then, Bronxville has won back-to-back Section 1 Class C titles. If PV is […]
LaxLessons.com | February 10, 2013
Two of the top sophomore standouts in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region gave verbal commitments to Duke and Towson. That, along with the latest batch of preseason player perspectives, are among the topics in Joe Lombardi’s latest column for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Schedules scanner Links […]
LaxLessons.com | February 9, 2013
It’s been a busy stretch for sophomore commits. In just the last week, we told you about three of them: Mountain Lakes (N.Y.) midfielder Brad Smith (Duke), Arlington (N.Y.) attackman/midfielder Brendan Sunday (Towson) and Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.) attackman Thomas Bianchin (Providence). Chalk up another one. For this commitment, we head out to western New York, just […]
LaxLessons.com | February 8, 2013
You never know what’s going to happen when East meets West. As in Smithtown East and Smithtown West, that is. We’ve been talking a lot about the race for the top spot in Suffolk County’s Division 1. And even if Smithtown East and Smithtown West weren’t right in the thick of things — which they […]
