The Bernards High School Mountaineers are hoping to continue their climb. After back-to-back losing seasons in 2009 and ’10, the Mountains have made some noise in New Jersey Group 1 the last two years, winning 14 games each season. Can the Mountaineers reach new heights in 2013? For a look, we turn to senior Griffin […]

Rutgers and Maryland will be joining the Big Ten. Will Johns Hopkins be next? Speculation about the Blue Jays’ conference future continues, and InsideLacrosse.com’s Terry Foy takes a look at the possibilities. In other headlines this week: * Injury will sideline Galasso for Syracuse’s 2013 season * Minus Galasso, ‘Cuse must now rely on other […]

Men’s and women’s college lacrosse programs throughout the nation are set to start 2013 regular-season games. Here’s a rundown of scheduled televised games from LaxPower.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Schedules scanner Links to 2013 men’s and women’s collegiate and boys and girls high school schedules. Player’s perspective […]

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When it comes to CHSAA lacrosse, there is much discussion of the always intriguing St. Anthony’s-Chaminade rivalry. While St. A’s has won four straight AAA titles, despite losing twice during the regular season to the Flyers each of the last two years, there has also been a fair amount of drama in Division AA. After […]

Nicky Galasso following his final game with West Islip’s boys lacrosse team, in June 2010 when the Lions beat Fairport 13-5 at Stony Brook University. Galasso became the all-time leading scorer in LI lax history in that game. Former West Islip star Nicky Galasso’s Syracuse University lacrosse debut is on hold. The junior attackman, who […]

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Jeff Kratky says it simply and best. “The competition in the Western New England is always intense,” said the senior faceoff midfielder at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn. It would be hard to argue with that assessment, considering the league includes Deerfield, Salisbury, Avon Old Farms, Brunswick, Westminster, Trinity-Pawling and Hotchkiss. Kratky, a Darien, […]

Our most recent “Preaseason player’s perspective,” featured a senior standout from New York’s Hudson Valley bound for Johns Hopkins University, Yorktown defenseman Trevor Koelsch. Today, we present another one. Matt Ledwin is one of the premier faceoff specialists in the Northeast. The standout from Hendrick Hudson High School, located just 10 miles west of Yorktown […]

It all starts in exactly two months. That’s when the Yorktown Huskers open the 2013 season. They’ll do it in nearby West Point in New York’s Hudson Valley when they host Columbine High School (Colo.) on March 27 at 11 a.m. Just three days later, on March 30, it’s the annual showdown against John Jay […]

Sophomore verbal commitments to Johns Hopkins and Duke were made by players from two of the top varsity programs in the tristate region — St. Anthony’s (NY) and Mountain Lakes (NY) — this past week. That is among the topics in Joe Lombardi’s latest column for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us […]

Chaminade’s main mission for 2013 couldn’t be any clearer. The Flyers are aiming to win a CHSAA AAA championship for the first time since 2008, when they beat St. Anthony’s 12-11 in overtime in the title game. But the Friars have bounced back big time since then, beating ‘Nade in the title game four straight […]

Mike Daniello’s debut as a member of the Syracuse Orange is on hold. The former John Jay (N.Y.) All-America attackman, who transferred to SU from Johns Hopkins after the 2012 season, has taken a medical leave of absence. Several other headlines from this past week also involve college lax. * Tufts lacrosse players suspended for […]

The Ridgefield Tigers are in the midst of quiet a run. It started in 2009 when they won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference title. Two years later, Ridgefield won the Connecticut Class L state title. Last year, they returned to the state title game. What can we expect from the 2013 version of RHS […]

Trinity-Pawling School in New York’s Hudson Valley has had no shortage of college commitments the last week. Three of them have been reported during that time at Twitter.com/joe_lombardi. Among the:  Jordan McKenzie, a junior defenseman/long-stick midfielder who arrived at T-P by way of New Westminster, BC. McKenzie has made the newly launched program at Marquette […]

Do you remember the 2005 Division I men’s lacrosse national championship game? Danny Jones sure does. In fact, to say it left a big impact on the sophomore at four-time New York CHSAA champion St. Anthony’s would be an understatement. For starters, it was Jones’ first introduction to lacrosse. He discovered it while flipping through […]

As far as varsity schedules go, few rival that of Landon High School’s when it comes to strength. The Maryland power, located in Bethesda, is challenged game in, and game out, both inside and outside the Interstate Athletic Conference. (Landon won its 28th IAC title last season.) It has served the Bears well and proved […]