LaxLessons.com | January 6, 2013
Tristate teams are gearing up. With the start of the 2013 season rapidly approaching, varsity players from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, are getting ready. That’s among the topics in Joe Lombardi’s new column for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Schedules scanner Links to 2013 […]
LaxLessons.com | January 5, 2013
The safest prediction on Long Island for 2013 may be Half Hollow Hills East. Those who say the Thunderbirds will once again be in the mix in Suffolk County will likely be proven correct once again. After all, in each of the last three seasons, Hills East finished exactly two games over .500 each time. […]
LaxLessons.com | January 4, 2013
Fourteen players from NCAA Division I men’s national champion Loyola of Maryland held a youth clinic in Newtown, Conn., less than a three weeks after the suburban town just east of Danbury was devastated by tragedy. For more, here is a story on the clinic from loyolagreyhounds.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us […]
LaxLessons.com | January 3, 2013
New Canaan was one of the biggest success stories in tristate boys lacrosse last year. The Rams won the postseason championship one of the region’s most competitive leagues, Connecticut’s Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, by beating Ridgefield 11-9 in the title game at Brien McMahon’s Jack Casagrande Field. The game proved to be a microcosm […]
LaxLessons.com | January 2, 2013
Hendrick Hudson’s 2012 season ended in the Section 1 Class C title game where the Sailors fell to two-time New York state semifinalist Bronxville 12-6. The Class C race figures to once again be an interesting one. That’s among the topics discussed by one of the Sailors’ leading players, Stony Brook University-bound senior longstick midfielder […]
LaxLessons.com | January 1, 2013
Garden City hopes to build off last year’s breakthrough season. After falling in the New York Class B state title game two years in a row, the Trojans coasted to an 11-4 win over Irondequoit in the final at Middletown High School after beating Yorktown 14-4 in the semifinals at Hofstra University. The championship capped […]
LaxLessons.com | December 31, 2012
Some of the biggest names in the lacrosse world gathered in Newtown, Conn., for a youth clinic held two weeks after the tragic events at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. You can read more in this story from InsideLacrosse.com. Here are some other lacrosse headlines from this past week: * Syracuse’s Daniello hospitalized […]
LaxLessons.com | December 30, 2012
Few players in the tristate area are as entertaining to watch as Chandler Kirby. The senior defender/long-stick midfielder for Jericho High School (N.Y.) goes at it with a level of intensity and energy few can match. It’s one of the reasons the 5-foot-7 dynamo will be taking his all-out style of play to Cornell. But […]
LaxLessons.com | December 29, 2012
Family ties played a big role in one of the top attackmen in New York’s college choice. Tristate powers Yorktown and Ridgefield, meanwhile, each saw their sixth senior commit. Those were among the big stories in New York/New Jersey/Connecticut lax from this past week — and are the topics of Joe Lombardi’s new column for […]
LaxLessons.com | December 28, 2012
The start of the 2013 varsity season is getting closer and closer, and for the John Jay Indians, the opening month of March will go out like a Lion indeed. After hosting a talented team from Columbine (Colo.), the Indians and archrival Yorktown squad off in the annual regular-season game of the year in New […]
LaxLessons.com | December 27, 2012
Brian Prunty was familiar with Siena College long before he ever stepped foot on campus for an unofficial visit. The Lakeland/Panas (N.Y.) junior attackman also knew plenty about the Saints’ men’s lacrosse program, including its coaches and players. After all, one of Siena’s leading players, sophomore midfielder Conor Prunty, is his brother. That played a […]
LaxLessons.com | December 27, 2012
So you thought the final week of the calendar year would allow lacrosse players throughout the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area a little bit of downtime before starting — or, in most cases, re-starting — rigorous preseason training and condition. While that’s true, some standouts from the region have made even more worthwhile use of […]
LaxLessons.com | December 26, 2012
We started our fourth annual “Preseason player’s perspective” feature by checking in with a pair of championship teams from this past spring — New York State Class A champion West Islip and Connecticut Class M champion Darien. Today, we visit with another title-winning team from 2012. And 2011. And 2010. And, of yeah, 2009, too. […]
LaxLessons.com | December 25, 2012
Zach Reilly’s junior season was cut short when the goaltender suffered a broken collarbone injury in Yorktown’s sixth game of the 2012 campaign, a loss at Smithtown West in a battle of New York state powers. But Reilly managed to return to action late in the season and now is back at full force for […]
LaxLessons.com | December 24, 2012
Amid all the gift giving, parties and cheer, 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 […]
