For TJ Greenhill, the decision where to play in college went well beyond lacrosse. And, in fact, college. The Huntington High School rising senior set out to find a school that would put him in the best possible position in 2017, and not necessarily 2013. That’s one of the main reasons Greenhill, who hopes to […]
Many of the key contributors on Harrison’s sectional quarterfinal team this past season were underclassmen. One of those underclassmen has emerged as one of the top midfielders in the Hudson Valley. He’s rising junior Jake Marino. After two more seasons with the Huskies, Marino will be headed to UMass. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound Marino, who is […]
Like many players growing up in Yorktown, lacrosse has been a way of like for as long as Brian Prestreau can remember. In fact, he grew up surrounded by it. Prestreau, who took up the sport at age 6, lives next door to former Yorktown All-Americans Tom and Kevin Interlicchio and right down the street […]
Word came over the weekend that two of the top players on two-time Connecticut Class L state finalist Ridgefield made their choices. Rising junior midfielder Will Bonaparte decided on Maryland. Another Tiger standout also made his choice, rising senior attackman Brett Baker will be continuing his lax career at Bryant. Baker is a 6-foot, 170-pound […]
Will Bonaparte’s impact for Ridgefield’s boys lacrosse team starts in the faceoff X. But his contributions go far beyond that. His skills as a two-way midfielder made him a target recruit of several of the nation’s top programs. On Saturday, the rising junior made his choice. As first reported on Twitter.com/joe_lombardi, Bonaparte gave a verbal […]
It was a week that started with a first college commitment by a rising sophomore from a tristate area school — Orleans, Ontario native Jake Fox of Trinity-Pawling (pictured above) — and ended with the first commit by a tristate resident who’s a rising sophomore — Brian Willetts of Smithtown East. In between, the Maverik Showtime […]
We started the week by telling you about the first rising sophomore commitment from a player from the tristate region – Jake Fox of the Trinity-Pawling School in New York’s Hudson Valley. The attackman verballed to Johns Hopkins. We ended the week with more on the news we told you about Thursday night – the […]
Quinn Mendelson will have the opportunity to be part of building a Division I lacrosse program from its very foundation. The standout from Staples High School in Westport, Conn., has decided to join the brand-new program at Boston University. Mendelson is a 6-foot, 180-pound right-handed defenseman. Now, here are Quinn’s thoughts on his commitment: What […]
There was plenty of drama in this year’s fourth annual Long Island Showcase, with both the Rising Senior and Rising Junior games being decided by one goal. A goal by Casey Hickey on a sidearm shot from the perimeter in transition gave Suffolk a 6-5 overtime win in the Rising Senior game. Needless to say, […]
Earlier this week, we talked about how Smithtown West’s recruiting class of rising juniors has emerged as one of the best in the tristate region. The Bulls’ class of rising seniors is pretty noteworthy, too. One of the most recent additions to that class comes from Pat O’Brien. A righty attackman, O’Brien has verbally committed […]
In its five-year history, the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight has emerged as one of the major events on the summer calendar. The four-day showcase is highlighted by the all-star game. This year’s event featured a new wrinkle in the format. For the first time, there were all-star games — separate contests for rising sophomores […]
Based on the early returns, Smithtown West’s recruiting class of rising juniors is among the tops in the tristate. It includes attackman Ryan Keenan (Penn State), goalie Matthew Smidt (Ohio State), midfielder Christian Zawadzki (Maryland), and now. … Drum roll, please. As we told you first thing this morning on Twitter.com/joe_lombardi, Kyle Mathie became the […]
The 2012 FIL U19 World Lacrosse Championships will get under way on Thursday, July 12 with opening ceremonies in Finland. The United States, which has won all six of the previous competitions in World U-19 play, starts action as a heavy favorite in the 12-team event. The U.S. team, which is filled with players and […]
The first rising sophomore from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, has made a verbal college commitment. He’s versatile attackman Jake Fox from the Trinity-Pawling School in the Hudson Valley. Fox, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound righty, is from Orleans, Ontario and grew up playing box lacrosse. He’s also a […]
For Cortland Heneveld, the decision to play his collegiate lacrosse was hardly a rash one. After all, the Midshipmen have been front and center in the East Hampton High School rising junior midfielder’s mind for several years now. His oldest brother, Heath, graduated from the Naval Academy in 2011 and is now in SEAL Qualification […]
