A rematch of last year’s Division I national championship game highlights this weekend’s slate of Division I college games. Duke and Notre Dame will be meeting at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Everbank Field, Jacksonville, Fla., in the Sunshine Classic. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN. Duke beat Notre Dame 6-5 in last […]
Michael Zavarella knows a lot about playing against tough competition. The Ossining senior defenseman has been covered such standout attackmen as Mike Daniello of John Jay and Case Matheis of Darien. This season, Ossining is one of the teams competing in a Class B in Section 1 that may be as stacked as it’s been. […]
The nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, is well-represented in Inside Lacrosse’s Under Armour preseason national power rankings. Garden City, a 2010 Class B New York finalist, checks in at No. 2 behind top-ranked Pennsylvania’s Haverford. Darien, the six-time Connecticut Class M state champs, is No. 3. Darien faces Haverford […]
There will be several new varsity programs springing up in the Hudson Valley region this season. We told you last month about how Carmel, which has a long tradition of athletic success at the Class A and Class AA levels, will be make its varsity debut this spring. Ditto for Blind Brook. And add another […]
It’s been a busy week of recruiting commitments, folks. If you’ve been checking out our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown”each day, you already know this. Three of this week’s commitments have come from players from the Prime Time travel program: the Hotchkiss School’s Chase Clymer (Middlebury) and Loomis Chaffee’s Will DeLaMater (Trinity) and the […]
Much of the preseason chatter involving Section 1 Class B has centered on defending champion John Jay, 2009 champion Somers and the two new additions to the class: Yorktown and Rye. But there are several others teams that certainly bear watching. We’ve been taking a look at a few the last couple of weeks. After […]
While much of the focus here the last few weeks has been looking toward the start of the upcoming high school season, there’s also been some recruiting news to pass along as well. If you checked out our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” yesterday, you learned of several commitments. Mamaroneck junior goaltender Jake Danehy […]
When it comes to the race for the Section 1 Class B championship, much of the discussion has centered on four teams. Defending champion John Jay, 2009 champion Somers as well as two teams who have moved to Class B this coming season: Yorktown (from Class A) and Rye (from Class C). We’ve heard the […]
Attention Xbox fans. College Lacrosse 2011 is now available after having been released this past weekend. The new game includes several features not included in the original College Lacrosse 2010, including more than 50 game-play improvements, including dive shots, bullet and loft passing and new penalties as well as new graphics. For more info, click […]
It’s a game like no other. It combines the best attributes of some of our most popular sports like football, soccer, hockey and basketball. It’s been called the fastest game on two feet. Though the oldest sport in North America, it’s also the fastest growing. What makes lacrosse what it is? With Valentine’s Day upon […]
UMass outshot Army by a better than 2-to-1 margin as the 16th-ranked host Minutemen defeated the 12th-ranked Black Knights 8-5 today. Former St. Anthony’s star Will Manny had a goal and two assists for UMass. For video highlights and the box score, click here. Defending national champion Duke looked impressive in its opener, rolling to […]
The scrimmages are winding down and now it’s time for the games to begin. At the college level, at least. It all starts at noon Saturday when Navy, which has won nine straight season opener, hosts VMI at Navy-Marine Corps Memroial Stadium in Annapolis to begin its 104th season of lacrosse. For more on the […]
The spirit of community that exists in lacrosse is sometimes difficult for those not involved in the game to understand. For the uninitiated, there is a stirring example of just this in now playing in Fairfield, Conn. In its fourth season as a varsity program, Bridgeport Central endured a 1-15 season last year and was […]
When Garden City players walked off the field after losing to Jamesville-DeWitt 11-5 on June 12 in the Class B state title game at Stony Brook University, it marked the end of the season. But not the end of many of those players’ championship hopes. After all, the nucleus of that Trojans’ team is back […]
If Somers is to make its third straight sectional championship game appearance, the defense will have to come up big. And the Tuskers appear to have the talent and experience to get the job done. Somers, after all, has all seniors starting not only at close defense but at long-stick midfielder, where Matt Dalton is […]
