Few leagues in the country are as competitive as the Western New England League. Among the contending teams in the league’s Division I: * Salisbury, with arguably the nation’s top senior in Maryland-bound attackman in David Solomon, a transfer from St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes in Arlington, Va., and Virginia-bound Tyler Scales, one of the […]
I’m not big on preseason predictions, but I am about to make one with 100 percent certainty. Ready? Here goes. The Manhasset Indians will not win a third straight Class C state championship in 2011. Why am I so certain, you ask? Well, as many of you know by now, it’s because Manhasset will be […]
The first scrimmages of the preseason are set for this weekend. Among them: Navy at Duke and Colgate at Delaware on noon Saturday and UMass at St. John’s at 1 p.m., also on Saturday. You can check out a listing of scrimmages set the next few weeks compiled by LaxPower.com by clicking here. The schedule […]
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’ll be focusing on a couple of them in the days to come. First […]
The list of contending programs in Section 1 has remaining relatively stable. But there could be a new program on its way to contention. At least the signs sure point that way. With a thriving youth program, large high school enrollment and a head coach from the Hudson Valley’s most tradition-rich program (Yorktown grad Donny […]
It was quite a start to the season. To say the least. Sachem North pulled off one of the biggest upsets imaginable. The Flaming Arrows stunned the nation’s top-ranked team, West Islip, 13-12 in overtime, in an opening-week shocker last season. It proved to be the Lions’ first and only loss in a season in […]
For years, Carmel had been like a hole in the middle of a donut. Surrounded by schools with established programs such as Mahopac, Brewster, Yorktown, Somers, Danbury and Ridgefield, Carmel remained the last lacrosse holdout. Until now, that is. The Rams will be fielding a varsity team for the first time this spring. It’s been […]
When it comes to supplying Johns Hopkins with standout players, and more specifically, defensemen, Yorktown High School has a proud tradition. It includes names such as Brian Kuczma, Rob Doerr and Chris Watson. That pipeline began, though, when another former Yorktown all-American, Bill Dwan, joined the Blue Jays after graduating from Yorktown in 1987. Dwan […]
The Greenwich Cardinals won’t have to wait long this upcoming season to have an idea what their chances are of repeating as FCIAC champions. Last year, of course, Greenwich enjoyed an unlikely run to the title. Following an 8-7 regular season, the Cardinals beat Ridgefield, Darien and New Canaan (in that order) to take the […]
“It gets late early out there.” When major-league baseball Hall-of-Famer used that phrase, he was describing the conditions for left fielders in Yankee Stadium, faced with having to contend with the setting sun. But the same thing can be said about the 2011 varsity season in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for boys lax, the […]
West Islip has dominated Section 11 Class A the last five years. But there could be a new sheriff in town. In addition to traditional power Ward Melville, Sachem North, which handed West Islip its only loss last season, looks strong, along with East Islip and Connetquot. So too does Smithtown West. After all, the […]
To make it to the state title game again this season, Garden City must first get out of Nassau. That’s no easy task — to say the least — considering two-time Class C state champ Manhasset has moved up to Class B for the 2011 season. We’ve heard your take on how the Section 8 […]
While most reading this undoubtedly spent part of today once again digging out from the third major snowstorm to hit the region in the last three weeks, you can take some comfort in the fact that spring will be here soon, and before that, there will be plenty of lacrosse to enjoy College teams from […]
We’re about two months away from the start of varsity practice, but there’s still plenty of recruiting news and schedule info going on throughout the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotbed. If you checked out the comments portion of our “Schedules galore” post today, you saw the completed John Jay scheduled […]
