Joey Porcelli, a quick and aggressive midfielder, will be the latest Yorktown Husker to play at Wesleyan. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) Yorktown senior midfielder Joey Porcelli had plenty of reasons to commit to Wesleyan University, in addition to the fact that it’s recently become a pipeline for current and recently graduated Husker players.
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Matt Shannon had his pick of Division I programs. The junior defenseman from defending FCIAC champion Ridgefield had made unofficial visit to Hofstra, Fairfield, Towson and Syracuse, and was planning on visiting Loyola and possibly Notre Dame as well. But that all changed last weekend. That’s when the 6-foot-4 Shannon visited North Carolina. “I loved […]
The high school lacrosse landscape is about to change in the northern tier of Section 1. Add Don Connolly’s name to the ever-growing list of past Yorktown players taking the reins of a program in dire need of a fresh face and some new ideas. Arlington is a massive school, one of the biggest in […]
The annual Darien vs. Manhasset and Chaminade vs. Yorktown showdowns will have special meaning this coming season. They will be played at West Point as part of Jim Regan Day at West Point on Saturday, April 24. Army will be hosting Holy Cross at noon. More on that in a moment.
For the last few years, the John Jay-Yorktown game, regarded as the regular season game of the year in Section 1, has been a May tradition. And it’s been played on a Friday night the last two years. This year, the game will be played in the opening week of the regular season and […]
Winter technically doesn’t start for a few more weeks, of course, but with the fall lacrosse calendar now complete, what better time to look ahead to some events that are on tap the next couple of months leading into the start of the 2010 season? Check the second page of this post for a rundown […]
Conference I League A Arlington Brewster Lakeland/Panas Mahopac Wappingers Yorktown League B Croton Haldane Hen Hud Kennedy Ossining North Salem Peekskill Putnam Valley Conference II League A Eastchester Mamaroneck White Plains New Rochelle Roosevelt Scarsdale League B Ardsley Irvington Hastings Sleepy Hollow Bronxville Pelham Edgemont Conference III League A Byram Hills Greeley John Jay Somers […]
Fairfield University-bound Pete De Salvo and Iona Prep will now be playing in the same league as St. Anthony’s and Chaminade. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) Change is in the air, gang. Way back, back, back in the spring – which already seems like years ago – we learned that cost-cutting geographically aligned leagues would […]
Briarcliff senior midfielder Troy Press will be taking his skills and athleticism to Division II Wingate University in North Carolina. National signing week is now officially history, gang. We, of course, brought you real-time updates on all the commitments (and even decommitments) as they happened these last few months. We’ve also put together a rundown […]
The fall travel schedule winds to a close on Sunday as teams from throughout the region will be competing in the annual Shoreham-Wading River LaxFest in Suffolk County.
We’ve been passing along news these last few months about the commitments of the top seniors and juniors from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. Programs such as Ward Melville, Manhasset, Yorktown, John Jay, Somers, Ridgefield and Darien are well represented, of course. But on Monday, we told you about a couple of players both […]
We’ve reported on recruiting commitments as they’ve been made throughout the year. Today, senior players from sea to shining sea started to make those commitments official and binding. The NCAA’s fall signing period got under way today and continues through Nov. 18.
Hey gang – I have a feeling you’re going to be hearing a lot about Arlington High School in the coming years. With one of the largest enrollments of any high school in the state, I have thought for a long time that the Admirals could be a sleeping giant. As the popularity of lacrosse […]
Games at today’s Mid-Fall Classic at UMass were played on 13 adjacent fields in Amherst, Mass. It’s known as the Mid-Fall Classic. And that’s an an important thing to remember as far as today’s annual event at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., is concerned. After all, it’s mid-fall not mid-season and […]
