1. Darien (CT), 2016 record: 23-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Victor (NY),  2016 record: 22-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 2 3. St. Anthony’s (NY),  2016 record: 14-2, Last week’s ranking: No. 4 4. Delbarton (NJ),  2016 record: 22-2, Last week’s ranking: No. 6 5. Cold Spring Harbor (NY),  2016 record: 18-1, Last week’s ranking: No. 11 6. Ward […]

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Coach of the Week Jeff Brameier, Darien (CT), above: The 33rd-year Blue Wave skipper led DHS to its third straight state title and second unbeaten season in the last three years after an 18-3 win against Simsbury in the CIAC Class L title game. Darien, which ended the year 23-0, will start the 2017 season […]

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One of the large continent of former Yorktown (NY) stars coaching in the tristate will be leaving his position. Donny Connolly, who built Arlington into a Section 1 playoff contender in seven seasons as head coach, will not be returning to his position in 2017. Varsity assistant Chad Jones, a faculty member at Arlington, is […]

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LaxLessons – The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]

LaxLessons – The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]

What was supposed to be an ordained and inevitable New Jersey Tournament of Champions final on Saturday night at Kean University wound up getting knocked off course with a big upset in the semifinals. Fourth-seeded Pingry held on for an 8-7 victory against top-seeded and defending champ Bridgewater-Raritan, ending the Panthers’ 42-game win streak. So […]

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When word spread that Simsbury defeated national power Fairfield Prep in Thursday’s CIAC Class L state semi, completing Saturday’s field for the championship game tripleheader at Brien McMahon High School, social media was abuzz. “Where’s Simsbury?” read one tweet from Connecticut’s Golden Coast. Well, for starters, it is indeed an “upstate” Connecticut program – located just […]

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There will be some usual suspects playing for championships in the New York state finals at Faller Field on the campus of Middletown High School on Saturday. Yorktown and Jamesville-DeWitt will be meeting in the final for the second time in three years. Yorktown beat the Red Rams 10-9 in the ’14 title game at Hofstra. Cold Spring […]

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LaxLessons – The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]

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LaxLessons – The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]

LaxLessons – The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]

It features a roll call of many of the state’s most successful programs — both historically and recently. Ward Melville. Check. Yorktown. Check. Shoreham-Wading River. Check. Jamesville DeWitt. Check. Victor. Jamesville DeWitt Cazenovia. Check. Penn Yan. Check. It should all add up to an action-packed day of upstate/downstate semifinals in the Empire State on Wednesday. Here […]

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With the final week of the 2016 NY/NJ/CT varsity season coming to a close, we are making the shift to recruiting commitment mode here on Lacrosse Insider. And we have our second overall Class of 2020 verbal to report in this update. It comes from the same county as the first one nationally — Suffolk […]

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LaxLessons – The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]