It’s Day 1 of Fall NLI Signing Week
On your mark. Get set. Sign! National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week lasts from Wednesday, Nov. 14 to Wednesday, Nov. 21. Be sure to send your signing photos to info@laxlessons.com or directly to Joe Lombardi at joe@laxlessons.com. Here’s a college-by-college rundown of Division I commitments for tristate members of the Class of 2019. AIR […]
Here are dates, info for Fall Signing Period
It won’t be long now. National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week will be getting underway very soon. Right after Election Day, in fact. This year’s fall period starts Wednesday, Nov. 8 and lasts through Wednesday, Nov. 15. As always, we will be providing in-depth coverage of this once-in-a-lifetime moment for so many throughout the […]
Tristate Player of Year voting: Long Island
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NCAA D-I Council approves move to end recruiting contacts to HS underclass players
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Schedules Scanner: High School, College
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Schedules Scanner: High School 2017
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Manhasset (NY) M Luke Postiglione will take his physical style of play to Hartford
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Syosset (NY) 2018 defensive dynamo Danny Ochs will be headed to Hofstra
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Here are your Nassau (NY) All-Americans, all-county team
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Updated tristate recruiting commitment rundown for Class of 2020
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Player’s perspective: Penn State-bound super scorer Mac O’Keefe eyes repeat feat for Long Island Class A champ Syosset
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Lacrosse Insider: Tristate Top 100 – the complete rundown
We’ve completed our Tristate Top 100 rundown. But first, we want to emphasize that determining player rankings should be an objective process, and one that we at LL/RR (LaxLessons/Recruiting Rundown) understand is completely and utterly unscientific in each and every way. So our listings are arranged alphabetically and in groups of 10. Plain and simple. Here, our […]
Fall Signing Week: Rundown of 2016 Division I tristate commitments by college
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Manhasset (NY) D/LSM Thomas Clejan hopes to put on a show of his own at Wesleyan
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Garden City (NY) two-way middie Kyle Steinbach makes Maryland his choice
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Long Island Showcase Class of 2018 game photo gallery
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Long Island Showcase Class of 2017 game photo gallery
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Long Island Showcase Class of 2016 game photo gallery
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Long Island Showcase games highly contested as Nassau, Suffolk split two games, third ends in tie
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Here is your Under Armour All-America underclass Long Island boys team
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Here are your Nassau (NY) All-America, All-County selections
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Nassau sweeps Long Island Championships
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Lacrosse Insider: Nassau (NY) finals previews, predictions
Two defending Long Island champions highlight Tuesday’s Nassau championship tripleheader at Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium. Here’s an overview: Class C: No. 1 Cold Spring Harbor (15-1) vs. No. 3 Mineola (14-3), 3:30 p.m. Analysis: Cold Spring Harbor has been a mainstay in the Section 8 championship the last decade, but has fallen in the finals […]
Here are your Section 8 (NY) boys, girls tournament seedings, pairings
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Jack White, Garden City (NY)/Nassau lacrosse historian, dies at 70
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Friday, 3.20: Start of spring will bring snow to the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse
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Thursday, 3.20: Syosset (NY) looks to go 2-0 after season-opening win over Garden City
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Wednesday, 3.18: Nassau (NY) powers Cold Spring Harbor, Manhasset open 2015 under the lights; A look back at Tuesday’s action
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Tuesday, 3.17: NY state powers Garden City, Syosset square off as regular season is off and running in Nassau County (NY)
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Temps climb to 50-degree mark for first time in 2015 as NY varsity lacrosse teams start practices
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Air Force-bound Stephen Parker hopes to help South Side (NY) stay in Section 8 title hunt
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St. John’s-bound Nick Biasi hopes to help keep Bethpage (NY) flying high
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Colin Burke hopes to help Cold Spring Harbor (NY) bid for Section 8 supremacy
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Brian Lang, Hicksville (NY) welcome former MLL player Skudin as new head coach
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Hopkins-bound Alex Concannon among Syosset (NY) standouts hoping for twin titles in football, lacrosse
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Manhasset (NY) 2017 G Brendan Haggerty will follow his father’s path to Villanova lacrosse
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Jack Statfeld hopes to help Friends Academy (NY) with its step up in class
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Garden City (NY) defender Philip Puccio joins friend, fellow 2017 Senerchia in choosing Bucknell lacrosse
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Bethpage HS (NY) standout Joe Tierney, Nassau’s assist leader, will take his passing fancy to Marist lacrosse
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Manhasset HS (NY) 2016 midfielder Jack Miller will take his versatile game to Richmond lacrosse
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Baldwin HS (NY) textbook defender Nick DeLuca decides on NYIT lacrosse
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Bethpage HS (NY) attackman Bobby Chillianis will follow his brother’s path to Mercy lacrosse
It’s the busiest time of year for recruiting news. Get caught up right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source and unparalleled leader for recruiting news, analysis and information in the NY/NJ/CT tristate region and the entire lax galaxy. We’ve been documenting the impressive job Mercy College, a Division […]
Switch to goal gets Jack Statfeld of Friends Academy (NY) an opportunity with Muhlenberg lacrosse
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Syosset HS (NY) goaltender Bryan Ochs will makes his college stops for LIU Post lacrosse
It’s the busiest time of year for major D-I commitments in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. Get caught up right here, right now. If you’ve been following along on our Lacrosse Insider premium coverage section, you know there has been a big surge in Class of 2015 Division II and […]
Massapequa lacrosse state title celebration photo makes cut among nation’s best
It’s the busiest time of year for major D-I commitments in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. Get caught up right here, right now. Photo by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps New York Class A state champion Massapequa made the cut for MaxPreps’ Images of the Year, which were published on Thursday, Aug. 7. […]
Offensive ignitor Dylan Crossan of South Side (NY) will continue his passing fancy at Stony Brook
It’s the day after an avalanche of major D-I commitments in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. Get caught up right here, right now. Lacrosse fans are familiar with the terms finisher and feeder to describe attackmen. Dylan Crossan has found another word to sum up his style of play. […]
Manhasset (NY) 2017 Kevin Mack looks forward to helping build a winner at Michigan
everal newly launched programs have managed to make their mark in a short amount of time. Look at Richmond, which fell to Virginia by just one goal in the NCAA quarterfinals. Marquette picked up wins against Hofstra, Georgetown, St. John’s and Rutgers this past season. The next newbie to achieve success could do it in […]
Garden City (NY) 2015 A/M Liam Byrnes becomes latest brother bound for college lacrosse
Liam Byrnes (center) with his college-bound brothers, twins Kieran (Villanova) and Conor (VMI). Make way for another Byrnes brother, NCAA lacrosse. First, there was Kieran Byrnes, a 2014 attackman for New York power Garden City, who committed to Villanova in July 2012. Then, there was Conor Byrnes, Kieran’s twin brother and a 2014 GC defender, […]
Lacrosse Insider: Michigan’s latest big 2017 tristate verbal comes from Long Island
We told you last week that Brunswick (CT) rising sophomore attackman Alex Buckanavage committed to the University of Michigan. John Paul has just landed another big verbal from a 2017 tristate attack standout in Manhasset’s Kevin Mack. The 5-foot-8, 160-pound Mack is an outstanding feeder with strong stick skills and good field vision and quickness, […]
Lacrosse Insider: Long Island Showcase rising senior review
Photos by Ray Passaro/LISportsShots.com The ability of players to come together and play together in an all-star environment is impressive. The Suffolk rising senior team has mastered that art. Suffolk’s rising seniors have won all of the Long Island Showcase confrontations against their counterparts from Nassau in the six-year history of the event. The latest […]
Long Island Showcase photo gallery: Rising senior game
Photos by Ray Passaro/LISportsShots.com University of Maryland-bound Austin Henningsen of Northport (above, right) had three goals and excelled on faceoffs, and Bryant College-bound Jake Buonaiuto of Miller Place had five goals as Suffolk defeat Nassau 15-10 in the Long Island Showcase Rising Senior game on Friday, June 20 at Farmingdale State University. John Daniggelis (Smithtown […]
Here are your Nassau (NY) All-Americans and players of the year
Here are the Nassau County (NY) 2014 US Lacrosse All-Americans and players of the year announced at this week’s awards dinner. All-Americans Craig Berge, Massapequa, sr., M, Georgetown Eddie Bouhall, Lynbrook, jr., D, Lehigh Tyler Dunn, Manhasset, sr., A., Penn Joe Grossi, Lynbrook (NY), sr., M, Binghamton Patrick McCormick, Hicksville, sr., A, North Carolina William […]
West Islip (Class A), Manhasset (Class B), Cold Spring Harbor (Class C) win Long Island girls titles
Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com A goal by Kate Kotowski with 11 seconds remianing in the first overtime gave Nassau County champion Cold Spring Harbor a 13-12 win over Bayport-Blue Point in the Long Island Class C championship game Sunday at Dowling College. CSH will play Bronxville (Section 1) in the New York state semifinals on […]
Massapequa (Class A), Lynbrook (Class B) and Babylon (Class C) win Long Island titles
Class A Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com In a wild, down-to-the-wire thriller, Nassau champion Massapequa, making its second straight Long Island Championship appearance, pulled out a 13-12 win over first-time LIC finalist Smithtown East at Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium. A shot by Smithtown East’s Joe Saggese in the closing seconds went wide. Massapequa rallied to tie […]
Video special: Team spotlight on Manhasset (NY)
We’re just over a week away from the renewal of the tristate’s premier rivalry game, the Woodstick Classic. This year’s Woodstick, between Manhasset and Garden City, is Saturday, May 3 at GC. Last spring, Manhasset won the teams’ Woodstick regular-season meeting, 9-7, at Manhasset. But in Woodstick 2, GC handled ‘Set 10-4 to win its […]
Video special: Team spotlight on Garden City (NY)
Garden City is gearing up in its quest for a three-peat. The Trojans defeated Jamesville-DeWitt 13-8 in last year’s final to cap a 19-3 season that included a Nassau County Class B title-game win over archrival Manhasset. GC beat ‘Set 10-4 to take the Section 8 title after losing to the Indians 9-7 in the […]
Video: John Jay pulls out dramatic win against Manhasset in an instant classic
Nick Kells scored off a steal in transition with three seconds left in regulation to give John Jaya dramatic 6-5 win over Manhasset on Wednesday night at Manhasset. It was the second straight year John Jay beat Manhasset. JJ won 8-4 last season. Watch the last 52.5 seconds of the game here. Have a recruiting […]
Photo gallery: Chaminade pulls away from Manhasset to stay unbeaten
Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com Chaminade’s Jack Brennan had three goals in the Flyers’ 10-5 Reg’s Rock win at Manhasset on Saturday night. Brendan Kearns had two goals and an assist for the Flyers, who remain unbeaten at 5-0. Henry Griffith had a goal and an assist for ‘Set. Chaminade now leads the Reg’s Rock series […]
Photo gallery: Balanced scoring lifts Garden City past Farmingdale in Nassau (NY) girls game
Photos by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps.com Haley O’Hanlon, Margot McTiernan, Kerry Defliese and Michaela Bruno each scored twice to lift Garden City to a 9-7 win over Farmingdale in a Nassau County (N.Y.) girls lacrosse battle on Monday. Click here to view the entire photo gallery. * Photo gallery archive Have a recruiting commitment to report? Send […]
South Side, Northport get monumental wins on Long Island
* High School Scoreboard Central, Thursday, 4/3 Stephen Parker said South Side players were not aware before Thursday’s game against Manhasset that the Cyclones had never beaten the Indians. “Even if we did, that would not have changed our mindset,” said Parker (pictured above). A mindset that helped produce a historic 6-5 win at Manhasset […]
Video special: Team spotlight on Jericho (NY)
Jericho High School (NY) is looking to take the next step after a breakout 12-4 season in 2013 — quite an accomplishment for a program that has shown steady improvement since going 5-10 in 2010. Can Jericho continue its upward climb in 2014? We continue our video team spotlights by checking in with four Jayhawks: […]
Video special: Five tristate under-the-radar teams
You’ve seen both the Tristate Top 25 preseason and Week 1 rankings, now let’s give a shoutout to the underdogs. Here’s a look at five under-the-radar teams from the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotspot, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region, in the latest “Top 5 in 5” video special anchored by Joe Lombardi. You can watch it […]
Photo gallery: Smithtown West beats Cold Spring Harbor in opener
Photos by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps.com Smithtown West and host Cold Spring Harbor got the 2014 season started on Wednesday, March 19 at CSH. Smithtown West came away with an 8-5 win. The Bulls outscored the Seahawks 4-1 in the second quarter to take a 6-3 lead at the half. Christian Zawadzki had three goals for West, […]
Locust Valley (NY) Madsen twins have Port Washington seeing double in Game 1 upset
Photos by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps.com Top: Mike Madsen, who had five goals in Locust Valley’s upset win over Port Washington. Above, twin brother Joe Madsen. It didn’t take long for there to be a major upset in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. It happened on Wednesday as Locust Valley, coming […]
High School Scoreboard Central, Thursday, 3/20
Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Nick Hatzipetrakos had one of Syosset’s goals in a 6-3 loss to visiting Garden City on Tuesday, March 18. We now transition from our High School Gameday Center for Thursday, 3/20 to our score rundown. Here are scores from today’s action: Landon (MD) 14, Avon Old Farms (CT) 6 NY – […]
Wednesday, 3/19: Smithtown West meets Cold Spring Harbor in matchup of LI powers
Garden City vs. Syosset. When it comes to marquee matchups, it’s been the unofficial lid lifter for the start of a new season seven years running on Long Island, and because LI starts the season earliest, for the entire tristate as well. Yesterday, GC won for the sixth time during that span, pulling away for […]
Player’s perspective: Cain, Wantagh look to contend once again for Nassau (NY) crown
Take away losses to Nassau County champions Massapequa (Class A) and Garden City (Class B) and Wantagh was unbeaten during the 2013 regular season. The Warriors, who finished 14-3, won four straight to open the season before falling to ‘Pequa 16-6 on April 5, three games before a 9-1 setback to G.C. Wantagh’s season ended […]
South Side (NY) D/LSM LiCalzi is latest Class of 2017 tristate commit
It’s a reflection on the changing landscape of the lacrosse recruiting process that the 2014 high school season has yet to start, yet there are now 12 freshmen from the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, that have already committed to Division I programs. The latest came earlier this […]
Video special: Highlights of the Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings
We are just over a month away from the start of official varsity tryouts and practices for the 2014 varsity season in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. As we draw closer to the start of the season, we unveiled our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. […]
Links to updated tristate recruiting commitment rundowns for classes of 2015, ’16, ’17 and 18
The following are links for boys lacrosse collegiate commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area, for the high school graduating classes of 2015, ’16, ’17 and ’18. If you have a commitment to report, or any additions to make to this rundown, email us at joe@laxlessons.com or […]
Lynbrook (NY) 2015 midfielder Daly will take his old-school style of play to Stony Brook
Owen Daly plays midfield the way it was intended to be played. The athletic and physical junior at Lynbrook High School (N.Y.) is as valuable on defense as he is on offense. “I take pride in my defense and groundball play, and I can also take faceoffs,” he said. “I am an aggressive offensive player […]
Hewlett (NY) 2015 standout Kahn will take his aggressive style of defense to Vermont
Malcolm Kahn is an attacking defender. “I am a very aggressive LSM and like to get out on players and attack them shortly into the game,” said the junior standout at Hewlett High School (N.Y.). That style of play should suit him well at the next level. The quick and athletic Kahn has given a […]
Player’s perspective: Amodio, Jericho (NY) hope to take next step after 12-4 season
Jericho is on the rise in Long Island lacrosse. The Jayhawks are coming off a breakout 12-4 season — quite an accomplishment for a program that has shown steady improvement since going 5-10 in 2010. Can Jericho continue its upward climb in 2014? For a look at the Jayhawks, we check in with Tyler Amodio. […]
Former Wantagh (NY) star Ragusa, now in Great White North, soon will be heading south
TJ Ragusa made a name for himself on Long Island. The 2013 Wantagh High School graduate was an all-conference midfielder in Nassau County Class B in 2013. He had 15 goals on 33 shots and nine assists, 54 groundballs and won 72 percent of his faceoffs. He was also a three-time all-conference selection in wrestling […]
Player’s perspective: Farrell, Manhasset await plenty of tough tests in addition to Woodstick Classic
Manhasset won back-to-back New York State Class C championships in 2009 and ’10. Then, in 2011, the Indians moved up to Class B, joining their longtime archrival, Garden City. The Trojans have defeated ‘Set in the Nassau Class B title game each of the last three years, winning state titles the last two season. Last […]
Bethpage (NY) junior Biasi will take his size, speed to St. John’s
A combination of size and stick skills are two of the most ideal attributes Division I coaches crave in a defenseman. Put checks in both columns for Nick Biasi. The Class of 2015 Bethpage High School (N.Y.) standout checks in at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds. A natural righty, he is equally strong with either hand. So […]
Player’s perspective: Ohio State-bound Blohm hopes to help Syosset (NY) reclaim Nassau County lacrosse crown
Syosset fell short in its bid to in a second straight Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A title in 2013, so expect the Braves to have nan extra sense of purpose as the 2014 season draws near. Syosset fell to Port Washington 11-9 in the Section 8 semifinals last spring after beating Massapequa in the 2012 […]
Player’s perspective: Sands, Friends set sights on another Nassau Class C title run
It was a breakthrough season for Friends Academy in 2013. The Quakers, making their third straight appearance in the Nassau County (N.Y.) Class C championship game, came away with the title. Friends picked up a decisive 9-4 win against Cold Spring Harbor, the team it played in the title game each of the previous two […]
Player’s perspective: Notre Dame-bound Walter eager to help Cold Spring Harbor (NY) reclaim Nassau County crown
Cold Spring Harbor is looking for a reversal of fortune in 2014. The Seahawks have advanced to the Nassau County (N.Y.) Class C championship game five straight seasons, losing each time, most recently last spring, when they fell to the Friends Academy 9-4. CSH last won a county crown in 2008, when it beat Manhasset […]
Player’s perspective: Fuchs, Hewlett hope to stay in the hunt in Nassau (NY) Class B
Hewlett hopes to stay in the hunt in one of the nation’s most competitive conferences. The Bulldogs played in Section 8 Class B, also known as Nassau County on Long Island, home of the two-time New York state champion Garden City Trojans. GC ended Hewlett’s 2013 season with a 12-3 win over the Bulldogs in […]
Player’s perspective: Berge leads strong group of returnees for defending Nassau County Class A champion Massapequa
After falling by one goal to Syosset in the 2012 Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A title game, Massapequa came back to become Chiefs of Section 8 in 2013. ‘Pequa picked up a 14-5 win over Port Washington. The postseason ride ended with a 12-3 loss to eventual state champion Ward Melville in the Long Island […]
Updated tristate recruiting commitment rundown for Class of 2014
The following are Division I boys lacrosse collegiate commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area, for the high school graduating Class of 2014 (current freshmen). Be sure to check separate listings for commitments by the classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016. If you have a commitment to […]
Updated tristate recruiting commitment rundown for Class of 2015
LaxLessons.com: Imitated, But Never Duplicated. The Original. The Best. The Leader. The Only Unbiased, Professional Lax Recruiting Source. The following are boys lacrosse collegiate commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area, for the high school graduating Class of 2015, sorted by high school/prep school. Be sure to check […]
Updated tristate recruiting commitment rundown for Class of 2016
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 […]
Updated tristate recruiting commitment rundown for Class of 2017
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 […]
Shifty, speedy Cold Spring Harbor (NY) attackman Ian Laviano becomes UVa’s first 2017 tristate verbal
It didn’t take long for Ian Laviano to make his mark at Long Island power Cold Spring Harbor. He became just the second eighth-grader to ever make the CHS varsity last spring. (Greg Peyser was the first in 1998.) The 2017 attackman has now decided where he”ll make his mark in college, giving a verbal commitment […]
Player’s perspective: Goaltender Dolan, Garden City seek third straight NY state title
Our preseason player perspectives have become an annual tradition at LaxLessons.com. We traverse the tristate — and beyond — to get the thoughts of some of the leading returning varsity players as their teams prepare for the start of a new season. Where better to start for 2014 than at the home of the only […]
Schedules Scanner: Links for 2014 men’s, women’s college, boys, girls HS schedules
Below are links to LaxPower.com’s college and high school schedule sections. COLLEGE Men’s Division I Division II Division III Women’s Division I Division II Division III HIGH SCHOOL Boys * CHSAA * New York City * Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and parts of Dutchess counties) * Section 2 (Albany area) * Section 3 (Syracuse area) * […]
Farmingdale’s Bob Hartranft selected as winner of US Lacrosse Exemplary Coaching Award
Coach Bob Hartranft, who guided the Farmingdale High School boys lacrosse team to the 2011 New York State Class A championship, has been selected as the winner of US Lacrosse’s 2013 Gerald J. Carroll Exemplary Coaching Award. It was the first state title in a long and successful 45-year tenure as Dalers coach for Hartfranft, […]
Fall Signing Week: Photos from Ridgewood (NJ), Eastport-South Manor (NY), Fordham Prep (NY), Fairfield Prep (CT), Don Bosco Prep (NJ), Syosset (NY), Niagara-Wheatfield (NY), Ridge (NJ), St. Joseph’s Prep (PA)
We begin our eighth and final batch of Fall Signing Week photos at Ridgewood HS (N.J.) where Owen Smith (Hobart) and Max Mollihan (Mount St Mary’s) put pen to paper. You can read our previous Signing Week stories and photo galleries here. Eastport-South Manor (NY) A/M Matt Ragimierski signs his NLI with Boston University. Mahopac […]
Top programs will play at Shoreham-Wading River Fall Classic on Sunday
It will be football weather on Sunday, Nov. 24, but there will be plenty of lacrosse on Long Island. That’s because 40 high school teams that have combined to win 40 state titles will be converging for the Shoreham-Wading River Fall Classic at Farmingdale State College. Action begins at 9 a.m. and lasts until 2 […]
Fall Signing Week: Photos from Rye (NY), Hauppauge (NY), Friends (NY), Pittsford (NY), Penn Yan (NY), Avon Old Farms (CT)
Rye High School (N.Y.) senior defenseman/LSM Laz Chavez is joined by his parents as he signs his National Letter of Intent to attend Syracuse Universit. Hauppauge HS (N.Y.) NLI signings for CJ Ciserano (Mount St. Mary’s). Kyle Nawrocki (Binghamton) and Justin Zelen (Albany). Attackman William Sands of Nassau County (N.Y.) Class C champion Friends Academy […]
Fall Signing Week: Photos from Chaminade (NY), Manhasset (NY), Sachem North (NY)
CHSAA (N.Y.) AAA champion Chaminade’s Class of 2014 commits. Manhasset defenseman Austin Orlando signs on with Boston University. Sachem North’s Class of 2014 at its signing ceremony. Send us your Signing Week photos Be sure to send photos of your Fall Signing Week events to us at info@laxlessons.com or directly to Joe Lombardi at joe@laxlessons.com […]
Fall Signing Week: Photos from Delbarton (NJ), Northport (NY), Garden City (NY); Video from Barrington (RI)
Three standouts from Delbarton (N.J.) sign their National Letters of Intent: Peter Welch (Duke); Matt Marone (Delaware); and Will McCarthy (Lafayette). Northport High School (N.Y.) attackman Brian Cannon signs his National Letter of Intent to attend the University of North Carolina. Two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City twin brother tandem of Conor […]
Fall Signing Week: UNC-bound McCormick’s big day was two years in the making
The decision came almost two full years ago. That’s when Pat McCormick, a versatile lefty attackman from Hicksville High School (N.Y.), verbally committed to the University of North Carolina. With the accelerated recruiting process that started when we first reported that Syosset (N.Y.) goaltender Ryan Feit became the first-ever sophomore to verbally commit back in […]
NLI Fall Signing Week: Latest, most up-to-date rundown of 2014 commits
National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week lasts from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20. NLIs must be attached to athletic scholarships, so committed players to Division I programs that do not award athletic scholarships (such as the Ivy League and military academies), as well as commited players to Division III programs, do not sign NLIs […]
Two-time NY state champ Jericho soccer standout Tyler Amodio’s college future is in lacrosse
Tyler Amodio is focused on soccer right now, and for good reason. The senior is a defenseman on the two-time defending New York state champion Jericho High School boys team that plays South Side on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Nassau County championship game at Adelphi University. His college future, however, is in lacrosse. The […]
Garden City HS (NY) senior Conor Byrnes will join twin brother as D-I lacrosse player
Conor Byrnes of two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City was familiar with the Division I recruiting process well before he committed to attend VMI on Oct. 22. That’s because his twin brother, Kieran, committed to Villanova back in July, 2012. Kieran, an attackman, is a feeder/finisher with outstanding field vision and a […]
Manhasset 2016 attackman Gavin says decision on Duke was ‘an easy one’
It didn’t take Matt Gavin long to step in and step up on one of the nation’s most tradition-rich and successful high school boys lacrosse programs. A lefty feeder/finisher, Gavin had 40 goals to go along with 26 assists for Manhasset (N.Y.) this past spring as a freshman. Gavin’s hoping to make a sudden impact […]
Fuchs on college switch: ‘When the opportunity presented itself to attend Binghamton, it was a no-brainer’
Kevin Fuchs is now Binghamton-bound. But unlike the recent wave of Long Island standouts committed to joining the Bearcats, BU was not the Hewlett High School star’s initial planned destination. The athletic midfielder had been planning on following the collegiate path of another former Hewlett standout, Max Seibald, by committing to the admission process at […]
