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Note: Players listed in alphabetical order in each group. Tristate Top 100 (First group of 50) First group of 10 Xavier Arline, jr., Shoreham-Wading River (NY), A (Committed to North Carolina) Ed Arnold, sr., Manhasset (NY), D (Committed to UPenn) Kenny Brower, sr., Kellenberg Memorial (NY), D (Committed to Duke) Connor Drake, sr., Wilton (CT), […]

Tristate Top 100 (First group of 50) First group of 10 Xavier Arline, jr., Shoreham-Wading River (NY), A (Committed to North Carolina) Ed Arnold, sr., Manhasset (NY), D (Committed to UPenn) Kenny Brower, sr., Kellenberg Memorial (NY), D (Committed to Duke) Connor Drake, sr., Wilton (CT), M (Committed to Duke) Reilly Gray, sr., Chaminade (NY), […]

Tristate Top 100 (Second group of 50) Sixth group of 10 Alex Bamford, sr., Taft (CT), A (Committed to Michigan) Chris Glynn, sr., Manhasset (NY), M (Committed to Georgetown) Bear Lockshin, sr., Westminster (CT), M (Committed to Princeton) Michael Page, sr., Manasquan (NJ), LSM (Committed to Syracuse) MacGregor Peterson, sr., The Taft School (CT), A […]

Bonus group of players: Christian Barnard, sr., Brunswick (CT), G Luke Blanc, jr., Seton Hall Prep (NJ), A/M Matt Caddigan, sr., Smithtown West (NY), M (Committed to UMass) Nicholas Caccamo, jr., Harborfields (NY), D Emmett Carroll, jr., Rye (NY), G (Committed to UPenn) Aidan Danenza, jr., St. Anthony’s (NY), M Devin DeGennaro, sr., Islip (NY), […]

Note: Players listed in alphabetical order. Chris Arceri, Smithtown East (NY), M/FO (Committed to UPenn) Xavier Arline, Shoreham-Wading River (NY), A (Committed to North Carolina) James Ball, Chaminade (NY), M/FO (Committed to Navy) Connor Cook, Seton Hall Prep (NJ), G  (Committed to Johns Hopkins) Tyler Cordes, Connetquot (NY), M Brody Firestein, Brunswick (CT), M (Committed […]

Note: Players listed in alphabetical order. Ed Arnold, Manhasset (NY), D (Committed to UPenn) Brandon Aviles, Ward Melville (NY), M (Committed to Syracuse) Canyon Birch, Manasquan (NJ), A (Committed to Army) Drew Brennfleck, Mountain Lakes (NJ), M (Committed to Virginia) Kenny Brower, Kellenberg Memorial (NY), D (Committed to Duke) Joey Corbett, Don Bosco Prep (NJ), […]

Tristate Top 100 (First group of 50) First group of 10 Kenny Brower, jr., Kellenberg Memorial (NY), D (Committed to Duke) Connor Drake, jr., Wilton (CT), M (Committed to Duke) Sean Kuttin, sr., Chaminade (NY), M (Committed to Yale) JP Lannig, sr., Syosset (NY), A (Committed to Brown) Matt Magnan, sr., Fox Lane (NY), M (Committed to […]

We’re just a day away from the complete reveal of the Tristate Top 100 player rankings. Super Sunday will see the unveiling of the Top 50 players in the rankings on our Lacrosse Insider premium coverage section, completing our countdown. To get caught up, click here. You can report a new commitment or any commitments […]

We’re just a few days away from our Super Sunday reveal of the complete Tristate Top 100 player rankings. We now present the second half of the Top 100. Tristate Top 100 (Second group of 50) Sixth group of 10 Brian Calabrese, sr., Wilton (CT), A (Committed to Navy, decommitted from Air Force) Connor Cook, so., Seton […]

It won’t be long now. We’re inching closer to the announcement of our complete Tristate Top 100 with the unveilings of the second group of 50 players, and then, the First 50. Today, we move from our class-by-by Top 25 rankings and our top players by position regardless of class to our bonus group of […]

https://vimeo.com/157763512 As we near the unveiling of the Tristate Top 100 and bonus group of players, we wrap up our leading players by class with a look at the Top 25 sophomore. Xavier Arline, Shoreham-Wading River (NY), A (Committed to North Carolina) Russell Maher, Mount Sinai (NY), A/M (Committed to Syracuse) Michael O’Connell, Chaminade (NY), […]

We’re thisclose to unveiling our Top 100 bonus group of players (those beyond the first 100), then the second group of 50 in the Top 100, followed by the Top 50. But now, we complete the reveal of the leading players by position by turning to goaltenders. Top 5 goaltenders Andrew Bonafede, sr., Chaminade (NY), […]

We’ve started our Top 25 players by position rankings in our Tristate Top 100 player rankings with the senior class, now we turn to the Class of 2019. After unveiling our Top 25 sophomores next, we will reveal our bonus group of players (players beyond the Top 100), followed by the second group of 50 […]

We’ve completed our unveiling of the top players by position in our Tristate Top 100 player rankings, now we start our Top 25 players by class, starting with seniors. Top 25 seniors Sean Kuttin, sr., Chaminade (NY), M (Committed to Yale) JP Lannig, sr., Syosset (NY), A (Committed to Brown) Matt Magnan, sr., Fox Lane (NY), M […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0tIdS_ncAY Brand-new University of Michigan head coach Kevin Conry, who served as associate head coach on Maryland’s national title team, just picked up a verbal from one of the top Class of 2019 faceoff middies on Long Island. Nick Troy of Ward Melville has committed to Michigan after a breakout summer in which he when […]

We’ve presented our Top 10 attackmen and Top 10 middies as we make our way to the unveiling of the complete Tristate Top 100 and bonus group of players. Now, we turn to the longsticks. Here are the first 10 defensemen/longstick middies in the Top 100, with lots more on the way, of course. Kenny […]

Our march to the unveiling of our Tristate Top 100 high school players and a bonus group of honorable mentions moves to midfield. We released our Top 10 attackmen on Wednesday as we make our way to the whole enchilada – the complete list of players selected. Now, here are our first 10 middies, with plenty more […]

We will be working our way to the unveiling of the complete Tristate Top 100, plus a bonus group of players beyond the Top 100, by unveiling Top 10 and Top 5 selections by position and ranking. Let’s start on attack with the first 10 attackmen picked in the Top 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bhqs67GNDA Xavier Arline, so., […]

What makes a good player a great one? It’s a question that’s often asked, and, of course, there’s no simple answer. With our fourth annual Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings now being unveiled, we thought now would be as good a time as any to get some insights. had to summarize what I look […]

Tristate Top 100 (First group of 50) First group of 10 Jose Boyer, sr., Yorktown (NY), D/LSM (Committed to Notre Dame) Connor DeSimone, sr., Smithtown East (NY), M (Committed to Johns Hopkins) Connor Drake, so., Wilton (CT), M (Committed to Duke) Ian Laviano, sr., Cold Spring Harbor (NY), A (Committed to Virginia) Matt Magnan, jr., Fox […]

It’s Super Sunday in our Tristate Top 100 countdown. Today, we wrap up our countdown with the unveiling of The First 50. The top half of the Top 100. Two years ago, in the fall of 2014, we introduced our LaxLessons Top 100 tristate player rankings. We did so underscoring the reality that rankings — whether […]

It won’t be long now. We’ve now unveiled our First 10 rankings for Tristate Top 100 attackmen, midfielders and defenders/longstick midfielders, First 5 rankings for faceoff midfielders and goaltenders, Top 25 players for the classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019 and bonus group of players from the Tristtate Top 100. In 24 hours, our complete […]

It won’t be long now. We’re just 48 hours away from the announcement of our complete Tristate Top 100 with the Super Sunday unveiling of the First 50. Today, we move from our class Top 25 rankings to our bonus group of players. We welcome input and feedback on the selections. So email us at […]

We’re just a few days away from our Super Sunday unveiling of the complete Tristate Top 100 list. Today, we wrap up our sneak peek at our position rankings with a look at the Top 25 sophomores that were ranked in the Top 100. A quick programming note. While a relatively small group of Class […]

We’re inching our way to our unveiling of the complete Tristate Top 100 and the accompanying large bonus group of players on Sunday. As we get closer and closer, we are revealing a sampling of those selected. We started with position rankings and now are in the midst of class rankings. Keep in mind, our […]

We’ve now unveiled our First 10 rankings for Tristate Top 100 attackmen, midfielders and defenders/longstick midfielders and First 5 rankings for faceoff midfielders and goaltenders. But that’s “just” 40 players out of not only the Top 100, but a large bonus group of players we will be announcing as we work our way to our “Super […]

We wrap up our sneak peek at our Tristate Top 100 position ranks with a look at the First 5 faceoff midfielders name to the rundown. On Tuesday, we start a three-day rundown of the Top 25 players named in the classes of 2017, ’18 and ’19. While there are some Class of 2020 players named […]

Day 4 of our Tristate Top 100 player countdown brings us to the faceoff X, a position where the tristate area has been consistently producing the best of the best in college lacrosse. We considered both performance at the varsity and travel level equally — unlike the unprofessional arbitrary numerical rankings which base their selections only […]

We have unveiled our first two Tristate Top 100 Top 10 position rankings with the announcement of attackmen on Thursday and midfielders on Friday. Now, here are our Top 10 defenders/longstick midfielders as we count down our way to our Super Sunday unveiling of the complete Top 100 list and bonus group of players on Sunday, […]

We’re now on Day 2 of our Tristate Top 100 player ranking rundown. Things got rockin’ and rollin’ Thursday with our First 10 attackmen. Now, we now present our First 10 midfielders, presented, as always, in alphabetical order. Matt Chmil (above), sr., Chaminade (NY), Committed to Duke Connor DeSimone, sr., Smithtown East (NY), Committed to […]

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 starts today. But the real start was just two short years ago when we introduced our LaxLessons Top 100 tristate player rankings. We did so underscoring the reality that rankings — whether team rankings, player rankings or even restaurant rankings (any type of rankings you can think of, in fact) — are not an […]

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 Leader. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated coverage, and 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 and unparalleled leader for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the NY/NJ/CT tristate hotspot and the entire […]

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 […]

It’s time for the final countdown. We have just presented players 51-100 and a bonus group of players in our annual Tristate Top 100 after breaking down top players by class and position. We now present the first group of 50 players. Who’s No. 1? No one. That’s because we once again want to emphasize that determining […]

Here we go, gang. After breaking down top players by class and position, we now present our annual Tristate Top 100. We start with Players 51-100 plus a bonus group of players. We’ll then present the Top 50 here Wednesday. Before we get right to it, we once again want to emphasis that determining player […]

We will now focus on Spectacular Sophomores as we move to the Class of 2018 for our First 25 rankings. Next up, on Tuesday — drumroll, please — we will present the first half of our Tristate Top 100 (with a bonus group of players) followed by the complete the rundown of the Top 100 on Wednesday. In […]

We will now focus on Junior Achievement as we move to the Class of 2017 for our First 25 rankings. After presenting the First 25 sophomores on Monday, we will then unveil the first half of our Tristate Top 100 on Tuesday and complete the rundown of the Top 100 on Wednesday. A few quick programming […]

We’ve completed our rundown of the top players by position in our annual Tristate Top 100. Now, we move on to our Top 25 rankings by class, starting with seniors, as we make our way toward the publication of the complete Top 100 list, with a bonus group of players. In case you’re just joining us, here’s […]

We’ve completed our rundown of the First 10 players in our Tristate Top 100 (and bonus group of players) at attack, midfield and defense as well as our First 5 faceoff middies. Now, we turn our attention to the goaltender position, where we will be unveiling our First 5 goalies. We’ll also have the Top 25 […]

We’ve completed our rundown of the First 10 players in our Tristate Top 100 (and bonus group of players) at attack and midfield as well as our First 5 faceoff middies. Now, we turn our attention to defense. with a look at the First 10 among defensemen and longstick midfielders. We’ll also have position rankings at […]

We’re inching ever closer to the unveiling of our Tristate Top 100 (and bonus group of players) as we continue our position rankings. We started with a look at the First 10 players at attack, followed by the First 10 midfielders. Today, we turn our attention to the faceoff X, with a look at the First 5 among […]

As we make our way toward the announcement of our Tristate Top 100 (and bonus group of players), we continue our position rankings. We started Monday with a look at the First 10 players at attack. Today, we turn our attention to the midfield, with the First 10 middies. We’ll also have position rankings at […]

We now officially start our countdown to our annual Tristate Top 100. Our overall Top 100 rankings, which will be presented as we wrap up our Tristate Top 100 stories, are broken down into three groups: First group of 50 players, second group of 50 players and a bonus list of players. Within the first two […]

We recently released our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. While there were no precise numerical rankings for each player, they were ranked in groups of 10, beginning with the first group of 10 (Players 1-10) and ending with the final group of 10 (Players 90-100). Our reason for doing that is to underscore […]

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. […]

Our first-ever player rankings debuted here Sunday at Lacrosse Insider as we ran down players 50-100 in our listing of the Top 100 varsity players in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region heading into the 2014 season. For those just joining us, because we won’t budge in our […]

What separates a player ranked, say, No. 22 from one ranked No. 23 or N. 24? Is it possible someone ranked No. 41 may be a better all-around player than one ranked No. 30? Of course. Rankings, whether team rankings or player rankings, are not an exact science. It’s one of the main reasons we’ve […]