High School Zone: Long Island NY
The summer showcase season is well under way and the 2014 varsity season in the tristate is now one for the books. But what a season it was. It featured three first-time state champions, a team finishing unbeaten and plenty of dramatic moments along the way. Joe Lombardi (pictured at left) takes a look back […]
Dave Pietramala was perched in a folding chair right near midfield at the Long Island Showcase on June 20 at Farmingdale State. One of the players who caught the eye of the Long Island native and Johns Hopkins coach was a Class of 2017 defender/longstick midfielder from Mount Sinai High School, Lucas Capobianco-Hogan. Less than […]
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, […]
Here’s a rundown of summer showcases for July from both in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region, and beyond the tristate. Vail Shootout June 29-July 7, Vail, CO Blue Chip 225 Seniors June 30-July 3, Bryant University, RI Top 205 Rising Juniors July 1-4, Towson University, MD Brine National […]
It was a big week down in the the proud and age-old grandfather of lacrosse, the Baltimore area. The Jake Reed Nike Blue Chip Camp held its rising sophomore and rising junior showcases at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Now, here’s a look at 15 standouts from the nation’s growing and vibrant No. 1 […]
Photo by Ray Passaro/LISportsShots.com Ryan Bray, left, on the attack for Suffolk’s rising senior team, alongside Smithtown East’s John Daniggelis, during last week’s Long Island Showcase game at SUNY Farmingdale. Ryan Bray thought he found the right fit. It was early in his his sophomore season on the varsity team at then-defending New York Class […]
One of the top returning varsity players on Long Island has had a change of heart. Back in October, 2012, just after starting his sophomore season on the varsity team at then-defending New York Class C state champion Shoreham-Wading River, attackman/midfielder Ryan Bray of Shoreham-Wading River verbally committed to Ohio State. But now, Bray has […]
LaxLessons’ 2014 Tristate Top 25 varsity rankings were released earlier this month. You can check them out here. Now, we can see where the tristate’s finest stack up with the best in all of the nation. LaxPower, the world’s leading authority on lacrosse team performance ratings, is pleased to announce the National Coaches/Computer Ratings for […]
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 […]
Photos by Ray Passaro/LISportsShots.com The Rising Junior game at the sixth annual Long Island Showcase Friday, June 20 at Farmingdale State University featured the most even mix of committed and uncommitted players. The result was an interesting and eventful game that featured noteworthy performances on both offense and defense. Result Suffolk 13, Nassau 8 Noteworthy […]
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 […]
With the accelerated recruiting process resulting in commitments being made earlier and earlier, the game most major Division I coaches attending the Long Island Showcase tripleheader on Friday, June 20 were paying extra attention during the final game — the Rising Sophomore contest. That’s because nearly all the players involved in the contest were uncommitted. […]
Photos by Ray Passaro/LISportsShots.com Dylan Rhatigan and Tom Haun of Sachem North each scored three times and Dan Rooney of Smithtown East (above) had two goals for Team Suffolk in a 13-8 win over Team Nassau in the Long Island Showcase tripleheader on Friday at Farmingdale State University. Locust Valley’s Joe Madsen and Syosset’s Mac […]
* LaxLessons All-Tristate players, coaches of the year, first and second teams Honorable Mention Connecticut: Pat Batista, St. Joseph, jr., LSM; Teddy Bossidy, New Canaan, sr., M; Micky Carbone, Ridgefield, sr., M; Ian Burgoyne, Darien, jr., M; Frank Cognetta, New Canaan, sr., D (pictured below, at right); Ryan Corcoran, St. Joseph, sr., A; Kyle Cornell, […]
