High School Zone: Long Island NY
LaxLessons.com | July 18, 2013
Binghamton University made a big splash on Long Island this week. As first reported at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi, the Bearcats picked up a pair of commitments from rising junior standouts from Long Island – Sachem East midfielder Joe Licata and Massapequa attackman Griffin Konen. Both players performed well last week at the Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting […]
LaxLessons.com | July 17, 2013
It was a breakout season for both Ward Melville and Daniel Bucaro. The Patriots finished 22-0 in winning their New York Class A state championship – their first state crown since 2000 – and finished as the consensus No. 1 team in the various national rankings. Bucaro, meanwhile, in his first year as a starter, […]
LaxLessons.com | July 17, 2013
Two of the leading players in the Class of 2015 have made their college choices. Our own @Joe_Lombardi broke the news on both commitments on LaxLessons.com’s “Lacrosse Insider.” Attackman Daniel Bucaro of New York Class A state champion Ward Melville decided on Georgetown. who is Bucaro is coming off a breakout sophomore season for the […]
LaxLessons.com | July 17, 2013
There’s little question what Joe Licata’s strengths are on the lacrosse field. The rising junior midfielder at Sachem East High School (N.Y.) has the coveted combination of speed and skills. Those ingredients helped him earn a spot in the Class of 2015 all-star game at last week’s Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight at Western […]
LaxLessons.com | July 14, 2013
Brendan Kavanagh’s style of play is similar to that of his brother, Notre Dame standout and former Chaminade star Matt Kavanagh. “I have a Canadian, hockey-type style of play like my brother,” Brendan, a rising senior attackman at Kellenberg Memorial (N.Y.) said. Both are also lefties. But when it came time to make his college […]
LaxLessons.com | July 12, 2013
Garden City has had a recurring theme during its run of back-to-back New York Class B state titles. Namely, strong senior classes. If that trend continues next season, Connor Riedell will undoubtedly be a big reason. Riedell is a two-way midfielder with good speed who excels in transition. Earlier this week, the athletic right verbally […]
LaxLessons.com | July 11, 2013
Ryan Bonomi is no stranger to joining new lacrosse programs. The rising senior at St. Anthony’s played on the varsity team at Northport before transferring prior to his junior season with the Friars. In another year, the athletic, two-way midfielder will be preparing to make another transition to a new team. Bonomi has given a […]
LaxLessons.com | July 9, 2013
Riley O’Sullivan has had a change of heart. The rising junior from New Jersey Tournament of Champions finalist Don Bosco Prep verbally committed to Georgetown this past December. But late last month, O’Sullivan decommitted from Georgetown and committed to Syracuse, as reported at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi. O’Sullivan, a resident of Valley Cottage in Rockland County (N.Y.), is […]
LaxLessons.com | July 8, 2013
There may be no name as synonymous with a college lacrosse program right now than the name Froccaro and Princeton lacrosse. For good reason. Jeff Frocarro wrapped up his college career this past spring as an All-Ivy League standout and four-year starter. Jake Frocarro ended his freshman year by earning Ivy League rookie of the […]
LaxLessons.com | July 8, 2013
The now prevalent trend of sophomores making verbal commitments all began at Syosset. It started when Ryan Feit became the first 10th-grader to make a Division I lacrosse verbal commitment when he declared his intentions to LaxLessons.com to attend Johns Hopkins in October, 2010. Now, less than three years later, another Syosset player has made […]
LaxLessons.com | June 30, 2013
It’s been three weeks since the 2013 high school season ended, but national champion Ward Melville just picked up a first. The Patriots got their first verbal commitment from a player in the Class of 2015 earlier tonight when rising junior defenseman Tom Reilly committed to the admissions process at Cornell University, as first reported […]
LaxLessons.com | June 29, 2013
Comfort level with the campus and the program are often the key factors in a lacrosse recruit’s decision to verbally commit. That was certainly the case with Kyle Quinn. But there was another factor that was equally important for the rising senior at Kellenberg High School (N.Y.), who has decided on Marist College, as first […]
LaxLessons.com | June 28, 2013
If there’s an early tristate leader for most verbal commitments since the 2013 varsity season ended on June 8, St. Anthony’s would have to be the No. 1. The New York CHSAA power has seen four members of its program give verbals in less than two weeks. The latest came today as rising junior attackman […]
LaxLessons.com | June 26, 2013
Family ties and location. Those were the two keys in Ryan Ozsvath’s college choice. The rising junior attackman at Half Hollow Hills West has verbally committed to Stony Brook University, where both his father and uncle graduated. The 6-foot, 160-pound Ozsvath, who has outstanding field vision, is an excellent feeder and off-ball player who moves […]
LaxLessons.com | June 26, 2013
Norm Murray, the Voice of Long Island Lacrosse, for nearly 50 years, died yesterday after battling cancer. He was 87. Murray was public-address announcer for countless collegiate and high school lacrosse games on Long Island, many at Hofstra University, where the PA booth is named in his honor, “The Norm Murray Corner.” With a baritone […]
