High School Zone: Long Island NY
“Strong” Island completed a sweep of the New York state champions with West Islip (Class A), Garden City (Class B) and Shoreham-Wading River (Class C) all winning titles. In Connecticut, New Canaan surprised many by winning the FCIAC championship. Mamaroneck, which lost eight games in a row during the regular season, stunned the Hudson Valley […]
High school teams that have combined for 90 state titles will be competing in one venue on Sunday, Nov. 18. They will be vying at Tom Rotanz’s Shoreham-Wading River Fall Classic, which is annually regarded as the premier event on the fall schedule in the tristate region. This year’s event will be played at Farmingdale […]
AJ Ilchert plays for the West Islip Lions. But when he’s on the lacrosse field, he best resembles a bull in a china shop. “My style of play is ultra athletic, aggressive man-to-man – take no prisoners,” said the junior defenseman. It’s a style that should serve him well at the next level. The 6-foot, 180-pound […]
Photo by Marcello Cutti Jr./Starlight Illustrated A pair of Suffolk Community College players will continue as teammates at the Division I level. Both Dylan Feeney (pictured above) and Kenny Meinsen (pictured below) have committed to coach Richie Furman’s newly launched program at Furman University. Feeney and Meinsen each enjoyed banner seasons in 2012 for head […]
With the National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Period coming up soon – Nov. 14-21 – we’ll have a college-by-college breakdown of senior commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. NLIs must be attached to athletic scholarships. Nevertheless, we will include all Division I- and Division II-bound […]
One of the biggest breakout seasons for a Long Island player happened last season at Bay Shore where Jake Sheets emerged as an impact player. Sheets, an attackman, continued his strong play during the summer, quickly solidifying his status as a major Division I recruit. Sheets has made his college choice while immersed in football […]
Nicky Galasso has played his last game for the University of North Carolina. The attackman who led West Islip to four New York state championships en route to becoming the all-time leading scorer in Long Island history has been granted a release by UNC coach Joe Breschi. After being named ACC rookie of the year […]
Massapequa is building a strong connection to a school south of the tristate region. Defenseman/longstick midfielder Nick Capuana, a rising junior, verbally committed to Towson yesterday, joining Pequa teammate and classmate Ian Kirby as a Tigers commit. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Capuana is an athletic and aggressive defender who thrives in transition. Now, here’s a Q&A […]
The fact that Timmy Burke will be playing lacrosse at the major Division I level should hardly come as a surpise. After all, the Chaminade High School (N.Y.) rising senior defenseman/longstick midfielder is the youngest of four lax-playing brothers. If that’s not enough, his cousin, Brian Burke, a former St. Anthony’s star, played at North […]
Brian Cannon now has some company. The standout attackman from Northport who committed to North Carolina prior to the start of the 2012 season, now has a Division I-bound classmate. He’s Brett Hall. Hall is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound righty defenseman with good size and stick skills. He has verballed to Towson. Now, here’s a Q&A […]
