High School Zone: Upstate NY
Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Bunnell-Stratford (CT), off to a 3-0 start, hosts Bethel on Tuesday, April 22. Can Connecticut’s upper echelon continue to make a splash after Darien and Ridgefield picked up wins against two of the most successful programs in Long Island history, Manhasset and Garden City, respectively, this past weekend? Will Bergen Catholic […]
Niskayuna reeled off 21 straight wins in 2013, drawing the consensus No. 1 national ranking. The Silver Warriors suffered their first loss in their last game, falling to eventual two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City 10-9 in the semifinals. Nisky will be back in Class A in 2014. One thing remains the […]
Alex Weber, the former standout attackman at the University of Pennsylvania who now coaches the varsity team at Harvard Westlake High School (Calif.), produced and directed “COMMITTED,” a documentary on lacrosse recruiting videotaped this past summer at Maverik Showtime National Lacrosse Recruiting Spotlight. You can watch the trailer here. Lacrosse has taken Alex Weber to […]
* Scoreboard Central: Finals, box scores from Saturday’s action * Box score From press release KENNESAW, Ga. – No. 11 Syracuse (3-2) snapped its two-game losing skid and improved to 3-0 in non-conference games this season with a 14-8 triumph against St. John’s (2-3) at the inaugural Cobb County Lacrosse Classic at Fifth Third Bank […]
* Scoreboard Central: Finals, box scores from Saturday’s action * Box score From staff reports and press release ITHACA, N.Y. – Former Syosset High School (N.Y.) standout Doug Tesoriero’s outstanding effort in the faceoff X lifted Cornell’s men’s lacrosse team to a 12-9 win over No. 2 Virginia in a battle of unbeatens on Saturday afternoon at […]
Having launched its varsity lacrosse program in 1996, Somers High School is a relative newcomer on the Hudson Valley lacrosse landscape when compared to such established programs as Yorktown, John Jay and Mahopac. But it didn’t take the Tuskers long to emerge as one of the elite teams in Section 1, as they won four […]
Canandaigua Academy has emerged as a New York power the last decade. The Braves, who won the 2009 Class B state title, should be in contention once again this coming season. One of the main reasons coach Ed Mulheron’s Canadaigua squad will once again be a force in Section 5 is the return of Joe […]
When it comes to his own family, Lucas Quinn is part of the crowd. After all, both his older brothers play Division I college lacrosse at the University of Hartford, where his oldest brother, John, is a senior defender and middle brother, Evan, is a freshman goaltender. The Quinns’ father played lacrosse at Whitesboro (N.Y.) […]
To say Travis Ford made his mark at the Maverik Showtime National Lacrosse Recruiting Spotlight in July would be an understatement. The sophomore midfielder at Webster Thomas High School (N.Y.) showed he has one of the best shots in the nation by winning the Class of 2016 all-star game halftime shooting contest, hitting the 96 […]
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 […]
UMass Lowell is about to begin its first season as a Division I lacrosse program. It’s an exciting time for the River Hawks and soon Matt Balter will be a part of it. The Albany Academy (N.Y.) senior attackman gave a verbal commitment to newly named coach Ed Stephenson’s program. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound Balter is […]
