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Game 1 Rising Juniors – Suffolk 14, Nassau 5 Highlights: Westhampton Beach’s Dylan Laube enjoyed a coming out party with three goals for Suffolk, which jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first quarter. Suffolk extended the lead to 7-1 at the half. Another middie, Pete Engelken of Sachem East, had two goals. Pete […]
Rising Seniors – Suffolk 12, Nassau 8 Highlights: Three players each finished with two goals –Smithtown East’s Luke Eschbach, Comsewogue’s Will Snelders and Shoreham-Wading River’s Kevin Cutinella — for Suffolk, which broke a 5-5 halftime time by outscoring Nassau 3-1 in the third period. A blast by Cutinella gave Suffolk a 7-6 lead with just over six […]
Duke’s first Class of 2019 tristate verbal headlines this latest update. It comes from Connecticut and a program that has a long history of sending players to Durham: Wilton, where midfielder Connor Drake decided on Duke. The 5-foot-10, 155-pound lefty has been a recruiting target of coach John Danowski since last year. Drake emerged as […]
Rising Sophomores – Suffolk 8, Nassau 7 Highlights: Half Hollow Hills West attackman Christian Mulé capped a back-and-forth exchange in the fourth quarter by netting the game-winner on an extra-man opportunity with 10 seconds remaining in regulation. Nassau had grabbed a 7-6 lead on a goal by Manhasset attackman Louis Perfetto after teammate Nick Turrini […]
Rumors have been circulating almost since the moment Jamesville-DeWitt wrapped up a 9-6 win against Yorktown in the New Class B state final last Saturday at Middletown High School. Jamesville-DeWitt was called for just one penalty in the game — in the final seconds — and Yorktown coach Dave Marr wasn’t happy about it. With […]
As we transition from the end of the high school season to the first weekend of travel showcase events, we have a pair of new verbal commitments We start with the Class of 2018 where Watchung Hills HS (NJ) defender Jonathan Taub has decided to play his college lacrosse close to home at Rutgers University. The […]
It’s one of the premier recruiting showcases of the summer, and it’s also an opportunity for scores of Division I coaches to see the best prospects on Long Island all one one venue. It’s the Long Island Showcase, and it returns for its eighth year this Friday, June 17 at Farmingdale State, which is, appropriately, […]
Marquette head coach Joe Amplo and his wife Jennifer enjoying a gondola ride in Venice on Wednesday. Joe Amplo is in Venice right now. The head coach who has led the Marquette men’s lacrosse program to a meteoric rise in its four-year existence, including a Big East Tournament title and NCAA appearance this year, has brought his […]
It’s one of the premier recruiting showcases of the summer, and it’s also an opportunity for scores of Division I coaches to see the best prospects on Long Island all one one venue. It’s the Long Island Showcase, and it returns for its eighth year this Friday, June 17 at Farmingdale State, which is, appropriately, […]
1. Darien (CT), 2016 record: 23-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Victor (NY), 2016 record: 22-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 2 3. St. Anthony’s (NY), 2016 record: 14-2, Last week’s ranking: No. 4 4. Delbarton (NJ), 2016 record: 22-2, Last week’s ranking: No. 6 5. Cold Spring Harbor (NY), 2016 record: 18-1, Last week’s ranking: No. 11 6. Ward […]
Coach of the Week Jeff Brameier, Darien (CT), above: The 33rd-year Blue Wave skipper led DHS to its third straight state title and second unbeaten season in the last three years after an 18-3 win against Simsbury in the CIAC Class L title game. Darien, which ended the year 23-0, will start the 2017 season […]
One of the large continent of former Yorktown (NY) stars coaching in the tristate will be leaving his position. Donny Connolly, who built Arlington into a Section 1 playoff contender in seven seasons as head coach, will not be returning to his position in 2017. Varsity assistant Chad Jones, a faculty member at Arlington, is […]
What was supposed to be an ordained and inevitable New Jersey Tournament of Champions final on Saturday night at Kean University wound up getting knocked off course with a big upset in the semifinals. Fourth-seeded Pingry held on for an 8-7 victory against top-seeded and defending champ Bridgewater-Raritan, ending the Panthers’ 42-game win streak. So […]
When word spread that Simsbury defeated national power Fairfield Prep in Thursday’s CIAC Class L state semi, completing Saturday’s field for the championship game tripleheader at Brien McMahon High School, social media was abuzz. “Where’s Simsbury?” read one tweet from Connecticut’s Golden Coast. Well, for starters, it is indeed an “upstate” Connecticut program – located just […]
There will be some usual suspects playing for championships in the New York state finals at Faller Field on the campus of Middletown High School on Saturday. Yorktown and Jamesville-DeWitt will be meeting in the final for the second time in three years. Yorktown beat the Red Rams 10-9 in the ’14 title game at Hofstra. Cold Spring […]
