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It features a roll call of many of the state’s most successful programs — both historically and recently. Ward Melville. Check. Yorktown. Check. Shoreham-Wading River. Check. Jamesville DeWitt. Check. Victor. Jamesville DeWitt Cazenovia. Check. Penn Yan. Check. It should all add up to an action-packed day of upstate/downstate semifinals in the Empire State on Wednesday. Here […]
With the final week of the 2016 NY/NJ/CT varsity season coming to a close, we are making the shift to recruiting commitment mode here on Lacrosse Insider. And we have our second overall Class of 2020 verbal to report in this update. It comes from the same county as the first one nationally — Suffolk […]
Can Darien keep its perfect record intact and win a third straight state title? Can New Canaan win back-to-back state crowns in Class M? Those are two of the major storylines entering Wednesday’s Connecticut state semifinals. Here are our predictions. Class L at Fairfield Prep No. 5 Ridgefield vs. No. 1 Darien, 7 p.m., Prediction: […]
It’s a power-packed Final Four in the Garden State’s Tournament of Champions on Wednesday, June 8 at Kean University. There’s Bridgewater-Raritan team that survived a scare in a 6-5 first-round win against Montgomery, playing for an unbeaten season. There’s also the renewal of perhaps the state’s biggest rivalry –Mountain Lakes and Delbarton . Here are […]
1. Darien (CT), 2016 record: 21-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Victor (NY), 2016 record: 20-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 3 3. Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ), 2016 record: 19-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 4 4. St. Anthony’s (NY), 2016 record: 14-2, Last week’s ranking: No. 2 5. Ward Melville (NY), 2016 record: 17-3, Last week’s ranking: No. 5 6. Delbarton (NJ), 2016 […]
When the final horn sounds around 9 p.m. on Saturday night, June 11 at Kean University, the New Jersey Tournament of Championship title game will have ended. The end of that game will also mark the end of an eventful — and unforgettable — 2016 season of tristate varsity boys lacrosse, as well as what […]
Coach of the Week Jay Negus, Ward Melville (NY), above: In his third season as head coach, Negus led the Patriots to their second Suffolk County Class A championship in the last four years as the Patriots defeated Syosset 9-5 in the title game Saturday at Hofstra University. Negus is a 1995 Ward Melville graduate who […]
We have some big news to report in this latest update. Change is in the air in New York state lacrosse — on several fronts. For the first time, the NYSPHSAA will have a fourth classification for both boys and girls starting in 2017, with Class D being added to classes A, B and C. […]
Syracuse University didn’t have to look far to find an athletic, versatile Class of 2017 standout with ideal size. In fact, Casey Rogers is already part of the Syracuse lax family. His father, Lelan Rogers, a 1987 Syracuse grad, just finished his ninth season as assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Orange. So it should […]
Hofstra University is the place to be when it comes to varsity boys lacrosse in the downstate New York the next week. On Saturday, the Long Island championship games will be played at the stadium that bears the name of the former Hofstra president who died last month, James Shuart. Then, next Wednesday, June 8, […]
1. Darien (CT), 2016 record: 19-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. St. Anthony’s (NY), 2016 record: 14-2, Last week’s ranking: No. 2 3. Victor (NY), 2016 record: 18-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 4 4. Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ), 2016 record: 18-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 5 5. Ward Melville (NY), 2016 record: 15-3, Last week’s ranking: No. 6 6. Smithtown East […]
Boys lacrosse coaches in Section 1 (which includes Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Dutchess counties in the Hudson Valley) will select their 2016 USILA All-Americans on Tuesday. This year, a total of nine players will be selected — down one from last year’s 10. Of last year’s 10 recipients, eight were seniors. The returning All-Americans are […]
Monday, May 30 CHSAA AA state championship St. Joseph Collegiate at Fordham Prep, noon Tuesday, May 31 Section 8 (NY) championship games at Hofstra Class B: Garden City vs. Manhasset, 3:30 p.m. Class C: Locust Valley vs. Cold Spring Harbor, 6 p.m. Class A: Syosset vs. Massapequa, 8:30 p.m. Section 5 (NY) championship game at St. John Fisher Class B: Victor vs. Pittsford, […]
Coach of the Week Bob Hartranft, Farmingdale (NY), above: Hartranft led Farmingdale to a 14-3 record in his 48th and final season as varsity coach. He is retiring with 700-plus career wins. The third-seeded Dalers fell to No. Massapequa in the Nassau Class A semifinals. Overall Player of the Week Jack Drillock, Pleasantville (NY): The All-America […]
Matchup: FCIAC championship game No. 1 Darien (18-0) vs. No. 3 New Canaan (15-3) When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Overview: Darien and New Canaan. For those who know all about the rivalry, there’s little need to say more. But in this case, there is so much more to say. […]
