Lacrosse Insider
Monday, April 18 Smithtown East (NY) at Ward Melville (NY) Fordham Prep (NY) at Bronxville (NY) Huntington (NY) at Bay Shore (NY) Billerica (MA) at Massapequa (NY) West Islip (NY) at Northport (NY) Sachem East (NY) at Walt Whitman (NY) Fairfield Prep (CT) at Cheshire (CT) Bergen Catholic (NJ) at Glen Ridge (NJ) Half Hollow Hills West (NY) at Commack (NY) Harvey School (NY) at St. Luke’s (CT) Wayne Hills (NJ) at Pascack Valley (NJ) […]
Overall Player of the Week Anthony Sardo, Westlake HS (NY): The Monmouth University-bound senior attackman (above) scored his 200th career goal in a 17-1 win against Haldane. Sarda finished the game with four goals. Player of the Week: Offense Connor DeSimone. Smithtown East (NY): The Johns Hopkins-bound had six goals and two assists in a […]
Matchup: Battle of the Sound at Ridgefield (CT) HS: Manhasset (NY) vs. Darien (CT) 1 p.m. Overview: Both teams were state finalists in 2015 (with Darien winning its second straight title) and are off to impressive starts. This is the game to watch this weekend. Score prediction: Darien 9, Manhasset 7 Matchup: Battle of the Sound at […]
1. Darien (CT), 2016 record: 3-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ), 2016 record: 4-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 4 3. New Canaan (CT), 2016 record: 2-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 3 4. Niskayuna (NY), 2016 record: 2-1, Last week’s ranking: No. 2 5. Smithtown East (NY), 2016 record: 5-0, Last week’s ranking: No. 6 6. Manhasset (NY), 2016 […]
Monday, April 11 Shenendehowa (NY) at Albany (NY) Horace Mann (NY) at Fieldston (NY) Holy Trinity (NY) at Kennedy Catholic (NY) Sleepy Hollow (NY) at Pleasantville (NY) Watchung Hills (NJ) at Pingry (NJ) IMG Academy (FL) at Bergen Catholic (NJ) Lawrenceville (NJ) at Princeton HS (NJ) Somerville (NJ) at Randolph (NJ) Lenape (NJ) at Shawnee (NJ) Cheshire Academy (CT) at Rye Country Day (NY) Harvey (NY) at South Kent (CT) Suffield (CT) at St. Luke’s (CT) Croton-Harmon (NY) […]
Overall Player of the Week Thomas Lingner, St. Anthony’s (NY): The goalie, an uncommitted junior, enjoyed excellent efforts to lead the Friars to a 3-0 week. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Lingner made 16 saves in a 5-4 win over archrival Chaminade, holding the Flyers scoreless in the fourth quarter. Lingner also played well in an 8- win […]
We have a pair of new commitments to report in this update. Long Island power Massapequa, the 2014 Class A state champ in New York, just saw its seventh senior give a commitment. It comes from speedy and athletic midfielder Tommy Nash, who decided on Division III power Springfield. The 5-foot-8 Nash is a versatile […]
Though the cold spell is expected to make a return with temperatures struggling to get out of the 50s, action should be red-hot once again this Saturday with a full slate of marquee varsity boys lacrosse matchups involving tristate teams. Matchup: Niskayuna (NY) at Darien (CT) Overview: We start with No. 1 (Darien) vs. No. 2 (Nisky) […]
1. Darien (CT), 2015 record: 20-3; Final LL Tristate Top 25 ranking: No. 1 2. Niskayuna (NY), 2015 record: 21-2; Final LL Tristate Top 25 ranking: Not eligible 3. Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ), 2015 record: 23-0; Final LL Tristate Top 25 ranking: No. 2 4. New Canaan (CT), 2015 record: 18-4; Final LL Tristate Top 25 ranking: No. 8 5. Victor […]
Fasten your seat belts, folks. If the rest of the season goes like this past one — the first of the 2016 season in which teams in all of the tristate were in action — we are in for a wild ride through mid-June. Monday, April 4 Half Hollow Hills West (NY) at Connetquot (NY) Norwalk (CT) […]
Coach of the Week New Canaan’s Chip Buzzeo‘s Rams opened the season with one of the biggest non-conference wins in program history. The Rams came from behind to pull out a 9-8 overtime win at Maryland power Loyola-Blakefield. New Canaan trailed 7-5 midway through the fourth quarter. Midfielder Jack Hoelzer scored 38 seconds into OT. New […]
Our latest Class of 2019 commitment highlights this latest update. It comes from CHSAA (NY) power St. Anthony’s where defender Connor O’Reilly has decided on Georgetown. O’Reilly is an athletic and rangy player with a combination of outstanding skills, size and speed. He is especially dangerous in the open field and on fastbreaks O’Reilly is […]
Manhasset High School (NY) will host the One Love Foundation Tournament on Saturday, April 2 with the Indians and archrival Garden City each paired off against out-of-state powers. Founded in 2010 to honor the late University of Virginia women’s lacrosse player Yeardley Love, One Love works with young people across the country to raise awareness about […]
Our first full “Showdown Saturday” of marque matchups is now in the books. Each week we will be selecting three stars from those showdowns – one each on offense, faceoffs and defense. Offense Sachem North’s James Avanzato had nine goals in the Flaming Arrows’ 17-7 win at Mamaroneck in a Section 11 vs. Section 1 […]
Jack Coan was all set on lacrosse and the University of Notre Dame. The Sayville HS (NY) standout attackman/midfielder committed to the Fighting Irish in the summer of 2014. But then, everything changed. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Coan’s stock soared in football as he established himself as one of the nation’s top quarterbacks. Late Thursday, Coan […]
