Lacrosse Insider
We launched our rankings of the top tristate college freshmen on Sunday with a look at our leading 10 attackmen. Today, we will take a look at the 10 top midfielders from tristate high school or private school programs. As always, our objective rankings are presented in alphabetical order without a specific, arbitrary numerical ranking. […]
Under NCAA regulations, incoming college lacrosse freshmen were not allowed to work out with equipment and sticks their first few weeks on campus. But with fall ball now about to get under way, that’s all about to change. With that in mind, we are now presenting an overview of the top Class of 2019 college players […]
If you’ve been following along here on Insder as we have been reporting on each new Class of 2019 commitment the last couple of weeks — of which there are now 15 — we’ve been saying that the first freshman verbal from the tristate was thisclose to being made. We can now report it has. […]
Here’s a college-by-college rundown of commitments for tristate members of the Class of 2019. AIR FORCE – 5: Ethan Grandolfo, Fairfield Prep (CT) attack/midfield; Thomas Greenblatt, Massapequa (NY), attack; Joseph Moran, Massapequa (NY), goaltender; Gavin Peene, Ridgewood (NJ), attack/midfield; Tyler Previte, Wilton (CT), defense ALBANY— 2: Conner Fingar, Penn Yan (NY), midfield; Tommy Heller, Comsewogue (NY), goaltender ARMY — 2: Canyon Birch, Manasquan (NJ), […]
Drew Kelleher’s college lacrosse experience is impressive — both as a player and coach. Before taking over as head coach at Manhattan College, Kelleher served for two years as Boston University’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Prior to that, Kelleher (pictured at right) was assistant coach/offensive coordinator at Siena. A four-year standout at Vermont, he ended […]
The number of Class of 2019 commitments nationally continues to climb and has just reached a Baker’s dozen. Before we get to our latest, we should note that we are expecting the first tristate freshman to commit shortly. So stay tuned for that. So far, however, all 13 2019 commitments, including the brand-new one we […]
Class of 2016 commitments are being made at a steady pace and we have a new batch to report in this latest update. We begin in New York’s Hudson Valley where former Scarsdale High School three-sport standout Brandon Bank, a defender/LSM who is now attending Trinity-Pawling School as a post-grad, has verbally committed to Division […]
The flurry of recent commitments from three-time defending CHSAA (NY) Nassau-Suffolk champion Chaminade shows no sign of slowing down. Within the last two days, two more Flyer senior standouts decided. Both committed to strong Division III programs. Two-way midfielder Nick Crennan (pictured here) decided on Franklin & Marshall and goaltender Zachary Walsh committed to Swarthmore. The […]
It’s the most anticipated week of the fall among high school players who have decided on their college destinations. It’s when that decision becomes official — and binding. It’s the National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week. As always, we will be providing in-depth coverage of this once-in-a-lifetime moment for so many throughout the nation’s […]
Providence College has received its first sophomore commitment from the tristate area. That commitment comes from one of the top varsity programs. In fact, we have a pair of commitments from Ridge High School to report in this update. The first is the one received by Providence: goaltender Michael Harris. The 5-foot-11, 155-pound Harris is a […]
Three commitment by national powers on Long Island highlight this latest update. Manhasset, which advanced to the state title game this past spring, saw two seniors decide, giving it a total of five 2016 commits. Defenseman/longstick midfielder Thomas Clejan committed to Wesleyan College. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Clejan (pictured above) is an athletic and ambidextrous player […]
A new 2019 commitment headlines this latest update. While we still have not yet had a freshman from the tristate area publicly give a verbal, we just got our 10th overall. It comes from Tim Marcille of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC, who has committed to Johns Hopkins, becoming the first freshman goaltender […]
We have a family connection leading off this latest update. It’s a story that centers on both Long Island and upstate New York. It begins at Elmont High School in the 1980s when Pat McCabe (pictured here) established himself as one of the top young players on Long Island, and led Elmont to the state […]
A year ago at this time, we told you about a controversial sea change when it comes to league alignments in two of the nation’s most competitive and respected high school divisions: Suffolk Division 1 and Division 2 on Long Island. Teams were no longer power-ranked for the 2015 season and leagues were determined strictly by student […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_mt69bfYn0 We have a host of new Class of 2016 commitments in this latest update. Defending Section 1 (NY) Class A champion Mamaroneck saw its third Class of 2016 standout make a college commitment. It comes from defenseman/longstick midfielder Jason Bienstock, who decided on Union. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Bienstock is also a hockey standout for the Tigers. […]
