Lacrosse Insider
This week’s standouts were selected in two cases from playoff contests, and, in the other, from a regular-season game with a huge impact on postseason seedings. Player of the Week Decker Curran, senior attackman/midfielder, Greenwich (CT), above: The University of Michigan-bound Curran had the game-tying and game-winning goals in the Cardinals’ 12-11 overtime win against […]
It’s May-hem in the hotspot, folks. This week marks playoff time for all of NY/NJ/CT as CT squads start their second seasons. The final state starting its playoffs is Connecticut, with seeding for county tournaments coming this Wednesday. Monday, May 18 CHSAA Metro AA playoffs: Stepinac at Iona Prep Inter-Ac Challenge: Hun School (NJ) vs. Haverford […]
1. Massapequa (NY): Record: 15-0; Last week’s ranking: No. 2 2. Smithtown East (NY): Record: 14-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 5 3. Syosset (NY): Record: 14-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 3 4. Ward Melville (NY) Record: 14-2; Last week’s ranking: No. 4 5. Greenwich (CT): Record: 10-3; Last week’s ranking: No. 8 6. Brunswick (CT): Record: 11-3; Last week’s ranking: No. 7 7. New Canaan […]
We had our first championship games of the 2015 varsity season in the tristate area on Saturday as New Jersey crowned four county champions. Here’s the rundown: Bergen: Bergen Catholic 9, Ridgewood 8 Essex: Seton Hall Prep 18, Montclair 9 Somerset: Bridgewater-Raritan 11, Pingry 3 Union: No. 4 Westfield 4, No. 5 Summit 3 The remaining county title games […]
Players of the Week Will Randell, Fordham Prep (NY): The Dartmouth College-bound senior midfielder (pictured at left) scored his 100th career point in a surprisingly one-sided 10-3 win over defending New York Class C state champ Bronxville. Michael Kraus, New Canaan (CT): The University of Virginia-bound senior had four goals and three assists as the […]
For much of the tristate, it’s the final weekend of the regular season. For New Jersey, it’s the county championships. No matter, there are big games galore. As temperatures continue to climb, we are looking to continue our own season-long hot streak in predicting games. Half Hollow Hills East (NY) at Half Hollow Hills West (NY). Prediction: […]
1. Darien (CT): Record: 9-0; Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Massapequa (NY): Record: 14-0; Last week’s ranking: No. 2 3. Syosset (NY): Record: 13-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 3 4. Smithtown East (NY): Record: 12-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 5 5. Ward Melville (NY) Record: 11-2; Last week’s ranking: No. 4 6. Chaminade (NY): Record: 11-2; Last week’s ranking: No. 6 7. […]
Player of the Week Luke Konen, Bridgewater-Raritan (NJ): The senior goaltender has been a brick wall in the cage for Bridgewater-Raritan, which is 12-0 and the No. 1-ranked New Jersey team in the Lacrosse Insider Tristate Top 25. Most recently, Konen made 14 saves in a huge 6-5 win over Mountain Lakes on Saturday. Earlier […]
It seems hard to believe, but playoff time is already open us with county tournament play in New Jersey under way as of Saturday. You can check out NJ county tournament brackets by clicking here. In New York and Connecticut, the regular-season schedules are jam-packed with some of the most awaited boys varsity games of […]
We’re closing in on the start of playoff time, a time of year that is light in terms of verbal commitments being made. But we still have a few noteworthy ones to report. We start with the Class of 2017. Towson University just picked up its first tristate sophomore verbal. It comes from attackman Sean […]
It’s rivalry weekend in the NY/NJ/CT tristate hotspot with several of the more tradition-rich and heated annual affairs on the schedule. For some notes and info surround the Woodstick Classic and Murphy Cup games, click here. Let’s take a look ahead to our first weekend of action in May and take a look at how […]
Two of the tristate’s most tradition-rich and heated rivalries will be renewed on Saturday. Garden City and Manhasset meet in the 127th Woodstick Classic. Game-time is 7:30 p.m. at Manhasset High School. Manhasset leads the series, which began in 1935, 69-57. But Garden City has won 18 of the last 23 meetings since 1997. The […]
1. Darien (CT): Record: 6-0; Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Massapequa (NY): Record: 12-0; Last week’s ranking: No. 2 3. Syosset (NY): Record: 11-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 3 4. Ward Melville (NY) Record: 8-2; Last week’s ranking: No. 4 5. Smithtown East (NY): Record: 10-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 5 6. Chaminade (NY): Record: 9-1; Last week’s ranking: No. 7 7. Brunswick (CT): Record: […]
Players of the Week Jordyn DiCostanzo, Eastchester, Section 1 (NY): DiCostanzo, who late last summer became the first Eastchester lacrosse player to commit to a Division I program, deciding on Manhattan, had another first for the Eagles last week. She scored her 200th career varsity goal on her third of five goals in a loss to […]
As April becomes May, it’s pretty clear the championship races in the NY/NJ/CT tristate hotspot are as wide open as ever. That makes the slate of games coming up this week all the more interesting. Now, here are games we’ve highlighted with our yellow highlighter for this coming week. Monday, April 27 John Jay (NY) at […]
