Lacrosse Insider
It will be our first stacked Saturday of action in the NY/NJ/CT tristate action. With Connecticut public school teams just having started practice this past Monday, most of the action centers on New York and New Jersey. Here’s a look at how we see some of the bigger matchups going. Garden City (NY) at Smithtown West (NY). Prediction: […]
Many of the bigger games scheduled last week — Chaminade (NY) at Ward Melville (NY) and Smithtown West (NY) vs. Bronxville (NY) — wound up being postponed by the first-day-of-spring storm that passed through the area Friday into Saturday. But there were some noteworthy contests. Also on Long Island, a Half Hollow Hills West squad […]
Let’s hope it was one last parting shot from what was a rough winter. The first-day-of-spring storm that dumped as much as 6-8 inches of snow in parts of the tristate region Friday into Saturday resulted in several of the games we featured here in this space last week — including Chaminade (NY) at Ward […]
The 2015 varsity season is just getting going, but that hasn’t stopped several new commitments from being made. We have three new verbals to report in this update. The second member of the junior class at Orchard Park HS (NY) in the Buffalo area has decided on Division II power Mercyhurst. Attackman Kevin McParlane is the […]
The Baldwinsville (NY) varsity boys lacrosse program has been in the news quite a bit of late. We told you last week that athletic freshman midfielder Peter Fiorini had committed to Syracuse University. Fiorini is the son of Pete Fiorini, who stepped down as Baldwinsville coach after last spring, wrapping up a 35-year tenure in […]
The Ides of March traditionally signal that the start of the varsity lacrosse regular-season action is upon in the tristate. That’s the case again this year with the first regular-season games once again being played on Long Island. A handful are scheduled for Monday, with action picking up each day, with the first games in […]
As we get set for our first regular-season games early next week, the commitments just keep continuing. We have two new 2018 verbals to report in this update. The first comes from Nassau County on Long Island where defender Greg Capelle of Herricks HS in Roslyn committed to Air Force. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Capelle, a […]
Some teams on Long Island had their first scrimmages today, including defending New York Class A state champion Massapequa, which faced defending Long Island Class B champ Lynbrook. The start of varsity action hasn’t stopped verbal commitments from being made. And speaking of Massapequa, one of the Chiefs’ top underclassmen just verbally committed. Sophomore midfielder Sal […]
Monday was Day 1 of official practices and tryouts for varsity teams in New York State, and almost on cue, temperatures hit the 50-degree mark for the first time in the calendar year in downstate New York. For more on that, click here. While there was plenty of practice news, there was also four new recruiting commitments. […]
Lacrosse players at Pittsford in upstate NY started am ambitious field-clearing effort late last month. With temperatures finally eclipsing the freezing mark and the start of daylight-saving time, it’s finally time to spring ahead after a long, brutal winter which saw about double the normal amount of snowfall accumulation and sustained bone-chilling temperatures. Monday is […]
A lacrosse family affair and a pair of new 2016 verbals are front and center in this latest update. We begin with the new junior commitments. The first marks the continuation of a recruiting pipeline. It began when Ward Melville HS (NY) alum Jim Nagle took over as head coach of nearby Stony Brook University […]
We have plenty of news to bring you in this latest updates with commitments from the classes of 2016, ’17 and ’18. So let’s get right to it. We begin in the New England prep school ranks where Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) 2016 midfielder Liam O’Connell has committed to the admissions process at Dartmouth. The […]
Lafayette scored a major recruiting coup, securing a commitment from one of the top sophomore midfielders in New Jersey. Dylan Tocco of St. Augustine Prep has given a verbal to the Leopards. Tocco also drew interest from Loyola, Michigan, Penn State, Villanova, Bucknell and Dartmouth. Tocco, who plays travel for the Dukes LC, performed well […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpauxmIhcds&feature=youtu.be When it comes to college programs with the most Class of 2018 tristate commits, the leader — by far — is Johns Hopkins with seven. When it comes to varsity programs the victor — so far, at least — is, well, Victor. The upstate New York power just picked up its third 2018 verbal as defender […]
If you checked our Tristate Top 25 preseason rankings — released here on Monday — as well as the Inside Lacrosse High School Regional Rankings — released today — you know that Avon Old Farms (CT) is rated No. 1 among prep schools in both those sets of rankings. One of the main reasons Avon […]
