Lacrosse Insider
There’s no place like home — or, in the case of two brand-new 2017 commits — very close to home. The players — both defenders — committed to nearby Division I programs. We begin with Hofstra, off to an 0-2 start this season, which is getting more help on the way from inside the borders […]
Most football/lacrosse players who have the option of playing either sport at the next level usually select lacrosse. But in this update, we have a rare case where football wound up being the choice. For a variety of reasons, it’s not as surprising as it may sound. After all, Scooter Harrington, a junior defenseman for […]
It’s been a productive 24 hours for Syracuse University’s lacrosse programs. Notice, that’s plural — programs. We broke the news here at this time last night that the Orange women’s team had secured a major sophomore verbal from Yorktown HS (NY) standout Rilea Fusco. Now, we have news of a big 2017 commitment for the […]
There are many brother combinations playing at the collegiate level. We have news in this update of a sister who will be joining her big brothers playing Division I lacrosse. We’ll get to that story in a moment. We begin with a Class of 2016 commitment from Long Island. Herricks (NY) 2016 lefty attackman Sal […]
On a day in which we saw sub-zero temperatures throughout the tristate, we thought it would be the perfect time to look ahead to the first big days of scrimmages and games. Those days are Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18, and, as always, the tristate’s lid-lifters will be on Long Island. There are actually a […]
The University at Albany men’s lacrosse program made history on Thursday evening. The Great Danes, coached by former Yorktown HS (NY) and Johns Hopkins All-American Scott Marr, picked up their first-ever freshman verbal commitment. It comes from Canada, by way of the Salisbury School (CT) where attackman Teioshontathe McComber (pictured above and at left) has decided […]
On the football field, Nico Ragaini has been described as a “flash of lightning.” In the video above, the junior at Notre Dame-West Haven (CT) returns an interception 82 yards for a touchdown. A standout at wide receiver, Ragaini had eight catches for 162 yards in a 34-28 win over West Haven last fall. But […]
A college program in upstate New York canceled play for the 2015 season on the eve of its first scrimmage. The latest Class of 2018 has been made and it marks the second freshman verbal for a Suffolk County team on Long Island. Those are the headlines in this latest Lacrosse Insider update. We start […]
We unveiled our Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings in December. You can view players the first group of 50 players in those rankings here. You can view the second group of Top 100 players here. For the list in its entirety, click here. Now, we are breaking down the rankings by class. We are presenting […]
We unveiled our Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings in December. You can view players the first group of 50 players in those rankings here. You can view the second group of Top 100 players here. For the list in its entirety, click here. Now, we are breaking down the rankings by class. We are presenting […]
We have news of a former college star and another former standout returning to their high school alma mater as assistants to help the transition to a new head coach in this latest update. But we begin with the latest Class of 2018 commitment. Maryland just secured its third freshman verbal from the tristate region. […]
The decommitment craze is continuing in earnest. That’s one of the stories in this latest update that also includes new verbals from the classes of 2015, ’16 and ’17. We begin with the latest change of heart. It comes from Long Island power Smithtown West, a senior attackman/midfielder RJ Ehli has decommitted from Fairleigh Dickinson […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYNSD-qSv4 We have a trio of major commitments to report in this latest upcoming from both the NY/NJ/CT tristate region and from beyond its border. We begin with a big post-grad commitment from Connecticut. It was made by Avon Old Farms attackman Luke Finneran, who has verballed to Bryant University. Finnerman was one of the […]
When he took over as head coach back in March 1991, the Internet was made available for unrestricted commercial use and the number of computers on the net reached one million. George H.W. Bush was president. The U.S. launched Operation Desert Storm after Kuwait was invaded by Iraq and its dictator, Sadam Hussein. Americans flocked to the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5GV5VNmbww Today’s spotlight is shining brightly on the Garden State. That’s because we have four, count ’em four, new commitments to report from New Jersey in this update. Our first comes from the Class of 2017. Midfielder Luca Tria of Delbarton has just become the third tristate standout to give a commit to Cornell’s admissions’ process. […]
