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One of the top Class of 2016 players in New Jersey has made his choice. So too has another product of the Garden State who will be playing a post-grad year in the Hudson Valley. Those are the headlines as we bring you this latest recruiting update. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj5jfeLR19Y We begin with the Class of 2016 […]

Rain forced a 45-minute delay in the start of the all-star game doubleheader at the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., on Wednesday, July 9. Lightning halted play for a half hour as well. While it wound up being the longest doubleheader in the event’s seven-year history, it […]

The Class of 2016 and Class of 2017 all-star games at the Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight, held its all-star games Wednesday night at Western Connecticut State University, have gone final. Click here for game recaps and check back for Joe Lombardi’s Class of 2016 and Class of 2017 player breakdowns and evaluations. Here […]

There’s been no shortage of recruiting commitments even as players are attending showcase events and competing for their travel teams during these hot, humid days in the always active month of July. The latest happened Wednesday morning. Joe Lombardi is reporting that one of the top goaltenders in the Class of 2017 has made his […]

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An all-star game doubleheader highlights the third day of action at the seventh annual Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., on Wednesday, July 9. The 2017 all-star game (White vs. Red) is at 6:30 p.m., followed by the 2016 all-star game (White vs. Blue) 7:45 p.m. Be sure […]

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http://vimeo.com/99348796 We have three big tristate commitments to report in this latest update, but before we do, we bring you a verbal from a growing state for lacrosse participation. The Lone Star State, where interest in lacrosse is surging. Joe Lombardi is reporting that one of the state’s top Class of 2016 midfielders has just […]

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St. John’s has been in the tristate recruiting spotlight this week. On Sunday, we brought you the story of 6-foot-4 midfielder Lincoln McGarrity of Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, who verballed to the Red Storm. Now, comes word of another big verbal for SJU. It comes from Trinity-Pawling School incoming post-grad student Luke Roediger. Roediger, […]

The University of Maryland has just picked up its second Class of 2017 commitment from Long Island. The first came back in February when Commack High School midfielder Kevin Snyder decided on the Terrapins. Joe Lombardi is reporting that another Suffolk standout will also be bound for College Park. In the process, Sachem North High […]

It’s the Fourth of July, but that doesn’t mean the news has taken a pause when it comes to wild, wacky world of lacrosse recruiting. In fact, we have some very big news to report in this update. We start on Long Island. One of the leading Class of 2015 players in the nation, St. Anthony’s […]

Players from coast-to-coast battled it out at the Blue Chip 225 senior session June 30 through July 3 at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. This week’s senior showcase was highlighted by the all-star game doubleheader played Wednesday night, July 2. The first game featured the varsity senior all-star game followed by the elite senior all-stars. […]

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Blue Chip 225 marked its 17th year with the first of three weekly sessions June 30 through July 3 at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. This week’s senior showcase was highlighted by the all-star game doubleheader played Wednesday night, July 2. The first game featured the varsity senior all-star game followed by the elite senior […]

Dave Pietramala was perched in a folding chair right near midfield at the Long Island Showcase on June 20 at Farmingdale State. One of the players who caught the eye of the Long Island native and Johns Hopkins coach was a Class of 2017 defender/longstick midfielder from Mount Sinai High School, Lucas Capobianco-Hogan. Less than […]

We told you last week that Brunswick (CT) rising sophomore attackman Alex Buckanavage committed to the University of Michigan. John Paul has just landed another big verbal from a 2017 tristate attack standout in Manhasset’s Kevin Mack. The 5-foot-8, 160-pound Mack is an outstanding feeder with strong stick skills and good field vision and quickness, […]

It was a big week down in the the proud and age-old grandfather of lacrosse, the Baltimore area. The Jake Reed Nike Blue Chip Camp held its rising sophomore and rising junior showcases at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Now, here’s a look at 15 standouts from the nation’s growing and vibrant No. 1 […]

One of the top returning varsity players on Long Island has had a change of heart. Back in October, 2012, just after starting his sophomore season on the varsity team at then-defending New York Class C state champion Shoreham-Wading River, attackman/midfielder Ryan Bray of Shoreham-Wading River verbally committed to Ohio State. But now, Bray has […]