Lacrosse Insider
And we’re off. At least, rankings-wise, that is. Once the 2014 varsity season gets under way just over a month from now, we’ll be posting updated rankings each Sunday. Now, to get things started, here are our preseason rankings. Feel free to post any questions or comments about the selections here. Without further ado, we […]
After combing through videos, coaches’ evaluations, first-hand accounts and other feedback, we presented our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. As part of that presentation, we asked the man behind the rankings, Joe Lombardi, for some background on how he formulated them. “If I had to summarize what I look for in deciding a […]
It’s gameday in college lacrosse, with some interesting matchups on the schedule. There are, as always, some interesting storylines as well. Here are some photos we’ve compiled capturing some of them. Fairfield University players warm up for their game at Delaware. Marquette’s Canadian-born players watch with special interest in the pregame meal as the U.S. […]
We have a Class of 2016 verbal from New Jersey and a pair of tristate senior standouts deciding on their Division III destinations. We begin with the latest sophomore from the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, to decide on his college choice. Joe Lombardi is reporting that Rumson-Fair […]
The University of Michigan, despite its relative infancy in terms of Division I longevity, has been able to pounce on available coveted recruits from the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. So chalk up another one for the Wolverines. Joe Lombardi broke the news today that highly recruited Class […]
In a recent story here on Lacrosse Insider, we focused on whether Smithtown could be the new hotspot in tristate lacrosse. After all, Smithtown East and Smithtown West high schools have combined for 10 players in our first LaxLessons.com Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. There’s plenty of talent even beyond that group of 10, […]
We have a pair of 2015 commitments in this update. We start in New York’s Hudson Valley, where a 2015 midfielder has decided on his Division I destination. But Bryan Cahill, right, who now plays in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse (the NY/NJ/CT tristate region) at the Trinity-Pawling School (NY), hails from the […]
Garden City has won back-to-back New York state championships. The Trojans should be in the hunt to extend that streak in 2014. One player who has not yet had an opportunity to contribute to the GC varsity squad has already decided on his Division I destination. He’s defenseman/longstick midfielder Leif Johnson, left, who has just […]
One of the nation’s premier high school programs, Yorktown in New York’s Hudson Valley, now has three Class of 2015 college committed players. And one family accounts for two-thirds of them. Joe Lombardi is reporting that the latest Husker junior to decide on a Division I program is defenseman Dan DelBene, who has given a […]
We have a pair of commitments from New Jersey and one from Long Island in this latest update. Let’s start in the Garden State. Joe Lombardi is also reporting that Cranford High School 2014 two-way midfielder Brendan Halpin has just committed to the University of Hartford. Halpin told Joe he also drew recruiting interest from […]
Maryland is on the board for Class of 2016 commits. Ohio State has come away with a verbal with one of the top sophomores on Long Island. We also have several other verbals from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, in this latest update. We begin with the […]
We did the math. And it was quite telling, indeed. Ten of the LaxLessons.com Lacrosse Insider Tristate Top 100 preseason players are members of the varsity programs at either Smithtown East or Smithtown West High School. Can you say impressive? It sure is. So too is the fact that Smithtown West has three players in […]
