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Hewlett High School in Nassau County on Long Island is known nationally as the alma mater of MLL standout and former Cornell University All-America midfielder Max Seibald. After earning Ivy League rookie of the year honors, Seibald, a 2009 Cornell grad, went on to win the Tewaaraton Trophy. Hewlett also has some standouts on defense, […]
The combination of playing both attack and midfield is common in the lacrosse world. But how about a player who can play both those positions — and play them very well — and also shift to play close defense and longstick midfielder. Oh yeah, and take faceoffs, too. Syracuse University has just landed a verbal […]
What separates a player ranked, say, No. 22 from one ranked No. 23 or N. 24? Is it possible someone ranked No. 41 may be a better all-around player than one ranked No. 30? Of course. Rankings, whether team rankings or player rankings, are not an exact science. It’s one of the main reasons we’ve […]
It’s been a busy weekend for Class of 2017 commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. We broke the news here on Sunday that Manhasset High School (NY) freshman midfielder Steven Schneider committed to North Carolina. The number of 2017 tristate verbals is now at seven, with […]
The nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, now has seven Class of 2017 verbal commitments. The latest came tonight. First, let’s recaps the first five: Ara Atayan (Bronxville, NY), North Carolina, midfield; Kevin Gill (Morristown-Beard School, NJ), North Carolina; Ian Laviano, (Cold Spring Harbor, NY) Virginia, attack; Connor DeSimone […]
Dylan Sulzbach on his unofficial visit to Penn State on Dec. 10. Penn State has picked up its first Class of 2017 verbal from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Providence College, meanwhile, has gotten verbals from a pair of midfielders from two of the top high school […]
Delbarton’s 2013 regular season could not have been any more impressive. The New Jersey power, after all, picked up attention-grabbing wins against St. Anthony’s (7-3), Summit (9-8), Fairfield Prep (9-5) and Chaminade (6-5). That resume allowed the Green Wave to enter the postseason as the consensus No. 1-ranked team in the nation. Delby wound up […]
Defending consensus national champion Ward Melville (N.Y.) has gained a late addition to its Class of 2014 college committed players. That senior class of commits already included defender Brendan Simpson (Army) as well as midfielder Ryan Wiberly (Dominican). The latest soon-to-be high school graduate on the Patriots to decided on a college destination is Thomas […]
We have one Class of 2016 commitment and one college choice made by a former Nassau County standout now attending prep school. We begin with the junior commitment. Midfielder Maurice Tessier will be playing his college lacrosse close to home. Joe Lombardi is reporting that the Albany Academy standout has verbally committed to Siena College. […]
Harvard University has become a hotspot for attracting marquee recruits from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. The Crimson added another tristate state on Saturday with the decision of a native Canadian now playing at a Connecticut prep school to verbally commit to Harvard’s admissions process. Joe Lombardi […]
Syosset fell short in its bid to in a second straight Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A title in 2013, so expect the Braves to have nan extra sense of purpose as the 2014 season draws near. Syosset fell to Port Washington 11-9 in the Section 8 semifinals last spring after beating Massapequa in the 2012 […]
The spotlight of this latest update is on upstate. Upstate New York, that is. We also have a commitment from Connecticut. We start at one of the premier programs in not only the Empire State but the entire nation. Joe Lombardi is reporting that 2016 attackman Grayson Burns from Jamesville-DeWitt has committed to Bucknell. A […]
Most Division I college coaches consider anywhere between 6-foot and 6-foot-3 to be the ideal height for a close defensive player. Nick Biasi goes beyond that. The Class of 2015 Long Island standout measures 6-foot-4. Add impressive strength, and a 205-pound frame, and you have the ideal dimensions of a D-I shutdown defense. Tonight, the […]
Will Saturday, June 14 mark the date the Darien returns to a familiar place? The Blue Wave have won seven state titles the last nine years, with 2011 and 2013 marking the only years they fell short. June 14 is the date of the annual Connecticut state title tripleheader. We’ll look at the entire Darien […]
