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It was a sweet trip to the Sunshine State for Sweetlax. The travel program based out of the Rochester area, but with standouts from throughout the Northeast, defeated the Road Warriors of North Carolina 12-7 today in Wesley Chapel, Fla., to win the Elite title at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions. The Elite […]
One of the top faceoff middies in the Class of 2016 has made his choice. The commitment comes from well beyond the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. It comes from the Lone Star state of Texas. Joe Lombardi is reporting that sophomore faceoff midfielder Blake Tyndall of Vandegrift […]
One of the nation’s top high school lacrosse rivalries will be renewed in 2014. The Yorktown-Ward Melville rivalry is back on. The teams’ tradition-rich annual regular-season showdown was put on hold prior to the 2011 season. Ward Melville cited travel costs as a result of budget cutbacks as the reason for the move. But the […]
We have verbal commits from two of the states that make up the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, in this update. We begin in Connecticut and 2013 Class L state finalist Staples. Junior defenseman Lucas Jackson of Staples High School has given a verbal commitment to Loyola University. […]
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The number of verbal commitments for the tristate of Class of 2017 has doubled from a week ago at this time. At that point, the only freshman verbals by standouts in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, was two, with those commits by midfielder Ara Atayan of Bronxville […]
The first Class of 2017 verbal commitment, for both the entire nation and the tristate, was made on Sept. 29, 2013 by Bronxville High School midfielder Ara Atayan, who decided on North Carolina. Atayan’s verbal, first reported by Joe Lombardi on Lacrosse Insider, is one of our Top 5 biggest offseason stories in tristate lacrosse. […]
We have two commitments from standouts in upstate New York as well as the fourth Class of 2014 verbal for Section 1 (NY) Class C finalist Pleasantville in this latest update. We begin at the Canandaigua Academy, which is located 30 miles south of Rochester. Joe Lombardi is reporting that 2014 midfielder Eric Munn has […]
The Bronxville Broncos reached new heights in 2013. Bronxville made it all the way to the New York state title game for the first time in school history. There, the Broncos fell to Cazenovia 13-11 to end the season 22-2 and set a school record for wins in a season. That run featured the talents […]
According to the seedings at least, Wilton’s 9-4 win over Joel Barlow in the 2013 Connecticut Class M state title game was an upset. But considering how well the Warriors were playing entering the game, it was anything but. Yes, Wilton, the No. 17 seed, became the lowest seed to ever win a state title […]
Defending CHSAA (NY) Nassau-Suffolk champion Chaminade has picked up its fifth Class of 2015 commitment. One of the leading players on New Jersey power Seton Hall Prep, also a 2015, will be his future college classmate. Those are two of the stories we will be covering in this update, which also includes a 2014 commitment […]
The race for the top spot in Nassau County varsity lacrosse can be unpredictable at times. But the Section 8 coaches’ preseason rankings are anything but. Defending champions Massapequa (Conference 1), Garden City (Conference B1) and Friends Academy (Conference C) are all ranked No. 1. Manhasset (Conference B2), which fell to GC in the class […]
Syracuse’s Class of 2016 just got a big boost. One of the nation’s top high school programs picked up its 17th Class of 2014 commit. And one of Connecticut’s leading sophomores made his college choice. That’s the latest news in this update. We begin with the fourth tristate sophomore standout to commit to Syracuse. Joe […]
Just yesterday, we brought you the news first here at Lacrosse Insider of the latest Class of 2017 verbal commitment: St. Anthony’s defenseman/longstick midfielder Tyler Senerchia decided on Bucknell. Well, it’s been just over 24 hours since we broke that news, that Joe Lombardi has learned of another 2017 verbal. This time, the college that […]
The first Class of 2017 verbal commitment was made back in September when Ara Atayan of New York state finalist Bronxville first told Joe Lombardi that he decided on North Carolina. Since then, there have been several other freshman verbals made, but none from the tristate. Until today. It comes from Long Island, and, once […]
