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It’s become the lacrosse equivalent of a best-of-three series. CHSAA rivals Chaminade and St. Anthony’s square off twice during the regular season, and then, invariably, once more, in the postseason championship game. Neither team has swept a season series since 2006. St. Anthony’s enters the season having won three straight Catholic League titles. Last year, […]

Ridgefield has never won back-to-back Connecticut state championships. That possible achievement is front and center on the Tigers’ radar as they prepare to start the 2012 season. Leading the way in pursuit of that goal will be senior Eric Scala. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound lefty attackman/midfielder, accepted a scholarship offer from the University at Albany. Now […]

Those who crave offseason news involving the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, weren’t disappointed this week. Sophomore commitments continued to come in. Hen Hud goaltender Eddie Gilman became the Sailors’ second major D-I commit, verballing to North Carolina. Yorktown saw its number of college committed players swell to […]

The start of the season is right around the corner. Want to have a man-up play that’s proven to be effective in your offensive arsenal? Check out this play from LaxLessons.com’s array of playbook options. You can subscribe to LaxLessons coaches page by clicking here. By subscribing, you can print and download plays and even […]

Perhaps the marquee regular-season Section 1 game on the calendar has established its own tradition of late. The Yorktown-John Jay game has become the traditional season opener for the Section 1 season. And this coming season will be no different. The teams will meet Saturday, March 31 at Yorktown’s Charlie Murphy Field at 1 p.m. […]

Hen Hud will be competing in Class C this upcoming season. The Sailors will certainly have the star power to contend for the Section 1 championship. Just over a month after junior faceoff specialist Matt Ledwin committed to Johns Hopkins, the Sailors saw another standout give a verbal to one of the nation’s top D-I […]

Lakeland/Panas will be looking to advance to the Section 1 finals for the fifth straight year in 2012. To do it, the Rebels will need to win the possession game. To that end, Chris Monteferante will play a prominent role. Monteferante is one of the premier faceoff specialists in the tristate region. The senior, who […]

Benny Borgognone brings a football mentality to the lacrosse field. That should hardly come as a surprise. After all, he’s a standout linebacker for Manhasset. Borgognone, a sophomore,  describes himself as an aggressive, possession first defenseman. Those are traits similar to his brother, Frank, a senior defenseman for Manhasset, who has signed to play at […]

Few teams in the tristate area have had more preseason anticipation about the injury status of two of its key players than Darien. As we told you when we launched Year 3 of our preseason “Player’s perspective” feature, Duke University-bound senior attackman Case Matheis has been rehabbing his suffering a torn meniscus in last year’s state […]

It’s been a busy week for recruiting commitments for one of the nation’s most tradition-rich programs, the Yorktown Huskers. Longstick midfielder/defenseman Austin Fusco, one of the nation’s top sophomores, verbally committed to Syracuse. If you were with us bright and early this morning on Twitter, you learned of another Husker who decided where his destination […]

The University of Michigan is located in the heart of Big Ten country. But as the Wolverines prepare for their first season of Division I lacrosse, they have established a recruiting pipeline to the East Coast that extends beyond the borders of the three states that comprise the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, New […]

Yorktown and Smithtown West played one of the most entertaining games of the regular season last year as Smithtown West pulled out a 9-8 win at Charlie Murphy Field. Yorktown’s Austin Fusco and Smithtown West’s Ryan Keenan, who are now two of the top sophomores in the nation, are likely to play prominent roles when […]

Duke, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, UNC, Maryland, Virginia and Penn State. Those were among the schools Ryan Keenan considered before making his college choice. Keenan, a sophomore lefty attackman at Smithtown West, decided on Penn State. Keenan made an immediate impact on the Bulls’ varsity squad last year, starting after his brother, current Duke freshman Kyle […]

Yorktown holds the record for most consecutive Section 1 boys lacrosse championship game appearances at 32 straight. And counting. But John Jay also has an impressive streak of its own that’s also intact. The Indians have made seven straight sectional title-game appearances. John Jay enters this season having lost in last year’s Class B sectional final […]

Since Manhasset moved up to Class B prior to last season, the race for Class C supremacy in Nassau County — and Long Island, for that matter — has been interesting to watch. Cold Spring Harbor outlasted the Friends Academy 8-7 to take the Section 8 Class C title last year. The Seahawks then fell […]

If you were with us this afternoon on Twitter, you learned of a verbal commitment by one of the nation’s top sophomores. Austin Fusco, a longstick midfielder/defenseman, decided on Syracuse University today, to end an intense recruitment and continue a family tradition at the same time. Fusco’s brother, Yorktown senior attackman Frankie Fusco, has signed […]

Can Mahopac pull an encore? The Indians enjoyed plenty of memorable moments during their run to the Section 1 Class A championship last year. Among the biggest was a 12-11 double-overtime win over Yorktown. The hero of that game was Anthony Berardis, who scored the game-winning goal (which you can watch here). Berardis, a dodging […]

While much of the attention of the lacrosse world has been focused on the  US Lacrosse National Convention, which got under way yesterday in Philadelphia, another noteworthy event was also held. Major League Lacrosse’s annual collegiate draft. Former Smithtown West standout Rob Pannell  (pictured at left), coming off a 42-goal, 47 assist season at Cornell, was selected […]

The signature event of the offseason in the lacrosse world is under way. It’s the  2012 US Lacrosse National Convention.  Festivities started today in Philadelphia and continued through Sunday (Jan. 15) at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The world’s largest lacrosse-specific educational and networking event will be held in Philly for at least the next three years. More than […]

In lacrosse, you play to win the game. So perhaps it’s appropriate that former NFL coach and current ESPN analyst Herman Edwards is slated to give the keynote speech at the 2012 US Lacrosse National Convention, set for today (Friday, Jan. 13) through Sunday (Jan. 15) at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Edwards famously said, “You […]

Jake Froccaro is a talented player whose highlight reel is as impressive as his No. 12 national ranking among current high school seniors by Inside Lacrosse. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Port Washington attackman/midfielder also has some strong bloodlines. His older brother, Jeff, is a standout at Princeton, who was a second-team All-Ivy League selection as a freshman […]

Brewster had its share of ups and downs during a 7-11 season last year. But the Bears finished strong, winning five straight before ending the year with a playoff loss to Yorktown. How do the 2012 Bears look? Who better to answer than one of the premier defenders in the region – Harry Erickson. The […]

Eastchester won’t have to look far to find out where many of its points will be coming from this season. The Eagles return one of the top scorers in Section 1 in senior attackman/midfielder Tom Cirillo, who registered 57 goals and 12 assists last season. Cirillo will play his college lax at Division III national […]

A playoff-style tournament to decide the top youth town programs in the tristate area will be held Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1 at the Green Vale School in Old Brookville, N.Y. The second-year Top Rank Lacrosse Tournament is sponsored by Maverik Lacrosse. Teams from Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey will […]

The Woodstick Classic is the nation’s longest uninterrupted high school boys lax annual affair. Last year’sevent,  the 120th edition of a rivalry that started in 1935, had special significance since both Garden City and Manhasset were aligned in the same class, meaning it was a likely preview of the Nassau County Class B title game. […]

Sam Gravitte is no stranger to starring roles. A member of an acting family, he has been at home on stage since he was a youngster and will be playing the lead role in the Ridgefield High School production of “The Pajama Game.” In football, the RHS junior just wrapped up a season in which […]

Photo by Chris Vaccaro/Sachem Patch Next up in our preseason “Player’s perspectives” is a standout from one of the top Class A programs on Long Island. And one that has churned out about as many collegiate recruits the last few years as just about anyone. We’re talking about Sachem North and senior attackman/midfielder Cody Petillo. […]

After a rare sectional title-game loss in 2010, Yorktown bounced back in a big way last year. The Huskers pulled away for a 14-5 win over John Jay in the Section 1 Class B championship game. It was Yorktown’s 34th sectional title. With the win, Yorktown, making its 32nd straight sectional final appearance, avoided losing […]

With the start of the high school season rapidly approaching, we thought it might be helpful to start a thread with info on coaching openings. If you know of an opening of interest, feel free to post it here. * North Salem High School in Northern Westchester is looking for a modified boys lacrosse coach, […]

Ridgefield’s run to the 2011 Connecticut Class L state championship won’t soon be forgotten. Neither will the role Sean Wilkinson played in it. The lefty attackman scored in the top shelf off a sidearm shot that began with a nice move from behind the cage in the closing seconds. It gave the Tigers an 11-10 […]

Players from the Harlem Lacrosse & Leadership Program were treated free of charge to three days of high caliber lacrosse instruction courtesy of Top Side Lacrosse at a clinic held Dec. 27-29 at the Sports Underdome in Mount Vernon. All told, more than 70 boys and girls players participated in the event. Led by head coach […]

Some teams take small steps when it comes to improving. For Fordham Prep, the 2011 season was more like one giant leap. After finishing 9-11 in 2010, the Rams went 13-7 last season and advanced to the CHSAA Class AA downstate final, where they fell to Holy Trinity 10-8. Fordham Prep appears to be primed […]

  With the start of the high school season rapidly approaching, now’s the perfect time to review some of the noteworthy rule changes that will be in effect starting this coming season. The rules were proposed by the National Federation of State High School Associations  Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee and approved by the NFHS Board […]

Photo by Gene Morris/Smithtown Patch There has been no shortage of talent at Smithtown West the last few years. Brett Madarasz, Jordan Stevens, Kyle Keenan and James Pannell are just some of the names that come to mind. Alex Dodge knows them all very well. Especially from practicing against them. The dodging midfielder was able […]

Congrats to Marc Turner, a senior defenseman from Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla., for winning our Holiday Giveaway. Marc will receive a Nike Chrome Lakota Head. “That’s awesome,” said Marc, when told he was randomly selected as contest winner this afternoon. The contest ran from Dec. 21 until last night at 11:59 […]