Last week had its share of highlights. Now, it’s Day 1 of what will be another big week of games in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Let’s start off in Section 1, where Rye, coming off a 9-3 win over Horace Greeley, visits Greeley’s main rival Fox [...]
Photo by Ray Nelson The week began with Yorktown beating Darien to move into the national rankings and ended with a stacked Saturday of big games throughout the tristate region. Be sure to check out the latest installment of Joe’s weekly column on tristate lax at InsideLacrosse.com. Looking ahead to this week, another big week [...]
Photos by Ray Nelson Garden City and host Shoreham-Wading River met upfor a good cause — the fight against breast cancer. The Trojans, ranked No. 1 in the latest Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse National Power Rankings, pulled away for a 13-4 win in a busy Saturday of games. Also of note: * West Islip rallied to beat [...]
There’s one problem with what is a stacked Saturday of big games from the morning through the evening. Where do we start? How about chronologically, with 10 a.m. games between Hicksville and host Baldwin and visiting Smithtown East and Northport. At 10:30 a.m., there’s a nice matchup between defending Class A state champ Farmingdale and [...]
It was quite a day. Here are some highlights from Thursday: * Resurgent Yorktown built a six-goal first quarter lead and coasted to a 16-9 win at Somers behind Conor Gately’s four goals and four assists and Frankie Fusco’s six goals. * Sean Wilkinson, the hero of Ridgefield’s state title win over Fairfield Prep last [...]
What will Yorktown do for an encore? After an 11-9 win over previously unbeaten Darien catapulted the Huskers into the Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national rankings, Yorktown will take on one of its main challengers in Section 1 Class B — Somers. The Tuskers are unbeaten vs. Section 1 teams, including a 9-6 win at John [...]
It was an eventful week for the Eastchester Eagles. Senior attackman Tom Cirillo set a school record for goals in a game with nine. And classmate Pat Guido, a defenseman, decided on his college destination. “The main factors in deciding on Manhattanville were the strong academic programs that they offer,” Guido said. I really liked the [...]
Photo by Ray Nelson Sophomore Connor Vercruysse, who was moved from midfield to attack, had three goals for Yorktown in its 11-9 win last night over Darien. The latest Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national power rankings are out, and Yorktown has earned a spot. Fresh off last night’s 11-9 win over previously unbeaten Darien, Yorktown checks [...]
The tristate lax world is still buzzing about last night. For good reason. After all, the specter of a possible unbeaten regular season became a trending topic in Darien after the Blue Wave beat Manhasset for the first time since 2008 last week. Yorktown, meanwhile, was trying to regroup after back-to-back one-sided losses to Chaminade [...]
Pleasantville and Briarcliff are launching a new annual event this Saturday featuring five games between the two schools from Grades 3/4 all the way up to varsity. The event is called the Saw Mill Slugfest and this year, will be held at Pleasantville High School. There will be food, concessions and T-shirts for sale. All [...]
Thursday night’s Yorktown-Somers game at 7 p.m. at Somers High School will benefit the Stephanie Crispinelli Humanatarian Fund for the second straight year. “The concession stand will be open and operated by the student council,” Somers coach Lew Janavey said. “There will be T-shirts and bracelets for sale, as well as a 50/50 drawing at halftime. [...]
One of the most much-awaited annual matchups in the tristate region will be renewed tonight as Darien visits Yorktown at 7 o’clock at historic Charlie Murphy Field. Darien, at 8-0 and coming off its first win over Manhasset since 2008, is riding high. Yorktown (6-2), which suffered back-to-back one-sided losses to Chaminade and Smithtown West [...]
We’re at the halfway point of the regular season. Considering all the surprises and interesting storylines that have emerged already, and especially this past week, you can only imagine how many unexpected plot twists will occur before the regular season wraps up and we prepare for the playoffs. But first things first. Let’s take a [...]
The regular season in high school lacrosse has reached the midway point. So far, there have been many compelling stories, interesting outcomes and big developments. Among them, West Genesee coach Mike Messere surpassed Ward Melville/Mount Sinai legend Joe Cuozzo to become the winningest coach in high school lax history. That happened Thursday, the same day [...]
Photos by Ray Nelson It was a busy Saturday of action, with plenty of interesting results, as you can see on our “Gameday” thread. Among the highlights: New Jersey power Summit beat defending Connecticut Class L state champion Ridgefield 10-5 in a battle of unbeatens; John Jay edged Nassau Class A-leading Massapequa 9-8 just a [...]
