What do you get when you combine size with skills and an aggressive style of play? A defenseman who became a target recruit for several Division I programs. Meet Kyle Nawrocki. The rising junior from Hauppauge High School decided last week that his college career will be spent at Binghamton University, as first reported last [...]
The Yorktown-to-Rutgers connection started when the Scarlet Knights tabbed former Husker assistant Brian Brecht as head coach prior to the 2012 season. And now, it’s in high gear. Connor Vercruysse became the latest Husker who will came RU his home. The rising junior attackmanwill join 2012 YHS grad Eric Cooley and rising senior Jack Phelan [...]
When it comes to lacrosse recruiting showcases, the National Invitational 175 may have been the Rookie of the Year in 2012. The National Invitational 175 launched this summer with a successful debut at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. So much so, in fact, that the Nat Invite Fall Showcase has launched. Needless to say, the [...]
The Friars are coming. The Friars are coming. We’ve been updating tristate schools that have the most members of the Class of 2013 awaiting college lacrosse. While Long Island power Chaminade still leads the way with 15, CHSAA rival St. Anthony’s is closing in. The Friars’ rising senior group is now at 13. Among the [...]
In some ways, lacrosse is still almost brand new to Nolan Callahan. In other ways, the rising junior at Avon Old Farms (Conn.) is already a student of the game. The goaltender, who did not start playing the sport until age 15, has crammed what many take years to acquire into what has turned into [...]
A total of eight players from three of the top high schools programs in the tristate area — Massapequa, Chaminade and Yorktown — will remain teammates at the collegiate levels. That’s among the topics Joe Lombardi explores in his latest column on the tristate lacrosse scene for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email [...]
Massapequa is building a strong connection to a school south of the tristate region. Defenseman/longstick midfielder Nick Capuana, a rising junior, verbally committed to Towson yesterday, joining Pequa teammate and classmate Ian Kirby as a Tigers commit. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Capuana is an athletic and aggressive defender who thrives in transition. Now, here’s a Q&A [...]
One of the top players in New Jersey, Christian Cuccinello, has decided on his college destination. The rising junior attackman from Mountain Lakes is equally dangerous as a feeder and finisher. At 6-foot, 198 pounds, Cuccinello, who also plays midfield, has good size. The righty is also strong with either hand and has a high [...]
Looking for the best way to sting the defense when you go man up? We’ve got just the play to run from the LaxLessons.com playbook. It’s called “The Sting.” For an in-depth breakdown of the play, complete with a 3-D illustration and animation, check the InsideLacrosse.com story. You can subscribe to LaxLessons coaches page by [...]
In a sport marked by strong family connections, there may never be another quite like it. Brothers Casey, Ryan and Mikey Powell all have made enormous impacts on lacrosse both as players and as ambassadors of the game. All three starred at Syracuse University, where they each were four-time All-Americans. Now, the final Powell brother [...]
The fact that Timmy Burke will be playing lacrosse at the major Division I level should hardly come as a surpise. After all, the Chaminade High School (N.Y.) rising senior defenseman/longstick midfielder is the youngest of four lax-playing brothers. If that’s not enough, his cousin, Brian Burke, a former St. Anthony’s star, played at North [...]
Considering he didn’t start playing lacrosse till age 12, it should come as no surprise that Ryan Nardi’s physical abilities are ahead of his stick skills. For starters, the recent graduate of the Fieldston School in New York City is 6-foot-3, 200 pounds. He was also a four-year letterwinner in football. So a post-grad year [...]
‘Nade is now No. 1. With the 2012-13 school year about to start, we have been tracking how the leaderboard looks among tristate high school programs with the most rising senior commits. And Chaminade High School (N.Y.) Flyers has been flying high. The Flyers have soared to the top spot on our leaderboard with a [...]
When it comes to prototypical midfield skills, Dillon Confalone rates pretty high. Good athleticism and speed. Check. Ability to shoot on the run with either hand. Check. Strong dodger. Check. So it should come as no surprise that the rising senior from the Delbarton School (N.J.) is bounded for a strong Division I program. The [...]
That’s the question Joe Lombardi asks in his weekly column on tristate lax for InsideLacrosse.com. Right now, it’s a heated race between Delbarton (N.J.), Chaminade (N.Y.), St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) and Don Bosco Prep (N.J.). Joe had three separate commit updates yesterday at Twitter.com/joe_lombardi that had big impacts on that unofficial recruiting race: * Chaminade (N.Y.) [...]
