Some of the biggest names in the lacrosse world gathered in Newtown, Conn., for a youth clinic held two weeks after the tragic events at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. You can read more in this story from InsideLacrosse.com. Here are some other lacrosse headlines from this past week: * Syracuse’s Daniello hospitalized [...]
Few players in the tristate area are as entertaining to watch as Chandler Kirby. The senior defender/long-stick midfielder for Jericho High School (N.Y.) goes at it with a level of intensity and energy few can match. It’s one of the reasons the 5-foot-7 dynamo will be taking his all-out style of play to Cornell. But [...]
Family ties played a big role in one of the top attackmen in New York’s college choice. Tristate powers Yorktown and Ridgefield, meanwhile, each saw their sixth senior commit. Those were among the big stories in New York/New Jersey/Connecticut lax from this past week — and are the topics of Joe Lombardi’s new column for [...]
The start of the 2013 varsity season is getting closer and closer, and for the John Jay Indians, the opening month of March will go out like a Lion indeed. After hosting a talented team from Columbine (Colo.), the Indians and archrival Yorktown squad off in the annual regular-season game of the year in New [...]
Brian Prunty was familiar with Siena College long before he ever stepped foot on campus for an unofficial visit. The Lakeland/Panas (N.Y.) junior attackman also knew plenty about the Saints’ men’s lacrosse program, including its coaches and players. After all, one of Siena’s leading players, sophomore midfielder Conor Prunty, is his brother. That played a [...]
So you thought the final week of the calendar year would allow lacrosse players throughout the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area a little bit of downtime before starting — or, in most cases, re-starting — rigorous preseason training and condition. While that’s true, some standouts from the region have made even more worthwhile use of [...]
We started our fourth annual “Preseason player’s perspective” feature by checking in with a pair of championship teams from this past spring — New York State Class A champion West Islip and Connecticut Class M champion Darien. Today, we visit with another title-winning team from 2012. And 2011. And 2010. And, of yeah, 2009, too. [...]
Zach Reilly’s junior season was cut short when the goaltender suffered a broken collarbone injury in Yorktown’s sixth game of the 2012 campaign, a loss at Smithtown West in a battle of New York state powers. But Reilly managed to return to action late in the season and now is back at full force for [...]
Amid all the gift giving, parties and cheer, the holiday season also provides us with an opportunity to reflect as we look back as well as look forward. As we get set for the start of a new year, we want to take a moment to wish you and yours a safe, happy and healthy [...]
Chad Molyneux has strong stopping skills and good technique. For a goaltender, those ingredients are often the byproducts of success. Add idea size, at 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, and it should come as no surprise that Molyneux is the latest senior from 2012 Connecticut Class L state finalist and 2011 Class L state champion Ridgefield to [...]
Below are links to LaxPower.com’s college and high school schedule sections. COLLEGE Men’s Division I Division II Division III Women’s Division I Division II Division III HIGH SCHOOL Boys * CHSAA * New York City * Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and parts of Dutchess counties) * Section 2 (Albany area) * Section 3 (Syracuse area) * [...]
Conor Shannon has no shortage of lacrosse role models. The senior goaltender at 2012 Connecticut Class L state finalist and 2011 state champion Ridgefield’s older brother, Matt, is a defenseman at the University of North Carolina. Shannon’s coach at Ridgefield, Roy Colsey, is one of the game’s all-time greats and a recent inductee into the [...]
It won’t be long now. With the start of the new year rapidly approaching, it’s time to start looking ahead to how the 2013 boys lacrosse season is shaping up in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. How do defending New York and Connecticut state champions West Islip [...]
It was a season of comebacks for the Darien Blue Wave. A year after being denied in their quest for a seventh straight Connecticut Class M state title, the Blue Wave beat New Canaan 11-5 in the CIAC title game. That big win was the result of another comeback. After all, Darien had fallen to [...]
West Islip will be one of the major forces in high school lacrosse not only in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region this coming season, but in the nation. That’s not exactly a bold statement. After all, the Lions beat Ithaca 12-7 in the New York State Class A title game on June 9 in Middletown [...]
