The Final Four in NCAA lacrosse will be set in less than 48 hours. After today, we will be halfway there. Two quarterfinal games are on today’s slate as an ESPN2 doubleheader. It starts with Ohio State vs. Cornell at 12:30 p.m., followed by Syracuse vs. Yale at 3 p.m. at the University of Maryland’s […]

It’s one and you’re done for teams not only in today’s NCAA quarterfinals, but varsity squads in the the tristate as far as sectional and conference tournaments go in New York’s Hudson Valley and Connecticut and the state tournament in New Jersey. Let’s start in the Hudson Valley. There are 12 Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, […]

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It’s playoff time and we are inching our way closer to the championship rounds. Saturday, May 18 quarterfinal matchups are set in New York’s Section 1 as well as the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference in Connecticut. Quarterfinal games are set in Suffolk Class A for Tuesday, May 21: Connetquot at Ward Melville, West Islip […]

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Winners of these games on Saturday, May 18 play in the semifinals on Tuesday, May 21 at the home field of the higher seeds. The Section 1 championship tripleheader is Thursday, May 23 at White Plains High School: Class B 3 p.m., Class C 5:30 p.m., Class A 8 p.m. CLASS A No. 9 Wappingers […]

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MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s 24/7 Emmy Award winning high school network, will capture LIVE action of two of the top boys lacrosse teams in the tri-state area. No. 2-ranked Delbarton High School and No. 3-ranked Chaminade High School face off on Saturday, May 18 at 3 p.m. on MSG Varsity  Channel 14 (Optimum). “What a great […]

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The Section 1 tournament started yesterday with a pair of outbracket games as Pearl River downed Dobbs Ferry 17-5 and Haldane beat Lourdes 11-3 in Class C. Here’s today’s opening-round lineup with the quarterfinals set for Saturday, May 18. The games below are all on the home field of the higher seed. Class A: No. […]

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Final seedings (Power-point system used) 1. Ridgefield 2. New Canaan 3. Darien 4. Greenwich 5. Staples 6. Wilton 7. St. Joseph 8. Ludlowe Quarterfinals, Saturday, May 18 No. 5 Staples at No. 4 Greenwich, 11 a.m. No. 6 Wilton at No. 3 Darien, 1 p.m. No. 8 Ludlowe at No. 1 Ridgefield, 1 p.m. No. […]

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Here’s a rundown of links to the most update national high school and collegiate rankings: * Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national high school boys power rankings  * Nike/US Lacrosse national high school boys rankings  * Nike/US Lacrosse national high school girls rankings * MSG Varsity Tri-State Top 20 * New York State Sportswriters Association weekly boys […]

Rutgers University has concluded an investigation of allegations of verbal abuse made against its men’s lacrosse coach Brian Brecht that led to Brecht being suspended with pay since April 19 and has reinstated Brecht as its coach. Here’s the official announcement from the university. The Wall Street Journal’s “Urban Gardner” columnist, Ralph Gardner, meanwhile, takes […]

We are at the midway point of a hybrid week in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. The mix of final-week regular-season games and playoff contests is creating for a nice variety of exciting action. Staples marks a first in its final regular-season contest as the Wreckers play their first […]

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* Click here for Class A Classes B and C: Tue, May 21 @higher seed 4 PM Thu, May 23 @higher seed 4 PM Fri, May 24 @higher seed 4 PM Tue, May 28 @neutral site Separate Adm Wed, May 29 @neutral site Separate Adm. @B1 Comsewogue_ ] – > – > – > -> […]

Class A: 1. North Rockland 2. Arlington 3. Mamaroneck 4. White Plains 5. New Rochelle 6. Mahopac 7. Lakeland/Panas 8. Clarkstown South 9. Wappingers 10. Suffern 11. Carmel Class B: 1. Yorktown 2. Rye 3. John Jay 4. Somers 5. Byram Hills 6. Nyack 7. Ossining 8. Brewster 9. Fox Lane 10. Eastchester 11. Tappan […]

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It’s playoff time in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed. Last week, New Jersey completed several of its county tournaments. Among the champions: Don Bosco Prep (Bergen) and Seton Hall Prep (Essex). Yesterday, Nassau County started postseason action. Among the highlights: defending New York Class B state champion Garden City beat Bethpage 17-4. Today, we will […]

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Suffolk County Class A is as tough as its gets when it comes to the level of talent from top to bottom. Who will be the best of the best when the title game is played May 29 at Stony Brook University. It could be any one of five or more teams. Playoff action begins […]

Smithtown West’s big win over intertown rival Smithtown East last week meant a lot more than bragging rights. There were huge playoff seeding implications at stake as well. Joe Lombardi looks at that and more in his latest “Lombardi on Lacrosse” column for MSGVarsity.com. Among other teams included: Garden City, Shoreham-Wading River, St. A’s, Chaminade, […]

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