FINALS Saturday, June 8 at Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Division M No. 2 Joel Barlow vs. No. 17 Wilton, 11 a.m. Division L No. 3 Staples vs. No. 4 Fairfield Prep, 1:30 p.m. Division S No. 13 St. Joseph vs. No. 15 Weston, 6 p.m. (Note: Starting time changed from earlier scheduled 4 p.m. [...]

The 2012 season couldn’t have been any sweeter for Fairfield Prep. The Jesuits held on for an 8-6 win over Ridgefield in the Connecticut Class L state title game to avenge for a state-title game loss to the Tigers a year earlier. How do the defending champs look entering 2013? For more on that, we [...]

Tim Covel is part of a proud few. The three-sport athlete. So for the senior defenseman/long-stick midfielder at Cheshire High School (Conn.), preparing for the start of the lacrosse season is a bit of a different process. That doesn’t mean that Covel, who will attend Connecticut Connecticut, doesn’t have a stick in his hand during [...]

When it comes to lacrosse hotbeds, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region is, of course, No. 1. So now that National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week, which runs from Nov. 14-21, is upon us, the question is: What college is No. 1 when it comes to landing commitments from tristate seniors? The answer is [...]

With the National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Period coming up soon – Nov. 14-21 – we’ll have a college-by-college breakdown of senior commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. NLIs must be attached to athletic scholarships. Nevertheless, we will include all Division I- and Division II-bound [...]

When Nolan Callahan transferred to prep school in New Hampshire two years ago, the hockey goalie from Florida contemplated playing tennis in the spring. But he wound up trying lacrosse. Now, the rising junior at Avon Old Farms (Conn.) is headed to one of the nation’s premier D-I powers — Syracuse. Callahan’s intriguing story is [...]

In an age of specialization in sports, the way college lacrosse coaches see it, an athlete who can excel in several sports has a big advantage on the lacrosse field. Meet Timothy Covel. A decorated standout in football and lacrosse at Cheshire High School (Conn.), Covel’s future at the next level is in lacrosse. The [...]

It’s been quite a couple of months for Austin Sims. After helping Fairfield Prep win the Connecticut Class L state championship in June, the multi-talented midfielder has enjoyed an eventful summer that include strong showings at the Under Armour Underclass Tournament and the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight. That summer just got even more memorable [...]

It was a week that started with a first college commitment by a rising sophomore from a tristate area school — Orleans, Ontario native Jake Fox of Trinity-Pawling (pictured above) — and ended with the first commit by a tristate resident who’s a rising sophomore — Brian Willetts of Smithtown East. In between, the Maverik Showtime [...]

The nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, will be well-represented when hundreds of the leading high school players in the nation will be competing in the 2012 Champion All-American Showcase July 22-27 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The girls event is [...]

The following are boys collegiate commitments from the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area for the high school graduating classes of 2013, ’14 and ’15. If you have a commitment to report, or any additions to make to this rundown, email us at info@laxlessons.com. For breaking recruiting commitment news, follow Joe Lombardi on Twitter @joe_lombardi or by [...]

What recently graduated high school players will make immediate impacts as freshmen in college? Who are the top five boys and girls returning players for next year? Who are the boys and girls tristate players of the year for this past spring. Joe Lombardi and Carl Reuter will give their thoughts on those questions and [...]

Connecticut’s 2012 US Lacrosse All-Americans will be among those honored on Tuesday, June 19 at 7 p.m. at the CHSCA annual Lacrosse Banquet at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. Here’s a look at award winners: All-Americans Matt Brophy, Fairfield Prep, senior, midfield, Deerfield Academy Tony Britton, Darien, senior, defense, Cornell Kevin Brown, Fairfield Prep, junior, attack, [...]

BOYS State championships Connecticut  at Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Class L Fairfield Prep 8, Ridgefield 6 Class M Darien 11, New Canaan 5 Class S Joel Barlow 15, Somers 2 New York at Faller Field, Middletown High School  Class A West Islip  12, Ithaca 7 Class B Garden City 11, Irondequoit 5 Class C [...]

It’s title time. Among the headlines: * Garden City, Shoreham-Wading River and New Canaan will be trying to win both boys and girls titles. * The GC boys, making their third straight title-game appearance, last won a championship in 2000. The GC girls are looking for their seventh straight championship. * Shoreham-Wading River’s boys, fresh [...]