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 [...]
The summer travel season is in full swing, and we’ve got the photos to prove it. Above, Team Superstar 2013 Blue after winning the High School Elite Division at the Lehigh Laxfest. Below, Kyle Borbi of Shawnee, N.J., rips an opposite-hand shot at the King of the Hill Tournament in Westminster, Md. Shawnee, a rising junior, [...]
As we told you in this space earlier this month, college programs will soon be starting their fall ball events. Now, it’s time for travel teams throughout the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, to get things going for the fall. That all starts with fall and spring tryouts, many [...]
Say the names Jake Reed and Maverik Showtime and lacrosse coaches and players alike quickly recognize them as two of the premier summer recruiting showcase events. Will the National Invitational 175 soon be added to that list? Time will tell, but one thing is certain. A new event will debut on the calendar that includes [...]
Ward Melville won the Battle of the Hot Beds championship for the second time in the last three years, defeating West Islip 8-3 in yesterday’s title game played at the University of Delaware. Ward Melville defeated the Florida Hammerheads 8-3 in the semifinals. West Islip advanced to the title game by pulling out a 5-4 [...]
The Battle of the Hot Beds, one of the major events on the summer travel schedule, is scheduled for Sunday, July 24 through Wednesday, July 27 at the University of Delaware. For a look at the schedule, click here. Here’s a rundown of the teams that will be competing: 1763 Lacrosse Club 3D Select 2012 [...]
Seedings and brackets have been finalized for this week’s Champ Camp, which will be played Thursday through Sunday in Baltimore. You can check out the bracket by clicking here. For a look at one of the more talented teams competing, Got Skillz, click here. Top Seeds Dukes 1 (Group A) Tri-State Black (B) FuZe Blue [...]
There will be no shortage of top-notch summer travel teams from the tristate area competing this week at the Blue and Gold Classic set for Saturday and Sunday at Hofstra University in Hempstead. For a look at teams participating — and the schedule for the weekend — click here. For a campus map, click here. [...]
Yale University in New Haven, Conn., is the place to be this weekend when it comes to travel team lax. It’s the host site of the third annual Bulldog Bash Tournament. For a rundown of teams participating on Saturday, click here. For a list of teams playing on Sunday, click here. Each team is guaranteed [...]
A total of 15 players from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, have been selected to play for the North team at the sixth annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic. The game, which will be broadcast on ESPNU, is set for Saturday, July 2 at 8 p.m. at Towson [...]
Summer officially started on Tuesday. The summer travel season began a few days before that. Now, it’s kicking into high gear. We shared with you the rosters for Team Suffolk and Team Nassau earlier this week. On Thursday, they played their first game in the Long Island Showcase at Dowling College. Suffolk won both the [...]
The Top 205 Camp is under way at Towson University in Maryland for rising seniors and rising juniors. The rising sophomore camp is set for Goucher College in Baltimore July 2-5. For more info, including schedules, click here. In case you missed MSG Varsity’s hour-long season tristate review special that premiered Tuesday night, you can [...]
This past weekend marked a transition as we moved from the end of the high school season to the start of the summer travel season. That’s among the topics we discuss in our latest Sunday column for InsideLacrosse.com. You can check it out by clicking here. Meantime, we will mark the end of the high [...]
With the state championships ending the high school season a week ago today in New York and Connecticut and the Tournament of Champions title game wrapping up the season in New Jersey, today marks the first weekend of the summer travel season. And Cantiague Park in Hicksville and Lehigh University are the places to be. [...]
