Lacrosse Insider
We’ve started naming names of players from NY/NJ/CT who are enjoying strong summers. We started with the Class of 2020. We turn now to the Class of 2021. Blake Borges, Yorktown (NY), midfield Keith Boyer, Yorktown (NY), defense Tanner Burns, Jamesville-DeWitt (NY), attack Christopher Canet, New Canaan (CT), midfield Christopher Cappelmann, St. Anthony’s (NY), midfield/faceoff Jake […]
The summer recruiting season — like the weather — is heating up. So we thought now would be a good time to start naming some names of players from NY/NJ/CT who’ve been sizzling. We start things off with the Class of 2020. Chris Arceri, Smithtown East (NY), midfield/faceoff (committed to Penn admissions process) James Ball, Chaminade […]
One of the top Class of 2019 midfielders in the Northeast will be heading to Homewood Field to play his college lacrosse. Edward Glassmeyer of prep power Brunswick (CT) has committed to Johns Hopkins. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Glassmeyer is an athletic, two-way player with a strong shot and quick release. A natural righty, he’s strong with […]
There’s a new lacrosse sheriff in town in Easton, PA where former UNC and UPenn assistant Pat Myers has taken over as head coach of the Lafayette University program. It hasn’t taken Myers long to tap into the fertile recruiting ground in the Northeast, and more specifically, the tristate area, One of the most highly […]
1. Ward Melville (NY), Record: 21-1, Preseason ranking: No. 5 2. Garden City (NY), Record: 18-3, Preseason ranking: No. 6 3. Brunswick (CT), Record: 16-1, Preseason ranking: No. 4 4. Delbarton (NJ), Record: 19-1, Preseason ranking: No. 3 5. Chaminade (NY), Record: 17-3, Preseason ranking: No. 1 6. Darien (CT), Record: 22-1, Preseason ranking: No. 2 7. Victor (NY), Record: 20-2, Preseason ranking: No. 7 […]
It’s state title time in Connecticut. Here’s the rundown for the three championship games scheduled for Saturday, June 9 at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk. Class L No. 1 Darien vs. No. 6 Ridgefield, 3 p.m. Class M No. 1 New Fairfield vs. No. 6 Daniel Hand Class S No. 2 Somers vs. No. […]
Here’s the rundown of Saturday’s four NYSPHSAA championship games at St. John Fisher College in Rochester. Class A Ward Melville (Section 11) vs. West Genesee (Section 3), 12:30 p.m. Class B Garden City (Section 8) vs. Victor (Section 5), 3 p.m. Class C Islip (Section 11) vs. Westhill(Section 3), 5:30 p.m. Class D Pleasantville (Section […]
The drive for five is still alive. Darien completed a three-game sweep of archrival New Canaan, with two of the games decided by one goal, beating the Rams 8-7 in the CIAC Class L semifinals at Fairfield University on Wednesday. Darien will take a 76-game winning streak and 34-game postseason victory streak into Saturday’s final […]
Before Darien’s rise to the upper echelon of FCIAC lacrosse, the mainstays in the county were Wilton and New Canaan. Now 21-0 for the season, amid a 75-game winning streak and taking aim on a fifth straight state title, Darien has had epic battles with both those programs. With one more to come. After beating […]
It’s Final Four time in the Empire State. Semifinal-round games will be played in the four classes at four locales. Wednesday, June 6 is game day. Winners of the East region semis play the winners of the West region semifinal games played at St. John Fisher College in Rochester and Cicero-North Syracuse High School in […]
Two of the most highly anticipated sectional title games in the tristate area turned out to be impressive displays of power rather than the down-to-the-wire showdowns most anticipated. During the regular season, Half Hollow Hills East dealt Ward Melville its only loss, winning 7-6 on April 18. When the teams met again in the Suffolk […]
When John Jay beat Yorktown twice during the 2006 season, many saw it as a sea-change in the Section 1 lax landscape. After John Jay followed that up in 2007 by stunning the nation’s top-ranked team, Huntington, en route to its first-ever state final, there was talk of a “changing of the guard” in which […]
The best of the best in one of the top conferences in the nation was unveiled Tuesday. Here is the 2018 All-FCIAC team. 2018 ALL FCIAC School # Grade Class ATTACK FIRST TEAM Logan McGovern Darien 4 12 L Brian Minicus Darien 12 12 L Jack Feda Greenwich 6 11 L Mac Deane New Canaan 18 […]
With the CIAC playoffs off and running, here’s a rundown of records and scores for leading teams. Darien (19-0) def. Fairfield Ludlowe 20-2 (FCIAC quarterfinals), Wilton 17-5 (FCIAC semifinals), New Canaan 13-12 (FCIAC final). New Canaan (14-5) def. St. Joseph 13-3 (FCIAC quarterfinals) and Ridgefield 10-6 (FCIAC semifinals) and lost 13-12 to Darien (FCIAC final). New Fairfield […]
It’s sectional championship week in downstate New York, and there are plenty of enticing matchups. But you get to all of them, of course. So we’ve narrowed it down to the three mega matchups we think are best. Here’s the who/what/when, along with our prediction for each of the Big 3. Section 8 Class B […]
