Lacrosse Insider: Blue Chip 225 sophomore elite game Top 10 tristate peak performers

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Players from coast-to-coast battled it out at the Blue Chip 225 sophomore session July 14 through July 17 at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. This week’s sophomore showcase was highlighted by the all-star game doubleheader played Wednesday night, July 16. The first game featured the varsity sophomore all-star game followed by the elite sophomore all-stars. […]

Here are your Suffolk (NY) All-Americans

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Here are Suffolk County (NY) 2014 US Lacrosse All-Americans. Dan Bucaro, Ward Melville, jr., attack, Georgetown Brian Cannon, Northport, sr., attack, North Carolina Logan Greco, Smithtown West, sr., defense, Virginia Ryan Keenan, Smithtown West, sr., attack, Penn State Kieran Mullins, Islip, sr., attack, Army Justin Reh, Rocky Point, sr., attack, Albany Troy Reh, Rocky Point, […]

Lacrosse Insider: Shoreham-Wading River Fall Classic report; St. Anthony’s (NY), Bronxville (NY) defenders make their choices; NJ 2016 midfielder decides

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We have two commitments to report in this update from players on teams that competed in today’s Shoreham-Wading River Fall Classic. We also have a major D-I verbal from a 2016 New Jersey standout. More on that, and the Fall Classic, in this report. We start with St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) and Bronxville (N.Y.), who were […]

Lacrosse Insider: Smithtown East (NY) standout will be heading south

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Smithtown East is coming off a breakthrough season last year in which the Bulls ended West Islip’s run of dominance in Suffolk County lacrosse. With that success has come a large number of college committed players. The latest has been made by goaltender Billy McEnroe. Joe Lombardi is reporting that the senior has verbally committed […]

Lacrosse Insider: St. Anthony’s (NY) gets its ninth 2015 verbal

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We’re less than a month away from National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week for the Class of 2014. One high school power that has a leg up on the most collegiate signings is St. Anthony’s High School (N.Y.). The Friars’ number of senior verbals has now hit 13. St. A’s is also making its […]

Lacrosse Insider: 2015 verbals from NJ, LI; Upstate 2014 attackman will stay close to home

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We traverse the tristate for the latest batch of verbal commitments, going from New Jersey to Long Island to upstate New York. We start out in the Garden State. St. Augustine Prep now has six Class of 2015 college commits and Fairfield University has upped its total of tristate junior verbals to five following midfielder […]

Lacrosse Insider: Darien (CT) 2015 midfielder, Yorktown (NY) 2016 goalie are both D-I bound

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Each varsity season, Darien and Yorktown meet in Tom Lener Memorial Cup game. Today, our update involves Division I commitments for each of the longtime rivals, and two of the top programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for the lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. We begin with Darien where the Blue Waves’ […]

Lacrosse Insider: LI 2016 goalie new to his position verbals to Hopkins; Greenwich (CT) gets its sixth senior commit; New varsity coach at Nyack HS (NY) is LI native from Fordham Prep (NY)

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Johns Hopkins has just picked up a brand-new member of its Class of 2016 recruiting class from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Before we get to the latest commitment, here’s a quick recap of the previous Blue Jays tristate sophomore verbals: Owen Colwell, Westfield (N.J.), defense; Matt Hubler, […]

Lacrosse Insider: St. Anthony’s (NY) hits double digits in 2014 commits; Pair of NJ standouts make choices

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The Class of 2014 is closing in. National power St. Anthony’s (NY) has 15 members of its Class of 2013 now on college lacrosse rosters. Today, the Friars’ Class of 2014 saw its 10th member declare his intentions to play at the next level. A pair of New Jersey standouts, meanwhile, have also given verbals. […]

Lacrosse Insider: Third Massapequa (NY) player verbals to Towson

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Prior to this week, Towson University had no received a verbal commitment from a Class of 2016 tristate standout. That changed when left-handed attackman Ben Coakley of Hunterdon Central High School (N.J.) verbally committed to the Tigers earlier this week. Tonight, the Tigers have doubled their number of rising sophomore tristate commits. Towson’s latest 2016 […]

Cortland-bound Bonitatibus gives Yorktown six Class of ’14 commits

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When Nicky Bonitatibus held the Charlie Murphy Cup (above) after Yorktown’s 14-2 win over Lakeland/Panas on May 4, it was a ritual not only familiar for the Husker program but the Bonitatibus family. Three older brothers — midfielder Rocky, goaltender Michael and defenseman/longstick midfielder Joey — all played for Yorktown. Today, Nicky became the latest […]

Long Island boys, girls teams for Under Armour Underclass Tournaments

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Long Island teams that will compete in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic Underclass Tournament at Towson University in Maryland July3-5 have been selected. Boys Craig Berge, 2014, midfield, Massapequa Liam Blohm, 2014, longstick midfield, Syosset Sam Bonafede, 2014, midfield, Chaminade Brian Cannon, 2014, attack, Northport Nicholas Capuana, 2014, defense, Massapequa J.t. Caputo, 2014, […]

Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight updates

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Hey gang – I spent most of this sun-shiny, pleasant day at Day 1 of the second annual Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut University’s West Campus in Danbury. We will have updates throughout the week as well as video interviews and highlights. So be sure to check back for that. The invitation-only […]