Player’s perspective: Palmadesso hopes to help Yorktown make its 35th straight sectional final
It’s hardly a bold statement to say that Yorktown is one of the leading contenders for the New York Class B state championship in 2014. The Huskers, after all, have made 34 straight Section 1 title-game appearances. Last season, Yorktown dealt previously unbeaten Chaminade, then the consensus No. 1-ranked team nationally, its first loss, defeating […]
Player’s perspective: Jack Phelan, Yorktown (NY) defender
If you believe the mantra that defense wins championships, you have to like Yorktown’s chances of making a return trip to the New York State tournament and winning a 36th Section 1 title. After all, the Huskers have three Division I-bound defenders in seniors Jack Phelan (Rutgers) and Trevor Koelsch (Johns Hopkins) and junior Austin […]
Player’s perspective: Frankie Fusco says Yorktown has ‘plenty of guys ready to step up and do their part’
One of the main reasons Yorktown has been able to maintain a level of success few programs in the nation can rival is its tradition. Not just the tradition of postseason championships, but the tradition of a younger brother playing and practicing the game under the mentorship of an older brother. And, in some cases, […]
Player’s perspective: Rutgers-bound Cooley eyes a big senior year
Yorktown has been a big topic of discussion here of late. For starters, Yorktown completed its 2012 schedule. As usual, it is among the most competitive of any high school team from sea to shining sea. The Huskers have also had several recent college commitments, bringing their total number of future collegiate players to 14. […]
Yorktown junior Manning will take his collegiate faceoffs at St. Joe’s
It’s been a busy week for recruiting commitments for one of the nation’s most tradition-rich programs, the Yorktown Huskers. Longstick midfielder/defenseman Austin Fusco, one of the nation’s top sophomores, verbally committed to Syracuse. If you were with us bright and early this morning on Twitter, you learned of another Husker who decided where his destination […]
Yorktown sophomore Fusco: ‘Syracuse is the place for me’
Yorktown and Smithtown West played one of the most entertaining games of the regular season last year as Smithtown West pulled out a 9-8 win at Charlie Murphy Field. Yorktown’s Austin Fusco and Smithtown West’s Ryan Keenan, who are now two of the top sophomores in the nation, are likely to play prominent roles when […]
News and Notes: Yorktown sophomore Fusco selects Syracuse; Meet ‘Crooked Arrows’ cast; College practices start
If you were with us this afternoon on Twitter, you learned of a verbal commitment by one of the nation’s top sophomores. Austin Fusco, a longstick midfielder/defenseman, decided on Syracuse University today, to end an intense recruitment and continue a family tradition at the same time. Fusco’s brother, Yorktown senior attackman Frankie Fusco, has signed […]
Drexel-bound Fusco continues family tradition
To say Yorktown’s Frankie Fusco was destined for lacrosse success also since birth would not be an overstatement. The Yorktown High School rising senior’s father, Frank Sr., was a defenseman and captain on the first Yorktown team in school history that advanced to the state championship game. So Fusco, a 5-foot-10 lefty attackman, was immersed […]
