South Side, Northport get monumental wins on Long Island
* High School Scoreboard Central, Thursday, 4/3 Stephen Parker said South Side players were not aware before Thursday’s game against Manhasset that the Cyclones had never beaten the Indians. “Even if we did, that would not have changed our mindset,” said Parker (pictured above). A mindset that helped produce a historic 6-5 win at Manhasset […]
Player’s perspective: UNC-bound Cannon hopes to help Northport contend for Suffolk Division 1 title
Northport took a six-game winning streak into the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Division 1 semifinals last season. There, the Tigers’ season ended with a 12-6 setback to Smithtown West. Both teams are prominent in LaxLessons.com’s Preseason Tristate Top 25 rankings. The Tigers finished 15-3 last season – the most wins for Northport in coach George Searing’s […]
Fall Signing Week: Photos from Delbarton (NJ), Northport (NY), Garden City (NY); Video from Barrington (RI)
Three standouts from Delbarton (N.J.) sign their National Letters of Intent: Peter Welch (Duke); Matt Marone (Delaware); and Will McCarthy (Lafayette). Northport High School (N.Y.) attackman Brian Cannon signs his National Letter of Intent to attend the University of North Carolina. Two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City twin brother tandem of Conor […]
Player’s perspective: Brian Cannon, Northport (NY) attackman
Northport is on the rise. The Tigers, after all, have improved their record in each of the last three seasons. Considering they play in one of the nation’s most competitive conferences — Division 1 in Suffolk County on Long Island — that’s quite an accomplishment. After all, Division 1 includes West Islip, Smithtown West, Smithtown […]
“Sports Talk” focuses on LI Showcase, summer tristate recruiting commitments
The focus of the latest edition of MSG Varsity’s “Sports Talk” show will be the fourth annual Long Island Showcase, played earlier this summer, lacrosse recruiting and a rundown of tristate summer commitments made prior to today and a review of the U-19 World Games. You can watch the show, co-hosted by Joe Lombardi and […]
Albany gets verbal from Northport junior midfielder Glancy
Northport is on a roll when it comes to recruiting. As we told you last week, attackman Brian Cannon, one of the nation’s top sophomores, committed to North Carolina. Another Tiger standout has also made a verbal commitment to a Division I program. Junior John Glancy announced his intentions to accept a scholarship offer from […]
Sophomore star Cannon: ‘I want to do Carolina proud’
We spent the better part of the last week-plus updating you folks on senior commits as the National Letter of Intent Fall Early Signing Week came and went. Then, on Thursday, the day after the eight-day window for seniors to sign with Division I and Division II college programs ended, came news that one of […]
Rocky Point’s Strano set to make his mark at Manhattan
If you thought the end of the National Letter of Intent Fall Early Signing Period would result in a pause in recruiting commitments, think again. Starting early this morning and continuing through the afternoon, we learned of more new verbal commitments, including one involving one of the nation’s top sophomores, attackman Brian Cannon of Northport, […]
