Brian Willetts, Smithtown East (NY) will start season in unfamiliar role of favorite
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Lacrosse Insider: Syracuse’s second 2018 commit comes from CT prep power by way of Bronxville (NY); 2015 LI standout commits to Notre Dame after decommitting from UNC
The list of commits in the Class of 2018 continues to climb and has now reached eight. The latest verbal came today from one of the top up-and-coming players in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. Syracuse University got a big treat this Halloween from a lethal attackman who can do […]
Smithtown East breaks through with dramatic win over archrival, previously unbeaten Smithtown West
Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com One of Smithtown East goaltender Billy McEnroe’s 13 saves came as the final horn sounded in an 11-10 win over previously unbeaten Smithtown West. When they sit down to write the history of the lacrosse battles of Smithtown, Thursday’s game between the intra-district archrivals will have to rank at or near […]
Lacrosse Insider: 10 Tristate Top 100 players who will be impact players in college
We recently released our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. While there were no precise numerical rankings for each player, they were ranked in groups of 10, beginning with the first group of 10 (Players 1-10) and ending with the final group of 10 (Players 90-100). Our reason for doing that is to underscore […]
Player’s perspective: UNC-bound Willetts, Smithtown East (NY) back for more after last season’s splash
It was a breakthrough season for Smithtown East High School (N.Y.) last year. The Bulls, who enjoyed a nine-game win streak, finished 14-4 and and ended West Islip’s string of 11 straight appearances in the county final and nine consecutive county championships by defeating the Lions 12-4 in the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Class A quarterfinals. […]
Lacrosse Insider: Here are the Top 50 in our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason rankings
Our first-ever player rankings debuted here Sunday at Lacrosse Insider as we ran down players 50-100 in our listing of the Top 100 varsity players in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region heading into the 2014 season. For those just joining us, because we won’t budge in our […]
Maverik Showtime all-star game recaps
Here are recaps of Wednesday’s nights all-star games at the sixth annual Maverik Showtime National Lacrosse Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. Class of 2015 Team Maverik (Blue) 14, Team Cascade (White) 12 MVP: Daniel DeSanti, LSM/D, St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) Leading goal scorers: Team Maverik – Riley O’Sullivan (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) […]
Player’s perspective: Brian Balkam, Smithtown East (NY) goaltender
You never know what’s going to happen when East meets West. As in Smithtown East and Smithtown West, that is. We’ve been talking a lot about the race for the top spot in Suffolk County’s Division 1. And even if Smithtown East and Smithtown West weren’t right in the thick of things — which they […]
Willetts’ verbal to UNC marks first rising sophomore commit by a tristate resident
We started the week by telling you about the first rising sophomore commitment from a player from the tristate region – Jake Fox of the Trinity-Pawling School in New York’s Hudson Valley. The attackman verballed to Johns Hopkins. We ended the week with more on the news we told you about Thursday night – the […]
