Dan Bucaro, one of nation’s top seniors, hopes final varsity season for Ward Melville (NY) is a memorable one

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Offensive-minded midfielder Jimmy Kickel of Ward Melville (NY) will play his college lacrosse close to home

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It’s been a busy week for Class of 2015 commits for one of the nation’s premier programs — Ward Melville, which just two seasons ago went 22-0 and won its eighth New York state title. We told you earlier this week about defenseman Mike Cirrone’s verbal commitment to the University of Richmond. Teammate Jimmy Kickel […]

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, […]

Photo gallery: Sachem North gets its first-ever win over Ward Melville in Suffolk (NY)

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Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com Smithtown East’s 11-10 win over previously unbeaten Smithtown West wasn’t the only dramatic game in Suffolk County (NY) on Thursday. Following a takeaway by Mike Aronow, Sean O’Brien’s goal, off a feed from Joe Caridi, gave Sachem North an 8-7 overtime win over defending NY Class A champion Ward Melville. It […]

Lacrosse Insider: 10 Tristate Top 100 players who will be impact players in college

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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 […]

Midfielder McCulloch from NY state champ, nation’s No. 1 team, Ward Melville, commits to Cornell

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The 2013 varsity season was a baptism under fire for Jake McCulloch. And he answered the call. Jake McCulloch earned a starting spot on a midfield line that included two of the tristate region’s Class of 2013 standouts: Duke-bound Jack Bruckner and Rutgers-bound Christian Mazzone. Together, the trio were a big reason Ward Melville won […]

Big week for recruiting commitments; summer circuit sizzles

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Star attackman Daniel Bucaro of unbeaten New York state champion Ward Melville, regarded by many as the top uncommitted rising junior in the nation, made his college commitment this past week, verballing to Georgetown. It was a week filled with commitment news, and one in which the summer showcase circuit sizzled as well. For more, […]

Daniel Bucaro, one of nation’s top rising juniors, goes for Georgetown lacrosse

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It was a breakout season for both Ward Melville and Daniel Bucaro. The Patriots finished 22-0 in winning their New York Class A state championship – their first state crown since 2000 – and finished as the consensus No. 1 team in the various national rankings. Bucaro, meanwhile, in his first year as a starter, […]

Cornell-bound Reilly is Ward Melville’s first Class of 2015 commit

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It’s been three weeks since the 2013 high school season ended, but national champion Ward Melville just picked up a first. The Patriots got their first verbal commitment from a player in the Class of 2015 earlier tonight when rising junior defenseman Tom Reilly committed to the admissions process at Cornell University, as first reported […]

Player’s perspective: Christian Mazzone, Ward Melville (NY) midfielder

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New York has among the most heated and competitive high school leagues in the country. None more so than Suffolk County Class A. Though West Islip has dominated the last decade, that is not indicative of the fact that there are annually four to five teams within the league that could easily be state title […]