Mountain Lakes (NJ) sophomore Smith decides on Duke
Brad Smith fits the mold of a major Division I midfielder perfectly. The sophomore at New Jersey power Mountain Lakes has good size, athleticism, field vision, dodging ability and a high lacrosse IQ. Those attributes made him a target of many of the nation’s top programs. Late last month, as first reported at Twitter.com/joe_lombardi, Smith […]
Huntington’s Kocis, also a football star, bound for Binghamton
Athleticism, size, outside shot, field vision. Name a skill you would want to see in a Division I midfielder and Ben Kocis has it. The junior at Huntington High School (N.Y.) is coming off a successful football season. The quarterback led the Blue Devils to a 7-3 record and an appearance in the Suffolk County […]
Player’s perspective: Duke-bound Dunne sizes up Chaminade
Chaminade plays a schedule as competitive as any program around. But in the end, the games that will define the Flyers’ season are the ones against its most traditional opponent – St. Anthony’s. The teams traditionally play a best-of-three series, with two regular-season meetings followed, invariably, by a showdown for the CHSAA championship. The Friars […]
It’s the season’s first full weekend of college action
A busy weekend of college action starts Friday at 5 p.m. as Towson visits Johns Hopkins in a men’s game that will be broadcast live on ESPNU. Among the big games on Saturday, Notre Dame takes on Duke, which can be seen at 1 p.m. on espn3.com. Here are links from LaxPower.com to access the […]
Player’s perspective: Britton anchors new-look Darien defense
Few teams in the tristate area have had more preseason anticipation about the injury status of two of its key players than Darien. As we told you when we launched Year 3 of our preseason “Player’s perspective” feature, Duke University-bound senior attackman Case Matheis has been rehabbing his suffering a torn meniscus in last year’s state […]
