Team recruit spotlight: Dartmouth-bound George among nine college-bound Garden City (NY) standouts
Strong senior classes have been the key to Garden City’s run of back-to-back New York Class B state championships. So when assessing the Trojans’ prospects for a three-peat, a look at GC’s Class of 2014 is the best place to start. Garden City has seven college-bound seniors. Among them, midfielder Cody George. The 5-foot-8, 155-pound […]
Player’s perspective: Kieran Byrnes, Garden City (NY) attackman
Photo above by Newsphoto.com The eyes of the lacrosse world will be focused on Baltimore on March 23 for the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium. Colgate faces Navy in Game 1 at 2 p.m., followed by a 4:30 p.m. clash between Virginia and Johns Hopkins. The day begins with a premier high […]
Garden City (NY) sophomore Borges opts for Ohio State
Matt Borges is part of the next generation. Borges is a defenseman/long-stick midfielder for defending New York State Class B champion Garden City. Twelve seniors on that team are currently playing on college team. Seven current GC seniors and two juniors have committed to play at the next level. There are more on the way. […]
Garden City’s Leto eager to help Richmond launch D-I lacrosse
Sometimes, a player’s outlook on the college he is planning to join changes after making a college commitment. But few have experienced the scenario Matt Leto did. The senior midfielder at defending New York State Class B champion Garden City decided to continue his lacrosse career at the University of Richmond. The decision was based […]
Garden City’s Cortese looks ahead to Lafayette
Garden City will be in quest of an unprecedented second straight state title in 2013. But the Trojans, who enjoyed an unbeaten season in 2012, will have some big holes to fill. Including in goal, where Dan Marino came up big again and again throughout the regular season and postseason. Marino will be in the […]
Garden City’s Badgett bound for BU’s brand-new program
Brian Badgett can beat you in many ways. A two-way midfielder with good speed and athleticism, the 5-foot-11, 160-pound rising senior from defending New York State Class B state champion Garden City is constantly battling for ground balls, and then often triggering transition opportunities after he gets them. After returning for his senior year with […]
Villanova-bound Byrnes is second Garden City rising junior to commit this week
Some attackmen are known for their feeding. Others their finishing. Or their riding. When it comes to Kieran Byrnes, he’s known for almost everything. The rising junior from Class B state champion Garden City is as versatile as they come. So it should come as no surprise he was a target recruit of several of […]
Player’s perspective: Hunter hopes to help Syosset surge past Nassau semis
It’s become the annual lid lifter to the boys lacrosse season in the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotbed, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Nassau County rivals Garden City and Syosset are keeping the tradition intact as they will meet in opening week for the fourth straight year when they square off on March 20 […]
GC-Set Woodstick Classic showdown set for May 5
The Woodstick Classic is the nation’s longest uninterrupted high school boys lax annual affair. Last year’sevent, the 120th edition of a rivalry that started in 1935, had special significance since both Garden City and Manhasset were aligned in the same class, meaning it was a likely preview of the Nassau County Class B title game. […]
