Title time in tristate lacrosse

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The just completed Saturday state championship games are front and center in this week’s news, of course. For more, check Joe Lombardi’s latest column on tristate lacrosse for InsideLacrosse.com. With the 2013 season now complete, our latest poll question asks, “What tristate varsity boys team do you think was the biggest surprise this past season?” […]

Monumentals wins for Manhasset, Yorktown steal Saturday spotlight

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Manhasset and Yorktown shared the spotlight not only of the tristate but the entire nation with a pair of monumental wins on Saturday. ‘Set held on for a 9-7 win over Garden City in the 123rd Woodstick Classic, snapping a streak of three straight Woodstick wins by the Trojans. Yorktown pulled away for a 12-8 […]

We’re at the midway point and there have been plenty of surprises

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Do you like surprises? Then the 2012 high school lacrosse season in the tristate region has been to your liking. After all, there have been plenty of them. That’s among the topics in Joe Lombardi’s latest column for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New iPhone/iPad app * […]

Eventful week in HV/LI wraps up; CT, NJ will now start their seasons

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It was quite a week for Hudson Valley and Long Island varsity teams and it wrapped up with some interesting outcomes yesterday Now, Connecticut and New Jersey squads are set to get their seasons going this coming week. For more on that, and a look ahead to some of the big games on the schedule […]

Today on TV: Former HS teammates meet as college opponents

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A pair of former St. Anthony’s High School (N.Y.) standouts will battle each other as opponents tonight. That’s when Will Manny and UMass take on Dante Fantoni and Lehigh. You can watch the game, which will be played at Lehigh, on ESPNU at 6 p.m. Both players are senior attackmen. For more on the Manny/Fantoni […]

Latest Gait headed to D-I, Michigan’s soph commits top news

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Another member of the Gait lacrosse dynasty will be playing lacrosse at the Division I level. But it won’t be at Syracuse. The upstart University of Michigan, meanwhile , broke into the high school sophomore class by landing three big commitments. Those are among the topics in Joe Lombardi’s latest column for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a […]

Lacrosse has come to Colombia

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Lacrosse is not only spreading nationally but globally. No one knows that better than Ryan Rabidou, LaxLessons.com’s co-founder. The former Somers (N.Y.) High School and Loyola (Md.) College standout (shown at far left in photo) has just returned from a seven-day lacrosse goodwill trip to Colombia, where he spent time teaching the game to youngsters […]

Philly-area standout first freshman to make college commitment

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Just over two years ago, in October 2010, Syosset goaltender Ryan Feit became the first sophomore to verbally commit to a collegiate lacrosse program when he announced his intentions to attend Johns Hopkins. Feit, now a senior, made his commitment official during Fall Signing Week Nov. 14-21 by putting pen to paper on a National […]

It’s official: Galasso’s next stop will be Syracuse

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The rumors began even before Nicky Galasso confirmed he had requested a release from the University of North Carolina. Now, just over a week after that announcement has come another. The all-time leading leading scorer in Long Island high school lacrosse history is indeed headed to Syracuse. Galasso, the former West Islip attackman who led […]

Recapping a busy week in tristate lacrosse

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The return of the Empire State Games after a two-year hiatus is front and center among the top stories in the tristate region this past week. But there were plenty of other big ones – recruiting-wise and otherwise, including one of  Darien’s leading players making his college choice, Virginia landing a commitment from a tristate […]

Syracuse recruit Callahan’s rapid rise in the spotlight

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When Nolan Callahan transferred to prep school in New Hampshire two years ago, the hockey goalie from Florida contemplated playing tennis in the spring. But he wound up trying lacrosse. Now, the rising junior at Avon Old Farms (Conn.) is headed to one of the nation’s premier D-I powers — Syracuse. Callahan’s intriguing story is […]

Chalk up another one? Report: Boston U. will add men’s lax

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The decisions by Michigan and Marquette to add men’s lacrosse programs attracted a huge amount of attention when they were made. But beyond the BCS and more recently, there have been colleges who have also decided to launch programs. Just last week, Furman University in South Carolina announced it would be adding both men’s and […]

Inside Lacrosse high school preview podcast

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Hey gang – Inside Lacrosse associate editor Geoff Shannon and I spent some time previewing the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region in a podcast that is now up on InsideLacrosse.com.