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Westfield’s 2014 season just ended in the New Jersey Tournament of Champions quarterfinals with a loss to Mountain Lakes. While it was the end of varsity lacrosse for the seniors on the Westfield squad, Owen Colwell has two more years to pursue a TOC crown. After that, his goal will be an NCAA Division I […]

* Syracuse-Hopkins box score * College Scoreboard Central: Get finals, box scores here From press release BALTIMORE – No. 10 Syracuse continued its recent mastery of previously unbeaten Johns Hopkins, beating the second-ranked Blue Jays, 12-10, Saturday on a beautiful day at Homewood Field. The Orange led 7-3 at half and 10-6 after three quarters […]

We’re halfway through the opening weekend of the 2014 college lacrosse season. For a rundown of finals and box scores from Saturday’s games, click here. Today marks the first day of national television coverage for the brand-new season. It begins at 11:30 a.m. as Johns Hopkins hosts Ohio State on ESPNU. Schedules Scanner: Links for […]

With National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week now at the midway point, Joe Lombardi (pictured here) checks in with his thoughts on how this much-awaited annual tradition has changed so dramatically in recent years. The photos of high school seniors making their verbal commitments to Division I and II programs binding by signing a […]

The role lacrosse has played in Parker Widhelm’s family spans generations. Widhelm’s grandather, Gus Widhelm, a product of the Gilman School in Baltimore, was an All-America defender at Johns Hopkins in 1959. “I have grown up with him talking about his time playing,” Widhelm. One day, Parker, who also plays defense, may have a similar […]

Considering how far he’s come in such a short amount of time, it’s no wonder Sachem North High School (N.Y.) coach Jason Mauro says “the sky’s the limit” for Jacob Giacalone. After all, just two years after first playing the goaltending position, the sophomore has verballed to Johns Hopkins, a commitment first reported by Joe […]

Dylan Harned has the speed to get up and down the field and the skills to play both ways. When he gets to his spot, he also has the size to make an impact. If the Class of 2014 standout for Middle Country (N.Y.) sounds like he has the ingredients of a college player, it’s […]

He’s a three-sport athlete at Montgomery High School in New Jersey, but for Matt Stagnitta, lacrosse has always held a special place. Stagnitta is the son of former Washington & Lee and Rutgers coach Jim Stagnitta, who is now the head coach of the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse. His mother, Laurie, is a […]

We have our second tristate freshman verbal commitment. It comes from attackman Matt Hubler of Rumson (NJ), who’s decided on Johns Hopkins. Hubler plays for Avon Old Farms (Conn.) and has been on Team United’s travel team since the seventh grade. Hubler’s brother, Chris, a junior midfielder at Rumson Fair Haven High School (NJ), verballed […]

Today marked the first day of official varsity practices and tryouts for most teams throughout New York State beyond Long Island, which started last Monday. Among the sections getting things started today was Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties), home of two-time Class C champion Bronxville. When Bronxville won the section in 2011, […]

Our most recent “Preaseason player’s perspective,” featured a senior standout from New York’s Hudson Valley bound for Johns Hopkins University, Yorktown defenseman Trevor Koelsch. Today, we present another one. Matt Ledwin is one of the premier faceoff specialists in the Northeast. The standout from Hendrick Hudson High School, located just 10 miles west of Yorktown […]

Do you remember the 2005 Division I men’s lacrosse national championship game? Danny Jones sure does. In fact, to say it left a big impact on the sophomore at four-time New York CHSAA champion St. Anthony’s would be an understatement. For starters, it was Jones’ first introduction to lacrosse. He discovered it while flipping through […]

We’ve been asking in our “You make the call” feature and our rotating poll questions who you think will win some of the major 2013 tristate conference races. Our first poll centered on the always competitive Nassau County (Section 8, N.Y.) Class A race. Your choice to win? Syosset. The Braves, of course, are the […]

When Syosset (N.Y.) senior goaltender Ryan Feit verbally committed to Johns Hopkins in October, 2010, a decision first reported here at LaxLessons.com, it signaled the start of a trend. One that was the talk of the lax world for months — until it was no longer unique. Now, sophomore verbal commitments are almost commonplace. But […]

If you’re looking to find an image that be shows what Chris Hubler brings to the lacrosse field, a lunch pail would be just perfect. “I am a blue-collar middie who is at my best between the restraining lines,” said the junior at Rumson-Fair Haven High School (N.J.) and Team United travel team standout. “I […]

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 […]

The National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week is one for the books. It started Nov. 14 and ended Nov. 21. Before we present our fourth and final photo gallery here, be sure to check the links to our coverage below: Articles: * Where the tristate’s top 12th-graders are headed * Syosset’s Feit reflects on how […]

With the summer travel season now over, the number of verbal commitments surged last week. Among the stories we brought to you, the decision of one of the nation’s top rising sophomores, Henry Grass of two-time New York State Class C finalist Bronxville, who decided he will follow the lead of his older brother, All-America […]

In their two seasons as teammates on the Bronxville varsity team, Henry and Jack Grass have taken the Broncos to new heights — namely back-to-back appearances in the New York State Class C semifinals. The Grass brothers will be hoping for a three-peat as Section 1 champions next spring. But even though Jack, who earned […]

The first rising sophomore from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, has made a verbal college commitment. He’s versatile attackman Jake Fox from the Trinity-Pawling School in the Hudson Valley. Fox, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound righty, is from Orleans, Ontario and grew up playing box lacrosse. He’s also a […]

Off the field, Matt Ledwin is a versatile and well-rounded person. “He has approached his studies with the same passion he does his lacrosse,” said coach Craig Solomon of Hen Hud, where Ledwin is preparing for his junior season on the Sailors’ varsity squad. But on the field, Ledwin is focused on faceoffs. His exceptional […]

We start the day with some big recruiting news. One of the nation’s top juniors, Hen Hud faceoff specialist Matt Ledwin, verbally committed late last night to Johns Hopkins. Ledwin narrowed his choices to Harvard and Dartmouth (as well as Hopkins). Ledwin became a priority recruit of many of the nation’s top programs after a […]

The goal that playing Division I lacrosse could very well be a reality moved front and center into Nick Mariano’s mind when the Yorktown attackman earned a spot on the school’s varsity squad as a freshman. Now, just over two years later, it’s become a reality. Mariano has verbally committed to accept a scholarship offer […]

 Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com It was an unforgettable season for Jack Grass and Bronxville. The Broncos won the Section 1 title for the first time. Grass, meanwhile, set a school record for points in a season with 104 and assists with 45. He finished the year with 59 goals. After two more varsity seasons, Grass […]

If you checked our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” this morning, you learned one of the nation’s top rising juniors has made his college choice. Bronxville attackman Jack Grass has given a verbal commitment to accept a scholarship offer from Johns Hopkins. Grass, who was recruited by many of the nation’s top programs, had […]

Photo by Miles Tintle The 2011 season promises to be one of the most interesting — and challenging — in the long and storied history of Manhasset’s boys lacrosse statement. That’s a bold statement, to be sure. But consider this. The Indians, who have won back-to-back Class C state titles, have moved up to Class […]

When it comes to supplying Johns Hopkins with standout players, and more specifically, defensemen, Yorktown High School has a proud tradition. It includes names such as Brian Kuczma, Rob Doerr and Chris Watson. That pipeline began, though, when another former Yorktown all-American, Bill Dwan, joined the Blue Jays after graduating from Yorktown in 1987. Dwan […]

“It gets late early out there.” When major-league baseball Hall-of-Famer used that phrase, he was describing the conditions for left fielders in Yankee Stadium, faced with having to contend with the setting sun. But the same thing can be said about the 2011 varsity season in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for boys lax, the […]

Earlier this month, we told you that Syracuse University’s 2011 schedule was unique in that just two of the Orange’s games — at Princeton and at Villanova —  are true road games. Johns Hopkins University unveiled its ’11 schedule today and it also is noteworthy in that just two games — at Delaware and at […]

Top left: John Jay senior attackman Mike Daniello, clad in a Johns Hopkins sweatshirt, signed a National Letter of Intent to accept a scholarship offer from Hopkins tonight, surrounded by his family (top, from left), brother Nick, mother Kathy and brother Chris. Nick and Chris are former college lax standouts. Nick played at Stevens Tech. […]

It was an uncharacteristic season for Johns Hopkins. After ending the regular season at 7-7, the Blue Jays’ NCAA tournament hopes were in serious jeopardy. Hopkins did receive an at-large bid, but wound up losing 18-5 to eventual national champion Duke, ending a string of 19 straight quarterfinal-round appearances. Since then, the Blue Jays’ coaching […]

Ryan Matthews was just 4 or 5 years old when he first picked up a lacrosse stick. So as time went on, Matthews’ skills steadily improved. Then, he soon had the size to go with those skills. That combination has brought the Manhasset junior  to the brink of the highest level of Division I lacrosse. […]

Considering all the highlights he’s already enjoyed at the high school level, it’s almost hard to believe that Mike Daniello has two more varsity seasons to go. In fact, considering all that’s happened, Daniello’s sophomore season seems like an eternity ago. Since it ended, he became one of the most heavily recruited players in the […]

Mike Kimmel’s extra-man goal with 49 seconds remaining lifted Johns Hopkins to an 8-7 win over upset-minded visitor Siena in a game today at Homewood Field in Baltimore in another game that demonstrates the increased parity in collegiate lacrosse Hopkins senior goalie Brent Herbst of Plainview had to come out of the game with just […]

Both Johns Hopkins and Syracuse started the season tonight with impressive victories in games that marked the collegiate debuts of a pair of former two-time high school all-Americans from the Hudson Valley as well as a former Ridgefield star. Yorktown’s John Ranagan (left), a freshman midfielder for Hopkins, had three ground balls and four shots […]

Welcome to the first installment of “Player’s perspective.” If you read the preview of this feature posted here yesterday, you shouldn’t be too surprised as to who our first subject is. Yorktown’s Kevin Interlicchio (pictured above in the file photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com).

The New England Patriots improved to 5-2 today by picking up a 35-7 win against Tampa Bay. Success in football is nothing new to the Patriots’ Bill Belichick, who has coached three Super Bowl champions.

John Jay’s Mike Daniello, one of the top junior recruits in the nation, has done some soul-searching after verbally committing to attend North Carolina on Sept. 28 and has decided to change his commitment and attend Johns Hopkins.

Rising junior defenseman Eddie Schurr will become the first player in Somers history to attend Johns Hopkins. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) It didn’t take long for one of the top juniors in the region to make a college commitment. And it’s a big one. Just five days after Division I coaches became allowed to […]

Matt Bocklet, top (shown in action for the Denver Outlaws), has had the upper hand on most of his MLL and NLL opponents during his pro career thus far. Matt Bocklet’s lacrosse career has taken him to many places. From John Jay High School to an NCAA tournament appearance at Fairfield University to an NCAA […]

Putnam Valley varsity coach Brian Kuczma informed me today that he has decided to retire from the MLL. “I made the decision today after months of being on the fence and long talks with the family,” he said.