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We are just over a month away from the start of official varsity tryouts and practices for the 2014 varsity season in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. As we draw closer to the start of the season, we unveiled our inaugural Tristate Top 100 preseason player rankings. […]

Saturday marked the first day of winter. But the start of the varsity lacrosse season is right around the corner. The 2013 season ended Saturday, June 8 with championships being decided in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Here’s a rundown of boys and girls teams that took […]

LaxLessons.com readers know better than anyone that much — perhaps even most — of the big news in tristate varsity lacrosse occurs in the nine months when games are not played. This year was no exception. Joe Lombardi anchors a “Top 5 in 5” five-minute video presentation counting down the biggest offseason stories. Coming soon […]

Playing three sports has helped Chris Zanelli become an appealing college recruit in lacrosse. The junior midfielder at New Jersey power Summit has a combination of strength and speed developed through playing football and skills and unselfishness acquired by playing hockey. Zanelli’s college destination is Providence College, a commitment first reported by Joe Lombardi when […]

After winning the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championship in 2012, there was some uncertainty surrounding the New Canaan High School lacrosse program. That’s because the Rams were starting a new coaching era as former NCHS standout Chip Buzzeo took over for Alex Whitten. New Canaan went on to accomplish a rare feat in the […]

Lafayette College has been making major recruiting strides among tristate standouts. We’ll be spotlighting two Lafayette-bound Class of 2014 standouts – one from New York (Chaminade attackman James Roberts) and one from New Jersey (Delbarton midfielder Will McCarthy). We begin with McCarthy, whose verbal was first reported when it was made on Aug. 2 by […]

Team Pride scored off the first faceoff in overtime on a goal by midfielder Blake Boudreau (Bishop Guerin, N.H.) to beat Team Liberty 11-10 in the title game of the Champion All-American Showcase Friday night in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Team Pride, which trailed 5-0 at the half, never led at any point in regulation. […]

Bronxville’s run to its first-ever New York state title-game appearance this past spring featured the talents of an outstanding senior nucleus. But there were also some impact players who were underclassmen. Freshman attackman/midfielder Reilly Walsh had three goals and two assists as the Broncos downed defending Class C state champion 14-13 in overtime in the […]

It’s judgment day in high school lacrosse. State titles will be awarded in New York and Connecticut and the Tournament of Champions will be decided in New Jersey. So let’s get right to it. The New York boys title tripleheader at Growney Stadium on the campus of St. John Fisher College in Rochester features three […]

Before we get to today’s schedule, let’s look ahead. Opening-round games were completed in Connecticut yesterday, and quarterfinal-action is set for Saturday, June 1. Among the June 1 matchups: Greenwich at Staples (Division L) and Wilton at Darien (Division M). Check the brackets and full schedule here. Group champions were crowned in New Jersey yesterday, […]

BOYS Saturday, June 1 at Hofstra University in Hempstead. Winners play the Section 1/2/9 champion on Wednesday, June 5 in the state semifinals. Class B Miller Place (Suffolk) vs. Garden City (Nassau), 2 p.m. Class C Shoreham-Wading River (Suffolk) vs. Friends Academy (Nassau), 4:30 p.m. Class A Ward Melville (Suffolk) vs. Massapequa (Nassau), 7 p.m. […]

HeadWrapz has officially announced that its custom-made HeadWrapz are available for the newest member of the Cascade family by introducing its first-ever Cascade R-specific HeadWrapz in style with a custom LaxLessons.com version of the new helmet. For more on the new helmet and design, check this story from ILGear.com. LAXLESSONS Links New Mobile apps for […]

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 […]

Last week at this time, we told you about a sophomore commitment from upstate New York power Nisakyuna with Bri Sacks’ decision to attend UMass. Sacks is not the only Silver Warriors 10th-grader bound for the Division I ranks. Anna Picardi, a center/mid, has given a verbal commitment to Colgate University. Picardi has four goals […]

No. 15-ranked Johns Hopkins may need a win today against No. 4 Maryland to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive. You can catch the game at Maryland 3 p.m. on ESPNU. Another pair of rivalries –Army and Navy — meet at 2 p.m. at Navy on the CBS Sports Network. National network coverage begins today […]

Here’s a rundown of links to the most update national high school and collegiate rankings: * Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national high school boys power rankings  * Nike/US Lacrosse national high school boys rankings  * Nike/US Lacrosse national high school girls rankings * Latest collegiate men’s national rankings * Latest collegiate women’s national rankings * Nike […]

New York’s Section 1 takes center stage on what is a light Monday for games. North Rockland plays at White Plains in a battle of Class A contenders at 4:30 p.m. Route 9 rivals Sleepy Hollow and Dobbs Ferry renew acquaintances in a 5:15 p.m. contest at the new athletic complex at Mercy College in […]

New Jersey power Delbarton battles four-time defending CHSAA champion St. Anthony’s in a high school showdown at 1 p.m. today that could be a down-to-the-wire affair. St. Anthony’s, the four-time defending CHSAA Division AAA champs, is coming off a one-goal win against St. John the Baptist. You can watch the showdown on both MSG Varsity […]

There’s an interesting mix of public and private schools games on today’s schedule. Former Lakeland High School and Syracuse University All-American Ric Beardsley’s scheduled debut as head coach at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse was postponed by a lake-effect snow storm on Tuesday. So, today’s game against one of the state’s premier programs, Jamesville-DeWitt, will […]

Maryland power Loyola-Blakefield will look to even its record against teams from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region today. L-B takes on Lakeland/Panas in a 4 p.m game at West Point. Lakeland/Panas is hardly the only team from Section 1 in action. Among the matchups: Somers at Brewster […]

What looks to be a wide-open race in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference begins with a bang today. Ridgefield, the 2011 Connecticut Class L state champs and 2012 state finalists, visits Greenwich at Cardinals Stadium. Greenwich, with a roster of mostly underclassmen, finished 9-9 last year but is expected to contend for the top […]

Tony Vallance has been coaching at the college level for the past 11 years including stops at Dean Junior College, Muhlenberg College, Bellarmine University and most recently Fairfield University.  Originally from Maryland, he played goalie at Penn State University where he graduated in 1998.  He is currently the Director of Lacrosse Instruction at the House of Sports, located […]

There are two 12 p.m. mega matchups — one college, one high school — you can watch today on TV at high noon. The college matchup features No. 6 North Carolina playing at No. 8 Johns Hopkins. You can see it on ESPNU. The high school game features defending New York Class A state champion […]

The old adage that March goes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb should prove to be true weather-wise today as the forecast calls for sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 50’s in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. The featured matchup, perhaps appropriately, […]

Now that the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is one for the books, we can look ahead to the Konica Minolta Big City Classic. The Face-Off Classic, played Saturday, March 23 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, started with a 6-5 win for Garden City’s boys varsity team over Loyola-Blakefield (Md.). High school teams will also […]

It’s Day 2 of Columbine’s journey from Colorado to the heart of the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. After a hard-fought 8-5 loss to Yorktown yesterday at West Point, the Rebels face John Jay today at 6 p.m. in Cross River. The outcome of this one should provide […]

Defending New York State Class A champion West Islip and two-time New York Class B state semifinalist Yorktown get their seasons started today. West Islip, which ends the week with a showdown against Chaminade on Saturday, visits Suffolk County rival Connetquot at 4 p.m. Also among the games during a busy day in Section 11, […]

Long Island got its regular season going last week. This week, much of New York State gets things going this week. As far as today goes, a winter storm could result in some cancellations this first full week of spring. Even though little snow is expected in most parts of the tristate region, the projected […]

In less than a week we’ll have our first Showdown Saturday of the regular season. Among the matchups on March 30: La Salle (Pa.) at Gardem City, Yorktown at John Jay and Chaminade at West Islip. The high noon Chaminade-WI game is a rematch of a 7-6 Chaminade win last year — which proved to […]

It’s the first stacked Saturday of the season, folks. In some cases, the preseason. First, let’s start with the big headline. Garden City, the defending New York Class B state champions, has a huge test when it faces Maryland power Loyola-Blakefield in an 11 a.m. game at M&T Bank Stadium. The Trojans, who started the […]

There’s lots of March Madness on the airwaves these days, but there will also be some good lacrosse matchups today and throughout the weekend. Today, you can watch an Ivy League battle between visiting Yale and Princeton at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. Tomorrow, both games of the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium […]

Is this the year Chaminade unseats St. Anthony’s for the CHSAA title? We’ll get a better idea when the teams clash for the first time during the regular season on April 10. But both squads have jumped out to 1-0 starts. St. Anthony’s downed Kellenberg 12-5 on Wednesday and Chaminade beat 2-12 Nassau County Class […]

Four-time defending CHSAA Division AAA champion St. Anthony’s got its season started yesterday by beating Kellenberg Memorial 12-5. Now it’s Chaminade’s turn. If you’re just tuning in, Chaminade is ranked No. 2 in the Under Armour/InsideLacrosse.com National Rankings. But Chaminade has lost to St. A’s four straight years in the CHSAA title game. So while […]

Here’s a rundown of links to the most update national high school and collegiate rankings: * Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national high school boys power rankings  * Nike/US Lacrosse national high school boys rankings  * Nike/US Lacrosse national high school girls rankings * MaxPreps.com Top 25 boys player rankings (regardless of class) * Latest collegiate men’s […]

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 […]

LaxLessons.com and Epoch Lacrosse have teamed up for a new feature at LaxLessons.com in which lacrosse standouts share their epic high school memories. Somers has been one of the top boys lacrosse programs in New York’s Section 1 for just over a decade. If there’s one player who ignited the Tuskers’ rise, it was Tom […]

There have been a handful of regular-season games already played since last Friday — all on Long Island. Most notably, Sayville edged Connetquot 14-13 and Oceanside outlasted Hewlett 13-11 on Saturday in boys action and Locust Valley pulled away for a 17-4 victory against Bethpage in a girls game. This week, the regular season begins […]

Four defending state champions will be on display on Saturday, March 23 at the annual Darien Lacrosse Preseason Jamboree. They include defending New York state champions West Islip (Class A) and Shoreham-Wading River (Class C) and defending Connecticut state champs Fairfield Prep (Class L) and Darien (Class M). Here’s the schedule: Darien vs. Shoreham-Wading River, […]

Greenwich wrapped up a 9-9 season with a 15-5 loss to eventual Connecticut Class L state champion Fairfield Prep in the first round of the CIAC tournament. For a team whose roster was made up of many underclassmen, the Cardinals’ 2012 finish may actually prove to be the start of something big. After all, those […]

Seton Hill University women’s lacrosse coach Kristie Quigley and the driver of the team bus were both killed today in an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The unborn son of Quigley, who was six months pregnant, also did not survive. (Quigley is pictured at right.) In a statement released this afternoon, the university said at […]

Tony Vallance has been coaching at the college level for the past 11 years including stops at Dean Junior College, Muhlenberg College, Bellarmine University and most recently Fairfield University.  Originally from Maryland, he played goalie at Penn State University where he graduated in 1998.  He is currently the Director of Lacrosse Instruction at the House of Sports, located […]

We had our first scrimmages of the preseason in the tristate region yesterday, and more today. Today’s schedule is headlined by a 4:30 p.m. scrimmage between host Ward Melville and Eastport/South Manor. Smithtown East visits Huntington and Half Hollow Hills East plays at Mount Sinai at 3:30 p.m. and Northport hosts Babylon at 4 p.m. […]

LaxLessons.com and Epoch Lacrosse have teamed up for a new feature at LaxLessons.com in which lacrosse standouts share their epic high school memories. A two-time All-American for New York State’s current reigning Class B champion Garden City, Dean Gibbons managed to more than equal his lofty accomplishments at the Division I level. Gibbons, an attackman […]

With varsity teams in New York State, and especially Long Island, having a jump on the start of official practices  and the regular season, there is no shortage of huge matchups this month. You can get a rundown of them here as well as in Joe Lombardi’s weekly column on tristate lacrosse for InsideLacrosse.com. What’s […]

The number of athletes who find the combination of football and lacrosse to be a perfect fit continues to grow. Jesse Schulze epitomizes the trend. The senior was one of the leading players for Croton-Harmon High School’s football team the last two years, helping the Tigers advance to the 2011 New York Class C championship […]

A bill that would have required helmets be worn by girls lacrosse players that was proposed for the state of Maryland wound up being withdrawn, but according to Athletic Business, the proposal has sparked a conversation about safety in the girls game. In an interesting development earlier this week, lacrosse sticks are now being allowed […]

Predicting Brewster will be in the mix in the Section 1 (N.Y.) Class B race would be pretty safe. After all, the Bears always seem to be. One of the main reasons for that is a gritty style of play that is perennially powered by a hard-nosed defense. That’s once again the case in 2013. […]

It was a day Joe Varello and thousands of players from through Long Island had been anxiously awaiting. And it came today. Varsity practices and tryouts officially got under way. For Varello, the 2013 season comes with especially high expectations. After all, the senior faceoff midfielder plays for Smithtown West, which has emerged into one […]

The first national high school rankings of the 2013 season have been released and Chaminade is flying high. The Flyers drew the No. 2 ranking, behind No. 1 Boys Latin (Md.), in the Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse High School Power Rankings. We continue our preseason coverage of the Flyers by hearing from JJ McDaid. The senior […]

The Empire State Games’ planned 2013 return will not be happening. The relaunch of the Games after a two-year hiatus has been postponed until 2014 because of lack of funding. There were also some major recruiting commitments this past week, including two-time New York State Class C semifinalist Bronxville’s fifth Division I commit and a […]

Predicting Jamesville-Dewitt will once again contend for a New York state championship is hardly going out on a limb. After all, the Red Rams have won three state titles the last five seasons. How does JD look heading into 2013? For a look, we turn to Justin Diamond. The senior attackman is bound for Boston […]

Arlington’s boys lacrosse team is in the midst of a rapid rise and one of there are two initials that are among the reasons that the Admirals have risen to title-contender status in New York’s Section 1 Class A. JD. As in JD Colarusso. The last line of defense, the senior goaltender has helped Arlington […]

Two of the top sophomore standouts in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region gave verbal commitments to Duke and Towson. That, along with the latest batch of preseason player perspectives, are 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 Schedules scanner Links […]

You never know what’s going to happen when East meets West. As in Smithtown East and Smithtown West, that is. We’ve been talking a lot about the race for the top spot in Suffolk County’s Division 1. And even if Smithtown East and Smithtown West weren’t right in the thick of things — which they […]

Garden City has no shortage of players who helped the Trojans win the Long Island Championship in football this past fall, but whose focus has now shifted to winning a second straight New York State title in lacrosse. We’ve heard from one of them, Boston University-bound senior midfielder Brian Badgett. Matt Cortese is another. A […]

Mike Daniello’s debut as a member of the Syracuse Orange is on hold. The former John Jay (N.Y.) All-America attackman, who transferred to SU from Johns Hopkins after the 2012 season, has taken a medical leave of absence. Several other headlines from this past week also involve college lax. * Tufts lacrosse players suspended for […]

Hicksville averaged 13 wins a season in the three years prior to last season. But the Comets are coming off an uncharacteristic 7-9 season. Will Hicksville be headed back to the winner’s circle in New York’s Section 8 (Nassau County) Class A in 2013? For more on that, we turn to Pat McCormick. One of […]

Here come the Green Wave juniors. New Jersey powerhouse Delbarton School has 11 seniors who have committed to play at the collegiate level. The number of 11th-graders, meanwhile, continues to grow. The most recent junior commit comes from Matt Marone. Marone has verbally committed to the University of Delware, where his father, Mike, a 1982 […]

Jordan Lefranc has swifted course. The St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) senior, who committed to Siena College in August, has decommitted from the Saints and committed to St. John’s, a development first reported late yesterday at Twitter.com/joe_lombardi. “St. John’s was one of the schools that always showed interest since the beginning of the recruiting process,” Lefranc siad. […]

Any discussion of the upper echelon teams in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, must include Mountain Lakes. The Garden State powerhouse is eager to win a Tournament of Champions title in 2013 for what would be the first time since 2008. As you will hear more about, […]

There’s no question where the lax hot spot is this weekend. Philadelphia. The city of Brotherly Love is serving as host for the 2013 US Lacrosse National Convention. The convention began on Friday, Jan. 11 and runs through Sunday, Jan. 13. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Schedules scanner […]

College lacrosse will once again be well-covered on ESPN’s family of networks. ESPN released its schedule of broadcasts earlier this week for both men’s and women’s games. In other headlines this past week: * Galasso shares thoughts as Syracuse starts practice * Former LI standouts Galasso, Conroy officially join Syracuse * NCAA rules changes benefit […]

Tradition-rich Wilton is enjoying a revival. After hovering around the .500 mark from 2006-2008, the Warriors have won 15 or more games in three of the last four seasons, including 2011, when the Warriors won the Connecticut Class M state championship. The resurgence coincides with the arrival of former WHS standout John Wiseman as the […]

Chase Young plays fast. Speed is one of the main attributes for the midfielder from New Jersey powerhouse St. Augustine Prep’s. So it should come as no surprise that he made his college choice quickly. Young, the latest tristate sophomore to verbally commit, has decided on the University of Delaware. Young will be joined at […]

Taking a post-grad year after high school is not uncommon for many lacrosse players. But that doesn’t make Zach Mermelstein’s story a conventional one. In fact, it’s anything but. The senior at Pelham High School (N.Y.) will be heading north to The Hill Academy in Vaughan, Ontario, about a 45-minute drive north of Toronto after […]

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 […]

With the start of the season inching closer, be sure to vote in our latest poll, which asks, “Who do you think should be the favorite to win the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference title?” We will be asking for your thoughts on a tristate conference championship regularly, starting last week when we asked who […]

Tristate teams are gearing up. With the start of the 2013 season rapidly approaching, varsity players from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, are getting ready. That’s among the topics in Joe Lombardi’s new column for InsideLacrosse.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Schedules scanner Links to 2013 […]

Fourteen players from NCAA Division I men’s national champion Loyola of Maryland held a youth clinic in Newtown, Conn., less than a three weeks after the suburban town just east of Danbury was devastated by tragedy. For more, here is a story on the clinic from loyolagreyhounds.com. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us […]

Some of the biggest names in the lacrosse world gathered in Newtown, Conn., for a youth clinic held two weeks after the tragic events at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. You can read more in this story from InsideLacrosse.com. Here are some other lacrosse headlines from this past week: * Syracuse’s Daniello hospitalized  […]

Family ties played a big role in one of the top attackmen in New York’s college choice. Tristate powers Yorktown and Ridgefield, meanwhile, each saw their sixth senior commit. Those were among the big stories in New York/New Jersey/Connecticut lax from this past week — and are the topics of Joe Lombardi’s new column for […]

The start of the 2013 varsity season is getting closer and closer, and for the John Jay Indians, the opening month of March will go out like a Lion indeed. After hosting a talented team from Columbine (Colo.), the Indians and archrival Yorktown squad off in the annual regular-season game of the year in New […]

Brian Prunty was familiar with Siena College long before he ever stepped foot on campus for an unofficial visit. The Lakeland/Panas (N.Y.) junior attackman also knew plenty about the Saints’ men’s lacrosse program, including its coaches and players. After all, one of Siena’s leading players, sophomore midfielder Conor Prunty, is his brother. That played a […]

Zach Reilly’s junior season was cut short when the goaltender suffered a broken collarbone injury in Yorktown’s sixth game of the 2012 campaign, a  loss at Smithtown West in a battle of New York state powers. But Reilly managed to return to action late in the season and now is back at full force for […]

Below are links to LaxPower.com’s college and high school schedule sections. COLLEGE Men’s Division I Division II Division III Women’s Division I Division II Division III HIGH SCHOOL Boys * CHSAA * New York City * Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and parts of Dutchess counties) * Section 2 (Albany area) * Section 3 (Syracuse area) * […]

It was a season of comebacks for the Darien Blue Wave. A year after being denied in their quest for a seventh straight Connecticut Class M state title, the Blue Wave beat New Canaan 11-5 in the CIAC title game. That big win was the result of another comeback. After all, Darien had fallen to […]

The official start of practices for high school teams in the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotbed, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, will be here before you know it. For the fourth straight year, we’ll be going right to the sources to get an early read on how teams are shaping up — the ones […]

The New York Mets announced today that they will host the first NCAA Division I lacrosse games at Citi Field and it will be on St. Patrick’s Day. The inaugural Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic will feature the University of Michigan playing Colgate University, and the College of the Holy Cross battling the U.S. Naval Academy on […]

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 […]

National HS power Haverford (Pa.) made news late last month when Forry Smith verballed to Johns Hopkins to become the first freshman to ever commit in D-I lax history. Soon after, another ninth-grader Jack Reilly, a defenseman at Conestoga, verballed to Virginia. Earlier this week, another Philly area underclass standout made a commitment. He’s Brendan […]

Greenwich (Conn.) coach Scott Bulkley describes Decker Curran as one of the most athletic attackmen he’s coached. “Decker has a tremendous shot both spotting up and on the run,” Bulkley said. “He is a tenacious rider and creates scoring situations with his consistent hustle. I love how hard he plays.” Bulkley will get to admire […]

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 […]

Braedon Gait is a rare type of player. The junior midfielder from Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.) can control a game from midfield. Gait is a technically sound player who can break down defenses with his dodging ability and outstanding shooting and stick skills. Those traits are synonymous with Braedon’s surname. After all, his father, Gary, […]

The newly launched Division I program at Michigan enjoyed a breakthrough recruiting weekend, securing its first-ever verbal commitments from sophomores in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Both were reported in real time on Twitter.com/joe_lombardi, starting with Pingry School (N.J.) midfielder JC Sorenson’s decision. That was followed by […]

With the accelerated recruiting process leading to players making verbal commitments as early as freshman year of high school, it’s important to remember those commitments are not binding. Circumstances change, and sometimes, decisions are altered as a result. Case in point, Alec Dunn. Following his sophomore season at the Westminster School (Conn.), the standout defenseman […]

New Jersey lacrosse is on rise. Anyone who doubts that must not have been paying attention the last week. That’s because six — count ’em, six — boys lacrosse standouts from the Garden State made verbal commitments this past week. That’s among the topics Joe Lombardi covers in his weekly column on tristate lax for […]

If you’re looking for a letter that best describes Dean DiSimone’s game, there’s really only one that would work. X. That’s because the feeding attackman from St. Augustine Prep in South Jersey is especially effective from the X position. It’s one of the reasons the 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior drew interest from a variety of Division […]

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 […]

Lacrosse has emerged as the hottest sport at the varsity level in much of the nation. That fact was apparent today as both Garden City and Chaminade won football championships on Long Island. Yes, football championships. You see, many of the leading players for both teams are Division I-bound for lacrosse — not football. For […]

If you have the December, 2012 issue of Inside Lacrosse Magazine nearby, please take a moment to turn to Page 116. There, you will see three pages devoted to techniques in changing directions from behind the cage from none other than former University of North Carolina and current Rochester Rattlers attackman Billy Bitter, a native […]

It was a big week on the lax scene. The announcements by the University of Maryland and Rutgers University that they will be joining the Big Ten Conference got most of the attention. That news came just as National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week was coming to a close. Joe Lombardi takes a look […]

College-bound players from Moorestown (N.J.), from left) Patrick Lynam, Alicia Geiter, Stephen Burke, Shannon Keeler, Dan Willis, Margaret Nissen, Mary Flick, Matt Olbrich, Megan Kelly, Gabby Frank, Wade Dickey, Maura Talvacchia, Drew Hillman and Megan Bianco. Moorestown, N.J., may some be known as Signing Week Central. That’s because 14 boys and girls players from the […]

Teams from throughout the region will be joining together for a good cause from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24. That’s when the seventh annual Sticks for Soldiers Classic will be held at Fairfield Ludlowe High School’s Taft Field in Fairfield, Conn. There are boys varsity , boys JV and girls varsity […]

It started in October, 2010 when goalie Ryan Feit, then a goaltender at Syosset High School on Long Island, verbally committed to Johns Hopkins. That commitment, first reported by LaxLessons.com, started a national trend. Now a senior, Feit’s verbal becomes official during National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week. Feit told LaxLessons.com in a story […]

It should come as no surprise that Fall Signing Week is front and center among the topics Joe Lombardi discusses in his weekly “High School Notebook” column on tristate lax for InsideLacrosse.com. * 2012 Fall Signing Week story/photo archive Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Recruiting coverage * Updated […]

When it comes to lacrosse hotbeds, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region is, of course, No. 1. So now that National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week, which runs from Nov. 14-21, is upon us, the question is: What college is No. 1 when it comes to landing commitments from tristate seniors? The answer is […]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month has just ended, but LaxLessons and Epoch are continuing their mutual commitment to educate individuals and raise awareness about breast cancer. “Like” LaxLessons on Facebook at Facebook.com/LaxLessons, and you will have a chance to win a specially designed Epoch Dragonfly Breast Cancer Awareness C30 shaft (shown above). The contest started today […]

With the National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Period coming up soon – Nov. 14-21 – we’ll have a college-by-college breakdown of senior commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. NLIs must be attached to athletic scholarships. Nevertheless, we will include all Division I- and Division II-bound […]

Most successful Division I athletes had at least one mentor that helped them along the way. For many, it’s a coach or parent. For Mike Lange, it was a player. As a freshman at Southington High School (Conn.) who had just started playing lacrosse less than two years earlier, Lange was like a sponge whenever […]

Who’s No. 1 in Nassau County? We’re going to have to wait more than seven months to find out the answer. But Section 8 coaches have go on record with their preseason rankings by conference. The Nassau County coaches’ rankings, along with the depature of coach Alex Whitten of defending FCIAC champion New Canaan, top […]