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Great expectations await Smithtown West High School (N.Y.) as it prepares to start the 2014 varsity season. The Bulls, who made final roster cuts this week, enter the season at or near the top in the preseason rankings, beginning with the first released anywhere, the LaxLessons.com Tristate Top 25 preseason rankings. We got our first […]

St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) enters the 2014 varsity season on a mission after seeing its run of four straight CHSAA AAA titles ended last season. The Friars will have no shortage of college-bound players aiming to achieve that goal. St. A’s has 17 — count ’em — 17 Class of 2014 commits alone. One of them, […]

High school leagues don’t get much more competitive than New York’s Section 11 Division 1. The list of power-packed Suffolk County strongholds in the league includes defending consensus national champion Ward Melville as well as West Islip, Smithtown West, Smithtown East and Sachem North. Joe Licata knows full well how tough the league is. The […]

Smithtown West has emerged as one of the powerhouse programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. The Bulls, coming off a 16-3 season that ended with a loss to eventual New York state champion Ward Melville in the Suffolk County Class A title game, have won 15 […]

The number of tristate verbal commitments for the Class of 2017 has doubled in the last 24 hours. The first 2017 verbal commitment was made back in September when Ara Atayan of New York state finalist Bronxville decided on North Carolina. Atayan, whose commitment was first reported by Joe Lombardi on LaxLesson.com’s Lacrosse Insider premium […]

  Connor Bennardo finds a way to get things done offensively. For an attackman, there’s nothing more important. “I would consider myself a facilitator,” the junior at Harborfields High School (N.Y.) said. “My biggest strength is my field vision and ability to find open teammates all over the field and set them up for quality shots.” […]

Speed and skills are two of the most vital skills a lacrosse player can have. But size matters. Victor Titone of Kings Park High School (N.Y.) is a perfect example. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Titone, a senior, is an aggressive defenseman who can also be intimidating force for opposing attackmen. You can watch his highlight reel […]

After learning that yet another one of his players has decided on Stony Brook University, Sachem North coach Jay Mauro took a moment to reflect. “It’s kind of crazy how it’s working out,” Mauro said. Indeed, four current Flaming Arrows have now verballed to the Seawolves. And three former Sachem North players are current on […]

There are many similarities between Justin and Troy Reh. It’s what you’d expect with twin bothers. Justin has a 95 grade average. Troy’s is 93.8. Both will be playing college lacrosse lacrosse at the University at Albany. But on the lacrosse field, you’ll find one big difference between the Rocky Point High School seniors. Justin […]

Towson University has established quite a pipeline to Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A champion Massapequa. The Tigers now have secured commitments from three current Chiefs. The latest also marks the Tigers’ second Class of 2016 tristate verbal. It comes from midfielder Casey Kimmel, a commitment first reported when it was made on Aug. 10 by […]

University at Albany head coach Scott Marr has made tapping into New York talent one of the recipes to the success he’s enjoyed during his 13-year tenure with the Great Danes. The formula is in full force as far as Class of 2014 commits go. Albany now has a total of five commits from New […]

The Fowler/Duke connection is in full force. Duke faceoff star Brendan Fowler and incoming Duke freshman goaltender Danny Fowler will have another Blue Devil brother. Rising junior longstick midfielder Jack Fowler has verballed to Duke, as first reported last week at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi. Jack Fowler is a technically sound defender who plays well off the ball. […]

Binghamton University made a big splash on Long Island this week. As first reported at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi, the Bearcats picked up a pair of commitments from rising junior standouts from Long Island – Sachem East midfielder Joe Licata and Massapequa attackman Griffin Konen. Both players performed well last week at the Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting […]

There’s little question what Joe Licata’s strengths are on the lacrosse field. The rising junior midfielder at Sachem East High School (N.Y.) has the coveted combination of speed and skills. Those ingredients helped him earn a spot in the Class of 2015 all-star game at last week’s Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight at Western […]

It’s been three weeks since the 2013 high school season ended, but national champion Ward Melville just picked up a first. The Patriots got their first verbal commitment from a player in the Class of 2015 earlier tonight when rising junior defenseman Tom Reilly committed to the admissions process at Cornell University, as first reported […]

If there’s an early tristate leader for most verbal commitments since the 2013 varsity season ended on June 8, St. Anthony’s would have to be the No. 1. The New York CHSAA power has seen four members of its program give verbals in less than two weeks. The latest came today as rising junior attackman […]

Family ties and location. Those were the two keys in Ryan Ozsvath’s college choice. The rising junior attackman at Half Hollow Hills West has verbally committed to Stony Brook University, where both his father and uncle graduated. The 6-foot, 160-pound Ozsvath, who has outstanding field vision, is an excellent feeder and off-ball player who moves […]

The Long Island Showcase marked its fifth year yesterday with a tripleheader at the new outdoor athletic complex at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue. The event featured rising senior, rising junior and rising sophomore games, with Suffolk winning two of the three games. For more, check this overview from InsideLacrosse.com. ROSTERS Nassau Rising Seniors A […]

It’s been a busy stretch for St. Anthony’s (N.Y.). We shared the story of defender Mike Ruane’s decision to verbal to Quinnipiac yesterday. Today, we have news of another Division I-bound Friar. He’s one who will remain a Friar at the next level: midfielder Tom Laupus has verbally committed to Providence College, as first reported […]

Long Island teams that will compete in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic Underclass Tournament at Towson University in Maryland July3-5 have been selected. Boys Craig Berge, 2014, midfield, Massapequa Liam Blohm, 2014, longstick midfield, Syosset Sam Bonafede, 2014, midfield, Chaminade Brian Cannon, 2014, attack, Northport Nicholas Capuana, 2014, defense, Massapequa J.t. Caputo, 2014, […]

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. […]

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 […]

Sophomore verbal commitments by boys lacrosse players have become more and more frequent But they remain rare on the girls side. That’s why it was especially big news when Ella Bonafede, a midfielder on the top-ranked girls team in the tristate region, St. Anthony’s, decided on Duke. For more on that, and a look ahead […]

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 […]

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 […]

Craig Berge’s abilities on the field made him a target recruit of many of the nation’s top programs. The midfielder at Massapequa High School (N.Y.), one of the top juniors in the nation, became even more appealing to elite college programs because of his proficiency in the classroom. He sports a 3.73 grade-point average. So […]

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 […]

Friends has become a force. In Long Island, Class C that is. Friends Academy has advanced to the Nassau County Class C championship game the last two years, falling to Cold Spring Harbor each time. Can the Quakers break through with a title this year? For more, we turn to William Sands. One of the […]

Some high school teams in parts of the nation have already started their regular seasons. But among teams in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, we’re still a few weeks away from the first openers. So that gives us some time to continue traversing the tristate to get […]

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 […]

At first glance, Tom Cummings wasn’t overly familiar with the Mount St. Mary’s College (Md.) program. But the more he learned, the more he liked. “When I first began to look at where I might have an opportunity to play lacrosse at the college level, I wasn’t really familiar with Mount Saint Mary’s,” said the […]

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 […]