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Players from coast-to-coast battled it out at the Blue Chip 225 sophomore session July 14 through July 17 at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. This week’s sophomore showcase was highlighted by the all-star game doubleheader played Wednesday night, July 16. The first game featured the varsity sophomore all-star game followed by the elite sophomore all-stars. […]

Here are Suffolk County (NY) 2014 US Lacrosse All-Americans. Dan Bucaro, Ward Melville, jr., attack, Georgetown Brian Cannon, Northport, sr., attack, North Carolina Logan Greco, Smithtown West, sr., defense, Virginia Ryan Keenan, Smithtown West, sr., attack, Penn State Kieran Mullins, Islip, sr., attack, Army Justin Reh, Rocky Point, sr., attack, Albany Troy Reh, Rocky Point, […]

At 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, Nick DiPietro has ideal size for a major Division I defenseman. He’s also hard-nosed, athletic and has a high lacrosse IQ. Add good range and strong stick skills, foot speed and field vision and it’s not surprising he’s regarded as one of the top 2016 players on Long Island. Earlier this […]

Syracuse’s Class of 2016 just got a big boost. One of the nation’s top high school programs picked up its 17th Class of 2014 commit. And one of Connecticut’s leading sophomores made his college choice. That’s the latest news in this update. We begin with the fourth tristate sophomore standout to commit to Syracuse. Joe […]

We have two commitments to report in this update from players on teams that competed in today’s Shoreham-Wading River Fall Classic. We also have a major D-I verbal from a 2016 New Jersey standout. More on that, and the Fall Classic, in this report. We start with St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) and Bronxville (N.Y.), who were […]

We have a couple of big commitment from tristate title-winning New York-based squads from this past spring: CHSAA AA champion Fordham Prep and Section 1 Class B champ Yorktown. We start with Yorktown and junior Ryan Baker, who is coming off a strong season as starting quarterback on the Huskers’ football squad. Joe Lombardi is […]

Defending New York CHSAA AAA Nassau/Suffolk champion Chaminade High School has picked up another Class of 2015 commit. A former Long Island standout, now in the midst of a post-grad year in the Hudson Valley, has committed to a defending NCAA national champion. Sachem North High School in Suffolk County (N.Y.) has see its 11th […]

We have two major 2016 verbal commitments and two 2014 commitments to highlight this latest Lacrosse Insider update. They come from one of the nation’s premier and most tradition-rich high school programs, arguably the premier program in New Jersey, one of the top prep schools in New England and a perennial playoff contender in upstate […]

Two-time New York Class B champion Garden City has a new college commit in its Class of 2014. A standout 2015 midfielder from New Jersey is also Division I-bound and an upstate New York player is headed to one of the nation’s top Division II programs. We start at GC, which now has seven college-bound […]

We traverse the tristate for the latest batch of verbal commitments, going from New Jersey to Long Island to upstate New York. We start out in the Garden State. St. Augustine Prep now has six Class of 2015 college commits and Fairfield University has upped its total of tristate junior verbals to five following midfielder […]

Johns Hopkins has just picked up a brand-new member of its Class of 2016 recruiting class from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Before we get to the latest commitment, here’s a quick recap of the previous Blue Jays tristate sophomore verbals: Owen Colwell, Westfield (N.J.), defense; Matt Hubler, […]

Chalk up another senior commit for Sachem North High School (N.Y.). The Flaming Arrows now have seven Class of 2014 commits. Before we get to the latest, let’s quickly recap the previous six: Michael Aronow (Penn State, defense); Joe (Stony Brook, midfield); Mike Calvagna (Stony Brook, midfield); Jimmy Hoffman (Army, midfield); Anthony Ross (Stony Brook, […]

We have three new Class of 2015 college commitments to report, all from New Jersey. We start at one of the powerhouse high school programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region – Delbarton. The Green Wave, who finished 17-1 this past spring, now have four junior commits. […]

The 2013 travel season is now one for the books. So we thought we’d do our first (of many) breakdowns of how Division I programs are doing when it comes to getting verbal commitments from members of the classes of 2014, ’15 and ’16 who play in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the […]

John Jay High School (N.Y.) has seen its recruiting class of 2014 double in size in just a few days. We told you earlier this week that defenseman Bob Giordano has decided on Stevens Tech. Now, another Indians rising senior is joining a group of rising senior commits that includes Graham Bocklet (Vermont, defense) and […]

We’ve been reporting on several commitments to the Stevens Institute of Technology the last few days here and on our “Lacrosse Insider” section. There’s a perk that comes with attending Stevens Tech that we have not yet explored until now. Namely, its location. “Hoboken is an awesome little place,” said Bob Giordano of John Jay […]

Syracuse has scored a couple of verbal commitments. That tops today’s recruiting news. The Orange picked up verbals from a defenseman and a midfielder. The midfielder, Sean Mackin, is a rising junior from Chagrin Falls, Ohio (located 25 miles east of Cleveland). The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Mackin, is a two-way player, who had 23 goals and […]

Two players from two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City — Eddie Blatz and Justin Guterding — were among the 10 players from Nassau County named US Lacrosse All-Americans. Just two of the recipients — Craig Berge and Will Sands — are juniors. Below is the complete list, which was first reported earlier […]

Upstate New York teams that will compete in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic Underclass Tournament at Towson University in Maryland July 3-5 have been selected. Boys Brandon Barker, Pittsford Mendon High School (NY), midfield James Bassett, St. Joseph’s Collegiate (NY), longstick midfield Sam Byassee, Victor High School (NY), midfield Patrick Carlin, Vestal High […]

New England teams that will compete in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic Underclass Tournament at Towson University in Maryland July 3-5 have been selected. Boys Zach Ambrosino, Taft School (CT), defense Tyler Blaisdell, Thayer Academy (MA), goalie Will Bonaparte, Ridgefield High School (CT), midfield Tyler Breen, Taft School (CT), attack Andrew Carper, Governor’s […]

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, […]

Hey gang – I spent most of this sun-shiny, pleasant day at Day 1 of the second annual Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut University’s West Campus in Danbury. We will have updates throughout the week as well as video interviews and highlights. So be sure to check back for that. The invitation-only […]