Lacrosse Insider: New 2019 D-I verbals from CT, NJ, NY

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We have a trio of new Class of 2019 verbals as we inch closer to National Fall Signing Week. Our first comes from Connecticut where Salisbury School D/LSM Luke DiIorio is bound for Bucknell. DiIorio is a skilled player with a high lax IQ. He’s Salisbury’s third junior commit joining Vermont-bound goalie Will Mark and Maryland-bound […]

NY, CT state final, NJ Tof C title schedule; semifinal results

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Saturday, 6.4: Busy day with LIC, NY, CT state quarterfinals, NJ Tournament of Champions first round

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Lacrosse Insider: A rundown of travel events/summer showcases for June through August

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The travel season and summer showcases start this coming weekend, even as state playoff action continues for varsity teams in the tristate. Here’s a rundown of events for June through early August. Andy Forsberg Memorial Tournament June 7-8, Huntington, NY D-III Summer Showcase June 8, Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY Moonlight Showcase June 12, John Jay […]

Saturday, 5/24: NJ Group title games will be epicenter of tristate action; Big playoff games in CT, NY

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* High School Scoreboard, Friday, 5/23 While most of the lacrosse world will be focused on the action in the sport’s age-old, proud and traditional home base of Baltimore, host of the Final Four, there are championship games in the sport’s always growing, thriving and vibrant No. 1 hotspot, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. […]

Wednesday, 4/2: Yorktown, Bronxville (Section 1, NY), Fordham Prep, Chaminade (CHSAA, NY) meet up in matchups of defending champs

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* High School Scoreboard Central, Tuesday, 4/1 There were a couple of double-overtime thrillers in New Jersey as Chatham outlasted Summit and Don Bosco Prep beat Glen Ridge. A Hudson Valley (NY) player scored a tristate best nine goals (Tyler Pollack in Tappan Zee’s 14-5 win over Carmel). On Long Island, St. Anthony’s picked up […]

Lacrosse Insider: Latest 2017 tristate verbal comes from Manhasset

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The nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, now has seven Class of 2017 verbal commitments. The latest came tonight. First, let’s recaps the first five: Ara Atayan (Bronxville, NY), North Carolina, midfield; Kevin Gill (Morristown-Beard School, NJ), North Carolina; Ian Laviano, (Cold Spring Harbor, NY) Virginia, attack; Connor DeSimone […]

Half Hollow Hills East (NY) star DiPietro will take his size, skills to Syracuse

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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 […]

Lacrosse Insider: 2016 LI standout selects Syracuse; St. Anthony’s (NY) gets its 17th 2014 commit; CT 2016 star decides

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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 […]

Lacrosse Insider: Yorktown HS (NY) QB Baker is D-I bound in lacrosse; Fordham Prep, Sachem North commitments

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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 […]

Lacrosse Insider: Verbal commitments from upstate New York to Georgia

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We travel up and down the Eastern seaboard for our latest commitments, with one coming from upstate New York and the other from down south in the Peach State. We begin with the Albany Academy, which has just seen its second 2014 player make his college choice. Joe Lombardi is reporting that defenseman Connor Flood […]

Lacrosse Insider: 2015 verbals from NJ, LI; Upstate 2014 attackman will stay close to home

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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 […]

Lacrosse Insider: Stony Brook’s first 2016 verbal comes from familiar place; Syracuse lands 2015 CT standout; Summit (NJ) junior picks Providence; Staples (CT) 2015 standout selects UMass

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The Sachem North High School to Stony Brook University pipeline is thriving, and as a result, the Seawolves now have their first Class of 2016 commit. Syracuse University has picked up its second tristate verbal in as many days and one of the leading players on New Jersey power Summit has made his college choice. […]

Lacrosse Insider: Hewlett (NY) standout Fuchs bound for Binghamton after decommiting from Cornell; 2014 verbals for Iona Prep, Wappingers, John Jay standouts

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Kevin Fuchs has found a new college home. The Hewlett High School (N.Y.) standout had been planning on following the collegiate path of another former Hewlett standout, Max Seibald, by committing to the admission process at Cornell University almost a full year ago. But Fuchs informed Joe Lombardi that he has had a change of […]

Lacrosse Insider: St. Anthony’s (NY) hits double digits in 2014 commits; Pair of NJ standouts make choices

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The Class of 2014 is closing in. National power St. Anthony’s (NY) has 15 members of its Class of 2013 now on college lacrosse rosters. Today, the Friars’ Class of 2014 saw its 10th member declare his intentions to play at the next level. A pair of New Jersey standouts, meanwhile, have also given verbals. […]

Lacrosse Insider: College-by-college commitment leaderboard for classes of 2014, ’15 and ’16

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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 […]

Lacrosse Insider: Boston U’s third 2014 tristate commit comes via Suffolk County

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Boston University has picked up its third tristate Class of 2014 commit. Before we get to the latest, let’s recap the previous two: Henry Narlee (Avon Old Farms, CT), midfield and Austin Orlando (Manhasset, NY), defense. Joe Lombardi is now reporting that Matt Ragimierski, an attackman/midfielder from Eastport-South Manor High School (N.Y.), has decided on […]

Lacrosse Insider: Class of 2015 midfielder’s commit gives Binghamton 10 2014-16 Long Island verbals

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Binghamton University has hit double digits. The Bearcats now have 10 – count ’em – verbal commitments from the No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse (Long Island) within the No. 1 overall lax hotbed (the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region.) We have just updated our respective college class-by-class commit rundowns with a new BU-bound Islander. It’s […]

Upstate NY boys, girls teams for Under Armour Underclass Tournaments

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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 […]

Stepinac’s Murray decides on a two-sport college future

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Andrew Murray gave in to peer pressure earlier in his teenage years, and now he’s glad he did. As a freshman at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., Murray, a natural athlete who also excels in basketball and soccer, was deciding on what spring sport to play. While growing up, he played baseball. […]

Player’s perspective: JD Colarusso, Arlington (NY) goaltender

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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 […]

Trinity-Pawling (NY) faceoff specialist, LI native Shapiro set on Siena

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Jake Shapiro’s road to Division I lacrosse began in Lido Beach on Long Island. It has now taken him to Trinity-Pawling School in New York’s Hudson Valley en route to his ultimate destination — Siena College. Shapiro, who is a post-grad student at Trinity-Pawling, is currently competing in the 170-pound weight class as a wrestler. […]

“Surviving Sandy” one-day camp set for House of Sports on Friday

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Most schools in the tristate area have been closed the entire week in the aftermath of Sandy. House of Sports, the new Olympic-style athletic training facility located in the heart of Westchester County, N.Y., is offering some relief. A one-day camp called “Surviving Sandy,” is set for this Friday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to […]

Player’s perspective: Skluth, John Jay will be tested from the start

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John Jay won’t have to wait long to have some big tests this season. For starters, they will be scrimmaging a couple of tristate powers in Delbarton and Darien. The Indians then open the season on Thursday, March 29 against an Arlington team that won six of its final eight games last season. Then, two […]

News & Notes: Site for Section 1 championships picked; Regional varsity schedule rundown; Marasco earns Big East honor

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Section 1 championship day will be returning to Rockland County for the first time since 2007. This year’s games, set for Thursday, May 26, will be held at the Torne Valley Sports Complex in Hillburn, which is just west of Suffern off exit 15A on 87. The announcement of the site came last week at […]