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Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps Alex Buckanavage’s lacrosse skills sparked the interest of several of the nation’s top Division I programs. But in deciding on his collegiate destination, Buckanavage looked beyond lacrosse. The quick and elusive attackman at the Brunswick School (CT) says academic reputation and a global alumni network were two of the reasons he […]

It would be hard to say where Peter Dearth is more valuable on the lacrosse field. Offensively, the sophomore at Connecticut power Ridgefield uses his quickness, athleticism and ability to shoot on the run to create scoring opportunities. Defensively, Dearth’s physical attributes — coupled with a strong lacrosse IQ — allow him to get takeaways […]

Brendan Halloran has helped Pleasantville High School (N.Y.) reach new heights in lacrosse. The senior attackman led the Panthers to their first-ever appearance in the sectional finals, where they fell to eventual New York state finalist Bronxville. Next year, Halloran hopes to have a similar impact at the collegiate level. He decided where that destination […]

What do you get when you combine stick skills, speed and an unselfish style of play? If you’re a high school player, namely, a bright college future. That’s the case with Tucker DePaola. The senior attackman at Blind Brook High School (N.Y.) verbally committed earlier this week to Haverford College, a decision first reported by […]

Registration for the Team Superstar 2014  summer travel team tryouts is now open at www.superstarlacrosse.com. Tryouts will take place on Sunday, Sept.  8 at Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Conn. The elite program will field a team at each age group from current third-graders all the way through current high school juniors. Age brackets will […]

If you’ve been to a Sleepy Hollow High School (N.Y.) game the last couple of season, it probably didn’t take you long to notice Ben Parens After all, the two-way midfielder never leaves the field. Well almost never. He’s also had games where he’s won every faceoff. Literally. Including wins against Briarcliff and Dobbs Ferry […]

Dylan Maher learned what it takes to become a college-bound athlete before he verbally committed to Division III power Dickinson College last week. That’s because Maher’s older brother, recent Ridgefield (Conn.) High School graduate Bryce Maher, will be playing baseball at the University of Massachusetts. “He has pushed me and helped me become the person […]

Micky Carbone’s importance to Connecticut power Ridgefield High School’s lacrosse team was evident right from the start of this past season. The junior midfielder scored three goals in the Tigers’ 10-5 win at Greenwich on April 3. He went on to finish the season with 13 goals and seven assists as Ridgefield finished 17-4. Carbone’s […]

Above, Ridgefield (Conn.) standouts Will Bonaparte, left, and Simon Mathias, right, flank RHS head coach left to Roy Colsey. Bonaparte and Mathias were members of the New England Under Armour All-America Underclassmen team. More than 320 players from across the region tried out for the team. Under Armour’s All-America Underclass Tournament featured girls and boys […]

Ridgefield’s first game in its quest for a third straight appearance in the Connecticut Class L title game won’t be for six weeks, when the Tigers host Greenwich on April 3. But they have been doing plenty of work in preparation for that season-opener, and the official start of practice. We continue our preseason look […]

The Ridgefield Tigers are in the midst of quiet a run. It started in 2009 when they won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference title. Two years later, Ridgefield won the Connecticut Class L state title. Last year, they returned to the state title game. What can we expect from the 2013 version of RHS […]

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 […]

Chad Molyneux has strong stopping skills and good technique. For a goaltender, those ingredients are often the byproducts of success. Add ideal size, at 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, and it should come as no surprise that Molyneux is the latest senior from 2012 Connecticut Class L state finalist and 2011 Class L state champion Ridgefield to […]

If you enjoy watching defenders who value style over substance, Paul Volante may not be what you’re looking for. The sophomore at two-time Connecticut state finalist Ridgefield is all about being steady and not necessarily spectacular. “I am not a very flashy player,” Volante said. “I play smart with good fundamentals and always play for […]

Former Yorktown High School and Syracuse University stars Roy Colsey and Tim Nelson were among eight legends of the sport inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame this past weekend in Hunt Valley, Md. Colsey was a two-time All-America midfielder at YHS and a four-time All-American at Syracuse University, before starring in both the […]

Jesse Schulze is pretty focused on football these days. And why not? After all, Schulze is one of the leading players on a Croton-Harmon team looking to make a return trip to the New York State Class B title game and win its third straight Section 1 title. The Tigers play at Lourdes this weekend […]

Boston University’s men’s lacrosse program is on first big winning streak. Sure, the Terriers have not yet played an actual game since announcing in mid-February they would be launching a D-I program starting with the 2014 season. But BU is sure making its mark in recruiting. If you been reading here the last few weeks, […]

Will Bonaparte’s impact for Ridgefield’s boys lacrosse team starts  in the faceoff X. But his contributions go far beyond that. His skills as a two-way midfielder made him a target recruit of several of the nation’s top programs. On Saturday, the rising junior made his choice. As first reported on Twitter.com/joe_lombardi, Bonaparte gave a verbal […]

The US Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2012 will include a couple of players who rose to stardom at Yorktown High School and Syracuse University. As we told you late last night on Twitter, Ridgefield (Conn.) High School varsity coach Roy Colsey informed his team that he had been elected to the Hall of […]

Hen Hud will be competing in Class C this upcoming season. The Sailors will certainly have the star power to contend for the Section 1 championship. Just over a month after junior faceoff specialist Matt Ledwin committed to Johns Hopkins, the Sailors saw another standout give a verbal to one of the nation’s top D-I […]

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 […]

If you were us this afternoon on Twitter, you learned of a major commitment in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. John van de Veerdonk, a junior attackman at Putnam Valley, has decided on Georgetown University. Be sure to check back to get John’s thoughts on his commitment. In […]

Some of the greatest players in Syracuse University — and college lacrosse — history will be on display when the Syracuse Alumni All-Stars take on this year’s Orange team on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the Carrier Dome in the second annual Orange Alumni Classic. The40-player alumni roster features four-time All-Americans Roy Colsey, […]

Defending Connecticut Class L state champion has its fourth senior college commit. Neil Gollogly, an athletic midfielder who excels in unsettled situations, has committed to Siena College. Following his junior season at Ridgefield, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound Gollogly helped Team Superstar 2012 Blue finish 29-2 over the summer, with wins in the Maverik Bigtime Shootout and […]

Chris Monteferante loves a challenge. The rising senior for Lakeland/Panas has achieved attention throughout the region for his excellence in the faceoff X. It didn’t happen overnight. Monteferante, who started playing lax as a third-grader, didn’t start taking faceoffs until six years later. But through hard work and dedication, he quickly established himself as one […]

Imagine being from one of the top hotbed towns for lacrosse in the continental United States and finding a place where the sport is played outdoors year-round. Randy Davidoff didn’t have to. The 1990 Yorktown graduate is living in the burgeoning lax paradise that is our 50th state. For the unitiated, Honolulu not only hosts […]

It was a first for Ridgefield — and its head coach. The Tigers beat Yorktown for the first time last night, and for the first time, Colsey picked up a win against his alma mater, where he was arguably the best overall player in school history before enjoying a star-studded career at both Syracuse and […]

There’s nothing like an unlikely run to the NCAA Division I championship game to boost recruiting. Just ask Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish, who finished the 2010 regular season7-6 and barely received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, wound up advancing all the way to the title game, where they nearly stunned Duke, before […]

It’s perhaps the premier lax extravaganza of the calendar year. Men’s and women’s teams of all age groups — from U-15 to Masters — converging on scenic Lake Placid in upstate New York for a week of non-stop lacrosse, better known as the 21st annual Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse Classic.

The high school lacrosse landscape is about to change in the northern tier of Section 1. Add Don Connolly’’s name to the ever-growing list of past Yorktown players taking the reins of a program in dire need of a fresh face and some new ideas. Arlington is a massive school, one of the biggest in […]

On the right panel of this page, you can find the poll question asking you to pill the top rivalry in the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. Among the leading vote-getters is the annual Lakeland/Panas vs. Yorktown Charlie Murphy Cup game. One of the most memorable games in the history of that rivalry came in 1991 […]

Johns Hopkins-bound Jameson Pickel and John Jay will be hosting defending FCIAC champion Ridgefield next season. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) There has been a lot of talk here as to why John Jay and Ridgefield don’t meet on a regular basis. Well, wait no more, gang.

A “Dream Team” of former Syracuse stars that included Roy Colsey, the Powell brothers, Ric Beardsley, Rob Kavovit and Paul Carcaterra took on Rusty Red in the Division 1 championship game of the masters competition of the 20th annual Lake Placid Summit Classic this past weekend. Colsey had four goals for Burnt Orange but Rusty […]

Roy Colsey didn’t sleep well last night. His baby son made sure of that. Not that it mattered anyway. “I wasn’t going to get much sleep last night no matter what,” he said. After all, today was the day Ridgefield had marked on its calendar for weeks — make that months. Maybe even years.

Top photo: Put Valley’s Ryan Fitzgerald and Dillon Chesnut celebrate a goal in the Tigers’ 15-9 win over Rye. Photo above: Kyle Calabro lets it rip for PV. (Photos by Ray Gallagher) • Click here for Section 1 photo galleries. • For Section 1 commentary and features. • For video highlights of the Yorktown-Darien game, […]

Headstrong, charismatic, supremely confident … all these superlatives sum up Roy Colsey. The new Ridgefield coach opened a new chapter in his illustrious career with a lopsided win over Bridgeport Central on Wednesday. The sky appears to be the limit for his team in 2009. Colsey has some high expectations, desires he says his players […]

As far as Roy Colsey is concerned, his first season as Ridgefield coach will be all about gaining respect. And the former All-American at Yorktown and Syracuse is ready to do just about anything to make sure his team gets it. No, seriously, anything. “We will play anyone,” Colsey said. “This team does not get the credit it […]