Lacrosse Insider: Joe Lombardi looks at how Signing Week is so much different now
With National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week now at the midway point, Joe Lombardi (pictured here) checks in with his thoughts on how this much-awaited annual tradition has changed so dramatically in recent years. The photos of high school seniors making their verbal commitments to Division I and II programs binding by signing a […]
Syosset rising sophomore Aronson commits to Army
The now prevalent trend of sophomores making verbal commitments all began at Syosset. It started when Ryan Feit became the first 10th-grader to make a Division I lacrosse verbal commitment when he declared his intentions to LaxLessons.com to attend Johns Hopkins in October, 2010. Now, less than three years later, another Syosset player has made […]
College commits by HS freshmen drawing more attention
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 […]
Philly-area standout first freshman to make college commitment
Just over two years ago, in October 2010, Syosset goaltender Ryan Feit became the first sophomore to verbally commit to a collegiate lacrosse program when he announced his intentions to attend Johns Hopkins. Feit, now a senior, made his commitment official during Fall Signing Week Nov. 14-21 by putting pen to paper on a National […]
Fall Lacrosse Signing Week recap: Stories/photo galleries
The National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week is one for the books. It started Nov. 14 and ended Nov. 21. Before we present our fourth and final photo gallery here, be sure to check the links to our coverage below: Articles: * Where the tristate’s top 12th-graders are headed * Syosset’s Feit reflects on how […]
Fall Signing Week Preview: Feit reflects on how his 2010 verbal started trend of sophomore commitments
Ryan Feit was the first. In October 2010, the standout goaltender from Syosset High School on Long Island, coming off a strong string of performances in summer showcases, made a decision he had no idea would come so early. As a sophomore, he verbally committed to Johns Hopkins University, a decision first reported here at […]
Coming soon: What college programs scored best in securing tristate’s top seniors?
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 […]
Player’s perspective: Hunter hopes to help Syosset surge past Nassau semis
It’s become the annual lid lifter to the boys lacrosse season in the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotbed, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Nassau County rivals Garden City and Syosset are keeping the tradition intact as they will meet in opening week for the fourth straight year when they square off on March 20 […]
Region’s first soph commit: Syosset’s Feit headed to Hopkins
It gets late early out there. That old Yogi Berra line, initially used to describe the conditions for left fielders battling the setting sun in the old Yankee Stadium, can also be used when it comes to recruiting. As we told you earlier on Tuesday, we saw our first sophomore verbal commitment for the nation’s […]
