Player’s perspective: Syracuse-bound Chavez sees league games as the key for Rye (NY)
For Lazarus Chavez and the Rye High School Garnets, the path to the Section 1 (N.Y.) final starts within their league. The senior Syracuse University-bound defenseman sees games against Fox Lane, Horace Greeley, Byram Hills, Pleasantville and Harrison as critical to the Garnets’ success in 2014. So too, undoubtedly, will be the play of Chavez, an […]
Player’s perspective: Chris Santangelo, Rye (NY) midfielder
When Rye beat Putnam Valley 10-5 in the 2008 Section 1 (N.Y.) Class C final, it marked the Garnets’ fourth straight sectional title and 19th straight win. But Rye has been denied another title in the four seasons since then, the last two of which have been in Class B. How do the Garnets look […]
Rye's Pickup's surge in lax ends with commitment to Princeton
Brian Pickup had established himself as one of the top athletes at Rye High School long before he picked up a lacrosse stick. After all, that didn’t happen till just under two years ago. Following plenty of arm twisting from friends and teammates, the football/basketball standout gave lax a try. The immediate results were a […]
Player's perspective: Rye's Michael Collins, senior defenseman
Rye is moving up in the world. After a string of six straight Section 1 Class C championship-game appearances, the Garnets will be competing in Class B this season. The most stacked class in the section includes defending champion John Jay, Yorktown (winners of 28 sectional titles the last 31 years) and 2009 Class B […]
Rye’s Barton, an ESG standout, reflects on his college choice
Aside from John Jay, no team from the Hudson Valley region has more seniors committed to play lacrosse in college than Rye. The six-time Class C sectional finalist Garnets have six players set to take their skills to the next level. Among them is Briggs Barton, an athletic attackman with good size at 6-foot-3. Barton, […]
Binghamton-bound Collins among six Rye senior commits
We’re closing in on midnight, gang, and the official end of National Letter of Intent Signing Week. You can check out our coverage over the last eight days by clicking here. (Just scroll down to see all the stories.) Tomorrow, we’ll recap the D-I and D-II commitments by seniors from the entire Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut […]
Teams get behind ‘Mustache Madness 2’
High school, collegiate and pro teams throughout the nation are now involved in a month-long “Mustache Madness” effort for the second straight year. Players on these teams are once again growing mustaches to raise money for the HEADstrong foundation, which is dedicated to raising funds for cancer research. Several college teams have set up donation […]
Commitments continue: Rye’s Bonsall bound for Siena
Brian Brecht spent a season as an assistant coach on the Yorktown varsity lacrosse team. Though most of the seventh-year Siena College head coach’s current players hadn’t even picked up a lacrosse stick at the time, it did provide the Long Island native and former Springfield College player familiarity with the Hudson Valley region. That […]
You make the call: Who should be the favorite in Section 1 Class B?
Yorktown’s moving down. (From Class A.) Rye’s moving up. (From Class C.) John Jay and Somers are still there. The result: A class that is as stacked as Section 1 has ever seen. Who do you think is the team to beat in Class B?
Rye’s McReddie bound for Bates
It pays to be a good student — and a good student of the game. Rye rising senior Matt McReddie parlayed both those attributes into an opportunity to play lacrosse at the next level. The 6-foot, 188-pound midfielder will be playing at Bates College in Maine after considering several other prestigious programs. McReddie, a two-sport […]
Rye’s Collins bound for Binghamton
With the Empire State Games ending this past Sunday, and the Battle of the Hotbeds ending today, the next few weeks should be very busy as far as player commitments are concerned. Last night, Rye’s Michael Collins, a rising senior defenseman who was a member of the Hudson Valley Empire State Games team, verbally committed […]
Player’s perspective: Rye’s Michael Collins, junior defenseman
The Rye Garnets’ run of four straight Section 1 Class C titles ended last season with a 10-7 setback to Putnam Valley last June in the sectional finsld. Junior defenseman Michael Collins (shown defending against Rye Country Day’s J.P. Garry last season) will be among the players the Garnets will be counting on if they […]
Rye’s O’Callaghan commits to Colgate
Rye midfielder Jack O’Callaghan, one of the top juniors in the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, told me this morning that he has decided on a college after being recruited by many Division I programs. “I have verbally committed to Coach (Jim) Nagle at Colgate and am looking forward to playing there with Kevin Gordon,” O’Callaghan […]
Player’s perspective: Rye’s Cole McCormack, senior midfielder
Few high school players excel in the two key parts of the posssession game groundballs and faceoffs more than McCormack. So perhaps its appropriate that McCormacks college destination is Cornell, a college program that excelled in both areas en route to its appearance in this past seasons NCAA Division I championship game […]
Rye's McCormack picks Cornell
Rye rising senior Cole McCormack, one of the top all-around players in the state, is bound for NCAA finalist Cornell. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) One of the top rising seniors in the state, Rye midfielder Cole McCormack, just informed me that he has given a verbal commitment to attend 2009 NCAA Division I finalist […]
Rye's Keough commits to Notre Dame
If you didn’t check the comments portion our recruiting update page yet today, you’ve missed some big news. Donald Keough, the standout defenseman from Rye, has orally committed to Notre Dame.
Your source for recruiting news
Rye attackman Rob Santangelo will be spending his college years close to home. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) Hey gang – Be sure to check back here each day for the latest recruiting news. As we all know, this time of year, there is plenty and you never know when it’s going to happen. Case […]
Title time: Lets hear your Section 1 picks
Rye defenseman Donald Keough and John Jay midfielder Mike Daniello. (Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) The matchups are hardly surprising. But the games themselves could be. We’re talking about the Section 1 playoffs. With live threads now (see below) on the finals in Connecticut and Long Island, it’s time to launch our final prediction fest […]
Wrapping up an eventful Saturday
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, […]
Showdown Saturday is almost upon us
I only wish I could make it to all of them. Realistically, three is going to be a stretch. But I’m going to try. (Other than the postseason tripleheaders, this will be a first for me. So stay tuned, my friends.)
