Sachem North HS (NY) LSM Joe Simone will take his scrappy style of play to Mercy lacrosse
It’s the busiest time of year for recruiting news. Get caught up right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source and unparalleled leader for recruiting news, analysis and information in the NY/NJ/CT tristate region and the entire lax galaxy. Joe Simone’s aggressive and unrelenting style of play may not […]
Photo gallery: Top-ranked Smithtown West (6-0) handles West Islip in Suffolk (NY) clash
Photos by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps.com Smithtown West (NY), the No. 1 team in the LaxLessons Tristate Top 25 rankings, ran its record to 6-0 Thursday by picking up a hard-earned 8-4 win over visiting West Islip. University of Maryland-bound Christian Zawadzki had three goals and two assists. Sophomore Jimmy Caddigan added two goals and an assist. […]
Player’s perspective: Smidt, Smithtown West (NY) will start 2014 season with great expectations
Great expectations await Smithtown West High School (N.Y.) as it prepares to start the 2014 varsity season. The Bulls, who made final roster cuts this week, enter the season at or near the top in the preseason rankings, beginning with the first released anywhere, the LaxLessons.com Tristate Top 25 preseason rankings. We got our first […]
Player’s perspective: UNC-bound Cannon hopes to help Northport contend for Suffolk Division 1 title
Northport took a six-game winning streak into the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Division 1 semifinals last season. There, the Tigers’ season ended with a 12-6 setback to Smithtown West. Both teams are prominent in LaxLessons.com’s Preseason Tristate Top 25 rankings. The Tigers finished 15-3 last season – the most wins for Northport in coach George Searing’s […]
Commack (NY) faceoff specialist Kevin Snyder becomes Maryland’s first 2017 tristate commit
Kevin Snyder doesn’t have too much spare time to work on his lacrosse skills in the offseason. After all, the freshman at Commack High School (N.Y.) also plays football and basketball. But at a young age, he said he knew lacrosse was the sport for him, and it’s the sport he will play at the […]
Player’s perspective: UNC-bound Willetts, Smithtown East (NY) back for more after last season’s splash
It was a breakthrough season for Smithtown East High School (N.Y.) last year. The Bulls, who enjoyed a nine-game win streak, finished 14-4 and and ended West Islip’s string of 11 straight appearances in the county final and nine consecutive county championships by defeating the Lions 12-4 in the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Class A quarterfinals. […]
Player’s perspective: Ilchert, West Islip (NY) eager to return to championship form
West Islip’s mission for 2014 is as clear as could be. After all, the Lions are coming off a 12-6 season in which their run of nine straight Suffolk County (N.Y.) championships and 11 straight Section 11 title-game appearances came to an end. WI’s title run ended with a 12-4 loss to Smithtown East 12-4 […]
Shoreham-Wading River HS (NY) names Arini as coaching successor to Rotanz
The contentious back-and-forth battle regarding the varsity coaching status of two-time defending Long Island Class C champion Shoreham-Wading River’s Tom Rotanz now appears settled. Justin Arini, left, has been named as the Wildcats’ new varsity coach. Arini, who works in the district as a guidance counselor, is a former assistant coach at Manhattan College. He […]
Player’s perspective: Licata, Sachem East get set for battle in rugged Suffolk D-1
High school leagues don’t get much more competitive than New York’s Section 11 Division 1. The list of power-packed Suffolk County strongholds in the league includes defending consensus national champion Ward Melville as well as West Islip, Smithtown West, Smithtown East and Sachem North. Joe Licata knows full well how tough the league is. The […]
Defender McCoy gives Sachem North HS (NY) nine 2014 commits
With Fall National Letter of Intent Signing Week set to start on Wednesday, Nov. 13, we’ll have the most up-t0-date rundown of all Class of 2014 college commits by high school. One school that will be near the top of the list is Sachem North (N.Y.). The Flaming Arrows now have nine 2014 verbals, with […]
2016 attackman Haun becomes Sachem North’s fourth Stony Brook-bound commit
After learning that yet another one of his players has decided on Stony Brook University, Sachem North coach Jay Mauro took a moment to reflect. “It’s kind of crazy how it’s working out,” Mauro said. Indeed, four current Flaming Arrows have now verballed to the Seawolves. And three former Sachem North players are current on […]
Cornell-bound Reilly is Ward Melville’s first Class of 2015 commit
It’s been three weeks since the 2013 high school season ended, but national champion Ward Melville just picked up a first. The Patriots got their first verbal commitment from a player in the Class of 2015 earlier tonight when rising junior defenseman Tom Reilly committed to the admissions process at Cornell University, as first reported […]
Suffolk County championship game results
Winners play the Nassau County champion on Saturday, June 1 for the Long Island Championship at Hofstra University. Class A Ward Melville 11, Smithtown West 6 Class B Miller Place 5, Huntington 4 Class C Shoreham-Wading River 18, Bayport-Blue Point 6 Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New Mobile […]
Player’s perspective: Pat O’Brien, Smithtown West (NY) attackman
It was a race that went right down to the wire. We just wrapped up our latest poll question in our latest “You make the call” feature which asked who you thought would win the always heated race in Section 11 (Suffolk County) Class A. Your choice – defending New York State Class A champion […]
Player’s perspective: Christian Mazzone, Ward Melville (NY) midfielder
New York has among the most heated and competitive high school leagues in the country. None more so than Suffolk County Class A. Though West Islip has dominated the last decade, that is not indicative of the fact that there are annually four to five teams within the league that could easily be state title […]
NY state champ SWR’s Cummings commits to Mount St. Mary’s
At first glance, Tom Cummings wasn’t overly familiar with the Mount St. Mary’s College (Md.) program. But the more he learned, the more he liked. “When I first began to look at where I might have an opportunity to play lacrosse at the college level, I wasn’t really familiar with Mount Saint Mary’s,” said the […]
Huntington’s Kocis, also a football star, bound for Binghamton
Athleticism, size, outside shot, field vision. Name a skill you would want to see in a Division I midfielder and Ben Kocis has it. The junior at Huntington High School (N.Y.) is coming off a successful football season. The quarterback led the Blue Devils to a 7-3 record and an appearance in the Suffolk County […]
