Blind Brook (NY) lefty attackman DePaola headed to Haverford

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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, tryouts set for Superstar’s summer of 2014 teams

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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 […]

Pelham’s Mermelstein will spend PG year in Canada at ‘The Hill’

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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 […]

Pelham star Landis picks Notre Dame over Hopkins

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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 […]

Summer travel team updates

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It’s hard to believe just five years ago when the WestRock 18-under team was formed, it was one of just a handful of summer travel programs throughout the entire region. Now, WestRock has five teams — U-18, U-17, U-16, U-15, and this year for the first time, a U-13 team. And WestRock is hardly alone. […]