Lacrosse Insider: CT standout defenseman will play two sports in college

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Let’s play two. That’s the decision one of the top defensemen in New England has made when it comes to college. Billy Dobensky, a two-year hockey and lacrosse captain who also plays defense in hockey, has committed to play those sports at Middlebury. A two-time Founders Legue all-star in lax, Dobensky is a tough and physical […]

Player’s perspective: Jeff Kratky, Taft School (CT) midfielder

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Jeff Kratky says it simply and best. “The competition in the Western New England is always intense,” said the senior faceoff midfielder at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn. It would be hard to argue with that assessment, considering the league includes Deerfield, Salisbury, Avon Old Farms, Brunswick, Westminster, Trinity-Pawling and Hotchkiss. Kratky, a Darien, […]

Rising junior Sipperly’s path will take him from Maine to Virginia

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Maine may not be known as a lacrosse hotbed, but it was the breeding ground for one of the nation’s top rising juniors. He’s midfielder Willy Sipperly. Sipperly, who is attending the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., is a native of Portland, Maine, verbally committed to the University of Virginia last week as first reported […]

UVa-bound attackman Breen is region’s first Class of 2014 commit

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We’ve had a steady stream of college commitments for the graduating high school classes of 2012 and ’13. But earlier this week, we had our first Class of 2014 commit from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. That distinction belongs to Taft School (Conn.) attackman Tyler Breen, who has […]