Defending consensus national champ Ward Melville has a new coach and lots of new players to watch
It was a storybook season, even for a program with the tradition of success of Ward Melville. A perfect 22-0 record, its first New York state title since 2000, and a consensus No. 1 national ranking. The 2014 Ward Melville Patriots will have a tough act to follow. They’ll also have a new head coach […]
Ask Joe: These lacrosse standouts are the tristate’s top football players
Reader “Just sayin” asked the question. Now, Joe Lombardi has the answer. Just sayin” wanted to know who Joe thinks the top football-playing tristate lacrosse standouts are. Here’s Joe’s response: I talk all the time about the football/lacrosse connection and the synergy between the sports. We now have more football/lacrosse standouts than ever. And in […]
Midfielder McCulloch from NY state champ, nation’s No. 1 team, Ward Melville, commits to Cornell
The 2013 varsity season was a baptism under fire for Jake McCulloch. And he answered the call. Jake McCulloch earned a starting spot on a midfield line that included two of the tristate region’s Class of 2013 standouts: Duke-bound Jack Bruckner and Rutgers-bound Christian Mazzone. Together, the trio were a big reason Ward Melville won […]
Lacrosse Insider: Cornell gets commit from Ward Melville (NY) 2015 standout
Cornell lacrosse is a big hit in East Setauket. The Big Red picked up their second commitment today from a player from the nation’s consensus No. 1-ranked team in 2013, unbeaten New York Class A state champion Ward Melville. The Patriots now have three committed players from the Class of 2015. In the most recent […]
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 […]
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 […]
