Defender Rodriguez is latest Yorktown (NY) standout headed to UMBC
The Yorktown-to-UMBC connection is in full effect. Last week, we told you that 2015 midfielder Ryan Baker from Yorktown High School (N.Y.) had verbally committed to UMBC. Yesterday, came word, via LaxLessons.com’s Lacrosse Insider premium coverage section, that one of the top defenders in the Hudson Valley, YHS senior longstick midfielder Tomas Rodriguez, became the […]
Speedy Yorktown HS (NY) QB Baker shifts focus to lacrosse, UMBC
It’s been an eventful fall for Ryan Baker. The Yorktown High School (N.Y.) junior took over as starting quarterback of the Huskers’ football team in Game 2 and led the squad to a 7-3 record that ended with a 37-35 win over Sleepy Hollow as Baker rushed for 119 yards and threw for another 59. […]
Lacrosse Insider: Yorktown HS (NY) QB Baker is D-I bound in lacrosse; Fordham Prep, Sachem North commitments
We have a couple of big commitment from tristate title-winning New York-based squads from this past spring: CHSAA AA champion Fordham Prep and Section 1 Class B champ Yorktown. We start with Yorktown and junior Ryan Baker, who is coming off a strong season as starting quarterback on the Huskers’ football squad. Joe Lombardi is […]
Gannon selects UMBC, giving Sachem North nine commits
With the start of the week, we are counting down until National Letter of Intent Signing Week wraps up this Wednesday. As you all know by now, this is the seven-day stretch (which started Nov. 10 and ends Nov. 17) in which seniors make their verbal commitments to Division I or II programs that award […]
Recruit spotlight extra: Sachem North’s Lang selects UMBC
It was an upset heard ’round the lacrosse world. The West Islip Lions, who entered and ended this past season ranked No. 1 in the nation, started the season with a stunning 13-12 overtime loss to Sachem North. But when you consider the Flaming Arrows had eight players who were committed to play in college, […]
Player’s perspective: John Jay’s Brandon Merlino, senior midfielder
Today, it all starts. Officially, at least. This is the first official day of practice and tryouts, but for many teams and players throughout the area, it’s just the continuation of a what’s already been an intense and diligent preseason. John Jay senior midfielder Brandon Merlino (file photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) has been getting ready […]
John Jay's Merlino decides on UMBC
Brandon Merlino, John Jay’s standout midfielder, has made his college choice. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) John Jay rising senior Brandon Merlino is on a family vacation to his grandfather’s native Sicily today. But that didn’t stop him from taking time out to make one of the most important decisions of his life.
