NJ 2014 dodging midfielder Halpin headed to Hartford

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Brendan Halpin is known as a quick and shifty north-south dodger. For his college destination, he’ll be heading east. The two-way senior midfielder at Cranford High School in New Jersey  committed to the University of Hartford earlier this week, as first reported by Joe Lombardi on LaxLessons.com’s Lacrosse Insider premium coverage section. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound […]

Lacrosse Insider: Darien (CT) 2015 midfielder, Yorktown (NY) 2016 goalie are both D-I bound

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Each varsity season, Darien and Yorktown meet in Tom Lener Memorial Cup game. Today, our update involves Division I commitments for each of the longtime rivals, and two of the top programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for the lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. We begin with Darien where the Blue Waves’ […]

Lacrosse Insider: Three NJ Class of 2015 standouts make commitments

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We have three new Class of 2015 college commitments to report, all from New Jersey. We start at one of the powerhouse high school programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region – Delbarton. The Green Wave, who finished 17-1 this past spring, now have four junior commits. […]

Junior Jinks, already with 100 career goals, headed to Hartford

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Dylan Jinks still has two more varsity seasons ahead of him, which makes what he’s accomplished so far at Southern Regional High School in New Jersey all the more impressive. The rising junior attackman scored his 100th career goal for Southern Regional, which finished 18-2, losing to Tournament of Champions winner Ridge 12-4 in the […]

Montclair standout Vanderford parlays flexibility into a D-I future

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Flexibility is a great attribute to have in all walks of life. Lacrosse is no exception. The photo above shows how Ryan Vanderford uses flexibility to his advantage. “No matter how ridiculous I might look trying to save a shot, I never give up on anything,” he said. And it’s helped the junior goaltender at […]

State power Jamesville-Dewitt standout Feiner headed to Hartford

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Jamesville-Dewitt’s run of consecutive New York State titles came to a close this season, but the Red Rams continue to roll in with college commitments. In the next couple of days, we will be focusing on some of them. Today, we profile junior attackman Griffin Feiner. The 6-foot-2, 175-pounder is a strong, right-handed finisher with […]

Player's perspective: Ty Schuldt, Yorktown senior midfielder

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You’d be hard-pressed a varsity team anywhere in the nation that plays a non-section schedule as difficult as the one Yorktown does each year. This season is no different. Though, as we told you early in the fall, Ward Melville is not on the Huskers’ schedule for the first time in 30-plus years, a talented […]