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While verbal commitments continue at a feverish pace, including a major one late this afternoon when one of Ward Melville’s top 2015 players decided on Cornell, we begin this update with some much less common news. Namely, a standout player switching to a new school while in high school. It’s not rare, but it’s not […]

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After being asked when he first started playing lacrosse, Mac O’Keefe didn’t respond with a grade in a school. Nope. It goes back further than that. “I was introduced to lacrosse probably when I learned to walk,” said the rising sophomore at Syosset High School (N.Y.). So it should come as no surprise that O’Keefe’s […]

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 […]

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The fact that Jared Chiachetti plays football and basketball should tell you plenty about his ability — and potential — as a midfielder in lacrosse. Chiachetti, who plays for St. Augustine Prep (N.J.), was one of the most heavily recruited players at his position in the Class of 2016. Notice the use of the word […]

Have you been waiting to see your athlete’s total stats over their four years in high school? Would you love to be able to see just one page for a multisport athlete? You now can with MaxPreps’ new Career Profile pages. This isn’t just for current athletes – Career Profiles have been created for everyone that […]

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If you’ve been to a Sleepy Hollow High School (N.Y.) game the last couple of season, it probably didn’t take you long to notice Ben Parens After all, the two-way midfielder never leaves the field. Well almost never. He’s also had games where he’s won every faceoff. Literally. Including wins against Briarcliff and Dobbs Ferry […]

Tom Mariano has been named the new head men’s lacrosse coach at Pace University in Pleasantville, N.Y. Mariano comes to Pace, a Division II program, from the Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse where he was the assistant coach and defensive coordinator. “With his experience combined with the construction of our outdoor athletic facilities, we […]

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We have a couple of major verbal commitments to report tonight. One is from a quick and elusive attackman from the Class of 2016. The other is a from a 2015 defenseman from one of the nation’s most tradition-rich and successful programs. Last week here, we broke the news that Penn State had picked up […]

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Joe DeLasho has company. DeLasho, a midfielder and faceoff specialist, committed to Fairfield University just under a year ago. Now, Fordham Prep (N.Y.) has another Class of 2014 commit. Jack Lee has verbally committed to Division III power Williams, a commitment that was first reported when it was made on July 29 by Joe Lombardi […]

If you are a regular reader at LaxLessons.com/blog, you know that the verbal commitment trend has come to the girls game. Today, we have news of another big verbal by a girls Class of 2016 player. Also, just moments ago, the boys program at Somers High School (NY) saw its third rising senior decide on […]

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Nick Annitto is an outstanding lacrosse player. The rising senior attackman/midfielder at St. John the Baptist (N.Y.) is a versatile player who is an effective dodger and finisher who is equipped with good speed. But when it came time to choose a college, Annitto weighed academics equally with athletics. The final result was a decision […]

If you’re a “Lacrosse Insider,” you already know newly named Sacred Heart University coach Jon Basti has made an immediate splash on the recruiting circuit, particularly in attracting Connecticut instate recruits. Among the biggest catches for Basti: Class of 2014 standout Sean Herdman, an attackman at Cheshire Academy (Conn.), who has been a starter on […]

It’s been quite a stretch for verbal commitments since yesterday morning. We started off rising with the chickens just past the crack of dawn on Monday with the big news that Notre Dame has landed a verbal from one of the nation’s top 2015 midfielders in Auden Menke, followed by a big 2016 verbal as […]

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