LaxLessons.com | March 18, 2013
There have been a handful of regular-season games already played since last Friday — all on Long Island. Most notably, Sayville edged Connetquot 14-13 and Oceanside outlasted Hewlett 13-11 on Saturday in boys action and Locust Valley pulled away for a 17-4 victory against Bethpage in a girls game. This week, the regular season begins […]
LaxLessons.com | March 17, 2013
Four defending state champions will be on display on Saturday, March 23 at the annual Darien Lacrosse Preseason Jamboree. They include defending New York state champions West Islip (Class A) and Shoreham-Wading River (Class C) and defending Connecticut state champs Fairfield Prep (Class L) and Darien (Class M). Here’s the schedule: Darien vs. Shoreham-Wading River, […]
LaxLessons.com | March 17, 2013
Greenwich wrapped up a 9-9 season with a 15-5 loss to eventual Connecticut Class L state champion Fairfield Prep in the first round of the CIAC tournament. For a team whose roster was made up of many underclassmen, the Cardinals’ 2012 finish may actually prove to be the start of something big. After all, those […]
LaxLessons.com | March 17, 2013
There will be more ESPN coverage today at the inaugural Metroplitan Classic, which feature a college lacrosse doubleheader at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens. It starts with Navy taking on Holy Cross at noon, followed by a 3 p.m. game between Michigan facing Colgate. ESPNU will telecast the Michigan-Colgate game with ESPN3 carrying the Holy […]
LaxLessons.com | March 16, 2013
Here we go. There have been a handful of season-opening games the last few days in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region the last few days, but the 2013 varsity lacrosse season starts in earnest this week with a marquee matchup getting things going on Tuesday, March 19. For more on that, be sure to […]
LaxLessons.com | March 16, 2013
Seton Hill University women’s lacrosse coach Kristie Quigley and the driver of the team bus were both killed today in an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The unborn son of Quigley, who was six months pregnant, also did not survive. (Quigley is pictured at right.) In a statement released this afternoon, the university said at […]
LaxLessons.com | March 16, 2013
Hopkins vs. Syracuse. For lacrosse fans, that says it all. You can watch the teams’ regular season showdown at 1 p.m. on ESPNU as the fourth-ranked Blue Jays visit the Carrier Dome to take on the No. 11 Orange. ESPN3 will also be streaming three other games online: Rutgers-St. John’s (1 p.m.), Loyola vs. Air […]
LaxLessons.com | March 15, 2013
The announcement came in mid-December. The inaugural Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic will be on Sunday, which also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a college lacrosse doubleheader at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens that starts with Michigan facing Colgate at noon, followed by a game between Navy and Holy Cross at 3 p.m. ESPNU will […]
LaxLessons.com | March 14, 2013
Tony Vallance has been coaching at the college level for the past 11 years including stops at Dean Junior College, Muhlenberg College, Bellarmine University and most recently Fairfield University. Originally from Maryland, he played goalie at Penn State University where he graduated in 1998. He is currently the Director of Lacrosse Instruction at the House of Sports, located […]
LaxLessons.com | March 14, 2013
LaxLessons, home of the premier instruction lacrosse website, today launched a new mobile instruction app. The app features all the animated drills and plays available at LaxLessons.com, but is now available as a free download for both the iPad and iPhone in Apple’s iTunes store. The number of lacrosse players on organized teams in the […]
LaxLessons.com | March 13, 2013
We had our first scrimmages of the preseason in the tristate region yesterday, and more today. Today’s schedule is headlined by a 4:30 p.m. scrimmage between host Ward Melville and Eastport/South Manor. Smithtown East visits Huntington and Half Hollow Hills East plays at Mount Sinai at 3:30 p.m. and Northport hosts Babylon at 4 p.m. […]
LaxLessons.com | March 13, 2013
Photos by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Who are the nation’s top boys lacrosse players heading into the 2013 season, which has already started in some parts of the country? There’s no scientific formula, of course. For instance, who gets the nod – a high-scoring attackman or a versatile two-way midfielder? A star player on a contending program […]
LaxLessons.com | March 12, 2013
Long Island squads will dip their toe in the water that is the 2013 preseason for the first time with a full slate of scrimmages today. The schedule is highlighted by 3:30 p.m. encounter between host Smithtown East and Shoreham-Wading River and a 4 p.m. matchup between visiting Syosset and West Islip. Also today at […]
LaxLessons.com | March 12, 2013
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LaxLessons.com | March 12, 2013
Kendall Keahey’s road to Division I lacrosse came through a suggestion. It came from Ric Beardsley, the former Lakeland (NY) High School standout and four-time Syracuse University All-America defenseman. Beardsley, a co-worker of Keahey’s father, Keefe, at PAETEC Business Communications in Syracuse at the time, suggested Kendall give lacrosse a try. Keefe Keahey was an […]
