Brian Brecht didn’t take long to tap into his Hudson Valley connections after taking over as Rutgers coach. Brecht, who recruited the region heavily during his tenure as Siena coach, landed a verbal commitment from one of the top goaltenders in Section 1 in rising junior Kris Alleyne of Clarkstown South High School. If you […]
There will be no shortage of top-notch summer travel teams from the tristate area competing this week at the Blue and Gold Classic set for Saturday and Sunday at Hofstra University in Hempstead. For a look at teams participating — and the schedule for the weekend — click here. For a campus map, click here. […]
Yale University in New Haven, Conn., is the place to be this weekend when it comes to travel team lax. It’s the host site of the third annual Bulldog Bash Tournament. For a rundown of teams participating on Saturday, click here. For a list of teams playing on Sunday, click here. Each team is guaranteed […]
Imagine being from one of the top hotbed towns for lacrosse in the continental United States and finding a place where the sport is played outdoors year-round. Randy Davidoff didn’t have to. The 1990 Yorktown graduate is living in the burgeoning lax paradise that is our 50th state. For the unitiated, Honolulu not only hosts […]
Brian Brecht built Siena’s men’s lacrosse team into a perennial MAAC champion and NCAA tournament participant. After Brecht left the Saints to take over the program at Rutgers, Siena was charged with finding someone who could build on that momentum. The Saints are hoping former Hobart and Albany assistant John Svec, a former standout at […]
If you checked our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” earlier this week, you learned that Brewster rising senior Harry Erickson has made his college choice. The 6-foot-1, 171-pound Erickson, a defenseman who plays for the Prime Time summer travel team, has given a verbal commitment to the University at Albany. Here’s a Q&A with […]
Most of the college coaches on hand for tonight’s Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight all-star game made a day of it. After watching today’s morning and afternoon sessions, they were back in plenty of time for the marquee event of the four days of action at Western Connecticut State University’s Athletic Complex. In my […]
Brian Pickup had established himself as one of the top athletes at Rye High School long before he picked up a lacrosse stick. After all, that didn’t happen till just under two years ago. Following plenty of arm twisting from friends and teammates, the football/basketball standout gave lax a try. The immediate results were a […]
It will be the best of the best tonite. The Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight all-star game, with players selected among the total of 160 from throughout the country competing in this week’s event, is set for tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Western Connecticut State University Athletic Complex in Danbury. The Showtime Spotlight has […]
With Yorktown star Conor Gately’s commitment to Marquette still very much in the news, we have more news on upstart Division I programs in the Midwest. The University of Michigan, which like Marquette of the Big East, will be debuting its program in 2012. The Wolverines have decided to compete in the ECAC, which includes […]
A steady stream of college commitments have been coming in the last week as the summer travel season reached the midway point. On Sunday, we reported here that Yorktown’s leading scorer, Conor Gately, has given a verbal commitment to accept a scholarship offer from Marquette University. In case you missed that story, click here. Gately, […]
An event to promote the growth of lacrosse to a new generation was held on the South Lawn of the White House today. For more, check out these stories: * InsideLacrosse.com: “Lacrosse Goes to the White House” * LaxMagazine.com: “White House Hosts Lacrosse” You can email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links Recruiting coverage * Updated […]
From 122, we now have 23. And more than half of those 23 are from the tristate area. The four-day tryout at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to select the U-19 team that will compete in the 2012 Federation of International Lacrosse U-19 World Championships in Turku, Finland has ended and today, the final […]
If you checked our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” earlier this evening, you learned that Yorktown rising senior Conor Gately, the state semifinalist Huskers’ leading scorer this past season, has made his college choice. The 5-foot-10 attackman has given a verbal commitment to accept a scholarship offer from the newly formed Marquette program that […]
The Maverik Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight has emerged as one of the major events on the summer travel calendar. It’s back this coming week for its fourth year at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury this coming week. Action is set for Monday through Thursday, highlighted by the All-Star game on Wednesday. It’s among […]
