File photo by Edouard Boulat Saturday’s 11 a.m. showdown between Haverford (Pa.) and Darien at the third annual Checking for Cancer Classic in Hanover, Pa., is now officially all that. (Darien is shown above after winning its sixth straight state title last year.) And it’s a matchup of the consensus top two teams in the […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Junior midfielder Frank Buffalino of Syosset is among the players from the nation’s No. 1 lax hotbed, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, looking forward to a big week. The Braves, who are coming off an 8-7 double-OT win against Hicksville, have three games this week. It promises to be an interesting […]

Photo by Ray Nelson Duke, which fell to Denver 12-9 in a game played at Bethpage High School, hopes to bounce back this week. Here’s a rundown of the D-I action on tap for this weekend, including a look at what games you can watch on TV, followed by scores of games already completed this […]

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Photo by Dave Anderson/MaxPreps.com That’s the topic of this week’s tristate lacrosse notebook at InsideLacrosse.com. We also talk about John Jay’s growing list of college commitments, the wild and crazy New Canaan-Somers game, and Darien’s measure of revenge against Greenwich. Be sure to check it out by clicking here. Also, gang, yesterday we went over […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Junior attackman Conor Gately hopes to help Yorktown improve to 3-0 when the Huskers play at Shenendehowa. A mix of rivalry games and intriguing tests for regional powers against out-of-state teams highlight today’s slate. As far as rivalries go, Darien and Greenwich square off at 3 p.m. in Greenwich. Last year, […]

Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com We’re on the brink of another big Saturday of games. But that doesn’t mean the recruiting news is on hold, folks. If you checked our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” yesterday, you learned that Tom Branca, a junior goaltender at John Jay, has committed to Fairfield University. The 5-foot-10 lefty […]

Photo by Edouard Boulat It was a relatively light Thursday, but there were some interesting results as updated on our “Gameday Thursday” thread. Among them: * Iona Prep, coming off a tough one-goal loss to rival Fordham Prep, held off Rye 10-7. * Garden City won 14-7 against California’s San Ramon Valley, which next plays […]

Friday Maryland 10, Navy 4 Johns Hopkins 11, Albany 6 Saturday Syracuse 7, Princeton 5 Virginia 11, North Carolina 10, OT Cornell 13, Harvard 12 Bucknell 8, Army 7 Denver 12, Duke 9 Yale 9, Dartmouth 7 Air Force 12, Bellarmine 7 Brown 13, Penn 12 Siena 13, Jacksonville 12 St. John’s 9, Providence 6 […]

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Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com It was not only a non-league game, but a non-section game as well. We’re talking about Ward Melville’s 10-7 win over Garden City, a team some ranked as the best squad in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate area in the preseason (though we gave the nod to Darien for that honor […]

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The big games played last Saturday resulted in a shakeup in the Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse Top 25 National Rankings. Garden City, which had been ranked No. 2 nationally, moved down to No. 8 after its 10-7 loss to Ward Melville. The Patriots, meanwhile, checked in to the rankings at No. 13. Darien moved up from […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Senior middie Michael Hirson controls against Eastchester during the Raiders’ 9-6 win yesterday. Connecticut joined the rest of the region in starting its season yesterday. Six-time defending Class M state champ Darien easily handled 2010 Class S finalist and 2009 Class S champ St. Joseph’s-Trumbull 18-4. Third-year coach Roy Colsey’s Ridgefield […]

Photo by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com As far as early season Tuesdays go, it was a pretty eventful one, headline by Chaminade winning “Round 1” over rival St. Anthony’s 10-5 (photo from yesterday’s game above and article here). Also yesterday, John Jay handled Rye 10-6; Fordham Prep stunned Iona Prep 10-9; West Islip beat Connetquot 8-7 in […]

The season is off to a roaring start, folks. Today alone, we’ve had plenty of big games to banter about. Chaminade defeated St. Anthony’s; John Jay handled Rye; Fordham Prep stunned Iona Prep; and West Islip beat Connetquot in OT. To name just a few of the more interesting outcomes. The steady stream of games […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Sophomore attackman Jack Grass scored four goals on Saturday as Bronxville started the season in impressive fashion, winning 9-1 at Fox Lane. It’s become an annual routine. CHSAA play twice during the regular season (usually splitting those two games), with the rubber match in the postseason for the championship. Will this […]

Photo by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com There were plenty of big games this past weekend in Long Island, highlighted by host Ward Melville’s 10-7 win over Garden City. Long Island teams start their third full week of games this week while Connecticut teams start things out. Hey Connecticut, come on down. That’s the main storyline for this […]