High School Zone: Connecticut

* High School Gameday, Saturday, 4/26 NY Carey 11, Wantagh 8 Elwood-John Glenn 12, Comsewogue 6 Floral Park 13, Glen Cove 3 Garden City 7, Long Beach 4 Great Neck North 11, Roosevelt 4 Horace Greeley 9, Brewster 8 Jamesville-DeWItt 14, Fairport 8 Kennedy Catholic 16, Bishop Loughlin 5 Kings Park 9, Babylon 8, OT […]

Photos by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com New Canaan scored the last four goals of the games to pick up a 7-5 win over visiting Ridgewood in a CT/NJ contest played on Thursday. New Canaan (6-1) has won five straight since losing to St. Anthony’s 10-5 at Princeton University. Harry Stanton and Justin Meichner each scored twice for […]

Regular-season starts don’t get much better than the one Darien High School (Conn.) is off to this sprin. After beating national power Niskayuna 8-7 on April 12, the Blue Wave then picked off Manhasset 7-4. Manhasset has advanced to the Nassau County (NY) final 13 times the last 14 years. The win over ‘Set came […]

* Lacrosse Insider: Games to watch this week * Lacrosse Insider: Tristate HS players, coach of the week * Lacrosse Insider: Tristate Top 25 rankings * High School Scoreboard Central, Monday, 4/21 Call it Telltale Tuesday. There’s no shortage of matchups on the slate that will reveal plenty as we get set for the regular-season […]

Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Bunnell-Stratford (CT), off to a 3-0 start, hosts Bethel on Tuesday, April 22. Can Connecticut’s upper echelon continue to make a splash after Darien and Ridgefield picked up wins against two of the most successful programs in Long Island history, Manhasset and Garden City, respectively, this past weekend? Will Bergen Catholic […]

Prior to 2013, the last time Darien didn’t win either a Connecticut state title or Fairfield County Interscholastic Association championship was 1996. So to say the Blue Wave are on a mission in 2014 would be an understatement. That sense of urgency was on display Saturday as Darien defeated national power Niskayuna. In the ultra […]

Fairfield Prep will officially start its quest for a second straight Connecticut Class L state champion on Wednesday, April 9 when it hosts Daniel Hand to open the regular season at 4 p.m. at University Field. If the Stags once again end the season in celebration, Cam Harris will undoubtedly play a large role. Harris […]

We have a pair of 2015 commitments to report in this latest recruiting update – one from Long Island and the other from Connecticut. We start on Long Island with defending Nassau County Class A champion Massapequa. Joe Lombardi is reporting that defenseman Sean Gleason has verballed to the University at Albany. Gleason is Massapequa’s […]

The varsity season in Connecticut is the last to start in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. A preview of Connecticut lacrosse, with special emphasis on the FCIAC, was the focus of the “Laxworm Radio Show,” which premiered Sunday morning from the Lax Cave. Joe Lombardi was the […]

You’ve seen both the Tristate Top 25 preseason and Week 1 rankings, now let’s give a shoutout to the underdogs. Here’s a look at five under-the-radar teams from the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotspot, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region, in the latest “Top 5 in 5” video special anchored by Joe Lombardi. You can watch it […]

Now, it’s Connecticut’s turn. After Long Island and CHSAA  teams got varsity practices rockin’ and rollin’ back on March 10, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey teams followed the next week. Connecticut teams traditionally start their practices — and seasons — later, and this year is no exception, with the start date being Monday, March […]

Kyle Smith has not yet started official varsity practice for his sophomore season on the New Canaan (Conn.) boys lacrosse team. That will happen Monday. But he’s already enjoyed a breakout season for the Rams. Smith hauled in 21 catches for 447 yards to help New Canaan win the state championship in football. The kind […]

Two-time Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference champion New Canaan enters the 2014 season as the top-ranked team in Connecticut in the LaxLessons Tristate Top 25 preseason rankings. The Rams will be embarking on their 40th year of varsity competition with one of their best teams in history, and second-year coach Chip Buzzeo has scheduled accordingly. […]

Mention the name Frank Cognetta to high school sports fans in Connecticut, and there’s first thing of football. For good season, Cognetta, a running back for state champion New Canaan High School, rushed for 1,225 yards and 15 touchdowns this past fall. But in lacrosse, Cognetta is also one of the top defenders in the […]

Here we go. Saturday marks Day 1 of the regular season in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. There is only one regular-season game on the season, but it’s a big one as Connecticut prep power Brunswick visits Haverford (Pa.). Game-time is 11 a.m. More tristate powers will also be […]