High School Zone: Hudson Valley NY

Here are the latest LaxLessons Tristate Top 25 rankings. 1. Smithtown West (NY), 11-0: As unbeaten teams continue to fall, the Bulls are not only one of the few and the proud, but maintaining their top ranking. Last week’s ranking: No. 1 2. Bergen Catholic (NJ), 9-0: A 10-9 overtime win at Cherry Creek (CO) […]

* 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 […]

* 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 […]

Nick Kells scored off a steal in transition with three seconds left in regulation to give John Jaya dramatic 6-5 win over Manhasset on Wednesday night at Manhasset. It was the second straight year John Jay beat Manhasset. JJ won 8-4 last season. Watch the last 52.5 seconds of the game here. Have a recruiting […]

Photos by Jim Sannerud/MaxPreps.com Behind Bucknell-bound Reed Malas’ five goals and two assists and Mamaroneck improved to 5-2 with a 13-3 win over Mahopac on Friday, April 11. Click here for the entire photo gallery. Photos by Jim Sannerud/MaxPreps.com Rob Lalli scored three goals, including the game-winner, as Eastchester pulled out a 6-5 overtime win […]

Zach Mermelstein knew he was in store for a unique lacrosse experience even before he arrived for his post-grad year at The Hill Academy this fall. After all, in The Hill, the 2013 Pelham High School (N.Y.) grad was headed north of the border to play, in Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto, to be precise. […]

Lakeland/Panas outlasted Yorktown 8-7 in overtime to win the 2010 Class A title in one of the most memorable title games in New York’s Section 1 in recent history. The Rebels’ postseason run ended with a loss to West Islip in the state semifinals. The following year, the Rebels made it back to the sectional […]

With the accelerated recruiting commitment process, there’s no shortage of freshman players grabbing attention. But many, if not most, of them have yet to play varsity before giving verbals. That’s why the story of a player who has emerged as a force on the varsity scene this spring is so noteworthy. After all, Herschel Halesworth […]

Photos by Ray Nelson/MaxPreps.com Georgetown-bound junior attackman Daniel Bucaro, above, scores a one-handed wraparound after regaining his footing to give defending New York state champion Ward Melville an 8-7 overtime win over visiting Yorktown on Saturday in the longtime rivals’ first meeting since 2010. Below, Bucaro celebrates after netting the dramatic game-winner. Ward Melville freshman […]

Two of the top programs in Section 1 (NY) met in Cross River on Thursday as John Jay pulled away to beat Rye 10-5. Michigan-bound Shawn Smith led the way for the Indians with three goals and two assists. Ryan Lee had three assists. Rye got two goals each from Penn-bound Chris Santangelo and Cal […]

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Photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Erik Carnazza is in the midst of a senior season at Somers High School (N.Y.) marked by success  in football. Carnazza, a running back/linebacker, scored six touchdowns and had 59 tackles to lead the Tuskers to their second straight Class A sectional title. But as the Somers lacrosse team starts its […]

Over the next week, we’ll be spotlighting several team’s from the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotspot in video interviews. We start in New York’s Hudson Valley with Somers. The Tuskers last won a Section 1 title in 2009 when they were led by a well-balanced team that featured future Syracuse star JoJo Marasco. Somers begins […]

With the regular season now in full swing, we will be spotlighting some of the tristate’s most tradition-rich — and significant — regular-season games each week. We start with John Jay-Yorktown, regarded as the unofficial game of the year in New York’s Section 1. John Jay has made 10 straight sectional final appearances. Yorktown has […]

Yorktown has won three straight Section 1 titles, beating John Jay in the final each game. The teams will renew their rivalry on Saturday, March 29. That meeting will come two days after Yorktown opens its season against Putnam Valley as the Huskers look to make the sectional final for the 35th straight year. Last […]