High School Zone: New Jersey

The fact that Jared Chiachetti plays football and basketball should tell you plenty about his ability — and potential — as a midfielder in lacrosse. Chiachetti, who plays for St. Augustine Prep (N.J.), was one of the most heavily recruited players at his position in the Class of 2016. Notice the use of the word […]

We’ve brought you a steady stream of stories involving football standouts whose college futures will be in lacrosse at major Division I program. Here’s another. But it’s a bit different. After all, Brandon Stern, the starting quarterback on the football team at Cherry Hill East (N.J.), picked up lacrosse thanks to his sister, Samantha Stern, […]

Dylan Jinks still has two more varsity seasons ahead of him, which makes what he’s accomplished so far at Southern Regional High School in New Jersey all the more impressive. The rising junior attackman scored his 100th career goal for Southern Regional, which finished 18-2, losing to Tournament of Champions winner Ridge 12-4 in the […]

Nick DeCaprio makes things happen on the lacrosse field. The rising junior defender at St. Augustine Prep (N.J.) is an aggressive defender with good speed and stick skills who excels in transition. After two more seasons with the Hermits, DeCaprio will be making the transition to Division I lacrosse. This week, he decided where that […]

It was quite a season for the Ridge Red Devils, who edged Don Bosco Prep 8-7 to win the New Jersey Tournament of Champions for the first time. There were many key contributors to Ridge’s historic season, including JT Palladino. The rising senior lefty attackman was the Red Devils’ leading scorer. While defending the T […]

Two of the leading players in the Westfield High School (N.J.) varsity program will both be headed to top-notch Division III programs. If you were with us today at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi, you learning of the commitments of rising seniors Patrick Decker to Gettysburg and Jake Kaplan to Tufts. Decker is a midfielder. Kaplan is a tenacious […]

With recruits routinely giving verbal commitments as high school underclassmen, we’ve also seen an increased amount of changes to those commitments. Alec Orazietti, a rising junior attackman at Watchung Hills (N.J.), is the latest example. Orazietti verbally committed to UMass this past December. But circumstances prompted Orazietti to look elsewhere — most notably his brother […]

Don Bosco Prep has emerged as one of the tristate’s most dominant programs when it comes to churning out college committed players. The New Jersey Tournament of Champion finalist Ironmen have 18 of them. The breakdown is as follows: 14 graduated seniors, and two each from the classes of 2014 and ’15. One of those […]

The following players were named to the US Lacrosse All-America team by the New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association. Attack Austin Carbone, Summit Matt Lane, Montclair Kimberley J.T. Palladino, Ridge Matt Raposo, Somerville Midfield Jeff George, Watchung Hills Colin Goldstein, Glen Ridge Thomas Guida, Chatham Matt Olbrich, Moorestown Josh Reinson, Montgomery Eric Scott, Ridge Don […]

NEW YORK Boys Class A: Ward Melville 16, West Genesee 4 Class B: Garden City 13, Jamesville-DeWitt 8 Class C:  Cazenovia 13, Bronxville 11 Girls Class A: Farmingdale 8, Baldwinsville 5 Class B: CBA 14, Brighton 7 Class C: Mount Sinai 15, Skaneateles 6 CONNECTICUT Boys Division L: Fairfield Prep 14, Staples 8 Division M: […]

One of the major upsets of the season in tristate varsity lacrosse was sprung by Seton Hall Prep. It happened May 25 as the Pirates stunned previously unbeaten Delbarton 10-8 in the New Jersey Non-Public A state semfinals. Delbarton entered the game ranked No. 1 nationally. “Our coach, Dave Giarusso, told us going into it […]

NEW YORK NEW JERSEY CONNECTICUT Among Saturday’s matchups, defending New York Class B state champion Garden City will be facing a Jamesville-Dewitt squad which has won three state titles since 2007. Our latest poll question asks who you think will win the game. To vote, go to the right panel of this page. Then, scroll […]

FINAL Saturday, June 8 at Kean University, Union, N.J. No. 1 Ridge vs. No. 2 Don Bosco Prep, 5 p.m. SEMIFINAL SCORES Don Bosco Prep 11, Ridgewood 5 Ridge 11, Rutgers Prep 3 Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New Mobile apps for iPad/iPhone/Android * Download the free LaxLessons […]

SEMIFINALS Wednesday, June 5 at Kean University No. 6 Ridgewood vs. No. 2 Don Bosco Prep, 5 p.m. No. 4 Rutgers Prep vs. No. 1 Ridge, 7:30 p.m. FINAL Saturday, June 8 at Kean University, 7:30 p.m. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New Mobile apps for iPad/iPhone/Android * […]