High School Zone: New Jersey

Quarterfinals Saturday, June 1 at Basilone Field, Bridgewater No. 5 Mountain Lakes vs. No. 4 Rutgers Prep, 5 p.m. No. 3 Chatham vs. No. 6 Ridgewood, 7:30 p.m. Semifinals Wednesday, June 5 at Kean University Chatham/Ridgewood winner vs. No. 2 Don Bosco Prep, 5 p.m. Rutgers Prep/Mountain Lakes winner vs. No. 1 Ridge, 7:30 p.m. Final […]

The sophomore commitments continue to come in. The latest was made by attack Gianna Bowe of Clearview High School in New Jersey. Bowe has verballed to the University of North Carolina — a commitment first reported at Twitter.com/joe_lombardi. Now, here’s a Q&A with with Gianna on her commitment. What were the main factors in your […]

Group 1 Mountain Lakes 8, Rumson-Fair Haven 6 Group 2 Chatham  10, Ridge 8 Group 3 Ridgewood 7, Shawnee 3 Group 4 Ridge 12, Southern Regional 4 Non-Public A Don Bosco Prep 12, Seton Hall Prep 8 Non-Public B Rutgers Prep 6, Immaculata 3 Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS […]

We have our second tristate freshman verbal commitment. It comes from attackman Matt Hubler of Rumson (NJ), who’s decided on Johns Hopkins. Hubler plays for Avon Old Farms (Conn.) and has been on Team United’s travel team since the seventh grade. Hubler’s brother, Chris, a junior midfielder at Rumson Fair Haven High School (NJ), verballed […]

When Bergen Catholic High School (7-1) battles perennial rival Don Bosco Prep (6-1) on Saturday, April 27 at  the fifth annual Konica Minolta Big City Classic, the Crusaders will be taking to the turf at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in classic white Cascade Pro7’s featuring a unique decal design from HeadWrapz. Bergen Catholic Pro7’s feature […]

Mountain Lakes is off to a 6-1 start this season. Defense has been a big reason. The Lakers have allowed five goals or less in five of their seven games. Jack Siddron is a big part of the Lakers’ defense. Literally. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound junior, who also plays football for the Lakers, is a physically […]

Christian Scarpello was very familiar with Rutgers University’s men’s lacrosse program well before the Scarlet Knights began recruiting him. That’s because Christian’s brother, Colin Scarpello, a senior attackman/midfielder at Madison High School (N.J.), signed a National Letter of Intent with RU in November — more than four months before Christian verbally committed to Rutgers. The […]

Possession is the name of the game in lacrosse. And the perfect way to describe David Smith’s game. Faceoffs and groundballs are the specialty of the sophomore from Shawnee High School in New Jersey. He’ll be taking those skills to the major Division I level after verballing committing this past week to the University of […]

Now that the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is one for the books, we can look ahead to the Konica Minolta Big City Classic. The Face-Off Classic, played Saturday, March 23 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, started with a 6-5 win for Garden City’s boys varsity team over Loyola-Blakefield (Md.). High school teams will also […]

It’s safe to say that James Kitchen’s best lacrosse is ahead of him. The sophomore at New Jersey power St. Augustine has all the ingredients of a major Division I midfielder. So it should come as no surprise that the 6-foot-3, 185-pound righty has committed to Hofstra University. “JK is a very promising young midfielder,” […]

Brad Smith fits the mold of a major Division I midfielder perfectly. The sophomore at New Jersey power Mountain Lakes has good size, athleticism, field vision, dodging ability and a high lacrosse IQ. Those attributes made him a target of many of the nation’s top programs. Late last month, as first reported at Twitter.com/joe_lombardi, Smith […]

The Bernards High School Mountaineers are hoping to continue their climb. After back-to-back losing seasons in 2009 and ’10, the Mountains have made some noise in New Jersey Group 1 the last two years, winning 14 games each season. Can the Mountaineers reach new heights in 2013? For a look, we turn to senior Griffin […]

Here come the Green Wave juniors. New Jersey powerhouse Delbarton School has 11 seniors who have committed to play at the collegiate level. The number of 11th-graders, meanwhile, continues to grow. The most recent junior commit comes from Matt Marone. Marone has verbally committed to the University of Delware, where his father, Mike, a 1982 […]

Any discussion of the upper echelon teams in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, must include Mountain Lakes. The Garden State powerhouse is eager to win a Tournament of Champions title in 2013 for what would be the first time since 2008. As you will hear more about, […]

Chase Young plays fast. Speed is one of the main attributes for the midfielder from New Jersey powerhouse St. Augustine Prep’s. So it should come as no surprise that he made his college choice quickly. Young, the latest tristate sophomore to verbally commit, has decided on the University of Delaware. Young will be joined at […]