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Time to spring ahead to fall ball

Joe Lombardi — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:43:06 +0000

The college football season is under way. The NFL regular season begins on Thursday night. But lacrosse is still very much in the air with plenty of fall travel tournaments — not to mention college fall ball events — on the horizon in the coming weeks. Here’s a rundown of some of the major events on the schedule, [...]

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Recruit profile extra: Castelli helps keeps Huntington’s college connection alive

Joe Lombardi — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:56:07 +0000

Rhamel Bratton. Shamel Bratton. Zach Howell. Scott Kocis. Huntington has sure turned out more than its share of collegiate standouts of late. And more are on the way. Among them, rising senior attackman Jack Castelli. Castelli, a rising senior attackman, is bound for Division III power Wesleyan in Connecticut. What were the main factors in your decision to attend Wesleyan? Wesleyan [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: John Jay’s Morris twins will be double trouble for Gettysburg’s opponents

Joe Lombardi — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:01:30 +0000

There was quite a long list of renowned collegiate programs that would have been very pleased to have gotten a verbal commitment from either Jimmy Morris (No. 20, picture at top) and Brendan Morris (pictured below). But Gettysburg has to be especially happy right now. That’s because both of the twin brothers have committed to attend the [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: Rielly staying close to home by committing to Hofstra

Joe Lombardi — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:17:58 +0000

Seth Tierney plans on hanging around Hofstra for a while. The former associate head coach at Hopkins signed a contract extension to remain as head coach of the Pride through 2014. Tierney took over as Hofstra coach in August 2006 after former Pride coach John Danowski left to take over the Duke program. One of Tierney’s main [...]

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You make the call: Who should be the favorite in Section 1 Class B?

Joe Lombardi — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:45:17 +0000

Yorktown’s moving down. (From Class A.) Rye’s moving up. (From Class C.) John Jay and Somers are still there. The result: A class that is as stacked as Section 1 has ever seen. Who do you think is the team to beat in Class B? Be sure to exercise your right to vote by casting your ballot in our latest [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: Maimone-Medwick picks a winner in Williams

Joe Lombardi — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:48:38 +0000

Manhasset regularly churns out as many college-bound players as any program in the country. One of the reasons for this is not only the Indians’ proud tradition of success, but its tradition of family ties. Case in point, rising senior John Maimone-Medwick, a defenseman headed to Division III power Williams. Maimone-Medwick’s brother, James, was a goaltender at Johns [...]

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Blast from the Past: Somers vs. Manhasset 2003 OT state semifinal

Joe Lombardi — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:14:34 +0000

Folks, it takes a lot to impress me. And this game did — and still does. In fact, it may be the most dramatic and memorable high school games I’ve ever seen. It happened back in June 2003 at Hofstra University. Section 1’s Somers was playing in its fourth straight New York state title appearance, but had [...]

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LaxLesson of the Week | 14 shark

Jordan Rabidou — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:11 +0000

A 1-4-1 set play, with one side of the field setting picks and slips and the backside looking to attack opposite.

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Recruits could be getting college calls earlier and more often

Joe Lombardi — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:37:16 +0000

We’ve told you about an NCAA proposal that would prevent colleges from making athletically related scholarship offers to recruits prior to July 1 of the recruits’ senior year. There’s another proposal being made by the Division I Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet that will be considered in January 2011 by the NCAA Legislative Council, representing [...]

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Inside Lacrosse recruit rankings recap

Joe Lombardi — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:10:11 +0000

Darien attackman Case Matheis is the No. 2-ranked rising junior in the nation, according to Inside Lacrosse. It’s always interesting to get Inside Lacrosse’s take on who the top high school and incoming collegiate players in the country are. And that’s precisely what we got this week. As you would expect, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, the nation’s [...]

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LaxLesson of the Week: 22 shark

Jordan Rabidou — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:01:31 +0000

A set play out of a basic 2-2-2 that has screens/pops and allows for your playmakers to attack the unbalanced backside.

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Update on NCAA early recruit commitment proposal

Joe Lombardi — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:00:01 +0000

Back in late June, we told you about an NCAA proposal that could mean the end of early verbal commitments. The proposal, which would ban Division I recruits from verbally committing to a college prior to July 1 before their senior year, picked up support earlier this year after a 13-year-old middle-school student verbally committed to [...]

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Inside Lacrosse recruit issue is out this week

Joe Lombardi — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:50:28 +0000

Former West Islip star Nicky Galasso graces the cover of the recruiting issue of Inside Lacrosse, which will be out on the stands and in mailboxes this week. It will include national rankings of rising seniors and juniors in high school. It also ranks the top incoming college freshmen. To no one’s surprise, Galasso is No. [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: Rye’s McReddie bound for Bates

Joe Lombardi — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:18:12 +0000

Rye midfielder Matt McReddie, who has committed to Bates College, also considered Division I Lafayette as well as Wesleyan, Colby, St. Lawrence and Union. (Photo courtesy McReddie family) It pays to be a good student — and a good student of the game. Rye rising senior Matt McReddie parlayed both those attributes into [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: Yorktown’s Thorp will help Saint Rose get started

Joe Lombardi — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:56:23 +0000

As an attackman at Yorktown High School, Jake Thorp is part of one of the most established varsity lacrosse programs in the nation. At the next level, Thorp will get to experience an interesting change. He will be helping the College of Saint Rose in Albany build its program from the very start. The 5-11, 161-pound Thorp [...]

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You make the call: A first look at who will be the best team in the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region in 2011

Joe Lombardi — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:20:16 +0000

It’s early. Very early. And there are plenty of contenders. Among them: * Five-time Class M Connecticut state champion Darien, which returns attackman Case Matheis, arguably the No. 1 rising junior in the nation. * Two-time Class C New York state champ Manhasset. * West Islip, which has won four Class A New York state titles the last [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: Somers’ Lombardo is bound for Binghamton

Joe Lombardi — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:25:21 +0000

It may be the dog days of August, but the recruiting commitments continue to come in from throughout the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. You can learn about them as they’re made by checking out the “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” thread each day. One of them was just made by a player who is busy [...]

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Seeing Red in Placid

Joe Lombardi — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:42:43 +0000

It was quite a week of lacrosse up in Lake Placid, N.Y., site of the 21st annual Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse Classic. And action in the most followed division, Masters, ended just as it did last year with Rusty Red outlasting a “Dream Team” of former Syracuse stars known as the Burnt Orange 14-13 in overtime [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: Ridgefield’s Buckanavage commits to Vermont

Joe Lombardi — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:06:54 +0000

Last year, the Ridgefield Tigers had a talent-filled roster that included four Division I recruits as they won the FCIAC championship for the first time in school history. The Tigers’ hopes of repeating as champions ended with an 8-5 loss to Greenwich in the FCIAC quarterfinals. But next season, Ridgefield will once again have a large core [...]

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Lax on the Lake

Joe Lombardi — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:39:45 +0000

It’s perhaps the premier lax extravaganza of the calendar year. Men’s and women’s teams of all age groups — from U-15 to Masters — converging on scenic Lake Placid in upstate New York for a week of non-stop lacrosse, better known as the 21st annual Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse Classic. For a look at teams entered [...]

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Tuesday night’s Sound Shore League title-game results

Joe Lombardi — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:49:26 +0000

The final game of tonight’s tripleheader has just gone final as the 31-year-old Sound Shore League crowned champions in each of its three adult men’s divisions at Purchase College. The marquee game of the night, which started at 8:15 p.m., was the Division 1 final. It featured the top players out of John Jay High School [...]

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Monday’s Sound Shore League title-game results/Tuesday’s championship tripleheader schedule

Joe Lombardi — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:31:48 +0000

The Sound Shore League crowned three champions tonight, with three more titles set to be decided on Tuesday. Here’s a rundown of tonight’s championship finals with all games played at Purchase College and Suffern Middle School: Westchester varsity (at Purchase College) No. 2 Scarsdale 8, No. 1 White Plains 4 Masters No. 1 Lurkers 10, No. 2 Gargoyle Athletics [...]

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Recruit spotlight extra: John Jay’s Weil decides on Dartmouth

Joe Lombardi — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:34:52 +0000

It was a breakout year for Jake Weil. After emerging as one of the key players on a John Jay team that won a sectional title for the fifth time in six years, the 6-foot midfielder enjoyed a noteworthy summer for the Prime Time travel team, which ended with his earning a spot in the [...]

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