Mondays links have arrived. Todays reading to kick off your workweek includes a weekend of upsets in the Division III mens ranks, some mens DI bracketology and an interesting piece wondering if its time for instant replay in lacrosse. Enjoy! ...
SportsRecruits.com will hold the sixth of 10 Spring Recruiting Webinars on Wednesday, April 24. The Webinar will focus on 2015 girls, and will start at 8PM (ET). To register for the event, visit: http://sportsrecruits.com/webinar/index.html ...
The weekend in the boys high school landscape was highlighted by a couple of big games between some of the best teams in the country. On Long Island, there was a huge non-league contest pitting one of the best in Nassau County against one of the best in Suffolk as Garden City (NY) traveled to Ward Melville (NY). In a tight defensive battle, the 631 area code came out on top, as the Patriots defeated the visiting Trojans, 7-3. As we noted in our game observations last week, Melvilles defense has been impressive this season. They continued their solid play Saturday, holding Garden City to just three goals while the teams offense went on a 4-0 fourth-quarter run to break a 3-3 deadlock. A huge win for the Patriots, who are one of the best teams in the country thus far at 9-0. Garden City fell to 6-2. ...
Last week in girls high school lacrosse was highlighted by a big interstate matchup. On Saturday, Manhasset (NY) traveled to face Summit (NJ) and took home a big 11-8 victory. The Indians moved to 7-1 on the season, with their only loss coming to undefeated Garden City (NY). Summit fell to 7-2. Also in New Jersey, Mendham (NJ) took down visiting Chatham (NJ) on Thursday, 10-6. The Minutemen then followed that with a huge victory over Ridgewood (NJ), 9-8 in double overtime, to push their record to 6-3. Meanwhile, Moorestown (NJ) had another dominant 3-0 week to move their record to 9-0. The Quakers have scored at least 14 goals in each of their victories this season. ...
Fridays links are here. Our thoughts and prayers remain with those in Boston. Hopefully this situation gets resolved soon. We kick off todays reading with a statement from MLL Commissioner David Gross. ...
The week in stories, links and videos from SportsRecruits.com/news. This week featured some excellent videos of Smithtown West (NY) at Ward Melville (NY) from Monday and yesterdays Chatham (NJ) and Mendham (NJ) matchup. There was plenty more, including game observations, commitment news and weekly previews. ...
Justin Russo (Holmdel, New Jersey/Holmdel High School) has committed to play lacrosse at the Montclair State University. Montclair State is currently in first place in the Skyline Conference with a record of 11-4. The teams most recent victory a 16-10 triumph over Kean put them in sole possession of the top spot with one regular season game remaining. The Red Hawks are the four-time defending Skyline Champions, winning the conference tournament in each year since 2009. The wins qualified them for the NCAA tournament. ...
Its time for Thursdays links. Today's reading features a new venue announcement for the ACC mens lacrosse championships beginning next season, a big upset in the mens DIII ranks and a cool feature on the DiMaria brothers who play at Duke and Lehigh, respectively. Enjoy! ...
Wednesdays links have arrived. Todays batch includes a surreal interview with members of the Tufts womens lacrosse team, who were near the finish line as Mondays chaos at the Boston Marathon unfolded. Our thoughts and prayers remain with Boston. We have some big lacrosse news as well, including Hobart's upset of Syracuse and the interesting fans of the Florida women's lacrosse team. ...