Last week, the boys high school season featured some great games, highlighted by Ward Melvilles (NY) big win over Garden City (NY) on Saturday in a Long Island non-league matchup and Boys Latin (MD) taking down Gilman (MD) in an MIAA battle on Friday. Also in the MIAA, McDonogh (MD) picked up a huge win yesterday over Calvert Hall (MD). This week is extremely busy, with plenty of great games. ...
Last week girls high school action was highlighted by some big matchups, including two big interstate battles. Manhasset (NY) traveled to New Jersey and took down Summit (NJ), 11-8. Meanwhile, New Canaan (CT) traveled to Long Island and defeated Farmingdale (NY) by an 8-7 count. It was a big week for Mendham (NJ), who took down Chatham (NJ) on Thursday before defeating Ridgewood (NJ) on Saturday and West Morris (NJ) Monday to push their record to 7-3. Meanwhile, McDonogh (MD), St. Stephens/St. Agnes (VA) and Moorestown (NJ) all remained undefeated. This week features some great matchups with powerhouse teams. ...
We were fortunate to catch up with Mark Schindler, the varsity head coach at Mercersburg Academy (PA) and founder of Nexus Lacrosse, a new enterprise designed to provide premier, developmental lacrosse opportunities for elite pre-varsity players. For part one of our interview, click here. In part two, Schindler discusses the hotly debated Post-Graduate (PG) year. There is plenty to dissect with the issue when debating if option is the right one for a player coming out of high school. As the coach of a school with PGs, Schindler is an excellent source of information on the subject. Below is our Q & A with Mark, who discusses why a player should consider a PG year, what factors are involved in making the decision for such a year, and how college admissions officers view PGs. ...
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. ...