Video special: Five tristate under-the-radar teams
You’ve seen both the Tristate Top 25 preseason and Week 1 rankings, now let’s give a shoutout to the underdogs. Here’s a look at five under-the-radar teams from the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotspot, the...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Somers (NY)
Over the next week, we’ll be spotlighting several team’s from the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotspot in video interviews. We start in New York’s Hudson Valley with Somers. The Tuskers last won a Section 1...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Jericho (NY)
Jericho High School (NY) is looking to take the next step after a breakout 12-4 season in 2013 — quite an accomplishment for a program that has shown steady improvement since going 5-10 in 2010. Can...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Niskayuna (NY)
Niskayuna reeled off 21 straight wins in 2013, drawing the consensus No. 1 national ranking. The Silver Warriors suffered their first loss in their last game, falling to eventual two-time New York...
View ArticleVideo highlights: John Jay pulls away to beat Rye
Two of the top programs in Section 1 (NY) met in Cross River on Thursday as John Jay pulled away to beat Rye 10-5. Michigan-bound Shawn Smith led the way for the Indians with three goals and two...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Lakeland/Panas (NY)
Lakeland/Panas outlasted Yorktown 8-7 in overtime to win the 2010 Class A title in one of the most memorable title games in New York’s Section 1 in recent history. The Rebels’ postseason run ended with...
View ArticleVideo: John Jay pulls out dramatic win against Manhasset in an instant classic
Nick Kells scored off a steal in transition with three seconds left in regulation to give John Jaya dramatic 6-5 win over Manhasset on Wednesday night at Manhasset. It was the second straight year John...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Darien (CT)
Regular-season starts don’t get much better than the one Darien High School (Conn.) is off to this sprin. After beating national power Niskayuna 8-7 on April 12, the Blue Wave then picked off Manhasset...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Garden City (NY)
Garden City is gearing up in its quest for a three-peat. The Trojans defeated Jamesville-DeWitt 13-8 in last year’s final to cap a 19-3 season that included a Nassau County Class B title-game win over...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Manhasset (NY)
We’re just over a week away from the renewal of the tristate’s premier rivalry game, the Woodstick Classic. This year’s Woodstick, between Manhasset and Garden City, is Saturday, May 3 at GC. Last...
View ArticleVideo special: Thoughts on East beating West in the Battle of Smithtown
It may wind up going down as the game of the regular season in tristate lacrosse. Smithtown East beat unbeaten Smithtown West, the No. 1 team in the LaxLessons Tristate Top 25, for the first time since...
View ArticleVideo special: Team spotlight on Ridgefield (CT)
Ridgefield (CT) has picked up a pair of huge wins over NY powers Garden City and Yorktown. Here’s more on the Tigers from three of the team’s leading players: junior attackman Ryan Dunne, senior...
View ArticleVideo special: 2013 Yorktown All-Americans Prestreau, Mariano make mark at...
It didn’t take long for 2013 Yorktown High School (N.Y.) All-Americans Brian Prestreau and Nick Mariano to make their mark at the Division I level in lacrosse. Joe Lombardi caught up with Prestreau, an...
View ArticleVideo special: Darien pulls away to win battle for first place in FCIAC
Darien’s strengths as a team were on display Saturday as the Blue Wave pulled away to defeat Greenwich 10-4 in a showdown for first place in the FCIAC. Joe Lombardi spoke with three of the standouts:...
View ArticleLacrosse star turned filmmaker Jalbert produces open for ESPN lacrosse...
Former University of Virginia All-American Jay Jalbert, now a filmmaker, has create the open for ESPN’s men’s lacrosse championship tournament coverage. Jalbert explains how he became involved in the...
View ArticleVideo: Tristate Playoff Preview Special
If the postseason is anything like the wild ride we’ve seen during the regular season, the next few weeks should be very exciting in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New...
View ArticleVideo: Countdown to a state crown as Yorktown holds off Jamesville-DeWitt
It seemed fitting that the ball was in the stick of Luke Palmadesso as Yorktown counted down the final seconds of its first New York state championship win since 2003, a 10-9 victory over...
View ArticleVideo special: Top 5 moments in tristate varsity lacrosse
The summer showcase season is well under way and the 2014 varsity season in the tristate is now one for the books. But what a season it was. It featured three first-time state champions, a team...
View ArticleALS Ice Bucket Challenge prompts videos galore
It’s the busiest time of year for major D-I commitments in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. Get caught up right here, right now. The Ice Bucket Challenge to raise...
View ArticleLacrosse world is playing its role in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
It’s the busiest time of year for recruiting news. Get caught up right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never dupicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1...
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