Finally starting to feel like Spring in New York City. It was a big weekend in lacrosse, highlighted by Albanys victory over Hopkins on Friday in a men's DI contest. The Great Danes became only the seventh team to defeat both Syracuse and Hopkins in the same season since 1971. There is much more on Albany, as well as a big upset on the womens DI side and plenty of coverage of the week in mens DIII ranks in todays links. Enjoy! ...
SportsRecruits.com will hold the third and fourth of 10 Spring Recruiting Webinars tomorrow, Tuesday April 9 and Wednesday, April 10. The Webinars will focus on high school coaches, and will both start at 8PM (ET). Tuesday's session will focus on boy's coaches, while Wednesday's session will focus on girl's coaches. To register for the event, visit: http://sportsrecruits.com/webinar/index.html ...
Sixth-ranked Moorestown (NJ) defeated Colorado power Cherry Creek (CO) going away by the final score of 15-4 at Moorestown High School in New Jersey on Saturday. The win moves Moorestown to 4-0 on the season. Cherry Creek suffered its first setback of 2013 and falls to 4-1. The teams traded goals in the opening minutes before Moorestown went on a three-goal run to jump ahead 4-1. A Cherry Creek goal made the game 4-2, and a draw control for the Bruins had them on the attack again. But the Moorestown defense was up to the task, and after they were able to thwart a long Bruins possession, the Quakers ended the half with another three-goal spurt to take a 7-2 lead into the break. ...
The top-ranked Boys Latin Lakers (MD) defeated the three-time defending PIAA State Champion Conestoga Pioneers (PA) in dominant fashion Friday night, taking an 18-3 decision at Conestogas Teamer Field. The win moves Boys Latin to 9-0 on the season. Conestoga falls to 2-3. The Pioneers had defeated the Lakers in their past two meetings (2011 and 2012) before tonight. ...
Some news and notes in advance of tonights big matchup as Boys Latin travels to Conestoga (photo credit: Conestoga Lacrosse. See full galleries here). The teams are familiar with each other. The Lakers and Pioneers have met in each of the past two seasons. Both games were close decided by a total of three goals. Last season, the Pioneers earned a 7-6 victory in overtime, while in 2011 the margin was only two an 11-9 final. ...
Friday links are here. Another great weekend of lacrosse is on tap. On the high school side, LR News will be on the road for two games. Tonight, we will take in Boys Latin (MD) at Conestoga (PA). Tomorrow we will be covering Cherry Creek (CO) at Moorestown (NJ) on the girls side. Some great reading will set you up for what should be an exciting spring weekend. ...
The week in stories, links and videos from SportsRecruits.com/news. A busy week featured some great video of the La Salle (PA) at Garden City (NY) matchup on Long Island, highlights of Deerfield (MA) at Brunswick (CT) in Connecticut and some great content including weekend recaps, weekly previews and commitment news. ...
Defenseman Jake Sawyer (Denver, Colorado/Denver East High School) has committed to play lacrosse at the Hobart College. The Statesman, coached by T.W. Johnson, compete in the ECAC. Sawyer, a team captain at Denver East, brings size and skill to the Geneva, New York campus. A tall and athletic defender, Sawyer has good speed, utilizing a long stride to beat riding players when clearing. He plays very solid positional defense and uses his stick very well to lengthen his reach and keep attackers at bay. ...
Thursdays links have arrived. Included today is a great video interview with Paul Rabil on the heels of last weeks report that he was the first lacrosse player to make over $1 million. Also included are the finalists for the Lowes Senior CLASS award and information on Johns Hopkins St. Baldricks Foundation fundraiser for pediatric cancer research. ...
