Prep school notebook: Avon Old Farms is rolling

2010-04-23

Prep school notebook: After a season-opening loss, the Avon Old Farm boys have earned nine straight victories.


Deerfield boys ranked No. 1 in nation

2010-04-16

Deerfield Academy is the top-ranked team in the latest Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse High School Power Rankings. Deerfield is currently 6-0 and the only New England team ranked in the Top 10. The only ...


Tradition to go around

2010-03-09

While public schools — and some private schools — vie for state titles, New England’s prep schools have their own tradition, a rich history of some of the best school battles in the country ...


How college coaches perceive N.E. lacrosse

2010-03-02

In New England, kids grow up knowing lacrosse. There are scores of youth leagues, prep schools, and colleges, and the region has produced legends of the game like Dick Garber — who built the UMass ...


Lehman brings golden touch to Gould

2009-09-11

Coach Lehman's golden touch in Bethel, Maine, revives Gould program.


Rivers scoring stars Fitzgerald, Greenfield forge special bond

2009-07-05

They have been teammates for what seems forever, and soul mates, too. You could easily draw that conclusion, watching John Fitzgerald and Jordan Greenfield plot and interact almost as one on the lacrosse ...


Loomis lands another Founders title

2009-07-05

Loomis Chaffee defender Linnea Fulton is smart enough away from the field that life at Bates College awaits next year. And she’s smart enough on it to recognize she was part of a special team this ...


Triple crowns for ISL champs

2009-07-05

Three kings. Different suits. It may be a simplistic analysis to say that Rivers School scored goals, Governor’s Academy stopped goals and Middlesex did a little at both ends. But there’s ...


Lofty goals for Gaiss

2009-06-09

Three years ago, as a sophomore at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., Kaitlin Gaiss was anointed as the sole heir to the legacy of Julie Wadland. It was Wadland who had set the standard of excellence ...


Lawson a leader at Middlesex

2009-06-09

Coaches with 30-plus years invested in the game don’t tend to be easily impressed. But when the topic turns to David Lawson, the accolades begin to flow freely from them like water through a busted ...


Klauberg a perfect fit at GA

2009-05-03

As an All-American and future Division 1 player at Princeton, Greenwich (Conn.) Academy senior midfielder Jackie Klauberg is in select company. She also is among the best Chinese-speaking female lacrosse ...


Exeter’s Gardner delivers on defense

2009-05-03

According to ancient Japanese warrior code, “You win battles by knowing the enemy’s timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.” As a former attackman, Phillips Exeter ...


Griffin puts forth Nobles effort

2009-04-05

Of all the decisions Noble and Greenough lacrosse captain Casey Griffin has had to make in her burgeoning athletic career, the one involving her hair nearly a decade ago was by far the easiest. The dilemma ...


Shanley next in line at Fairfield Prep

2009-04-05

Ask Chris Smalkais how many goals any one of his players scored last year and he’ll probably give you a cursory shrug. Such numbers are unimportant to the coach of the vaunted Fairfield College Preparatory ...


Johnson eyes big finish at Thayer

2009-03-03

The future is stretching out wide and wonderful for midfielder Kelsey Johnson of Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass. She’s off to Dartmouth College in the fall to play for one of Division 1’s ...


Billings battles back at Brewster

2009-03-03

As the weather got hot last summer, Brewster Academy goalie Nate Billings’ disposition was pretty sunny as well. He was coming off a strong senior year at the Wolfeboro, N.H., school, his third ...


For Preps

2008-08-07

With fall approaching, thousands of student-athletes are weighing the advantages of attending a college preparatory school, many with the hopes of using a prep school as a stepping stone to college lacrosse. There ...


Nobles caps perfect campaign

2008-07-01

After taking unbeaten Noble and Greenough to the wire in mid-April, Brooks School coach Randy Hesse lamented how tough it was to keep that team’s “three-headed monster” in check. In ...


Deerfield puts together another big year

2008-07-01

With longtime Loomis Chaffee mentor Jim Wilson stepping down, no coach in Western New England Division 1 has a longer current tenure than Chip Davis of Deerfield Academy. And, in his 19 years there ...