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Independent School League: 2019 team-by-team season preview

With roughly three decades of history, Independent School League lacrosse is both storied and ripe with quality. In 2019, expect no different as Governor's Academy and Noble & Greenough enter as co-champions. But such is life every year, the leading faces and star players of the ISL will have a new … [Read more...]

Brunswick, Salisbury vie for peak of New England West 1

As usual, the gathering of talent in the upper echelon of New England West 1 is something to behold. One of the nation’s top lacrosse leagues may have gotten even bigger and stronger from top to bottom this season. But among the coaches around New England canvassed this winter, there appears to be … [Read more...]

Deven Varney last line of defense for Roxbury Latin

Deven Varney still recalls the conversation fondly, in the backyard of his Cohasset, Mass., home, the one that brought him into uncharted territory within youth lacrosse. There was an injury in net on his older brother’s team and nobody seemed all too willing to step up — until Varney took it upon … [Read more...]

Top 10 prep and high school FOGOs to watch for

With the Class of 2018 having graduated, some of New England's best and brightest faceoff specialists have progressed onto college lacrosse. There's Joe Neuman of Salisbury, who's serving as a back-up at Yale. Former Brunswick star Jordan Ginder is biding his time at Duke. Zachary Tucci (Bedford, … [Read more...]

Top 10 goalies to watch for in prep and high school lacrosse

With a glance across the college lacrosse landscape, it quickly becomes apparent that New England prep and public school programs have long produced top goalies. Phil Goss, an All-American at Brown, attended prep powerhouse Deerfield Academy. Current Virginia freshman Patrick Burkinshaw (Madison, … [Read more...]

Top 10 defensemen and LSMs to watch for in preps and high schools

Once again, this year’s crop of defensemen and long-stick midfielders in New England is a fairly deep one. It's full of players who are as aggressive in pursuit as they are staunch in using their size and aggression to set the tone. There are big bodies in this group who aren’t afraid to throw stick … [Read more...]

Top 10 prep and high school attackmen to watch for

What makes the good attackmen great? More than just blessed athleticism, an off-the-chart physical intangible or a relentless nose for the net, the truly great ones are unpredictable, always one step ahead or apt to thwart a defender with something truly unique. With any great offense, an element of … [Read more...]

Top 10 prep and high school midfielders to watch for

From the public school mainstays of Southern Connecticut, to the vaunted Independent School League program, to the prowess of prep juggernauts scattered across Western New England, the top midfield talent across the region this spring is exceptionally diverse. And there’s an underlying trend across … [Read more...]

Preview: UMass stays local, Boston College and Dartmouth await top teams

With opening weekend in the rearview, the vast majority of New England's teams begin their 2019 season this weekend. Namely, the Ivy League programs get underway, while the collective has regrouped after mixed results throughout the country. With a focus on teams ranked high in our preseason coaches … [Read more...]

Preview: Yale returns, Harvard’s daunting trip, UMass welcomes Ohio State

The region's Division 1 men's teams have Friday off, then it's a fast and heavy schedule once Saturday comes around. To know what's in store, New England Lacrosse Journal has its weekend preview, featuring the top five games all local fans should keep an eye on. With the Ivy League teams back in … [Read more...]

UConn Huskies carry “chip on their shoulders” into 2019

There’s been a jolt of lightning running through Storrs, Conn., this winter. “We’ve been having real high energy,” said sophomore midfielder Sydney Watson, who after a revelatory freshman season figures to bear a brunt of the scoring and distribution load in 2019. On the eve of the Huskies’ … [Read more...]

St. Anselm has sky-high expectations for 2019

Mike Sciamanna’s fourth season as St. Anselm head coach comes with a different view. The Hawks are used to being the underdog. Last year, for instance, after playing Merrimack to a four-goal loss in the Northeast-10 championship game, the Hawks couldn’t help but wonder what could have been as they … [Read more...]

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