When Laconia High School’s lacrosse program began in 2002, it didn’t take long for it to assert some dominance in New Hampshire’s Division 3, rolling out three straight state championships from 2003 to ’05. In the years since, the division has become much more staunch and the level of play has … [Read more...]
Nobles and Governor’s Academy clinch share of the ISL title
When it comes down to the final few games in the Independent School League, you can bet that one team is carrying fate in its own hands, and that everyone else is looking to whack it right out. As fate would have it, it sat firmly in the hands of two teams, with a few others salivating for the … [Read more...]
Thomas, Fitzgerald are bolstering the Cohasset-to-Providence pipeline
Though it is something that wasn’t built recently, the Cohasset-to-Providence pipeline has been flowing freely of late. The next player down the chute is Cohasset (Mass.) High School All-American midfielder Will Thomas, who soon will be joined by goalie Mason Fitzgerald, a junior who has been … [Read more...]
A trio of Avon Old Farms seniors look to send coach Skip Flanagan out as a winner
The path to prestige is firmly paved between Avon Old Farms and the Ivy League. It’s a journey that takes a student from one distinguished institute of higher learning to the next, though each individual journey often is quite different. A trio of Avon Old Farm players soon are to embark on that … [Read more...]
Position switch ignites record-setting season for Harvard’s Glynn
A SELF-PROFESSED ‘LATE BLOOMER,’ Harvard attacker Julia Glynn has surpassed the field. Though born in the United States, her family moved to London at the age of 2 for her father’s job. There, she enjoyed ballet and horseback riding. But when she returned to lacrosse-minded Manhasset, N.Y., in the … [Read more...]
The Harlem Lacrosse program is using lax to produce classroom progress
In 2008, Concord-Carlisle (Mass.) High School alumnus Simon Cataldo was working as a special education math teach at Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem. While struggling initially to engage his students in academics, he brought to them an unfamiliar concept — the sport of lacrosse. In doing so, … [Read more...]