An absolutely wild week of games has the prep world buzzing. Teams at the top of the heap kept their winning ways alive, while some of the teams in the Founders League and the Independent School League found themselves wanting. We start at the top, where Brunswick collected two more convincing … [Read more...]
Weekend primer: What’s at stake in the Ivy League and NESCAC?
Another big weekend in two of the top college leagues in the country is upon us. The penultimate games of both the Ivy League and the NESCAC will all but determine each league’s playoff picture. With one set of games left after this weekend, we’re nearing the end of the regular season. With that … [Read more...]
Podcast: Matt Biggs of Nashoba (Mass.) on setting expectations
On this week’s episode of New England Lacrosse Journal’s “Chasing The Goal” podcast, hosts Kyle Devitte and Jack Piatelli talk with Nashoba Regional (Mass.) High School head coach Matt Biggs. Biggs is a 2011 graduate of Oakmont Regional in Ashburnham, Mass., where the played both lacrosse and ice … [Read more...]
Power rankings: Statement for Loomis, plus a Salisbury surge
The prep school lacrosse season is remarkably short, but in the first few weeks of play, a true national championship powerhouse has emerged. Well ... maybe not emerged, but confirmed. Brunswick has avenged last year's losses to both public school power Darien (Conn.) and Lawrenceville, the team … [Read more...]
Freshman phenom Casey Ryan: Bowdoin’s not-so-secret weapon
Brunswick, Maine, is 3,131 miles away from La Jolla, Calif. It is, perhaps, the longest journey any lacrosse player in the NCAA from the continental United States has to make to play for a team in the NESCAC. Bowdoin's Casey Ryan does just that and, as a freshman, he has become the sort of … [Read more...]
Weekend primer: Bryant, UVM set for America East showdown
Everyone is used to the college season progressing far faster than prep or high school seasons -- but we're officially in the final third of the college regular season and conference play is heating up. The America East has no clear favorite yet, but a game between the new guard -- defending … [Read more...]