Brendan Poirier of Rivers School was named Class of 2023 MVP at the NXT Philly Fall Showcase over the weekend. (Courtesy)There were plenty of New England standouts at the NXT Nike Philly Fall Showcase, which was held over the weekend in Downingtown, Pa. Some 240 players from the Class of 2022, 240 … [Read more...]
Tracing standout Nic Boudreau’s journey from Maine to Yale
Nic Boudreau of Cape Elizabeth (Maine) drives during a 2019 game against Yarmouth. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Getty Images)The first summer Nic Boudreau played on a club team was as a sixth-grader with a collection of other players from the state of Maine. He remembers some of the results, a 21-1 loss … [Read more...]
Junior talent in Founders League doesn’t just belong to Taft
Midfielder JoJo Dean, right, of Avon Old Farms made his commitment to play at Georgetown. (Courtesy)If getting juniors committed to Division 1 programs was a race in the Founders League, the comfortable lead would belong to Taft School. Since Sept. 1, seven juniors from Taft have made their college … [Read more...]
Wave of junior commits teases what could be great ISL season
St. Sebastian's players huddle before a game during the 2019 season. (Dave Arnold/New England Lacrosse Journal)In typical years in the Independent School League, the days leading up to Thanksgiving let us reflect on recently-completed fall sports seasons and look ahead to winter. Not this year. With … [Read more...]
Back to Nashville: Emma Davis of Nobles picks Vanderbilt
Junior Emma Davis of Noble and Greenough, left, recently made her commitment to play at Vanderbilt. (Courtesy)In the summer before she would enter the seventh grade, Emma Davis’ (Hingham, Mass.) young life got flipped when a new job pointed the family to Nashville, Tenn. The youngest of four … [Read more...]
Captains’ table: New England contingent leading ACC powers
Short-stick defensive midfielder Peter Dearth (Ridgefield, Conn.) is in his third year as a captain at Syracuse. (Rich Barnes/Getty Images)Last spring, the Atlantic Coast Conference produced two of the top four teams in the end-of-season polls: No. 1 Syracuse and No. 4 North Carolina. This coming … [Read more...]
A look at Lila Trussell’s double decision — lacrosse and BC
St. Paul's School junior Lila Trussell, who played two years at St. Mark's, has committed to Boston College. (Adam Richins)The story Sami Taylor likes to tell about Lila Trussell goes like this. Laxachusetts teams were having an in-state play day over the summer and Trussell, a 5-foot-11 … [Read more...]
Why Matt Lazzaro decommitted from BU and chose Penn State
Franklin (Mass.) High School standout Matt Lazzaro announced his commitment to Penn State on Wednesday. (Courtesy)It’s a change of direction for Matt Lazzaro. The standout Franklin (Mass.) High School senior, coming off a summer and fall showcase season that saw him collect more accolades, announced … [Read more...]
Nick Pisano translates brother’s lessons to Bryant commit
Needham (Mass.) High School junior attack Nick Pisano made his verbal commitment to Bryant last month. (Courtesy)Nick Pisano (Needham, Mass.) is nine years younger than his older brother, Robbie, but they’ve always spoken the same lacrosse language. Or, more accurately, one spoke and one … [Read more...]
Fall Ball Recap: Skills, film, protocols and appreciation
Theo Breton of New Hampton School carries the ball during a recent fall scrimmage against Holderness. (Courtesy)On Sunday, the boys lacrosse team at New Hampton School will conclude its fall practice session with a scrimmage against Tilton. There won’t be reporters at the game, or a Lakes Region … [Read more...]
Jack Taylor of LA will look to keep building at Jacksonville
Lawrence Academy junior midfielder Jack Taylor announced his commitment to Jacksonville last week. (Courtesy)Say this about Jack Taylor: He’s never been a frontrunner. Recruited to join a Lawrence Academy lacrosse team that would go 0-15 in the Independent School League the year before he arrived, … [Read more...]
Lax and legacies: Why Belmont Hill’s Charlie Cave chose Brown
Belmont Hill and 3D New England midfielder Charlie Cave committed to the admissions process at Brown last month. (Courtesy) When Charlie Cave announced his commitment to the admissions process at Brown last month, he took his first steps down a path that’s been tread by players like him before, … [Read more...]
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