From experience, senior attacks Chamberlaine Bell and Courtney Darmody know that lacrosse success is determined on the field, not in preseason polls. In each of their first three seasons at Bedford (N.H.) High School, the final pieces to success eluded them -- two seasons reached the Division 1 … [Read more...]
Proposed July tourneys offer ray of hope for seniors
One by one on Tuesday, Concord-Carlisle (Mass.) coach Tom Dalicandro called his players to discuss the cancellation of the spring lacrosse season due to COVID-19 concerns. “I told them basically how much they mean to me, asked what I can do for them, or I just let them vent,” he said. “They all … [Read more...]
With an eye on summer, clubs watch, wait and hope
Clubs don’t want to think about a lost summer of lacrosse. But they can’t ignore the possibility, either. As the sports lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic moves well into its second month, it’s not just the spring high school seasons that have been affected, already getting canceled in … [Read more...]
End of the road: No spring sports seasons in Mass.
John Isaf thought the mix was just about perfect. Here was his Medfield (Mass.) High School team, heavy on seniors (12), college commits (six) and motivation, after getting nipped by Winchester, 11-10, in a taut Division 2 championship game last June. It was a team he was looking forward to coaching … [Read more...]
Concord-Carlisle star Fallon Vaughn missing final act
Fallon Vaughn remembers being a high school freshman at the Women’s National Tournament in Bel Air, Md., part of a loaded Mass./Rhode Island team that featured Elle and Jane Hansen (Cohasset, Mass.), Notre Dame Academy star Madison Ahern (Cohasset, Mass.) and her own older sister, Payton. “I was … [Read more...]
McCarthy on ‘Cuse future: ‘Always been a dream’
By many accounts, it’s the current crop of prep school juniors that will land the most awkwardly when the coronavirus pandemic passes and recruiting life returns to normal. Too old to reclassify, and robbed of critical spring seasons (and possibly summer showcase tournaments), they’ve got the most … [Read more...]