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Welcome to our Final 2018 End-of-the-Season Top 25 poll. Each week Bostonlax.net brought the MIAA and ISL together in our unique cumulative poll, featuring the top public and ISL private school teams in Massachusetts. Our final Top 25 poll is a combined opinion poll of members of the media, scouts, and selected high ... read more

cover photo by Dylan Foran WESTWOOD -- It was another classic battle, in the sixth annual BostonLax All-American game, as Team Shield defeated Team Hammer, 19-11, at Xaverian Brother High School in Westwood. Check out the action, brought to you by Difi Video, with play-by-play and commentary provided by ... read more

Welcome to the final wave (3 of 3) of our selection process for the 2018 Boston Lax All-American game, to be held on Monday, July 9th at Xaverian High School at 6:30 p.m. The players who were chosen were selected through the All-American game selection process by the BostonLax staff. ... read more

Boston Lax is excited to announce our ten finalists for the 2nd Annual Bruce Lerch Player of the Year Award. We are excited to present the “Bruce Lerch Player of the Year” on July 9, 2018, at halftime of the Boston Lax All-American game Last season Boston Lax introduced the first ... read more

The ISL lacrosse season has concluded and it was another season which did not disappoint. Nobles and Governor’s shared the ISL title, with Belmont Hill and St. Sebastian’s finishing right behind them, with only two ISL losses each. The All-ISL teams will be released soon by the league and their ... read more

Welcome to our Week 7 Top 25 poll and our MIAA Top 25 and ISL Top 16 polls. Each week Bostonlax.net brings the MIAA and ISL together our unique cumulative poll, featuring the top public and ISL private school teams in Massachusetts. Our Top 25 poll is a combined opinion poll of members of ... read more

With the 2018 MIAA season nearing it's midway point, and the action heating up, Bostonlax.net has been all over the fields watching some of the top-ranked teams and top-ranked players in Massachusetts. After bringing you our Top 20 ISL Stars last week, we now elease our Top 20 MIAA stars rankings list ... read more

With the 2018 ISL season underway and the action heating up, Bostonlax.net has been all over the fields watching some of the top-ranked teams and top-ranked players in Massachusetts. Today we bring you our Top 20 ISL stars rankings list for the 2018 season. It is always a difficult task ... read more

As part of our pre-season lacrosse coverage for the 2018 season, BostonLax.net featured some of the top returning players in the MIAA and ISL for the 2018 high school lacrosse season. We began with the goalies, followed by the defensemen, and attackmen and today we conclude with the midfielders and faceoff midfielders. Often ... read more

As part of our pre-season lacrosse coverage for the 2018 season, BostonLax.net will be featuring some of the top returning players in the MIAA and ISL for the 2018 high school lacrosse season. We began with the goalies, followed by the defensemen, and today we continue with the attackmen. We will conclude ... read more

On Friday, April 6, 2018, at 7 p.m., at Harvard Stadium in Allston, Mass. Noble and Greenough will take the field to open their 2018 ISL boys lacrosse season against defending ISL Co-Champion and reigning No. 1 team in the State, St. Sebastian’s. While the match-up should prove to be ... read more

As part of our pre-season lacrosse coverage for the 2018 season, BostonLax.net will be featuring some of the top returning players in the MIAA and ISL for the 2018 high school lacrosse season. We began last week with the goalies and today we continue with the poles (defenders and long ... read more

As part of our pre-season lacrosse coverage for the 2018 season, BostonLax.net will be featuring some of the top returning players in the MIAA and ISL for the 2018 high school lacrosse season. Be sure to comment and discuss the goalie position on our Bostonlax.net Forums by clicking here Today ... read more

by Ryan Kilian @masspreps It was a classic battle, in the fifth annual BostonLax All-American game, as Team Stallion defeated Team Surgeon, 21-20. Check out the action, brought to you by Difi Video with play-by-play and commentary provided by Brendan Hall and Daggett Morse.  Thanks also to Dan Brothers ... read more

By Brendan Hall @BHallESPN Throughout the regular season, Boston Lax will be conducting an in-depth look at the top contenders for this year’s inaugural “Bruce Lerch Player of the Year” award. The Player of the Year award, is named after our former Editor-In-Chief and dear friend, Bruce Lerch, who was ... read more

After releasing our initial Watch list last Friday, our Top players list (10-8) on Monday, and our Top Players (7-4) on Thursday we are back with the final installment in our top players series, featuring the Top 3 Early-season candidates for our first annual Bruce Lerch Player of the Year award. The ... read more

After releasing our initial Watch list on Friday, and our Top players list (10-8) on Monday, we are back with the second of our three-part installment, featuring the Top 10 initial player candidates for our first annual Bruce Lerch Player of the Year award. The talented players on this list, as well as ... read more

  After releasing our initial Watch list on Friday, we are back with the first of our three-part installment, featuring the Top 10 initial player candidates for our first annual Bruce Lerch Player of the Year award. The talented players on this list, as well as our Watch List, represent players ... read more

Welcome to our first weekly poll (Week One) of the 2017 boys lacrosse season. As always, our Boston Lax poll includes all MIAA teams along with teams from the ISL. After releasing our Pre-season Poll last week, we saw a little shakeup in the top 10 this week and we had one new ... read more

As part of our pre-season lacrosse coverage for the 2017 season, BostonLax.net will be featuring some of the top returning players in the MIAA and ISL for the 2017 high school lacrosse season. Today we present our 2017 BostonLax.net Goalie Watch List. ... read more

As part of our pre-season lacrosse coverage for the 2017 season, BostonLax.net will be featuring some of the top returning players in the MIAA and ISL for the 2017 high school lacrosse season. Today we present our 2017 BostonLax.net Attack Watch List. ... read more

BostonLax is proud to present the BostonLax All-American game in its entirety. Thank you for all your support this season. We look forward to an exciting 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1m6dHbkuVM&feature=youtu.be ... read more

Produced by Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) Zander Dolan has been the master all season behind our video highlights, and he's saved his best for last. With the state's best players all on one field BostonLax is proud to present Zander's video highlights from the BostonLax All-American game. It was a wonderful ... read more

Produced by Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) BC High coach Steve Lydon, fresh off a South section title with the Eagles, led team StringKing to a victory in the All-American game. After the game he chatter with our editor, Mike Abelson, about the game and being in charge of coaching the best ... read more

Produced by Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) As part of the BostonLax All-American game we took a minute to chat with two of the best goalies in the state. Concord-Carlisle's Aidan Long and Algonquin's Colton King, took time pregame to chat with our editor Mike Abelson about playing in the AA game ... read more

Produced by Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) As part of the BostonLax All-American game we took a minute to chat with two of the finest midfielders in the state. Medfield's John MacLean and Kevin McCordic, going to Boston University and Providence respectively, took time pregame to chat with our editor Mike Abelson ... read more

Produced by Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) As part of the BostonLax All-American game we took a minute to chat with two of the finest defenders in the state. Jack Lyne of the Middlesex School and Zach Coffey of Governor's, going to Johns Hopkins and Bryant respectively, took time pregame to chat ... read more

By Mike Abelson (@ABELS0N) WESTWOOD – One the last day of the lacrosse season the state's finest players gathered at Xaverian for the fourth annual BostonLax All-American game. Players from the ISL and every corner of the MIAA descended on the Hawk Bowl for a rousing, entertaining 60 minutes of ... read more

  By Ryan Kilian (@masspreps) WESTWOOD, Mass. – Boston Lax is excited to announce that the fourth annual Boston Lax All-American game will take place on Thursday, June 23rd at 6:30 p.m. at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Mass. The game will include 52 of the state’s top lacrosse student-athletes, ... read more

Buy a Bruce Lerch T-Shirt Today to help support the Bruce Lerch Fund Click here:  https://www.theloyalist.com/bostonlax/fcos3   ... read more

May 19th 6PM Click Here for Live Coverage http://bostonlax.net/live-stream/ ... read more

It was a big week last week. There were upsets aplenty and the top 25 poll took a solid shakeup in the process. In the MIAA, Ipswich fell from the ranks of the unbeaten, but the biggest story was Cohasset's strong win over Medfield to end the Warriors two-year long, ... read more

By Jake Levin (@JakeLevin477) COHASSET -- The rumors of Cohasset’s decline were greatly exaggerated. Not that the Skippers (12-4) were trending towards falling off the face of the lacrosse map, but with a few uncharacteristic losses in recent weeks, questions arose about Cohasset’s status as a contender in Division 3. ... read more

By Mike Abelson (@ABELS0N) Hull, Massachusetts is a wisp of land curling out into the Atlantic, and for much of its existence Hull High lacrosse was a wisp on the lax landscape in the Commonwealth. With state powerhouses Hingham and Cohasset both less than 11 miles away, success in Hull ... read more

by Ryan Kilian (@masspreps) BELMONT –  Undefeated Belmont Hill entered Wednesday’s ISL match-up, with one-loss Nobles, looking to remain in control of their 2016 destiny in the always-competitive ISL. With three one-loss teams, including Nobles, in hot pursuit of the top spot, Belmont Hill knew that they would be in ... read more

With Hingham's win over Plymouth South yesterday, Harbormen coach John Todd became only the second coach in Massachusetts history to win 400 games. He's just five behind the state record holder Rick Mazzei, who coached at Malden Catholic, Beverly, and Saugus. “I've been doing it for a while, and have ... read more

A lot stayed the same this week in our top 25. The top seven remained unchanged, but change is coming. A huge week looms in the ISL as Belmont Hill takes on Rivers and Nobles, and Governor's plays St. Sebastian's. Minnechaug and Hingham both made big jumps this week, and ... read more

The last few weeks have seen an a lot of movement across the state, but the constants have been consistently strong all year. Those consistents are Lincoln-Sudbury, Belmont Hill, and Medfield. Despite taking losses in New Jersey this weekend LS and Medfield have been untouchable inside state lines. LS cruised ... read more

Story and photos by Josh Perry (@Josh_Perry10) DOVER - Medfield and Dover-Sherborn have long set the standard in the Tri-Valley League and in each of the two meetings between the teams season records can be thrown out the window, as both sides expect a battle. The Warriors came into Tuesday ... read more

It's finally here! The highlights from this weekend's scintillating overtime classic between Duxbury and Billerica have been produced by BostonLax's own Zander Dolan. Enjoy.   [embed]https://youtu.be/TLpEqKMIL9k[/embed] ... read more

Story by Mike Abelson (@ABELS0N) DUXBURY -- In what might be the clubhouse leader for game of the year, Duxbury and Billerica tore it up on the turf at Chandler Field under rainy, gray skies. Three goals in the final minute of regulation forced overtime, and it was Bobby Maimaron ... read more

Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) brings us yet another top-notch highlight package for Boston Lax. This time, we look back at Friday's intercoastal matchup between Medfield and reigning Washington state champ, Mercer Island. [embed]https://youtu.be/g_1iLfUbyXE[/embed]   ... read more

Zander Dolan (@LongtimenoZs) with all the highlight's from Xaverian's win over BC High on Tuesday night.     [embed]https://youtu.be/ymowFGpxtmo[/embed] ... read more

Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., has been named the host site for the 2017 and 2018 NCAA men's lacrosse championship weekends. Foxborough to Host 2017, 2018 Men's Championship Weekends from LaxMagazine.com Staff Reports | Twitter The NCAA on Tuesday announced that the 2017 and 2018 men's championship weekends ... read more

By Ryan Kilian (@masspreps) BELMONT – It would seem only fitting that Friday night’s ISL opener between Belmont Hill and Thayer Academy would come down to the final seconds of play. The game was tied 6-6 when Belmont Hill gained possession with one minute remaining in the contest. The final ... read more

Our own Zander Dolan put together highlight package from last Saturday's Lincoln-Sudbury v Manhasset game that was played down on Long Island. Follow Zander on Twitter @LongtimenoZs [embed]https://youtu.be/BExUeNJ1p5A[/embed] ... read more

    1. Lincoln-Sudbury (Last year 20-1 D1 State Champs) Key Losses: M Chris Brindisi, A Nick Brindisi, A Mike O'Connell, D Eamon Hunter Key Returnees: D Caleb Geitz, A Eric Holden, M Connor McCarthy, D Dan Ryan, M Harlan Smart, G Trevor Van Leer Big Early Season Games: Manhasset ... read more

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXylAGva6w[/embed]  John MacLean Medfield Ever since bursting onto the scene as a freshman during their playoff run John MacLean has been the number one target of opposing defenses and he has stepped up to the challenge every time. That's not to say that he hasn’t had other great ... read more

Bruce Lerch was a remarkable man. The rise of high school lacrosse in Massachusetts can, at some level, be directly connected to Bruce's love of the game and commitment to its growth. His death this past winter hit us all like a punch in the stomach. Bruce was a mentor ... read more

In an effort to hit our goal of 100k for the Bruce Lerch Scholarship Fund, we have created these shirts to honor Bruce on the sidelines of this upcoming spring!  Click below and get yours today! https://www.theloyalist.com/bostonlax/fcos3   For more on donating to the Bruce Lerch Scholarship fund, click ... read more

By Bruce Lerch When Sean Quirk announced in May that he was stepping down from his position as the head coach at Endicott College, a position he held for 18 years, he really thought he was done with coaching. Then, along came an opportunity that was simply too good to ... read more

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aJeAtxualc&feature=youtu.be[/embed] Special thanks to Zander Dolan and Dolan CameraWork for these spectacular highlights from the Third annual BostonLax All-American Game. To read a recap of the event and see some outstanding photos, please click here.   ... read more

Nobles Teddy Strzetelski makes a save on Medfield's Matt Treiber, then takes off downfield. Although the ball would eventually hit the ground, Strzetelski stays with the offense and is rewarded when Team Wounded Warrior teammate Sam Scarfo alertly hits him with a pass off the crease. Strzetelski catches, then goes ... read more

Stay tuned to BostonLax.net throughout the rest of the week for full and complete coverage of the Third Annual BostonLax All-American Game. We'll have more stories plus video highlights and plenty more great photos to come over the coming days. By Ryan Kilian ALLSTON – The stars were out and ... read more

[caption id="attachment_12780" align="alignright" width="300"] Sneak peek at the helmets being donated by STX for the BostonLax All-American Game.[/caption] BostonLax.net is proud to release the rosters for our Third Annual BostonLax All-American Game to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, which will take place on Wednesday, July 8th, at Harvard University's Soldiers Field ... read more

STATE SEMIFINALS DIVISION 1 SOUTH - Friday, June 12th at Norwell High School No. 1 Duxbury 18, No. 8 Catholic Memorial 8 NORTH - Saturday, June 13th at Woburn High School No. 1 Lincoln-Sudbury 12, No. 2 Billerica 8 STATE FINAL: Duxbury vs. Lincoln-Sudbury, Friday, June 19th at Harvard University's Soldiers ... read more

DIVISION 1 NORTH - Tuesday, June 9 No. 1 Lincoln-Sudbury 20, No. 4 Reading 7 No. 2 Billerica 14, No. 6 Andover 5 Div. 1 North Final: Billerica vs. Lincoln-Sudbury, Saturday, June 13th at Woburn High School (4 p.m.). DIVISION 1 SOUTH - Tuesday, June 9 No. 3 Duxbury 10, No. ... read more

[caption id="attachment_12308" align="alignright" width="300"] ISL Player of the Year Sean Lowrie of Roxbury Latin (Photo credit: Ryan Kilian).[/caption] ISL All-Americans Sean Lowrie ‘15, Midfield, Roxbury Latin School Larsen Bidstrup ‘15, Attack, Governor’s Academy James Burr ‘15, Attack, Middlesex School Academic All-America Alex Santangelo ‘15, Defense, Belmont Hill School ... read more

Now that the brackets have been set for the MIAA lacrosse tournaments, here is an analysis of each sectional field along with comments and picks from BostonLax.net Editor in Chief Bruce Lerch and contributor BishopMVP. To view the brackets, visit www.miaa.net. [caption id="attachment_12287" align="alignleft" width="300"] Billerica's Jeff Trainor (14) and Lincoln-Sudbury's Eamon Hunter ... read more

Now that the brackets have been set for the MIAA lacrosse tournaments, here is an analysis of each sectional field along with comments and picks from BostonLax.net Editor in Chief Bruce Lerch and contributor BishopMVP. Just a reminder that in divisions 2 and 3, the state semifinals will pit the North champion ... read more

Now that the brackets have been set for the MIAA lacrosse tournaments, here is an analysis of each sectional field along with comments and picks from BostonLax.net Editor in Chief Bruce Lerch and contributor BishopMVP. Just a reminder that in divisions 2 and 3, the state semifinals will pit the North champion ... read more

Visit the Shootout For Soldiers: Boston website for more information [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRadSe3uRI[/embed]   ... read more

Friday, May 29, was lacrosse tournament seeding day across Massachusetts. Below you'll find the full list of tournament seeds and coaches poll rankings for each respective section. Links to sectional brackets can be found by clicking on each sectional header, which will take you to the MIAA tournament website. As ... read more

By Mike Abelson [caption id="attachment_11651" align="alignleft" width="300"] St. Sebs Will Plansky (22) flies into the air after a hard check. (Photo credit: Mike Abelson)[/caption] NEEDHAM – An early season ISL showdown between St. Sebastian’s and Nobles started with a mumble, grew into a roar, and ended with a laser from ... read more

By Josh Perry [caption id="attachment_11651" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cam Wolfe (9) fires in a goal for Needham. (Photo credit: Josh Perry)[/caption] NEEDHAM, Mass. - Without Mike Panepinto, Mike Elcock, Nobles transfer Danny Jacobs or a host of other “household names,” as head coach Dave Wainwright referred to them, Needham had a ... read more

By Bruce Lerch [caption id="attachment_11651" align="alignleft" width="300"] Junior Almeida (blue) turned in a crucial effort on faceoffs to aid the L-S victory. (photo credit: Bruce Lerch)[/caption] WESTWOOD - Star players are expected to produce, even when it's as early as a team's season opener. Getting major contributions from several untested ... read more

By Bruce Lerch New faces, new look, new home…new era? It has been a busy offseason for the Boston Cannons to say the least. The longtime face of the franchise, as well as Major League Lacrosse, is no longer playing in Boston. The team itself is no ... read more

By Bruce Lerch [caption id="attachment_11651" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cannons General Manager Kevin Barney announcing the team's deal with Gillette Stadium (photo credit: Bruce Lerch).[/caption] BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 13, 2015) - The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that they will be playing their ... read more

The defending-champion Blazers finished an unbeaten season coming from behind to top a MegaMen squad 14-11, led by nine points from Marty Bowes and stellar goaltending from Joe Evans. The Blazers fell into an early 5-1 hole, were down 7-3 midway through the first half and took their ... read more

By Brian McLoughlin BRIDGEWATER, Mass – Defending Division 3 state champion Cohasset is already making a statement to start the 2015 campaign and are showing no signs of any championship hangover. The Skippers haven’t skipped a beat since their title run, defeating Bridgewater-Raynham, 12-4, Wednesday evening for their second win ... read more

The National Lacrosse League (NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, will join with the Philadelphia Wings (3-14) and Georgia Swarm (12-5) for a special “Back The Braid” celebration this Saturday night before and during the regular season finale between the two teams at Infinite ... read more

Philadelphia, April 18, 2019 – The National Lacrosse League has released playoff clinching scenarios ahead of the final two weeks of the regular season. Both the Colorado Mammoth (6-10) and Vancouver Warriors (5-11) can still clinch playoff berths. •      Colorado Mammoth (6-10) can clinch a postseason berth with one win, ... read more

A Lacrosse Vid That Is Literally Fire + More See this lacrosse video that puts new meaning into the words “high heat”, then read about the PLL partnering with the One Love Foundation. Top Video

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Newly-Formed Maryland Lacrosse League To Provide Classic Summer Lax Experience Creating a post-collegiate lacrosse league that represented and fostered the values I found lacking elsewhere is something I’ve wanted to do for several years. Now, things have finally all fallen into place so I can make this dream a reality ... read more

LACROSSE HISTORY: The History of Women’s Lacrosse [This post contains video, click to play]Women’s lacrosse is not a North American sport. Obviously, the history of the sport stem from the Iroquois game, which did originate in North America, but the native game was not played by women. It wasn’t until ... read more

Premier Lacrosse League Announces Partnership With One Love Foundation  The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) announced today its partnership with the One Love Foundation, the national leader in educating young people on relationship health, to host a series of pre, during and post league season initiatives. Starting in May, PLL will ... read more

Image: Photographer Name: PHOTO BY KEVIN P TUCKERArticle Summary Title: Men's BracketologyPath: https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/men/bracketology-no-silver-linings-for-high-point-which-must-win-socon ... read more

1v1 Dodge by Charlie Kitchen: Delaware Film Breakdown No. 6 Charlie Kitchen of Delaware has his defender “hung up” above the cage for a 1v1 dodge. He takes his time to allow the offense to set up a hang up play (which many colleges will practice). Pay attention to the ... read more

WPLL Games To Be On ESPN, Today’s Top Vid + More See the WPLL’s announcement of their 2019 season’s games being aired on the ESPN Networks, today’s top video and more! Top Video

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WPLL Announces Games To Be Aired On ESPN Networks For the first time ever, the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) will be shown across ESPN networks this season. The 10-game regular season, which kicks off Sunday, June 2, will air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App. Postseason play will include ... read more

Rush Head Coach Derek Keenan, Rock Head Coach Matt Sawyer on Lacrosse Classified This week on an all new X-Treme Threads Lacrosse Classified, Jake & Evan recap week 18 in the NLL and discuss the importance of faceoffs in the NLL.  Also Evan continues to expand his lead in Stampede ... read more

Siena Heights OT Game Winner: Clutch Play of the Week [This post contains video, click to play] When it comes to NAIA lacrosse, the WHAC is the Big Ten. Every year there is an argument about whether or not 2,3, or 4 WHAC teams will make the NAIA tournament. ... read more

Premier Lacrosse League’s First Week Of Playoffs To Be Held In Columbus The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) announced today that the first weekend of playoffs will be played at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on September 6 and 7, 2019. The first of three total weekends of PLL playoff action will ... read more

By: Adam LeviWhen Trevor Baptiste entered Philadelphia Wings training camp, he felt lost. In his first practice, the Wings coaching staff had organized drills for the team to run and everyone was clear as to what they had to do. Everyone except Baptiste. Even after setting NCAA DI field ... read more

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