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confimed by njsiaa that rumson is now group 1. i guess group 2 south will come down to squan and wall.

SPF graduated a TON of talent. plus they moved up to the Fitch-Pitt with delby, shp, chatham, west essex, summit, montclair and westfield. might be a tough year for them.

Summit over Mt. Lakes 8-4 in scrimmage.

It's a scrimmage; let's see what happens on Thursday when Summit plays Westfield.

Summit over Westfield 7-6. Good game from both teams. Westfield probably more skilled/talented but Summit and Coach Davidson just seem to always find a way to do more with less. UCT Finals rematch should be another good one

Summit freshman goalie was lights out. Made a few huge saves down the stretch.

Thanks Summit goalie daddy, please keep us up all season on every game and save!

Not the goalie poster, but I appreciated the information. Good to hear what happened in one of the marquee games from last week.
The chatham Seton Hall Prep game was closer than I thought it would have been. Some good one coming up.

For folks interested in NJ HS lax, the Q4 Play Fast podcast is a fun listen. Not affiliated with the Q4, but I enjoy it. Any other good lax podcasts, blogs, forums, etc that you guys recommend?

Just started listening to Inside Lacrosse Tailgate and the Jamie Munro pods. Pretty interesting as well.

Ridgewood beats westfield 7-6 in four overtimes. Wow

Every top 20 teams has played another top team. BR might be a little, but everyone will know after they play RFH. Gotta love the scheduling by the top teams.

Can someone explain the county championships? They run concurrently, while the teams are finishing up their league schedules?

most schools devote a week to the county tournaments. started this past saturday, usually ending this upcoming saturday - morris county ends tuesday

is the Kirst Cup happening?
any idea on location? looks like from the fundraiser it has enough funds, which is great.

Lakes vs. RFH should be a good game today. Any other games of interest?

So Shawnee bails ? What is that [Censored]?

Ridgewood wins it all!

Congrats to them. Glad they held the championship and I hope they continue to do so. Wish it ended first week of June however

Chatham needs more size. Some little (under 6 feet) middies in F and Soph.

well seems like beardsley is moving on - saw speculation of him going to be the DC at syracuse... anyone have any insight?


also, any news on Bosco HC interviews?

so apparently bosco hired Dan Keating, guy just accepted the HC job at new D2 Holy Family down by philly, already left before the first fall. philly guy, coached a bunch of years at st. joseph's prep down there. was also the OC at St. Joe's University for a while. we'll see - odd that he's coming all the way up to north jersey.

BC hired former player/AC Frank Feaster, who leaves Cedar Grove HS after 1 year of being their HC. can't fault him for jumping ship there to BC. BC has a TON of talent but from what i've heard the parents/community there is a bit much. maybe having an alum lead the program will right the ship - Beardsley just wasn't a good fit there - heard some pretty nuts stories.

Beardsley was an impulse hire spurred on by a frustrated group of parents. I do not fault the parents, as the team consistently underperformed considering the talent, but I was definitely surprised that the team was even worse under Beardsley, unless that was simply a result of graduating a very good class the year before. I have no insight as to the inner workings of the team under his leadership, but when my son's team played BC, I felt that every coaching comment coming from the sidelines was spot on. I would imagine that some parents did not like that their kid was being called out in such a public manner, I certainly would not, but that is simply the way he coaches. Truthfully, in some respects, I wish that my son's coach had the same sideline energy. I suspect that BC can do great things with the right coach..

John Naslonski, long time HC at Randolph, is the new HC at Manasquan HS.

Nice addition. Should see some immediate results.Drills will sharpen them up.

Is he going to put up with the Squan parents? Sean worked well there because he was laidback and let parents get involved in coaching. As soon as he yells at one of the 5 golden boys their parents will be asking for a change.

Time to give BBL a atta boy with 2025s

i think that's the reason squan hasn't been as good as of late. you can't let parents dictate your program. Nas is a great guy, tons of experience. he had talent at randolph but squan is superior in that category. i'm excited to see him there.

I'm not from NJ and I'm just checking to see how public school teams operate with uniforms.

My son is 2027 and in our public school we have received an email about ordering game shorts. Seems that our school district requires the players/parents to pay for game shorts.
I already asked the coach and his response was very concise; it's the players responsibility, not the schools to order shorts.

I'm guessing that he doesn't want to be bothered in collecting/distributing and inventorying shorts.

So, just wondering how uniforms (shorts specifically) are managed in other public schools?

FWIW, our school operates the same way. Be thankful you don't have to pay for the helmet instead

Our public HS took a similar approach. The kids had to buy their own helmets and the booster club bought balls and other basics including uniforms. The HS covered the coaches, refs, fields, and buses. Everything else was on the families.

the school i coach at provides game uniforms. if you need we also can provide helmets. pads, practice pinney are your responsibility. practice pack (sweats, shooting shirt, etc) are STRONGLY recommended but we can't force kids to buy them. usually we open a team store in november or so with a helmet purchase option, glove/pads purchase option, as well as the "mandatory" practice pack and other apparel options.

Bosco just added another heavy hitter to their coaching staff. Stephen Rehfuss from the PLL Cannons. All American attackman at Cuse. He'll join head coach Matt Lane (Cuse) and defensive coordinator Brian Kavanagh (PLL Archers Defensive coordinator and Princeton Alum).

Squan should win Group 2 south this year. RFH in group 1.. Wall [Censored] coach thinks he sill has all americas, they might not make the payoffs.

Who are your top 3 Boys HIgh School Teams this spring?

Mountain Lakes, SHP Delbarton

Interested to find out if anyone has insight on the scrimmages that happened over the past week.

scrimmage wise i heard bosco torched SHP. been hearing rumblings SHP's defense isn't so great.

season started yesterday with the usual winners. summit, delby, squan, etc

Any big socking news out of high school lacrosse is Westfield for real or SHP down? Did anyone think Mr Lyght, and yes we should call him Mr, was going to be that good at ND?

Tri State Pirates seeded 1st and Caldwell Cheifs seeded 2nd going into ECT

Rumor has it that SHP had him on JV longer than expected because he was not a tri-state kid.

Can you imagine?

My son's school gave them helmet stickers, uniforms and a bag (bag/uniform returned at end of season). Helmets, same color shoes, lax equipment and practice clothes were the players' cost. I would say having the same look went a look way compared to schools that didn't have that. Out of pocket about $600 not counting booster stuff.

One annoyance was that the varsity coach did have to deal with all the stuff parents ordered as extra. Seemed unnecessary when they're focusing on a good season of lax!