Connecticut High School Lacrosse

CT High School Lacrosse Blog Top 15 Boys Teams As of 5/20/2009

Rank Team Name Record Last Game Next Game 1 Ridgefield (14-1) Beat New Canaan vs. Fairfield-Warde 5/22 2 Darien (11-4) Beat Stamford vs. Norwalk 5/22 3 Wilton (12-3) Beat Yorktown at Brien-McMahon 5/22 4 Fairfield Prep (9-5) Beat Cheshire at Simsbury 5/21 5 New Canaan (10-6) Lost to Ridgefield FCIAC Tournament 6 New Fairfield (15-0) Beat Bunnell vs. New Milford 5/20 7 Barlow-Redding (12-2) Beat Weston at Newtown 5/20 8 Amity Regional (10-4) Beat Simsury at Danbury 5/23 9 New Milford (12-3) Beat Bethel at New Fairfield 5/20 10 Newtown (12-3) Beat Immaculate-Danbury vs. Barlow-Redding 5/20 11 Staples-Westport (9-6) Beat Fairfield-Ludlowe at St Joseph-Tbull 5/22 12 Greenwich (9-6) Beat Danbury vs. Trumbull 5/22 13 East Lyme (13-2) Beat Norwich Free Acad. vs. Ledyard 5/21 14 Guilford (11-3) Beat Hamden at Cheshire 5/21 15 Cheshire (10-4) Lost to Fairfield Prep vs. Guilford 5/21 NR St. Joseph-Trumbull (11-4) Beat Fairfield-Warde vs. Staples 5/22

Connecticut High School Lacrosse Blog Top 15 Boys Lacrosse Teams As of 4/30/09

Rank	Team Name	Record	Last Game	Next Game
1	Ridgefield	(9-0)	Beat Greenwich	vs. St. Joseph-Trumbull 5/2
2	Darien	(5-3)	Beat Fairfield-Ludlowe	at Trumbull 5/1
3	New Canaan	(5-2)	Beat Brien McMahon	vs. Wilton 5/1
4	Cheshire	(7-1)	Beat Simsbury	at Daniel Hand 5/1
5	Greenwich	(6-2)	Lost to Ridgefield	vs. Brien McMahon 5/1
6	Wilton	(5-2)	Beat St. Joseph-Trumbull	vs. New Canaan 5/1
7	Fairfield Prep	(3-4)	Beat Daniel Hand	at Xavier 5/1
8	New Fairfield	(8-0)	Beat Amity Regional	vs. Barlow-Redding 4/30
9	Barlow-Redding	(7-0)	Beat Masuk-Monroe	at New Fairfield 4/30
10	Simsbury	(6-2)	Lost to Cheshire	at Windsor 5/1
11	Brien McMahon	(6-2)	Beat Danbury	vs. Norwalk 4/21
12	Amity Regional	(5-3)	Lost to New Fairfield	at Branford 5/1
13	East Lyme	(7-1)	Beat Ledyard	at Conard-West Hartford 5/2
14	New Milford	(7-2)	Beat Newtown	at Bunnell-Stratford 5/1
15	Xavier	(5-1)	Beat Hamden	at Notre Dame-W. Haven 4/30
NR	Newtown	(7-1)	Lost to New Milford	at Masuk-Monroe 4/30

Husband and Wife Team Up to Coach the Boys and Girls Teams at Wilton High School

John Wiseman is a 1986 graduate of Wilton High School, former captain of the lacrosse team, an All-American defenseman who eventually went onto Duke University, where he also captained the ACC Conference team from Durham, North Carolina.

His wife, Cindy, was also a standout lacrosse player, growing up in Westchester County, NY and playing at Villanova University in college.  Cindy has coached the Wilton High School girls team for nearly the last decade, has twice won a state title (2004 and 2006) and has guided her team to an appearance in the CT Girls' Lacrosse Division I Final in the last five consecutive seasons.

John, who just accepted the position of head coach for the Wilton boys team this past August, is thrilled to be at the helm of a program that has won more state championships (20) than any other team in Connecticut.  He becomes just the third coach in the program's history, following in the footsteps of legendary coach, Guy Whitten (17 state titles) and Paul MacNulty (3 state titles).

Coincidentally, Wiseman played under Whitten in 1984, 1985 and 1986, when the Warriors won three straight FCIAC Championships and one state title in '84.

This year's girls team is off to a fast start, going 6-0 in their first six games, while husband John's team is 4-2, with losses coming to Ridgefield and Darien, two elite teams in CT boys' lacrosse, a status that the Wilton boys would love to reclaim under their new head coach.

Connecticut High School Lacrosse Blog Top 15 Boys Lacrosse Teams As of 4/20/09

Rank	Team Name	Record	Last Game	Next Game
1	Ridgefield	(5-0)	Beat Stamford	at Danbury 4/22
2	Darien	(2-2)	Lost to Malvern Prep	at Wilton 4/22
3	Cheshire	(4-0)	Beat Plainedge (NY)	at Trumbull 4/20
4	Fairfield Prep	(1-3)	Lost to Chaminade (NY)	at Xavier 4/21
5	New Canaan	(2-2)	Lost to Lawrenceville (NJ)	vs. Fairfield-Warde 4/20
6	New Fairfield	(5-0)	Beat Rye (NY)	vs. Masuk 4/23
7	Wilton	(3-1)	Beat Staples	vs. Darien 4/22
8	Newtown	(4-0)	Beat Brookfield	at Weston 4/21
9	Simsbury	(4-1)	Beat South Windsor	vs. Newington 4/23
10	Brien McMahon	(3-1)	Beat Danbury	vs. Norwalk 4/21
11	Glastonbury	(2-0)	Beat Rockville	vs. Amity Regional 4/21
12	East Lyme	(3-1)	Beat Daniel Hand	vs. Woodstock Acad. 4/21
13	Guilford	(3-2)	Beat Weston	vs. Shelton 4/21
14	Greenwich	(4-0)	Beat Amity Regional	at Brunswick 4/21
15	Weston	(3-1)	Lost to Guilford	vs. Newtown 4/21
NR	Xavier	(4-0)	Beat Daniel Hand	vs. Fairfield Prep 4/21
NR	New Milford	(3-2)	Lost to William Floyd (NY)	vs. N.D.-Fairfield 4/20

Results From Today

Malvern Prep beats Darien 10-4

Chaminade over Fairfield Prep 10-6

Lawrenceville 11 New Canaan 7

Tough day for CT teams playing out-of-state.

Big Test This Weekend for Connecticut Boys Teams

This is the weekend in the 2009 high school boys lacrosse season when several of Connecticut's top boys teams are going to find out just how well they match up against some top teams from other states.

Darien, New Canaan, and Fairfield Prep will all be in the national boys high school lacrosse spotlight as they take on Malvern Prep (PA), Lawrenceville (NJ), and Chaminade (NY) respectively.

The Fairfield Prep Jesuits will take on the Chaminade Flyers on Long Island, but at the site of St. Anthony's, making it a somewhat neutral site. The game will be featured as the MSG High School Lacrosse Game of the Week, the only such game containing a team from Connecticut. The Jesuits are 1-2 on the season, with both of their losses coming at the hands of New Jersey powerhouse, Delbarton, and the Friars of St. Anthony's on Long Island.  Chaminade, meanwhile, comes into this game with a record of 5-1 after suffering their first defeat to West Islip High School last Saturday.

Predictions: Chaminade 9 Prep 6

Darien (home) 8 Malvern Prep 7

Lawrenceville (home) 11 N.C. 5

Ridgefield Boys Look Strong Against Massapequa

Anybody who thought Ridgefield was not to be taken seriously this season was seriously mistaken.

The Tigers are off to an impressive 4-0 start behind the play of their senior leader on attack, Matt White, the All-American headed to the University of Virginia next season.

Behind a new coach, Roy Colsey, a former lacrosse stand out at Yorktown High School (NY) and Syracuse University, the Tigers are a very legitimate threat to win the FCIAC and the Class L titles, which Ridgefield finished as runner-up to Darien and Fairfield Prep last season.

After Ridgefield dominated their local rival, Wilton, by a score of 15-4 on Saturday, the Tigers' next opponent was the Chiefs of Massapequa, a team from the powerful hotbed of Long Island.  Against Masspequa, Ridgefield proved it is one of the best teams in the New York City metropolitan area.

Beyond a solid performance by goaltender, Jake Hyatt, who incredibly just returned to the game of lacrosse this year, the Tigers out-played the Chiefs on their home turf, winning by the score of 12-5.  The duo of White and Colin Scott, a fellow senior headed to Denver next year, combined for eight goals in the victory.  Junior midfielder, Mike Galione, also added two goals.

Here are the latest rankings as provided by InsideLacrosse.com - Check out Ridgefield, which moved up to #21 on the list.

Inside Lacrosse National High School Rankings As of 4/16/09

Tuesday's Winners and Losers in Boys' Lacrosse

FCIAC Winners:

Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Westhill, and Wilton all won their respective games.

Perhaps the most interesting result from yesterday was the Greenwich victory over Fairfield-Ludlowe. Coach Paul Burke's team won by the slimmest of margins, perhaps helped out by their outstanding goaltender, Kyle Feeney. The Bucknell-bound Feeney recorded nine saves and the final score was 5-4, a close call for GHS, who improves to 3-0 on the season.

For Greenwich, they may have a hard time finding replacemnts for last year's senior class, which featured Princeton bound Jonathan Meyers in addition to the likes of Ryan Benicasa and Jim Dunster, both of whom are playing college lacrosse.

Winners in SWCIAC and SCIAC Conferences:

Joel-Barlow defeated the Green Wave of New Milford by a score of 12-8. Barlow's victory is a key win in SWCIAC play, considering the strength of the New Milford team, which captured the SWC Conference title in 2007.

In SCIAC play, the Guilford Indians defeated Branford High School by the score of 6-2. The Indians improved their record to 2-1 on the season, with their only loss coming in their opening game against East Lyme.

MSG High School Lacrosse Games of the Week Shows Lack of Coverage for CT Boys' Teams

 

2009 High School Lacrosse Game of the Week Schedule

AIR DATE	GAME	PLAYED
Sunday, April 5	Don Bosco Prep (NJ) at Iona Prep (NY)	4/1 at 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 12	West Islip HS (LI) at Chaminade HS (LI)	4/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 19	Delbarton (NJ) at St. Anthony's HS (LI)	4/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 19	Fairfield Prep (CT) vs. Chaminade HS (LI) @ St. Anthony's	4/18 at 3:15 p.m.
Sunday, April 26	Garden City HS (LI) at Manhasset HS (LI)	4/25 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 3	Summit HS (NJ) at Chatham HS (NJ)	5/1 at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 10	Massapequa HS (LI) at Syosset HS (LI)	5/5 at 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 10	Bergen Catholic HS (NJ) at Fairfield Prep (CT)	5/9 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 17	Yorktown HS (NY) at John Jay HS (NY)	5/15 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 24	Metro Final (teams TBD) @ St. John's University	5/20 at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 31	LI Catholic Final (teams TBD) @ Hofstra University	5/26 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 7	NJ Tournament of Champions Final @ Rutgers University	6/6 (time TBD)
Sunday, June 14	NYS Finals Class A (teams TBD) at Paetec Park, Rochester	6/13 at 11:00 a.m.
Sunday, June 14	NYS Finals Class B (teams TBD) at Paetec Park, Rochester	6/13 at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 14	NYS Finals Class C (teams TBD) at Paetec Park, Rochester	6/13 at 4:00 p.m.

2009 MSG High School Lacrosse Game of the Week Schedule

More Boys' Division I Recruits From Connecticut (Courtesy of Laxpower.com)

1326	1	Dauz, Jacob	Sandy Hook	CT	Newtown	CT	Midfield	R	Providence
192	1	Fuller, James	Wilton	CT	Wilton	CT	Goalie	R	Providence
895	1	Binkowski, John ('Jay')	Bethany	CT	Amity Regional	CT	Midfield	E	Quinnipiac
894	1	Damboise, Sean	Southington	CT	Kingswood-Oxford	CT	Defense/LSM	E	Quinnipiac
1302	1	Fuller, Mac	Newtown	CT	Canterbury School	CT	Attack	R	Sacred Heart
240	1	Parry, Anthony	Greenwich	CT	Salisbury School	CT	Defense	E	Sacred Heart
88	1	Pagli, Christian	Madison	CT	Daniel Hand/Choate Rosemary Hall	CT	Attack	E	Syracuse
571	1	Choiniere, William	Bethany	CT	Amity Regional	CT	Defense	E	Towson
356	1	Waesche, Ward	Greenwich	CT	Greenwich	CT	Goalie	R	Vermont
4	1	White, Matt	Ridgefield	CT	Ridgefield	CT	Attack	E	Virginia
260	1	DeRosa, R.J.	Glastonbury	CT	Glastonbury	CT	Defense	U	Wagner