Division II
When practice started this spring, Mike Durkin looked around at the Portsmouth High School boys lacrosse team and wondered what exactly he and his teammates would be in for in 2021. Having lost quite a few talented players to graduation and prep school since the last time the Clippers were on the f
Division II
It will say on paper that the Portsmouth High School girls lacrosse team won its fourth straight Division II title in 2021 after beating Hollis Brookline 8-7 in the final.
Division I
When Nick McGovern's first shot of the fourth quarter found the back of the net, the Bishop Guertin High School senior let out a yell the entire town of Bedford could hear. Or probably would have, had the crowd - and McGovern's teammates and coaches - roared right along with him. The goal early in t
Division I
Lindsey Hult and Madison Keating won a championship in every season they played for the Bishop Guertin High School girls lacrosse team. But something about this year's team, which finished undefeated following a 20-3 win over Pinkerton Academy in the Division I championship game on June 8, was diffe
Division I
Chris Cameron was watching the Bishop Guertin High School boys lacrosse team practice in preparation for the first of two games against Pinkerton Academy when he had somewhat of an epiphany. The Cardinals' first-team offense was running through its plays, but was finding it impossible to get the ba
Division I
Caroline Daziel had a lacrosse stick in her hands before she even knew how to use them. The youngest of his four daughters, Rob Daziel remembers that each one of them was introduced to the game of lacrosse so early on that none of them likely remembers it. "Her grandmother handed her a stick the day
Division I
Jaden Murphy felt like he had it all figured out. The start of his junior season of lacrosse at Nashua High School South was on the horizon and he'd just given a verbal commitment to continue playing in college. And then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and a lot of things changed for Murphy. With the spri
Division II
Ryan Caparrelli wasn't thrilled when he heard the news. The Derryfield School boys lacrosse team was coming off its fourth Division II championship in a row and Caparrelli, then a sophomore, had served as the backup goalie. He'd stepped in a few times to fill in for starter Avry Truex and was ready
Division I
Keith Bertrand heard a lot about Riley Lawhorn before the later had ever set foot on a field for the Souhegan High School boys lacrosse team. That tends to happen when a kid is dominant at the youth level, but the Sabers coach knows that doesn't always translate into success once that kid reaches hi
Division II
[This story will be featured in the Lacrosse Preview Magazine. Get your copy by signing up for a Sports Insider Lacrosse Membership PLUS.] Two years ago, the St. Thomas Aquinas High School girls lacrosse team was a program on the rise. With a handful of solid seniors and a talented sophomore class,
Division I
Throughout his years as a basketball coach, Kevin Gibbs has met a lot of fellow coaches at every level of the game. About a year ago, a college coach approached him to talk about the shot of Isabella King, then a junior for the Bedford High School girls basketball team.
Spring Sports
The list of things disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic seems infinite. In high school sports, not only did it wipe out the 2020 spring season, leaving many athletes with one less collection of highlights to showcase to college coaches, but it also meant many of them wouldn't be able to visit the sch