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3 weeks ago | 
insidelacrosse.com | Kevin Brown |Joe Santoliquito |Dan Kaplan |Matt Kinnear
(Inside Lacrosse Photos Dan Aburn)The McDonogh (Md.) Eagles are fighting to make history this spring. After three-straight titles from 2022 to ’24, coach Andy Hilgartner's team has a chance to become the first to win four in a row next month. Since 1996, only two programs completed a three-peat of MIAA championships, with Calvert Hall making the most recent run from 2017-2019. The schedule is grueling. There are no pushovers. Every blade of glass is earned. Respect is fought for and won.
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3 weeks ago | 
insidelacrosse.com | Kevin Brown |Joe Santoliquito |Dan Kaplan |Matt Kinnear
(Inside Lacrosse Photo: Matt Kinnear)Mid-Atlantic lacrosse has picked up in a major way since last week. That's reflected in our updated Q-Collar National High School Rankings. Our staff has been out in force and attending as many games as possible, and one of the priorities is finding the best players and performances to evaluate and publicize. Evaluation Numbers by class as of April 1.
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1 month ago | 
insidelacrosse.com | Dan Kaplan |Kevin Brown |Matt Kinnear |Joe Santoliquito
(Photo via Greg Crabb)Lambert (Ga.) is undefeated and sits at No. 3 in the Southeast in IL's Q-Collar Regional Experts Poll. Earlier this month, they earned an emotional, hard-fought win against their in-state rival Roswell, headlining the Gordon J Corsetti Mental Agility Foundation Lacrosse Tournament, held at Fellowship Christian School. The event, featuring 12 teams from the area, gave a spotlight to Georgia lacrosse.
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1 month ago | 
insidelacrosse.com | Joe Santoliquito |Terry Foy |Kevin Brown |Matt Kinnear
(Inside Lacrosse Photo: Matthew Chin)PHILADELPHIA — It was not like they had to trek over the Himalayas, but it was an unusual way to get to a stadium, walking down the street of a major metropolitan city. Because there was a track meet on Saturday, the Dartmouth lacrosse team had to set up a block away from where they were playing, marching into Penn’s historic Franklin Field in sharp two-by-two order looking like an invading small army. In a way, the Big Green was.
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1 month ago | 
insidelacrosse.com | Joe Santoliquito |Kevin Brown |Matt Kinnear |Terry Foy
(Inside Lacrosse Photo: Will Maloney)Since school started back in August, Joe Aquino had not seen much of his son Hunter after he headed to Penn State. Joe grew accustomed to seeing the gaggle of ribs, and spaghetti-strand arms and legs that Hunter used to be, until a bump in the night during Christmas break. Joe was in the kitchen fixing something to eat when he received a playful shoulder from Hunter, in shorts and a T-shirt. For a second, Joe did not recognize his own son.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
inquirer.com | Joe Santoliquito
The first thing Hall of Fame fighter Shane Mosley does is reassure you that he is OK and lucid. He’s 53, a little wrinkled around the edges of his eyes, and is a freshly minted grandfather. Although he last fought professionally eight years ago, his 60-fight, 23-year career of bumps, bruises, and blood has left its residue of an achy body and creaky bones.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
insidelacrosse.com | Joe Santoliquito |Dan Kaplan |Matt Kinnear |Riley Kennedy
(Photo courtesy of Joe Santoliquito)It was the quietest 40-minute bus ride anyone on the Summit lacrosse team could remember. The stark silence was pierced by the occasional tire thumps going over the cracks in the road. It was a Thursday in April, and no one on the ride home was thinking about playing into mid-June for a New Jersey state championship. The Hilltoppers had just suffered a crushing 8-0 defeat to Delbarton (N.J.). Summit had dropped to 3-2 overall.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
insidelacrosse.com | Matt Kinnear |Riley Kennedy |Christian Swezey |Joe Santoliquito
(Photos Courtesy of Scituate Lacrosse)Scituate coach Mark Puzzangara was woken up by his daughter late Thursday night. “You have to wake up dad, something terrible happened,” she said. Puzzangara saw the terrible news on his phone: Will Robinson, father of star junior Willy Robinson and an assistant coach for the Scituate boys’ team had died.
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May 27, 2024 | 
insidelacrosse.com | Joe Santoliquito |Christian Swezey |Kevin Brown |Matt Kinnear
(Inside Lacrosse Photo: James Beaver)PHILADELPHIA— Luke Wierman’s blood-shot eyes smoldered through his helmet grill. The 6-foot-2, 211-pound graduate Maryland face-off specialist delayed taking any piece of equipment off. He hugged each one of his Terp teammates he could get his paws on. He embraced every bone in coach John Tillman’s lithe body. Then, after the postgame handshake line with victorious Notre Dame, Wierman took the walk every athlete dreads.
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May 27, 2024 | 
insidelacrosse.com | Matt Kinnear |Joe Santoliquito |Christian Swezey |Kevin Brown
(Photos Courtesy of Towson University)Carl Runk is as fascinating a storyteller as he is a coach. Here’s one story: The preseason conditioning test for his players included “dips.” Coach Runk, a football player at Arizona, would wait until everyone finished and would gather the highest score. He’d go out and do that number himself — plus one. “I’d only make the challenge when I knew I could win,” Runk said.
