Best player in the midwest [Archive]

Eclipse

07-20-2005, 03:33 PM

contrary to what you may beleive, the best player in the midwest is not from wisconsin, and probably wont be for some years. This thread is spiraling downhill fast as i was hoping to get some feedback from illinois missouri indiana minnesota and ohio kids as well.

AHA lax5

07-20-2005, 04:25 PM

Ryan Hurley from Holy Angels in Minnesota....he's definatly going D1 and there has already been a scout from Notre Dame come and watch one of our games.

DwinsChamps

07-20-2005, 06:49 PM

How many kids does Brother Rice send to D1 each year??

Butters14

07-20-2005, 08:10 PM

I dont think this was intended to includ michigan...

Eclipse

07-20-2005, 08:16 PM

yes it does

RockfordAttack9

07-20-2005, 08:24 PM

Yeah, probably every single kid on Brother Rice.

LaXDaVe

07-20-2005, 08:34 PM

Isnt the #1 recruit to cuse this year and in lax from ohio? thats what I thought. Could be wrong...=P

AHA lax5

07-20-2005, 09:06 PM

Ryan Hurley and this kid #1 recruit to cuse that LaXDaVe is talking about....those r at the top of the list

LaXDaVe

07-20-2005, 09:09 PM

Isnt Petit or something one too? Im not sure if hes new york or ohio, but yeah im pretty sure Hurley is one too. Cool last name =P lol.

AHA lax5

07-20-2005, 09:28 PM

well i will be when i am a senior which is '08

patlax22

07-20-2005, 09:59 PM

idk its a tough call right now.... im gonna say a kid from brother rice because they seem to be the most talented right now, there are 2 returning players from my team that got all midwest last year which are pretty good and one of them is being recruited by syracuse

kryptic

07-20-2005, 10:03 PM

how about Corbyn Tao-Brambleby or Kevin Rattigan of WRA?

USMlax

07-20-2005, 11:29 PM

Don't forget some of the boys from Ohio. Tons of talent every year at Upper Arlington, Dublin Scioto, Worthington Kilbourne, WRA and St. Ignatius.

Npaulseth

07-21-2005, 12:51 AM

I have also heard the kid from Holy Angels is good, but don't know enough about the other states to pass judgement.

Eclipse

07-21-2005, 04:41 PM

AHA lax5

07-21-2005, 09:15 PM

Well he is good tho...he will be an all american this year. And jus watch cuz im pretty sure he is the best in Minnesota.

Eclipse

07-21-2005, 09:39 PM

im sure he will be, although last year the most accomplished laxer in MN must have been Gnazzo. 2 Time All-American, full ride to Air Force, and a State Championship under his belt.

wickedlaxer4

07-21-2005, 10:13 PM

Yeah, probably every single kid on Brother Rice.

wow are u kidding... maybe like two or three and there not even going to the ELITE programs... they go to like ohio state n notre dame

Eclipse

07-21-2005, 10:30 PM

i would like to contest that point. The wisconsin state champs lost to the kentucky state champions by 1 and were even up by 3 until there coach started putting in up there backups. Further more in the same tournament the wisconsin state champs lost to Eden Praire, who finished fifth this year in Minnesota by 4 goals. This would give the impression minnesota lax is better then the kentucky right? Since they lost to trinity(the best team in KY) by 1, and lost to EP (the fifth best team in MN by 4) Then EP played trinity and won by 2 goals. So if the fifth best team in minnesota can beat the best team in kentucky, i beleive minnesota can walk away comfortably and say they have better lacrosse then kentucky.

And regardless of the fact that Brother rice does not send kids to the absolute best lax schools all the time, they are without any question the best team in the midwest and to that point have better players then any team in the midwest. They have beaten top east coast programs such as landon, and succeeded at taking down every top program ohio and illinois has to offer. Although they may not have the single best player in the midwest, the kid was only making a point.

Back to the point this forum is about an individual player, not a statewise talent.

AHA lax5

07-22-2005, 11:03 AM

ya Gnazzo is rly good. I'm a freshman and we played EP in our first game and i scored against him. I got my first highschool goal against him, which i am proud of myself.

Eclipse

07-22-2005, 01:37 PM

he is a good friend of mine....good guy, i think he will own at Air Force

USMlax

07-22-2005, 07:28 PM

I hear Patridge from Dublin Scioto is pretty sick...

AHA lax5

07-22-2005, 09:36 PM

he is a good friend of mine....good guy, i think he will own at Air Force

ya i wish he could have gone some where better tho cuz i would wanna see him play on tv like CSTV or EPSNU to see a minnesota kid keep up w/ the best players at the college level but Air Force is still good but u jus dont see any of their games on tv.

Eclipse

07-22-2005, 09:58 PM

yeah he said he just said he loved the campus, he had other offers to d1 schools but air force just seemed like the place for him

laxmaster491

07-22-2005, 10:13 PM

I was born in ohio and people are starting to get into it up by cleveland and akron and canton. I've seen some guys up there (highschool)

AStyles17

07-24-2005, 04:14 PM

im sure he will be, although last year the most accomplished laxer in MN must have been Gnazzo. 2 Time All-American, full ride to Air Force, and a State Championship under his belt.

Air Force is one of the worst D1 teams. and i will gurantee you he is not getting a full ride to airforce...they cant give athletic scholorships

Eclipse

07-24-2005, 04:27 PM

DetroitLax24

07-24-2005, 05:56 PM

just keep in mind that brother rice was the #1 team in the midwest

Eclipse

07-24-2005, 06:34 PM

yea, i think its a high probability that a brother rice kid could be the best, but theres no michigan people on here throwing out names

ReLaxin 13

07-24-2005, 06:39 PM

Minnesota Elite All-Star team took first at the "Dixie War of The South" tourney and they also took first at Notre Dame Tourney. There are a lot of great players coming out of Minnesota there are a couple defensement that will definitely be going D1.

Eclipse

07-25-2005, 12:26 AM

thats sweet some good teams go to war of the south, and notre dame

XxMNelitelaxX

08-03-2005, 05:40 PM

i played on the elite team at Notre dame but not at the dixie and along with those two, we just won the Battle of Hotbeds in DE, we went undefeated, 13-0 beating Long Island express's "big boy team"(quoted by a parent of the sophmore LI team at Notre Dame) it was a sweet weekend. we got probably some of the best looks by college coaches a minnesota team has ever gotten.
Ryan Hurley is on the team and he played on the all star team. he had a great weekend, throwin out some sick [no cursing] dangles like the "hurley bird". we dominated a tournament which we were told by the U of Penn coach that we were not going to win a game. it was TIGHTTTTT.

AStyles17

08-04-2005, 12:08 PM

last time i checked, he is still going d1, oh and he was still an All american, and his team actually won state, which is more then ur team can say. This kid had offers to plenty of d1 schools but chose air force cause he liked it. So talking like its some school is bogus as hell. your not going d1 styles so lay off it

Too bad ive already commited to Penn State [no cursing] amongst plenty other D1 offers....
your rediculous...u pretend like you know everything about the game...obviously not enough to know d1 lacrosse teams dont give full rides

Butters14

08-04-2005, 09:20 PM

except at schools like army, navy, and air force you do go their for free because of the commitment you give after your 4 years, although i believe everyone who attends those academies has that same setup its not just for athletics...

LaXDaVe

08-04-2005, 09:36 PM

not to take anything away from this hurley kid, but he didnt even get all american (not to say its an easy accomplishment) but there were two other juniors in minnesota to get AA. The list of juniors in the midwest to get AA are

Lonny Blumenthal-Lafayette-attack(MO)
Micheal Cathcart —Blake-Midfield(MN)
Matt Dooley-Blake-Defense(MN)
Alex Cavalieri-Detroit Country Day-Goalie(MI)

This list is only in relation to which names Laxpower indicates as juniors. They did not indicate any sophmore all americans in any of these states also.

You should know that making all-anything is very political, has to do not only with you and how great of a player you are, but how much pull your coach has with the other coachs. He might not have made it and those two juniors might have, but those two juniors coach may have stuck up for them when it came to selecting all-americans/state/county, whatever. Unless there on the same team in which case the juniors are better, but Hurley is the best to graduate this year, and they will graduate next year and be fighting for the top spot. =P

XxMNelitelaxX

08-04-2005, 11:18 PM

You should know that making all-anything is very political, has to do not only with you and how great of a player you are, but how much pull your coach has with the other coachs. He might not have made it and those two juniors might have, but those two juniors coach may have stuck up for them when it came to selecting all-americans/state/county, whatever. Unless there on the same team in which case the juniors are better, but Hurley is the best to graduate this year, and they will graduate next year and be fighting for the top spot. =P

i 100% agree with you. i played with the two all american juniors as well as hurley and hurley is prolly the better of the three. i also know the coach of the AA's and he is the MBSLA or something like that chairman so he is pretty high up in the minnesota high school lacrosse league and has a pretty big input im sure. that coach was also the coach of the MN elite team seemed to me as a guy that would do something like that.

reLAXin4

08-10-2005, 05:09 PM

Not to bust anyones bubble from Wisconsin, Minnesota or anywhere else, but without a doubt the most talented kids are from Ohio, even tho Brother Rice won the Midwest Tourny

I believe Brother Rice is sending 3 or 4 kids to D1 schools this year while the Midwest runner up Upper Arlington is sending 7 to division 1, with a total of 13 going to the next level. These aren't bad D1 schools either, Dewey is going to Virginia, others are going to OSU, Maryland, and Loyola.

Brother Rice was the Midwest Champ, no Doubt, but this was more because of a tricky zone D and tough kids, not because of pure talent.

As for the Best player in The midwest next year, Eric Reinhardt from UA, Colin Igoe from Worthington Kilbourne and Connor Anderson From Thomas Worthington have to be 3 of the best. I can't remember anyone from Western Reserve thats going to be a senior, so i cant comment on them, although they always seem to have talented kids as well

AHA lax5

08-12-2005, 08:10 PM

i 100% agree with you. i played with the two all american juniors as well as hurley and hurley is prolly the better of the three. i also know the coach of the AA's and he is the MBSLA or something like that chairman so he is pretty high up in the minnesota high school lacrosse league and has a pretty big input im sure. that coach was also the coach of the MN elite team seemed to me as a guy that would do something like that.

ya Hurley was the leading scorer this year i believe....

TitanLax

08-16-2005, 07:17 PM

Too bad ive already commited to Penn State amongst plenty other D1 offers....
your rediculous...u pretend like you know everything about the game...obviously not enough to know d1 lacrosse teams dont give full rides
astyles is almost right. while d1 schools CAN give full rides, it's very rare that they do, because in lacrosse u can split scholarships among guys.

also, i live in michigan and my childhood friends r there but i play for an ohio team, so those r the two states i know most about. i'd have to say that colin igoe (spelling) maybe the best one he is wicked good.

Eclipse

08-16-2005, 10:00 PM

slow down styles...u get out of hand on this forum, Congrats on penn state, I agree with pretty much everyone though when i say the best come from ohio. Detriot Jesuit was the second best team in michigan and they basically lose to all the best teams BR beat. BR doesnt have the best players just the best overall team. Ohio has tons of sick players

reLAXin4

08-17-2005, 08:28 PM

How do other states in the midwest (wisconsin, MN, MO,ill, indiana etc.) do in sending players to college? do many play D1?

Butters14

08-17-2005, 10:01 PM

Wisconsins sent a few to Division 3 and a couple to Division 2. Other than that most go on to play college club. I know verona has a couple kids going to Essex juco next year and are trying out, a really good team from what I hear but who knows if they can make it or not.

Eclipse

08-18-2005, 04:35 PM

Well MO sends a fair amount of kids to ncaa schools each year. A handful go d1, and quite a few more play d2, and d3 levels on a yearly basis.

TitanLax

08-18-2005, 07:42 PM

i actually think that even though ohio may have better teams that michigan def gets more collegers, but then again UA sends so many

Eclipse

08-18-2005, 08:35 PM

Ohio had 52 recruits for this school year playing NCAA. This does not include walk ons, 21 going d1. Michigan had 32 recruits, 18 playing d1. Ohio sends more recruits overall...and d1.

lowcarb9

09-27-2005, 08:48 PM

Air Force is one of the worst D1 teams. and i will gurantee you he is not getting a full ride to airforce...they cant give athletic scholorships
Not to mention that the Air Force is free for everyone that attends. I am interested in what he means by "full ride"

uso12

09-27-2005, 09:03 PM

wow are u kidding... maybe like two or three and there not even going to the ELITE programs... they go to like ohio state n notre dame

i dont know your state of mind but i think ohio state and notre dame are elite d1 programs....id like to see the elite program your going to

sfslax08

09-28-2005, 11:38 AM

Sean Reilly is a very strong D pole. he has a lot of versatility and speed. he plays for ST Johns Jesuit in Oh he is the best kid in Northwest Ohio

AHA lax5

09-28-2005, 03:38 PM

For all of u that think that Ryan Hurley isn't good, the 3 schools he choosing from is Syracuse, Cornell, and Denver....

LaXDaVe

09-28-2005, 03:39 PM

Annnd whats wrong with syracuse cornell and denver?

laxattack662

09-28-2005, 04:06 PM

i moved from jersey to ohio really doubting i would meet any rlly good players out here but i played with that colin kid from worthington an he was beast...an whoever said ohio prolly doesnt have any sick players, your wrong there are some good teams out here...

Eclipse

09-28-2005, 06:43 PM

Annnd whats wrong with syracuse cornell and denver?

I think he was saying....those are good schools. Like look at the sweet schools he can pick from

fenderstrat3578

09-28-2005, 07:01 PM

last year it was Jono Heimenz from MICDS in St Louis mo

IlliniLax14

09-28-2005, 07:57 PM

Illinois has one of the must sound and well developed programs. They have fatty shooters coming outta the northern suburbs. Currently most of them play club ball at the top 20 teams in the country. Some clubs do draw more IL highschoolers than others, such as U of I

titanlaxsjj

09-28-2005, 08:20 PM

no contest Sean Breen from Toledo St john's.... cant stop him D1 material all the way and only a junior

Elaxn21

09-28-2005, 09:29 PM

Ryan Hurley just visited Cornell and Syracuse and he is trying to decide where to go to school.

lowcarb9

10-11-2005, 12:23 PM

How do other states in the midwest (wisconsin, MN, MO,ill, indiana etc.) do in sending players to college? do many play D1?
New Trier from Illinois just sent three kids D1 this year: Virginia, Hopkins, and Butler, along with a few D3.

spenny

10-11-2005, 12:36 PM

Air Force is one of the worst D1 teams. and i will gurantee you he is not getting a full ride to airforce...they cant give athletic scholorships

they are middle of the pack, they are for from "one of the worst" also Air Force has one of the most knowledgable coaches of all time in Coach Acee.
but on to my point. while you are technically correct that the academies dont offer athletic scholarships, they are all 100% tuition free for all students (other than your military committment after graduation)

you may be thinking of the ivys that are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships.

patlax22

10-11-2005, 01:56 PM

I hear Patridge from Dublin Scioto is pretty sick...

Yea he is a very good player,last year he had 50 assists and like 20 goals (all midwest), and he has definitley improved over the summer/fall. His older brother plays for Limestone. He is good but I am sure there are people from big schools like Brother Rice that are just as good

tyler hlawati- is also VERY VERY good, definitley the best lsm ive seen (commited to syracuse)

colin igoe- very good middie from kilbourne

last years goalie from WRA was sick i think he graduated tho

nclax35

10-11-2005, 08:05 PM

I hear Patridge from Dublin Scioto is pretty sick...
Dublin Scioto is were we play our state tourny but i think Tim Gates from North Canton Hoover will be cause he mad the D-1 second team because he missed nearly half the season and still was 10th in the state in overall points (was only a junior)

Adanacslax

10-11-2005, 11:56 PM

Styles I was just looking at the recruits to Penn State on lax power and it appears that there is no one who will be attending from Ohio next year or Minnesota?

AStyles17

10-12-2005, 03:22 PM

thats b/c the new recruits for this year arent up...and im from illinois

mmlaxplaya17

10-12-2005, 03:23 PM

ME!!!!!!!!!lol jp

wilsontopowell

10-12-2005, 07:22 PM

For all of u that think that Ryan Hurley isn't good, the 3 schools he choosing from is Syracuse, Cornell, and Denver....

he is amazing i love watching him play

fenderstrat3578

10-28-2005, 11:35 AM

not to take anything away from this hurley kid, but he didnt even get all american (not to say its an easy accomplishment) but there were two other juniors in minnesota to get AA. The list of juniors in the midwest to get AA are

Lonny Blumenthal-Lafayette-attack(MO)
Micheal Cathcart —Blake-Midfield(MN)
Matt Dooley-Blake-Defense(MN)
Alex Cavalieri-Detroit Country Day-Goalie(MI)

This list is only in relation to which names Laxpower indicates as juniors. They did not indicate any sophmore all americans in any of these states also.

One thing to keep in mind is how good of teams all of these guys play against. Lonny Blumenthal is good, but not amazing, he scored most of his goals against bad teams because his schedule is against mostly bad teams. He got seriously shut down by good defenses.

Elaxn21

11-01-2005, 08:58 PM

Ryan Hurley just Comitted to Cornell! Gea, the wait is ova!

goalie33fan

11-29-2005, 12:08 AM

Its ganna be a Sophomore named Tim Acup. Eclipse knows him.
It's only his first year, yet hes still a stud.

LAXgoalHVLA

11-29-2005, 01:05 AM

yea, i think its a high probability that a brother rice kid could be the best, but theres no michigan people on here throwing out names

Michigan Det. Country Days goalie(Alex Cavalieri) was recruite by cuse, what iv hered. He split the 25% ride with his brother. This is what I have herd, and Cavalieri has said he is going to cuse, and from what Iv seen, hes sick.