ISL

[NNELax]

That's what they do in the NESCAC and Ivy...tracks

[Laxxal22]

NLF write up on Laxachusetts recruits for 2025 & 2026. A lot of ISL representation among their top players: https://nlfrankings.com/nlf-summer-prev ... top-2026s/

[porkchop]

The ISL all-star team is up on their website. Still don’t see who the 3 AA’s are though ( or 2 after Fox). Initial reaction though I haven’t looked too closely is O’Leary and Reilly at HM and don’t even see Cabral as surprises. Congrats to all recognized.

[porkchop]

Islsports.org

[porkchop]

The ISL all-star team is up on their website. Still don’t see who the 3 AA’s are though ( or 2 after Fox). Initial reaction though I haven’t looked too closely is O’Leary and Reilly at HM and don’t even see Cabral as surprises. Congrats to all recognized.

Should have included would have expected to see some more poles from Sebs namely Kelly

[Laxxal22]

Thanks for sharing. Yeah, once Kelly became a full time starter with the Fulham injury he was very impressive. Football may be his first love but I wonder if lacrosse is his future in college. Also surprised to see Frisoli only get HM. 30 kids got All ISL and he was a top 5ish player of those I saw. They both have two more years and perhaps that factored into thinking. O'Leary feels like a snub as well. Nobles were up and down this year but only one All-ISL still feels low for them.

Don't know about AAs. I saw that Merageas from Seb's didn't get it. My guess would be DiBattista and maybe Geraci or Grosso.

[Laxfax52]

Fox, Geraci and Crann were the 3 AAs

[Laxxal22]

Wow, I'm not in any way trying to say they aren't deserving but two juniors is nuts. I wonder if that's ever happened before.

[Laxxal22]

Couple of random ISL notes...

Academic All Americans
Mathew Bastardi, sr., A, Roxbury Latin - Tufts (I don't think he's a recruit but assume he could walk on)
Andrew Matarese, sr., D, Middlesex - Lafayette
Cormac Walsh, sr., M, St. Sebastian’s - Bowdoin

D3 to D1 transfers for a grad year: Guys who got the extra year of eligibility from being in D3 in 2021.

Zach Goorno, Ssdm, Middlesex/Bowdoin - Maryland
Dan Donahue, Goal, Nobles/Union - Providence

[Laxxal22]

D3 to D1 transfers for a grad year: Guys who got the extra year of eligibility from being in D3 in 2021.

Zach Goorno, Ssdm, Middlesex/Bowdoin - Maryland
Dan Donahue, Goal, Nobles/Union - Providence

A few more college transfers

Judge Murphy, Att, Brooks/St. Lawrence - Denver (as a grad student)
Shane O'Leary, Mid, Govs/UMass - Ohio State (as a grad student)
Gavin Begonia, Att, Lawrence/Ohio State - UMass

[Gorilla Fan]

Generally curious about this.

If you took the top 3 teams in every sport, how does MIAA vs ISL play out in major sports?

National rankings, D1 recruits, etc.


Football, basketball, hockey, baseball?

[NNELax]

Generally curious about this.

If you took the top 3 teams in every sport, how does MIAA vs ISL play out in major sports?

National rankings, D1 recruits, etc.


Football, basketball, hockey, baseball?

I will play since I've coached in both.

Football: MIAA
Basketball: Coin Flip (NEPSAC Hoops outside of the ISL is stronger Brewster etc.)
Hockey: ISL
Lacrosse: ISL (Not close)
Baseball: MIAA

[Laxxal22]

Needham High School made the D1 semi finals in football, the D1 finals in soccer, and D1 finals in lacrosse. I would've taken the other team in town (St. Seb's) in match ups in all three of those sports.

Football is the most interesting to me. The ISL 7 teams all probably have 18-25ish kids who can really play, each with a handful of BCS caliber players, but overall the rosters are pretty small and the gaps between starter and back up quite large - a starter with multiple D1 offers could be backed up by a future NESCAC rugby player. I don't know how it'd go against the depth of the best Catholic Conference teams or large public schools with well run programs. Coach Moore at Tabor getting Peter Bourque to transfer from CM could be a sign of the ISL arms race escalating as he built programs fast at St. Thomas Moore and Loomis.

[McMonkey]

[Laxxal22]

Always a fair and valid point. The trickle of reclass players has become a river that flows like the Mississippi.

To even out the age gap, I'd still take Seb's without the class of 2024 guys playing over Needham in football and lacrosse. Arrows have a lot of talent in the 25 & 26 classes in those two sports.

[pcowlax]

Always a fair and valid point. The trickle of reclass players has become a river that flows like the Mississippi.

To even out the age gap, I'd still take Seb's without the class of 2024 guys playing over Needham in football and lacrosse. Arrows have a lot of talent in the 25 & 26 classes in those two sports.

A valid point but doesn't really make sense to talk about how they would compare without any reclasses. ISL teams (and not just the tope 2 or 3) would stomp Needham. This isn't because their players practice harder or care more. It is for several seasons but prominent among them is that they ARE older. Asking how Sebs would do vs Needham without holdbacks is like asking how they would do if Sebs could only play players on its roster who are from Needham. The age and lack of geographic boundaries are two of the main reasons why ISL, and so many other private schools across the country, are so far ahead of local private schools. Yeah, eliminate the reasons why they are better....and they would no longer be better. As it stands though, the difference is only getting more pronounced and not just in MA.

[Laxxal22]

Here's the ISL roster for the ISL v. MIAA all-star game on July 9th. It's the All-ISL team with Evans and Reilly from Belmont Hill added on. Congrats. I think we'll see a few changes as a couple of the boarding school kids don't live in this part of the country and at least one other player on this list is rehabbing an injury.

ISL ROSTER

Attack Ben DiBattista Belmonst Hill 2024 Lafayette
Attack Brock Geraci Governor’s 2025 UNC
Attack Owen Crann Middlesex 2025 Penn
Attack Greg Canning Rivers 2024 Mercer
Attack Chris Merageas St. Sebastians 2024 Denver
Attack Evan O’Neil Tabor Academy 2025 Richmond
Attack Preston Evans Belmont Hill 2025 Virginia

Defense Peyton “Finn” Fox Belmonst Hill 2024 Princeton
Defense Declan Reilly Belmont Hill 2024 Fairfield
Defense Angus Miller Groton 2025 Uncommitted
Defense Andrew Matarese Middlesex 2024 Lafayette
Defense John Thomas Roxbury Latin 2024 Vermont
Defense Ryan Farley St. Sebastian’s 2025 Lafayette
Defense Jack Cappadona Thayer 2025 Army

FOGO Eli Friedman Belmont Hill 2025 Cornell
FOGO Christian Grosso Nobles 2024 UVA
FOGO Hayen Cody Roxbury Latin 2024 Bucknell

Goalie Andrew Almquist Governor’s 2024 Babson
Goalie Silas Hamblett Milton 2024 Wesleyan
Goalie Chandler McClements St. Sebastian's 2025 Penn

LSM Colin Maloney Governor’s 2024 Marquette
LSM Matt Scheible Groton 2025 Uncommitted

Midfield JP Charpentier Groton 2025 Uncommitted
Midfield Matt Egan Middlesex 2025 Uncommitted
Midfield Nick Moore Middlesex 2024 Colgate
Midfield Johnny Price Roxbury Latin 2025 Georgetown
Midfield Michael Quinn St. Sebastian’s 2024 Michigan
Midfield Cormac Walsh St. Sebastian’s 2024 Bowdoin
Midfield Mitch Kavey Tabor Academy 2024 Loyola
Midfield Gus Beaudry Thayer 2025 ARMY

SSDM Lindan Verville Belmont Hill 2025 UVA
SSDM Brendan Keaveney St. Sebastian’s 2025 Uncommitted

[Laxxal22]

From the D3 thread. A pair of 2023 grads, Stillwell (Rivers) and Torrey (Belmont Hill).

Two local kids coming home:

Anthony Stillwell from Hobart to Babo according to the Hobart thread.

Matt Torrey from Air Force to Colby. Thought Heisler was awesome in net this season, certified goalie battle this fall in Waterville...

[Laxboy78]

Do you have the miaa roster too?

[Laxxal22]

Do you have the miaa roster too?

MIAA ROSTER

Attack/Midfield Trey Clayton Acton Boxborough 2025
Attack John-Paul “JP” Guinee Andover 2024 Army
Attack Logan DelPonte Hopkinton 2024 St. Boneventure
Attack Sean Crogan Lexington 2024 Johns Hopkins
Attack Drew Laguerre Lincoln-Sudbury Regional 2024 Gettysburg
Attack Ben Turpin Pentucket 2024
Attack/Midfield Willy Robinson Scituate 2025 Army
Attack Jake Lania Walpole High School 2024
Attack Ben McHugh Longmeadow 2024

Defense Jack Roche Acton Boxborough 2024
Defense Max Galvin Boston College High School 2024
Defense Peter Rossi Lincoln-Sudbury Regional 2024
Defense Jack Curran Needham 2024 Richmond
Defense William Morse Norwell 2024
Defense Ben Diemer Reading Memorial 2025
Defense Jack Weissenburger St. John’s Prep 2025
Defense Ryan DiLucia St. John’s Prep 2025

Goalie Nate Hoffman Hingham 2024
Goalie Shane Cocoran Sandwich Middle/High School 2024
Goalie Charlie McCullough BC High 2024 Rutgers

FOGO Rocco Egan Hingham 2024
FOGO John Olenik Medfield 2025
FOGO Jack Doherty St. John’s Prep 2024
FOGO Sam OBrien Marshfield 2026

LSM James Kenney Needham 2024 Notre Dame
Midfield Macklin Gobiel Andover 2024
Midfield Sam Wien Duxbury 2024 Weslyan
Midfield Nico Smith Mansfield 2026
Midfield Charlie Carroll Marshfield 2025
Midfield Jake Vana St. John’s Prep 2024 Princeton
Midfield Sebastian Reyes Xaverian Brothers High School 2024 Cornell
Midfield Brendan Powers St. John’s Prep 2024
Midfield Luke Kelly St. John’s Prep 2025
Midfield Finley Morin Longmeadow 2024 Lafayette
Midfield Brendan Harty Longmeadow 2024