2019 Season Wrap Up
June 22, 2019 - Batavia joined with both Attica and Notre Dame (to form what we called BAND) and otherwise the teams remained the same with thirty-five playing in Section Five this year. There were 1,129 players on the rosters at the during of the season and 914 on the final rosters. Fairport carried the largest roster with forty-one players and Spencerport had the smallest with sixteen.
There were four classes for the sectional and NYS tournaments. Two of the four top seeded won their championships. Fairport (#1) beat Hilton (#3) 9-4 in Class A. In Class B Victor (#2) defeated Canandaigua (#1) 7-6 in the last six seconds of regulation and in Class C, Geneva (#1) defeated Wayne (#2) 10-1. In Class D, Penn Yan (#2) won their twenty-fourth Sectional title with a 10-9 overtime win against Pal-Mac (#1).
The first game of the season was played on March 21st, when Livonia-Avon defeated Brockport 11-9. The last regular season game was played when Marcus Whitman beat Eastridge 15-8. The 314 regular season games were played and helped to determine the league championships. In Monroe County-1 it was a three-way tied between Fairport, Hilton and Pittsford. In MC2, Victor took the championship and in MC3 Brighton was on top. Geneva won the Finger Lakes title and McQuaid Jesuit won the GRALL title.
At the end of the year, the Section Five Head Coaches selected the post-season award winners. The coaches selected their All League players. Then, after reviews of over twenty-four nominations, they selected six US Lacrosse All-Americans and six All-Academics. Named All-Americans were Sutton Boland (Victor), Jack Brennan (Irondequoit), Joe Camp (Wayne), Shawn Doran (Hilton), Conner Fingar (Penn Yan) and Jack Gallina (Pal-Mac). Named US Lacrosse All-Academics were Marc Belles (Canandaigua), Mason Gasbarre (Fairport), Stevie Katz (Thomas), Ryan McEvily (McQuaid Jesuit), Michael Mitchell (Penfield) and Brett Olney (Irondequoit).
The Monroe County Division 1 Player of the Year was Shawn Doran. Sutton Boland was the Division 2 Player of the Year and Jack Brennan was Division 3 Player of the Year. The Bob Scott nominees were Matt Cronk (Fairport), Patrick Sanna (Pittsford) and Riley Schmeer (Spencerport). The Section Five and US Lacrosse Bob Scott Award winner was Riley Schmeer (Spencerport).
The Finger Lakes Players of the Year were attackman Zach Baker(Pal-Mac), midfielder Jake Gallina (Pal-Mac), defenseman Jagger Kerr (Geneva), goalie Talyn Pierce (Newark) and Joe Camp(Wayne) who was selected as the Finger Lakes Player of the Year.
The GRALL Player of the Year was attackman Ryan McEvily (McQuaid Jesuit).
Penfield (Class A), Batavia-Attica-Notre Dame (Class B), Honeoye Falls-Lima (Class C) and Marcus Whitman (Class D) were awarded the Steve Morgan Sportsmanship Awards by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association.
After the regular season, there are several championship opportunities for teams that qualify. Fairport(Class A), Victor (Class B), Geneva (Class C) and Penn Yan (Class D) were the Sectional Champions in 2019.
All Tournament teams were selected for each Class. The MVPs for A, B, C and D were Colin Peers (Fairport), Jack LaRue (Victor), Sam Miller (Geneva) and Connor Fingar (Penn Yan).
The SportsFive Players of the Year were Jack Brennan (Irondequoit) in offense and Sutton Boland (Victor) in defense. The Sportsman of the Year was Devin Campbell (Bloomfield-Honeoye).
The final games of the year are the New York State Tournament. Section Five hosted quarter final games. Fairport defeated Orchard Park 5-1 in Class A. Victor came to live in the fourth quarter and scored five unanswered to defeat Hamburg 8-4 in Class B. East Aurora fought back from a 4-0 deficit to defeat Geneva 8-6 in Class C and Penn Yan came back from an early deficit to defeat Eden 8-5. Section Five hosted two of the semifinals and Fairport and Victor won a trip to the finals. Penn Yan lost, in Syracuse, to LaFayette.
All four Championship games were held at St. John Fisher College. Fairport lost 10-6 to Massapequa in Class A. Victor won their fourth NYS Finals in five years today with a 9-7 win over John Jay. Shoreham-Wading River won their fourth State Title with a 12-7 win over Jamesville-Dewitt and LaFayette/Onondaga came back from behind to defeat Briarcliff 9-8 in OT.
At the end of the season sixty-two seniors have made college commitments. They will join the over three hundred players from Section Five who are currently playing at all college levels.
2019 All-Section Five List Released
June 18, 2018 - For the seventh time and after a brief absence, Section Five Lacrosse leadership has selected first, second and honorable mention lists of All-Section players.
The 2019 first team lists fifteen players and includes the six All-Americans previously announced. "It`s always difficult to choose from so many talented players," said Section Five Chairman, Mike Simon.
To be nominated each player was required to be selected to their first team all league (except Independent teams). The lists were selected from a pool of eight-six players. The selection committee included the Chairmen of each of the three leagues, an Independent coach, the boys head statistician and the lacrosse coordinator and Assistant coordinator.
Although grade and league were not major factors in selection, the lists show the skills that are found throughout the section. Eight Monroe County teams were represented on the lists, with the rest representing Finger Lakes (4), GRALL(2) and Independents (1). Showing that the "Best of the Best" can come from any age group, there were 19 seniors, 18 juniors and 2 sophomore listed. Distribution among the positions show 14 midfielders, 12 attackmen, 10 defensemen and 3 goalies.
First Team
Mark Belles - Canandaigua senior - St Bonaventure
Sutton Boland - Victor senior - Penn State *
Jack Brennan - Irondequoit senior -Maryland *
Joe Camp - Wayne senior - RIT *
Shawn Doran - Hilton senior - Mercyhurst *
Regan Endres - Victor junior - Albany
Connor Fingar - Penn Yan senior - Albany *
Jake Gallina - Pal-Mac senior *
Camden Hay - Victor junior - Syracuse
Casey McDermott - Brighton junior - Johns Hopkins
Sam Miller - Geneva senior - St. John Fisher
Jack Peterson - Penn Yan senior
Joey Pezzimenti - Victor junior - Ohio State
Lukas Stanat - Brighton junior
Klay Stuver - Fairport junior
* All-Americans
Second Team
Grady Arnold - Pal-Mac junior
Zach Baker - Pal-Mac junior
Trent Birch - Bath senior
Jordon Deats - Bath junior
Mason Gasbarre - Fairport senior
Liam Haller - Victor senior
Sonny Imburgia - Pittsford senior - Binghamton
Stevie Katz - Thomas senior - Mercyhurst
Jagger Kerr - Geneva junior
Ryan McEvily - McQuaid senior
Ben Mitrano - Hilton junior - Marist
Collin Peers - Fairport junior
Mitch Pfeiffer - Canandaigua senior - Richmond
John Reagan - Wayne junior
Tanner Soudan - Fairport junior
Honorable Mention
Ayden Mowry - Penn Yan sophomore
Logan Chasey - Gananda senior - Potsdam
Nolan Harold - Bath junior
Connor Thornton - Pittsford junior
Parker Bossard - Geneva junior
Brett Olney - Irondequoit senior
Ethan Ruller - Thomas sophomore
Colton Smith - Penn Yan junior
Billy Thomson - Wayne senior - Le Moyne
Lacrosse Officials Year-End Awards
June 10, 2019 - At their "Year-End Gathering" the members of the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association announced their annual Frank Mangione Award for Excellence award winner.
The award is given to a person who has demonstrated the highest ideals of professionalism, leadership, passion and above all, respect for the game of lacrosse at any level both on and off the field. Mangione served in many capacities within the organization for more than forty years.
The award, this year, was given to Peter McCabe, a long-time multisport official who has also been greatly involved in promoting sportsmanship.
There were several special moments for Frank Mangione who after officiating for forty-seven years, is leaving for the south this summer. Beyond working on the field, he held nearly every position within both the original Western New York Lacrosse Officials Organization and the transformed Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Organization including many years as the assignor. In 2001, Frank was inducted into the Rochester Chapter of US Lacrosse Hall of Fame and was the first person to receive the GVLOA award named in his honor.
GVLOA President, Rob Cantabene presented Frank with the Lifetime Achievement Award and spoke about how, so many people have learned from and been touched by Frank's love of the game.
Section Five Chairman, Mike Simon presented Frank was a Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing his many years. "For your tireless leadership, strength, inspiration, perseverance, mentorship and advocacy to improve Section V Boy's Lacrosse."
The "annual report" for the organization included: 731 games officiated, 1800 assignments, 102 cancellations and zero games unassigned in 2019.
Leadership positions were also announced. Rob Cantabene will remain President (through 2021), Brian Cool will continue as Vice President (2020), Steve Nims will continue as Secretary (2020), Steve Young (2021) will replace Mike Mierzwa and the interpreter is yet to be determined. Todd Lenhard will continue is role as assignor and will be joined by Jim Malloy who will replace Frank Mangione.
2019 Senior All-Star Games
June 8, 2019 - 
The Rochester Chapter of US Lacrosse recently announced the 2019 Herb Fitch Lacrosse All Star Game player selections. This year's contest, featuring some of the best of the graduating seniors will be held on Thursday, June 13th at Victor High School. The boys' game will start at 6:00 PM and the girls' play at 8:00 PM.
Tickets for the Senior All Star Games will be $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. Concessions will be available.
All players need to confirm their place or to decline their spot. Information is available on the registration form.
Players like Mark Belles (Canandaigua), Connor Kelly (Aquinas), Conner Fingar (Penn Yan) and Brandon MacDonnell (Midlakes) have been selected for the "Red" team and Jack Brennan (Irondequoit), Shawn Doran (Hilton), Owen Ronchetti (Brighton) and Billy Thomson (Wayne) have been selected for the "Blue" team. Over fifty players have been nominated. Check out the list of invited nominees or find more information here.
"The Herb Fitch Lacrosse Senior All Star Games are in memoriam of Herbert T. Fitch who is a member of the Greater Rochester Hall of Fame as well as the US Lacrosse National Hall of Fame. Herb was involved in the game for over 45 years as a player, coach, and official. He was a standout at Geneva High School that went on to compete and excel at Hobart College from 1938-1942. As well as being an amazing contributor to the game he was also a business owner and the mayor of Penn Yan. Herb loved this great game and watching the growth through the dedication of young athletes such as the ones selected for the Senior All Star games." (Chapter announcement)
For information about the festival including the youth programs and Senior All-Star Girls' game, check out the chapter announcement.
Spencerport Head Coach Job Open
June 4, 2019 - 
The Spencerport Varsity program is looking for a new head coach. Applications are accepted on-line until June 19th. For more information, download the PDF file.
Players of the Year Announced
May 30, 2019 - The 2019 Player of the year honors were announced at the end of the Section Five Championships. The winners were Jack Brennan from Irondequoit, Sutton Boland from Victor and Devin Campbell from Bloomfield-Honeoye.
Offensive Player of the Year
Jack Brennan - Irondequoit Senior
Irondequoit senior attackman, Jack Brennan was named the Offensive Player of the Year. Scoring over fifty goals and over thirty assists this year he averaged more than five points per game. He finished his career with the Eagles with 289 points. In both 2018 and 2018 he was a first team All-League player and D&C AGR first team pick.
Coach Terry Coholan says: "For a player as talented as Jack it would be easy for him to be arrogant, but he is humble and is respected by all of his teammates and our coaching staff. Jack is going to be successful in whatever he chooses."
The US Lacrosse All American will be moving on to the University of Maryland in the fall.
Defensive Player of the Year
Sutton Boland - Victor Senior
The senior defenseman, and long stick midfielder is a three-time All-Tournament Team member and a two-time first team All-League defenseman. He finished the regular season with fifty-two ground balls and sixteen takes and was recently selected as a US Lacrosse All-American.
Coach Jim Andre says: "Sutton Boland is the complete package. He is both an outstanding player and an outstanding person. He was selected by his peers as team captain. He is a role model both on and off the field."
Next fall, Sutton will honor the commitment that he made early in his career at Victor to play for the Penn State University.
Sportsman of the Year
Devin Campbell - Bloomfield-Honeoye Senior
Coach Brandon Trombley says: "Last year he was a three-year starter as a goalkeeper. He was the leader of our defense. Devin Campbell won first team all-league goalie in the Finger Lakes. However, as we needed offensive help in our league tournament, I switched Devin to offense in the middle of the game and he scored three goals in the 4th quarter to help us come back. Thinking I would hurt his chances of getting recruited as a goalie, I did not want to make this permanent. Devin texted me the next day and said, "Coach I just wanted to let you know that I can play middie or attack if that's what you feel is best for the team. I'm also willing to work with Owen if that's the way you decide to go." Owen was our freshman backup goalie."
"Devin went from a 1st team all-league goalie in 2018 to a 2nd team all-league midfielder in 2019. He is still the leader of our defense, but this year was different. He led our team in goals, points, ground balls, and was also the leader of our offense. It is clear to see that our two-time captain, Devin Campbell, is more than worthy of this award."
2019 All-Americans Announced
May 30, 2019 -
The Head Coaches of Section Five recently considered players who had been nominated for All-American and All-Academic awards. The awards, sponsored by US Lacrosse, identify some of the best players from each area around the country. Each of the Head Coaches in the section is allowed to vote on each of the awards.
The All-American award is given to excellent lacrosse players from the area. US Lacrosse allows one award for each six teams in the area but this year there were six awards available. Seventeen players were nominated. Section Five coaches require that players who are in leagues must make first team league honors in order to be considered and all, but one player made first team honors. READ THE WHOLE STORY
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