Players of the Week - Group 4

Section V Boys Lacrosse Coordinator Mike Simon and conjunction with the Connors and Ferris law firm have restructure the Players of the Week awards and for the first time this year, there will be offensive and defensive winners in each of the four classes. Full Story

Many Mismatches Today, and Hilton Takes Out Fairport

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were fourteen games played today and most were mismatches. Of the rest, Hilton, for the first time in program history, beat Fairport 9-8, despite a last quarter surge by the Red Raiders. The Cadets led 4-3 at the half and then scored five goals in the third to end the quarter up 9-4. The offense of Hilton was spread between eight players with Matthews Mojsej leading with 1g-2a. Ben Metrano, Brenden Howell and Michael Galante each added two goals while Clayton Duford recorded 9s (53%) for Hilton (8-3). Klay Stuvert and Colin Peers each had 3g-2 for Faiport (8-2) Full Story

Westhill Defeats Penn Yan by One

Friday: DAY IN REVIEW: For the third time this season the Penn Yan Mustangs lost a game win a single goal. Tonight the Mustangs fell to Westhill (Syracuse) 5-4. After a 2-2 first quarter Penn Yan scored the only goal in the the second, but gave up two goals in the third (while scoring one) to tie at the end of three quarters. Westhill (10-3) scored the only goal in the last quarter. Four different players each scored two pints for Westhill. Conner Fingar scored 2g-1a and Colt Smith added 2g while Jeff Kinyoun made 12s (71%) in the cage for Penn Yan (8-4) Full Story

Fairport Gives JD First Loss of the Season

Fairport defeated JD for the second straight season with a 10-9 win in the first overtime period.  Colin Peers scored his third goal of the night to give the Red Raiders the victory.  Over the past eleven years, JD and Fairport have faced off once a year.  The Rams were on a five year streak before the Red Raiders defeated them last year 14-12.  Overall, JD still leads the series 7-4.  This season, the Rams came into the game undefeated at 10-0.  They had two close one goal wins over West Genesee (8-7) and ESM (11-10).  With three minutes remaining in regulation, JD led by three 9-6 and were looking strong to keep up their undefeated season.  Fairport scored three goals in the final 2:37 to send the game into overtime.  Peers scored both the game tying goal as well as the overtime goal. Full Story

Fairport Hands JD Their First Loss

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: Fairport defeated Jamsville-DeWitt for the second straight season with a 10-9 win in the first overtime period. Colin Peers scored his third goal of the afternoon to give the Red Raiders the victory. Over the past eleven years, JD and Fairport have faced off once a year. The Rams were on a five year streak before the Red Raiders defeated them last year 14-12.  Full Story

Week In Review - Week 7

There were fifty games played last week and lots of of exciting ones. At the moment there are seventy-two out of section games scheduled and fifty-eight have been played. Section Five has won thirty-one and the out of section teams have won twenty-seven. Full Story

Canandaigua Comes from Behind Against Hilton

Canandaigua came back in the last quarter in a 11-10 come from behind win against Hilton.  The Braves trailed for the entire contest prior to their final goal with 5:24 left on the clock.  The Cadets, who led by 3 early in the game, could not tie the game for the sixth time in the final minutes.  The scoring for Hilton was spread out with six players scoring a single goal and the leading scorer (Ryan Butts) finished with 2g-2a.  For the Braves, Mark Belles led with 4g-1a.  Face-off midfielder Shawn Doran finished 18/25 for Hilton, with a team leading 11 ground balls. Full Story

Canandaigua Come From Behind Win at Hilton

Monday: DAY IN REVIEW: Canandaigua came back in the last quarter in a 11-10 come from behind win against Hilton.  The Braves trailed for the entire contest prior to their final goal with 5:24 left on the clock.  The Cadets, who led by three early in the game, could not tie the game for the sixth time in the final minutes.  The scoring for Hilton was spread out with six players scoring a single goal and the leading scorer (Ryan Butts) finished with 2g-2a.  For the Braves, Mark Belles led with 4g-1a.  Face-off midfielder Shawn Doran finished 18/25 for Hilton, with a team leading 11 ground balls. Full Story

Players of the Week - Group 5

Section V Boys Lacrosse Coordinator Mike Simon and conjunction with the Connors and Ferris law firm have restructure the Players of the Week awards and for the first time this year, there will be winners in each of the four classes. Full Story

Brighton Wins in Overtime Again

Brighton fought back from a two goal deficit at the end of the third quarter to defeat Pittsford in overtime 10-9.  The Barons and Panthers played a back and forth game with both teams leading before Pittsford took a two goal lead at the end of the third quarter. Brighton’s defense held the Panthers scoreless for the final 13 minutes of regulation and another 3 minutes in overtime. Full Story

Brighton Wins at Pittsford

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Brighton fought back from a two goal deficit at the end of the third quarter to defeat Pittsford in overtime 10-9. In overtime, both teams had attempts at the cage. Pittsford goalie Brecken Catalano recorded 2 of his 14 saves in overtime, but with 0:47 left in the first overtime period, Casey McDermott scored unassisted to give Brighton the win. Full Story

Pal-Mac and Waterloo Win

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were two games played today and both were mismatches. Pal-Mac scored ten goals in the first quarter and defeated Cathedral Prep with fourteen players making the offensive book. In a closer game, Waterloo took an 8-7 halftime lead and scored five goals in the third to win their game with East United. Anthony DeFrancesco and Dillon McCann each had five goals for the Blue Devils. Full Story

Thomas Holds off CC

Thomas scored the first six goals in their 11-10 win over Churchville-Chili.  Although the Titans led by six twice during the contest, the Saints kept the game interesting in the fourth.  Churchville-Chili came within one goal twice in the final quarter, but could not tie the game.  Their 10^th goal was scored with 3:04 remaining, but they did not get the needed 11^th goal before time expired. Full Story

Thomas Holds on for Win vs C-C

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Thomas scored the first six goals in their 11-10 win over Churchville-Chili.  Although the Titans led by six twice during the contest, the Saints kept the game interesting in the fourth.  Churchville-Chili came within one goal twice in the final quarter, but could not tie the game.  Their tenth goal was scored with 3:04 remaining, but they did not get the needed eleventh goal before time expired. STORY CONTINUES Full Story

Whitman, Hilton and East United Win

Friday: DAY IN REVIEW: Only the Hilton vs Williamsville East game was originally scheduled for Friday, but there were two additions today. Hilton was a 13-3 winner over Williamsville East with ten players making the offensive book, led by Zach Boyatizies, Michael Galante, Tyler Hacker and Ben Mitrano who each scored three points. Jacob Keley made 7s (70%) for Hilton (11-4_ who will finish their regular season with Irondequoit on Tuesday. Full Story

Irondequoit Comes Back in Final Minute

After trailing for nearly the entire game, Irondequoit came back to take their first lead early in the fourth quarter.  The Eagles won in the first overtime period 9-8 over McQuaid Jesuit.  The Knights took the early lead with 4 of the first 5 goals; they led by three goals twice in the first half before Irondequoit came back to tie the game (6-6) at the half. Full Story

Spencerport Comes Back for OT Win

Spencerport fought back with the last three goals to defeat Midlakes 7-6 in the second overtime period.  The Rangers held the Screaming Eagles scoreless for the final 21 minutes spanning the third, fourth quarters and two overtime periods.  Spencerport had an early lead before Midlakes scored five out of six straight goals to take a two goal lead into the late third quarter. Full Story

Irondequoit Over McQuaid - Lots to Celebrate

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW:With the games played today, there is only one week left in the regular season. Although more games played today were mismatches, several were close, starting with a double overtime win for SPencerport and a one goal win for Irondequoit. Full Story

Week In Review - Week 8

There were forty-six games played last week and lots of exciting ones. At the moment there are seventy-two out of section games scheduled and fifty-eight have been played. Section Five has won thirty-one and the out of section teams have won twenty-seven. Full Story

Pittsford over OP, JD Over Victor, Gates Over East

Monday: DAY IN REVIEW:Pittsford defeated Orchard Park and JD defeated Victor, while Gates Chili had a big win against East United today.(Score only from Pittsford at post time.) Full Story

Marcus Whitman Holds Strong in OT

Marcus Whitman held off a late push by Bloomfield-Honeoye to defeat the Pride 12-11 in the first overtime period.  The Wildcats had a six goals stretch to the end the third and start the fourth quarter.  The streak took them to a three goal lead with just under six minutes remaining in regulation.  The Pride fought back and scored three goals of their own before regulation expired.  However, it was Kyle Murphy who scored the game winning goal for the Wildcats in overtime. Full Story

Waterloo Scores Final Three Goals in Win

After four lead changes, Waterloo scored the final three goals to defeat Newark 10-8.  The Reds held the lead with 2:16 left in the third quarter before being held scoreless by the Indian’s defense for the final 14 minutes.  Dillion McCann scored two of the last three goals for the Indians to secure the win.  He finished with 5g-1a on the game. Full Story

Hilton Over Irondequoit, McQuaid Over AQ

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW:With only one more "big night" of games left in the reguar season, there were many important games played tonday, which will have an impact of the tournament seeds at the end of the week. Hilton, Geneva, Pal-Mac and Canandaigua both locked up 75% records with wins today, but there will be more changes for other teams on Thursday and Friday. Full Story

Greece Holds Off Late HFL Push with OT Win

Greece Storm fought off the late push by HFL to defeat the Cougars 10-9 in the first overtime period.  Greece led by four with ten minutes left in regulation.  HFL scored four goals to force overtime.  However, Matthew McHale scored for the Storm with 0:54 left in the first overtime period.  The Storm controlled the entire game, and although HFL tied the game twice (1-1 and 9-9), Greece never trailed.  They also held a four goal lead at three different points before HFL’s late stretch forced overtime. Full Story

Tournament Seeding to be Released On Saturday

As the regular season winds down this last week, prognosticators and amateur math wizards are working hard to figure out who will take the top seeds in each of the four tournaments that begin with the out bracket round on Monday, May 20th. Full Story

Marcus Whitman Wins 2nd OT Game in a Row

Marcus Whitman defeated B-H on Tuesday 12-11 in the first overtime period (HERE) and tonight they did it again, this time defeating Mynderse 12-11 in the first overtime period.  Tonight, they fought back with the final two goals of regulation to force overtime.  The Blue Devils held a four goal lead late in the third before Marcus Whitman started a 5 out of 6 goal stretch to tie the game at 9-9 halfway through the fourth.  Connor Tomion scored the final three goals for the Wildcats.  He finished with 4g on the game. Full Story

Season Ends with 5 One-Goal Games

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: With only one game left to be played when Eastridge and Marcus Whitman meet on Friday, the last big day of teh regularseason came to an end with lots of close games. Wayne beat Midlakes 12-11, Marcus Whitman beat Mynderse 12-11 in overtime, Pal-Mac beat Geneva in overtime and Thomas beat Penn Yan 5-4. Full Story

Seeding Out Tonight

Everyone is interested in the Sectional seedings for the tournaments that start on Monday. We plan to have them here after the last game is played tonight. Look for our Twitter  announcement or on this page around 10:00 PM. Full Story

Tournament Seeding Released

The Brackets for the 2019 are now available on the brackets page. Full Story

Marcus Whitman Wins Last Game

Friday: DAY IN REVIEW: In the last game of the regular season, Marcus Whitman (9-7) defeated Eastridge (3-13) 15-8 as Seth Benedict led the Wildcasts with 4g-3a. DeCouteau Blueye added 3g-1a and Ryan Herod and Kyle Murphy each added four points. Justyn Hiscock scored 5g-2a and Zachary Hiscock added 1g-3a for the Lancers. Full Story

Week In Review - Week 9

There were Thirty-four games played last week as the regular season ended with one game on Friday. There were seventy-two out of section games played this year. Section Five won forty (56%) and the out of section teams have won thirty-two. Full Story

The Section Five Tournaments

Click the links below for the current Section Five Brackets Full Story

Spencerport Scores Last Four to Win by One

Spencerport only led for just under two minutes during their 10-9 win over Churchville-Chili tonight in the opening round of the Class B Tournament.  The eighth seeded Rangers played the ninth seeded Saints for the second time this season.  Their last matchup was less than a week ago with Spencerport winning that game 12-6.  Tonight, the Saints played a much stronger game and led for the majority; including a three goal lead halfway through the fourth quarter that Spencerport fought back against. Full Story

Out Bracket Runaways

Monday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were out bracket games for Classes B and D as the 2019 Section Five Tournament began with six games and all but one was a mismatch. All the top seeded teams won, except for Haverling (#9) who beat Gananda (#8). Full Story

Penfield Wins Seconds OT Straight

In the only break of the night, fifth seeded Penfield defeated 4^th seeded Greece Storm in overtime 10-9.  The Patriots took off in the first half and led by six at one point before Greece fought back to a pair of ties in the fourth quarter.  Although the Storm did not ever take the lead, they sent the game into overtime with a goal at 0:21 remaining in regulation.  Senior midfielder Max Hoadley scored the game winning goal on the first shot of overtime to secure the win for the Patriots. Full Story

Penfield Wins In OT

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were quarter finals for Classes A and C today and most were mismatches. Penfield was the exception where is took overtime for the Patriots to earn their place in the final four on Friday where they will play Fairport. Pittsford will play Hilton after beating East United. HF-L advanced to the semis where they will play Geneva on Friady. They earned their trip with a win overt Eastridge. Livonia-Avon won their ticket after defeating Neark. They will play Wayne on Friday. Full Story

Fifth Seeded Thomas Defeats Fourth Seeded McQ

Thomas won another low scoring game with a 5-4 win over McQuaid Jesuit.  The Titans (5^th seed) defeated Knights (4^th seed) with a slow methodical pacing to the game.  Throughout the contest, both teams were slow to go to the cage.  They took their time before capitalizing and that led to a mostly back and forth contest.  Both teams led with the game only being more than one goal apart a single time.  Full Story

Thomas By One, Pal-Mac by Two

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Thomas had a tough game at McQuaid but won the 5-4 upset and was the only lower seed to win today. Full Story

Fairport Advances to Class A Finals

Top seeded Fairport came out and strong and finished even stronger in their 11-6 win over fifth seeded Penfield.  The Red Raiders came into tonight's contest looking for revenge from last season's 9-8 loss in the Championship matchup.  The Patriots led that game for nearly the entire contest and held off a late advance by the Red Raiders.  Tonight, the game was the opposite with Fairport taking control and the Patriots looking for the comeback. Full Story

Hilton Heads to the Finals for First Time

For the first time in program history, Hilton advances to the Sectional Finals with an 8-7 overtime win against second seeded Pittsford.  The Cadets played four strong quarters and held off the late push by the Panthers.  In overtime, the game winning goal was scored by Matthew Mojsej. Full Story

Hilton Wins in Overtime

Friday: DAY IN REVIEW: Both Class A and Class C played their semifinal games today and once, again, three out of four top seeded teams won. Hilton, the number three seed won their trip to the Cgampionships with and exciting overtime win against Pittsford, the number two seed, It is the first time the the Cadets have made the finals. Full Story

Canandaigua Heads to Finals for First Time Since 2017

In the first quarter, the scoring was limited with Thomas adding the lone goal.  Ryan Prine scored off a dodge along the right side to near the crease.  He finished into the net to put the Titans up with 4:31 remaining.  The Titans held that lead into the end of the quarter (1-0).  In the second quarter, Canandaigua added all the goals while holding Thomas scoreless.  There were three goals for the Braves.  The first two began with drives from behind the cage.  Tyler Goode drove from behind and after the slide, dropped the ball off to Aaron D’Agostino for a cross crease goal.  Two minutes later, they scored on another drive from behind.  This time, Mark Belles drove from behind and finished himself to give the Braves their first lead of the game.  The third goal came only 20 seconds later.  After a technical face-off win, the Braves quickly pushed the ball upfield and Casey Herod fed the ball to Dom Comella for the goal.  Canandaigua held the 3-1 lead going into halftime.  Between a patient Thomas offense and a strong Canandaigua defense, the Titans only put one shot on the cage (the goal) in the entire first half. Full Story

Victor Heads to Finals for Seventh Straight Year

Second seeded Victor held off a late push by third seeded Brighton 10-9.  The Blue Devils took control early and held it for a huge chunk of the game.  They led by four goals with four minutes remaining in regulation.  Brighton scored four goals in last four minutes (with Victor adding one of their own) to pull within one goal two different times.  Victor advances to the Sectional Finals for the Seventh straight season. Full Story

Victor Wins a Close One

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: Both Class B and Class D played their semifinal games today and all four top seeded teams won. In Class D, Pal-Mac defeated Marcus Whitman after taking a 10-3 lead after the first quarter. They was no report from Pal-Mac at post time. In the other Class D game, held at HF-L, Penn Yan held Midlakes to a single goal to punch their ticket to the championship. Connor Finger led the Mustangs with 3g-4a while Griffin Emerson made 8s (89%) for the Mustanges. There was not report from Midlakes at post time. Full Story

Looking Ahead - Tuesday Class A and C

The Section Five Championships are set and will be played over two nights at St. John Fisher College on Tuesday and Wednesday. Full Story

Looking Ahead - Wednesday Class D and B

The Section Five Championships are set and will be played over two nights at St. John Fisher College on Tuesday and Wednesday. Full Story

Geneva Wins 2nd Straight Title

Geneva won their second back to back Class C Championship tonight against Wayne 10-1.  The Panthers defeated the Eagles 13-2 last year.  The Panthers were slowly plodding throughout the contest and added a few goals in each quarter.  Midfielder Sam Miller was named the Class C All Tournament MVP after a 3g-3a day (60% of all goals).  Additionally, goalie Brandon Wayne finished with an exceptional day, recording 13 saves.  Of those, 10 came in the first half while holding the Eagles scoreless during that period.  Both senior were instrumental in the success of the Panthers this season. Full Story

Fairport Wins First Title Since 2014

After losses in the Championship games to Penfield (9-8) last season and Pittsford (9-5) two years ago, the Red Raiders were bent on getting their first Section Five Title since 2014.  Fairport scored five goals in the second half while holding the Hilton offense scoreless to defeat the Cadets 9-4.  Key players in the success were face-off midfielder Jake Knapp and sophomore midfielder Rob Crowley.  Crowley finished with 4g on the night and Knapp finished at 8/13 at the face-off.  Both were named to the All Tournament Team for Fairport.  Knapp’s success was even more impressive based on Hilton face-off midfielder Shawn Doran’s season.  Doran finished the season at 82% with 306 wins.  Before tonight, he had never had less than 50% day at the faceoff.  Doran, for his performance throughout the Tournament was also named to the All Tournament Team. Full Story

Geneva and Fairport Champs

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Geneva won their second back to back Class C Championship tonight against Wayne 10-1. The Panthers defeated the Eagles 13-2 last year. The Panthers were slowly plodding throughout the contest and added a few goals in each quarter. Midfielder Sam Miller was named the Class C All Tournament MVP after a 3g-3a day (60% of all goals). Additionally, goalie Brandon Wayne finished with an exceptional day, recording 13 saves. Of those, 10 came in the first half while holding the Eagles scoreless during that period. Both senior were instrumental in the success of the Panthers this season. STORY CONTINUES Full Story

Penfield wins Sportsmanship Award

The Penfield team earned the Class A Sportsmanship Award from the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association. The Steven R. Morgan Sportsmanship Award was presented by Frank Mangione for GVLOA to Head Coach John Schembri and some of his players at the halftime of the Class A game last night. Full Story

Penn Yan Secures 24th Win

Penn Yan came back in overtime to defeat Pal-Mac 10-9 to win their 24^th Sectional Title.  The Mustangs trailed early in the contest before taking a one goal lead into the break.  They held that lead into the fourth, when Pal-Mac scored the final two goals of regulation to force overtime.  The Red Raiders had the first overtime offensive opportunity after winning the draw; however, they could not get a shot off on cage before Penn Yan got the ball upfield on an errant pass.  The Mustangs scored with 0:05 left in the first overtime period with an inside dodge by Colton Smith. Smith was named to the All Tournament Team. Full Story

Victor Wins their Sixth Straight Championship

Victor secured their sixth straight Section Five Title with two goals in the final sixty seconds.  The Braves had taken a two goals lead with less than six minutes remaining and held on to a one goal lead with 1:00 left on the clock.  The Blue Devils never gave up and defeated Canandaigua 7-6 in regulation.  The game was a defensive battle with both goalies coming up strong.  Canandaigua’s Aiden Kenyon finished with 9 saves (7 in the first half) and Victor’s Liam Haller finished with 14 saves (including 5 in the fourth quarter).  Both goalies were named to the All Tournament Team. Full Story

Penn Yan Wins 24th - Victor Wins 6th

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: All four Champions have been crowned and are ready to advance to the NYS Regionals (quarter finals) which will be held at St. John Fisher College on Saturday. The Class A game will see Fairport vs Orchard Park at 10:00 AM, The Class B Game will feature Victor vs Hamburg at 12:30, The Class C game with Geneva vs East Aurora will start at 3:00 PM and the Class D game will see Penn Yan vs Edan at 5:30PM. Tickets will be $6.00 as set by NYS. Full Story

2019 All-Americans Announced

*+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. Full Story

2019 All-Americans Announced

*+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. Full Story

On to the the NYS Regionals

Now that our Sectional Champions have been crowned, we move on the the New York State Tournaments. Some of the best player and the best teams in the State will end up here, at St. John Fisher College for Championship Day on June 8th. But before that happens, we play the quarter final and semi-final rounds. Full Story

Marcus Whitman wins Sportsmanship Award

The Marcus Whitman team earned the Class D Sportsmanship Award from the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association. The Steven R. Morgan Sportsmanship Award was presented by Tob Cantibene for GVLOA to Head Coach Greg O'Connor and some of his players at the halftime of the Class D game last night. Full Story

Players of the Year Announced

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. Full Story

Finger Lakes Awards for 2019

The All Star list is out recognizing the Finger Lakes League players for the 2019 season.  Full Story

Monroe County Awards for 2019

The All Star list is out recognizing the Monroe County League players for the 2019 season. Senior  defenseman Sutton Boland (Victor), senior attackman Jack Brennan (Irondequoit) and senior face off midfielder Shawn Fingar (Hilton) were named US Lacrosse All Americans from Monroe County. Full Story

GRALL Awards for 2019

The All-Star list is out recognizing the GRALL players for the 2019 season. Senior offensiveman Ryan McEvily (McQuaid) was named US Lacrosse All Academic from the GRALL and was their Player of the Year. Full Story