2018 Hall of Fame Dinner Preview
October 20, 2018 - 
On Friday, November 2nd, the Rochester Chapter of US Lacrosse will install its 26th class. The event will take place at the Burgundy Basin Inn on Marsh Road in Pittsford with a social hour beginning at 6:00 pm.
The 2018 class includes five individuals and two teams as follows.
Dick Baran is a long-time lacrosse proponent, having served the Webster community for many years. In the 1990s he helped to secure funds for "after school at the box". He organized trips to see college games at Syracuse University, where his charges would meet with Roy Simmons Jr. and tour the locker room facilities. More recently he has served a director of the Webster Micro-lacrosse program and in 2001 was named Citizen of the Year.
Andrew Copelan enters as a player and coach. Andy was standout player at Pittsford where he earned All-American honors and helped the Panthers win a Sectional title in his senior year. He continued his successful lacrosse career at Bucknell where he earned All-Patriot League honors in 2003. The year after graduation he became the youngest Head Coach in the nation as he began two years at the helm of Marist College where he led them to their first winning season.
He was named MAAC Coach of the Year and led them to their first NCCA tournament game in 2005.
After serving as an Assistant Coach at the University of Maryland for three years, he was named the Head Coach at Fairfield University where he is in his eleventh year. In 2015 he was named Coach of the Year by the Colonial Athletic Association. Terry Cotton has been well-known in the lacrosse scene for many years. He is being honored "for his dedication to his community and for positively influencing the lives of so many student-athletes." A life-long Victor resident, he was a three-sport athlete, and was named Captain in both wrestling and track and is a member of the Victor Sports Hall of Fame. He attended Alfred State and RIT and played two years with the Tigers and later was a volunteer coach at JV and varsity. He has also been a long-time volunteer coach at Victor, helping in both JV and modified boy's programs and the varsity women's team. In addition he has, for many years, played in the adult leagues and tournaments including three World Festivals.
Ed Mulheron enters after over thirty years of service to Canandaigua. After three years of lacrosse at Canandaigua Academy he moved on to Geneseo and then Nazareth College before ultimately returning to the Academy with a teaching degree. A long-time assistant coach in both football and lacrosse, he served his last eleven years as Head Lacrosse Coach where he compiled a record of 161-59. His teams won sectional titles in 2008, 2009 and 2013. The 2009 team won the New York State title and they will also be inducted into the 2018 HOF class. Ed was twice named AGR Coach of the Year and his teams twice won GVLOA Sportsmanship Awards. He also served as Finger Lakes League Chairman and later, Co-Chaired the Monroe County League.
Danielle Spencer enters as a player and coach with a comprehensive sports record. At Brighton she led the Barons to a State Final in 2004 and a championship in 2005. She earned All-American honors in her senior year and was an All-Academic honoree in both junior and senior years. After graduation she played for Northwestern University where she contributed to three straight D-I NCAA championships. She was named an All-American twice and was also nominated for the Tewaaraton Award. She is currently the Head Coach at Dartmouth College and played professional lacrosse for the Boston Storm. Currently she is training with Team USA in preparation for the 2021 World Cup.
The 2009 Canandaigua Boys' Varsity Team enters as the result of their fabulous season that ended with the winning of the New York State Championship. After a "slow start" they won their last eight straight games, finishing with a 25-3 record and ranked third in NYS and 22nd in the nation.
The 2004 Penn Yan Girls' Varsity Team enters as the second Penn Yan girls' team to win a New York State Championship. The team was coached by Hall of Famers Patty (2012) and Harry (2004) Queener and finished the season with a record of 21-1. They won three of their last four games by a one-goal margin, starting with a 8-7 victory over East Rochester. Their semifinal win was against Manhasset (7-6) and the Championship game was a 7-6 win over Corning East.
The 26th Annual US Lacrosse, Greater Rochester Chapter, Hall of Fame Dinner will take place on Friday, November 2nd at the Burgundy Basin Inn at 1361 Marsh Road in Pittsford.
The cost is $40 per person in advance or $50 at the door. The social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. with the welcome and dinner scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
To make reservations, please go to the registration page.
Rule Changes for 2019 Announced
September 27, 2018 - The NFHS Rules Committee has announced their list of rules changes for 2018 and have been approved by the FHHS Board of Directors. 
Over a dozen changes have been made starting with three in the equipment section, three in the play of the game section, six in the personal foul section and four in the technical foul section.
Some of the interesting changes include:
- Beginning in 2021 goalie chest protectors must meet NOCSAE safety standards.
- A new definition of a shot which states that it must be made when the ball is parallel to or above the goal line extended. It also states that the shot can be from a stick or can be kicked or otherwise physically propelled.
- A goal is not counted if, at the end of a period, under certain conditions.
- The "over and back" rules has new definitions about what can happen on the center line.
- There is a strengthening of the rules that relate to checking a player including the area of "blindsiding".
- Contact with the head or neck not incurs a three-minute non-releasable foul and could result in an ejection.
- A coach on the filed who obstructs play can receive an unsportsmanlike conduct foul.
- There are definitions for holding that state what is and is not permissible.
The full press release is available here. You can also see information on the NFHSA website.
Head JV Coach Position Open
August 31, 2018 - 
The Webster Thomas Lacrosse program is looking for a Head Coach for their Junior Varsity team.
If interested please contact Head Coach Rob Ruller at Robert_Ruller@webstercsd.org
Craig Lapiane New Coach at Hilton
August 25, 2018 - 
The first coaching change for 2019 has been made as Hilton Head Coach Sean Roche has been replaced with Craig Lepiane.
A graduate of Irondequoit High School in 2004 Craig received All-American honors at MCC, where he set scoring records. He then moved on to Ithaca College where he was named an All-American twice.
More recently he has been worked for the IMG Academy and in 2017 was named the Upstate region Manager for 3dlacrosse.
Coach Lepiane will be the sixth coach of the Cadets since their first year in 2003 under Pete Richie.
2018 Season Wrap Up
June 14, 2018 - Section Five lacrosse saw some changes in teams as Greece combined four schools into the Greece Storm and Livonia joined with Avon to form the Lakers. The Rochester city schools combined to form East United. With the changes and combinations, there were thirty-five teams and 942 players. Fairport carried the largest roster with forty players and Batavia had the smallest with sixteen.
There were, once again, four classes for the sectional and NYS tournaments. Three of the four top seeded won their championships. Victor (#1) beat Thomas (#2) in two overtimes in Class B. In Class C Geneva (#1) defeated Wayne (#2) and in Class D, Penn Yan (#1) won their twenty-third title as they had a victory over Aquinas (#6). The Little Irish beat both Pal-Mac (#3) and Gananda (#2) in dramatic fashion to make the finals. In Class A, Penfield (#2) beat Fairport (#1) by a single goal (9-8) to win their first championship since 2013.
The first game of the season was played on March 22nd, when Bath defeated Notre Dame 16-3. The last regular season game was played when Fairport beat Corning 6-4. The 308 regular season games were played and helped to determine the league championships. In Monroe County it was Victor (MC1), Webster Thomas (MC2) and HF-L (MC3). Gananda was the Finger Lakes Champion and McQuaid Jesuit won the GRALL title.
At the end of the year, the Section Five Head Coaches met to select post-season awards. The coaches selected their All League players. Then, after reviews of over thirty nominations, they selected six US Lacrosse All-Americans and six All-Academics. Named All-Americans were Reese Burek (Fairport), Trevor Ford (Thomas), Garrett Ruff (HF-L), Alexander Mabbett (Victor), Brady McDermott (Brighton) and Chayse Ierlan (Victor) who was named for the second time. Named US Lacrosse All-Academics were Jack Billitier (McQuaid), Mitchell Cain (Victor), Jacob Buck (Churchville-Chili), Austin Blumbergs (Penn Yan), Matt Hill (Thomas) and Erik Jakobsze (Schroeder).
The Monroe County Division 1 Player of the Year was Chayse Ierlan. Brady McDermott was the Division 2 Player of the Year. The Bob Scott nominees were Dan Taddeo (Penfield), Matt Hill (Thomas) and Garrett Ruff (HF-L). The Section Five and US Lacrosse Bob Scott Award winner was Dan Taddeo (Penfield).
The Finger Lakes Players of the Year were attackman Brett Cunningham (Gananda), midfielder Jake Gallina (Pal-Mac), defenseman Joe Camp (Wayne) and goalie Jake Drennen (Geneva). The Finger Lakes Player of the Year was defenseman Jake Drennen (Geneva).
The GRALL Player of the Year was attackman Jack Billitier (McQuaid).
East United (Class A), Canandaigua (Class B), Honeoye Falls-Lima (Class C) and Penn Yan (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. Penfield (Class A), Victor (Class B), Geneva (Class C) and Penn Yan (Class D) were the Sectional Champions in 2018.
All Tournament teams were selected for each Class. The MVPs for A, B, C and D were Jack Cummings (Penfield), Sam Lambert (Victor), Sam Miller (Geneva) and Connor Fingar (Penn Yan).
The SportsFive Players of the Year were Trevor Ford (Thomas) in offense and Chayse Ierlan (Victor) in defense. The Sportsman of the Year was Corey Yunker (Churchville-Chili).
The final games of the year are the New York State Tournament. Section Five hosted two of the semifinals and all four Championship games at St. John Fisher College.
In Class A, Penfield lost to Lancaster (Section 6), 11-7. In Class B, Victor beat Hamburg (Section 6) 15-3 and East Syracuse-Minoa (Section 3) to make it to their fourth straight finals, where despite an exciting comeback, lost in the last eight seconds to Garden City. In Class C, Geneva lost to West Seneca East (Section 6), 8-6 and in Class D, Penn Yan beat Akron (Section 6) in overtime, 10-9. The Mustangs then defeated Chenango Forks (Section 4), 10-7, to make it to the championship round where they fell to an overpowering Pleasantville (Section 1).
At the end of the season sixty-four seniors have made college commitments. They will join the over three hundred and twenty players from Section Five who are currently playing at all college levels.
Lacrosse Officials Announce Awards
June 13, 2018 - 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 GVLOA member 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 and stills servers as one of the game assignors.
Mangione was on hand at the gathering to present the award to this year's recipient, Alan McLiverty who has been an official for over twenty years. He has also been involved with the Rochester Chapter of US Lacrosse, where he is currently serving as President.
In order to receive this new honor, nominees must demonstrate great commitment to the game and the Association. They must hold at least ten years of membership and through their efforts, both on and off the field must advance the game of lacrosse with a special commitment to officiating.
During the Sectional tournaments, the association announced the winners of the team sportsmanship awards. The officials who work games evaluate the teams and fans and award points. In class A, the awards was given to East United. The class B award went to Canandaigua. The Class C award was presented to Honeoye Falls-Lima and the Class D award went to Penn Yan.
The GVLOA serves the Section Five area by providing officials for the boys game at all levels and during the whole year. The organization is always looking for new members that they will help with training and support. More information is available on the chapter web site.
2018 NYS Championships
June 9, 2018 - Pleasantville came into the State Final game for the first time in their program history and defeated Penn Yan 16-2. The Panthers have made the State Semi Finals in the past, but this was their first time at the big game. Both teams played a close game for the first quarter before Pleasantville pulled away. The Panthers held the Mustangs scoreless for the final 36 minutes as they slowly added to their offensive count. Story Continues...
Ward Melville came to play and won their tenth NYS Title. Today, they defeated perennial rival West Genesee 15-2. The Patriots have faced the West Genesee 7 times in the State Finals and with today’s win move to 4-3 against the Wildcats. The Patriots took early control of the game with four unanswered goals to start off the game and never really looked back. They increased their lead through the final 33 minutes where they held West Genesee scoreless. Story Continues...
Garden City returned to the State Finals for the first time since 2013 when they won the title game over Jamesville-Dewitt 13-8. Today they defeated the three-time defending State Champion Victor Blue Devils. The Trojans came to win and took and early 3-1 lead that they never quite gave back. The first and fourth quarters were a flurry of activity while the middle two quarters showed a lot of testing from both teams. The Trojans were led in offensive by junior James Basile (3g) and Liam Muldoon (2g-1a). Basile’s final goal was the winning goal that was scored with 0:01 remaining on the clock. Story Continues...
Islip came into the State Finals game after winning the first Section XI Title in their program history. They faced off against Westhill, who also won their first Sectional Title (Section III). Islip was led in scoring by Mike Bienkowski, who was named Class C Most Valuable Player. Beinkowski was demonstrative on the offense. He scored or assisted the first six goals and led his offense throughout. The Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award was given to junior goalie Devin DeGennaro who finished with 8 saves. Story Continues...
Penn Yan and Victor Advance to Championship
June 6, 2018 - Penn Yan scored eight of the last nine goals in their 10-7 win over Chenango Forks. The Mustangs return to the Finals for the first time since 2016. In 2016, they lost to Cold Spring Harbor 15-4. The Mustangs won the State Title in 2001 over Manhasset 9-8. For this year's Tournament, Penn Yan will face Pleasantville, who defeated Mattituck 20-7 in the other Semi Final game.
The leading scorer tonight for the Mustangs was Colton Smith, who finished with 1g-4a. Austin Blumbergs finished with 4g and was instrumental at the face-off to give the Mustangs possession through the second half. Overall, Penn Yan won 11 straight face-offs to finish the game. Story Continues...
Victor scored six unanswered goals in the opening quarter in their 18-3 win over East Syracuse Minoa. The Blue Devils return to the State Finals for the fourth consecutive season. The three time defending Champions will face Garden City who defeated John Jay 14-4 to make it to the Finals. The Blue Devils defeated Yorktown in 2017, Ward Melville in 2016 (playing in Class A), and Manhasset in 2015.
Victor’s scoring began 0:34 into the game when goalie Chayse Ierlan took the ball upfield and scored an unassisted goal. In Ierlan’s five years on Varsity it is only his second goal. The first was during his sophomore year vs. Cazenovia. Overall, the Blue Devils had 11 players make their offensive scorebook. Camden Hay led with 4g-1a. Sam Lambert (1g-2a), Connor Keenan (3g) and Andrew Russell (2g-2a) also added to the totals. Faceoff midfielder Tuck Hill finished 11/16 and a team leading six groundballs. Defenseman Tanner Hay led in takes with 2.
After winning their first Sectional Title in program history, Westhill moves on to the State Finals with a 17-3 win over West Seneca East. West Seneca East also celebrated their first Sectional Title this year. Westhill came into game strong and scored 10 of the first 11 goals to take a strong lead into the second half. They scored nine straight goals spanning the first three quarters. The Warriors return to St. John Fisher to face Islip who defeated Pelham Memorial 14-4 to advance to the Finals. Story Continues...
NOTE: Both Westhill and West Seneca East came to the game with white jerseys. The St. John Fisher College Lacrosse team provided West Seneca East with jerseys for the game. When the game was over the boys switch back to their uniforms for the presentation ceremonies.
Victor and Penn Yan Continue to Final Four
June 2, 2018 - Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW:Section Five had two winners in the New York State quarter finals in Buffalo today and two that finished their seasons. Penn Yan overcame a six-goal deficit to beat Akron in overtime and Victor scored the first thirteen goals and beat Hamburg 15-3. Penfield scored two quick goals in the third quarter to tie at 5-5 but eventually fell to Lancaster 11-7. After Geneva posted a 6-2 lead, West Seneca-East rallied for an 8-6 win the Class C.
One thing that both Penn Yan and Victor have in common is their steadfast belief in themselves and their ability to work back out of a hole. The Mustangs found themselves in such difficulty when Akron (17-2) scored six goals in the first half and at one points was ahead 6-1. Starting out with the first two goals, but the Tigers then scored six in a row and after a last second goal by Penn Yan, the half ended with the Tigers up 6-3. Two quick goals by Austin and Chase Blumbergs in less than a minute was followed by a couple by Conner Finger which resulted in a 9-9 tie. Both teams scored high intensity goals and Kaleb Delaney scored with 17 seconds left to force overtime. Almost three minutes of overtime ended with Austin Blumbergs scored the unassisted game winner. Pen Yan will return to St. John Fisher College on Wednesday (4:00 PM) to play Chenango Forks (Section 4) who surprisingly beat Christian Brothers Academy 9-8 this afternoon.
After a double overtime win last Wednesday, Victor had no such trouble today when they scored the first thirteen goals on their way to a 15-3 win over Hamburg (Section 6). A surprising running time started in the third quarter, when the Blue Devils went up 12-0 and starters were sent to the bench. Eleven players made the offensive book for Victor, with the leaders, Connor Keenan (3g-2a) and Sam Lambert (1g-4a). Regan Endres (7/0), Tucker Hill (6/3) and Richie Pierpont (6/0) combined for 18 face off wins. Victor will travel to Cicero North-Syracuse High School on Wednesday where, at 4:00 PM they will play East Syracuse-Minoa who earned their ticket with a 15-10 win over Vestal (Section 4).
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Penn Yan wins 23rd and Victor wins in Two Overtimes
May 30, 2018 - Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Penn Yan won their 23rd Section Five Title tonight with an 8-6 win over Aquinas. The Mustangs will now travel to Section 6 (All High Stadium) for a 10 AM game against Akron (17-1) on Saturday. It took two overtime periods for Victor to win their fifth consecutive Championship as Alexander Mabbett scored the game winner with a pass form Joey Pezzimenti for the 10-9 win over Webster Thomas.
Penn Yan took an early 6-1 lead and held off the late advances by Aquinas. The Little Irish scored five of the last seven goals to pull within two. The Final Aquinas goal was scored with 7:21 remaining and the final seven minutes were back and forth play with Penn Yan holding the ball and Aquinas trying to force their shots. Story Continues...
Alexander Mabbett scored with a feed from Joey Pezzimenti 1:59 into the second overtime period to give Victor the 10-9 win over Webster Thomas. This is the fifth consecutive championship win for the Blue Devils. Victor started off the game strong and took an early 5-2 in the second quarter. They continued to put up points and increased their lead to 7-3 with 9:50 remaining in the third quarter. After that Thomas put started to move. They scored four straight goals before Victor added their 8th. The Titans continued to push all the way through the fourth and into the two overtime periods. Both teams had shots at the cage in overtime and it was edge of your seat lacrosse for both periods. Story Continues...
Next up for the winners are a trip to Buffalo on Saturday where they will face the Section 6 Champions in the "Western Regional" quarter final games of the New York State Tournaments. The games will be played at All High Stadium. The schedule is:
- Class D - 10:00 AM - Penn Yan vs Akron
- Class A - 12:30 PM - Penfield vs Lancaster
- Class B - 3:00 PM - Victor vs Hamburg
- Class C - 5:30 PM - Geneva vs West Seneca East
Geneva and Penfield Win Sectional Titles
May 29, 2018 - Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: After a close first quarter, Geneva took off and defeated Wayne, 13-2, to capture the Class C championship, their first Section Five title since 2008. In the Class A game, Penfield held off late advances by Fairport to win 9-8.
Geneva was led in scoring by junior midfielder Sam Miller with 3g-2a. Miller was named Most Valuable Player for the Class C All Tournament Team. Geneva moves on to the State Tournament where they will face Section Six Champions which will be either West Seneca East or Eden who play tomorrow, May 30th at 7:30. Story Continues...
Penfield held off a late press by Fairport to become the Class A Champions with a 9-8 win over the Red Raiders. This is the first Sectional Title for Penfield since 2013. The Patriots and Red Raiders have now face three times in the Title Game and Penfield now has a 2-1 lead. Penfield came out in the first half and dominated the play. The Patriots scored five unanswered goals to lead 5-1 early in the second quarter. Story Continues...
Victor vs Thomas and Penn Yan vs Aquinas in Finals
May 26, 2018 - Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: The championship games are now set for Classes B and C. In the Class B bracket, #1 Victor defeated #5 Schroeder 7-4 and #2 Thomas defeated #3 McQuaid Jesuit 16-7. In the Class D bracket, #1 Penn Yan defeated #5 Bath 12-4 and #6 Aquinas had upset #2 Gananda 16-7.
Top seeded Victor held fifth seeded Schroeder scoreless for 39 minutes spanning all four quarters to defeat the Warriors 7-4. Schroeder had defeated fourth seeded Irondequoit 10-7 to make the Semi-Finals for the first time since 2016. Victor has now made the Finals for the sixth straight time. Story Continues...
Second seeded Webster Thomas came out and dominated in their 16-7 win over third seeded McQuaid Jesuit. The Titans scored six unanswered in the first quarter and increased their lead to 11-2 at the end of the first half. In the second half, McQuaid Jesuit just couldn’t make up the difference. Thomas last made the Finals when they won the Class B Tournament in 2016. Story Continues...
Aquinas, seeded sixth the in Class D tournament beat both the second seeded Gananda and the third seeded Pal-Mac to punch their ticket to the championships where they will face Penn Yan. Although the game was close in the first quarter and ended in a 4-4 tie, Aquinas scored six unanswered goals on their way to a 16-7 win at HF-L. Senior midfielder Casey Hochheimer led the Little Irish with six goals and Jonathan Parrinello (3g-2a) and Eli Chalmers (2g-3a) each added five points. Jake Rapp had three goals for Gananda who end their season at 14-4.
Penn Yan started out slowly with a 4-1 half time lead , but took off in the second half for a 12-4 win against Bath. Sophomore attackman Colt Smith led the Mustang effort with four goals. Conner Fingar added three more while Jeff Kinyoun recorded ten saves (71%) for the 12-5 Mustangs. Tyler Finch had 2g-1a for the Rams who end their season at 11-7. Penn Yan will seek their twenty-third Section Five Title when they play Aquinas on Wednesday.
Fairport vs Penfield and Geneva vs Wayne in Finals
May 25, 2018 - The Championship round in Classes A and C are now set with #2 Penfield playing #1 Fairport in Class A. In Class C, #2 Wayne will play #1 Geneva. The games will be played at St. John Fisher College on Tuesday, May 29th with the Class C game at 5:00 and the Class A game at 7:30.
Top Seeded Fairport defeated fourth seeded Pittsford 8-5 in the first of the two double header Semi-Final matchups. The Red Raiders took off in the second quarter and the Panthers couldn’t keep pace. Fairport moves on to the Finals for the second consecutive time. The last time that Fairport won the big game was in 2014. Story Continues...
In the second game of the Class A double-header second seeded Penfield defeated third seeded Greece Storm 13-5 to move on the Finals. The Patriots will move on to face top seeded Fairport at St. John Fisher College on Tuesday. This is the first time Penfield has made the Finals since 2015. The last time that Penfield won the big game was 2013.Story Continues...
Sophomore John Reagan scored the game winning goal in the first overtime period to give second seeded Wayne the 11-10 win over third seeded HFL. The Cougars took over the game early scoring five of the first six goals to take a 5-1 lead early in the second quarter. Garrett Ruff scored two early goals for the Cougars to set the pace. He scored with a single dodge with 7:37 remaining and off a behind the back goal (assisted by Josh Barski) with 3:13 remaining. Junior Andrew Mapstone scored two of his own in the run. Story Continues...
Geneva scored nine goals in the first half and punched their ticket to the championship round as they defeated Newark 13-1. Sam Miller led the offense with 4g-3a and Nick Askin added another 4g for the Panthers (11-6).
Final Four Set in Class B and D
May 23, 2018 - Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Both B and D brackets were broken today, but the final four are now set for the semi finals on Saturday. In the Class D bracket, #5 Bath defeated #4 Midlakes 14-9 and #6 Aquinas had upset #3 Pal-Mac 17-5. #2 Gananda beat #10 Bloomfield-Honeoye and #1 Penn Yan beat #9 Waterloo in the other quarters.
On Saturday, Penn Yan will play Bath at 11:00 and Gananda will play Aquinas at 1:30. Both games will be at Honeoye Falls-Lima.
In the Class B bracket #5 Schroeder defeated $4 Irondequoit 10-7. # 1 Victor beat #9 Churchville-Chili, #2 Thomas beat #7 Brighton and #3 McQuaid Jesuit beat #6 Canandaigua.
On Saturday, Victor will play Schroeder at 11:00 and Thomas will play McQuaid at 1:30. Both games will be at Fairport High School.
NOTES: In the McQuaid vs Canandaigua game, the Vierhile brothers played against each other and their parents had to cheer for both teams. At the end of the game, senior attackman Brian Vierhile with McQuaid was the happy one and his brother Matt finished his season with Canandaigua. The win was the first for the Knights against the Braves in sixteen meetings.
Class A and C See Higher Seeds Win
May 22, 2018 - Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: The quarter final rounds in Classes A and C held with the higher seeded teams winning their games. Pittsford had a 6-3 win over Hilton, Penfield won their game with East United and Greece Storm had a 9-6 win over Rush-Henrietta. In Class C, Newark defeated Eastridge, Wayne ended Batavia's season and HF-L beat Livonia-Avon.
Fourth seeded Pittsford scored the first three goals and never led by less than two in their 6-3 win over fifth seeded Hilton. The Panthers and Cadets faced two weeks ago with Pittsford winning 5-3 and today was a similarly low scoring contest. Pittsford’s opening goal came from Ben DiGiovanni (2) and Ryan Dumont. DiGiovanni finished with a team leading 3g. Hilton scored their first goal 22 minutes into the game with Jordan DePetres assisting Matthew Mojsej with 2:15 remaining in the first half. Pittsford added another two goals before Hilton scored their second. The Panther’s largest lead came at 5-1 after an unassisted goal from Sonny Imburgia. The Cadets scored two of the last three goals.
On a goal in the third quarter Newark senior attackman Parker Casselman had an assist to Taylor Clements. On this play Casselman set the school record for career assists and Clements set the career record for goals. Clements also set the record for goals in a season and tied the school record for goals in a game with Casselman with eight.
In the semi final Class A round on Friday, #4 Pittsford will face #1 Fairport (5:00 PM) and #3 Greece Storm will face #2 Penfield (7:30 PM) at Webster Thomas High School. The Class C semi finals will also play on Friday at Penn Yan Academy. #4 Newark will play #1 Geneva at 5:00 PM and #3 HF-L will play #2 Wayne at 7:30 PM.
Tournaments Open with Three Upsets
May 21, 2018 - Monday: DAY IN REVIEW: As it happens in the out bracket round, upsets make for excitement and the 2018 edition saw three out of five games won by the lower seeded team. In Class B, Churchville-Chili avenged an earlier loss by beating Spencerport 7-5. Brighton and Canandaigua had no difficulty with their lower seeds by beating Brockport and Gates Chili. In Class D both out bracket games were won by the lower seeds as Waterloo defeated Marcus Whitman 9-7 and Bloomfield-Honeoye beat Mynderse 12-9.
After an 17-4 loss during the regular season, Churchville-Chili came to win during Sectionals and defeated Spencerport 7-5 to advance to the quarter final round. The Saints scored six unanswered goals and held Spencerport scoreless for over 25 minutes. The Rangers were dominated at the faceoff with Owen VanWie finishing 12/16 at the draw and a team leading eight groundballs. Jacob Buck scored the first goal of the third quarter with an unassisted goal at 11:11 to take a 6-0 lead. Spencerport finished out the game with 5 of the last six, but it was not enough to makeup for the first half. Churchville-Chili grabbed possession with two minutes remaining in the game and were able to run out the clock. The Saints move on to the next round and will face top seeded Victor on Wednesday.
After falling 11-13 earlier in the season, Waterloo defeated Marcus Whitman 9-7 in an out bracket sectional game. The game was back and forth for the first half with the scored tied at each step through 5-5. Marcus Whitman scored the game opener with an unassisted goal by Ryan Herod. He finished with 2g-1a for the Wildcats. Dylan DeLucia responded for the Indians to tie the game for the first time. Waterloo’s first lead came at 3-2 off an unassisted goal from Andre Pinkard. Halftime found the score tied 5-5. Waterloo came out of halftime and scored the only two goals of the third quarter to take the first two point lead of the game. DeLucia ad Pinkard each added one goal. The Indians kept up the pressure into the fourth with another goal from DeLucia. The Wildcats were held scoreless for 11 minutes spanning three quarters. After taking the lead, the Indians never gave it up and held the two point lead for the remainder of the game.
Advancing to Wednesday's round after todays wins are, in Class B, #9 Churchville-Chili who will travel to #1 Victor (7PM), #7 Brighton who will go to #2 Thomas (7PM) and #6 Canandaigua who will travel to #3 McQuaid Jesuit (7 PM). In Class D, advancing teams are #9 Waterloo who will travel to #1 Penn Yan (5 PM) and #10 Bloomfield-Honeoye who will travel to #2 Gananda (7PM).
| Game Results |
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| Report | 7 | Churchville-Chili | 5 | Spencerport |
| Report | 12 | Bloomfield-Honeoye | 9 | Mynderse |
| Report | 0 | Gates Chili | 14 | Canandaigua |
| Report | 2 | Brockport | 15 | Brighton |
| Report | 9 | Waterloo | 7 | Marcus Whitman |
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