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# 3525  Finger Lakes Awards for 2024

The Head Coaches from the Finger Lakes met at the end of the season and determined their awards for 2024.
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# 3523  2024 Season Wrap Up

*+ [UPDATED] There were thirty-four teams playing in Section V. Bishop Kearney scheduled eight games but elected to forgo the tournament at the end of the season. There were players on the final rosters, up 256 players from 2023. Penfield and Victor carried the largest roster with thirty-eight players and Haverling and Pal-Mac with the smallest with nineteen. 

McQuaid Jesuit ChampsThere were four classes for the sectional tournaments. McQuaid (A), Victor (B), and Aquinas (D) were top seeds and won their championships. In Class C, HFL (seeded second) won their game with top-Pal-Mac.

McQuaid had a 6-4 win against second seeded Penfield, Victor won their game against second seeded Irondequoit 9-6. Honeoye Falls-Lima had a 16-11 win against top seeded Pal-Mac ending the undefeated season for the Red Raiders.

The teams were able to play a full season again in 2024. The first games were played on March 26th when nine games were played. The last regular season games were played on May 16th.

The 301 regular season games were played and the 81 league games determined the league championships. According to the Section V website, in Monroe County-D-1 it was Fairport (8-6). In MC-2, Irondequoit (10-2) took the championship and in MC-3 Honeoye Falls-Lima (9-2) was on top. Pal-Mac (10-0) won the Finger Lakes East title and Mynderse (5-4) took the West title. There was no GRALL league this year.

HFLChamps

At the end of the year, the Section V Head Coaches selected the post-season award winners including their All-League players. Then, after reviews of twenty-nine nominations, they selected six USA Lacrosse All-Americans and six All-Academics. Named All-Americans were Drew Angelo (HFL), Jonathan Bucciarelli (Greece Storm), Jonah Crarier (Ironderquoit), Jack Herendeed (Victor), Keagan Hoesterey (Pal-Mac), and Chase Perryman (HFL).

Named All-Academics were Jeremey Askin (Geneva), Ben Cook (HFL), Anthony DeRosa (Schroeder), Alex Garrow (Wayne), Cam Ryan (Victor), and Adam Schembri (Penfield).

Penfield Head Coach John Schembri was named Coach of the Year from Section V and the Bob Scott Award winner was Adam Schembri from Penfield.

The Coaches of Section V created a new award last year for the "Official of the Year" which was awarded to GVLOA official Dan Lacrosse.

Victor Champs

The Monroe County Division 1 Player of the Year was Mike Valent (Rush-Henrietta). Cameron Mesh (Spencerport) was the Division 2 Player of the Year and Jack Faiola (Canandaigua) was Division 3 Player of the Year.

Nominees for the Bob Scott Award were Drew Pagano (Schroeder) and Jason Mosher (Hilton) and the Section V and USA Lacrosse Bob Scott Award winner was Keenan Edwards (East United-Eastridge).

The Monroe County Coaches of the Year were Aaron Botazzo (Irondequoit) in MC2, Bill Buttaro (Spencerport - MC3), and John Schembri (Penfield) in MC1.

Assistant Coaches of the Year were Keith Keehn (Greece Storm) from MC1, Marco DeBole (Brighton) from MC2, and Jack Beaney (HFL) from MC3.

Penn Yan Champs

The Finger Lakes East Player of the Year was Keagan Hoesterey (Pal-Mac). Max Heieck (Geneva) was selected Attackman of the Year, Alex Garrow (Wayne) was selected as Midfielder of the Year and Owen Weterings was picked as Defenseman of the Year. Peyton Lich (Pal-Mac) was selected as the Goalie of the Year.

The Finger Lakes West Player of the Year was Griffin Hillimire (Mynderse).  Tarikue Blueye (Marcus Whitman) was the Attackman of the Year, Melkamu Blueye (Marcus Whitman) was named Midfielder of the Year, and Issac Pundt (Mynderse) was the Defenseman of the Year. Kaiden Larsen (Midlakes-Red Jacket) was selected as Goalie on the Year. Connor Gorton (Marcus Whitman), was selected as the nominee for the Bob Scott Award.

Alex Garrow (Wayne), was selected as the nominee for the Bob Scott Award.

The Finger Lakes Coaches of the Year were Joe Hill (Pal-Mac - East) and Joe Caraher (Mynders - West). The Assistant Coaches of the Year were Ryan Knope (Wayne - East) and  Martin Williz (Bloomfield-Honeoye - West). The Persons of the Year were Derek Lich (East) and Jake Korneau (West).

Fairport (Class A), Gates Chili (Class B), Batavia-Notre Dame (Class C) and Aquinas (Class D) were awarded the Steve Morgan Sportsmanship Awards by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association.

After the regular season, the Section V tournaments were conducted. McQuaid Jesuit (Class A), Victor (Class B), HF-L (Class C) and Aquinas (Class D) were the Sectional Champions in 2024.

There were All-Tournament Teams this year and there were MVPs for each class. Selected as MVPs for classes A, B, C and D were John Harding (McQuaid), Jack Herendeen (Victor), Drew Angelo (HF-L) and Noah Olbrich (Aquinas).

POYs

The SportsFive/Section V Players of the Year were Jonah Carrier (Irondequoit) in offense and Jonathan Bucciarelli  (Greece Storm) in defense. The Sportsman of the Year was Noah Olbrich (Aquinas).

The New York State Tournaments saw a change with an out-bracket game for Classes C and D which required that those champions played against the Section VI champions to play in the quarter finals. Both HFL and Aquinas won those outbracket games against Lake Shore/SIlber Creek (Class C) and Akron (Class D).

In Class A, McQuaid beat Orchard Park and then beat Liverpool in the semifinals. In Class B, Victor beat Niagara-Wheatfield, and then Vestal to reach the finals. In Class C, HF-L beat Johnson City (Section IV) and then lost to Jamesville-DeWitt and in Class D, Aquinas beat Chenango Valley (Section IV) and then lost to Marcellus in the semifinals. Section V sent two teams to the Championships, where McQuaid Jesuit defeated Farmingdale (VIII) in overtime and Victor lost to Southside (VIII) in overtime.

The All-Section V Awards were back this year with fifteen first team, fifteen second team, and ten Honorable Mention picks. They have not been announced yet.

The Democrat and Chronicle posted their AGR list in July: Jonah Carrier (Irondequoit) was selected as Player of the Year. Also making the team were Drew Angelo (HFL), Tano Auriuso (Aquinas), Ryan Bowerman (Penfield), Jonathan Bucciarelli (Greece), Anthony DeRosa (Schroeder), Vincenzo Giangreco (McQuaid), Jon Harding (McQuaid), Jack Herendeen (Victor), Keagan Hoesterey (Pal-Mac), Kieran Hughes (Brighton), Mitchell Monte (Fairport), Cooper Moore (Irondequoit), Chase Perryman (HFL), Brady Quill (Hilton), Cam Ryan (Victor),and Adam Schembri (Penfield). McQuaid Head Coach Alex Gray was chosen as Coach of the Year.

At the end of the season at least fifty-nine seniors have made college commitments. They will become part of over three hundred players from Section V who are currently playing at all college levels.

    Section V Tournament
Section Five Brackets
Sat - Out brackets Mon - Quarters & Tue - Quarters
Wed - C/D Semis Fri - A/B Semis
Sat - C Finals  Sun -  D Finals Tue - A Finals   B Finals
Wed - NYS Out Bracket Sat - NYS Quarter finals
Wed - NYS Semifinals Sat - NYS Championships
    Year End Awards
All Americans/Academics Monroe County
Finger Lakes All Tournament Teams
Team Sportsmanship

Players of the Week

All Section V


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# 3431  2023 Season Wrap Up

There were thirty-five teams playing in Section V. Bishop Kearney scheduled seven games but elected to forgo the tournament at the end of the season. There were 893 players on the final rosters, up 13 players from 2022. Rush-Henrietta and Victor carried the largest roster with thirty-six players and Haverling, Midlakes-Red Jacket and Waterloo with the smallest with sixteen. 
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# 3430  2023 All-Section Five List Released

For the eighth time and after a brief absence, Section Five Lacrosse leadership has selected first, second and honorable mention lists of All-Section players. The 2023 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.
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# 3422  Finger Lakes Awards for 2023

The Head Coaches from the Finger Lakes met at the end of the season and determined their awards for 2023.
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# 3409  Saturday: All Set for The Championships

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - The teams are now complete for Tuesday and Wednesday nights at St. John Fisher University, where the 2023 Section V champions will be determined. In the Class B semi-finals, Irondequoit came out with the first three goals, but Victor came back with the win. In the second game at Pittsford Sutherland, in a close game that was not determined until the fourth quarter, Spencerport defeated Schroeder 6-4, sending the Rangers to their first Sectional finals. In Class D, Penn Yan scored four goals in the first quarter and led at the half 7-3 on their way to a 13-3 win over Marcus Whitman. Aquinas scored four goals in the first quarter and five in the second and led 9-2 at the half.
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# 3403  Wednesday: Schroeder Takes Out Canandaigua

DAY IN REVIEW: WEDNESDAY - All of the quarterfinals in classes B and D were won by the higher seeded team except for # 7 Schroeder who, in a very low scoring close game, defeated #2 Canandaigua and will move on to play Spencerport in the semi-finals on Friday. Victor, who beat C-C will play Irondequoit, who beat Brighton. In Class D, Aquinas beat Haverling and will play Newark who beat Mynderse. Penn Yan beat Bloomfield-Honeoye and will play Marcus Whitman who beat Gananda.
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# 3394  Thursday: Penn Yan Takes Lakers

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - A four goal streak gave the Knights a 7-6 win over visiting Fairport. HF-L had a big win against Rush-Henrietta. Penfield beat Hilton and Canandaigua, in yet another low scoring game was the 3-2 winner at Thomas. The Saints had and exciting 9-8 win at Greece and Gananda won a 15-13 game against Kearney.
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# 3389  Saturday: Spencerport with OT Win

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - It took overtime after seven ties for the Rangers to beat McQuaid Jesuit 10-9. Brighton scored first and never looked back as they beat Aquinas 11-8. An unmatched goal in the fourth quarter was one goal less than the Saints needed as Livonia-Avon won 8-7. Penn Yan has an overtime loss against a strong Lake Shore team from Buffalo and Schroeder held the Hawks scoreless in three quarters for their 5-3 win in Corning.
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# 3384  Tuesday: Gates over Brockport

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - Gates Chili held off a fourth quarter surge by Brockport to win their second game of the season. The other nine games were mismatches. Winners included Pittsford over Brighton, Wayne over Marcus Whitman and Irondequoit over Fairport.
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# 3375  Tuesday: Victor Over Pittsford in OT and IRQ over HFL

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - There were a number of exciting games played in light rain or drizzle, starting with an overtime win by Victor at Pittsford. The Blue Devils scored the last five goals of the game. Irondequoit had a big 12-10 win over visiting HF-L and the Storm had a 5-4 overtime win over visiting Livonia-Avon.
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# 3370  Friday: Whitman Falls to Nichols By One

DAY IN REVIEW: FRIDAY - A fourth quarter surge by Nichols (Section VI) gave them come-from-behind win this afternoon at home.
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# 3366  Tuesday: R-H Wins in OT, CA Wins by One

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - Once again, there were many mismatches, but there were also some really good games. In the game of the last two unbeaten teams, Canandaigua (9-0) was the last team standing but the Cougars had a strong second half at both ends of the field. Senior A/M Jett Richardsen scored the overtime, game-winning goal for the Royal Comets in this game that could not have been closer with eight ties. Greece took an early lead and held on for their one goal win.
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# 3363  Saturday: Victor over JD

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - Victor has a statement game with their 16-11 win over visiting JD. Irondequoit defeated Hilton, and McQuaid beat Brighton.
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# 3362  Thursday: Gates Chili Wins in 3 Overtimes

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There was only one close game out of the twelve played today and Gates Chili used three overtime periods to get their first win of the season, Canandaigua handed Orchard Park their first loss of the season with their 12-6 win. Aquinas was a winner at Schroeder and Marcus Whitman had a win when they played Newark.
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# 3300  Wednesday - Quarter finals for Everyone

DAY IN REVIEW: WEDNESDAY - The only team that broke the seeding in the quarter finals was  #5 Rush-Henrietta who beat #4 Hilton 10-8.
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# 3286  Saturday - Lakers Celebrate 20 Years with Win

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - Batavia-Notre Dame celebrated Senior Day with their first win since 2017. Hilton scored in the last two minutes of the game with Schroeder. Brighton won their game with HF-L and the Pride had a 9-8 win over Midlakes-Red Jacket.
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# 3274  Tuesday - Spencerport Scores with 0:05 for Win

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - Spencerport score the last four goals in the game to take Canandaigua 9-8. Pittsford won in a low scoring 4-2 game with Thomas. Marcus Whitman won an 11-8 game with Haverling.
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# 3270  Saturday - Hilton in OT

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - Hilton won their overtime game with Churchville-Chili and McQuaid won their 8-7 game with Spencerport.
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# 3257  Tuesday - Hilton over McQuaid

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - Hilton traveled to McQuaid for their 7-4 win and Geneva beat Marcus Whitman 10-6. Six other games were not so close. The Brighton at Thomas game was postponed.
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# 3244  Thursday - Penfield 7 - Brighton 6

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There were fourteen games played and only one was close and Brighton fought back and almost caught Penfield who won 7-6.
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# 3234  Tuesday - Fairport, Thomas, Newark Win By One

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - It was a busy day with thirteen games played today. Mixed in with a group of mismatches were three one-goal games.
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# 3228  Saturday - Fourteen Games

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: It was a busy day with fourteen games played today. Most were mismatches, but there were three closer ones.
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# 3205  Marcus Whitman Looks for More

Marcus Whitman 2022

Class D - Finger Lakes League

In the last two seasons, the Wildcats had more wins than in the previous six seasons combined and they earned a second seed last year and finished with a 13-3 record. First year coach Mike Gorton takes over from Greg O`Connor and although there were four first team all-leagues lost to graduation, the team that returns knows how to win and there is excitement for the program.
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# 3124  Spencerport over McQuaid - Geneva Tops Pal-Mac

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were eight games played today and the smallest margin was when Geneva beat Pal-Mac 6-4. Penn Yan defeated Marcus Whitman 10-3 and Spencerport beat McQuaid Jesuit 9-5. Other winners today were Newark, Bishop Kearney, Aquinas, East United-Eastridge and Gananda.
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# 3110  Marcus Whitman Beats Pal-Mac in Double OT

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were eight games played today and more mismatches, but the Pal-Mac at Marcus Whitman game broke that mold with a double overtime win for the Wildcats.
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# 3095  Thomas, Spencerport and Penn Yan Win

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: Webster Thomas scored the first goal of the game and although Fairport quickly tied it, the Titans went ahead early in the second quarter and never gave up the lead in their 7-5 win at Fairport this afternoon. The spectators saw a very defensive game with Titan senior goalie Ethan Ruller making All-American saves and Fairport junior goalie McLean Ralston making 12s (63%).
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   on 11-21-2024
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