Mike Wright Selects Lake Erie Storm

Waterloo senior attackman Mike Wright recently announced his decision to study and play lacrosse at Lake Erie College (Painesville, Ohio). Full Story

HFL Senior Ryan Kelly to John Carroll University

Ryan Kelly recently announced his decision to continue lacrosse and and his studies at John Carroll University (University Heights, Ohio). The senior offensive player at Honeoye Falls-Lima, has been playing on the Varsity team since his freshman year. As he starts his final year with the Cougars he has a 58g-27a record. He has been a two time NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete. Full Story

Tournament Seeding Procedure

Seeding for the Section Five Tournaments is based on a "power rating" which is based on the final win-loss records of the teams played. Full Story

New York State Lacrosse Classifications

Classes are determined by the number of students in the school. The official NYS BEDS (Basic Educational Data System) numbers are used as the official count. Full Story

How are the New York State Tournaments Run?

After each participating section has determined their champions, games are conducted by NYS to crown State Champions in classes A, B, C and D. For many years the championship venues wer moved around the state.  Full Story

Who creates the rules for HS Lacrosse

Boys lacrosse in New York State is governed by the National Federation of State High School Association Boys Lacrosse Rules. Most college teams are governed by the NCAA Rules. Although the rules are very similar, there are differences.  Full Story

Thunder and Lightning Policy

Thunder and/or Lightning necessitates that all contests be suspended. The occurrence of either thunder and/or lightning is not subject to interpretation or discussion. Full Story

Jewelry Rule

The NYSPHSAA has adopted the following universal jewelry rules to be enforced throughout each sports season including during the state tournament competition: Full Story

Disqualification Of Coach or Athlete

If an athlete, Coach or a support team member of a team is removed from a contest a "Section V Athletic Association Disqualification Form" must be completed by the game official.  Full Story

How are leagues organized

Lacrosse teams within Section Five are generally members are in one of three leagues; the Monroe County League, the Finger Lakes League and the GRALL. Full Story

How are Year End Awards Determined

There are so very many awards that are given at the end of the year and the folks at SportsFive.NET tries to keep up with all of the record-keeping. Generally, as we receive the lists from the various groups, we update the player records and publish the lists. Full Story

Panara named to US Lacrosse Watchlist

Pittsford senior defenseman Nick Panara was recently named to the the Northeast Region Top Players Watchlist by Lacrosse Magazine.
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Lots of New Officials for 2014

The Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association recently finished their indoor training sessions at Total Sports Experience (TSE). The new officials will continue to learn as they work with experienced officials during pre-season scrimmages. Full Story

SportsFive Opens Updated Mobile Web Site

In the last year, SportsFive.NET served over 1.1 million page views to visitors interested in news from boys High School lacrosse in New York Section V. Within those visits there was about a thirty percent increase an use of mobile devices (data phones and tablets). Full Story

Gananda 8 - Haverling 7 in Overtime

In the SportsFive Featured game of the day, Gananda scored 1:34 into the first overtime period to defeat Haverling 8-7. Over their history in Section Five, Gananda and Haverling have faced each other four times, twice in 2013 and the first time in 2011. Haverling won the first contest 18-5 in 2011 before Gananda won the next three.  Full Story

Thomas 9 - Iroquois 6

Although Iroquois (Section VI) scored the first goal of the game, Webster Thomas scored the next three and six of the next seven to defeat the Chiefs 9-6. The Titans were led in scoring by Kevin Hill with six goals. He finished the game with 16 shots (9 on cage) and accounted for 41% of the shooting for Thomas. Full Story

Lancers Take Thunder

Greece Athena/Odyssey scored the first four goals of the contest but then was held scoreless for over thirty minutes. Eastridge scored nine goals before the Thunder scored again and won 11-6. Freshman attackman Andrew Doktor and junior midfielder Anthony Suero both finished with four goals to lead the offense efforts of the Lancers. Full Story

Royal Comets Take Bulldogs

Rush-Henrietta scored the first eleven goals in their 14-2 win over Livonia in the third game at Aquinas on the opening day of games. The Royal Comets controlled the majority of the game with 45% of their totals shots resulting in goals and 65% of their shots on cage.  Full Story

Aquinas 9 - St. Francis 6

In the second game at Aquinas, the Little Irish took on St. Francis (Section VI). The game was close for the first half and then Aquinas scored the first two goals of the third quarter and held the lead though the final twenty-four minutes. Senior attackmen Alex Bianchi (3g-2a) and Jonathan Olbrich (4g) led in scoring for Aquinas.  Full Story

Saturday: The Season Starts with Five Games

Over the past few seasons the GRALL has opened the season in Section Five with a day of games at the Aquinas Institute. Last season the same three teams faced each other with the same victors. Full Story

Monday: Lightning Wins Opener

There was only one game played on Monday. Greece Arc/Oly defeated Gates Chili at Aquinas last night. Full Story

Titans Beat Pats

Webster Thomas scored the first three goals of the contest and never trailed in their 12-8 victory over Penfield. The Titans were in complete control of the game and led by six at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Thomas also spread out their scoring with five different players scoring two goals each and seven total players making the scorebook. Conversely, Penfield had five of their goals come from junior attackman Max Spaan. Spaan was responsible for 12 of Penfield's 30 total shots with only six total players taking shots in the entire game. Thomas had five players with over four shots with junior midfielder Kevin Hill leading with eight shots. Full Story

HFL 7 - McQuaid Jesuit 5

HF-L scored the first two goals, both during man-up situations, and led for the entire game in their 7-5 win over McQuaid Jesuit. The Cougars were led in scoring by attackmen Ryan Kelly (3g-1a) and Tim Breau (2g-2a).  Full Story

Aquinas Over Haverling in GRALL Action

Haverling started off in control with the first three goals of the contest, but the Little Irish fought back to win 14-8. Aquinas scored six unanswered goals spanning the third and fourth quarters and finished the game with nine of the last ten goals. The Rams only scored one goal in the entire second half of play.  Full Story

Eagles Take Barons

Irondequoit scored the first four goals of the game in their 12-7 win over Brighton. The Eagles had scoring from four different players to start the game off with Trevor Carney, Daniel Doktor, Andrew Knope and Ben Lamendola each scoring goals.  Full Story

Mynderse 8 - Batavia-Attica 6

The Blue Devils opened their season with a close win against Batavia-Attica as they finished with an 8-6 victory as home. B-A scored the first goal of the game as Trevor Rittersback hit the back of the net. Mynderse returned quickly on a nice feed by Teddy Stuck to Francis Leddy. Batavia-Attica ended the first quarter with a goal by Tyler Fales. Full Story

Looking for Nominations for New Awards

The Connors and Ferris law firm is sponsoring recognition for a Varsity level Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week this year. Full Story

Penfield vs WG Game Saturday Dedicated to Joe Adams

When West Genesee comes to play at Penfield on Saturday, the game will be dedicated to West Genesee coach Joe Adams who recently and unexpectedly was diagnosed with Stage 3 Brain Cancer. Donations will be collected to help the Adams family in this great time of need. Full Story

Victor or Spencerport

The Blue Devils score eleven of the first twelve goals on their way to a 19-6 win. Sophomore midfielder T.D. Ierlan won 10 of 13 face offs for Victor. Full Story

McQuaid Jesuit 9 - Haverling 5 in GRALL Action

McQuaid Jesuit scored six of the first seven goals and controlled the game in their 9-5 win over Haverling. The Knights had the majority of their scoring come from senior Joe Hayes who finished with five goals. Full Story

Brighton Over Gates

Gates Chili and Brighton had a close game with the Barons defeating the Spartans 7-5. Brighton scored the final three goals of the contest to take and secure the lead in the final quarter. Full Story

Rush-Henrietta over Waterloo

In the sole game played on Friday, visiting Rush-Henrietta (2-0) took an 8-0 half to a 14-2 victory in a non-league game at Waterloo. Junior attackman, Collin Waden led the Royal Comets with 5g-1a and senior goaltender Corey Luty had a ninety-one percent save record with ten saves in his forty-one minutes in the nets. Full Story

Penfield 4 - West Genesee 3 in Double Overtime

Less than thirty seconds into the second overtime period, Penfield`s Jake Sproule picked up his own face-off ground ball and drove to the cage. He scored on a high bounce shot to secure the 4-3 win over Section III`s West Genesee.  Full Story

Spencerport 13 - HFL 10

Spencerport scored the first two goals of the contest and with the exception of fifteen seconds in the first quarter, led or tied for the entire game. The Rangers won 13-10 and were led by attackmen Kasey Olsen (5g) and Colin Mcelligott (2g-6a). Of the thirteen goals, only two were by midfielders the rest were scored by the remaining attackmen: Ryan Schirano (3g) and Brandon Ellis (1g-1a). In the cage for the Rangers, Connor MacKenzie finished with eight saves. Midfielder Andrew Forte finished with a team leading 11 ground balls and was 14/26 (54%) at the face off draw. Full Story

Penn Yan Over Haverling

Penn Yan had a balanced offensive effort with eight different scorers. The game honored Tom Noteware who was driving force in the formation of the Penn Yan lacrosse program. Tom`s son, Tom Jr., is assistant coach on the Haverling staff. Full Story

Victor Takes Revenge on CA

After ending their season last year in a triple overtime during the Class B Finals, Victor was looking for revenge against Canandaigua. The Blue Devils scored the final three goals in this game to defeat the Braves 12-10.  Full Story

Pittsford Over St. Joe

Senior defenseman Nick Panara scored Pittsford`s first goal after a full-field clear as the Panthers won a 6-1 non-league game at St. Joseph`s (Section VI). Senior attackman Stephen Quinzi scored the next three, assisted once by junior middie Brandon Barker who finished the game with 2g-1a. Full Story

Bulldogs Over Braves

Image: Jack Haley. Full Story

Wayne 9 - Gananda 6

Gananda led 6-3 going into halftime but then was held scoreless for the next twenty-four minutes. Wayne scored six goals in the second half and defeated the Blue Panthers 9-6. Wayne had eight different players make their scorebook. Full Story