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. Full Story

Irondequoit over Gates Chili

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Four more teams joined Batavia and BK as they finished the regular season today. Churchville-Chili, Greece, Pittsford, and Penfield finished and will wait for tournament seeding on Sunday. Irondequoit won a close one with Churchville-Chili. Victor won a close one with Pittsford and Brockport won a close one with East United-Eastridge. Full Story

Players of the Week - Group 4

Section V Boys Lacrosse Coordinator Mike Simon in conjunction with the Connors and Ferris law firm are, once again, sponsoring recognition of noteworthy performances throughout the season.

For "Group 4" we have four players who had standout performances in since the last set of awards. Full Story

Geneva Over Wayne

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: More teams finished their regular season today and although most games were mismatches once again, the Geneva at Wayne game provided some excitement as the Panther won 10-7. NOTE: Long time Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association member, Bob Mentz was met after his assigned game at Wayne tonight by a large group of friends and fellow officials as he was told that he will be inducted into the USA Lacrosse Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame this fall. Full Story

Thomas Takes McQuaid Jesuit

Friday: DAY IN REVIEW: Six games were played on the last Friday of the regular season and there were some good ones. Webster Thomas broke out in the second quarter, led 7-5 at the half and won 12-8 over McQuaid Jesuit. Newark scored five goals in each half and fought off a surge by Gananda to win 10-8. Brockport goalie Antonio DiEngeniis made 14s/6ga (70%) to help the Blue Devils beat Gates Chili 9-6 tonight. Other winners were Victor, Rush-Henrietta and Mynderse. Full Story

And Then There Was None

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: It was the last day in the regular season and six games were played. It was Canandaigua over Penn Yan 9-3 and so for 2021 there are no undefeated teams. Gananda travelled to Medina for a 19-12 win. HF-L had a 14-10 win against Schroeder and Hilton surprised Spencerport with a 13-12 win. Tournament seeding will take place late Saturday or early Sunday. Full Story

2021 Tournament Seeding Released

The Brackets for the 2021 are now available on the brackets page.

In Class A, Fairport takes the top seed, with McQuaid second. Pittsford is third and Hilton takes the fourth place. In Class B, Canandaigua takes the top position with Victor second, Thomas third and Penfield fourth. In Class C, Livonia-Avon is first, Geneva is second, Honeoye Falls-Lima is third and Wayne is fourth. In  Class D, Penn Yan takes top honors, with Marcus Whitman in second, Pal-Mac in third and Haverling in fourth. There is lot more information on the Tournament Page. How close are the teams in each class? Take a look at the "Seeding list". Full Story

Week In Review - Week 6

There were thirty-nine games played last week and although there were some exciting ones there continued to be a large number of mismatches. With travel concerns this season there are only ten out of section games scheduled and they all have been played. Section Five has won eight. Full Story

The Tournament Begins: Thirty-One Left

Monday: DAY IN REVIEW: The 2021 tournaments opened today in the out-bracket rounds for Classes B and D and all of the higher seeded teams wonat home. Irondequoit beat Brockport, Schroeder beat Churchville-Chili, Brighton beat Gates Chili and Mynderse beat Waterloo. Full Story

Players of the Week - Group 5

Section V Boys Lacrosse Coordinator Mike Simon in conjunction with the Connors and Ferris law firm are, once again, sponsoring recognition of noteworthy performances throughout the season. For "Group 5" we have four players who had standout performances in since the last set of awards. Full Story

Quarter Finals: From Thirty-One to Sixteen

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: The quarter finals were played today, and there were fourteen winners and fourteen teams that ended their seasons. Following the season trend, almost all were mismatches with only the Irondequoit at Thomas game close, for most of the game. As expected, all the higher seeded teams won today and the top four seeded teams are now set for the semifinals. Full Story

Pal-Mac Over Whitman - HF-L Over Geneva

Friday: DAY IN REVIEW: The Class C and D semifinals have been played and the Championship matchup are set. Pal-Mac (#4) took out Marcus Whitman (#2) and Honeoye Falls-Lima (#3) took out Geneva (#2), but the top seeds won their games. Penn Yan (#1) defeated Haverling (#4) and Livonia-Avon (#1) defeated Wayne (#4). On Monday it will be Pal-Mac at Penn Yan and HF-L at Livonia-Avon for the brick. Full Story

Semi Finals: Thomas Over Victor - Pittsford Over McQuaid

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: Just like yesterday, two top seeds won and two third seeds beat second seeds. Pittsford was down 9-3 before scoring six goals in the final quarter and forcing two overtime periods to defeating McQuaid 11-10. Thomas scored early and kept the Blue Devils behind on their way to a 10-7 win in Class B. Fairport came back from a 5-3 half, scoring seven goals in the third quarter to punch their championship ticket with an 11-6 win over Hilton. Canandaigua scored six unanswered goals in the first half and finished 8-3 over Penfield. Full Story

Looking Ahead - Monday Class D and C

The Section Five Championships are set and will be played over two nights at the higher seeded team`s field on Monday and Tuesday. First up is the Class D where third seeded Palmyra-Macedon will face top seeded Penn Yan at 5:00. Full Story

Penn Yan Wins Twenty-Fifth Championship

Senior A/M Devon Gerhardt scored the first two goals for Penn Yan and after Quinn Nolan scored from the next faceoff, Ayden Mowry scored with an assist from long stick defenseman Tyler Griffin to give the Mustangs a 2-1 first quarter. That was as close as the game got, as Penn Yan score five unanswered goals in the second to go into halftime up 8-1. Full Story

HF-L wins First Sectional Title

Third seeded HF-L came out strong in the first quarter and never really looked back in their 18-10 win over top seeded Livonia-Avon.  The Cougars never trailed in the game, although the Lakers kept the game close with a few runs throughout the game.  Full Story

Fairport Wins in Overtime

Fairport defeated Pittsford in overtime 6-5 tonight to secure their 10th Sectional Title and second consecutive title (2019 win over Hilton 9-4). This is the fourth straight tournament that have seen the Red Raiders in the finals. With tonight's win, the Red Raiders moved into third for the most titles by any program in Section Five. Full Story

Thomas Tops Canandaigua for Class B Title

*+Webster Thomas never trailed in their 6-5 win over Canandaigua tonight to secure their fourth Sectional Championship and the first since 2016.  In 2018, freshman Ethan Ruller started in the cage for Webster Thomas and helped take his team to the Sectional Finals.  Full Story

GVLOA Honors Team Sportsmanship

The Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association (GVLOA) handed out their annual Steven R. Morgan Sportsmanship Awards to one team in each Class. Full Story

2021 Sportsfive Players of the Year

*+The 2021 Section V Player of the year honors were announced at the end of the Section Five Class B Championship game. The winners, all from Class B teams were Logan Callahan from Victor, Ethan Ruller from Webster Thomas and Will Hand from Penfield. Full Story

USA Lacrosse All-American and All-Academic Awards

The Head Coaches of Section V recently considered players who had been nominated for All-American and All-Academic awards. Full Story

Finger Lakes Awards for 2021

The All-Star list is out recognizing the Finger Lakes League players for the 2021 season.  Full Story

Monroe County Awards for 2021

Sam Bennett (Canandaigua), senior midfielder/FO Logan Callahan (Victor), senior midfielder/attackman Cal Lambert (Victor), junior defenseman Eric Platten (Canandaigua) and senior goalie Ethan Ruller (Thomas) were named USA Lacrosse All Americans from Monroe County. Full Story

SportsFive Independent All-Stars

Because of the short season and the many quick decisions that had to be made within days, there were a number of teams, including the GRALL teams that did not play league games. The Finger Lakes League graciously invited several of the GRALL teams into their schedule this year, an act of great generosity. However, the lack of a league of their own, left many players with truly extraordinary performances without recognition or awards. Full Story

2021 Season Wrap Up

There were four classes for the sectional tournaments. Two of the four top seeded won their championships. Fairport (#1) beat Pittsford (#3) 6-5 in overtime in Class A. In Class B, Thomas (#3) defeated Canandaigua (#1) 6-5 and in Class C, HF-L (#3) defeated Livonia-Avon (#1) 19-10. In Class D, Penn Yan (#1) won their twenty-fifth sectional title with a 16-2 win against Pal-Mac (#3). Full Story

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