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100 Years of Scholastic Lacrosse
BLaxFive.NET will be celebrating the start of scholastic lacrosse in 1922 with the posting of stories starting in January and continuing through the spring season.
Full Story →Teams Timeline from 1922
The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle documented, on April 19th, 1922, the first scholastic lacrosse game for the Geneva High School boys. That first game was against “cross-town” Hobart…
Full Story →New Sport for School - Geneva
“New Sport for School” was the headline of the story on page 19 of the Democrat & Chronicle that announced that Geneva High School would play their first scholastic game on Wednesday,…
Full Story →Officials Needed for 2022 - Free Training
The Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association is once again providing training for people who would like to learn how to help conduct the boys game and earn some money in the process. The new offi…
Full Story →Stickball In the Street: A Players’ Game
By William David Moore Some of the most interesting lacrosse games played in Geneva are staged on the asphalt pavement on the south end of Exchange Street. - Geneva Daily Times June 4, 1921 In a LAX L…
Full Story →List of 100th Year Celebration Stories
We expect that there will be a large number of stories about players, coaches and events and will post links to each of them as we celebrate 100 years.
Full Story →Jim Loman - Native Son - Builder of Men
By William David Moore "For more than a quarter of a century Jim Loman taught good sportsmanship, as attested by the number of banners that hang from our walls." - Geneva Superintendent of Schools Lyn…
Full Story →Coach Jack McDonald – Journeyman Lax Man
When Joe Corcoran restarted the Geneva lacrosse program in 1957, freshman Jack McDonald made the team. He had three coaches in his first three years as Joe Kraus (son of the well-known “Babe&rdq…
Full Story →Coach Joe Corcoran – Geneva and Corning
Many readers might not know that Corning East (and West) lacrosse teams both played in Section V before moving back to Section IV where they are today. From 1976 and through the 1983 season, Corning E…
Full Story →The Fathers of Irondequoit Lacrosse
The first twenty years of the Irondequoit lacrosse history were led by two coaches, Vern Babcock, sometimes called the “father of Irondequoit lacrosse” and Ernie Lisi who is also called th…
Full Story →Geneva State Champs in 1923?
As Dr. J.B. Covert of Hobart was facilitating the 1922 birth of lacrosse at Geneva High School, legendary Syracuse University coach Laurie Cox was mentoring the development of the sport at the scholas…
Full Story →John Pratt – Leader of the Pack
[Editor: As we look at one hundred years, we have the chance to look not just way, way back, but also in the more recent past. This time we look at the accomplishments of both a Geneva alumnus and an…
Full Story →Herbert T. Fitch – Geneva and Penn Yan
Born in October of 1920, Herbert T. Fitch lived a life that was full of lacrosse and service. At Geneva High School he played football, basketball and lacrosse and was a four-year letterman, helping G…
Full Story →Section V Tournament Winners
Section V ran their first lacrosse tournament in 1975 and eleven teams were entered with Rush-Henrietta seeded first. Webster Thomas was seeded second and when fourth-seeded Irondequoit beat them (7-4…
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