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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 p…
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 t…
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 v…
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 two leagues; the Monroe County League and the Finger Lakes League.
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…
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.
Full Story →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 experien…
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 pe…
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…
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…
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…
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 t…
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 le…
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…
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 Ti…
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…
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…
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 th…
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 wil…
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 f…
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…
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 ov…
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 K…
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 ass…
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 def…
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…
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 differen…
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