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All Americans – 2000-2009
In the earliest years, there were only 199 All-Americans for the whole country, so the number in each area that played was small. Monroe County and Finger Lakes teams shared the number of awards and p…
Full Story →Jim Andre – A Great Run
There are so many great stories about coaches with long and successful runs, but one story is about a short run with astounding results.
Full Story →Please help Coach Nieman battle Guillain-Barre
"The Nieman family is battling a new diagnosis for Coach Dave Nieman--- Guillain-Barré Syndrome. GB is an extremely rare neurological condition. Guillain-Barre recovery and rehabilitation is a…
Full Story →Long Time Coaches
In the twentieth century many coaches studied the game and then took over the programs for their own long, noteworthy runs.
Full Story →Class D - Penn Yan and Livonia-Avon
There are eleven teams in Class D this year and all teams can play in the tournament this year which will start with out-bracket games on May 23rd this year. As of March 25th, the coaches poll predict…
Full Story →Penn Yan Looks for Number 26
Penn Yan 2021 Class D - Finger Lakes League The Mustangs have won twenty-five Section V championships and have only lost one time since 1999 and given the losses to graduation and general youth of the…
Full Story →Fairport Looking for three in a row
Fairport 2022 Class A - Monroe County League In the abbreviated 2021 season, the Red Raiders took the top seed in Class A with an 8-5 record and with only seven teams in the Class A bracket they had a…
Full Story →Class A - Fairport and Pittsford in 2022
There are seven teams in Class A this year and all teams can play in the tournament which will start with quarter final games on May 25th this year. As of March 17th, the coaches poll predicts that Fa…
Full Story →Class B - Canandaigua, Victor, and Thomas in 2022
There are ten teams in Class B this year and all teams can play in the tournament which will start with out-bracket games on May 23rd this year. As of March 17th, the coaches poll predicts that Canand…
Full Story →Greece Storm Young but Hard Working
Greece Storm 2022 Class A - Monroe County League The Storm lost eight seniors to graduation and with them all of their stat leaders and so, with three sophomores in the starting lineup, it looks like…
Full Story →Gates Chili Looks to Seniors
Gates Chili 2022 Class B - Monroe County League Last year, Coach Cam Gormel was hoping to build, but his Monroe County D2 schedule was brutal with losses to Penfield, Thomas, Brighton, Schroeder and C…
Full Story →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 wit…
Full Story →Aquinas - Looks for Improvements
Aquinas 2022 Class D - GRALL Veteran college and high school coach Terry Corcoran will be building his new team at Aquinas after his four-year stint at McQuaid Jesuit. The Lil` Irish will look to impr…
Full Story →Brighton Looking for Culture Change
Brighton 2022 Class B - Monroe County League Brighton had only two players with experience on the 2021 team and had a killer scheduled that resulted in a 5-10 season, but there were valuable lessons l…
Full Story →Churchville-Chili Needs Modified Coach NOW
Churchville-Chili Athletic Director Mike Murray says that they need of a modified B coach. The start date is April 4th. If you know someone who might be interested, please help the Saints. More inform…
Full Story →Irondequoit - Looking for Improvements
Irondequoit 2022 Class B - Monroe County League Irondequoit has been struggling but Head Coach Aaron Bottazzo remembers from his own playing days on the fields at Irondequoit what it takes, and he is…
Full Story →2022 Season Opens With Two Games
Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: Class C Champions, Honeoye Falls-Lima traveled to Haverling tonight to play the first game of the 2022 season. It was a great game that was close throughout, never differing b…
Full Story →100 Years of Scholastic Lacrosse Here
This year, BLaxFive.NET is celebrating the start of scholastic lacrosse in 1922 when Geneva High School was the first team in the "area" to sponsor a scholastic team. During the preseason we have publ…
Full Story →Brockport - Looking To Get Better
Brockport 2022 Class B - Monroe County League Head Coach Josh Laskowski has been working hard since he arrived in 2019 to build a program at Brockport. It has been difficult to find games of equal mat…
Full Story →Class C - Looks Like Pal-Mac-HF-L and Geneva
There are seven teams in Class C this year and all teams can play in the tournament which will start with quarter final games on May 25th this year. As of March 25th, the coaches poll predicts that Pa…
Full Story →Haverling Returns With Experience
Bath Haverling 2022 Class D - GRALL League Last year the Rams were young and with attackman Jamie O`Neil producing 127 points, they finish the season at 10-5. This year, O`Neil is back along with a gr…
Full Story →Pal-Mac and McQuaid Win Today
Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were two games on the first weekend of the season. Pal-Mac and McQuaid Jesuit were winners.
Full Story →Week In Review - Week 1
There were four games played since the start of games on March 24th with the HF-L win at Haverling being the closest at 10-9. At the moment there are fifty-two out of section games scheduled and one h…
Full Story →Victor Players Ready to Step Up
Victor 2022 Class B - Monroe County League Last year Victor was 13-2 for new Head Coach Dan Stone with their only losses to Canandaigua (5-7) during the regular season and Thomas in the semifinals (7-…
Full Story →Livonia-Avon Looks For More
Livonia-Avon 2021 Class C - GRALL League There was great disappointment last year, after winning twelve of their last fourteen games the Lakers fell to HF-L in their first championship appearance sinc…
Full Story →Geneva Honoring the Past with The Present
Geneva 2022 Class C - Finger Lakes League As he starts his second full season, Coach Dunham is excited to share the history of the first scholastic team in the section.
Full Story →Newark Looks Forward
Newark 2022 Class C - Finger Lakes League The last fourteen years of the Newark program was under the able direction of Matt Groot who stepped down after last season. The leadership of the Reds is now…
Full Story →Thomas Looking for a Repeat
Webster Thomas 2022 Class M - Monroe County League It is hard to imagine a season much better than the 2021 season for Coach Rob Ruller, who lost only to Victor in May, but who then beat the Blue Devi…
Full Story →East United-Eastridge Looking for More
East United-Eastridge 2022 Class A - Monroe County League London Booker may be a first year head coach, but his roots go deep in the Rochester lacrosse community. As a player in the ROC E6 program and…
Full Story →Penfield Hoping Hard Work Pays Off
Penfield 2022 Class B - Monroe County League Penfield feels like a Class A team, but they are actually a Class B team, and last year, at 12-4, the only games that they lost were to Victor, Thomas and…
Full Story →Hilton - Looking to Rebuild
Hilton 2022 Class A - Monroe County League Hilton was excited last year after a three-game run that took them to the Class A semifinals where they played a good game, but lost to Fairport, the eventua…
Full Story →Churchville-Chili - New Coach New Excitement
Churchville-Chili 2022 Class B - Monroe County League The Saints began their varsity program in 2005 with Logan Roberts as the Head Coach. Since then there have been seven coaching changes. Chris Fial…
Full Story →Schroeder Falls to St. Francis in 2 OT
Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: St Francis (Section VI) used two overtime periods to beat Schroeder 12-11 in the only game played today.
Full Story →McQuaid Jesuit - New Coach - New Schedule
McQuaid Jesuit 2022 Class A - Independent Of the six offensive players that scored at least ten goals last season, three of them were seniors and the produced 94 of 194 points. Gone are offensive lead…
Full Story →Thursday: Waterloo Scores Two for the Win
Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: After a 1-1 first quarter, Waterloo scored three unanswered goals against Midlakes-Red Jacket to take a 4-1 lead into the halftime break. The Screaming Eagles came back in the…
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