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McQuaid Jesuit has Two Commits |
October 21, 2011 |
McQuaid Jesuit has two more players committed to play lacrosse in college. Current senior middie Alex Paroda plans to sign a NLI to play at Mount St. Mary's and junior defenseman Luc Bailey has made a verbal commitment to play at Ohio State. Full Story |
Gino Prestigiacomo Picks Cortland |
October 21, 2011 |
Greece Thunder (Athena/Odyssey) senior Gino Prestigiacomo recently announced his decision to continue his lacrosse career at the State University at Cortland next fall. The offensive player who has four year varsity experience, recorded 32g-26a (58 points) last year and has a career record of 82g-63a entering his last year with the Thunder. He has had three years with the Rochester Blaze team during his off-seasons. Full Story |
Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Announced |
October 10, 2011 |
The Greater Rochester Chapter of US Lacrosse has announced the Hall of Fame Dinner for the Class of 2011 which will be held on November 4, 2011 at the Burgundy Basin Inn in Pittsford. Full Story |
Penfield Sends Two More to College Teams |
October 6, 2011 |
Penfield recently announced the commitments of two seniors who are planning to continue their game next year. Justin Rehm has made his commitment to Siena College after his last year with the Patriots. Siena is a Division 1 (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) team. Full Story |
Kitchen and Warren Select VMI |
September 25, 2011 |
Robert Kitchen Jr, a rising senior offensive player with the Greece Lightning (Arc/Oly), has given his verbal commitment to attend the Virginia Military Institute a year from now. In his three years on the varsity team, Kitchen has scored 99 points (68g-31a). Full Story |
Connor Russell Gives Verbal Commitment to Syracuse |
September 22, 2011 |
Penfield rising junior, Connor Russell recently announced his verbal commitment to play for Syracuse University after graduation in 2013. Full Story |
Lacrosse Scholarships |
September 8, 2011 |
Back in February of 2007, Coach Wilson posted a blog story called "Doing The Scholarship Math". The article pointed out the somewhat often misconception that scholarships in lacrosse were easy to find and get. In fact, the story demonstrated that a player would need to be among the top two percent of players to receive, in most cases, a partial scholarship. Full Story |
Victor's Maloney Gives Verbal to Albany |
August 21, 2011 |
Rising senior, John Maloney, Jr. (Victor) recently made his verbal commitment to play next year Albany. Full Story |
New Rules for 2012 HS Lacrosse |
August 21, 2011 |
At its annual meeting, held this year from July 12-13, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee adopted a number of new rules for the 2012 season. Full Story |
Lombardi Gives Verbal Commitment to Penn State |
August 4, 2011 |
Aquinas midfielder, Billy Lombardi has given his verbal commitment to play lacrosse at Penn State University. The rising junior (class of 2013) scored fifteen points as a sophomore on the L' ll Irish team and played this summer on the Nike Upstate Rising Junior team. Full Story |
Riorden and Parke Make Verbal Commitments |
August 3, 2011 |
Two more rising senior Section Five player have made verbal commitment for D-I teams. Fairport goalie Blaze Riorden made his verbal commitment to Albany and Pittsford midfielder Corey Parke has made a verbal commitment to play at Georgetown. Full Story |
Alumni News Update |
July 24, 2011 |
Tom Linnan from Penn Yan sent us an e-mail the other day to let us know that although former Hobart coach Matt Kerwick is leaving the University of Jacksonville in order to become an assistant coach at Georgetown. Full Story |
Summer Recruitment Updates |
July 23, 2011 |
Another verbal commitment had been announced at Fairport rising senior defenseman, Chris Bechlehas made his decision to play at Binghamton a year from now. Full Story |
Summer Activities |
July 16, 2011 |
Although the New York State Empire Games are a thing of the past, there are still quite a number of opportunities for Section Five players during the summer vacation. Full Story |
Nick Weston Joins Four Commitments |
July 14, 2011 |
Aquinas Institute rising junior Nick Weston recently announced his verbal commitment to play at Syracuse University. Weston had a media mention after playing at the Maverik Showtime earlier in the summer and was a member of the Adidas All-American Classic recently. Full Story |
Recruitment Updates |
July 14, 2011 |
Aquinas Institute rising junior Nick Weston recently announced his verbal commitment to play at Syracuse University. Weston had a media mention after playing at the Maverik Showtime earlier in the summer and was a member of the Adidas All-American Classic recently. Full Story |
D&C Announces 2011 All-Greater Rochester Team |
July 1, 2011 |
he Rochester Democrat and Chronicle announced their 2011 All-Greater Rochester Lacrosse team today. The list features the top sixteen players and another seventy-three honorable mentions were led by Pittsford senior midfielder and face off man, James Burke who was named "Player of the Year". Full Story |
2011 NYS Scholar / Athlete Awards |
June 26, 2011 |
At the end of each sport season, the NYSPHSAA honors those teams that excel in the classroom. For lacrosse, a team must have at least eleven players who have a 90% average or better during the spring season. Full Story |
Three from Section Five make Upstate Team |
June 22, 2011 |
The Upstate Under Armour team has been selected and three, from Section Five made it. The rising seniors are Pittsford midfielder Corey Parke, and goalies Eric Fischer (Irondequoit) and Blaze Riorden (Fairport). Full Story |
National Lacrosse Classic Tryouts on Sunday |
June 16, 2011 |
The National Lacrosse Classic, a SportsFive.NET sponsor, is now accepting player registration for the Upstate New York Regional Tryout scheduled for this Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. Full Story |
2011 New York Shootout Looking for Players |
June 15, 2011 |
The New York Shootout, presented by NIKE, is a tournament set for Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Henninger High School (Syracuse) for boys in grades 9-11 in the 2011 scholastic season. Full Story |
2011 Senior All Star Game this Saturday |
June 13, 2011 |
The Rochester Chapter of USLacrosse has announced the 2011 Senior All Star Game selections. This year's contest, featuring some of the best of the graduating seniors will be held on Saturday, June 18th at Sahlen Stadium. Full Story |
Around the State: NYS Champions |
June 11, 2011 |
The 2011 season ended with the crowning of champions in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association tournaments held at Cicero-North Syracuse High School today. Full Story |
NYS Semi Finals: Section Five Done |
June 8, 2011 |
It's the end of the road for the two remaining Section Five teams as Pittsford lost in double over time to Ithaca and Irondequoit lost to Jamesville-DeWitt in the NYS semi finals at St John Fisher College. Full Story |
Wednesday: NYS Semi Finals (Upstate) Preview |
June 7, 2011 |
The New York State Tournaments now head to the semi finals, often called the "Upstate" and "Downstate" Championships. The winners will play for their Class Championships on Saturday in Syracuse. Full Story |
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