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Game Day Reports for

Wednesday May 31, 2023


Scores Today
Victor - 16Spencerport - 6REPORT
Aquinas - 6Penn Yan - 11REPORT

 


Victor - 16
Spencerport - 6
 
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final
 Victor 2 3 6 5   16
  Spencerport 2 2 0 2   6
 

 

Victor Wins First Title Since 2019

-  SPORTSFIVE REPORT:  Victor won their first Championship title since 2019 with a 16-6 win over Spencerport. This was the first time in program history that Spencerport made the finals and the first time since Victor’s six year winning Streak (2014-2019) that the Blue Devils had made the finals. In addition to Victor Boys winning their title, the Victor Girls Lacrosse Team also won their Championship earlier in the evening with an 8-7 in quadruple overtime win over Irondequoit.

McQuaid vs PittsfordBoth teams played well in the first half and the score stayed close until the third quarter when Victor took over the game.  Leading the charge for the Blue Devils was senior midfielder Thomas Gravino.  He finished with 7g and was named the Class B All Tournament MVP.  Additional big scorers for the Blue Devils were Jack Herendeen (3g-1a) and Sam Gotham (2g-3a); both of whom were named to the All-Tournament Team.  Pax Marshall (1g-2a) and Aiden Clinksclaes (1g-2a) also added high numbers. For Spencerport, Jayden Roderiguez led in scoring with 2g-2a. Cameron Mesh added another 1g-1a and both were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The entire first half was back and forth with the score never being more than 1 goal apart with ties coming at the first four scores.  After both teams had shots at the cage, Spencerport was the first to get on the board.  With 4:57 remaining in the opening quarter, Rodriguez drove hard from behind the cage.  After drawing a defenseman he fed the ball into the crease and Jayden Mandarano scored.  Less than a minute later, Victor tied the game for the first time with Gotham assisting Gravino.  With the only back to back goal by a team in the first half, Victor scored again with Gotham scoring his first goal with an assist from Herendeen. The final goal of the quarter came with 2:13 remaining.  Rodriguez scored his first goal with a multi-attempt drive at the cage from the left side.  The score was tied 2-2 after the first quarter.

McQuaid vs PittsfordThe back and forth play continued throughout the second quarter.  Victor pulled head again with an inside feed from Aiden Clinkscales to Herendeen.  The Rangers tied up the game a few minutes later with a pass to the crease from Rodriguez to Cameron Mesh.  Victor once again pulled up by one with a face-off fast-break.  Gravino picked up the loose ball on the face and took it all the way to the cage.  Victor led 4-3 with 8:24 left in the half.  Spencerport tied the game for the fourth time with Mesh feeding Rodriguez on the crease.  The final goal of the first half was scored by the Blue Devils with Pax Marshall scoring from the left flat off a feed from behind by Kyle Seager.  Victor led 5-4 going into the break.

In the third quarter, Victor’s offense picked up and the Blue Devils pulled ahead.  Victor scored the next 11 goals (six in the third quarter, five in the fourth quarter). The Blue Devil offense was led by Gravino where he demonstrated why he was named Tournament MVP.  He scored four of his seven goals during this period (three of which were unassisted).  The Blue Devils kept up the pressure throughout the quarter and led 11-4 going into the final quarter.

McQuaid vs PittsfordIn the fourth, they kept up the offensive pressure adding 5 goals and continuing to hold the Ranger scoreless.  Senior midfielder Braeden McConville scored with a feed from Gotham with 10:39 remaining on the clock.  Less than a minute later, Gravino scored his seventh of the game with a feed from Clinksclaes.  The Blue Devils added another 3 more to finish out the game.  The final goal was scored by senior midfielder Liam Wheeler.  The Rangers broke their scoreless streak with 1:15 remaining on the clock with Lucas Heinsler scoring off a feed from Mandarano.  The final goal of the game came with 0:15 remaining and Dylan Lewis scoring unassisted.  In the cage for Spencerport, Taylor Kaye finished with 9 saves.  For Victor, Brady Robinson played the majority of the game and recorded 6 saves.  Senior Ryan Seager finished out the last minute of play; however, did not record a save.

Rounding out the All Tournament Team were Aiden Greco (Irondequoit), Trevor Lewis (Spencerport), Drew Pagano (Schroeder), Conor Morgan (Spencerport) and Dom Pezzimenti (Victor).  Victor will move on to face the Section Six Champion on Saturday at 12:30.

More information is available on the GAME REPORT page.

 


Aquinas - 6
Penn Yan - 11
 
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final
 Aquinas 0 1 1 4   6
  Penn Yan 0 3 4 4   11
 

 

Penn Yan Wins their 27th Championship

-  SPORTSFIVE REPORT:  Penn Yan defeated Aquinas 11-6 to win their 12th straight (and 27th overall) Sectional Championship.  The Mustangs had a slow start in the first quarter, but picked up the pace for the remainder of the game and led throughout.  After three quarters, the Mustangs led 7-2 before both teams added four goals each in the final quarter.  The game (especially the first three quarters) were a defensive battle.  Both goalies step up and McQuaid vs Pittsfordhad multi-digit saves.  For Aquinas, freshman Jake Gibson finished with 11 saves (most of which in the first three quarters) and was named to the All Tournament Team.  Penn Yan goalie, sophomore Will Thompson recorded 10 saves and was named the Class D All Tournament MVP.  Offensively, Teagan Fingar (1g-3a), Braden Fingar (2g-2a) and Bryant VanHousen (2g-1a) led in scoring and were all named to the All Tournament Team for the Mustangs.  For Aquinas, Noah Olbrich (2g-1a) and Drew Eddy (2g-1a) led in scoring.

McQuaid vs PittsfordIn the first quarter, neither team scored.  The game went back and forth with both teams having a chance at the cage; however, both goalies stepping up with big saves.  In the second quarter, Penn Yan broke open the scoring only 9 seconds into the quarter.  VanHousen scored off a fast-break (assisted by T. Fingar).  The Mustangs increased their lead to 2 with T. Fingar assisting B. Fingar.  The Little Irish got on the board with freshman Jake Guggino scoring off a loose ball on the crease.  Guggino was named to the All Tournament team for the Little Irish.  The final goal of the first half was scored by Caden Dixon (3g) off a feed from T. Fingar.  The Mustangs led 3-1 at halftime.

The Mustangs increased their lead in the third quarter with the first four goals.  B. Fingar, VanHousen, Dixon and Tukker Fisher each scored one goal.  The Little Irish scored the last goal of the quarter off multiple quick passes ending with Guggino assisting Olbrich.  Olbrich was also named to the All Tournament Team.  Penn Yan led 7-2 going into the final quarter.

McQuaid vs PittsfordThe majority of the scoring from the contest occurred in the final quarter, with eight total goals coming in the final 12 minutes.  Olbrich scored his final goal on a fast-break 8 seconds into play.  The Mustangs responded with four unasnswered goals to take their game high lead of 11-3 with 6:33 remaining.  Aquinas added three more goals in the final four minutes; two of the goal were scored during man-up play.  Eddy scored both of the man-up goals; the first assisted by Gio Valerie and the second assisted by Olbrich.  Freshman Tano Auriuso scored the last goal off a feed from junior Carter Wegman.

Rounding out the All Tournament team were Harry Kestler (Marcus Whitman), Preston Steve (Newark), Andrew Gatti (Aquinas) and Anthony Druker (Penn Yan).  The Mustangs will move on to face the winner of the Section Six Champion on Saturday at 5:30.

More information is available on the GAME REPORT page.

 


 

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