Pal-Mac Opens Season with a Win

Pal-Mac opened its season with a 13-1 non-league win over Churchville-Chili on Saturday, March 21. The Raiders scored three goals in the first quarter, then added four more in the second to pull away. Full Story

Spencerport Takes Grand Island in Opener

Spencerport opened its season with an 18-4 non-league win over Grand Island (Section VI) on Saturday, at Grand Island Senior High School. The Rangers scored eight goals in the first quarter and never looked back, adding five more in the second to take a 13-2 lead at halftime. Full Story

2026 Preview: Newark

Newark enters the 2026 season in Class D after a 6–11 finish in 2025. The Reds showed flashes of competitiveness throughout the year, playing five games decided within five goals. With most of last season’s scoring returning and a relatively small senior class lost to graduation, Newark begins the season with continuity on offense as it looks to improve overall consistency. Full Story

2026 Preview: Haverling

Haverling enters the 2026 season in Class D after a 5–12 campaign in 2025. The team showed the ability to compete in stretches, with several games decided within five goals, while continuing to work through roster turnover and development. Full Story

2026 Preview: Honeoye Falls-Lima

Honeoye Falls-Lima enters the 2026 season in Class C after posting a 16–5 record in 2025. The Cougars balanced strong regular-season results with an extended postseason run, while navigating a schedule that included both league and non-league competition. Full Story

2026 Preview: Marcus Whitman

Marcus Whitman enters the 2026 season in Class D after a 4–13 finish in 2025. While the record reflects a challenging year, the Wildcats showed competitiveness with seven games decided within five goals. Full Story

2026 Preview: Midlakes

Midlakes enters the 2026 season in Class D following a strong 14–4 campaign in 2025. The Eagles combined consistent scoring with a solid defensive profile, advancing into sectional play and competing deep into the postseason.  Full Story

2026 Preview: Spencerport

Spencerport enters the 2026 season in Class B after posting an 11–7 record a year ago. The Rangers showed balance throughout the season, mixing decisive wins with a number of close contests, and advanced into sectional play.  Full Story

2026 Preview: East United-Eastridge

East United-Eastridge enters the 2026 season as a Class A program looking to build stability after a challenging 2025 campaign. The team finished 3–13 a year ago, graduating a large senior class while relying heavily on underclassmen. Full Story

2026 Preview: Wayne

Wayne enters the 2026 season in Class C coming off an 8–10 record a year ago. The Eagles navigated a schedule that included a mix of close contests and learning opportunities, finishing with seven games decided within five goals. Full Story

2024 Season Wrap Up

[UPDATED] There were thirty-four teams playing in Section V. Bishop Kearney scheduled eight games but elected to forgo the tournament at the end of the season. There were 1,149 players on the final rosters, up 256 players from 2023. Penfield and Victor carried the largest roster with thirty-eight players and Haverling and Pal-Mac with the smallest with nineteen.  Full Story

Checking out Teams for 2025

After a brief hiatus, BlaxFive.NET reintroducing preview stories for each of the teams in Section V. Utilizing extensive databases of statistics and records, along with our proprietary information query program "HAL" and display software "the Oracle," we are employing external AI programs to format the information for presentation. Head coaches were been given the opportunity to review the drafts and add quotes and comments. Full Story

2025 Hall of Fame Dinner

*+Greater Rochester Lacrosse held their thirty-first Hall of Fame dinner Friday night at the Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor.

Teammates, friends and family along with many members of the Hall of Fame, gathered to induct four individuals, and two teams into the Greater Rochester Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2025. They were welcomed by Master of Ceremonies Mike Riordan. There was a moment of silence in remembrance of long-time Rush-Henrietta Coach Dick Young and Hobart great, Dave Urick, both members of the Hall of Fame.  

After dinner, Chapter President Rachel Hillhouse who welcomed the fans and families. She expressed "gratitude for the community who honors achievement and celebrates excellence. To our honorees, both past and present, thank you for inspiring us. Your accomplishments, your character, and your contributions have helped to define what makes this region exceptional and great."

Master of Ceremonies, Mike Riorden, thanked the board and event staff and introduced the nineteen current Hall of Fame members in attendance which included Jeff McKee (2002), Paula Summit (2004), Paul Wilson (2005), Dave Moore (2006), John Johnson (2008), Mark Rice (2008), Mike Simon (2009), John Hayes (2012), Dave Wilbur (2013), Hank Janczyk (2013), Scott Schwind (2014), Terry Corcoran (2016), Mike Riorden (2016), Pat Dutton (2017), Tim Pease (2017), Terry Cotton (2018), Jim Paris (2019), Jake Coon (2021), and John Houtenbrink (2023).

Mike Riorden reviewed each inductee's accomplishments as the audience followed along in the program.  The inductees then gave their speeches and received their awards.  (program available here).  Pictures from the event.

Taylor D`Amore Kimball

Player

Highlights:

- Attended Canandaigua Academy.

- At Johns Hopkins, she was a two-time All-American and was graduated as record holder in career assists, career draw controls, and assists in a game.

- As a senior was NCAA Division I women's lacrosse leader in points per game and assists.

- Member of the USA National Lacrosse Team.

- At Canandaigua:
  - All Greater Rochester Girls Lacrosse Player of the Decade (2010s) 
  - Three-time AGR pick
  - Two-time player of the year,
  - All-American and Academic All-American.

During her lacrosse career at Canandaigua Academy, she scored 251 goals and had 231 assists for 482 points. She helped lead her team to two sectional championships in lacrosse and one in basketball.

In her speech she acknowledged the value of having grown up in a small community but with large area support. "The enthusiasm of this community was part of the fuel for my dream and opened countless doors for me through high school, college and beyond." She noted that with the creation of Lady ROC and the efforts of Linda Michelle "hundreds of women were given the opportunity to develop as lacrosse players, and so much more as individuals."  She continued with thanks to each of her coaches and teammates throughout her career and finished with thanks to her family.

Paul Murphy

Player / Coach

Highlights:

- At Penfield High School:
   - Three-year Varsity player.
   - Two-time All American.

- At Princeton University:
   - 1992 and 1994 Division I National Champions.
   - Co-Captain 1994.
   - Honorable Mention All American.

- Post-College Play:
   - 1994-1995 NLL, New York Saints; NYAC Lacrosse Club;
Hempstead Lacrosse Club, London England; Long Island Lacrosse Club,
Hofstra, NY.

Coaching:
   - 1995 Youth lacrosse camp, Osaka, Japan.
   - 1998 youth lacrosse camps London, England.
   - 2010-2012 Boys Youth Lacrosse Coach, Montclair NJ.
   - 2012-2023 Girls Youth Lacrosse Coach, Montclair NJ.

"I have spent much of my lacrosse career outside of the Rochester area, but I carried the Upstate New York lacrosse culture everywhere with a ton of pride. Our area produces players with a different level of grit and a fundamental approach to the game that I was always proud of. Our coaches [here] taught us proper fundamentals, the importance of defense, ground balls, off-ball movement, and the type of lacrosse that translates to success no matter where you are playing in the world." After reviewing his lacrosse time-line he thanked his teammates "at every level", and his family for their support. "My mom and dad never missed a game, in high school or college." 

Shawn Wilkins

Player / Coach

Highlights:

- RIT Athletics Hall of Fame 2019.

- Won 2025 U-20 World Lacrosse Gold Medal.

- Won 2021 and 2022 NCAA Championship at RIT.

- Two-Time NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year (2013 and 2021).

- As a player:
   - NLL Champion (2007) Rochester Knighthawks.
   - 2009 Presidents Cup SR Champion St Catherines Saints.

In his "short and sweet" comments, Shawn spoke about the many great friends he has made in the area and included many that were in the audience. "It is such an interesting community in Upstate New York and the relationships that you make up here are pretty decent." He thanked his family for watching him play and for all the efforts around RIT, "especially during the tournaments." He noted his hockey and lacrosse coaches as he was growing up in Canada, and later Guy Van Arsdale, "a great coach and mentor. I lost my dad my senior year in high school and Coach Van helped me out in those college years." He finished with thanks for his parents. 

Jody Rose

Player / Coach

Highlights:

- Played lacrosse at Rush-Henrietta.

- RH youth coach in football and lacrosse.

- Involvement in US Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter since it began in 1992.

- Created Rochester Collision Center Lacrosse travel team, the 1st travel
team in the Rochester area.

- Volunteer Assistant coach at Rush Henrietta.

- Varsity assistant coach Brighton High school Boys Lacrosse.

-Played men's Lacrosse for many years:
Jody loved the sport of Lacrosse and did it all for the boys he coached. He had a major impact on many, and his passion for lacrosse kept this chapter alive. His grandsons are just at the age of starting the sport, his sons and grandsons will continue his legacy.

 Mike Riorden spoke of the loss of Jody Rose last year and how friends set up a "Medicine Game" to honor, heal and celebrate his life. "A few days before he died, a few of us asked what we could do for him, and he replied You know what I would like.... I would like you to have a big party." With over one hundred people registering and eighty showing up, the game was held. Mike pointed out that Dan Witmer wrote a wonderful "Road Trip Dad" story about that game.

Jody's family asked Mike, a close friend, to speak about him. "Jody was a builder. He built cars, motorcycles and he built ties and relationships and he took care of the things he built. He affected a lot of people`s lives in a lot of positive ways.  

1976 and 1977 Hobart Teams

Teams

Highlights:

Head Coach: Jerry Schmidt
Assistant Coaches: Dave Urick, Jim Kraus (1977).
Record: 13-3 in 1976 and 15-0 in 1977.

Team Members 1976: Mark Covello, Steve Cannone, John Bishop*, Poul Kalning, Leo McCabe, John Hayes, Jerry Kraus, Jack Davis, Tony Cullen, Bootie Gringeri, Bob Streeten, John Regan, Tom Marino, Bobby Gordon, Mac Nelson, Gavin O`Brien, Nat Whiteford, Jeff MacPeek, Steve Przybylski, Ed Howard, Jim Winokur, Joe Kraus, Terry Corcoran, Dave McNaney, Steve Washburne, Tom Schardt, Tom MacDonald, Keith Ellement, Joe Corcoran, Steve Kaminsky*, Charlie Begley, Hank Jancyk*, Jim Calder, Roy McAdam, Greg Precopio, Rick Blick.

Highlights 1976: "1976 was to be a rebuilding year for the Statesman. Hobart had graduated four first team all Americans – one at each position."

"An early season 13-9 loss to a talented top ranked Adelphi team on Long Island made for a long bus ride back to Geneva. This was followed by an 18-15 win over a resurging Syracuse program and a huge 15-11 win in Maryland over a top ranked Towson State Team."

"We met the #1 ranked Adelphi University team in the Finals. Adelphi had maintained the top ranking all season long and entered the game favorites. It was a very confident Long Island team that took the field that day in Baltimore. However, we were on mission. When the smoke cleared at the end of the first quarter – we led 10 to 1 and never looked back on our way to a convincing 18-9 National Championship Title win."

Team Members 1977: Scott Petosa, Terry Corcoran, Steve Cape, Bob Streeten, John Hayes*, Reilly Chuck, Steve Cannone, Mark Cavello, Joe Corcoran, Dave Puccia, Tom Schardt, Ed Howard, Mac Nelson, Tom Marino, Roland Lunser, Steve Wood, Rick Blick*, Steve Murphy, Paul Mones, Jack Davis, Roy McAdam, Jim Calder, Tim Eden, Tom MacDonald, Jeff Seaman, Dave McNaney*, Joe Kraus, Steve Przybylsk, Jeff MacPeek, Nat Whiteford, Jon Feinstein, Bobby Gordon, Allen Lovejoy, Fred Mosher, Ed Conney, Jerry Kraus, Andy Erdman. 

Highlights 1977: "The 1977 Hobart Lacrosse season was a perfect, undefeated 15-0 season that ended with the team winning the NCAA Division II National Championship. It was the program's second consecutive national title, and the team defeated Washington College in the championship game with a final score of 23−13."

Almost twenty players from the teams were present to accept the award as a number of representatives spoke about the teams.

1976 Team co-captain Steve Kaminsky spoke first about how the season was expected to be a rebuilding year. "We had no stars at the beginning of 1976. We had young guys like Terry Corcoran and Rick Blick and an unbelievable defense. None of them had ever played lacrosse. They were all walk-ons, but they all knew how to knock people down."

Terry Corcoran read a message from co-captain Dave McNaney, who was unable to make his flight from California. "A team dedicated to purpose of dominating, kick your tail type of lacrosse. While it is nearly impossible to play a perfect game our 1977 team produce a perfect result." Co-captain John Hayes was up next and thanked members of the Chapter "for honoring the game that we love." After playing the game and an eight-hour bus ride back to Geneva, we were taken to the quad where the entire student body was waiting for us. That memory will never fade." 

Other Hall of Fame Stories are available for -  2024 -  2021 - 2019 -  2018 - 2017- 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008.   Full Story

NYS Experimental Shot Clock Rule

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA), in partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), has approved a one-year experimental shot clock rule for the 2025 lacrosse season. This rule will be implemented at both the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels across all NYS public high schools. Full Story

Welcome to BLaxFive.NET

Welcome to the home of Section Five V Lacrosse. For more than twenty-five years we have provided information about games, players and events. It is fun to think that this site has been around longer than the seniors playing this season. 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 published stories about some of the noteworthy events of those early years and some more modern accomplishments. A list of the twenty-two stories is available here. 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