Hall of Fame Dinner on November 8th

On Friday, November 8th, the Rochester Chapter of USA Lacrosse will install the 2024 class. The event will take place at the Harro East Ballroom (155 N Chestnut St, Rochester, NY 14604) with a social hour beginning at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00pm. The class includes Courteny Gibbons, Peter Milliman, Brice Queener, Steve Trombley and the 1996 Nazareth mens team. Full Story

A chance to help one of our own

Last week, former Head Coach Randy Garrett lost their family home to fire. A long-time coach at Fairport, Randy, who coached from 1980-2003 and is second on the all-time wins with 371. He still helps the Red Raiders, compiling stats on the sideline. A Go-Fund-Me account has been established to help with expenses not covered by insurance. Full Story

Next Up State Championships at Hofstra

The next step for McQuaid Jesuit and Victor on Saturday, are the NYS Championships. Full Story

Next Up State Semifinals at SUNY Cortland

The next step for all four Section V teams on Wednesday, are the NYS semifinals. Full Story

McQuaid Wins in Quarters

McQuaid defeats Orchard Park 13-6 in quarterfinals. Full Story

Next Up, NYS Quarterfinals: "Western Regionals"

The next step for classes our sectional champions on Saturday, are the NYS quarterfinals, sometimes called the "Western Regionals". Full Story

State Out-bracket Games for Classes C & D

The next step for classes C and D champions is an out-bracket , play-in game against Section VI for the right to play in the NYS quarterfinals. Full Story

Irondequoit Over Canandaigua in Semifinals

Irondequoit came out strong in their 10-6 win over Canandaigua.  The Eagles scored five goals in the opening quarter to take the early lead.  Leading that charge was Steven Clinkscales, who finished with 4g-1a.  The game was plagued with multiple penalties and both teams had changes at man-up.  Irondequoit finished with 4 man-up goals; while Canandaigua was only able to capitalize one single man-up goal.   Full Story

Pal-Mac survives Scare from Livonia-Avon

*+Pal-Mac stepped up in the fourth quarter to defeat Livonia-Avon 4-3.  In a game that was plagued with penalties, the teams both had multiple attempts at extra-man offense.  The Red Raiders converted on two of their attempts while the Lakers could not convert on any of their attempts.  The man-down defense for Pal-Mac was a key factor of their win. Full Story

Players of the Week - Group 5

In our fourth group we have a senior and a sophomore who have had noteworthy performances in the last week. Full Story

Welcome to BLaxFive.NET

Welcome to the home of Section Five V Lacrosse. For more than twenty-three 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

Monroe County Awards for 2024

The Monroe County Division 1 Player of the Year was Jonathan Bucciarelli (Greece Storm). Jonah Carrier (Irondequoit) was the Division 2 Player of the Year and Chase Perryman (HFL) was Division 3 Player of the Year. Nominees for the Bob Scott Award were Ben Cook (HFL), Anthony DeRosa (Schroeder) and Adam Schembri (Penfield). Full Story

Finger Lakes Awards for 2024

The Head Coaches from the Finger Lakes met at the end of the season and determined their awards for 2024. Full Story

Hall of Fame Dinner on November 10th

On Friday, November 10th, the Rochester Chapter of USA Lacrosse will installed the 2023 class. Honored were Liz Hogan, John Houtenbrink, Peter Milliman, Marc Riccio, Dr. Phillip Winslow, and the 2015 and 2016 Boys Victor Teams. 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

2023 Season Wrap Up

There were thirty-five teams playing in Section V. Bishop Kearney scheduled seven games but elected to forgo the tournament at the end of the season. There were 893 players on the final rosters, up 13 players from 2022. Rush-Henrietta and Victor carried the largest roster with thirty-six players and Haverling, Midlakes-Red Jacket and Waterloo with the smallest with sixteen.  Full Story