Finally... Springtime... days when you really could wear shorts. Two hundred and twenty-eight games have been played thus far. Webster Thomas (11-1) fell to Victor last week and so there are no more undefeated team in the section. Fifty-five (of seventy-three out of Section games scheduled) have been played. Section five teams have won thirty-eight (69%). Victor, Thomas, HFL, Gananda and McQuaid Jesuit continue at the top of their leagues with undefeated league records.

Looking Back

Overtime wins were earned by McQuaid Jesuit in their 5-4 game with Penn Yan, Irondequoit in their 11-10 win over Penfield, Schroeder with their 11-10 win over Irondequoit, Mynderse in their 11-10 win over Marcus Whitman and by Gananda in their 9-8 win over Wayne.

On Monday, junior attackman Will Reese scored the last of his three goals to give the Blue Devils the 11-10 OT win. 

On Tuesday, there were seventeen games played including the greatly awaited Victor at Thomas game, which saw the blue Devils end a perfect season for Thomas. LSM Sean Emmert assisted Ryan McEvily on a face break for the winning overtime goal as McQuaid Jesuit beat Penn Yan 5-4. Jack Brennan scored 5g-2a including the overtime winner as Irondequoit beat Penfield 11-10. It was a game of runs as Pittsford broke three ties and finished with a 8-7 win over visiting Webster Schroeder,

Thursday was also a busy night with fourteen games. In the closet game of the night, Schroeder defeated Irondequoit 11-10. Geneva had a one-goal win over visiting Wayne (6-4) with Sam Miller scoring 2g-1a and Blake Knifley added 2g for the Panthers.  St. Joseph scored the final three goals to overtake Pittsford and defeat the Panthers 10-8. Haverling scored the first four goals and Livonia-Avon never tied the game in the Rams 13-11 win. Marcus Whitman held off the late advances of Waterloo to defeat the Indians 13-11 on senior day.

Friday saw Penfield beat Orchard Park. Penfield scored the first goal on Senior Night and never trailed in their 8-4 win over Orchard Park. 

 There were fourteen games played on Saturday and seven were with out of section teams. Section Five won six, including Fairport over J-D. Gananda’s John Weise scored the game winning goal was the Blue Panthers beat Wayne in OT. Victor broke away from a 4-2 first quarter and cruised to a 15-7 over Baldwinsville(10-3) of Section 3. Fayetteville-Manlius scored the first three goals of the game and although Pittsford tied the game three times, the Hornets never let go of the lead in their 8-6 win. HF-L and Hilton played a close game tonight with the Cougars winning 8-6. Irondequoit boosted their record to 8-3 with an 11-7 win over visiting Churchville-Chili.

Last week the Connors & Ferris Players of the Week were Gavin Lathrop (Midlakes) and Joseph Wegman (Greece Storm).

Looking Ahead

With almost fifty games scheduled for this week, there will certainly be some good ones. The Finger Lakes League will play their tournament starting on Tuesday. There should be some good games in round two on Thursday. Among our picks are:

• Tuesday: HF-L at Greece Storm, Haverling at McQuaid, Brighton at Pittsford, Thomas at Schroeder and Canandaigua at Penfield.
  
  
• Thursday: Haverling at Aquinas, Penn Yan at Fairport, HF-L at Schroeder, McQuaid at Irondequoit and Spencerport at Brighton.
  
  
• Friday: Hamburg at Canandaigua. 
  
  
• Saturday: Aquinas at Brighton, Eastridge at Livonia-Avon, Spencerport at Irondequoit, and three out of Section games: Thomas at B-Ville, Victor at F-M and OP at Pittsford.

These are just some of the games of interest this week. Of course, if your team is playing it is the game of the week.