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Week In Review - Week 5

EDITOR'S NOTE: This weekly summary touches on some of the games played in the recent past and highlights some games of interest in the current week. For more in-depth coverage, click on the DAY OF THE WEEK for more coverage for that day, including box scores, articles, and galleries.

There were fourty-one games played last week. There are Eighty-one out of section games scheduled and 14 were played last week. Section V teams have won 21 and lost 17 (55% wins). There are three undefeated teams at this point: Pittsford at 9-0, Geneva at 5-0 and Marcus Whitman at 2-0.

 Games played last week:41  Games played this season:126
 Leagues games played last week:6  Out of Section games last week:14
 Mismatched Games (>8 pts):12  Close Games (<4 pts): 14
 Undefeated teams:3  Games scheduled for next week:46

 

Looking Back

It was a week filled with individual milestones across the region. Geneva's Ryland Dunham reached 150 career goals on Tuesday, while a wave of players including Brighton's Austin Greece at LAGFlaum, HF-L's Jackson Coon, Bloomfield-Honeoye's Brayden Arber, Rush-Henrietta's Zachary Winner, McQuaid's Domenic Giangreco, and HF-L's Nate Lathrop and James Sprague — all hit the 50 career goal mark at various points throughout the week. On the goalie side, Aquinas's Jake Gibson logged his 600th career save and Haverling's McLane Stermole recorded his 800th. Penfield's Brodie Joyce broke his program's all-time career assist record, while Geneva's Ryland and Jack Dunham each reached 50 career assists. Hunter Kurdziolek of Mynderse-Romulus was a standout performer, posting five goals in back-to-back games as his team earned its first win of the season.

On the team side, Pittsford remained the week's dominant force, improving to 9-0 with wins over Rush-Henrietta and Marcellus. Irondequoit delivered the most dramatic moment of the week, with Doug Velepec scoring in double overtime to edge McQuaid 9-8. McQuaid's John Burrows also came through in the clutch, scoring an overtime winner against Thomas and later Midlakes at Genevaposting five goals against Fayetteville-Manlius. Other highlights included Batavia-Notre Dame picking up its first win of the season and Canandaigua rallying with three fourth-quarter goals to edge Fairport. Penn Yan's Miles Ditzell led all individual scorers on Saturday with five goals in a dominant win over Ithaca.

 

SATURDAY - Saturday featured a string of career milestones: Haverling's McLane Stermole recorded his 800th career save in a loss to LAG, where Owen Schweitzer posted eight goals and Will Schweitzer reached 50 career goals; HF-L's Jackson Coon also hit 50 goals in a 7-4 win over Hamburg; and Bloomfield-Honeoye's Brayden Arber reached the same mark in a 13-10 loss to Sweet Home. Pittsford stayed unbeaten at 9-0 with a 14-8 win at Marcellus behind four goals from Avery Valenti, Canandaigua rallied with three fourth-quarter goals to edge Fairport 8-7, and McQuaid's John Burrows posted five goals in a 12-11 win over Fayetteville-Manlius. Rush-Henrietta's Zachary Winner also reached 50 career goals in a 16-6 win over Aquinas, while Penn Yan's Miles Ditzell led all scorers on the day with five goals in a 16-5 win over Ithaca.

FRIDAY - Friday's standout performances came from Penfield's Brodie Joyce, who broke the program's all-time career assist record (108) in an 11-7win over Orchard Park, and Geneva's Ryland and Jack Dunham, who each reached 50 career assists in the same game while combining for 10 goals in a 16-1 win over Essex. BH at WhitmanBatavia-Notre Dame picked up its first win of the season with an 18-3 victory over Gananda behind five goals from Trey Rodriguez and four each from Harold Mellander and Nolan Radley, while CNS handed Schroeder an 11-4 loss behind three goals from Adrian Sweeney. Mynderse-Romulus continued its strong stretch with a 9-4 win at Waterloo, with Hunter Kurdziolek posting five goals for the second straight game.

THURSDAY - McQuaid's John Burrows scored in overtime to edge Thomas 10-9 as Domenic Giangreco reached 50 career goals, while Brighton's Austin Flaum hit the same milestone with four goals in a 14-10 win at Pal-Mac. LAG's Jack Ackerman scored with 11 seconds left to edge Wayne 8-7, HF-L's Jackson Coon posted nine points in a 14-6 win over Midlakes where both Nate Lathrop and James Sprague also reached 50 career goals, and Mynderse-Romulus earned its first win behind eight goals from Hunter Kurdziolek. 

WEDNESDAY - There was just one game played today. Victor won 14-7 at Canandaigua behind six goals from Jackson Mead, three goals and two assists from Matthew Herendeen, and an 88% faceoff performance from Ricci. Zach Tortora (Spencerport) and Bear Wehrheim (Pittsford) were named Players of the Week

TUESDAY - Tuesday's biggest moment came from Irondequoit's Doug Velepec, who scored in double overtime to edge McQuaid Jesuit 9-8despite 25 saves from Jackson Paladino. Geneva's Ryland Dunham reached exactly 150 career goals in a 13-6 win over Midlakes, Pittsford stayed unbeaten at 8-0 with a 19-10 win over Rush-Henrietta behind five goals and three assists from Grant Lewis, and Brighton picked up its first all-time win over Penn Yan 12-11 behind three goals and two assists from Kiki Condon. CA at FairportAquinas's Jake Gibson recorded his 600th career save in an 11-4 win at Haverling, Schroeder's John Caricati surpassed 300 career faceoff wins in a loss to Fairport, and Hilton's Gianluca Auriuso posted seven goals in a 15-7 win over Fayetteville-Manlius in the programs' first all-time meeting. Bloomfield-Honeoye's Brayden Arber added seven goals in a 13-4 win over Waterloo, and Marcus Whitman's Tariku Blueye posted seven goals and four assists in a 17-2 win over Mynderse-Romulus. 

MONDAY - Livonia-Avon-Geneseo topped Greece Storm 11-8 Monday evening behind four goals and three assists from Will Schweitzer and one goal and four assists from Owen Schweitzer, with first varsity goals from Owen Schweitzer, Kolokouris, and Kabes and a first varsity assist from Auringer.

Looking Ahead

There are lots of games this week, with the largest numbers on Tuesday (14), Thursday (13) and Saturday (12). Noteworthy games include:

On Monday there are three games including L-A-G at Waterloo.

On Tuesday games include Waterloo at Gananda, Irondequoit at HFL, Thomas at Schroeder, Fairport at RH, Spencerport at Victor, and Marcus Whitman at Geneva.

On Wednesday no games are currently scheduled.

On Thursday games include Hilton at Canandaigua, Midlakes at CA at FairportEast United/Eastridge, RH at Schroeder, Victor at Irondequoit and Storm at Churchville-Chili.

On Friday you may want to check out Pittsford at Brighton.

On Saturday the week wraps up with a dozen games including L-A-G at Brockport, Niskayuna at Victor, Waterloo at Newark, CA at Baldwinsville, RH at Spencerport and Penn Yan at Fairport. 

There are lots of good matchups this week. Don’t forget to check the full schedule and game times on the games page.

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