Geneva

Dr. J.B. Covert

“New Sport for School” was the headline of the story on page 19 of the Democrat & Chronicle that announced that Geneva High School would play their first scholastic game on Wednesday, April 19th, 1922. With that announcement, scholastic lacrosse was underway in Section Five. (Story on LaxLines)

Irondequoit

Vern Babcock

“The first twenty years of the Irondequoit lacrosse history were led by two coaches, Vern Babcock, sometimes called the “father of Irondequoit lacrosse” and Ernie Lisi who is also called the “father of Irondequoit Lacrosse” and who, in his sixteen years, put Irondequoit on the local and national map. (Story on LaxLines)

Mynderse Academy

Jack McDonald

Other coaches include: Al Henry (for 28 years), Joe Caraher, Chris Clemenson and Scott Sciera.

Webster Ridgemen

Bill Guerrera

Bill coached from, 1964 to 1974 when the Webster split into two teams (Thomas and Schroeder). In those early years the Ridgemen played Geneva, Fayetteville-Manlius, East Syracuse and Waterton among others. Bill coached the first year (1995) at Thomas after the split. He was also a Section V Boys Lacrosse Coordinator.

Waterloo

Larry Russell

Other coaches at Waterloo include Bill Bryant, Tom Abraham, Dwight Babcock, Mike Simon, Gary DeWall, Tyrone Thomas and Matt Morrin.

West High

Unknown

A Rochester city School, West High played in the 1960's.

Corning East

Joe Corcoran

Joe Corcoran re-started the Geneva program after the war-time break and then moved to Corning, where he started the lacrosse program. Corning East played in the Section V tournaments from their start in 1975 until they left the section for Section IV after the 1981 season. They won the tournament four times including the last three years they played in Section V.

Corning West

Bill Ferris

Joe Corcoran brought the game to Corning and when it was decided that both East and West High schools would sponsor teams, Bill Ferris became the first Head Coach for Corning West.

Marshall

Unknown

John Marshall High School played lacrosse in the 1960s and through the 1981 season. Joe Muno coached for a number of years.

Fairport

Jim Slusarski

Other coaches for the Red Raiders include Jim Nowack, Randy Garrett (22 years) and Mike Torrelli.

Jefferson

Jack Foote

Jack Foote coached a team at Jefferson High School in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were very successful in the "City League" with Franklin, Marshall and West High.

Rush-Henrietta

Dave Armstrong and Jim Cox

Although Ernie Lisi's brother Bill had a hand in developing interest in the game, Dave Amstrong and Jim Cox were the first of many coaches in the various R-H teams over the years. Other coaches included Dick Young, Mike Welch, Jim DeWall, and Tom MacMillan.

Franklin

Unknown

City of Rochester Franklin High School sponsor a team in the early 1970s.

Penn Yan

Bill LaRock

Other coaches at Penn Yan include Wade Winter, Jim Burnett, Harry Queener (18 years) and Brian Hobart. The Mustangs were the first team in Section V to win, in 2001, a NYS Boys Lacrosse championship.

Canandaigua

Ray Della

Other coaches at Canandaigua Academy include Coach Wade, Steve Przybylski, John Zappia, Don Aleksiewicz, John Johnson (26 years), Ed Mulheron (11 years) and Deven York. The Braves won a NYS Class B title in 2009.

Schroeder

Dave Moore

Schroeder was combined with Thomas from 1983 to 2002 and then the teams were split back in 2003 when Matt Petz led the Warriors. In 2012 John McGurk took over and then Jason Mordaci became the Head Coach. Other coaches at Webster Schroeder include Ken Rasmussen and Fred Schwind.

Thomas

Bill Guerrera

Thomas was combined with Schroeder from 1983 to 2002 and then the teams were split back in 2003 when Rob Ruller took over the Titans. Other coaches at Webster Thomas include Randy Garrett, Peter Burkhardt and Jim Kirkley.

Penfield

Tom Mutch

Other coaches at Penfield include Mark Rice (1989-2008) and John Schembri, who took over in 2009.

Pittsford

Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson started the program and coached until 2004 when Carmine Puluso coached the team for one year and then Andrew Whipple became the Head Coach in 2005.

Bishop Kearney

Jim Miller ?

Bishop Kearney has had a number of starts and stops since 1979. Other coaches include Tom Coons, John Kleehammer, Mark Simpson, Chris Dries, Matt Kleehammer and Aaron Civalier.

East High

Gary Stortl

East High has also had a number of starts. Gary Stortl and John Westerman coached in the late 1970s and early 1980s and then again in the 1990s. In 2018 East was joined by a number of city schools to form the East United team.

HAC

Alan Soames

Harley/Allendale-Columbia sponsored a team for a couple of years in the early 1980s.

Newark

John VanEtten

Other coaches include Richard Depauw, Bill Kerr, Dave Gioseffi, Dave Stein, Bill Kirnie, Henry Kuperus and Matt Groot.

R-H Roth

Jim Cox

When Rush-Henrietta split into two teams, the Roth team was coached by Jim Cox who coached from 1980 through 1985. When the two teams were re-merged into one team, Jim coached.

R-H Sperry

Dick Young

When Rush-Henrietta split into two teams, the Sperry team was coached by Dick Young who coached from 1980 through 1985 and then the two teams were re-merged into one team.

Webster Warriors

Pete Burkhardt

Webster Thomas and Schroeder came back together in 1983 and stayed together until 2003 when they split again. Other coaches for the Warriors include Mark Sweeney and Fritz Kilian who each coached the team for eight years.

McQuaid Jesuit

Mike Schepis

Other coaches for the Knights include Tony Levin, Andy Cavacos, Rob Warren, Scott Bryson, Paul Jordan, Dan James and Terry Corcoran.

Bloomfield

Kevin Crowell

Also coaching were Mike Reho and Mark Muller.

Cardinal Mooney

Tom Kraft

Cardinal Mooney played for a season or two.

Brighton

Mark Nelson

Other coaches for the Bruins include Mark MacMillan, Tom MacMillan, Mike Gottko, Cory Holbrough and Donald Benedict. For many years, they were known as the Barons, but changed to Bruins in 2019.

Aquinas

Dave Stein

Other coaches for Aquinas include Scott Heister, Alex Ewing, Jerry Dawes, Kevin Martin, Jason Mordaci, Grant Catalino and Pat Olbrick.

Notre Dame Geneva

Rick Kallenborn

Victor

Mark Foeder

Mark Foeder started the program and coached through the 2008 season. Nick Ballou had a couple of seasons and then Mike Gottko had a couple of seasons before Jim Andre coached for seven season and led the team to four NYS Championships. Dan Stone came the head coach in 2020.

Haverling

Ken DiDomineck

Ken DiDomineck was the first and is the only coach for the Rams.

Livonia

John Sciera

John Sciera led the program for the first six years and then Brett Wood took over for the next ten years. The team was then merged with Avon with Brett Wood and Paul Cole co-coaching.

Eastridge

Paul Burkin

Among the other head coaches are Jasson Jobson, Dave McAlpin and Matt Kleehammer who coached until 2019 when the team was merged with East United.

Greece Odyssey

Corey Perry

Corey Perry coached for three season and until the team was merged with Athena and he continued to coach the Ath/Ody team.

Hilton

Pete Richie

Pete Richie coached for the first three years and then Jared Smith took over. Tony Levin had a season and a half and then Dave Moore and Sean Roche each led the team until Greg Lepiane became Head Coach in 2019.

HF-L

Rick Pound

Rick Pound worked with the young players and followed them as they moved to high school. He became the first Head Coach and coached for two seasons. Other coaches include Tom MacMillan, Todd Morgan, Mike Kelly and Jack Beaney.

Pal-Mac

Enzo Falzo

Enzo Falzo started the team and coached for four seasons at which time Joe Hill took over in 2008.

Churchville-Chili

Logan Roberts

Other coaches include David Childs, Joe Aquilina, Donny Moss, Donald Benedict and Cubby Chalmers.

Gates Chili

Mark Sweeney

Coach Sweeney led the team through the first seven years and then Jake Johnson took over for seven years. He was followed by Cam Gormel.

Midlakes

Rich Doan

Rich Doan led the team for the first five years and then it was Matt Fitch for a year. Ben Clement became the Head Coach in 2012.

Spencerport

Jerry Dawes

Jerry Dawes started the team in 2005. Other coaches include: Jerami Frechette, Matt Nentarz and Tim Britton

Brockport

Ryan Egan

Ryan Egan started the program and coached it for the first six years. Other coaches include Joe Sidari, Scott Hopsicker, Josh Distin and Josh Laskowski.

Ath/Ody

Corey Perry

There have been a number of team combinations from the four high schools in Greece. Corey Perry, who coached the Odyssey team was the first coach of the Athena/Odyssey team and coached it for seven years before Ray Gangarossa took over for one year. Andy Hilton coached for four years before the two Greece teams were combined into the Greece Storm team in 2018.

Arc/Oly

Sam Cassarino

When the Arcadia and Olympia teams were combined, Sam Cassarino coached for the first two years. Other coaches include John Kleehammer, Adam Geier, Kevin McMaster and Josh Distin who coached until the four schools were combined into the Greece Storm in 2018.

Batavia

Joe Hussar

Other coaches include Chuck Hammon and John Mangefrida. Joe Hussar coached in 2012 and 2013 and then the team was combined with Attica in 2014 and Joe continued as the coach of the new team.

Bloomfield-Honeoye

Jack Beaney

After a five-year absence, Bloomfield was back, this time combined with Honeoye and Jack Beaney, whose son was a player on the team, was the Head Coach for four years. Other coaches include Chris Stock, Ian Buckley, Nick Boylan, Brandon Trombley and Mike Denely.

East Rochester

Mike Domm

East Rochester had a four-year appearance with Mike Domm as head coach for the first two years and Chris Cummings the head coach for the last two years.

Marcus Whitman

Bruce Teague Jr.

Bruce Teague Jr started the team and coached for the first six years. Other coaches include: Ryan Kerrick, Jordan Tromley and Trevor Rittersback.

Gananda

Mike Pane

Mike Pane was the first head coach and led the team for three years. Other coaches include Mike Malloy and Joe Sidari.

Wayne

Jeff Ugine

Jeff Ugine was the head coach for the first four seasons. In 2016, Eric Carlsen took over.

Avon

Vince McKeown

Vince McKeown was the head coach in the first year then Erik Schneider took over for three years.

Batavia-Attica

Joe Hussar

Batavia merged with Attica for two years and then Attica dropped out. Joe Hussar continued from Batavia to Batavia-Avon and coached the first year. Matthew Landfried coached the second year and then continued to coach (as Batavia) in 2016.

East United

Sean Banks/Jim Tilotson

Sean Banks and Jim Tilotson brought lacrosse back to "the city" with a combined team from all of the Rochester city high schools. They co-coached for two years and then the team was merged with Eastridge, and they continued to coach the team.

Greece Storm

Andy Hilton

Combining all four Greece high schools into one team occurred in 2018 with Andy Hilton as the coach. Shane Cole took over in 2020 and coached their first game in 2021.

Livonia-Avon

Brett Wood/Paul Cole

Livonia and Avon combined with the Head Coaches from both teams co-coaching in 2018. Don Manard was the coach in 2019 and John Sciera returned in 2021.

Batavia-Attica-Notre Dame

Trevor Rittersback

Batavia-Attica merged with Notre Dame (BAND) for one year for one year in 2019.

East United-Eastridge

Sean Banks/Jim Tilotson

The city schools (East United) merged with East Irondequoit (Eastridge) for the 2020 season but played their first games in 2021. Part way through the season, London Booker replaced Sean Banks as co-coach.