In the earliest years, there were only 199 All-Americans for the whole country, so the number in each area that played was small. Monroe County and Finger Lakes teams shared the number of awards and picked their own winners. Full Story

There are so many great stories about coaches with long and successful runs, but one story is about a short run with astounding results. Full Story

"The Nieman family is battling a new diagnosis for Coach Dave Nieman--- Guillain-Barré Syndrome. GB is an extremely rare neurological condition. Guillain-Barre recovery and rehabilitation is a very, very long road." Full Story

In the twentieth century many coaches studied the game and then took over the programs for their own long, noteworthy runs. Full Story

There are eleven teams in Class D this year and all teams can play in the tournament this year which will start with out-bracket games on May 23rd this year. As of March 25th, the coaches poll predicts that Penn Yan and Livonia-Avon will play in the championship game. The first complete poll will be posted on April 3rd. Full Story

Penn Yan 2021

Class D - Finger Lakes League

The Mustangs have won twenty-five Section V championships and have only lost one time since 1999 and given the losses to graduation and general youth of the team this year, winning the twenty-sixth will be a challenge. But we are talking about Penn Yan and youth, inexperience, and size does not play the same way in Penn Yan as it does in the rest of world. Full Story

Fairport 2022

Class A - Monroe County League

In the abbreviated 2021 season, the Red Raiders took the top seed in Class A with an 8-5 record and with only seven teams in the Class A bracket they had a bye in the first round. They beat a greatly improved Hilton, 11-6 in the semifinals, and then beat Pittsford in overtime for their tenth championship and second in a row. Full Story

There are seven teams in Class A this year and all teams can play in the tournament which will start with quarter final games on May 25th this year. As of March 17th, the coaches poll predicts that Fairport and Pittsford will play in the championship game. The first complete poll will be posted on April 3rd. Full Story

There are ten teams in Class B this year and all teams can play in the tournament which will start with out-bracket games on May 23rd this year. As of March 17th, the coaches poll predicts that Canandaigua will play Victor or Thomas in the championship game. The first complete poll will be posted on April 3rd. Full Story

Greece Storm 2022

Class A - Monroe County League

The Storm lost eight seniors to graduation and with them all of their stat leaders and so, with three sophomores in the starting lineup, it looks like Coach Shane Cole is rebuilding from his 6-8 team last year. Still, he is very optimistic given the chemistry of this year's team. Full Story

Gates Chili 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

Last year, Coach Cam Gormel was hoping to build, but his Monroe County D2 schedule was brutal with losses to Penfield, Thomas, Brighton, Schroeder and Canandaigua. His D3 schedule this year may help the Spartans with games agaist East United/Eastridge and Brockport. Full Story

Marcus Whitman 2022

Class D - Finger Lakes League

In the last two seasons, the Wildcats had more wins than in the previous six seasons combined and they earned a second seed last year and finished with a 13-3 record. First year coach Mike Gorton takes over from Greg O`Connor and although there were four first team all-leagues lost to graduation, the team that returns knows how to win and there is excitement for the program. Full Story

Aquinas 2022

Class D - GRALL

Veteran college and high school coach Terry Corcoran will be building his new team at Aquinas after his four-year stint at McQuaid Jesuit. The Lil` Irish will look to improve their 8-7 record from last year where their season was ended in a 15-5 loss to Haverling in the quarterfinals. Full Story

Brighton 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

Brighton had only two players with experience on the 2021 team and had a killer scheduled that resulted in a 5-10 season, but there were valuable lessons learned and Coach Benedict has a good group of seniors returning. Full Story

Churchville-Chili Athletic Director Mike Murray says that they need of a modified B coach. The start date is April 4th. If you know someone who might be interested, please help the Saints. More information is available. Full Story

Irondequoit 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

Irondequoit has been struggling but Head Coach Aaron Bottazzo remembers from his own playing days on the fields at Irondequoit what it takes, and he is working to get the Eagles back on track. He will be helped some this year with the MC-3 alignment. Full Story

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: Class C Champions, Honeoye Falls-Lima traveled to Haverling tonight to play the first game of the 2022 season. It was a great game that was close throughout, never differing by more than two, as the Cougars won the 10-9 victory. Full Story

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

Brockport 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

Head Coach Josh Laskowski has been working hard since he arrived in 2019 to build a program at Brockport. It has been difficult to find games of equal match and their MC-3 alignment still has tough teams including Irondequoit and HF-L. Still, if the goal is to win more games each year, he should have a chance this year. Full Story

There are seven teams in Class C this year and all teams can play in the tournament which will start with quarter final games on May 25th this year. As of March 25th, the coaches poll predicts that Pal-Mac will play Geneva or HF-L in the championship game. The first complete poll will be posted on April 3rd. Full Story

Bath Haverling 2022

Class D - GRALL League

Last year the Rams were young and with attackman Jamie O`Neil producing 127 points, they finish the season at 10-5. This year, O`Neil is back along with a great deal of last year's team. Full Story

Saturday: DAY IN REVIEW: There were two games on the first weekend of the season. Pal-Mac and McQuaid Jesuit were winners. Full Story

There were four games played since the start of games on March 24th with the HF-L win at Haverling being the closest at 10-9. At the moment there are fifty-two out of section games scheduled and one has been played. Section Five won it. Full Story

Victor 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

Last year Victor was 13-2 for new Head Coach Dan Stone with their only losses to Canandaigua (5-7) during the regular season and Thomas in the semifinals (7-10). Full Story

Livonia-Avon 2021

Class C - GRALL League

There was great disappointment last year, after winning twelve of their last fourteen games the Lakers fell to HF-L in their first championship appearance since 2012. Full Story

Geneva 2022

Class C - Finger Lakes League

As he starts his second full season, Coach Dunham is excited to share the history of the first scholastic team in the section. Full Story

Newark 2022

Class C - Finger Lakes League

The last fourteen years of the Newark program was under the able direction of Matt Groot who stepped down after last season. The leadership of the Reds is now in the hands of John Hicks who spent the off-season encouraging strength training, setting up open gym events and revitalizing a booster club. Full Story

Webster Thomas 2022

Class M - Monroe County League

It is hard to imagine a season much better than the 2021 season for Coach Rob Ruller, who lost only to Victor in May, but who then beat the Blue Devils in the Class B tournament to cap their15-1 season. Full Story

East United-Eastridge 2022

Class A - Monroe County League

London Booker may be a first year head coach, but his roots go deep in the Rochester lacrosse community. As a player in the ROC E6 program and currently as Vice President of the organization, not only does he know the game, but he knows the players, many of whom he has worked with for years. Full Story

Penfield 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

Penfield feels like a Class A team, but they are actually a Class B team, and last year, at 12-4, the only games that they lost were to Victor, Thomas and Canandaigua, which finished right above them in the Class B Tournament. They had memorable games, beating West Genesee, Fairport and Pittsford. Full Story

Hilton 2022

Class A - Monroe County League

Hilton was excited last year after a three-game run that took them to the Class A semifinals where they played a good game, but lost to Fairport, the eventual champions. Full Story

Churchville-Chili 2022

Class B - Monroe County League

The Saints began their varsity program in 2005 with Logan Roberts as the Head Coach. Since then there have been seven coaching changes. Chris Fiala is the newest and he has high hopes to take Churchville-Chili back to the glory days, when D.T. Benedict (now at Brighton) had a 17-1 record in 2016. Full Story

Wednesday: DAY IN REVIEW: St Francis (Section VI) used two overtime periods to beat Schroeder 12-11 in the only game played today. Full Story

McQuaid Jesuit 2022

Class A - Independent

Of the six offensive players that scored at least ten goals last season, three of them were seniors and the produced 94 of 194 points. Gone are offensive leader Max Ettinghausen (28g-17a- Tufts) who with goalie Connor Winters (130s - 62%) were named Academic All-Americans. Also gone are midfielder Mike Hazard (23g-8a) and Cam Hocker (15g-3a). The Knights were 7-6 after a disappointing 11-10 overtime loss to Pittsford in the semifinals.  Full Story

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: After a 1-1 first quarter, Waterloo scored three unanswered goals against Midlakes-Red Jacket to take a 4-1 lead into the halftime break. The Screaming Eagles came back in the third with three unanswered goals to tie the game 4-4. After many trips up and down the field, Waterloo scored two goals to finish with a 6-4 win in their season opener. Full Story