Week In Review - Week 3

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 fourty-three games played last week. There are seventy-seven out of section games scheduled and 32 have been played. Section V teams have won 18 and lost 41 (56%). There are only four undefeated teams at this point (McQuaid Jesuit at 7-0, Pal-Mac at 4-0, HFL at 4-0, and East United-Eastridge at 5-0).

Looking Back

On Monday we witnessed the total eclipse. School was still on break and there were no games scheduled.

On Tuesday  There were nine games played and all of them were won by more than three goals. Winners included Aquinas, Irondequoit, Penfield, Canandaigua, Newark, Midlakes-Red Jacket and HFL.

On Wednesday Head Coach Joe Hill made the coaches 200 club with the Pal-Mac win over the Lakers.

On Thursday There were 12 games played  and a whole bunch of close games under wet and rainy conditions. Livonia-Avon, HFL, Penfield and Victor each won their games by one goal.

On Friday  There were 4 games played and 2 were close ones. East United-Eastridge was a 6-4 winner over Midlakes-Red Jacket. Nichols was a 7-5 winner over Rush-Henrietta. 

On Saturday There were 16 games played and 8 were close ones. Baldwinsville defeated Canandaigua 5-4. Wayne was a 12-10 winner over Bloomfield-Honeoye and Hilton was a 8-7 winner over Horseheads. Aquinas defeated Canisius by a score of 8-7. Greece Storm defeated Eden by a score of 8-6. Victor was a 10-9 winner over Niskayuna. Penn Yan was a 4-3 winner over Clarence and West Genesee was a 10-8 winner over Penfield. 

Looking Ahead

There are forty-three scheduled contests this week and lots of good lacrosse to tap.

The Monday schedule has three games with Whitman at Pal-Mac, C-C at Geneva and Bat-ND at Lewiston-Porter.

There are eleven games scheduled for Tuesday including Canandaigua at Orchard Park. OP beat Fairport and lost to Pittsford earlier in the season. HFL is at Spencerport and Bloomfield-Honeoye is at Mynderse. Irondequoit is at Schroeder. Both teams are at 3-2.

There are two games set for Wednesday. Marcus Whitman is at Geneva and Brockport is at Batavia-Notre Dame.

On Thursday there are ten scheduled games. Among some to see are Churchville-Chili will play at Greece Olympia and Irondequoit at Penfield but expect a number of mismatches on Thursday.

On Friday, Fairport is at Aquinas, which should interesting. Brockport is at Gates and Bishop Kearney opens their season at East United-Eastridge. The game is scheduled at Eastridge on Friday night.

Saturday has a dozen games on deck, including quite a good number of interesting ones. Greece is at Livonia, Irondequoit plays Ithaca (NOTE: the rSchool schedule says the game is at Ithaca, but also says that Irondequoit is home. We will try to give that sorted out.) Brighton is a Spencerport, Gananda is at Batavia, Penn Yan is at Geneva for their annual match and Jamesville DeWit is at Canandaigua. You may want to check out Wayne at Churchville-Chili or Tully at Pal-Mac.

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Lots of Mismatches Today

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - There were nine games played today and all of them were won by more than three goals.  Full Story

East United, McQuaid, HFL, Canandaigua Win Today

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McQuaid Takes Loveland

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Schroeder, Marcus Whitman and HFL Get Wins

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Canandaigua in a Close Win

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Irondequoit Wins in Overtime

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Week In Review - Week 1

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Braden Finger Scores Game winner for Penn Yan in 3rd OT

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Spencerport and Fairport Win Games

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