2006 Championships

June 2, 2006 - The Section Five Tournament is now complete and the Champions have been crowned. Geneva wasted no time and scored six first quarter goals on their way to a victory over top seeded Brighton, 11-3. Penn Yan played a very close game but won 6-3 in their game with Waterloo and in the last game of the night, it was Penfield and a high energy and tension filled game as they posted a 12-8 win over Schroeder.
  
 The first game of the day saw the top seeded Barons of Brighton playing the second seeded Panthers of Geneva. The Panthers wasted no time as they scored six first quarter goals while holding the Barons to a single goal. Junior midfielder John Warner, scored the first two of his four goals at 10:53 and then again, less than thirty seconds later (both unassisted).
  
Sophomore middie Sean Bennett scored an unassisted goal at 8:47 after he picked up a loose ground ball. Tim Williams scored Brighton's goal in man up with an assist from Robbie Asselin at 6:53, but Geneva came back with three more to end the quarter. John Manion scored an unassisted goal on a drive from behind the cage at 4:09 and less than thirty seconds later Warner scored on a drive from the front. RG Gringeri, who had an amazing day facing off for the Panthers, scored (unassisted) to end the quarter with Geneva up 6-1.
  
The second quarter belonged to Geneva as they added three more while holding Brighton scoreless. Sean Braman scored on a feed from Kyle Boncaro at 9:56 and again (unassisted) at 3:38. Boncaro ended the scoring for the half with a man up goal and a feed from Greg Bonney with 0:36 left. The Panthers led at the half 9-1.
  
Geneva's Willy Rago used an inside roll dodge to score a man up goal at 10:23 to start the third quarter. Warner ended the scoring for the Panthers with an unassisted goal at 8:31. The Barons scored at 1:58 when Asselin took the ball from the front of the goal and scored with a shot high and off stick. Brighton scored the only goal of the last quarter as Justin Hillery scored an unassisted goal.
 
The Barons end their season with a 12-6 record. They did not go home empty handed however as they were awarded this year's Team Sportsmanship Award by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association. "The award is presented to the team whose players, coaches and fans exemplify the true meaning of sportsmanship."

The Panthers will face the winner of the NYS out bracket game between teams from Section Six and Section Ten, which will be played on Saturday. The next game for Geneva will be on Tuesday although the site and time are still to be determined.  

 After a loss to West Genesee in the first game of the year, the Penn Yan Mustangs have gone on to win the last twenty games in a row, but this one, against the number two seeded Waterloo Indians was a close game throughout the forty-eight minutes. Steven Carlson, named recently by the Finger Lakes Coaches to the USLacrosse All America team scored the only goal of the first quarter for the Mustangs with an assist from fellow All American, Dan Mesler.
  
Mesler scored an unassisted goal just 0:39 seconds into the second quarter. Sophomore midfielder, Ryan Cook gave the Mustangs a 3-0 lead with an unassisted goal at 7:55. Josh Mateo ended the quarter's scoring with an unassisted goal at 1:22 when he moved the ball down field on a clear and then drove to the goal to score the first goal for Waterloo. The Mustangs led at the half 3-1.
  
Excellent defensive play by the Indians and patience in their offense allowed Waterloo to keep the game close and they brought the score within one when Mateo scored just 1:07 into the third quarter when he received a pass from Nelson Boyd. The Mustangs extended their lead with a goal in the last minute of the quarter when Ben Odell took a pass from Dan McGuffie and Penn Yan ended the third quarter up 4-2.
  
Penn Yan scored two more goals in the fourth quarter, starting with another goal from Odell (assisted by Carlson) and ending with a goal from freshman middie John Linan with an assist from Mesler. The last goal of the game was scored by Waterloo's Mike Ruiz with an assist from Mateo at 4:56 and the Mustangs won their 9th consecutive Section Five Championship with the 6-3 victory over Waterloo.
  
The Mustangs will play their next game on Tuesday, although the time an place will not be determined until Saturday's out bracket game between Sections Six and Ten.

 Although the crowd was much larger, the same high tension and constant excitement continued into the Class A final where Penfield captured the title with a 12-8 win over Webster Schroeder.
 
Penfield scored the first goal, at 9:01 when Dave Malone scored on a feed from Mike Arvan, but Schroeder returned five seconds later with an unassisted goal by Grant Catalino. After a number of trips up and down the field, Scott Serron scored for Penfield (assisted by Ben Foster) and then scored again seven seconds later with a pass from the face off won by Kelly McKenna. With the Patriots up 3-1, Penfield scored at 4:43 on an unassisted goal by Foster. Catalino scored another unassisted goal for the Warriors on a bull dodge past two Patriot defender to take the score to 4-2. Penfield ended the first quarter with a goal by McKenna, assisted by Arvan and the Patriots took a 5-2 lead into the second quarter.
  
Although every ground ball seemed to be "the most important one of the game", the Patriots continued to add points as Serron scored with an assist from Arvan at 9:06. Webster returned at 7:26 with an unassisted goal by Austin Orsini, but Penfield scored two more before ending the half up 8-3. McKenna scored on a pass from Arvan and Arvan scored on a feed from Foster.
  
Webster Schroeder picked up ground in the third quarter, outscoring the Patriots 2-1 and ended the quarter with Penfield in the lead 9-5. Catalino scored another unassisted goal at 6:27 and Arvan came back at 1:46 with an unassisted goal. Thirty-three seconds later, Webster's Chris Ferry closed the quarter with an unassisted goal.
  
Although in the end, both teams scored three goals in the last quarter, there was a feeling that the Warriors were capable of staging a come back. Foster scored first with a feed from Arvan and Connor Rice added one at 5:34 (assisted by Foster) to give the Patriots a 11-5 lead, but Schroeder returned with two quick goals and then another The first was by Andy Winslow (assisted by John Pawluck), the second was by Catalino (unassisted) and the last was by Nick Mooney (assisted by Jay Willmes). Penfield ended the game with Serron's last goal which was assisted by defenseman Alex Nowak.
  
Senior goalie Dennis Costanza recorded 16 saves for the Warriors, a number of which brought the fans to their feet. Brian Dell, likewise made a number of dramatic saves and ended the game with nine saves.

Penfield will advance to the Western Regionals, at Canisius College in Buffalo on Tuesday. The time will be determined on Sunday.