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It's hard to believe it but the 2013 scholastic regular season is over. Over eleven hundred varsity players played in over
three hundred and thirty games. After the regular season, the Tournament Season starts with the Sectional Tournament which will crown champions on Tuesday, May 28th at St. John Fisher College. Class B will be played at 3:45, Class C will begin at 5:15 and Class A will begin at 7:30.
This year Section Five will host three New York State Tournament including the Championships on June 8th. The state quarter finals will see Section Five Champions playing the Section Six Champions on Saturday, June 1st. The semi finals will be played on Wednesday, June 5th and the NYS Championships will be held on Saturday, June 8th. See the Tournament page for more information on the post-season play.
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Friday: Penfield Takes Fairport, Victor Takes Irondequoit
May 22, 2013 - The semi final rounds were held in each of the three classes today and there were surprises, as top seeded Fairport was defeated by Penfield (#4) and Victor beats second seeded Irondequoit. Thomas had a come from behind victory against Pittsford and Canandaigua, Geneva and Penn Yan won their games and will move on to the finals.
The winners will play on Championship Day, Tuesday, May 28th at St. John Fisher College. See the brackets here.
Pal-Mac - Geneva | Aquinas - Penn Yan | Penfield - Fairport | Pittsford - Thomas | Churchville-Chili - Canandaigua | Victor - Irondequoit |
Penfield 10 - Fairport 8
Fri - May 24, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Eastridge
Record: 15-3
Record: 11-7
The book for Fairport: Justin Kesselring (4g-1a), Allen Thibodeau (1a), Marc Sweeney (2a), Dan McAvoy (1g-1a), Max Gerling (2g), Kevin Vaughn (1g-1a), Goaltending: Jake Newkirk 13s/10ga = 57% (48 mins).
The book for Penfield: Connor Russell (1g-1a), Max Spaan (2g-1a), Carter Jordan (1g), Andrew Schoeneck (1g-3a), Brian Wall (2g), Jonathan Spaan (1a), Jake Sproule (2g), Mitch Standera (1g-1a) Goaltending: Liam Guiton 10s/8ga = 56% (48 mins).
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Fourth seeded Penfield received payback on top seeded Fairport for last year’s Section Five Finals defeat. Penfield scored the last four goals to tie the game and then win 10-8 over the Red Raiders. The game went back and forth for its entirety. Both teams had opportunities, but it was the Patriots capitalizing on them more often (especially later in the game) that led to the win. As the game progressed, the Patriots bench became more and more excited with every goal or defensive stop and the Red Raiders seemed 
to get more and more frustrated. No matter how much the Red Raider coaching staff told the team that there was still plenty of time and opportunities, Fairport seemed to lose steam. The Red Raiders did not score in the final twenty minutes of the contest. They rushed many shots and put many directly into the stick of Penfield goalie Liam Guiton who finished at 56% with ten saves. On the other hand, Penfield was full of energy and no matter how many times Fairport scored, the Patriots were ready for the next play and ready to prove they belonged in the finals.
Fairport scored the first goal during man-up. Justin Kesselring scored with an outside shot off a pass from Kevin Vaughn with 6:59 remaining in the opening quarter. A little less than two minutes later Penfield scored their first goal. Max Spaan took the ball behind the cage and drove to the net. After the slide, Spaan found Brian Wall open on the crease for the goal. The first quarter ended with the score tied 1-1.
The scoring exploded in the second quarter with Fairport adding five and Penfield adding three. The Red Raider scored two goals in less than thirty seconds. They scored from two face off fast breaks in a row. The first was scored after Kyle Pendall directed the ball from the face off to long stick middie, Marc Sweeney. Sweeney picked the ball up and found Kesselring at the top of the fast break triangle and
Kesselring put the ball into the back of the net. 0:21 later, after winning another face off, Vaughn took the ball and drove straight at the net to give the Red Raiders a two goal lead. The Patriots fought back to tie the game. The first goal was scored after a time-out. Andrew Schoeneck started with the ball behind the cage and drove around before dumping it off to Spaan who was open on the crease. The tying goal began with a ride by Jake Sproule. Sproule knocked the ball away and Jonathan Spaan picked up the loose ball and got it up field to Brian Wall for the goal.
After the score became tied, Fairport scored the next two to go back to their two goal lead. Max Gerling scored back to back points for the Red Raiders. With 1:31 remaining, Penfield's Schoeneck scored an unassisted goal to take the game to within a single goal. Schoeneck scored once again after a timeout and a drive from behind the cage. The final goal of the first half was scored by Kesselring with an outside shot during man-up. Fairport led 6-4 at halftime.
The Red Raiders began the third quarter the same way as they did in the second quarter, with a goal from the opening face-off. Long stick midfielder Allen Thibodeau picked up the ball from the wing line and passed it to Kesselring for his fourth goal of the game. There was a fast-break from the next face-off as well. This time it was Penfield senior, Connor Russell with an unassisted goal. Russell finished winning 73% at the face off draw. Two minutes later Penfield once again brought the game within a single goal. Schoeneck fed the ball to M. Spaan for his second goal of the game. The final Fairport goal was scored with 7:58 remaining in the third quarter. Dan McAvoy scored on an unassisted drive down the side of the restraining line. Penfield scored one more goal in the third quarter before adding three unanswered goals in the fourth quarter. The last two goals of the game were both scored during man-up. The Red Raiders had the last four penalties of the contest.
In the cage for Fairport, Jake Newkirk finished with 13 saves. Defenseman Joe Arcarese finished with five ground balls to lead the Red Raiders. For Penfield, Russell led his team in ground balls with twelve. Of those ten were from face-offs. LSM TJ Szatko finished with five ground balls for the Patriots.
Next up for Penfield is a Championship game against Webster Thomas, which will be played next Tuesday, May 28th at 7:30 on the campus of St. John Fischer College in Pittsford. It will be the last game of the night, with the Class B game starting at 3:45 and the Class B game starting at 5:15.
Geneva 11 - Pal-Mac 4
Fri - May 24, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Waterloo
Record: 17-1
Record: 13-5
The book for Geneva: Drew Feinberg (1g-2a), Kyle Cosentino (1g), Matt Miller (5g), Sean Cunningham (1g-5a), Jesse Singleton (3g), Goaltending: Derek Grillone 15s/4ga = 79% (48 mins).
The book for Pal-Mac: AJ Hems (1g-1a), Jarett Duchesneau (1a), Ben Reeves (3g), Goaltending: Jack DeMeyers 18s/11ga = 62% (48 mins).
Victor 7 - Irondequoit 5
Fri - May 24, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Schroeder
Record: 10-8
Record: 10-8
The book for Irondequoit: No report from Irondequoit.
The book for Victor: Kyle Haslinger (1a), Jordon Hodder (4g), Sam Byassee (1g-1a), Luke Bartkoski (1g-2a), Roy Young (1g) Goaltending: Troy Dowdle 11s/5ga = 69% (48 mins).
-- Game NOTE: For the second time this year, Victor defeated Irondequoit, this time for a trip to the Class B championship round where they will play top seeded Canandaigua.
Penn Yan 15 - Aquinas 9
Fri - May 24, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Waterloo
Record: 13-4
Record: 12-5
The book for Penn Yan: Bradley Voigt (7g-3a), Rion Davison (1g-2a), Ryan Maciejewski (4g-4a), Andrew Perl (3g-1a), Sean Emerson (1a), Goaltending: Brandon Maciejewski 10s/9ga = 53% (48 mins).
The book for Aquinas: No report from Aquinas.
Canandaigua 15 - Churchville-Chili 2
Fri - May 24, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Schroeder
Record: 12-6
Record: 10-8
The book for Canandaigua: Connor Hulme (2g-1a), Brian Feldman (2g), Eric Munn (4g), Connor Moore (1g-1a), Mitchell Schaefer (2g), Dan LaCrosse (2g-2a), Shane Kenyon (1g), Trevor Dobies (1a), Ben Smith-Wilcox (1g), Goaltending: Michael Cuciti 8s/2ga = 80% (36 mins), Luke MacNeil 2s/0ga = 100% (7 mins), Jon Gelinas 1s/0ga = 100% (5 mins).
The book for Churchville-Chili: Trevor Hodgins (1g), Jake Mortier (1g) Goaltending: Mike Yehl 10s/13ga (36 mins), Matt Cobb 4s/2ga = 67% (12 mins).
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Thomas 7 - Pittsford 5
Fri - May 24, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Eastridge
Record: 16-2
Record: 14-4
The book for Thomas: Kevin Hill (2a), Justin Bird (1g), Jake Giudice (3g), Nick Schuman (2g-1a), John Hill (1g), Goaltending: John Bezek 14s/5ga = 74% (46 mins), Alex Gulisano 1s/0ga = 100% (2 mins).
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The book for Pittsford: Stephen Quinzi (1g), Ben Overslaugh (1g-1a), Brandon Barker (3g-1a), James Felix (1a) Goaltending: Kevin Maguire 6s/7ga (48 mins).
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Goalie John Bezek stepped up in the fourth quarter to send second seeded Webster Thomas to their first Section Five Finals since 2010. After having lost by a single goal the last two seasons, the Titans are ready for their shot at the title. Thomas defeated third seeded Pittsford 7-5 in the second game of the Class A semifinals. Bezek finished the fourth quarter with eight saves and only one extra-man goal allowed (89%). In the previous three quarters he made six saves and allowed four goals. Bezek was a force between the pipes and made it difficult for Pittsford to score. Pittsford midfielder Brandon Barker finished with 3g-1a for the Panthers and kept up the pressure in the final quarter with four shots (three saves by Bezek).
The Titans opened up the game with the first two goals of the contest. The first goal of the game was scored by Justin Bird. After hearing from the sidelines that "he can't go left", Bird drove down the right side restraining line and put a left-handed shot into the upper corner for the goal. Less than one minute later Thomas scored their first man-up goal. Nick Schuman scored an unassisted goal for the Titans. Overall, Thomas scored two man-up goals on eight attempts. Combined, there were sixteen penalties between the two teams including three time serving 30 second conduct fouls and four more change of possession conduct fouls. Pittsford scored their opening goal with 2:39 remaining in the quarter. Barker scored unassisted for the point. Thomas scored once again to finish the quarter with Kevin Hill finding Jake Giudice across the crease on another man-up play. Thomas led 3-1 going into the second quarter.
The second quarter had no scoring and eight penalties. The teams went back and forth with a lot of run and gun offense (18 clearing attempts combined). In the third quarter Thomas scored first. Kevin Hill fed John Hill with an inside crease feed that left Pittsford goalie Kevin Maguire out of position. Maguire finished with 6 saves for the
Panthers. Barker scored the next two goals for the Panthers. The first was an unassisted goal after he picked up the loose ball on the crease. The second was a pipe in shot with a feed from James Felix. Thomas scored the next goal on a drive to the cage by Giudice with 3:13 remaining in the third quarter. One minute later Barker added his assist. He crossed the ball over to Ben Overslaugh on the far side of the crease and didn't give Bezek a chance. Pittsford's goal took the game within a single point going into the final quarter (5-4 Thomas).
In the final quarter, Thomas scored first with a straight dodge from Schuman with 9:11 remaining in the game. Five minutes later Pittsford scored their man-up goal with an outside shot from Stephen Quinzi (assisted by Overslaugh). Pittsford kept up their shooting. They outshot Thomas 13-4 in the final quarter. Thomas added the last goal of the game with 1:10 remaining. Pittsford was extended, attempting to take the ball, and Schuman found Giudice open in front of the cage for the easy goal.
Due to a penalty, Alex Gulisano played two minutes between the pipes in the second quarter and recorded one save for Thomas. Leading the Titans in ground balls was midfielder Justin Bird with six. Schuman and defenseman Alex Armstrong finished with four and defenseman Ryan Nugent finished with five. For Pittsford, attackman Albie DiPasquale and defenseman Nick Panara finished with five ground balls each. DiPasquale, usually a prolific scorer for the Panthers, was held scoreless by the Titan defense with only seven shots (five on cage).
Penfield (#4) will face Thomas (#2) in the Class A finals on Tuesday, May 28th. The game will be played at 7:30 on the campus of St. John Fisher College. It will be the last of the three games which will start with the Class B Championship at 3:45 and then the Class C game starting at 5:15.
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Wednesday: All Top Seeds Win in Quarter Finals
Next up are the semi finals which will be played on Friday at three sites. The Class A games will be held at Eastridge. The 5:00 game will see Fairport (#1) vs Penfield (#4). The second game (7:00 pm) will see Thomas (#2) vs Pittsford (#3).
The Class B games will be played at Webster Schroeder High School. The 5:00 game will have Irondequoit (#2) playing Victor (#3). The 7:00 game have Canandaigua (#1) playing Churchville-Chili (#4). [ Irondequoit is playing first so that players may attend their senior prom. ]
The Class C games will be played at Waterloo. Up first will be Geneva (#1) playing Pal-Mac (#4) at 5:00. Then Penn Yan (#2) will play Aquinas (#3).
The winners will play on Championship Day, Tuesday, May 28th at St. John Fisher College. See the brackets here.
Arc/Oly - Fairport | Hilton - Penfield | Schroeder - Pittsford | Rush-Henrietta - Thomas | Eastridge - Canandaigua | McQuaid Jesuit - Churchville-Chili | Brighton - Victor | Spencerport - Irondequoit | HFL - Geneva | Gananda - Pal-Mac | Livonia - Penn Yan | Mynderse - Aquinas |
Penfield 16 - Hilton 9
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Penfield
Record: 10-7
Record: 11-6
The book for Penfield: Ryan Fulton (2g), Connor Russell (3g), Max Spaan (1a), Anthony Mitchell (1g), Charlie Cummins (1a), Andrew Schoeneck (4g-2a), Brian Wall (2g), Jonathan Spaan (2g-2a), Jake Sproule (1g), Mitch Standera (1g-3a), Goaltending: Liam Guiton 4s/5ga (42 mins), Nick Presicci 0s/4ga (6 mins).
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The book for Hilton: Harold Juergens (1g), Justin Goodrich (1g), Dante Giordano (1g-1a), Derek Richards (1a), Alex Milliken (2g), Ryan Streb (1g), Teddy Alvarado (1g), Riley Flanagan (2a), Adam Williams (1a), Ricky Cocilova (1g-1a), Shawn Kimble (1g-1a) Goaltending: Jarod Kimble 4s/15ga (35 mins), Mark Detroia 3s/1ga = 75% (13 mins).
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Geneva 14 - HFL 3
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Geneva
Record: 16-1
Record: 10-8
The book for Geneva: Eddie Eddington (1g), Drew Feinberg (1g-3a), Matt Miller (1g), Bobby Sollenne (2g-1a), Sean Cunningham (6g-1a), Jesse Singleton (3g), Goaltending: Jake Sahrle 0s/1ga (3 mins), Derek Grillone 12s/3ga = 80% (45 mins).
The book for HFL: Ryan Kelly (2g), Peter Pluta (1a), Brandon Lewis (1g), Goaltending: Bryce Kelly 9s/14ga (45 mins), Ben Halleran 0s/0ga (3 mins).
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-- NOTE:An power outage kept Geneva from filing a report on game night.
Pal-Mac 14 - Gananda 11
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Pal-Mac HS
Record: 13-4
Record: 13-5
The book for Pal-Mac: Jarett Duchesneau (3a), Tyler Hurlbutt (3g-1a), Stephen Morrell (1g), Ben Reeves (5g-5a), Jeremiah Ubbink (3g), AJ Hems (2g), Goaltending: Jack DeMeyers 14s/11ga = 56% (48 mins).
The book for Gananda: Dylan Joy (1g), Josh Anken (1a), Riley Palmer (2g-1a), Kyle Lombardozzi (1g), Zach Rink (3g-2a), Nick Rapp (1g-1a), Colin Brillian (3g-1a) Goaltending: Brandon Smith 10s/13ga (48 mins).
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Pittsford 7 - Schroeder 3
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Fisher
Record: 14-3
Record: 7-10
The book for Pittsford: Stephen Quinzi (2g), Ben Overslaugh (1g), Andrew Rodenhouse (1a), Albie DiPasquale (4a), Brad Schumacher (3g), Brandon Barker (1a), James Felix (1g-1a), Goaltending: Kevin Maguire 6s/3ga = 67% (48 mins).
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The book for Schroeder: Keenan Denis (2g), Kenny Nelson (1a), Marco DeBole (1g) Goaltending: Willie Klan 17s/7ga = 71% (48 mins).
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Churchville-Chili 9 - McQuaid Jesuit 3
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Churchville-Chili
Record: 10-7
Record: 7-10
The book for Churchville-Chili: Aaron Buck (1g), Trevor Hodgins (1g), Lucas Blaszyk (1a), Joey Johnson (3g), Jake Mortier (2g-2a), Ryan Cosgrove (1g), Danny Kobler (1g), Goaltending: Mike Yehl 11s/3ga = 79% (47 mins), Jamie Cullen 0s/0ga (1 mins).
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The book for McQuaid Jesuit: Zach Ettinghausen (1g), Jake Merkel (1a), Joe Hayes (1g), Jake Gleason (1g-1a), Goaltending: Dylan Sulzbach 16s/8ga = 67% (46 mins), Kenny Hall 0s/1ga (2 mins).
Irondequoit 18 - Spencerport 5
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Irondequoit
Record: 10-7
Record: 7-10
The book for Irondequoit: Ben Brooks (3g), Joel Roemer (4g-1a), Danny Pignato (3g-2a), Daniel Doktor (2g-4a), Jacy Karpovage (1g-1a), Mitchell Culver (1g), Nicholas Pignato (1g), Ian Mohr (2g-1a), Andy Schwin (1g-1a), Goaltending: Alex Shoemaker 7s/3ga = 70% (26 mins), Jake Dougherty 1s/1ga = 50% (3 mins), John Venner 4s/1ga = 80% (19 mins).
The book for Spencerport: Jeremy Powers (1g), Kasey Olsen (1g), Brandon Ellis (1a), Matt Kaser (2g-1a), Colin Mcelligott (1g), Goaltending: Connor MacKenzie 8s/17ga (48 mins).
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Thomas 18 - Rush-Henrietta 6
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Thomas
Record: 15-2
Record: 6-11
The book for Thomas: Kevin Hill (2g), Caleb Humbert (1g), Justin Bird (1g-1a), Mitch Hutteman (1g-1a), Jake Giudice (2g-2a), Travis Ford (1g), Adam Jollow (2g-1a), Nick Schuman (2g), Aaron Jollow (2g), John Hill (4g-1a), Goaltending: John Bezek 4s/4ga = 50% (33 mins), Dean O`Neil 0s/1ga (6 mins), Alex Gulisano 1s/1ga = 50% (9 mins).
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The book for Rush-Henrietta: Tyler Gerhardt (1a), Sean Tomkinson (1g-2a), Matt Hair (1g), Nick Lenhard (1g), Nick Binnert (3g) Goaltending: McKenzie Spooner 19s/18ga = 51% (48 mins).
Victor 13 - Brighton 4
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Victor
Record: 9-8
Record: 6-11
The book for Victor: Dan Barrow (1g), Kyle Haslinger (3g-1a), Jordon Hodder (4g), Sam Byassee (1g-3a), Ryan Maloney (2a), Eric Haney (1g), Roy Young (1g), Alec DeCarlo (1a), Kyle Collins (2g), Goaltending: Troy Dowdle 7s/3ga = 70% (43 mins), Matt Draveck 1s/1ga = 50% (5 mins).
The book for Brighton: Max Coke (1g), Casey Kopp (1a), Greg Shinaman (1g), Austin Carr (1g), Andy Wong (1g) Goaltending: Andy Wong 15s/13ga = 54% (48 mins).
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Canandaigua 14 - Eastridge 2
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Canandaigua
Record: 11-6
Record: 3-14
The book for Canandaigua: Connor Moore (3a), Nick Johnson (1g), Matt Boseck (1a), Mitchell Schaefer (1g-3a), Trevor Dobies (1a), Ben Smith-Wilcox (1g), Connor Hulme (3g), Eric Munn (4g-2a), Dan LaCrosse (1g-1a), Brian Feldman (2g-1a), Nathan Bellis (1g), Goaltending.
The book for Eastridge: Anthony Suero (1g), Mike DeSantis (1g), Anthony Coffaro (1a) Goaltending: Chris Doktor 16s/14ga = 53% (48 mins).
Fairport 15 - Arc/Oly 2
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 7:30 PM
at Fairport
Record: 15-2
Record: 8-9
The book for Fairport: Jay Vakiener (1g), Jordan Growney (1g-1a), Dan McAvoy (1g-1a), Max Gerling (3g-3a), Jack Sanna (1a), CT Bove (4g-3a), Kacin Welch (1g), Kevin Vaughn (1a), Cameron Gebhardt (3g-1a), Josh Halter (1g), Goaltending: Jake Newkirk 1s/1ga = 50% (26 mins), Joey Scalise 0s/1ga (11 mins).
The book for Arc/Oly: Sergio Rosado (1g), Bryan Collister (1g) Goaltending: Josh Hovey 14s/15ga (36 mins).
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-- Game NOTE: Due to weather conditions the game was called with 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
Aquinas 17 - Mynderse 5
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Aquinas
Record: 12-4
Record: 12-6
The book for Aquinas: Jamison Whitfield (1g-2a), Greer Leva (3g-1a), Alex Bianchi (5g-2a), Jonathan Perotto (1g-2a), Terrance Richards (1a), Jonathan Olbrich (3g), Billy Lombardi (4g), Goaltending: Andrew Kausch 3s/3ga = 50% (14 mins), Alex Uhlein 4s/2ga = 67% (34 mins).
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The book for Mynderse: Justin Hlywa (3g-1a), Mike Barbay (2g), Aaron Peterman (2a), Goaltending: Tim Trickler 15s/17ga (48 mins).
Penn Yan 16 - Livonia 2
Wed - May 22, 2013 - 5:00 PM
at Penn Yan
Record: 12-4
Record: 12-6
The book for Penn Yan: Rion Davison (3g-2a), Sean Emerson (1g), Corey Grace (1g-1a), Austin Fingar (1g-1a), Andrew Perl (5g), Brett McMichael (1g-1a), Bradley Voigt (1g-3a), Ryan Maciejewski (3g-2a), Goaltending: Gage Ponsetti 0s/0ga (8 mins), Brandon Maciejewski 11s/2ga = 85% (40 mins).
The book for Livonia: Mitchell Kinney (1g), Josh Wester (1g), Derek Bishopp (1a), Goaltending: Jordan Cauwels 4s/15ga (36 mins), John Stockslader 0s/1ga (12 mins).
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2013 All-American Selected by Coaches
May 22, 2013 -
The Head Coaches of Section Five met on Sunday afternoon to listen to the presentations of twenty-three players who had been nominated for All-America team honors. The awards, sponsored by US Lacrosse, identify some of the best players from each area of the country.
In previous years, the national awards were selected by various leagues. This year, for the third year, the Head Coaches of thirty-seven teams came together to pick the players to receive the various awards.
The Academic All-American award is the highest honor given to a player who is both a great lacrosse player and an excellent student. US Lacrosse allows one award for each ten teams in the area and so there were three awards for Section Five this year. An Academic All-American must, first be selected as All American and then, where warranted, can be nominated as the result of their academic accomplishments. Eight players were nominated for the award this year.
The All-American award is given to great lacrosse players from the area. US Lacrosse allows one award for each five teams in the area, so with thirty-seven teams in Section Five, there were seven awards available this year. Twenty-seven players were nominated, but after the first team league lists were determined twenty-three players were considered. USLacrosse requires that players who are in leagues must make first team league honors in order to be considered.
New last year, USLacrosse added an award named for the long-time Johns Hopkins lacrosse coach and Athletic Director, Bob Scott. The annual award is given to a senior of outstanding character, good academic standing and one who demonstrates good sportsmanship and safe play. Read about the award and Coach Scott at the USLacrosse site. The winner from Section Five, this year, was Brockport goalie, Julian King.
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Monday: The Tournaments Begin with Class C Games
May 20, 2013 - The 2013 Section Five Tournaments began today with Claus C out-bracket games for eight teams. While the top four seeds received a bye in the first round, teams seeded seven through twelve played today and all four of the top seeded teams won their games. HF-L beat Wayne 6-3, Gananda defeated Bath 20-13 and Livonia defeated Marcus Whitman 21-4. In the most exciting game of the first round, Mynderse beat Waterloo 5-4 in overtime.
Next up: The quarter finals in all three classes. See the brackets here.
Wayne - HFL | Bath - Gananda | Marcus Whitman - Livonia | Waterloo - Mynderse |
Mynderse 5 - Waterloo 4 in Overtime
Mon - May 20, 2013 - 7:00 PM
at Mynderse
Record: 12-5
Record: 7-10
The book for Mynderse: Ben Cafolla (1g), Francis Leddy (1a), Mike Barbay (1g), Aaron Peterman (2g), Mike Millis (1g), Goaltending: Tim Trickler 14s/4ga = 78% (50 mins).
The book for Waterloo: Mike Wright (1g), Tim Brown (3g), Tim Wright (4a) Goaltending: Mark Campbell 8s/5ga = 62% (50 mins).
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Two evenly matched teams came to Mynderse Academy stadium to face off in an out bracket game for the Class C tournament. The Indians forced overtime with the final goal of the fourth quarter and then won the game 5-4 with an unassisted goal from A
aron Peterman with 2:10 remaining in the first overtime period.
The game was a story of three momentum changes. The first began with Mynderse controlling the first quarter. The Blue Devils won the first two face offs on technical wins and had the first shots at the cage. They converted on two of their first five shots. The opening goal of the contest was scored on a drive from behind by Peterson. He came three yards off the crease and put the ball high past Waterloo goalie Mark Campbell. Campbell finished with 13 saves for the Indians (62%). Two and a half minutes later the Blue Devils scored again. Their goal came from an interception during a clear with Ben Cafolla intercepting the pass and taking the ball all the way to the goal. Mynderse led 2-0 after the first quarter. In the first quarter, Mynderse defenseman Brody Bently stepped up with two one-on-one takes and helped control the Waterloo offense. Bently at LSM and Mike Millis at close defense were key components to the Mynderse victory.
Mynderse added their third goal just over a minute into the second quarter. The play began with Francis Leddy coming from behind the cage. He drove in and made an impressive pinpoint pass through the defenseman to Mike Barbay for the goal. Approximately halfway through the quarter the Indians started to make strides and change the momentum to their favor. The Blue Devils only took two more shots in the rest of the quarter and only two additional shots in the fourth quarter. Mynderse did not score again for twenty-four minutes and were held to just those four shots in that time. To compare, the Indians took nine shots in the second quarter and another eleven in the third quarter. Although of the twenty shots spanning the second and third quarters only ten were on cage (including their four goals). With 2:21 remaining in the first half, Tim Wright started on a dead ball behind the cage. He drove towards the cage and, after a slide, found Tim Brown open on the crease for the first Indian goal of the night. 1:05 later Wright set up the same move, only this time he drove from the left sideline. The Blue Devils led 3-2 going into halftime.
In the third quarter, the Indians kept up their pressure and their dominance of the game. With 5:36 remaining in the third quarter, Wright stepped up behind the cage. He ran at the goal and found Mike Wright open on the crease for the tying goal. Four minutes later Waterloo took their first and only lead of the game. Wright assisted his fourth goal straight with a feed to Brown. This time he fed from the outside to the crease without a dodge first. Waterloo led 4-3 going into the final quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Mynderse kept their shot count down only adding four shots (two on cage). They scored the tying goal with 10:24 remaining in the game when Millis picked off a pass on the clearing attempted and took the ball in for the goal. Waterloo attempted to take the lead back. They took twelve shots in the final quarter. Wright, a senior, held his team high and fought back to keep the Indians in the game. He had the last shot of the game for Waterloo, but Mynderse goalie Time Trickler came up with a save to send the game to overtime. Trickler finished with 14 saves and an impressive 78% day between the pipes.
In the overtime period, Mynderse won the face off and had the first chance at the ball. They could not get a shot off before Waterloo took the ball back on bad pass. Defenseman Nicholas Stenberg picked up the loose ball and cleared the ball up the field. Stenberg led his team in ground balls with six. The Indians could not control the ball and it was immediately taken back by Ruairi Orlando. Barbay picked up the loose ball and brought it back over the midfield line when Mynderse called a timeout at 2:17 remaining. Peterman started with the ball after the overtime and after dodging past two defenseman, bounced the ball into the top corner of the cage past Campbell to secure the Blue Devils victory.
Mynderse moves on to play at Aquinas in Wednesday's quarter final round.
Livonia 21 - Marcus Whitman 4
Mon - May 20, 2013 - 7:00 PM
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Record: 12-5
Record: 7-10
The book for Livonia: Mitchell Kinney (2g-5a), Levi Rizzo (1g), Steven Curci (1g), Jack Simpson (3a), Dustin Ayers (2g-1a), Sean Kidder (1g), Josh Lyons (3g), Josh Wester (6g-2a), Derek Bishopp (3g-4a), Jake Chichester (1g), DiVonte Gieger (1g), Goaltending: Jordan Cauwels 3s/4ga (31 mins), John Stockslader 0s/0ga (17 mins).
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The book for Marcus Whitman: Connor Kelly (3g), Matt Hall (1g), Tyler Dancause (2a), Goaltending: Tanner Smith 0s/7ga (18 mins), Merritt Bailey 12s/14ga (30 mins).
-- Game NOTE: Livonia travels to Penn Yan on Wednesday.
Gananda 20 - Bath 13
Mon - May 20, 2013 - 7:00 PM
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Record: 13-4
Record: 5-11
The book for Gananda: Joe Fisher (1g), Kyler Friesner (9g), Josh Anken (3a), Riley Palmer (1g), Kyle Lombardozzi (1g), Zach Rink (3g-3a), Allyn Sanderson (2a), Nick Rapp (1g-1a), Zach Bingelli (1g-2a), Colin Brillian (3g-1a), Goaltending: Brandon Smith 10s/13ga (48 mins).
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The book for Bath: Michael Rice (4g), Shayne Stonier (1a), Patrick Brewer (3a), Bruce Rinker (5g-2a), Mitch Fuller (4g), Goaltending: Matt Hauryski 7s/20ga (48 mins).
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-- Game NOTE: Gananda will play at Pal-Mac on Wednesday.
HFL 6 - Wayne 3
Mon - May 20, 2013 - 7:00 PM
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Record: 10-7
Record: 9-8
The book for HFL: Connor Flaherty (2g-2a), Tim Breau (2g-1a), Ryan Kelly (1g), Peter Pluta (1g), Goaltending: Bryce Kelly 9s/3ga = 75% (48 mins).
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The book for Wayne: Josh Bowman (1g), Andrew Jenkins (1g), Tim Oddi (1g-1a) Goaltending: Justin Townsend 12s/6ga = 67% (48 mins).
-- In the second closest game of the night, eighth seeded HF-L defeated ninth seeded Wayne, 6-3. The Cougars only led by a single goal with 3:25 remaining in the contest but then scored the last two goals in the final three minutes. The game was a battle of defenses with both goalies finishing over 67%. For Wayne, Justin Townsend finished with 12 saves (67%) and for HF-L, Bryce Kelly finished with 9 saves (75%). HFL defensemen Aidan Papalia (4) and James Haas (2) also stood out on ground ball counts for the Cougars. For Wayne, defensemen Daniel Markwitz and Santana Deanda both had strong nights.
Wayne started the scoring with the only goal of the first half. In the first quarter, Tim Oddi assisted Jake Moss for the Screaming Eagles goal. They held the lead 1-0 until HF-L tied the game with 9:46 remaining in the third quarter. Tim Breau tied the game with an unassisted goal for the Cougars. HF-L kept up the pressure and never trailed for the remainder of the game. Connor Flaherty scored the next goal (also unassisted) before assisting Breau on the third HF-L goal. Wayne fought back and kept the goal close with an unassisted goal from Oddi with 5:16 remaining in the third quarter. The final goal of the third quarter was scored by Flaherty with an assist from Breau. Flaherty’s goal was scored during extra-man offense. HF-L led 4-2 going into the final quarter.
Wayne scored the first goal of the last quarter to make it a one goal game. Andrew Jenkins scored unassisted for the Screaming Eagles. The Cougars added the final two goals in the last three minutes. Peter Pluta and Ryan Kelly scored for HF-L.
The Cougars now move on to play at Geneva on Wednesday.
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May 20, 2013 - Local lacrosse official Pete McCabe will appear on a segment on the HBO program, Real Sports on Tuesday night. Some of the material taped for the show was taken at the Gates at Spencerport game on May 11th.
Pete is a great advocate for sportsmanship and may get a chance to talk about it although the program will most probably focus on the viscous attack Pete suffered when officiated a local semi-pro football game a few years ago.
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The 2013 Tournament Seeds are Announced
Fairport, Canandaigua and Geneva Take Top Seeds
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The last game of the season saw Penn Yan defeating Clarence and that game determined which team in Class A would get the #2 seed and which one would get the #3 seed.
In Class A, Fairport took the top seed, Webster Thomas will take the second seed, Pittsford will be in third and Penfield will be in fourth. Rounding out the eight team tournament are Hilton (5), Webster Schroeder (6), Rush-Henrietta (8) and Greece Lightning (Arc/Oly #8).
In Class B, Canandaigua takes the top seed, Irondequoit takes the second seed, Victor is in third and Churchville-Chili is the fourth seed. The Class B Tournament also has eight teams this year and rounding out the group are McQuaid Jesuit (5), Brighton (6), Spencerport (7) and Eastridge (8). Eastridge and Brockport has identical records that were tied through six tie breaker procedures and went to a coin flip by Lacrosse Chairman, Mike Simon.
In Class C, Geneva is the top seeded team. Penn Yan is in second, Aquinas is third and Pal-Mac is fourth. Rounding out the twelve team tournament are Gananda (5), Mynderse (6), Livonia (7), HF-L (8), Wayne (9), Marcus Whitman (10), Waterloo (11), and Bath (12).
Bracket for Class A, Class B and Class C are available.
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April 28, 2013 - Many lacrosse players wait until the spring to make their decisions relating to continuing their lacrosse careers in college. Although some many sign contracts to play, many more simple enroll as students and play without scholarships.
In this space, we will catch up with some of these players and offer links to more details.
In May, Sam Lopez, Irondequoit defenseman, announced that he will play at Ithaca next year. Allan Smith from Bloomfield-Honeoye decided to study and play at FLCC. Geneva's Bobby Sollenne selected Potsdam.
In April, Brandon Maciejewski announced his decision to commit to playing at Stony Brook after his graduation from Penn Yan next year. On the first day of the spring signing period, Waterloo senior Tim Wright signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his education and to play at Post University. Three Bulldogs signed with GCC and Dante Giordano picked Fisher. HF-L announced two players that are moving on.
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Forty-One Games with Out of Section Opponents
March 22, 2013 - Section Five teams often add exciting games with teams outside the Section. Section 6 (Buffalo) and Section 3 (Syracuse) are favorite areas but some teams take advantage of spring break to visit out parts of the country.
McQuaid Jesuit, for example, has combined travel and games with service projects.
Pittsford will be traveling to Florida during their break to play in a tournament at the Disney Complex. McQuaid Jesuit will also travel to Florida to play a couple of games in Tampa and Penn Yan will continue a multi-year trip to West Point and play Lakeland/Panas (Section 1). Penfield will head to Long Island to play Comsewogue and Sachem.
A total of forty-one games have been scheduled with out of Section opponents this year. Four teams (R-H, Penn Yan, Pittsford and Schroeder) are playing Clarence (Section 6). Three teams (Brockport, Batavia and Newark) are playing Medina (section 6). Penfield and Fairport are playing West Genesee (Section 3) and Pittsford and Penfield are playing Orchard Park (Section 6). Irondequoit and Fairport are playing at Ithaca this year. Fairport is also playing the home-and-home at Jamesville-DeWitt after the Rams played the Red Raiders are Hobart last year. See the whole list. Check the schedule page for up-to-date dates and times as the season progresses. See the list. (Continued...)
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New "FullStat" Data available for Last Year
The team statistics page (Penfield for example) will show leaders in the new categories and player stat pages (Billy Lombardi, for example) will show more than the basic information. Teams that choose not to supply the "FullStats" will continue to see the the basic data that they turn in.
The more comprehensive data includes ground ball production, clear/riding performance, along with shooting data, face off data and takeaways.
Moving forward into 2013, teams providing the expanded data will see the new formats for their players and teams during the season.
For more information about the stats, read, "Where are MY Stats?". To see your own team statistics from 2012, see the "Statistics Home Page" or click the "Stats" button on the "Team page".
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2013 Preseason College Commitments
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May 22, 2013 - The quarter final rounds were held in each of the three classes today and in each case the higher seeded team will advance to the semi-finals. Pal-Mac (#4) played the closest game of the day, beating Gananda (#5) 14-11. Pittsford won a 7-3 game with Schroeder, but the other ten games were mismatches. The winners won by at least six goals and outscored their opponents 150-31. Full Report
May 20, 2012 - The Head Coaches of Section Five met on Sunday afternoon to listen to the presentations of twenty-three players who had been nominated for All-America team honors. The awards, sponsored by US Lacrosse, identify some of the best players from each area of the country. In previous years, the national awards were selected by various leagues. This year, for the third year, the Head Coaches of thirty-seven teams came together to pick the players to receive the various awards. Full Report
May 20, 2013 - The 2013 Section Five Tournaments began today with Claus C out-bracket games for eight teams. While the top four seeds received a bye in the first round, teams seeded seven through twelve played today and all four of the top seeded teams won their games. HF-L beat Wayne 6-3, Gananda defeated Bath 20-13 and Livonia defeated Marcus Whitman 21-4. In the most exciting game of the first round, Mynderse beat Waterloo 5-4 in overtime. Full Report
May 17, 2013 - The last game of the regular season was played and Penn Yan walked away with a 12-4 win over Clarence of Section 6 (Buffalo). Mustang junior goalie Brandon Maciejewski had a 71% day in the cage and picked up six ground balls. Austin Fingar won 15/20 draws and picked up ten ground balls for Penn Yan. Full Report
May 16, 2013 - On the last big day of the regular season, Fairport needed overtime to beat Pittsford 10-9. Later Irondequoit took control of Canandaigua and beat the Braves 11-8. Bath beat Horseheads 17-16. HF-L was a 12-9 winner over Brighton and Pal-Mac defeated Wayne 12-8. Other winner were The Lightning, Batavia, Penfield, Churchville-Chili, Spencerport, Hilton, Aquinas, Mynderse, Marcus Whitman, Rush-Henrietta and Geneva. Full Report
May 14, 2013 - In a couple of showdown games, Webster Thomas took control in the second half and defeated Canandaigua 13-6 tonight. Penfield won a close one at Irondequoit as the Patriots beat the Eagles 9-8. Gananda beat Marcus Whitman, Lighting took Gates and Victor beat Schroeder (10-6). Waterloo was a 6-5 winner over Mynderse after Tim Wright scored the only goal in the last quarter. Other winners were Wayne, Fairport, Churchville-Chili, Bath, Livonia, Hilton, HF-L, Geneva and Aquinas, who beat McQuaid 12-8. Full Report
May 13, 2013 - Avon picked up another GRALL win with their 7-5 victory over Bishop Kearney. Pal-Mac won a 13-2 win over Midlakes. Medina of Section 6 beat Newark and Penn Yan defeated Bath. Full Report