McQuaid Jesuit 16 - Bloomfield/Honeoye 4

  It was the first Varsity game for the combined Bloomfield/Honeoye team who hosted McQuaid Jesuit at Honeoye High School. After a 4-1 start, the Knights cruised to a 16-4 win behind the efforts of senior attackman Mitch Richie, who was in on 12 of the 16 goals for McQuaid Jesuit.
    
Ritchie scored all four goals (unassisted) in the first quarter and the first goal of the second quarter. After senior middie Matt Cooper scored an unassisted goal for the Knights, Richie added two more, the first of which was assisted by sophomore Tim Caton. JD Ayers and Eric Wright added goals for McQuaid Jesuit (each added by Ritchie) and Richie scored the last goal of the half (unassisted).
  
Although, pulled for the second half, Richie added two more assists in the second half after entering the right for man-up play.
  
It was the first game for the newly minted "BHers", who had a good number of fans for their opening game held behind the Honeoye School complex. A very athletic sophomore offensiveman, Sean Beaney, scored the first goal for BH at 5:17 in the first quarter with an assist from senior middie Chance Sullivan. Beaney scored the next two goals (unassisted) before the half. Toward the end of the third quarter, Caleb Lambert added the last goal of the game for BH with an assist from Luke Anderson.
  
Scoring for McQuaid Jesuit were Ritchie (8g-4a), JD Ayer (1g-2a), Jeff MacDonald (1g), Corey Flanigan (1g), Eric Wright (1g), Nick Wolak (1g), James Sturnick (1g), Marty Corcoran (1g), Matt Cooper (1g), Mitch Bailey (1a). Senior goalie Dan Caufield had the starting two quarters, recording 6s/3ga and junior Harry Goluses took over in the second half, recording 3s/1ga
  
Scoring for Bloomfield/Honeoye were Sean Beaney (3g), Caleb Lambert (1g), Chance Lambert (1a) and Luke Anderson (1a). Senior goalie Max Van Orman had 7s/16ga for BH.
  

Pal-Mac 5 - Greece Arcadia/Olympia 4

  Pal-Mac defeated Greece Arc/Oly 5-4. The Raiders outscored the Lightning 2-1 in the second and third quarters (while tying the first and losing 0-1in the fourth).
 
Frank Slapar led the scoring for Arc/Oly with 2g while both Justin Closser and Greg Kier scored two goals each for Pal-Mac. PM used a stretch of three consecutive goals in the late second and early third to secure the win. Both teams played strong lacrosse and the teams were evenly matched.
 
As in other games Thursday the night, penalties were an issue. In total 16 penalties were called (PM-9, AR-7). Of the 9 goals scored, three were scored during EMO while two were scored during MDD.
 
Although the Lightning attempted a come back from the three goal deficit they could only get two. The Lightning had the last opportunity as with 0:15 remaining in the game, when they took the ball into their offensive end of the field, but could not get a shot off before time expired.
 
In the cage, Tim Doyle played the entire game for the Raiders ending with 13s/4ga (76%). Anthony White and Zach Bevilacqua split halves for the Lightning. White finished with 4s/3ga (57%) and Bevilacqua finished with 5s/2ga (71%).
 
Scoring for Pal-Mac were Closser (2g), Kier (2g), Andrew Moak (1g), Jordan Wirthman (1a) and Peter Maklos (1a).
  
Scoring for Greece Arc/Oly were Slapar (2g), Dustin Lenz Emmi (1g), Andrew Jebo (1g), Julian Cenzi (1a) and Brandon Wood (1a).
  
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.   

Victor 8 - Canisius 7

  Visiting Victor scored six unanswered goals in the first half on their way to an 8-7 win over host Canisius (Section 6). With Canisius ahead at one point in the third 7-2, Victor scored 6 goals in a 5:34 minute span including the game winner with about two minutes left to cement the win with an exciting finish.
 
Canisius controlled the majority of the game and it was the last quarter effort that gave the Blue Devils the game.
 
Scoring for Victor were Frank Valenti(3g-1a), Vince Pettrone(2g-1a), Ethan Payne(1g-1a), Kurt Sullivan(1g), Trevor O'Shea(1g) and Alex Rogemoser(1a). Kevin Donnelly had 17s/7ga (81%) for Victor (2-0).
  
Scoring for Canisius were Ryan Wagner(3g-1a), John Devine(1g-1a), AJ Catalano(2g) and William Koessler(1g).Canisius goalie Freeburg had 19s/8ga (70%).

Thomas 13 - Brighton 3

 In their opening game of the season it was Thomas with at 13-3 win over Brighton, played on Brighton's new turf field.
  
Both teams started out a little rusty with stick control problems and mental errors. Thomas was the first to settle down when Nick Scalzo scored from right in front of the net with 7:18 left in the first quarter. Thomas wasted no time, taking the next face off down the field to where Keith Maimine scored just 15 seconds later.
  
Brighton did settled down and made some big plays on defense and offense and gave junior middie Evan Davis a scoring play with 5:32 left in the first.
  
After that it was all Thomas. They scored three goals all by different players. Nick Scalzo scored easily after a broken clear. WIlliam Gurowski and Pat Morrill each added a goal to give Thomas a 5-1 lead after one quarter.
  
The second quarter was all about defense as both teams made great stands in front of their goalies. Brighton goalie Kyle Hohmann made some spectacular saves during his first game as a starter. There was no scoring until the last minute of the half when Thomas put in two goals. With 0:39 seconds left Pat Morrill bounced a shot over Brighton Hohmann's head. Thomas took the next face off down the field and Nick Scalzo scored with 0:16 seconds left to give Thomas a 7-1 lead at half time.
  
Thomas scored four goals in the third all by different players, while Brighton was able to add one to make the score 11-3. Brighton's Evan Davis scored his second goal of the game by taking the ball from behind the net and drove to the net, knocking down a couple of Thomas defenders. Thomas added two more goals to make the final score 13-3.
  
Scoring for Brighton were Evan Davis (2g), Matt Fedick (1g) and Mark Henrichs (1a). Kyle Hohmann played had 17s/13ga for the Barons. Score only from Thomas.

Eastridge 11 - Spencerport 2

  It was a good night to be a Driffill as Eastridge defeated Spencerport 11-2 with the help of Matt (4g-4a) and Shane (3g-1a) Driffill.
  
The Brothers were joined by Riley Austin (brother of senior Alex Austin) with 3g-1a as well as Adam Sisson (1g) and Kevin Mahler (1a). Austin had difficulty adjusting to his first varsity start as he looked unsure in the first half, however, in the third quarter Austin scored three consecutive goals for the Lancers (two in EMO).
  
The brothers Driffill connected on two goals (one each way) and scored four more unassisted. Matt Driffill said, "It was a great team win, it is also great when my brother has a good day too." Sisson demonstrated his strength at the face-off draw, finishing 8/14 (57%). However, Sisson lost three draws to technicals and failed to win one of a tech (73% without techs).
  
Spencerport looked to Jon Robinson and Nick Fischer for their two goals (with Luciano Petrella and Sean DeMers assisting). A large amount of time was spent in EMO. Spencerport finished with 12 (10.0 min) and Eastridge with 7 (4.5 min). Eastridge scored four goals on EMO to Spencerport's one goal.
  
Defensively the Rangers showed good stick skills but as good as the defensive checks were, The Rangers lost opportunities when they were unable, at times, to control the ball after checking it from the sticks. After one particular "pretty" check, the defensemen knocked the ball to the ground and then instead of picking it up hit the offensive player as he lay on the ground and received an "illegal body check" call.
  
Both teams split goalies at 40 min - 8 mins. Spencerport's Mike Palvino (40 min) finished with 15s/10ga (60%) and Tyler Lariviere (8 min) finished with 2s/1ga (66%). Eastridge split Eugene Ferrera (40 min) and Jake Czwilinski (8 min). Ferrera finished with 10s/2ga (83%) and Czwilinski with 1s.
  
Scoring for Eastridge were Matt Driffill (4g-4a), Shane Driffill (3g-1a), Riley Austin (3g-1a), Sisson (1g) and Mahler (1a).
  
Scoring for Spencerport were Robinson and Fischer with assists to Petrella and DeMers.
 
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.   

Livonia 9 - Midlakes 5

  Livonia was the eventual winner over Midlakes by a score of 9-5 although play was mostly even in the first half. Each team scored one goal in the first quarter and Livonia took a 2-1 edge in the second quarter to go into the half time break up 3-2. A strong third quarter performance which saw the Bulldogs outscore Midlakes 5-1. Midlakes came back at the end of the game with two goals in just over one minute.
  
Scoring for Livonia were Tyler Russell (3g-1a), Chris Bausch (1g), Matt Girolmo (1g-1a), Cameron Ross (2g), Jeff Wester (1g-4a) and Mike Donals (1g-1a). Junior goalie Justin Becker had 8s/3ga (62%) and Kyle Whitford finished the game (3:35) with 0s/2ga for Livonia (2-0).
 
Scoring for Midlakes were Shane Wheeler (1g), Tyler Brooks-Lambert (2g-1a), Conor Hogan (1g), Nick Newland (1g) and Ben Uveges (2a). Senior goalie Jared Schoonerman had 11s/9ga (55%) for the Eagles (1-1).

Pittsford 8 - Brockport 3

  It was a tough opener for Brockport as they lost to Pittsford 8-3 at a game played at McAvoy park. The defense kept the Blue Devils in the game and held the Panthers to 8 goals on 28 shots. The defensive effort was led by the strong goalie play of junior Dylan White.
  
Scoring Brockport's first goal was senior midfielder Tyler Sutphen (1g-1a) who tied the game at one each. Senior attackman Andrew Willis (1g) scored the second goal to give Brockport an early the lead but Pittsford answered with 3 quick goals to take a halftime lead of 4-2. The Panthers opened up the 3rd quarter with 4 unanswered goals to increase their lead to 8-2. Brockport's third and final goal came in the fourth quarter from senior midfielder Ryan Hage (1g). Senior midfielder Sean Bittner added an assist as well for the Blue Devils.
  
Scoring for Brockport were Tyler Sutphen (1g-1a), Andrew Willis (1g), Ryan Hage (1g) and Sean Bittner (1a). Dylan White had 20s/8ga (71%) in the goal for the Blue Devils.
  
Scoring for Pittsford were Alex Kober (2g-1a), TJ Iuppa (2g), Coner McDermott (1g-1a), Tommy Schmitz (1g), James Purpura (1g-1a), Jimmy O'Neill (1g-1a) and Justin McLiverty (1a). Brendan Green had 10s/3ga (77%) for Pittsford (1-0).

Aquinas 21 - Waterloo 0

 Aquinas boosted it's record to 4-0 with a 21-0 score over hosting Waterloo.
  
Scoring for Aquinas were Austin Gorman (3g-4a), Cameron Corsaro (4g-1a), Marc Brondon (1g-2a), Anthony Bianchi (3g-2a), Mike Gray (2g), Jasen Torres (2g), Neil Foley (1g), Dylan Pinto (1g), Casey Vogl (1g-1a) and Dylan Pfahl (1g). Both freshman Klay Heston (1g) and Mike Messina (1g) scored their first goals for Aquinas with 1 goal each. AQ face off middies Neil Foley, Casey Vogl, and Mike Messina won 20/25 face-offs. Goalie Kraig Heston had the shut out with 6 saves.
  
Sean Andrus had 19 saves in goal for Waterloo (0-1).