NYS Champions: Ward Melville, Garden City and Cazenovia

June 8, 2013 - The last three games of the 2013 season were played today at St. John Fisher College and there were three different outcomes. One was close. One was sort of close and one went to running time. The the opener, Garden City beat Jamesville-DeWitt, 13-8 to repeat as NYS Champions. It was the sixth Championship for the Trojans. In the next game, the Cazenovia won the Class C Championship after coming from behind to defeat Bronxville 13-11. It was the second time the Lakers brought home the trophy. In the last game, Ward Melville completed their magical undefeated season with a surprising, running time, 16-4 defeat over West Genesee. It was the 8th win for the Patriots who last won in 2000.

Brackets for all three classes are available. New York State Championship history is availble.

  

 --  Section Eight Champion, Garden City scored six unanswered goal to start the third quarter and secure their 13-8 win over Section Three Champion Jamesville-DeWitt. Garden City was led by the game's two MVPs. Offensive MVP, Cody George finished with 5g-1a for the Trojans. Defensive MVP James Sullivan finished 18/25 at the face off draw. He also finished with a team leading 12 ground balls, all of which came off of face-off draws.

J-D started off the scoring with the first two goals of the game. Jordan Evans fed Ryan Durkin from behind the cage for the opening goal with 6:17 remaining in the first quarter. Thirty-two seconds later they scored again on a drive at the cage by midfielder Mike Perkins. The first quarter ended with the Red Rams leading 2-0.

Garden City came back in the second quarter and scored the first three goals. Garden City didn't score until 13:30 into the contest. Dale Stasco scored the first of his two goals on a sweep across the top of the restraining line. Five minutes later the Trojans tied the game for the first time. Justin Guterding scored on a straight drive at the cage. The first lead change of the game came with 2:09 remaining in the opening half. George scored the first of his goals with a feed from behind the cage from Jack Worstell. Worstell finished with 2g-2a for the Trojans. J-D scored the final goal of the quarter with a feed from Griffin Feiner to Evans and the game was tied going into the half.

The third quarter made the difference for Garden City. The Trojans scored eight goals in the quarter, including the first six. With face-off wins from Sullivan, the Trojans kept possession for the first seven minutes of the quarter and never gave the Red Rams a shot in the offense area. Garden City scored two goals early in the quarter with Worstell and George scoring unassisted goals. With 5:59 remaining, Guterding fed Worstell on the crease for a Trojan goal. They scored four goals in the next two minutes including goals from George, Lucas Clay and Ed Blatz with a long stick. The remaining time in the contest was back forth scoring.

J-D outscored the Trojans 3-2 in the final quarter but it was not enough. In the cage for Garden City, Dan Dolan finished with eight saves (50%). Joining Sullivan with ground ball production were Tim McDonagh (4), Dolan (3), Guterding (3) and Jack Metzler (3). For J-D, Joe Shapiro finished with five saves between the pipes. Leading in ground balls for the Red Rams were Ryan McKee with four ground balls. Griffin Feiner (3) and Jeff Edwards (3) also contributed to the ground ball count.

 --  Section Three Champion Cazenovia scored five of the last six goals to defeat Section One Champion Bronxville 13-11. The Lakers trailed 5-1 after the first quarter and spent the next three quarters fighting back to within striking distance. The Lakers brought the game within a single goal in the third quarter but did not tie the game until the opening goal of the fourth quarter. The Lakers scored three more to take a 13-10 lead with 4:55 remaining. They ran out the remainder of the game only allowing Bronxville a single goal with 2:06 remaining in the game. Leading the Lakers were offensive MVP, Connor Cannizzaro with 4g-3a and defensive MVP, Joe Colligan with two ground balls and two timely takes in the final quarter.

Cazenovia scored the opening goal with PJ Brown assisting Kyle Brown 3:44 into the contest. It was the only goal scored by the Lakers in the first 13 minutes of play. Bronxville scored the next five goals to take a dominating lead after the first quarter. Bronxville's Henry Glass scored two of the opening goals with Jack Glass, Brewster Warble and Liam Lynch each adding a single goal. It was interesting that the first two goals of the game were scored by brothers assisting brothers.

The Lakers scored four goals in each of the remaining quarters and held Bronxville to 3,2 and 1 goals respectively. Ryan Cook scored the first of his 4g-2a unassisted on a drive from behind the cage just 0:44 into the quarter. Matt Behrens scored his lone goal of the game for the Broncos with an outside shot less than a minute later to keep Bronxville ahead by four goals. Cazenovia scored two quick fast break goals to bring the game within two goals. Brown scored the first and 0:51 later Cannizzaro scored his first goal. Glass came back and scored again (unassisted) at 2:52 to keep the Bronco's lead. Forty seconds later Will Duncan fed Warble for his second goal. The final goal of the quarter was scored by Cazenovia. Cannizzaro fed Cook to bring the game within three (8-5).

The Lakers kept up the pressure in the third quarter. They scored the opening goal just 0:48 into the quarter on an unassisted extra-man goal by Cook. Cannizzaro scored on a drive from the left side of the cage to bring the game back within a single goal for the first time since the opening quarter. The Bronco's came back and scored 0:33 later on an unassisted extra-man goal from Warble. The teams continued to trade goals in rapid succession. Cook scored with a full field fast break after a called back goal against Bronxville. Less than one minute later Glass fed the ball to Grass from behind the cage for the Bronco's. On the ensuing face-off, Cannizzaro picked up the loose ball at the restraining line and dumped it back to Cook who was alone on the crease. By the end of the quarter, Cazenovia only trailed by a single goal (10-9).

In the final quarter, Cazenovia scored the first four goals to secure their win. Cannizzaro scored two with Brown and Cook adding one each. The lone Bronxville goal was scored by Glass after the release of a Bronxville penalty with 2:06 remaining in the game. In the cage for Bronxville, Eric Pass finished with 16 saves (55%). Midfielder Liam Lynch finished with a team leading five ground balls. Warble (4), Glass (3) and Grass (3) also contributed to the count. For Cazenovia, Trevor Cross finished with nine saves. Attackman Ryan Cook led his team in ground balls with nine. Henry Mann and Cannizzaro finished with eight ground balls each. Mann finished 11/19 (58%) at the face off draw.

 --  Section Eleven Champion Ward Melville scored the first goal of the game and never trailed in their 16-4 win over Section Three Champion West Genesee. The Patriots scored six goals in the first quarter and held the Wildcats to only two. The Patriots added five more in the second quarter and held West Genesee scoreless. Ward Melville dominated the game and took the game into running time in third quarter.

Leading in scoring for Ward Melville was Offensive MVP, Brendan Hegarty (4g-1a). Defensive MVP, Daniel Decker finished with 2g. He also finished with seven ground balls and four takes. Leading the ground ball count for the Patriots was face-off midfielder Jack Bruckner. He finished with 10 ground balls and was 10/13 (77%) at the draw. Along with Bruckner and Decker were Adam Lapitino, Christian Mazzone and Robert Mendez who each added two ground balls. In the cage for Ward Melville, David Gibbs played the final three minutes and recorded one save. Daniel Nemirov played the remainder of the game and recorded one save.

Leading the ground ball count for West Genesee were Collin Kobuszewski, Nick Mellen and Mark Niechial with two ground balls each. The Wildcats only took 18 shots (6 on cage) in the entire game. Ryan St. Croix (8) and Ted Glesener (6) took nearly all the shots for West Genesee. In the cage, Matt Koziol finished with 11 recorded saves.

  

Wednesday: Clean Sweep for Section Three

June 5, 2013 - The UpState Tournament was held at St, John Fisher College and the teams from Section Three won all three tickets to the New York State finals on Saturday. In the Class B game, Jamesville-Dewitt (20-1) defeated Hamburg (17-3) of Section Six. In the Class C game, the closest of the night, Cazenovia held off a late game surge by Penn Yan and won their game 8-7. In the late game, West Genesee defeated Penfield 11-6.

In the DownState Tournament Ward Melville (Sect. 11) beat Shenendehowa (Sect 2) 13-6 and will play West Genesee on Saturday. Garden City (Sect 8) beat Niskayuna (Sect 2) in the Class B game, 10-9. They will play J-D on Saturday and in Class C, Bronxville beat Shoreham-Wading River in overtime (14-13) for their trip to Rochester. They will play Cazenovia on Saturday. Brackets for all three classes are available.

 --  Section Three Champion Jamesville-DeWitt outscored Section Six Champion Hamburg 18-5 to win their spot in the NYS finals on Saturday. The Red Rams scored three goals in the first two minutes and took the game into running time in the fourth quarter. Leading the charge for J-D were Jordan Evans 2g-8a and Griffin Feiner with 7g. Overall eight players from the Red Rams made the scorebook. In the cage, Joe Shapiro finished with six saves (55%). J-D had three different face-off men all over 50%. Lucas Johnson finished 6/10, Ryan Durkin 2/4 and Jeff Edwards 7/12. Edwards finished with a team leading 7 ground balls and Evans finished with another six.

For Hamburg, Nick Wilcox finished with 2g and Austin Bishop finished with 1g-1a. Midfielder Max Maxwell finished with a team leading five ground balls. In the cage, Jordan Kuss finished with 6 saves and Josh Gibson finished with two saves in the final 10 minutes.

The NYSPHSAA awards a Sportsmanship awards to a player on each team that makes the final four. For J-D, senior midfielder Mike Engstyrom was named. For Hamburg, senior defenseman Adam Gawlak was given the honor.

Jamesville-DeWitt will play for the State Championship against Garden City at St. John Fisher College on Saturday starting at 11:00 A.M.

 --  Section Three Champion, Cazenovia scored five unanswered goals spanning the second and third quarters to secure their 8-7 win over Section Five Champion Penn Yan. The Lakers held the Mustangs scoreless for over 14 minutes. Penn Yan made a late push and scored the final three goals of the game but could not tie the game. They had the ball with one minute remaining but could not capitalize to force overtime.

Penn Yan scored the first goal with a broken clear from Ryan Maciejewski. He finished with 2g-4a for the Mustangs. Cazenovia came back and scored the next two goals. The first was an outside on man-up by Ryan Cook. Cook finished the game with 16 shots, 9 on cage and 4 goals for the Lakers. Two minutes later, P.J. Brown scored an unassisted goal on a drive from behind the cage. The final goal of the quarter was scored by Penn Yan as Rion Davison assisted Austin Fingar. The quarter ended with the score tied 2-2.

In the second quarter Cazenovia took their lead. They scored four goals and held the Mustangs to a single goal. Penn Yan scored the first goal of the quarter. Maciejewski fed the crease to Bradley Voigt for the goal. Voigt finished the shot behind his back for the first of his two goals. The next four goals were all scored by Cazenovia. Cook scored the first goal on a broken clear with defenseman Joe Colligan stripping the ball on the clear. Four minutes later Henry Mann scored on a drive form behind the cage. Connor Cannizzaro scored the third goal with a drive along GLE to give the Lakers a 5-3 lead. The final goal of the quarter with scored with an outside shot from Cook. Cazenovia led 6-3 going into halftime. The half ended with a penalty and Penn Yan retaining possession to start the next quarter.

In the third both teams scored two goals and Cazenovia kept their three goal lead. The Lakers scored their final goal with a straight drive down the middle from Cannizzaro. Two minutes later Penn Yan scored their first goal in over 14 minutes. During an extra-man set Maciejewski assisted Davison on an outside shot. With 2:07 remaining in the quarter, Cazenovia scored on an outside shot by Cook. The Mustangs scored the last goal of the quarter on an unassisted drive by Maciejewski. He worked down to the crease and took a big step back to finish into the top corner. Cazenovia led 8-5 after three quarters.

The final quarter belonged to the Mustangs. They scored their first goal of the quarter on a feed from behind the cage by Maciejewski. He fed Andrew Perl with 10:35 remaining to bring the score within two. With 4:56 remaining they took it within a single goal when Maciejewski fed Voigt from behind the cage. The Lakers spent the quarter taking time off the clock and only took three shots in the entire quarter. Every time they had possession they took minutes off the clock. With 4:02 remaining a stall call was made. They kept the ball in the box with Cannizzaro running behind the cage for nearly three minutes before Penn Yan got the ball back. The Mustangs had two late shots at the goal but could not get a shot off. With 0:04 remaining a missed pass but the ball on the backside of the cage and Cannizzaro picked up the loose ball to run out the clock.

Cazenovia finished big at the face-off draw. Brad Nardella took most of the face-offs and finished 11/15 (73%). Henry Mann took three draws and won them all. Defenseman Joe Colligan finished with a team leading eight ground balls. Cannizzaro finished with five and Cook finished with three. In the cage for the Lakers, Trevor Cross finished with seven saves (50%).

For Penn Yan, defenseman James Burdette finished with a team leading five ground balls. In the cage, Brandon Maciejewski finished with seven saves.

The NYSPHSAA awards a Sportsmanship awards to each team that makes the final four. For Cazenovia, senior defenseman Joe Colligan was named. For Penn Yan, senior attackman Ryan Maciejewski was given the honor.

Cazenovia will play for the State Championship against Bronxville at St. John Fisher College on Saturday starting at 1:00 P.M.

 --   Section Three Champion West Genesee led 10-3 halfway through the third quarter in their 11-6 win over Section Five Champion Penfield. The Wildcats were led in their efforts by senior midfielder Ryan St. Croix who finished with 6g-1a in the contest.

West Genesee scored five of the first six goals to take the early lead on the Patriots. The Wildcats had two of their opening goals assisted with Teddy Glesner assisting Dan Ginestro and Brady Hoose assisting Glesner. In the second quarter the teams alternated goals with the Wildcats adding the last goal of the half with St. Croix assisting Ginestro on a fast-break goal. The Wildcats led 7-3 going into the second half.

The Section Three powerhouse kept up the pressure in the second half by scoring the first three goals. St. Croix scored all three with only the last being assisted. Ginestro fed the crease to St. Croix with 5:12 remaining during and extra-man situation. West Genesee led 10-3 with 5:12 remaining in the third quarter. Penfield attempted to fight back and scored the next three goals. Face-off midfielder Connor Russell scored the first with an unassisted goal on the ensuing face-off. Russell finished 16/21 (76%). He also led the team in ground balls with 12.

The last two Patriot goals were scored by Jonathan Spaan and Mitch Standera. The both assisted the others' goal. Penfield scored their last goal with 11:24 left in the final quarter. They took eight more shots and Wildcat goalie Matt Koziol came up with four saves and no goals against in the remaining time. West Genesee scored the last goal of the game when Penfield was extended trying to take the ball back with St. Croix scoring nearly uncontested on the crease.

In the cage for West Genesee, Koziol finished the contest with 10 saves (63%). Defenseman Jimmy Cunningham finished with a team leading five ground balls. Koziol finished with four ground balls for the Wildcats. In the cage for Penfield, Liam Guiton also finished with 10 saves.

The NYSPHSAA awards a Sportsmanship awards to each team that makes the final four. For West Genesee, senior defenseman Garrett Cappon was named. For Penfield, senior defenseman Nick Kimmins was given the honor.

West Genesee has previously won fifteen State Championships. Their last appearance in the finals was in 2008, when they beat Syosset 11-7.They will play against Ward Melville at St. John Fisher College on Saturday starting at 4:00 P.M.

Saturday: NYS Quarters: Penfield, Penn Yan and Hamburg Advance

June 1, 2013 - Two of the three Section Five teams will advance to the Final Four on Wednesday. Penfield overcame a three goal deficit to force their game into overtime where they defeated Orchard Park 12-11. It was the second loss by OP to Penfield, and the Patriots were the only team to defeat the Quakers in this season. Penn Yan played a lose game for a while but the Mustang defense with James Burdette in charge was able to hold Silver Creek star, Zed Williams to 4g-2a. The Mustangs offense, however, came up large in the third quarter with five goals toward the 11-7 victory. In the first game of the day, Hamburg defeated Canandaigua 12-3.

On Wednesday, at St. John Fisher College, the UpState Championship (semi finals) will be played. Hamburg will play Jamesville-DeWitt (Section 3) at 3:30. Penn Yan will play Cazenovia (Section 3) at 5:30 and Penfield will play West Genesee (Section 3) at 8:00. Brackets for all three classes are available.

 --  Section Six Champion, Hamburg, scored 11 of the last 12 goals in their 12-3 win over Section Five Champion, Canandaigua. The Bulldogs held Canandaigua scoreless for the 24 minutes between their 2nd and 3rd goals. The Braves scored their last goal during a double man-up attempt in the early fourth quarter with Mitchell Schaefer assisting Brian Feldman. Hamburg attackman Austin Bishop contributed to the last four goals. He scored three and assisted on the final goal. The final goal of the game was scored by Ben Ott (2g). Ott's goal was scored in man-up. Throughout the entire game the Bulldogs scored four goals off five man-up attempts. Canandaigua's inability to stay out of the box played a role in their going down early in the game.

Canandaigua's Dan LaCrosse scored two of the three goals in his last game as a Brave. Midfielders Mitchell Schaefer and Connor Moore led the Braves with three ground balls each. Defenseman Joe Eddinger had a strong game with two one-on-one takes. For the Bulldogs, face off midfielder Nick Wilcox finished 12/18 (67%) at the draw with a team leading eight ground balls. LSM Christian Hollfelder finished with three ground balls and defenseman Adam Gawlak finished with two takes for Hamburg.

Leading in scoring for Hamburg was Bishop (3g-2a). Max Maxwell and Evan Hollfelder finished with 3g-1a each. In the cage, Jordan Kuss finished at 67% with six saves for Hamburg. Canandaigua's Michael Cuciti played the majority of the game and finished with eight saves. Lucas MacNeil and Jon Gelinas played in the final four minutes, but neither recorded a save.

 --  Section Five Champion, Penn Yan, scored four of the last five goals to secure a 11-7 win over Section Six Champion, Silver Creek. Penn Yan scored five straight goals spanning the late second and early third quarters.

The Mustangs scored the first goal of the game with Brett McMichael assisting Andrew Perl to open the scoring at 10:05. Silver Creek scored the next three goals to take an early lead. Frank Wolf scored on a fast-break with Kaine Kettle assisting. One minute later Zed Williams scored the first of his 4g-2a, unassisted. The game went back and forth for the next four minutes before the Black Knights scored again. Williams assisted the next goal with Brendan White scoring. Perl scored his second goal with an assist from Ryan Maciejewski to bring the game back within a single goal. Maciejewski finished with 5g-2a for the Mustangs. The final goal of the first quarter was scored with Kettle assisting Williams on a feed to the center of the field. The first quarter ended with the Black Knights leading 4-2.

In the second quarter, Silver Creek scored first with an extra man goal. White assisted Williams to give the Black Knights the three goal lead. Penn Yan scored the next two goals. McMichael fed Maciejewski a fast-break goal with 5:40 remaining in the half. The final goal of the quarter was scored with only 0:18 left on the clock. Rion Davison fed Bradley Voigt from behind the cage to bring the score within a single goal (5-4, Silver Creek).

Penn Yan scored the first three goals of the third quarter to take the lead. The Mustangs saw scoring from Maciejewski, Sean Emerson and Voigt. Voigt, Maciejewski and Davison assisted on the three goals. With 5:31 remaining in the quarter, Zed Williams scored his fourth goal during a face-off fast-break. Williams finished 20/22 at the draw with a team leading 22 ground balls. Penn Yan scored the next goal on a fast-break goal with Davison assisting Maciejewski. Only two seconds later the Black Knights scored another face-off fast-break. Williams picked up his own ground ball and sent it down to Kettle for the goal. The final goal of the quarter was scored by Penn Yan. Voigt got his second assist to Maciejewski on the goal.

In the fourth quarter, Penn Yan added two goals and held the Black Knights scoreless. Voigt (from Davison) and Maciejewski (from Voigt) rounded out the final quarter scoring. In the cage for Penn Yan, Brandon Maciejewski finished with 16 saves (70%) . McMichael, Voigt, Burdette, Shane Bloom and Jarrett Voigt each finished with two ground balls for the Mustangs. For Silver Creek, Chase Scanlan finished with five saves in the cage. In addition to Williams' 22 ground balls, Chase Scanlan, Tyson Brown, Frank Thompson, Kaine Kettle and Frank Wolf each finished with two ground balls.

 --  With 3:00 remaining in regulation Section Five Champion Penfield looked defeated and Section Six Champion Orchard Park looked on top of the world. Five minutes (of game-time) later and the story was reversed. Penfield scored the last three goals of regulation in less than two minutes to send the game to overtime. With 2:14 remaining in overtime, Jonathan Spaan drove along the right side of the cage and scored the game winning goal to send Penfield to the State Final Four.

The game was a story of second chances and outstanding performances from four seniors that weren't willing to let their season end. 2013 All-American defenseman Charlie Cummins, 2012 All-American face-off midfielder Connor Russell, attackmen Andrew Schoeneck and Jonathan Spaan did not allow their season to end in the final two minutes of regulation. Coach John Schembri said of the Cummins and Russell, "[they] were certainly voted All-Americans for a reason."

Connor Russell, who is usually a dominate face-off man, finished the game at 28% (7/18). From a statistical viewpoint Russell had an untypical day. However, in the second quarter he sprained his ankle. How did he get 18 face off's in two quarters? He didn't come out of the game. He took every draw except two to see the trainer. He fought for every ground ball, including the overtime face-off that he won to give Penfield the ball.

Defenseman Charlie Cummins was on fire for the contest. He led his team with four ground balls and scored the tying goal to send the game to overtime. Cummins helped clear the ball with 0:37 left in regulation and then went to the crease. After the Orchard Park goalie made a save, Cummins scooped up the ball and scored with 0:30 remaining to send the game to overtime. Cummins was a monster on the defensive end and kept the Patriots in the game to allow the offense to keep pace.

Attackmen Andrew Schoeneck and Jonathan Spaan scored 7g-4a between the two of them; Schoeneck (4g-2a) and Spaan (3g-2a). Nine of the goals had one or the other involved in either a goal or an assist (and two with both of them). The four seniors picked up a team that was all but defeated and gave them a second chance to continue their season.

Penfield scored the first three goals of the game to take an early lead. Max Spaan scored the first goal after catching an inside feed from Mitch Standera. Two minutes later Schoeneck got his first goal with an outside shot that was initially stopped by goalie Taylor Ferrino before it dribbled into the net. Ferrino finished with nine saves for the Quakers. Schoeneck scored again less than one minute later. Cummins brought the ball down the field and fired at the net. Ferrino made the save but M. Spaan was there to pick up the loose ball. M. Spaan quick fed the ball across the crease to Schoeneck for the goal. With 8:13 remaining in the first quarter Penfield led 3-0. Orchard Park fought back with the next two goals before the quarter ended. Spencer Cromwell scored the first goal with a high bounce that got past Patriot goalie Liam Guiton. Guiton finished with eight saves for Penfield. With 4:51 remaining, Kevin Goltz scored his lone goal of the game with a sweep from the top of the restraining line. Penfield led 3-2 going into the second half.

Orchard Park tied the score by the end of the second quarter. The Patriots scored the first goal with J. Spaan assisting Standera with a feed from behind the cage. On the ensuing face off, Mitch Wilson picked up his own ground ball and fed the ball to Adam Belica who looked across crease to Ralph Pagliei. The whole play took 0:09. Wilson had a strong day at the face-off and finished 70% going 19/27. With 5:40 remaining in the second quarter the game was stopped for lightning. The entire delay was approximately one hour. After returning to play, Penfield scored their next goal with another feed from behind. M. Spaan assisted Brian Wall with 5:05 remaining in the opening half. One minute later and John Januszkiewicz scored with a drive from behind the cage to keep the game within a single goal. Two minutes later Januszkiewicz picked up the loose ball on a man-up play a fed Tim Wagner to tie the game for the first time since the start of the game. With 1:29 remaining in the half, Penfield scored their third straight goal off a feed from behind the cage. J. Spaan assisted Schoeneck for the goal. The final goal of the quarter was scored with Pagliei assisting Tim Wagner for the Quakers to keep the game tied going into the second half.

Orchard Park outscored Penfield 2-1 in the third quarter. The Quakers scored first with an outside shot from Cromwell. Four minutes later Penfield scored on their first shot of the quarter. Standera assisted J. Spaan for the goal with 6:30 remaining. The final goal of the quarter was scored during fast-break with Nick Bammell assisted Januszkiewicz. Orchard Park led 8-7 going into the fourth quarter.

Wagner opened the scoring for the Quakers with a drive straight from the top of the restraining box. Wagner finished with 3g for Orchard Park. Schoeneck scored his fourth and final goal of the game with 9:34 remaining in regulation. He subbed into play and got the ball right away. He set up his drive and went right to the cage for the unassisted goal. Pagliei scored the next two goals for the Quakers to give them the three goal lead. Pagliei scored the first goal after his defenseman left him to pick up Cromwell who was uncovered. Cromwell dumped the ball right on the crease to an open Pagliei. Less than one minute later he scored again. After coming off a pick, Pagliei was uncovered and was 1-0 against the goalie for the goal. With 3:07 remaining in regulation Penfield was down by three and they looked defeated.

The game began to turn around with Anthony Mitchell scoring of a cross-crease pass from behind by Schoeneck with 1:51 remaining. Orchard Park won the next face-off but could not keep the ball in the box and the ball turned over. Penfield got the ball off the technical foul and came up the field fast. They set up a textbook fast-break with Schoeneck feeding J. Spaan. Once again Orchard Park won the face-off and once again they could not keep it in the box. Penfield took the ball up and gave it to Cummins. He cleared the ball and set-up on the crease for his goal. Penfield tied the game with three goals in 1:21. Orchard Park won the face off again. LSM TJ Szatko got right on the face-off man and forced the knockdown to give Penfield one more chance at the ball. However, they could not capitalize and regulation expired.

In overtime, Russell showed that he was not ready to loose. After losing the last five draws and 10 of the last 11, he knew that his team depended on him. He picked up his own ground ball and took the ball down the field. He fired on the cage, but missed. The Patriots had six more shots before their goal with only one on cage. With 2:14 remaining, J. Spaan took the ball along the right side and worked his way in for the game winning goal.

2013 All Tournament Team Class A
Player	Team	Position	Grade
Justin Kesselring	Fairport	Attack	11
Andrew Schoeneck	Penfield	Attack	12
Jake Giudice	Thomas	Attack	12
Justin Bird	Thomas	Midfield	12
Brandon Barker	Pittsford	Midfield	10
Connor Russell	Penfield	Midfield	12
Ryan Nugent	Thomas	Defense	11
Charlie Cummins	Penfield	Defense	12
Liam Guiton	Penfield	Goalie	11
John Bezek	Thomas	Goalie	12
Mitch Standera	Penfield	MVP Midfield	11
2013 All Tournament Team Class B
Kyle Haslinger	Victor	Attack	12
Eric Munn	Canandaigua	Attack	11
Jordon Hodder	Victor	Attack	12
Brian Feldman	Canandaigua	Midfield	11
Sam Byassee	Victor	Midfield	10
Dan LaCrosse	Canandaigua	Midfield	12
T.D. Ierlan	Victor	Midfield	9
Joe Eddinger	Canandaigua	Defense	11
Mike Caternolo	Churchville-Chili	Defense	11
Michael Cuciti	Canandaigua	Goalie	12
Mitchell Schaefer	Canandaigua	MVP (Midfield)	9
2013 All Tournament Team Class C
Player	Team	Position	Grade
Alex Bianchi	Aquinas	Attack	11
Jesse Singleton	Geneva	Attack	12
Rion Davison	Penn Yan	Attack	11
Bradley Voigt	Penn Yan	Attack	11
Matt Miller	Geneva	Midfield	12
Sean Cunningham	Geneva	Midfield	12
Nick Skorusa	Penn Yan	Defense	12
James Burdette	Penn Yan	Defense	12
Griffin Marsh	Penn Yan	Defense	12
Brandon Maciejewski	Penn Yan	Goalie	11
Ryan Maciejewski	Penn Yan	MVP (Attack)	12
2013 Special Awards
Casey Kopp	Brighton	Section Five Sportsman of the Year
Albie DiPasquale	Pittsford	Section Five Offensive Player of the Year
Charlie Cummins	Penfield	Section Five Defensive Player of the Year
Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association Steven R. Morgan Sportsmanship Award Rush-Henrietta High School (Class A) Canandaigua Academy (Class B) Penn Yan Academy (Class C)

Tuesday: CHAMPIONS - Canandaigua, Penn Yan and Penfield

May 28, 2013 - After a triple overtime game, and game with only five points scored and a game with one lightning delay and a huge downpour, Section Five crowned it's Champions today at St. John Fisher College. Top seeded Canandaigua needed three overtime periods to secure their place in the NYS Class B tournament when they defeated Victor, 11-10. Penn Yan to an early lead and held top seeded Geneva to a single goal in their 6-1 win in the second game. Penfield defeated Thomas after one delay for weather, but scored six unanswered goals for the win against the top seeded Titans.

SportsFive photographer, James Lathrop, has posted a large number of images from the game for our enjoyment.

 --  After playing 59:30, Dan LaCrosse scored an unassisted goal to secure an 11-10 victory for Canandaigua. The Braves became the Class B Champions in the third overtime period, on their tenth shot in overtime. LaCrosse finished the game with 3g for the Braves and was named to the All-Tournament team. Victor started off strong and then fought back after Canandaigua took a 9-6 lead in the third quarter. Victor scored four of the first six goals and four of the last six goals. Face off midfielder Mitchell Schaefer was awarded the Class B All-Tournament MVP. He finished 7/17 at the draw and with 3g for the Braves. Schaefer was instrumental in turning the game around coming into the second half.

Victor opened the scoring with the first two goals of the contest. Luke Bartkoski scored the first goal of the game with a sweep across the top of the restraining line. He finished with 3g in the contest. The Blue Devils continued with the second goal. Jordon Hodder scored on a feed from behind the cage from Sam Byassee. Both Hodder and Byassee were named to the All-Tournament team. The first Canandaigua goal was scored by Eric Munn. Munn started with the ball on a dead ball situation and drove around from the left side of the cage. He finished with a team leading 1g-3a for the Braves and was named to the All-Tournament team. Canandaigua tied the game on a pass from the goal line to the middle of the box from Munn to Brian Feldman. The Blue Devils took the lead going into the second quarter with a goal from Roy Young from a face off fast break. The goal was assisted by T.D. Ierlan. Ierlan was a dominated forced at the face off draw in the first half. He won 11 straight draws to start the game and finished at 74% (20/27). Ierlan was also named to the All-Tournament team. The first quarter ended with Victor leading 3-2.

The Blue Devils increased their lead back to two goals on a feed from behind from Ryan Maloney to Kyle Haslinger. Three minutes later Canandaigua scored their third goal on an unassisted drive by Schaefer. Both teams went back and forth on shooting until Young recorded his first assist of the game. Young was tied up in the middle of the field and dumped the ball down to the crease to give Haslinger his second goal. Canandaigua scored the final goal of the half to keep the game within a single goal. LaCrosse scored with a drive to the crease from the left side. Victor continued their single goal lead going into halftime 5-4.

The third quarter belonged to Canandaigua. The Braves scored five goals and held the Blue Devils to only one. Coming out of halftime, Schaefer won the opening face-off and final took momentum away from the Blue Devils face-off. Schaefer was instrumental in changing the pace of the game in favor of the Braves. They scored the first goal of the quarter when Feldman scored off an assist from Munn. Three minutes later Victor scored their only goal of the quarter. Hodder scored his third and final goal, unassisted, with 5:53 remaining in the quarter. The Braves scored the next four goals to go from down 6-5 to leading 9-6. Scoring for the Braves were Feldman, Connor Hulme and two goals from Schaefer. The Braves led by four going into the fourth quarter.

As much as the third belonged to the Braves, the fourth belonged to the Blue Devils. Victor scored the first two goals of the quarter to bring the game within a single goal. Maloney got his second assist to Hodder with 10:45 remaining in regulation. Six minutes later Bartkoski scored an unassisted goal for the Blue Devils. The final goal of regulation for the Braves was scored by LaCrosse with a drive at the cage. Victor gained possession of the ball on man-up situation late in the quarter. They set up their play and executed it for a goal. However, the clock was not running and the goal was waived off by the officials. The goal was scored after the whistle to stop play was blown. However, Victor scored on their next play with Dan Barrow assisting Hodder. Victor scored the game tying goal with Byassee scoring unassisted with 1:10 remaining in regulation. Victor had one more shot at the goal but it went wide.

The game was still close in overtime with both teams having shots at the cage. Over three overtime periods, Canandaigua took ten shots with four on cage (including the goal) and Victor took six shots with three on cage. Of note in the second overtime period, Canandaigua also had a goal taken back after they called a time out before their shot. In the third overtime period, Canandaigua won the face off on a technical violation. They maintained possession for the entire 3:30 and did not allow the Blue Devils to have the ball. After three missed shots, LaCrosse took the ball behind the cage and worked his way around the crease and put the shot in the top shelf for the goal.

In the cage for the Braves, Michael Cuciti finished at 55% with 12 saves. For the Blue Devils, Troy Dowdle finished with 10 saves. Cuciti was also named to the All-Tournament team. In addition to those listed above the following made the All-Tournament team: In the attack from Canandaigua Brian Feldman, in defense from Canandaigua Joe Eddinger and in defense from Churchville-Chili Mike Caternolo.

Next up for Canandaigua will be Hamburg from Section, who won their championship game tonight with an 18-6 victory against Niagara Wheatfield. That NYS quarter final game will be played at 1:00 on Saturday afternoon (June 1st) at St. John Fisher College.

 --  The entire Penn Yan defensive unit stepped up and held Geneva to only a single goal in the Class C Championships. The Mustangs won their 18th Championship with a 6-1 score. The starting defense that included Nick Skorusa, James Burdette and Griffin Marsh along with goalie Brandon Maciejewski were each named to the All-Tournament team. Attackman Ryan Maciejewski was named the MVP for the Class C Tournament with 4g in the Finals and 11g-6a in the tournament.

Penn Yan scored the first four goals of the contest, holding Geneva scoreless until the third quarter. Three of Mace's four goals were scored unassisted with the fourth assisted by Bradley Voigt. Corey Grace and Rion Davison scored the remaining two goals for the Mustangs. Jesse Singleton scored the lone goal for the Panthers and was named to the All-Tournament team. In the cage for Penn Yan, Brandon Maciejewski finished at 90% with nine saves. For Geneva, Derek Grillone finished with five saves.

In addition to those listed above, the following were named to the All-Tournament team: Penn Yan attackmen Rion Davison and Bradley Voigt, Geneva midfielders Matt Miller and Sean Cunningham and Aquinas attackman Alex Bianchi.

Next up for the Mustangs will be Silver Creek from Section 6 who defeated Akron, 17-12 to win their championship. That game will take place on the campus of St. John Fisher College next Saturday, June 1st, at 3:30.

 --    Penfield scored six unanswered goals to defeat Thomas 9-6. The Class A Finals were paused due to lightning with 1:57 remaining in the second quarter. At that point, Thomas led 5-4. After the return to play, Penfield outscored Thomas 5-1 to win the game. The Titans final goal came as the last goal of the game with 6:47 remaining in the fourth quarter. Penfield midfielder Mitch Standera was named MVP for the Class A tournament. He finished the Championship game with 3a.

Penfield started the scoring with a face-off fast break. Connor Russell picked up his own ground ball on the face-off and passed it to Jonathon Spaan. Spaan quickly passed it across the crease to Andrew Schoeneck for the first of his 3g-1a. Russell finished 86% at the face-off draw (12/14) with a team leading 13 ground balls and was named to the All-Tournament team. Thomas fired back with the next three goals. The Titans scored their first goal during man-up. Justin Bird fed the ball to Nick Schuman for the goal. Three minutes later Bird got his second assist with a feed to Jake Giudice. Both Bird and Giudice were named to the All-Tournament team for the Titans. The third Titan goal was an unassisted goal with John Hill driving straight to the net. With 1:47 remaining in the opening quarter, Penfield scored their second goal. Brian Wall scored with an assist from Standera. The Titans led 3-1 going into the second quarter.

In the second quarter Thomas kept up the pressure. Penfield scored the first goal of the quarter to tie the score. Jonathan Spaan scored his lone goal of the game with an assist from Schoeneck. Giudice took back the lead for the Titans with an assist from Schuman. Three minutes later Thomas took a two goal lead with an unassisted goal from Bird. The last goal before the lightning break was scored by defenseman Charlie Cummins. Thomas led by one going into the break.

The last two minutes of the second quarter went by without any scoring. In the third quarter the Patriots added three more goals with scoring from Russell, Wall and Schoeneck. Standera assisted on Russell's and Spaan assisted on Wall's goal. The most impressive of the three goals was the final goal by Schoeneck. Schoeneck faked a shot from 10 yards out. He then back-pedaled onto his off leg. As he landed, he fired off the shot into the upper corner, faking out both defenseman and goalie. The Patriots led 7-5 going into the final quarter.

Penfield scored two goals within 0:21 to take the four goal lead. Anthony Mitchell scored the first goal from the crease after receiving an inside pass from Spaan. Quickly thereafter, Schoeneck scored with a straight drive at the cage. The final goal of the game was scored by Kevin Hill for Thomas. Hill took the ball all around the cage before fighting his way to the crease for the point-blank goal.

In the cage for Penfield, Liam Guiton finished with 11 saves (65%) and was named to the All-Tournament team. At the close defense, Charlie Cummings finished with 2 one-on-one takes and was named to All-Tournament team as well. For Thomas, Jack Bezek finished today's game with seven saves. Due to his performance against Pittsford to get to the finals, he was also named to the All-Tournament team. In addition to those listed above, the following were named to the All-Tournament team: Fairport attackman Justin Kesselring, Pittsford midfielder Brandon Barker and Thomas defenseman Ryan Nugent.

Orchard Park will play Clarence on Wednesday in Section 6. The winner of that game will be the Class A Champion and will play Penfield on Saturday at St. John Fisher College at 6:00.