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.

-- Although the game was close going into the second half, Thomas outscored Canandaigua 9-2 in the second half on their way to a 13-6 victory over the Braves. Thomas scored seven unanswered goals including five in less than three minutes in the third quarter. During the highly anticipated game, Thomas seemed the stronger team; even during the close periods in the first quarter.

Thomas was aggressive on both sides of the field. On defense, they were pressuring the shooters, forcing the Braves to take rushed shots or limited their shot all together. On offense they were patient until they found a weakness and then exploited it for a goal. The Braves, as strong competitors, stayed in the game for a half, but the Titans kept the pressure up for the whole game and it was too much, this night, for Canandaigua.

The game opened with Canandaigua winning the first face-off on a technical foul. They brought the ball down and tried at the cage. The Titans did not allow them to get a shot off before forcing a bad pass and recovering the ball. During the clear, attackman Eric Munn intercepted the ball and forced a one-on-one with the Titan goalie, John Bezek. He scored his unassisted goal just 0:43 into the contest. Thomas won the next face-off and took the ball down to set up their offense. They moved the ball around until there was an opening on the right side and Kevin Hill scored the first of his 3g for Thomas. Their next shot, which took 1:16 to set up was also a goal. This time the opening came on the left side with Nick Schuman capitalizing. The third Thomas goal was scored with Pat LeMoine running straight at the net from the top of the restraining line and scoring. Thomas led 3-1 with 7:01 remaining. Canandaigua scored the next goal on a fast break. Brian Feldman scored with an assist from Connor Hulme with 4:06 left in the first quarter. Canandaigua tied the game after receiving the ball at midfield after an offsides call by Thomas. Mitchell Schaefer took the ball straight from the midfield line and put it in the back of the net. Thomas didn't want to take a tie into the second quarter and scored again with 0:03 remaining. John Hill recorded his first assist of the game with a pass to LeMoine. Hill finished with 1g-4a of the Titans.

In the second quarter, the pace of the game slowed down and Thomas had trouble hitting the cage. Thomas finished the quarter 0/7 for shots on cage. The Braves scored the only goal of the quarter on an outside shot from Schaefer. The game was tied at halftime, 4-4.

Canandaigua scored the first goal of the second half during a man-up play. Ben Northrup set up a cross-crease pass to Hulme to give the Braves their second lead of the game. The Titans then took control. The Titans tied the game with 8:40 remaining with a feed from behind the cage by J. Hill to Kevin Hill. They kept up the pressure and scored on a fast break goal with J. Hill feeding Jake Giudice. With 2:47 remaining the Titans scored the first of their five goals in less than three minutes. The Titans scored again at 2:03, 0:34, 0:09 and 0:03 to take an 11-5 lead into the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Thomas added two and Canandaigua added one. Near the end of the contest, both teams gave their subs playing time. The Braves rotated in all three of their goalies and Thomas subbed in their second goalie. For Thomas, Bezek finished with 7 saves (54%) and Alex Gulisano did not face a shot. For Canandaigua, Michael Cuciti finished with 8 saves. Luke MacNeil finished with 1 save and 1 goal against in two minutes. Jon Gelinas did not face a shot in the final minute of play.

Midfielder Justin Bird finished 74% at the face off draw and with a team leading 13 ground balls. Of the 13 ground balls, 11 were off face-offs. Attackman J. Hill finished with seven ground balls for the Titans. For the Braves, Midfielders Connor Moore and Schaefer finished with four ground balls each.

-- Game NOTE: Marcus Whitman scored the final four goals of the contest. Defensemen Dylan Joy (8) and Kevin Schutt (6) led Gananda in ground balls.

-- Game NOTE: After going back and forth for three quarters, Hilton scored the final six goals of the game to defeat Rush-Henrietta. Face off midfielder Harald Juergens finished 20/23 (87%) with a team leading 11 ground balls. Midfielder Ricky Cocilova and attackman Shawn Kimble finished with six ground balls each.

-- The Patriots scored the final three goals to defeat Irondequoit 9-8. Penfield only led the game for 9:39 spanning two periods late in the game. They scored the tying goal with 3:52 remaining in the game and the winning goal with 3:29 remaining.

The Eagles scored the first two goals with Raymond Shalvoy scoring back to back goals less than one minute apart. His first goal was assisted by Andy Schwin and his second was assisted by Ben Brooks. The latter goal was scored during man-up. Penfield came back and tied the game with goals from attackman Andrew Schoeneck and defenseman Charlie Cummins. Schoeneck finished with 4g-1a to lead the Patriots' offense. Irondequoit scored the last goal of the first quarter with 0:11 left to take the lead. Jacy Karpovage scored with an assist from Shalvoy. Shalvoy finished with 2g-1a, which all happened in the first three Eagle goals.

In the second quarter, Irondequoit extended their lead to two with an unassisted goal from Brooks. Two minute later Schoeneck scored his second goal (unassisted). The play went back and forth for five minutes before Brooks scored his second goal to give the Eagles their third two goal lead of the game. Penfield added the next two goals before the close of the half and tied the game going into halftime. Brian Wall and Max Spaan scored the goals. Spaan's goal was with 0:51 remaining on the clock.

Penfield took their first lead of the game with 7:50 remaining in the third quarter. Spaan scored his unassisted goal for the Patriots. They remained ahead for 5:50 until Joshua Merkel scored the first of his back to back goals to tie the game once again. 1:05 later, Merkel scored his second goal to give the Eagles the lead. The score was 7-6 after three quarters.

The first goal of the final quarter was scored by Joel Roemer to give Irondequoit a two goal lead with 9:57 left to play. Penfield scored the final three goals to win the contest. In the cage for Penfield, Liam Guiton finished with nine saves (53%). Face off man Anthony Mitchell finished 14/21 at the face-off draw with a team leading nine ground balls. For Irondequoit, Alex Shoemaker finished at 50% with nine saves.

-- Game NOTE: Tim Wright scored the only goal of the fourth quarter to secure the victory for Waterloo. The Blue Devils were held scoreless for the last 16:04.

-- Greece Arcadia/Olympia fought back from a 5-2 deficit in the third quarter to defeat Gates Chili 8-6. The Lightning scored six of the last seven goals in the contest, including the final three to go from one goal behind to leading by two. The go-ahead goal was scored with only 2:18 remaining in the contest by Connor May.

The Spartans scored the only goal of the first quarter with Joe Caccamise assisting Jon Taliento. Taliento finished with 2g for Gates Chili. He scored the second goal of the game with 10:03 remaining in the second quarter. Phil Ruf scored man-up to give the Spartans the early 3-0 lead. The first Lightning goal of the game was scored with 5:38 remaining in the half. Nick Capone assisted Tyler Dalle for the first of his 3g-1a. The first half ended with the score 3-1 in favor of the Spartans.

In the third quarter the teams traded goals. Caccamise scored his first goal with an assist from Joe Corona again in man-up. Two minutes later the Lightning scored again. Bryan Collister scored the first of his 3g for Greece. Gates scored the final goal of the quarter with Greg Statt scoring (assisted by Caccamise). The Spartans did not score for twelve minutes. During that time, Greece scored three goals to tie the game.

Collister, Dalle and Capone each added goals for Greece. Dalle and Capone's goal were both scored during extra-man offense. With 9:18 remaining in the game, the score was tied 5-5. Ruf scored his second goal (unassisted) to give the Spartans back the lead. Nick Serio assisted the tying goal with a feed to Dalle. May scored the game winning goal with 2:18 remaining. Collister added the insurance goal with 1:38 left. The goal was also assisted by Serio.

In the cage for the Lightning, Josh Hovey finished with 9 saves (60%). Capone (10) and May (9) led the team in ground balls. Capone was also 13/14 (93%) at the face-off draw; with his only loss coming on a technical foul. For the Spartans, Dylan Dix finished with 14 recorded saves (64%). LSM Casey Pritchard led Gates Chili with seven ground balls.