Victor and Canandaigua played a repeat of last year`s exciting Class B final today, but the results were not the same as the Blue Devils won 12-10. Penfield, who was down 3-0 to West Genesee at the start of the last quarter scored three unanswered goals to force the game into overtime. Less than thirty seconds into the second overtime period, Penfield`s Jake Sproule picked up his own face-off ground ball and drove to the cage for the 4-3 win. Wayne won their game against Gananda 9-6 and Pittsford beat their Section VI hosts at St. Joseph`s 6-1. McQuaid lost a close on (14-13) at Watertown and Spencerport beat HF-L 13-10. Other winners were the Greece Thunder, Fairport, Penn Yan, Aquinas, Irondequoit, Hilton and Livonia.

--    Less than thirty seconds into the second overtime period, Penfield`s Jake Sproule picked up his own face-off ground ball and drove to the cage. He scored on a high bounce shot to secure the 4-3 win over Section III`s West Genesee. The Patriots were held scoreless until the fourth quarter, before scoring three goals in three minutes to tie the game. The last six minutes of the final quarter and the entire first overtime were back and forth play with both teams having opportunities to score.

The Patriot defense was exceptional in the win. Jacob O`Connor, Jack Taddeo and Ethan Parks stood in front of goalie Liam Guiton and stopped what is perennially a top offense throughout the state. O`Connor and Taddeo were exceptionally skilled with two one-on-one takes each and three and seven ground balls respectively.  Guiton finished with eleven recorded saves (79%) including three point blank saves that he had no business saving. The defensive unit kept the Patriots in the game for three quarters when their offense could not get the ball on the cage. In the second and third quarters there were a combined 13 shots for Penfield with only one shot per quarter on the cage (15% on cage). Throughout the entire 52 minute contest Penfield only had 42% of their shots on cage, but they certainly made them count when they were on the cage.

West Genesee scored the first three goals spanning the entire first half. Ian Cahill scored the opening goal after an inside feed from Ryan McDonald. It was the only goal scored by the Wildcats that was scored during even play. In the second quarter, Penfield was passing the ball around during a two minute non-releasable penalty when the Wildcats stripped the ball and starting running up field. With a flag down at the midfield, David Procopio drove at the goal. As he finished driving, he was pushed into the crease but scored man-down for the Wildcats. Five minutes later West Genesee added their third goal with a man-up shot from Nick Cunningham. The Wildcats led 3-0 at the half.

The third quarter had neither team scoring as the ball moved back and forth for the entire twelve minutes. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots came out swinging and scored their first goal just 1:22 into the quarter. Brian Wall assisted Max Spaan for the opening goal. Two minutes later Sproule scored the first of his two goals (both unassisted).  It took less than one minute to tie the game with Carter Jordan coming up the far side of the field and finding Ryan Fulton on a cross the crease feed for the goal. The Patriots scored all three goals in just over three minutes. The remaining time in regulation passed slowly with both team patiently looking to take to go ahead goal. Time expired with West Genesee failing to get a shot off as Penfield`s defense kept them contained.

In the first overtime period, Penfield won the face off and got the first chance at the win. They took two shots with only one on cage. West Genesee took their opportunity and also finished with two shots and only one on cage. Time expired in the first overtime with another strong effort from Penfield`s defense. The second overtime started with another Penfield face-off win by Sproule. He picked up his own ground ball and drove to the cage for the win.

In the cage for West Genesee, Matt Koziol finished with 7 saves (64%). The Wildcats finished with 21 ground balls and defenseman Nick Mellen led his team with five. For the Patriots, Taddeo finished with seven ground balls to lead his team. Sproule finished with six and Guiton finished with four.

--  Game NOTE: It was the last game for Section Five official Mark Wickham who is moving to Florida where he already has a number of game ready for him to officiate.  

--  Spencerport scored the first two goals of the contest and with the exception of fifteen seconds in the first quarter, led or tied for the entire game. The Rangers won 13-10 and were led by attackmen Kasey Olsen (5g) and Colin Mcelligott (2g-6a). Of the thirteen goals, only two were by midfielders the rest were scored by the remaining attackmen: Ryan Schirano (3g) and Brandon Ellis (1g-1a). In the cage for the Rangers, Connor MacKenzie finished with eight saves. Midfielder Andrew Forte finished with a team leading 11 ground balls and was 14/26 (54%) at the face off draw.

For HF-L, Ryan Kelly finished with a team leading 4g-1a. Alex Mapstone added 3g to the count for the Cougars. Both Kelly and Mapstone took eleven shots each and accounted for 61% of the shooting. In the cage for the Cougars, Bryce Kelly finished with twelve saves. Mapstone also finished with a team leading seven ground balls. Bryce Kelly added five and defenseman James Hass added four more.

 

 

--  Game NOTE: Penn Yan had a balanced offensive effort with eight different scorers. The game honored Tom Noteware who was driving force in the formation of the Penn Yan lacrosse program. Tom`s son, Tom Jr., is assistant coach on the Bath staff.

 

--  After ending their season last year in a triple overtime during the Class B Finals, Victor was looking for revenge against Canandaigua. The Blue Devils scored the final three goals in this game to defeat the Braves 12-10. A major factor in the victory was Canandaigua`s inability to stay out of the penalty box. The Braves had eleven penalties for sixteen minutes including four multiple minute non-releasable penalties (two, two minute penalties and two, three minute penalties). Victor scored five man-up goals during the contest.

The Blue Devils scored the first two goals of the game. The first goal was a man-up goal with Max Lambert assisting Dan Barrow. Barrow and Lambert both finished with 2g-2a for Victor. Three minutes later Ryan Maloney scored the first of his 4g-1a with an unassisted goal. It took until 3:58 remaining in the opening quarter for the Braves to get on the board. They scored on an unassisted goal by Mitchell Schaefer. Although TD Ierlan finished 19/25 (76%)for Victor, he lost the next face-off with long stick Joe Eddinger picking up the ground ball and taking the ball to the cage to tie the game only 10 seconds after scoring their first goal. Victor tacked on a late goal with Maloney scoring unassisted to take the 3-2 lead going into the second quarter.

Canandaigua came out swinging for the second quarter. They scored the first three goals (all unassisted). Brian Feldman scored back to back goals less than one minute apart and Eric Munn scored two minutes later. With 5:17 remaining in the second quarter, Canandaigua led 5-3. Victor scored their second man-up goal with the same scoring as their first (Barrow from Lambert) to keep the game close going into halftime. The Braves led 5-4.

Schaefer scored his second (of three) to regain a two goal lead for the Braves. The next two goals were both scored during a double non-releasable man-up situation (for two minutes). Maloney scored unassisted followed by Barrow assisting Cory Mason. The game was tied with 2:41 remaining in the third quarter. With 0:05 left, Victor accidentally had the ball go into the net, giving Canandaigua the lead, 7-6.

In the final quarter, Victor came back and outscored the Braves 6-3. The opening minute was back and forth as both teams scored off the face-off. Victor scored nineteen seconds into the quarter with Dan Barrow assisting Patrick Barrow. Fifteen seconds after that, Brian Feldman scored with an assist from Eric Munn. The Braves kept up their pressure and scored again with Schaefer adding his third goal of the night. With 10:10 remaining in the game, Canandaigua led by two. Victor scored back to back goals one minute apart to tie the game. Maloney scored his fourth goal (again unassisted) and Mike DeMarco assisted Lambert for another man-up goal for the Blue Devils. The final Canandaigua goal was scored by Tyelor Dingman (assisted by Schaefer) with 6:52 remaining in the quarter.

The final three goals of the game were scored by Victor with Lambert scoring the first and Kyle Pooler scoring the second and third. Maloney and Luke Bartkoski assisted Pooler`s goals. The Blue Devils spent a majority of the final three minutes playing keep-away in an attempt to hold the lead. Pooler`s second goal only came after Canandaigua had pulled their goalie to try to take the ball away.

In the cage for Victor, Brennan Mackey finished with four recorded saves. For Canandaigua, Luke MacNeil finished with 16 saves (57%).

 

--  Game NOTE: The Greece Thunder was up 4-3 at halftime.

--  Game NOTE: Senior defenseman Nick Panara scored Pittsford`s first goal after a full-field clear as the Panthers won a 6-1 non-league game at St. Joseph`s (Section VI). Senior attackman Stephen Quinzi scored the next three, assisted once by junior middie Brandon Barker who finished the game with 2g-1a.

 

 

--  Gananda led 6-3 going into halftime but then was held scoreless for the next twenty-four minutes. Wayne scored six goals in the second half and defeated the Blue Panthers 9-6. Wayne had eight different players make their scorebook. Goalie Justin Townsend finished with eight saves for the Screaming Eagles (57%). He also led him team in ground balls with four.

Zach Binggeli scored the first goal for Gananda with an assist from Nick Rapp. He finished with 1g-1a for the Blue Panthers. Two minutes later Cruz Mayberry scored the first of his two goals with an assist from Joe Fisher. Wayne kept the game close with two of their own. Nick Martin and Tim Oddi scored (with assists from John Bowman and Jake Moss). Mayberry scored his second to give Gananda the 3-2 lead going into the second quarter.

The second quarter belonged to the Blue Panthers who outscored the Screaming Eagles 3-1. Wayne scored the first goal (man-down) to tie the game with 10:38 remaining in the second quarter. Gananda scored the next three goals. Their final goal of the contest came with 2:49 remaining in the opening half.

In the second half, Wayne saw scoring from four different players. Bowman and Andrew Jenkins added two each with Moss and Chris Ecker scoring the additional two. In the cage for Gananda, Nicholas Smith finished with two recorded saves.