The three top seeds won their trips to Buffalo today as Fairport scored four goals in the last five minutes of the game to defeat Pittsford 7-6. Penn Yan was a 17-5 winner over Pal-Mac and Victor played a close game with Canandaigua, eventually winning 12-8. The three teams will play in the State Quarter finals in Buffalo (All High Stadium) on Saturday. Fairport will play Orchard Park, who won their 22nd Sectional Title tonight (10-9 over Clarence). Victor will play Hamburg after their 10-9 win over Niagara Wheatfield. Penn Yan will play Akron who defeated a strong team from Salamanca (17-15). The Section Five Brackets are available on the Tournament Page. The NYS brackets are available for Class A, Class B and Class C.

Victor 12 - Canandaigua 8

Tue - May 27, 2014 - 3:45 PM

Sect 5 Championship   at Schroeder 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final  Victor      Record: 16-3 3 2 4 3   12   Canandaigua      Record: 14-5 3 1 2 2   8

The book for Victor: Dan Barrow (2g), Max Lambert (1a), Mike DeMarco (3g-1a), Ryan Maloney (1g), Patrick Barrow (1a), Eric Haney (2g), Jamie Trimboli (1g-1a), Luke Bartkoski (3g), Goaltending: Justin Young 6s/8ga (48 mins). Click here for SportsFive FULL STATS. The book for Canandaigua: Nick Johnson (1g-1a), Mitchell Schaefer (1g), Ben Smith-Wilcox (1a), Connor Hulme (2g), Eric Munn (2g-1a), Brian Feldman (2g-1a) Goaltending: Jon Gelinas 0s/0ga (1 mins), Tim Rice 9s/12ga (47 mins).

--   After last year`s heart felt triple overtime loss to the Braves, Victor came to play and defeated Canandaigua 12-8. The Braves led for most of the first quarter. The Blue Devils scored the opening goal of the second quarter to take their first lead of the game and never looked back. Victor never trailed after taking the lead with 7:13 remaining in the first half. Sophomore TD Ierlan finished with another impressive game at the face off draw. He finished at 82% (18/22) with a team leading ten ground balls. He was named to the All-Tournament team for the Blue Devils. Leading the scoring for Victor was the All Tournament MVP sophomore midfielder Mike DeMarco with 3g-1a in today`s contest.

The Braves scored first just 1:56 into play. Attackman Brian Feldman scored the first of his two goals after intercepting a clearing pass from goalie Justin Young. Feldman, who was also named to the All Tournament team, finished the game with 2g-1a. It took six minutes for Victor to tie the game. DeMarco scored his first goal with a drive to the cage and a roll back at GLE. Less than a minute later Canandaigua took the lead back. Feldman made the exact same interception from Young before dumping the ball to Connor Hulme. Young finished with six saves for the Blue Devils. Canandaigua took a two goal lead with a face off fast break. Nick Johnson won the face off and picked up his own ground ball. He passed off to Mitchell Schaefer for his lone goal of the game. Victor scored the last two goals of the quarter to tie the game with only 0:14 remaining in the quarter. Dan Barrow and DeMarco each scored unassisted goals for the Blue Devils.

Victor scored two goals in the second quarter to take the lead going into halftime. Barrow scored the second of his two goals with an outside shot. The Braves scored tied the game with an outside shot during a man-up situation with 4:54 remaining in the half. DeMarco scored his third and final goal with a drive to cage with 3:21 left in the half. Victor led 5-4 at halftime. Defensively, Jack Callahan had a strong game for the Blue Devils and was named to the All Tournament team. He finished with five ground balls and three takes for Victor. Sophomore defenseman Patrick Barrow was also named to the All Tournament team and finished with six ground balls and one take for the Blue Devils.

Victor`s Jamie Trimboli scored his lone goal with a drive from the top as he beat a triple on the inside to score. Canandaigua scored next after goalie Tim Rice intercepted a pass and sent the ball on a full field clear to Johnson. He took the ball the rest of the way and scored on the fast break. The Blue Devils scored back to back to take a three goal lead. Luke Bartkoski scored his first of three goals with a drive from behind the cage. He was also named to the All Tournament team. Two minutes later and Eric Haney scored on fast break goal. Haney finished today`s game with 2g and was named to the All Tournament team. Canandaigua`s Eric Munn scored the first of his two goals with a dodge straight at the cage. The last goal of the quarter was scored as time expired on a fast break with Bartkoski scoring his second goal. Victor led 9-6 after three quarters.

Victor never let up the pressure and outscored Canandaigua 3-2 in the final quarter. The Blue Devils scored the first two goals with inside feeds from Trimboli and DeMarco. Bartkoski scored his third and Haney his second for the Blue Devils. As time wound down, the Braves spent a great deal of time in the penalty box. They spent 4.5 minutes of time in the penalty box in the fourth quarter. Connor Hulme scored with an assist from Munn and then Munn scored one of his own to round out the scoring for the Braves. Munn finished with 2g-1a and was named to the All Tournament team. The Blue Devils scored the final goal with Ryan Maloney scoring his first goal in nearly a month (he came off injury this game) with an assist from Max Lambert.

Canandaigua goalie Time Rice played nearly the entire game and recorded 9 saves. Johnson led his team with five ground balls and Munn added four more. Defenseman Joe Eddinger finished with 2 ground balls and 3 takes and was named to the All Tournament team. In addition to those from today`s contest, Trevor Hodgins (Churchville-Chili) was also named to the All Tournament team for his success against Canandaigua in the semi-finals.

CLASS B - ALL TOURNMENT TEAM

Attack: CA – Brian Feldman, CC – Trevor Hodgins, CA – Connor Hulme, Vic – Eric Haney.

Midfield: Vic – Luke Bartkoski, Vic – TD Ierlan, Vic – Eric Munn, CA – Joe Eddinger.

Defense: Vic – Patrick Barrow, Vic – Jack Callahan.

MVP: Midfielder – Vic – Mike DeMarco  

Penn Yan 17 - Pal-Mac 5

Tue - May 27, 2014 - 5:15 PM

Sect 5 Championship   at Schroeder 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final  Penn Yan      Record: 15-3 4 4 4 5   17   Pal-Mac      Record: 17-2 1 2 2 0   5

The book for Penn Yan: Rion Davison (3g-4a), Sean Emerson (2g-4a), Austin Fingar (1a), Andrew Perl (3g), Ben Covert (1g), Bradley Voigt (5g-3a), Sam Dirisio (2g), Craig Gerhardt (1g), Goaltending: Brandon Maciejewski 11s/5ga = 69% (45 mins), Gage Ponsetti 0s/0ga (3 mins). Click here for SportsFive FULL STATS. The book for Pal-Mac: Jarett Duchesneau (1a), Tyler Hurlbutt (2g), Stephen Morrell (1a), Ben Reeves (3g) Goaltending: Jack DeMeyers 1s/15ga (39 mins), Jared Hurlbutt 2s/2ga = 50% (9 mins).

--   Penn Yan scored four goals in the first three quarters and five in the final quarter in their 17-5 win over Pal-Mac. The Red Raiders added one goals in the first and two in the second and third quarters. Penn Yan attackman Rion Davison finished the game with 3g-4a and was named Class C MVP for the Tournament. Attackman Bradley Voigt finished with 5g-3a and was named the Section Five Offensive Player of the Year. In addition to his tournament hours, Davison was named Sportsman of the Year.

Face off midfielder Austin Fingar finished 13/7 (65%) and was also named to the All Tournament Team. He also led the Mustangs with eleven ground balls. In the cage for Penn Yan, Brandon Maciejewski finished at 69% with 11 saves. Gage Ponsetti played the final three minutes but did not face a shot. For Pal-Mac, Ben Reeves led with 3 goals from 16 shots (9 on cage). He also led his team in ground balls with eight. Defenseman Nate Arnold finished with five ground balls and two takes. Both Arnold and Reeves were named to the All Tournament team for Pal-Mac. In the cage for the Red Raiders, Jack DeMeyers finished with 1 saves in three and half quarters. Jared Hurlbutt played the final nine minutes and recorded two saves and two goals against.

CLASS C - ALL TOURNMENT TEAM

Attack: AQ – Alex Bianchi, PY – Bradley Voigt, PM – Brian Burger.

Midfield: PY – Austin Fingar, PM – Ben Reeves, PY – Josh Kinsey.

Defense: PM – Nate Arnold, Gan - Dylan Joy, PY – John Luppino.

Goalie: PY – Brandon Maciejewski.

MVP: Midfielder – PY – Rion Davison  

Fairport 7 - Pittsford 6

Tue - May 27, 2014 - 7:30 PM

Sect 5 Championship   at Schroeder 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final  Fairport      Record: 17-2 0 0 1 6   7   Pittsford      Record: 15-4 2 1 2 1   6

The book for Fairport: Nick Orsini (1g), Justin Kesselring (2g), Ryan Bowen (1g), Dan McAvoy (2g), Brent Mazurkiewicz (1g), Goaltending: Joey Scalise 9s/6ga = 60% (48 mins). The book for Pittsford: Stephen Quinzi (1g), Billy Cooper (1g), Jonathan Perotto (1g), Owen Smith (1a), Brandon Barker (2g-1a), James Felix (1a), Nick Panara (1g) Goaltending: Kevin Maguire 12s/7ga = 63% (48 mins). Click here for SportsFive FULL STATS.

--  Pittsford`s starting defense played three excellent quarters and one mediocre quarter, but that last quarter was enough for Fairport to come up with a win with 0:16 left in regulation. The Red Raiders scored six goals in the final quarter, including the last five in their 7-6 win over the Panthers. Pittsford`s Mike Perotto, Nick Panara, Greg Weyl and Colby Barker played a great game and had standout performances. Face off midfielder Ryan Fairbrother finished at 60% (9/16) and with a team leading five ground balls. In the cage, Kevin Maguire finished with 12 saves (63%) for the Panthers. Maguire along with Fairport goalie Joey Scalise were both named to the All Tournament Team for their play. Scalise finished at 60% with nine saves. Perotto and Panara were named to the All Tournament team in defense.

Pittsford started off strong in the first half, scoring three goals and holding the Red Raiders scoreless. The Panthers scored two first quarter goals. Both were during man-up situations for the Panthers. The first came with 4:50 remaining with Owen Smith assisting Billy Cooper from behind the cage as the penalty was released. With 0:08, Jonathan Perotto scored with an outside shot and an assist from Brandon Barker. Pittsford added a single goal in the second quarter with Stephen Quinzi picking up a loose ball behind the cage and driving around the left side for the unassisted goal. Quinzi was named to the All Tournament team for Pittsford. The quarter concluded with a conduct foul followed by an unsportsmanlike conduct foul. Pittsford began the third quarter with the ball.

Three minutes into the quarter, Pittsford added their fourth goal with a high crease feed from James Felix to Barker. 28:55 into the contest the Red Raiders scored their first goal. Dan McAvoy scored unassisted with an outside shot to put Fairport on the board. McAvoy finished the game with 2g and was named to the All Tournament team for Fairport. His younger brother, freshman Kyle McAvoy, was also added to the team after a stellar performance in the semi and quarter final rounds. The teams continued to alternate scoring with Brandon Barker scoring for the Panthers and McAvoy scoring his second for the Red Raiders to open the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, McAvoy scored only 0:34 into the quarter to give Fairport their second goal. Fifteen seconds later, Panara picked up the ball at the face-off and scored on a fast-break to give Pittsford their final goal with 11:11 remaining in regulation. Fairport scored the last five goals with goals from Kesselring (2), Brent Mazurkiewicz, Nick Orsini and the game winning goal from Ryan Bowen with 0:16 remaining on the clock.

Pittsford`s defense continued to play well, not stellar, in the fourth quarter; however it was the Red Raider offense that stepped up. This included midfielder Shane Cronkwright who finished at 40% for the game, but who won five straight face-offs in the fourth quarter to continue to give Fairport the possessions. With about three minutes remaining the Panthers had the ball in their offensive end, but could not hold on to the ball and Fairport scored three goals in the last three minutes to take the lead.

In addition to those listed above, the following players made the All Tournament team: Midfielder Brandon Barker (Pittsford), LSM Allen Thibodeau (Fairport), Defenseman Ryan Nugent (Thomas) and Justin Kesselring (Fairport). Kesselring was named the MVP. At the conclusion of the game the Nick Panara from Pittsford was announced as the Defensive Player of the year.

CLASS C - ALL TOURNMENT TEAM

Attack: Pitt - Stephen Quinzi, Fpt - Dan McAvoy,

Midfield: Pitt - Brandon Barker, Fpt - Kyle McAvoy,

Defense: Fpt - Allen Thibodeau, Pitt - Nick Panara, Pitt - Mike Perotto, RLT - Ryan Nugent.

Goalie: Pitt - Kevin Maguire, Fpt - Joey Scalise.

MVP - Midfielder - Fpt - Justin Kesselring.