The greatly anticipated contest between Victor and Pittsford was resolved, at least at this point, tonight when Victor overcame a 4-2 halftime deficit and scored seven goals in the second half to beat the Panthers 9-6. The game lived up to the hype, playing before a large crowd and with officials who were very happy to let the two highly skilled teams play a high energy and physical game.

Finally, after so many nights of mismatches, there were other close games tonight as Thunder beat Brockport 10-9, Mynderse beat Midlakes 7-6, Waterloo defeated Newark 7-5, and McQuaid defeated Bath 10-9. Other close games included Fairport over Canandaigua (8-4), Brighton over HFL (10-7) and Penfield over Thomas (18-13). Other winners today were Gananda, Penn Yan, Spencerport, Churchville-Chili, Hilton and Irondequoit.

--  SPORTSFIVE REPORT: The game has been drawing National attention for several weeks as the two undefeated and highly ranked teams were set to play tonight. Media filled the sidelines and the fans filled the stands at Victor highs school, where finding a parking spot was a sport in itself.

Victor scored five unanswered goals to take control of the game and defeat previously undefeated Pittsford 9-6. The Blue Devils and the Panthers have faced 10 times in the last 15 years with Pittsford leading the series 7-3. Victor has won the last two contests including last year's 10-9 win over the Panthers. With Victor moving from Class B to Class A this season, it seems likely that this will not be last time that these two powerhouse teams face.

Pittsford took an early lead. They ended the first quarter 3-1 and the half at 4-2. The Panthers had scoring from Connor Fitzgerald (2), Matt Malone and Jeremy Jacob. The lone Victor goal was scored by Mike DeMarco. The third quarter, as well as the entire second half, belonged to the Blue Devils. They scored the first four goals of the second half to lead 6-4. Pittsford got one goal in the third quarter before Victor added another three to take complete control of the game (9-5 with 7:37 left in the fourth). Pittsford scored the final goal with less than a minute on the clock

--  SPORTSFIVE REPORT: After a 12-7 loss earlier in the season, McQuaid Jesuit was looking for revenge against Bath. The Knights came back from an early deficit to defeat the Rams 10-9. Bath took a substantial early lead before McQuaid Jesuit scored eight unanswered goals to take the game away from the Rams.

Bath started off the game strong with the first two goals and seven of the first eight. They led 7-1 at the close of the first half. In the third quarter the Knights started to come back but still only took the game to 8-4. The fourth quarter began with three goals in the first two minutes to make the contest a one goal game with 10:17 remaining. McQuaid Jesuit tied the game for first time with an unassisted goal from Luc Watson. One minute later Matt Palmer (assisted by Jack Billitier) gave the Knights their first lead of the game. Billitier assisted on the insurance goal as well to Tommy Crocker. Bath's final goal was scored by Tyler Finch, but the Rams could not come back to force overtime.

In the cage for McQuaid Jesuit, Hunter Goldstin finished with 12 saves (57%). For the Rams, Jacob Cupp recorded 13 saves.

--  SPORTSFIVE REPORT: Greece Athena/Odyssey held off a late advance from Brockport to defeat the Blue Devils 10-9. The Thunder led by four with 5:09 remaining in the game before Brockport scored three goals in under two minutes. They could not tie the game in the final 2:53 to force overtime.

The score was tied 3-3 after the first quarter. The Blue Devils kept up their pressure and scored two more goals to start the second. Their largest lead was 5-3 at the half. Ath/Ody came out of halftime and scored three unanswered goals to take back their lead 6-5. The Blue Devils tied the game again with an unassisted goal from Jake Sweet. Greece scored four more goals to take control of the game and sit on their four goal lead late in the fourth quarter. In the cage for Brockport, Trevor Stein finished with 12 saves (55%).