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| Long Island - 7 | Central - 6 | |
| Adirondack - 7 | Western - 13 | |
| Sat-07-24 | ||
| Western - 8 | Adirondack - 1 | |
| Long Island - 15 | New York City - 3 | |
| Hudson Valley - 7 | Central - 16 | |
| Fri-07-23 | ||
| Long Island - 12 | Adirondack - 4 | |
| Hudson Valley - 5 | New York City - 2 | |
| Central - 12 | Western - 4 | |
| New York City - 3 | Adirondack - 10 | |
| Western - 10 | Hudson Valley - 7 | |
| Central - 8 | Long Island - 7 | |
| Thu-07-22 | ||
| Hudson Valley - 6 | Adirondack - 7 | |
| Long Island - 10 | Western - 4 | |
| New York City - 6 | Central - 14 | |
| Long Island - 13 | Hudson Valley - 7 | |
| Adirondack - 4 | Central - 12 | |
| Western - 17 | New York City - 0 |
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-- 2010 POST-SEASON REPORTS AND LINKS
Our annual look at the end of the year contains links to the tournament reports, league awards list, the All-Tournament teams and the game reports for games from the out brackets of the Section Five tournament all the way through the New York State Tournaments. Fairport lasted the longest in Section Five going all the way to Championship game.
-- PLAYER PROFILE PAGES available for all Section Five Players
One of the most popular areas on the SportsFive.NET web site, the Player Profile area contains individual information on all of the players in Section Five. The personal pages consolidate game data for the player so that visitors can see stats by season or by game. Additional awards by leagues or the section and a section where players can add outside honors is available. Additional pages from the jump off page lists All-America players by year, all the way back to the first two, in 1971, Andy Gallina (Irondequoit) and Jim Darcangelo (Corning West). Visitors can also see lists of current college recruits or Section Five players moving on to the college level.
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The News Area is a jump off page that lists the most recent stories published on SportsFive>NET. Visitors can also see lists of just game reports for this year, or lists of all stories since 2000.
-- Polls and Rankings
(Season 2009) - Polls and rankings are available throughout the season. The SportsFive.NET rankings are released on Sunday each week. Rankings are based on each of the three classes (A, B and C). The New York State Sportswriters Association NYSSWA poll is released on Thursday each week and ranks teams from throughout all of New York State. National polls can be found at Laxpower.com
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(August, 2010) - The games have come and gone. There were some exciting games this year with the gold medal being won by a single goal.
SportsFive took a crew of four to the games this year and for the first time, ran live blogs for each of the seventeen games. "I would say that we were unable to keep up with some of the scoring at times," said Paul Wilson who headed the team. "There were times when the scoring was so rapid that it took us several minutes to report what happened, but eventually we did report on every goal in the tournament."
As usual, statistician, Kyle Barrett, kept the records for SportsFive as well at the rest of the media coverage the games. Game reports, team totals and individual player records are available on the stats page.
2010 Empire State Games Wrap up
July, 2010 - Post Games - After a one year absence, the Empire State Games were back and Buffalo, where they had not hosted the games since 2003 put on a great show, starting with opening ceremonies with Three Eye Blind and terrific fireworks and ending with the not so unusual crowning of Long Island as Lacrosse Champs. The Central Region took the Silver medals and Western earned the bronze in 2010.
The Winners:
This was the thirty-second edition of the Empire State Games, the oldest and largest of the "State Games" in the country. Men's lacrosse was introduced in 1984, with the Central Region winning the gold, Long Island the silver and Western the bronze. In the twenty-six years, Long Island has won sixteen times, Central seven , Hudson Valley twice and Western once, so Long Island winning was not total unexpected, but before and during the tournaments there were some who felt the Island might not make it five in a row. . . MORE (Read the full report here.)
Why do they Play in the ESG?
Coach Wilson has a few observation on changes in the Empire State Games and why players and their families and friends choose to play in the tournament. Read his story called "It's The Honor".
Live Blog Reports for Each Game
This year, for the first time, we ran live-action game blogs for each of the seventeen games in the tournament.
Nan Robinson and TJ Huffsmith were on hand, backed up by Kyle Barrett's stats.
Although the game stories have now been posted, feel free to read how the games went down . The game blogs are available in our Blog Area.
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Sunday - Long Island - Five in a Row
July 25, 2010 - Adirondack looked stronger today than yesterday in their game against Western who stepped up the challenge of playing ADK back-to-back and defeated them for the second time in 24 hours, 13-7. Long Island came back from an 8-7 
overtime loss to Central two days ago to defeat them 7-6.
Long Island earned their 16th Gold Medal and 5th straight Gold Medal. They have been in the Gold Medal game the last nine times. Central finished with their 10th Silver Medal and 3rd straight Silver Medal. Central has been in the Gold Medal game eight out of the last nine times. Western finished with their 12th Bronze Medal and their first Medal of any kind since 2007 where they won a Bronze.
Standout performances in today's games came from Jordan Frysinger of Western, Nick Doktor of Western, Zach Reed of Western, Tyler White of Central, Brandon Gamblin of Long Island and Kyle Keenan of Long Island. Frysinger finished with 1g-4a, a tournament leading 13 ground balls in one game and 15/19 at the face-off draw (14/14 non-technical). Doktor finished with 3g-2a and Reed finished with 4g. White finished with 16 saves (70%) for Central. Gamblin (4g) and Keenan (1g-4a) were major players in Long Island winning the Gold Medal.
Check back later in the week for the wrap-up report of the 2010 Empire State Games. SportsFive will look over the stats and summaries and come back with a report of the games highlights.
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Saturday - Three Games for "Fun"
July 24, 2010 - With the Medal Games already decided, the games on Saturday were necessary to ensure that each team played all of their competition, but they were unnecessary in determining who would play on Sunday. With Round Robin play finished, Central leads the 
pack at 5-0. Long Island finished 4-1, with their only loss to Central and look to the Gold Medal game to redeem themselves. Western is set in fourth place with a 3-2 record with Adirondack in fourth at 2-3. Western defeated Adirondack earlier today 8-1 and hope to do it again tomorrow during the Bronze Medal game. Hudson Valley finished the tournament at 1-4 and NYC finished the games at 0-5. Neither team will play in the Medal rounds tomorrow.
Today's contests had three one sided contests but with only one game went to running time. It was one of only two games in the tournament using running time. Western looked to have their second shutout of the tournament but Carter Sherman scored the final goal of the game to put Adirondack on the board. Long Island took their game against NYC to running time in the final minute and Central had two periods of an eleven goal lead against Hudson Valley.
Strong performances today came from Riley Lasda at Central, Brandon Gamblin of Long Island and Dylan Donahue at Central. Lasda finished the game with 2g-1a and 10/11 (91%) at the face-off draw. Lasda also led his team with six ground balls. Dylan Donahue finished with 4g-1a for Central. Gamblin finished with six goals for Long Island. In addition, Gamblin finished 5/7 at the face-off draw and with a team leading seven ground balls.
For complete stories on yesterday's games, see the Saturday Page on the ESG home page.
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Friday - Central over Long Island in OT
July 23, 2010 - The second day of the 2010 Empire State Games closed with Central holding the top Spot. Central (4-0) is the only remaining undefeated team after four games in round robin play. Long Island (3-1) brings up the second spot with their only loss coming during a sudden victory overtime loss against Central. The next group down includes Western (2-2) and Adirondack (2-2). Hudson Valley (1-3) and New York City (0-4) round out the tournament.
The major story of the day was the final game of the fourth round of play. Central and Long Island faced off in what will be the Gold Medal game on Sunday. Central came out to and early 5-0 lead over Long Island although they were not ready to give in and scored the next four goals straight to bring the game within one. As the fourth quarter progressed, the team eventually ended up tied when regulation expired. Central won the overtime face-off and after two shots, Thomas Grimm scored the game winning goal for Central. With four rounds played the Medal games have been set. Central and Long Island will face in the Gold Medal game and Western and Adirondack will face-off in the Bronze Medal Game.
Overall the performances today were broken into two halves. Long Island vs. Adirondack (12-4 Long Island) saw Adirondack leading 3-2 going into halftime before Long Island scored ten of the last eleven. Western vs. Central (12-4 Central) saw Western leading 3-2 going into halftime before Central scored ten of the last eleven goals. Thirdly, Long Island vs. Central (Central 8-7 OT) saw Central leading 4-0 at halftime before Long Island fought back to send the game into overtime.
Stand out performances from the second day of competitions once again feel to impressive face-off men and goalies. Jake Froccaro (Long Island) demonstrated himself to be the top of the face-off players in the tournament after winning 7/9 against Tim Edwards (Central). Froccaro won nine straight face-offs in the second half before being taken out of the game after a hard hit from a Central defenseman. Adirondack's goalie Bob Wardwell continued to impress and has recorded 43 saves (57&). Zach Oliveri is still sitting at the top of the goalie percentages with 62.5% (20 saves).
Offensively, Central's Kevin Rice remains the leading goals and points (12g-6a). Long Island's Kyle Keenan still holds the top spot in assists with seven. The ground ball chart is led by three Long Island players. Face-off man Froccaro leads with 29 followed by Brandon Gamblin (who is usually on the wing) with 15 and Michael Andreassi with 14.
For complete stories on yesterday's games, see the Friday Page on the ESG home page.
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Thursday: Day One and Long Island and Central Lead
July 22, 2010 - The first day of the 2010 Empire State Games closed with Central and Long Island holding the top spots. Central (2-0) and Long Island (2-0) were both undefeated in the first two rounds of round robin play. The next tier of teams includes Western (1-1) and Adirondack (1-1); followed by New York City (0-2) and Hudson Valley (0-2).
There were a number of outstanding performances throughout the first day of games. Of note include face-off men Jake Froccaro (Long Island) and Tim Edwards (Central). Froccaro finished two rounds with 24 wins (67%) and Edwards finished with 23 wins (85%). 2010 appears to be the year of the goalie, as a number of teams stood out with exceptional goalie play. David Scarcello of Western finished with three saves in the shutout against NYC. Both Long Island goalies finished with impressive percentages: Zach Oliveri (10 saves – 71%) and Tom Cordts (8 saves – 53%). NYC’s Chris Fiore finished with a tournament leading 23 saves and Adirondack’s Bob Wardwell finished with 19 saves.
Offensively, six of the top seven spots fall to attackmen. Central’s Kevin Rice leads with (5g-6a). Kyle Keenan (4g-5a) and Brandon Gamblin (6g-1a) are just behind. The top spots are followed closely by Ari Waffle (7g) and Dylan Donahue (2g-4a) from Central and Rob Caffrey (2g-4a) from Hudson Valley.
Long Island’s Froccaro (15) and Gamblin (10) top the ground ball leader board followed by Derek Kehoe (9) of Central and Brian Pickup of Hudson Valley. Central’s Matt Koop and Valley’s Pickup both have three takes to lead the field.
Central, Long Island and Western all outscored their opponents; with Central outscoring their opponents by the largest margin (26-10). Adirondack, Hudson Valley and NYC were all outscored by their opponents; including NYC being outscored 6-31 by their opponents. Western has the most penalties against them with 13, while NYC has the least with one.
For complete stories on yesterday's games, see the Thursday Page on the ESG home page.
Financial Support Still Needed
A couple of long-time supporters have come forward to help support the project. The Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association, along with Recognition Experts and our friends from Just Lacrosse have signed on as sponsors and there have been a good number of individual donations for parents and fans.
"We are pleased with the support from friends again this year so that we can provide the coverage," said Paul Wilson. "Our 2008 coverage from Binghamton was viewed by thousands of people and still gets hits today. The same is true of the 2007 games from Hudson Valley. We hope we can provide the same level of detail, and add, perhaps, some new feature."
We are, as usual, looking for some more help. Sponsorships, along with donations, will ensure that the games will be well documented. Interested parties should contact Coach Wilson.
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Post-Season 2010-Only one team beat the seeding this year and that was Irondequoit, who as #5 beat McQuaid (#4), then Canandaigua (#1) and finally Thomas (#2) to take their first Class B championship since 2007. The Eagles won 16-13) in the closest game on "Championship Friday". After twelve consecutive titles, Penn Yan, the only team to previous win the Section Five Class C tournaments, was dethroned by Aquinas (16-9). In Class A, Fairport won their first Sectional title since 2002 with a 10-3 victory over Pittsford.
After playing 300 regular season games, and league champions were determined, the post-season awards were announced. Jack Hinderland and Brendan Saylor were named to the USLacrosse All America Team for the second year in a row. Joining them on this year's team were Tyler Brooks-Lambert, Mike Warner, Nick King and Joe Dupra.
Ryan Kommer, Gannon Osborn and James Cunningham were selected as USLacrosse Academic All Americans from Section Five.
Monroe County Players of the Year were Brendan Saylor, Jack Hinderland and CJ Wool. The GRALL selected Jeff Wester as their Player of the Year and Mike Crawford as their Academic All American. Bath won the GRALL team sportsmanship award and Canandaigua was awarded the Steve Morgan Sportsmanship Award by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association.
After the regular season, there are several championship opportunities for teams that qualify. Fairport (Class A), Irondequoit (Class B) and Aquinas (Class C) were the Sectional Champions in 2010.
All Tournament teams were selected for each Class. The MVPs for A, B and C were Chris Button (Fairport), Mike Utz (Irondequoit) and Austin Gorman (Aquinas).
The SportsFive Players of the Year were Brendan Saylor in offense and Nick King in Defense. The Sportsman of the Year was Tucker Nelson (Penfield).
It was a Section Five clean sweep in the Western Regionals of the NYS tournament as Fairport beat Orchard Park, Irondequoit beat Hamburg and Aquinas beat Silver Creek, all of Section Six. In the semi finals in Syracuse, Fairport ended Ithaca's eighteen game winning streak and moved to the Championships at Stony Brook where they lost to West Islip. Irondequoit lost to Jamesville-DeWitt, who ended up winning the Class B Championship. Aquinas lost a close game with Corning East who lost to Manhasset in the finals.
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You Make the Call: Test Update - Average Score 82%
May 16, 2010 - SportsFive, in cooperation with the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association, is pleased to give you an opportunity to test your knowledge of the rules and to study the rules as we go through the season. Section Five Interpreter, Kevin Curley, supplies the questions and answers.
In addition, SportsFive has now opened it's "Learning Center", where later in the year, we will be opening on-line courses. Right now, you can sign up and take either a "short" twenty-five question test on the rules or, if you really want to test yourself, the full one-hundred questions test. The full test is the same test taken by officials before the 2010 season, and you can take it here, in the SportsFive Learning Center.
A number of new "test-takers" signed up this week. On the "Fu ill Test" (one hundred true-false questions) the lowest score remains a 69%, the best score is an 89% and the average moved up this week to 82%. On the "Short Test" (twenty-five true-false questions), the lowest score is currently 64%, the high score is 96% and the average is 79%.
Each week, a new series of questions or interpretations will be posted.
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Question:Is there a new count or does the first count remain?
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