2009
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| Manhasset - 16 | LaFayette - 11 | |
| West Islip - 10 | Orchard Park - 5 | |
| Niskayuna - 5 | Canandaigua - 10 | |
| Thu-06-11 | ||
| LaFayette - 10 | Penn Yan - 6 | |
| Ithaca - 7 | Orchard Park - 8 | |
| JD - 6 | Canandaigua - 12 | |
| Tue-06-09 | ||
| Silver Creek - 6 | Penn Yan - 17 | |
| Orchard Park - 22 | Thomas - 10 | |
| Hamburg - 3 | Canandaigua - 17 | |
| Fri-06-05 | ||
| Livonia - 7 | Penn Yan - 10 | |
| Irondequoit - 6 | Canandaigua - 17 | |
| Thomas - 12 | Fairport - 11 |
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-- Class/Division Changes Make Things Interesting: Preseason Previews
Some important things have changed this year, and some things are very much the same. With a major change in the NYS Class alignments, Canandaigua and Irondequoit move to Class B, making that class much more challenging, while maintaining that exciting rivalry. Geneva and Aquinas, who have, in the past, elected to move up from Class C, now like the idea of taking on Penn Yan instead of CA and IQ. . . more
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-- Section Five and NYS Tournaments
(Season 2009) - After the regular season, there are several championship opportunities for teams that qualify. First up are the Section Five Tournaments for three classes (A-B-C). In 2009 Rochester will be in the lacrosse spotlight as we host the New York State Boys lacrosse tournament. On the Tournament page you can find the schedules, brackets, and procedures for both the Section Five Tournaments as well as the State Tournaments..
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Kevin Curley selected for World Games
(June 23, 2009) - USLacrosse recently announced the list of officials that will be working the 2010 World Games. Section Five official, Kevin Curley was among those selected for the prestigious honor. Curley was also selected to officiate games at the US team tryouts earlier this month.
The 2010 FIL World Lacrosse Championships will be held at Manchester University in England next year from July 14th to July 24th. Thirty-one teams are expected to participate.
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Senior All Star Game Participants Announced
(June 15, 2009) - The Rochester Chapter of USLacrosse has announced the 2009 Senior All Star Game selections. This year's contest, featuring some of the best of the graduating seniors will be held on Saturday, July 11th at Victor High School. The boys' game will be at 7:00 PM and will be preceded by the Girls' game at 5:00 PM.
The annual senior game is a last chance for players to play with friends and previous foes and allows family and friends to see the seniors play for fun, one last time.
Players who have been selected must pre-register by Saturday, June 27th in order to hold their spot. The list of players and alternates and the registration information is available here.
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New York State Poll Out - Number 11 - Final
(June 18, 2009) - The final State poll is out today and the nine Section Five teams made the list sponsored by the New York State Sportswriters Association.
In Class A, Webster Thomas finished in the number 6 spot while Fairport finished in number 10 and Pittsford received an honorable mention.
In Class B, Canandaigua took the top spot after winning the State Tournament. Irondequoit finished in number 11 and Brighton received an honorable mention.
In Class C, Penn Yan finishes in the number 3 position, while Livonia ends up in number 11 and Aquinas in number 13.
The top spots in the final poll go to the Champions, West Islip (Section 11) in Class A, Canandaigua (Section 5) in Class B and Manhasset (Section 8) in Class C.
The complete list is available here.
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Saturday: Canandaigua wins State Title!
(June 13, 2009) - Rochester's first Lacrosse Championship games were a great success, and the icing on the cake was a 10-5 win by Canandaigua over Niskayuna (Section 2). The Braves defeated the Silver Warriors of Niskayuna 10-5 in today’s match-up and won every quarter in the process. In the Class A game, West Islip (Section 11) defeated Orchard Park (Section 6) 10-5. In the Class C game, Manhasset (Section 8) beat LaFayette (Section 3), 16-11. It was the third State Championship for Manhasset and the third win for West Islip who las won in 2006.
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-- Canandaigua becomes the second team in Section Five history to win a New York State Championship and the first team to do it in Class B. The Braves defeated the Silver 
Warriors of Niskayuna 10-5 in today’s match-up and won every quarter in the process. The Braves won 3-2,2-0,3-2 and 2-1 and held the lead for all but the first four minutes of the contest. Face-off man Marshall Johnson finished the game with 3 goals and 1 assist as well as going 73% at the face-off (14/19). Johnson was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. The Defensive Player of the Game was goalie Nick King. King finished with 12 saves (71%) and was a key factor in the Canandaigua win.
Niskayuna came out early and scored the first two goals in 44 seconds. The first two face-offs were also won by Niskayuna’s Mike Hall. Hall finished the day 5/18 at the draw. After winning the initial face-off the Silver Warriors took the ball down and Guy Waltman scored on a straight drive from the top. The second goal came on a face-off fast break with long stick Ryan Alden picking up the ground ball taking it in for the goal. The Silver Warriors did not score again for 27 minutes.
Canandaigua regrouped and came back to score the next three before the end of the first quarter. The first was on another face-off fast-break with Marshall Johnson picking up his own ground ball and feeding it to Gannon Osborn for the goal. Johnson also scored the next goal of the game (unassisted) after faking a pass then winding up for the shot. The final goal of the quarter was scored with a feed from behind the crease by Deven Alves to Will Johnson. The Braves led 3-2 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Canandaigua scored the only two goals. Tom LaCrosse and Brandon Thomson scored with Alves and 
Brian Scheetz assisting. Both goals were scored with cross-crease feeds and left the Braves up 5-2 at halftime. Niskayuna scored the first goal of the third quarter when Jared Franze took a hard outside shot that was initially saved by King, but ended up in the back of the net. Canandaigua responded with two face-off fast-break goals. The first was scored by Scheetz and the second was scored by Johnson after running it straight in off a technical face-off win. Each team added one more goal before the end of the quarter. The Braves continued to lead 8-4 at the end of three quarters.
In the fourth, Canandaigua scored the first two goals with a straight dodge from the top by Johnson and an open net goal by Scheetz when Niskayuna was attempting a take-away. The final goal of the game was scored by Niskayuna with Dan McKinney scoring during man-up (assisted by Mark Panneton). Stefan Sloma played the entire game in the cage for Niskayuna and finished the game with 6 saves.
Franze led in shooting for the Silver Warriors with 13 shots, 7 on cage and 1 goal. Niskayuna took a total of 23 shots. The Braves took 29 shots that were spread out. Johnson led with 7 shots, 4 on cage and 3 goals. Johnson was also the ground ball leader with 11. Collin Peck (4), Scharr (3) and Scheetz (3) also led for the Braves. Ryan Alden (3), Franze (2) and Steve Abba (2) led for the Silver Warriors.
Scoring for Canandaigua were Johnson (3g-1a), Alves (1g-2a), Scheetz (2g-1a), Will Johnson (1g), Gannon Osborn (1g), Tom LaCrosse (1g), Brandon Thomson (1g) and Scharr (1a).
Scoring for Niskayuna were Mark Panneton (1g-1a), Jared Franze (1g-1a), Dan McKinney (1g), Ryan Alden (1g) and Guy Waltman (1g).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
West Islip 10 - Orchard Park 5
-- Orchard Park started strong but West Islip scored seven unanswered goals to win 10-5. The Lions were led by Nicky Galasso who scored 4 goals and 4 assists. Galasso was named the Class A Most Valuable Player. The Defensive Player of 
the game was awarded to Scott Mattera of West Islip. Jeff Tundo finished the game with 4 goals and 1 assist for the Quakers, and had a hand in all of the Orchard Park goals.
Sean Rimmer scored the first goal of the game for Orchard Park, and the only goal not scored by Tundo. Rimmer scored after Tundo passed him the ball on a cross-crease feed. West Islip came back with two goals of their own before the end of the quarter with Bryan Badolato scoring from an outside shot (assisted by Galasso). The latter goal was scored by Galasso with an assist from Ian Braddish. With 0:08 remaining in the first quarter Jeff Tundo scored his first goal with a drive from behind the cage and a low shot past Ryan Zaremba. Zaremba finished the game at 55% with six saves. The first quarter ended 2-2.
The second quarter saw Orchard Park take a two goal lead with Tundo adding two more unassisted goals. He scored the first from a drive behind the cage and the second with a drive from the top of the restraining line. Tundo’s third goal was scored with 3:49 remaining in the second quarter. They did not score again for twenty minutes and three quarters. The Quakers led 4-2 before the Lions started their scoring streak. The Lions added two more goals before the end of the quarter with Galasso assisting two goals. The first goal was scored off a broken clear and subsequent inside fast-break with Shane Craig scoring the goal. The third tying goal of the game was scored with 0:16 remaining in the first half with Andrew Hodgson scoring off a feed from Galasso from behind the cage. The score was once again tied at the end of the second quarter, 4-4.
In the third quarter the Lions did not give up scoring the only four goals of the quarter and continuing their scoring streak. Hodgson added his second goal in a row with a straight drive from the top. The next two goals were both scored during fast-break situations with Galasso netting both goals. Badolato and Long stick Jerry Nobile assisting the two goals. 
The final goal of the third quarter was scored by Badolato with Galasso assisting. The Lions led 8-4 after three quarters.
In the fourth quarter the Lions scored the first goal and the last goal with the Quakers adding the one goal in the center. Tundo scored his last goal, once again unassisted at 7:04. Tundo finished with six shots, five on cage and four unassisted goals. West Islip saw scoring from Badolato and Nick Cestaro with assists from Braddish and Mike Sagl. In the cage, Ryan Cole played the entire game for the Quakers and finished at 53% with 11 saves.
At the face-off both Mike Moran of Orchard Park and Conor Braddish of West Islip were over 50%; Moran finished 10/19 and Braddish finished 9/18. Andrew Hodgson led in shooting for the Lions with 14 shots and 5 on cage. Galasso had 9 shots with 5 on cage and Badolato had 8 shots with 6 on cage.
Scoring for West Islip were Nicky Galasso (4g-4a), Bryan Badolato (3g-1a), Andrew Hodgson (2g), Ian Braddish (2a), Shane Craig (1g), Jerry Nobile (1a) and Mike Sagi (1a).
Scoring for Orchard Park were Jeff Tundo (4g-1a) and Sean Rimmer (1g).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
-- Manhasset came out strong, scoring the first five goals of the game and holding off a late string by LaFayette 
to win the Class C State Championship 16-11. This was the third win for the Indians, who last won in 2004. Connor English, of Manhasset, was named the Most Valuable Player for the Championship game after scoring nine goals. John Duvnjak was named the Defensive Player of the game.
Manhasset’s scoring came early with three unanswered goals in the first quarter. Drew Belinsky scored the game opener with a straight drive from the top after a reset. English added the last two goals of the first quarter with two nearly identical outside shots. The first came during man-up with an assist from Jeff Molinari. The ball came from behind the cage to the top, and then back down to English on the right flank. The latter goal, scored two minutes later and during full strength was scored the same way with Molinari assisting again. The first quarter ended with the score 3-0 Manhasset.
Manhasset continued with the first two goals of the second quarter. The first goal was scored during a fast break. Glenn Tompkins picked up the ground ball at the midfield line and passed it up to Kevin Heenan. Heenan looked around and fed it back to Tompkins who had continued his cut. Tompkins added his second goal of the game only 1:10 later with an outside shot from the top 
left (assisted by Molinari). LaFayette scored their first goal with 6:01 remaining in the second quarter when Miles Thompson drove from behind the cage. The second LaFayette goal was scored by Lyle Thompson and assisted by Miles Thompson. The Thompsons combined on five goals. LaFayette and Manhasset continued trading goals for the remainder of the quarter and the first half ended with a Manhasset goal with 0:27 remaining. The goal was scored by English unassisted. The first half ended 8-4.
Manhasset came out strong again in the third quarter and scored four straight unanswered goals. With 5:53 remaining the Indians led 12-4 and looked to be in solid control of the game. LaFayette, not be stopped, came back and scored the next three goals of the third quarter to bring the game to 12-7. The scoring from LaFayette was from Gehnew Printup (assisted by John Greeley), and then Thompsons. The former goal was scored by Miles and assisted by Lyle and the latter goal was scored by Lyle and assisted by Miles.
The fourth quarter began with three more LaFayette goals to bring the game within two, 12-10. Lyle Thompson added two more goals with Miles adding two assists. Printup added the third goal for the Lancers. With 11:06 remaining in the game the Lancers were as close as they would get to a Championship. Manhasset scored the 
next three and four of the final five goals. Three of the final five goals were scored by English. The final LaFayette goal was scored by Printup with an assist from Greeley at 8:10 remaining in the game.
The game demonstrated the height of NYS lacrosse with both teams having strong individual and team performances. The Lancers, even in defeat, played one of the strongest games of the season to finish 23-1. Jack Meyer played the entire game for Manhasset and finished with six saves, while Chris Klaiber played the entire game for LaFayette and had 8 saves. LaFayette’s Lyle Thompson finished with 55% at the face off (10/18).
Scoring for Manhasset were Connor English (9g), Glenn Tompkins (2g-2a), Jeff Molinari (1g-3a), Jeff Izzo (2g), Zac Koufakis (1g-1a), Drew Belinsky (1g), Kevin Heenan (1a) and Pat Moroney (1a).
Scoring for LaFayette were Lyle Thompson (5g-2a), Miles Thompson (3g-4a), Gehnew Printup (3g) and John Greeley (2a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
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Thursday: The Final Four - CA in the Finals
(June 11, 2009) - Canandaigua becomes the fourth team in Section Five history to make the State Championship game. Fairport lost to Garden City in 1986 in Class A; Irondequoit lost to Yorktown in 1993 in Class B; and Penn Yan lost to Manhasset in 2004. Penn Yan is still the only Section Five team to ever win a State Championship in lacrosse with their 2001 win over Manhasset.
In today's State Western Semi-Finals, the Braves defeated Jamesville-DeWitt 12-6; Orchard Park defeated Ithaca 8-7 and LaFayette defeated Penn Yan 10-6. The Quakers look for their first Championship after losing to Northport in 2001 and Ward Melville in 2000. LaFayette looks for their third Championship after wins in 2005 and 2003 and a loss to Lynbrook in 2000.
During today's contests, each team was awarded a sportsmanship award as voted on by their team mates. The state sponsored awards were given to Artie Marrapese (Orchard Park), Gabe Mendola (Ithaca), Derek Bennett (LaFayette), Ethan Kamholtz (Penn Yan), Will Johnson (Canandaigua) and Mac Keehfus (Jamesville-DeWitt).
-- Although the score was close, LaFayette came out strong to defeat Penn Yan 10-6. The Lancers continued 
their winning streak and perfect season moving to 23-0. LaFayette outscored the Mustangs 8-3 in the first half and held on through 3 Penn Yan goals in the fourth quarter.
The Lancers scored the first four goals of the game with John Greeley, Gehnew Printup and Miles Thompson (2) scoring goals. James Turner and Jeremy Beresovoy each had one assist. The fourth goal, scored by Thompson (assisted by Turner) began with a Tim Dyer take. The Penn Yan defenseman stripped the ball and picked up his own ground ball; then looking up field attempted to outlet the ball to midfield. Turner intercepted the ball and wasted no time in finding Thompson open on the crease for the goal. Penn Yan added two more goals before the end of the quarter with Adam Trombley driving straight into the goal at 5:19 and Trombley assisting Preston Maciejewski from behind the cage at 1:41. The Lancers led 4-2 after the first quarter.
In the third quarter, John Greeley added his second and third goals of the game with two unassisted drives to the goal. On the second goal Greeley was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct for actions following the goal and Penn Yan struck back with their lone goal of the quarter with Trombley finding Cole Castle on the outside during a 
man-up opportunity. LaFayette scored two more goals before the close of the half at 1:18 and 0:35.
At 1:18 the best goal of the day was scored by Nate Beresovoy and assisted by Lyle Thompson. Thompson passed the ball inside to the center of the crease where Beresovoy caught the ball and was laid out by two Penn Yan defensemen. That could have been the end of the story, however, as he was falling, Beresovoy continued the shot and put the ball into the upper corner for the goal. It was one of the most impressive feats of athleticism in the tournament thus far. The final goal came with another straight dodge from Lyle Thompson. The score was 8-3 at the half.
LaFayette scored the only goal of the third quarter and the first goal of the fourth quarter to finish up their scoring with 9:55 remaining in the game. Penn Yan added the last three goals at 7:34, 2:34 and 0:05. Although the Mustangs attempted to pull a last minute comeback the Lancers were too strong to allow it.
Lyle Thompson (6 of 11) and Jacob Ternosky (5 of 7) combined for a 60% day at the face-off draw. Lyle Thompson led in ground balls with six. John Linnan (6) and Brendan Minor (4) led for the Mustangs. In the cage, Ethan Kamholtz finished with 9 saves for the Mustangs. Chris Klaiber had a strong day for LaFayette with a 70% day in the cage (14 saves).
LaFayette moves on to face the Manhasset (Section Eight) in Saturday's State Finals. Manhasset defeated Putnam Valley 16-3 in the Eastern Championship match today.
Scoring for LaFayette were Greeley (3g-1a), Miles Thompson (3g), James Turner (1g-1a), Lyle Thompson (1g-1a), Gehnew Printup (1g), Nate Beresovoy (1g) and Jeremy Beresovoy (1a).
Scoring for Penn Yan were Adam Trombley (1g-3a), John Linnan (2g), Cole Castle (2g) and Preston Maciejewski (1g-1a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
-- In the closest game of the day, Orchard Park held on to their early led to defeat Ithaca 8-7. The Quakers led 7-3 at halftime and nearly lost it late in the fourth quarter with Ithaca scoring their final goal with 1:29 remaining and what looked like plenty of 
time to tie up the game. The Little Red had three finals shots on the cage in the final minute with a save by Ryan Cole with 0:02 remaining to cement the win for Orchard Park.
Ithaca scored the first goal (in fact their first two goals) during man-up. Robbie Young scored only 35 seconds into the game. Torin Varn shot the ball, which missed the cage, and Young scooped it up and put it into the back of the net. Orchard Park's Artie Marrapese scored his first of four goals with an outside shot to the top corner. Varn and Marrapese led their teams in shots with 12 and 17 respectively. The third penalty of the game was also scored on, but it was Orchard Park scoring during their own man-down with a fast break goal from Jeff Tundo. Tundo was held to that lone goal and one assist during the contest. The Quakers added two more goals in a six second span. Marrapese added his second with a sweep towards the crease followed by Mike Moran scoring on his own ground ball off a face-off fast break. Moran finished the game 8 of 10 at the face-off. The Quakers led 4-2 after the first quarter.
Orchard Park continued their scoring adding two more to make a five goal unanswered streak. Tundo took a hard shot at the cage with 10:11 remaining that was deflected by Sean Rimmer into the upper corner for the fifth Quaker goal. The sixth was scored by Marrapese with another sweep and side-arm shot that ended up on the top shelf. Ithaca interjected their own goal with an unassisted goal by 
Young. Young drove from behind the cage and split the defense and the crease for the goal. The final goal of the half was scored when Marrapese passed the ball to Kevin Collins on the crease. At halftime the Quakers were sitting on a comfortable 7-3 lead, however, the Little Red were getting ready to come out strong in the second half.
In the second half the Quakers had trouble hitting the cage. Orchard Park took 12 shots with only 3 on cage and 1 goal. The Little Red, conversely, took 14 shots with 10 on cage and 4 goals. Ithaca scored the only two goals of the third quarter to cut their deficit to 2 goals. Both goals were scored by Evan Thomas with perimeter shots and were assisted by Gabe Mendola and Riely Lasda. The Little Red kept plugging along and scored the opening goal of the fourth quarter 1:01 into play. Evan Thomas drove from behind the cage in a high arc and drew the double high off the crease. After that Young cut in behind him and caught them ball alone on the crease for the goal.
Ithaca had come back to within one goal. Half way through the quarter Orchard Park extended their lead back to two goals with Mike Moran and Artie Marrapese hooking up for the goal. The final goal of the game back with 1:29 remaining; Garrett Venuto cut towards the inside of the crease and after having his defenseman slip, repositioned and put the shot in the back of the net. The Little Red had three more shots after the goal, all coming from Varn and only the last shot hitting the cage.
In the cage, Ryan Cole finished with 7 saves (50%) for Orchard Park and AJ Fiore finished with 7 saves (47%) for Ithaca.
Orchard Park moves on to face the West Islip (Section Eleven) in Saturday's State Finals. West Islip defeated Yorktown 13-8 in the Eastern Championship match today.
Scoring for Orchard Park were Artie Marrapese (4g-1a), Mike Moran (1g-1a), Jeff Tundo (1g-1a), Sean Rimmer (1g) and Kevin Collins (1g).
Scoring for Ithaca were Robbie Young (4g), Evan Thomas (2g-1a), Garrett Venuto (1g), Torin Varn (1a), Riely Lasda (1a) and Gave Mendola (1a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
Canandaigua 12 - Jamesville-DeWitt 6
-- Canandaigua had difficultly starting, but after scoring four goals in each of the final three quarters the Braves defeated Jamesville-DeWitt 12-6 to move on to the Class B State Finals. This is the first 
time that Canandaigua had made the State finals. Jamesville-DeWitt was held to one goal in each of the first three quarters and added three in the final quarter.
Marshall Johnson was the key to the Braves' success. Johnson finished 17 of 19 at the face-off (89.5%) with 16 ground balls. His individual effort was key for the Braves in setting the pace of the game. In addition he also added one goal.
The first quarter almost appeared to be a different game then the rest of the contest. In the first quarter J-D scored the only goal with Jake Bratek scoring with a straight drive down the center during a fast-break. Gordon Gehring, of J-D, was phenomenal in the cage, making 7 saves in the opening quarter and holding the Braves scoreless. He ended the game with 14 saves (54%). Shooting was a serious problem for the Red Rams; Canandaigua finished the game with over twice the number of shots as JD (40-19). Gehring faced 26 shots on cage from the Braves.
In the second quarter the Braves began the onslaught, scoring the first three goals of the quarter with unassisted goals from Tom LaCrosse, Johnson and Deven Alves. Canandaigua had 11 of their 12 goals unassisted with Brian Scheetz having the only assist. Key to their scoring success was the position from which the Braves started their drives. As the second quarter began, the Braves began to attack the cage from behind and the results were positive. J-D's second goal was scored when Colin Short came down on a fast-break and hit Mac Keehfus at 0:16 remaining in the half. 0:16 was more than enough time for Johnson on the face-off; after picking up his own ground ball, Johnson passed the ball up to Bryan Peck on the crease. Peck dodged the defenseman and put the ball in the back of the net 10 seconds after the face-off. The score was 4-2 at halftime.
Canandaigua continued throughout the third and fourth quarters amassing an 11-3 lead before J-D came back scoring three of the last four goals in the final quarter. With 3:54 remaining, J-D scored three more goals including a goal with 0:01 remaining on the clock. Jeffrey Sciera scored the final goal on a fast-break with the assist from Short. Short led the Red Rams with 3 assists.
Nick King, who celebrated his birthday today, played the majority of the game for the Braves, making 5 saves and 5 goals against. Anthony DeLeo played the final minute with only a goal against. Parker Weeks took the final two face-offs for the Braves going 1-1.
Canandaigua moves on to face the Niskayuna (Section Two) in Saturday's State Finals. Niskayuna defeated Sayville 15-8 in the Eastern Championship match today.
Scoring for Canandaigua were Tom LaCrosse (3g), Brian Scheetz (2g-1a), Tanner Scharr (2g), Deven Alves (2g), Bryan Peck (2g) and Marshall Johnson (1g).
Scoring for Jamesville-DeWitt were Jeffrey Sciera (3g), Colin Short (3a), Mac Keehfus (2g) and Jake Bratek (1g).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
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Tuesday: Section Five Wins Two in NYS Quarter Finals
(June 9, 2009) - Section Five won two out of three as Penn Yan beat Silver Creek 17-6 and Canandaigua beat Hamburg 17-3. Webster Thomas fell to Orchard Park in the Class A game 22-10. In the three games, the combined scores were 61-19. Two of the games went into running time, with the third (Penn Yan) being decided with an 11 goal differential.
Penn Yan 17 - Silver Creek (Sect 6) 6
-- Penn Yan came out strong, scoring twelve goals in the first half on their way to a 17-6 victory over Silver Creek. The Black Knights fielded eleven players in the game with ten playing the first three quarters. The Mustangs saw scoring from ten different players with 18 making the stat book.
The Mustangs scored the first four goals of the game including two in the first 39 seconds. The first goal of the game set the pace with Ty Trombley winning the opening face-off himself and finding Matt Osgood open on the crease for the goal. Trombley finished 13/24 at the face-off and Osgood finished with 4g-3a. The second quarter saw the majority of the Mustang scoring with seven goals coming within 9 minutes. Of the seven goals in the second quarter Preston Maciejewski had four assists.
Silver Creek only scored one goal in the second half and it came in the fourth quarter. The Mustangs held the Black Knights to 12 shots with only 7 on cage. The final Silver Creek goal came with 0:03 remaining and was scored by Tommy Jones. Jones' goal was the only goal all night for the Black Knights that Zedekiah Williams did not assist. Williams, a freshman, assisted the first four Silver Creek goals of the 
contest.
In the cage, Roland Jimerson finished with 12 saves for the Black Knights. Ethan Kamholtz played the first three quarters and finished with 5 saves (50%); Cody Richardson finished the game with four saves (80%).
Zach Williams was 12/26 at the face off and had 11 ground balls for Silver Creek. Williams was joined by John Jimerson (4) and Jones (3) in ground balls. John Linnan (9), Ty Trombley (7) and Ryan Kerrick (5) led for the Mustangs.
Penn Yan moves on to face the LaFayette (Section Three) in Thursday's Semi Final Round. LaFayette defeated Salmon River 22-9 in the Central Region Championship match today.
Scoring for Penn Yan were Matt Osgood (4g-3a), Preston Maciejewski (2g-6a), Cole Castle (4g), John Linnan (2g), Nate Nichols (2g), Adam Trombley (2a), Anthony Luppino (1g-1a), Adam Stork (1g), Dylan Yonts (1g) and Ty Trombley (1a).
Scoring for Silver Creek were Zedekiah Williams (4a), John Jimerson (3g), Zach Williams (2g) and Tommy Jones (1g).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
Orchard Park 22 - Webster Thomas (Sect 6) 10
-- In the second game of the afternoon, Orchard Park defeated Webster Thomas 22-10. The Quakers won each of the the first two quarters 4-1. 
Orchard Park dominated in shots with 53 (Thomas had 23). Of significance was the shooting percentages as both teams were nearly equal on goals from shots (42% and 43%). This means that the difference came from volume, with the odds of any given shot resulting in a goal being equal between the two teams.
Orchard Park scored seven of the first eight goals spanning the first two quarters. Jeff Tundo was the big scorer in the game with 5g-3a for the Quakers. Sean Rimmer (6g) and Artie Marrapese (4g-1a) were also major scoring threats for Orchard Park. Tundo and Marrapese alone accounted for more shots (24) than the entire Thomas team.
The game overall was hard hitting form both sides of the field. There were two incidents that required the game to be stopped and an athlete helped off the field. The game had ten penalties (more than both other games combined), including one unsportsmanlike conduct call.
The game was defiantly a story of two high powered offenses with Orchard Park's defense being stronger than that of Webster Thomas. None of the three goalies finished above 50%. Ryan Cole for Orchard Park played the entire game with 8 saves. James O'Neil (6 saves) and Austin Fox (6 saves) split time at the half for Thomas. 
At the face-off, Orchard Park's Mike Moran was 19/31 (61%) with 8 decided on technical (5-3). Kyle LaVallee (6-6) and Zach Crawford (2-2) were both 50% for the Titans at the face-off. Kenny Tomeno led the Titans with 10 ground balls. Doug Lancie, Andrew Glagoleve and Nick Scalzo joined Tomeno with three ground balls each. Mike Moran led for the Quakers with 13 ground balls. Sean Rimmer and Kevin Collins both had 5 each to add to the Orchard Park total.
Orchard Park moves on to face the Ithaca (Section Four) in Thursday's Semi Final Round. Ithaca defeated West Genesee 6-2 in the Central Region Championship match today.
Scoring for Orchard Park were Jeff Tundo (5g-3a), Sean Rimmer (6g), Artie Marrapese (4g-1a), Kyle Kasprzyk (2g-1a), Mike Moran (1g-2a), Kevin Collins (2g), Sean Purtill (1g), Matt Wilson (1g), Jake Engleman (1a) and David Michael (1a).
Scoring for Thomas were Jack Hinderland (4g-1a), Kenny Tomeno (2g-1a), Brad Hutton (2g-1a), Kyle Rothfuss (2g), Pat Morrill (1a) and Nick Scalzo (1a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
Canandaigua 17 - Hamburg (Sect 6) 3
-- In tonight's final game Canandaigua held Hamburg 
scoreless for the final 29 minutes to win 17-3. The score was tied 2-2 after the first quarter in what appeared to be a close game, however, in the final three quarters the Braves scored 15 while holding the Bulldogs to 1.
Hamburg opened the scoring with a side-arm outside shot from Jon Crean with an assist from Ryan Feuerstein four minutes into the game. Canandaigua had a hard time getting started but Brian Scheetz stepped up to get the Braves into gear. Scheetz scored the first two goals (unassisted) for Canandaigua and ended the game with 4 goals and 2 assists.
The first goal for Scheetz was scored after working back and forth from behind the cage and eventually coming around for the score. The second, occurring only six seconds later, came during a fast-break from the face-off win by Marshall Johnson. Johnson finished the game 12/18 (1-1 on technicals). The final goal of the quarter was scored by Ryan Tilley and assisted by Crean with a feed from behind the cage. The first quarter ended tied at 2 goals each.
In the second quarter the Braves stepped up the pace. Their scoring could not be stopped and their defense was only breached once. After a time out by Hamburg during a clear, the Bulldogs found long-stick Shawn Needham open in the middle of the field with no Brave in sight. Needham continued down the field and finished in the back of the net.
Although three Braves saw the net in the fourth quarter, none faced a shot on cage. Nick King, who played the first three quarters, finished the game with 2 saves. Anthony DeLeo was in for 6 minutes and LaShawn Williams was in for 2 minutes, however neither saw a shot on cage. In fact, after the first quarter the Bulldogs only took 6 shots with only the goal being on cage. James Maxwell played the 
entire game for the Bulldogs and finished with 14 saves.
Canandaigua outshot Hamburg 49-13 (31-5 on cage). Scheetz led with 10 shots with Deven Alves and Marshall Johnson each taking 8 shots for the Braves. Johnson led in ground balls with 13. Tom Lacrosse (5) and Deven Alves (4) also contributed for Canandaigua. James Maxwell (6), Shawn Needham (5), Mark Stamer (4) and Justin Strain (4) led for Hamburg.
Canandaigua moves on to face the Jamesville-DeWitt defeated St. Lawrence 9-3 in the Central Region Championship match today.
Scoring for Canandaigua were Brian Scheetz (4g-2a), Deven Alves (3g-1a), Marshall Johnson (4g), Tom LaCrosse (2g), Tanner Scharr (1g-1a), Brandon Thomson (1g), Jordan Reals (1g), John Klein (1g) and Will Johnson (1a).
Scoring for Hamburg were Jon Crean (1g-1a), Ryan Tilley (1g), Shawn Needham (1g) and Ryan Feuerstein (1a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
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After playing 299 regular season games, and league champions were determined, the post-season awards were announced. Kyle Van Thof, Drew Coholan, Brendan Saylor, Jack Hinderland, Marshall Johnson and John Linnan were selected for the USLacrosse All America Team.
Chris Topping, Tyler Burgasser, Evan Burley and Matt Girolmo were selected as USLacrosse Academic All Americans from Sectio Five.
After the regular season, there are several championship opportunities for teams that qualify. Webster Thomas, Canandaigua and Penn Yan were Sectional Champions in 2009.
All Tournament teams were selected for each Class. The MVPs for A, B and C were Kenny Tomeno (Thomas), Deven Alves (Canandaigua) and, for the second year in a row, Matt Osgood (Penn Yan).
Thomas lost to Orchard Park in the Western Regionals and Penn Yan Yan made the "Final Four", where they lost to LaFayette.
Canandaigua won the Class B State Tournament, beating Niskayuna of Section II 10-5 in the finals, held in Rochester. It was the first Class B Championship for Section Five and only the second time a Section Five team won a State Title. (The first was Penn Yan in Class C).
Canandaigua goalie Nick King was named the Defensive Player of the game and Marshall Johnson was named the game's Offensive Player of the game.
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