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 Sponsorship and Donations Needed for ESG Coverage

(June 19, 2008) - SportsFive is planning for the coverage of the 2008 Empire State Games in Binghamton in July, but sponsorships and donations will be needed in order for this project to go forward.

 Section Five - 2008 Wrap up

(Juyl 1, 2008) - With the NYS semi-final losses of Canandaigua and Penn Yan, play for Section Five teams have ended for 2008. The Braves who beat Irondequoit 18-5 for the Class A championship ended up with a 23-1 record. Geneva beat Aquinas 14-13 for the Class B championship but lost to Hmaburg in the Wester Regionals. Penn Yan won their eleventh consecutive Section V championship by defeated Livonia 17-5.

 Polls and Rankings

(Season 2008) - 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

 Check out all the news

(July 1, 2008) - All news artcles are available for review or research. You can see a list of available game reports for May 2008 or look at a list of all stories published on SportsFive. If you are looking for specific information, use the search engine. If you are interested in statistics, check out the statistics page.

Away	Home	Time	Away	Home	Notes
Adirondack	Hudson Valley	11 AM
Central	New York City	9 AM
Long Island	Western	1 PM
Central	Adirondack	4 PM
Hudson Valley	Long Island	6 PM
New York City	Western	8 PM

 

Let the 2008 Games Begin

(July 23, 2008) - Standing on the restraining line this afternoon at the site of the Men’s Lacrosse Games this weekend at Binghamton University, we came to a number of realizations. After a beautiful summer, on Wednesday the rain came in droves, forcing the opening ceremonies inside and leaving standing water across the turf field. The rain, however, could not dampen the spirits of the competitors for the 31st annual Empire State Games.

As the teams arrived at the Events Center the air was full of noise as athletes could not hide their enthusiasm. Each of the lacrosse teams were convinced that this would be their year to shine and each was eager for the games to start tomorrow.

The staff at the University was very helpful. Each person we talked to was excited and willing to pass along whatever information we needed. Their excitement also extended into the use of the field, which has never seen this level of competition. “Field number 2”, although untested, has lights (as opposed to last year) and is turf (as opposed to two years ago). However, unlike the last two years, there is no press box and therefore no active internet connection for our quarterly updates. Since learning this news we have scrambled and put together a number of solutions to keep bringing you up to date information. We have set up the capability to do short quarterly updates from a phone and have made arrangements in the press box for the stadium field to do updates between games. Although the access will not be as full as the last two years, the Binghamton staff as well as our staff will do our best to bring you the most complete and up to date information.

We talked to each of the teams at the Opening Ceremonies and each of the teams (bar Western) has kept their rosters in alphabetical order. Western has provided up with their correct roster; so all of the rosters in the roster page should be correct. As the games progress we will list any changes and fill in any missing grades or schools as the information becomes available. There have been two changes for the Long Island team. Both Jeff Molinari and Dominique Alexander have become injured and will not be participating in the games. Defenseman Kyle Sheridan and attackman Michael Chapman have stepped up from the alternates list and are ready to make a difference for the three time defending champion.

After each of the games Thursday we will keep the site updated and after the conclusion of all six games we will be writing articles and updating the leader boards and full stat packages. Much like the last two years we will have PDF files from each game as well as summary pages for each of the teams.

Let the games begin.
     

Team Rochester wins Adidas Classic

(July 20, 2008) - Team Rochester was undefeated at 6-0 on their way to win the the first Adidas National Lacrosse Classic, held in Germantown, MD.

In the first round Rochester defeated MARVA (7-5), and then beat Dallas (15-1) before beating Chicago 12-3 in pool play.

In the Quarter finals it was a win over Long Island, and then Marva Prerp in the semi finals before the championship win against Delmar Prep.

The team was is coaches by Craig and Andrew Whipple and Steve Youngman. Team Rochester will now represent the United States against the Canadian winners in Florida in December.

Team members include Drew Coholan (Irondequoit), Connor Rice (Salisbury School), Nicholas Scalzo (Webster Thomas), Justin Patterson (Corning East), Tylon Thompson (Salmon River), Paul Armideo (Homer), Greg Coholan (Irondequoit), Marshall Johnson (Canandaigua), Austin Rose (Corning West), Kyle VanThof (Penfield), Patrick Morrill (Webster Thomas), Myan Adams (Northfield Mount Herman).

Also on the team are John Linnan (Penn Yan), Aaron Jones (Fairport), Tyler Nash (Irondequoit), Justin McLiverty (Pittsford), Kevin Connelly (Irondequoit), AJ Glagolev (Webster Thomas), Joe Dupra (Pittsford), Tyler Burgasser (Honeoye Falls-lima), Walter Rodenhouse (McQuiad), Mason Hill (Webster Thomas), Kraig Heston (Aquinas).

Recognition Experts - an ESG Sponsor

(July 9, 2008) - SportsFive is pleased to announce that Recognition Experts has signed on as a sponsor for the 2008 Empire States Games coverage of the Binghamton games.

Recognition Experts is a Rochester based business specializing in engraving, embroidery and thousands of imprinted and personalized promotional products. Advertising specialties, premiums and service award programs to improve staff morale, build customer goodwill and sales are all available on line or for in-store purchases.

 

There is still time to become an ESG sponsor. If your company is interested in helping out contact SportsFive soon.

2008 Wrap Up Central

Brackets Class  A - B - C After the regular season, there are several championship opportunities for teams that qualify. Canandaigua, Geneva and Penn Yan were Sectional Champions in 2008. Award Lists are here.         Outbracket Games   Class B Quarter Finals   Class A & C Quarter Finals   Semi Finals   Championships   All Tournament Teams      New York State Brackets   Western Regionals   State Semi Finals   NYS Champions

 

New York State Poll Out - Final 2008

(June 18, 2008) - The final 2008 State poll is out today and Section Five had, once again, a total of eight teams who made the list sponsored by the New York State Sportswriters Association. Canandaigua dropped from the #4 position to #6 with Irondequoit remaining at #11 and Penfield remaining at #12. Thomas and McQuaid are on the honorable mention list.
  
In Class B, Geneva moves up from #14 to #10 and Aquinas remains on the honorable mention list.
  
In Class C, Penn Yan remains in the #10 slot.

The top spots went to the Champions, West Genesee (Section 11) in Class A, Rocky Point (Section 11) in Class B and Mt. Sinai (Section 11) in Class C.

The complete poll is available here.