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# 3525  Finger Lakes Awards for 2024

The Head Coaches from the Finger Lakes met at the end of the season and determined their awards for 2024.
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# 3517  USA Lacrosse All-Americans and All-Academics

*+USA Lacrosse has approved our nominees for their awards.

The Head Coaches of Section V considered players who had been nominated for All-American and All-Academic awards. The awards identify some of the best players from each area around the country. Each of the head coaches in the Section is allowed to vote on each of the awards. The selections from our area were then submitted to the USA Lacrosse for final approval.

The All-American awards are given to excellent lacrosse players from the area. The national program allows one award for each six teams in the area but this year there were six awards available. Twenty-two players were nominated. Section Five coaches require that players who are in leagues must make first team league honors in order to be considered.

For the All-Academic award, an emphasis has been placed on the academic qualification of the nominees, but players were required to be assets for their teams. Where, in the past, nominees for this award were first considered for their skill on this field, this year, although skill was considered important, nominees did not need to be "All-American" quality players. Academically, nominees needed to have an average GPA of 3.7 (on a 4.0 scale). There were also six awards available in Section V and there were fifteen nominees. Some players were nominated for both awards and in the end five were selected.

The Head Coaches also selected a USA Lacrosse Coach of the Year for NYS Section V. This year the coaches selected John Schembri, who has been the Head Coach at Penfield since 2009. The Patriots were 12-7 this year and advanced to the Sectional Finals. They have been to the finals five times under Coach Schembri and have won twice.

In 2012, USA Lacrosse added an award named for the long-time Johns Hopkins lacrosse coach and Athletic Director, Bob Scott. The annual award is given to a senior of outstanding character, good academic standing and one who demonstrates good sportsmanship and safe play. The winner from Section V, this year, is Penfield senior Adam Schembri.

His father, Head Coach, John Schembri says, "Adam has played with the top level of club and select team players in both Lacrosse and Football. Above is a list of those accomplishments, however, beyond accolades I could not be prouder of the way he conducts himself on the field, within the school and in our community.

• Drew Angelo- Honeoye Falls-Lima senior face-off midfielder - Syracuse
  Head Coach Eric Goodberlet says: "Drew is the most motivated, hardest working player I have coached from the standpoint that his success didn't come easy to him. I have had the pleasure of witnessing his dedication to work and focus on his craft since 4th grade in order to get to where he is today. Through his commitment to improve, his intense work ethic, and year round training, he has developed into a dominant Section V face-off specialist with over 1,000 face-off wins." 
  
  
• Jonathan Bucciarelli - Greece Storm senior goalie - Jacksonville
  Head Coach Shane Cole says: "Jonathan is a great teammate and an even better student and person. He cares about his team`s success and he puts in the extra time everyday to get better. He is a third-year captain who leads by example and sets the tempo for the team. His lacrosse stats consist of 61 saves and 49 goals against in 2021 (56%), 257 saves and 206 goals against in 2022 (56 %), 227 saves and 145 goals against in 2023 (61%). He is currently at 188 saves and 104 goals against this 2024 season. He has reached a career milestone of over 700 career saves (733)." 
  
  
• Jonah Carrier - Irondequoit senior face-off midfielder - Maryland
  Head Coach Aaron Bottazzo says: "Jonah has been playing at a high level on varsity for the past four seasons. Jonah is one of the top face off men as well as one of the top offensive players on the field at any given time. His skill set is uncommon and comes around once in a great while. He is an exceptional player and an even better person who has taken huge steps as a leader and in his maturity over the past four seasons. I can't think of a more deserving All-American candidate than Jonah Carrier." 
  
  
• Jack Herendeen - Victor senior attackman - Cornell
  Head Coach Dan Stone says: "Jack is truly an ambassador of the game, not only within the Victor community, but everywhere the game has taken him. It begins close to home as he maintained high honor roll achievements while participating in athletics and a variety of trainings to improve his skill set and physical attributes, maintaining family obligations, and being a mentor and example for peers and those younger than him. Jack is well-known on and off the field and treats everyone with kindness, care, and compassion, and a humble demeanor. Over the course of his four-year Varsity career, Jack has been exceptional in a variety of ways. As a freshman in 2021 who was pulled up late in the season, he accounted for 16% of our offensive production. As a sophomore, his contributions made up 30% of the season's offensive production. In 2023, Jack was responsible for 28% of the team's offensive production. For his senior campaign, Jack was given a monumental task of doing even more for the team in the wake of graduating 21 seniors from the year before. Jack has saved his best for last, having produced 32% of our offense in 2024." 
  
  
• Keagan Hoesterey - Pal-Mac senior attack/midfielder - Uncommitted
  Head Coach Joe Hill says: "Keagan is the leading scorer in Section V this season, demonstrating his exceptional skill and dedication on the field. His impressive assist total reflects his commitment to mentoring our younger players and teaching them to play the game the right way. Keagan was thrilled to learn that many of the talented young players on our team would be playing varsity this year, and his ability to seamlessly integrate with our lineup, which includes four freshmen and an eighth grader in the starting lineup, is remarkable."
  
  
• Chase Perryman - Honeoye Falls senior attackman - St. Bonaventure
  Head Coach Eric Goodberlet says: "Chase Perryman is a natural born competitor. He displays gratitude for the game, the opponents, his teammates, his coaches and his community. He carries himself with dignity and honor. He relishes competition and looks forward to the challenge of facing the best defenders on opposing teams. His calm composure strengthens the faith his teammates have in him. He has the ability to reassure his teammates in high pressure situations and can reclaim control of a game. Only very special people can do this. His selflessness can be seen in each and every one of his assists. Chase Perryman has been a cornerstone in the growing success of the HFL lacrosse program."
  
  

• Jeremy Askin - Geneva senior midfielder - St. Bonaventure
  Head Coach Jeff Dunham says: "Jeremy is a great lacrosse player and an excellent young man. Jeremy holds down a 97% average while taking a variety of advanced, college level courses. He is also a devoted member of several school clubs and organizations, including the National Honor Society and Link Crew. He serves as a peer mentor to a number of freshmen at Geneva High School and is an active volunteer in our youth lacrosse program. Unlike many teams, we don`t have a viable #2 option at the position so Jeremy has taken over 95% of our faceoffs this year. In addition to his giant workload at the faceoff X, Jeremy is also one of our top scorers with 39 points so far this season. Jeremy is a tremendous all-around lacrosse player." 
  
  
• Ben Cook - Honeoye Falls-Lima senior defenseman - RIT
  Head Coach Eric Goodberlet says: "Ben Cook is responsible, fair, and caring. He is a great citizen and not only lives by compliance with laws, rules and regulations, he expects that of his teammates as well. His loyalty, commitment and work ethic are of the highest quality. On the field he is our best individual cover defender. He always guards the best attackman on the opposing team. He is our vocal leader on the field. He is always the first one in the locker room and the last one to leave. His lacrosse IQ and overall analysis of his opponent was and is an asset to our team. We have continued to get better and better this season, week by week with his leadership."
  
  
• Anthony DeRosa - Webster Schroeder senior midfielder - RIT
  Head Coach Don Manard says, "Anthony has been a two-year captain for the Schroeder lacrosse team as well as a captain in the football and basketball teams the last two seasons. Anthony is always helping out younger players develop as he put together a wall ball routine for the team to do prior to practice. A true leader not only in the class room but on the field. He is that guy who wants the ball when the game is on the line and will leave it all on the field until his tank is empty. He does the same in the classroom with 98 average and is graduating cum laude this spring. "
  
  
• Alex Garrow - Wayne senior midfielder - Nazareth
  Head Coach John Hanss says, "Alex is a tremendous young man. He is a natural born leader. He has excelled at the varsity level in multiple sports for his entire high school career, but most notably in lacrosse. As a very goal oriented young man, he strives to meet them but does not put himself over the team. This year, his senior season, he has seen one of his teammates reach and exceed the 100-goal mark. Close to the milestone himself, he has cheered for and supported his teammates but on the field he is looking to move the ball and assist on goals rather than trying to do to much in attempts to score goals for his own personal accolades."
  
  
• Cam Ryan - Victor senior defenseman - Syracuse
  Head Coach Dan Stone says, "Cam Ryan is a student-athlete any coach would welcome to his program. He is a three-sport team captain who has helped his team's achieve considerable success through his "We>Me" mentality. Cam is a three-time Sectional Champion (basketball 2x, lacrosse 1x) a State Finalist in lacrosse, and a State Champion in basketball. His efforts have earned him 2nd Team All-County honors in basketball and lacrosse, and First Team recognition in football, all with limited time through his junior and senior seasons. At this time next year Cam will be competing for the Syracuse Orange Men's Lacrosse team."
  
  
• Adam Schembri - Penfield senior midfielder - Mercyhurst
  Head Coach John Schembri says, "He truly is a special young man. As a coach you ask your players to leave the program better than when they arrived, and Adam has done that in every way possible while being a dominant force on the field. I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to coach a young man with the character, integrity, grit, tenacity and humility that he displays, and I am even more proud that I get to call him my son."

# 3493  Two Games then One day Left

DAY IN REVIEW: WEDNESDAY - There were two games played today and one was a close one. Livonia-Avon defeated Wayne by a score of 12-10. There is only one day left in the regular season.
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# 3490  Geneva Takes Wayne in Finger Lakes Contest

DAY IN REVIEW: MONDAY - There were five games played today and one was a close one. Winners today were Geneva, Bloomfield-Honeoye, Gananda, and Greece Storm.
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# 3488  Six Out of Section Wins

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - There were a dozen games played today and only one was a close ones. Fayetteville-Manlius defeated Pittsford by a score of 9-8. There were eight games played with teams from outside Section V and six were wins.
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# 3486  Victor Over Penfield, Geneva Takes Mynderse

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There were sixteen games played today and one was a close one. Victor defeated Penfield by a score of 6-4. Other winners included Irondequoit over Canandaigua, Schroeder over Greece, and Geneva over Mynderse.
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# 3479  Thomas Takes Penn Yan, 250 Wins for Ruller

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There were ten games played today and three were close ones. Thomas defeated Penn Yan by a score of 9-7 giving Head Coach Rob Ruller his 250th win. Greece Storm was a 3-2 winner over East United-Eastridge and Victor was a 5-4 winner over Pittsford. 
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# 3476  Mostly a Whole Lot to a Little

DAY IN REVIEW: MONDAY - There were 5 games played today and all of them were won by more than three goals. 
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# 3471  Irondequoit Over Pittsford and Newark Over Mid-RJ by One

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There were 12 games played today and a couple were close ones. Newark was a 7-6 winner over Midlakes-Red Jacket. Irondequoit defeated Pittsford by a score of 7-6. Hilton and Thomas played a close game until the last quarter when the Cadets took off. CA was a 10-6 winner over Penfield and Marcus Whitman was a 10-7 winner over Gananda.
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# 3470  Penfield Over Fairport, Hilton Over Pittsford, PY WIns in OT

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - There were 11 games played today and 3 were close ones. Penfield was a 7-5 winner over Fairport. Hilton defeated Pittsford by a score of 9-8. Penn Yan was a 8-7 winner over Homer. 
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# 3466  Twelve Games on Saturday

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - There were 12 games played today and all of them were won by more than three goals. Pal-Mac and Irondequoit won at home and all the other teams won on the road.
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# 3464  Jonah Carrier Scores in OT for Eagles

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There were 10 games played today and only one close one as Irondequoit faceoff specialist Jonah Carrier scored an unassisted goal at 3:53 in overtime to lift the Eagles over Penfield. Penn Yan Head Coach Brian Hobart joins Randy Garrett (Fairport 371) and John Johnson (Canandaigua 357) in the 300 Club with the win today.
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# 3458  Eight Close Games: Victor Over Nisky in OT

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - There were 16 games played today and 8 were close ones. Baldwinsville defeated Canandaigua 5-4. Wayne was a 12-10 winner over Bloomfield-Honeoye and Hilton was a 8-7 winner over Horseheads. Aquinas defeated Canisius by a score of 8-7. Greece Storm defeated Eden by a score of 8-6. Victor was a 10-9 winner over Niskayuna. Penn Yan was a 4-3 winner over Clarence and West Genesee was a 10-8 winner over Penfield. 
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# 3452  East United, McQuaid, HFL, Canandaigua Win Today

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - There were eight games played today and two were really close ones. Section III teams CNS and Baldwinsville were one goal winners over Irondequoit and Schroeder.
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# 3448  Irondequoit Wins in Overtime

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - Sophomore offensiveman Cooper Moore recorded 4g-2a, including the game winner in overtime as Irondequoit won their second game of the season against Hilton today. The other five games were mismatches.
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# 3445  Spencerport and Fairport Win Games

DAY IN REVIEW: FRIDAY - There were two games played today and both of them were won by more than three goals.
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# 3440  Games Start this Week

After a couple of postponed games last week, games are expected to start up this week. There are 28 games on the schedule and a good number will have the opportunity to make strong statements.
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# 3414  Pittsford Wins and So Does HFL (in OT)

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - The first day of the Section V championships finished with an overtime win for Honeoye Falls-Lima and a 9-5 win for Pittsford.
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# 3412  HFL Wins in Double Overtime for Second Championship in 3 Years

After finishing as the runner-up last season, HFL came back to win their second Section Five Title in 3 years with a double overtime 9-8 win over Wayne.  This was the first double overtime Finals matchup since Victor over Thomas in 2018.  The Cougars’ Chase Perryman scored the game winner with 2:59 left in the second overtime period.  Perryman was named the Class B Tournament MVP and finished the game with 4g-2a. 
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# 3411  Day One Championships - C and A

*+Having punched their tickets in the semi-finals, the first Championship Day is set for Tuesday. Honeoye Falls-Lima, the top seeded team will play #3 Wayne to open the night starting at 5:00 PM. The second game will feature top seeded Pittsford who will play #2 McQuaid Jesuit at 7:30PM.
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# 3392  Tuesday: Coach Whipple Wins 225th Game

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - There were fourteen games played and it was the last game of the regular season for some teams. The Blue Panthers held off a fourth quarter surge by the Pride and held on for the 13-12 win. Aquinas, likewise held off a last quarter surge by the Lakers, winning 12-10 and locking up the GRALL title. Thomas won the battle at Webster and Penn Yan had a shutout against Clarence.
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# 3387  Thursday: Fairport and Penfield in One Goal Wins

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - Both Fairport and Penfield won their games by one goal. Mynderse defeated the Pride 9-6 and the rest were mismatches. Hilton (8-6) defeated HFL (10-3) with a score of 15-8 and Wayne defeated Pal-Mac 13-12.
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# 3377  Thursday: Thomas Takes Irondequoit, Pittsford Takes Rangers

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - In a very close game throughout, Thomas was a one goal winner over visiting Irondequoit. Pittsford had a close win over Spencerport, Victor had a close win at Brighton and Pal-Mac defeated Geneva 8-6.
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# 3369  Thursday: Mynderse Wins In Fourth Quarter

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - Out of the fourteen games played today, ten were mismatches. The others include a come from behind win for Mynderse in their game with Newark. Pittsford had an 8-2 win over Thomas and Schroeder beat Hilton 10-6. The Waterloo team did not have enough players for their game with Geneva and in the closest game of the night, Irondequoit took a 12-11 victory at Churchville-Chili.    BOX SCORE] 
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# 3363  Saturday: Victor over JD

DAY IN REVIEW: SATURDAY - Victor has a statement game with their 16-11 win over visiting JD. Irondequoit defeated Hilton, and McQuaid beat Brighton.
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# 3360  Tuesday: CA Holds On, Pittsford, Spencerport and Penfield Win

DAY IN REVIEW: TUESDAY - Although the majority of games ended in mismatches, there were a couple of exciting games. Topping the list is Canandaigua's 4-3 win at Brighton where neither team scored in the second half. Pittsford took an early lead and then never gave it up in the 8-6 win over visiting Irondequoit and Spencerport held Fairport scoreless in two quarters in their 7-3 win at home. Penfield scored four unanswered goals in the first quarter and then coasted to their 11-7 win over visiting Schroeder.
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# 3338  Thursday: Victor and Livonia-Avon Make a Statements

Thursday: DAY IN REVIEW: In the first minute of the game Victor scored two goals against Fairport and cruised to a 19-2 win at Fairport in their season opener.  Sam Ricci dominated at the faceoff X, winning 16 of 17 (94%). Marcus Whitman won their first game of the season in a good game with Gananda. A couple of goals before the half was the difference as Livonia-Avon defeated Pal-Mac 8-6. Other winners, most in not so close games were Wayne, Aquinas, Pittsford, Irondequoit and Thomas.
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# 3337  Tuesday: Hilton in OT - Coach Schembri wins 150th Game

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Long-time Penfield coach, John Schembri won his 150th game today at the Patriots defeated Churchville-Chili 15-4. Hilton used overtime to beat Thomas with a goal by senior attackman Nicholas Fede. McQuaid won their first series game against Rush-Henrietta. At Pittsford, the Panthers held off late advances by St Joseph and took the 8-7 win. Other winners were HF-L, Schroeder and Brockport who gave their Head Coaches a first win, East-United-Eastridge, Livonia-Avon and Spencerport.
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# 3300  Wednesday - Quarter finals for Everyone

DAY IN REVIEW: WEDNESDAY - The only team that broke the seeding in the quarter finals was  #5 Rush-Henrietta who beat #4 Hilton 10-8.
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# 3292  Thursday - Storm over Newark

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - There were seven games today as the regular season is almost done. Most games were mismatches, but Greece had an 8-6 win over Newark and Penfield had a win over Irondequoit.
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# 3260  Thursday - Haverling over AQ - Penn Yan over Geneva

DAY IN REVIEW: THURSDAY - Penn Yan beat Geneva 8-6 and Comsewogue (Sect XI) defeated Penfield 8-6, but the rest of the games today were mismatches.
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# 3107  Marcus Whitman Over Geneva

Tuesday: DAY IN REVIEW: Of the six games played today, only one was close with the rest of the winners outscoring the losers 110-13. Marcus Whitman (8-1) played Geneva (6-3) to a 9-6 win on the road after the teams had four lead changes. at 7-0.
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