The 2013 Section Five Tournaments began today with Claus C out-bracket games for eight teams.

On the last big day of the regular season, Fairport needed overtime to beat Pittsford 10-9. Later Irondequoit took control of Canandaigua and beat the Braves 11-8.

In a couple of showdown games, Webster Thomas took control in the second half and defeated Canandaigua 13-6 tonight.

With less than one week left in the regular season there were a dozen games played on Saturday.

Sixteen games were played on another great spring day. Penfield beat Pittsford 7-5 in a key match up, making for exciting possible Class A semifinal games. Newark beat Midlakes by one goal as did Mynderse, who beat Gananda

There were lots of games on a beautiful Tuesday and a couple of close ones. Eastridge beat Brockport in overtime,

A goal scored in the second quarter made the difference as Webster Thomas beat visiting Penn Yan 6-5 this afternoon. Spencerport beat Brighton by a goal as well.

Unlike may of the game days of late, there were some very exciting games and scores today as 15 games were played. Mynderse beat Wayne 5-4, Fairport overcame a 3-1 deficit to beat Penn Yan 7-5 and Midlakes defeated Marcus Whitman 9-8.

On Friday morning, teammates, classmates, coaches and friends celebrated with senior goalie Merritt Bailey and his family as he signed his National Letter of Intent.

Gananda senior midfielder Zach Binggeli scored with 0:16 left in regulation to give the Blue Panthers an 8-7 win over Aquinas. Batavia-Attica scored three last goals to force overtime

It took overtime, but Pittsford beat Victor in a closely contested game 12-11. Marcus Whitman beat Mynderse by one, 6-5. Canandaigua beat R-H 16-11 and Midlakes beat B-H, 10-6.

There were some interesting scores today. The three highest scoring games were played today, as Medina beat Batavia 23-11 (34 pts), Victor beat Corning 16-15 (31 pts) and Spencerport beat Williamsville North 16-14 (30 pts).

Finally, there were a number of close games played in the section today. Victor held off a last minute attack by Irondequoit to hold on to a 7-6 win. Hilton beat the Lightning 8-6, McQuaid came back hard to beat Livonia 14-13 in overtime.

Jamesville-DeWitt beat Fairport 17-9 and Penn Yan beat Penfield 11-1. Rush-Henrietta defeated Lancaster of Section 6 and Webster Schroeder beat Spencerport 17-16.

A dozen games were played today. Three games were won by one goal, but most games were mismatches again today. In a "Storm game", Greece Ath/Ody (Thunder)beat Greece Arc/Oly (Lightning) 7-6.

There were a number of out of section games played today and Section Six (Buffalo) won them all. Hamburg defeated Canandaigua 13-12, Orchard Park won their game with Pittsford and Williamsville-North beat Spencerport in overtime 13-12.

There were thirteen games scheduled for Thursday. There were some blow-outs and there were some close one. Pittsford remained undefeated with an 11-6 win over St. Joseph's.

There were seventeen games scheduled for Tuesday and some although there were a number of mismatches, there were also some close ones. Mynderse took an early lead and fought off a late charge by Marcus Whitman to beat the Wildcats 10-7.

There were lots of games played in an around Section Five today. The day started with Mynderse beating Waterloo 8-6 and ended with an overtime win for Fairport, who defeated West Genesee 9-8.

Vacation week is over and the teams of Section Five were ready to play today as twenty-eight teams suited up.

In a change from tradition, SportsFive will not be publishing individual preseason reports for each of the teams in the section this year. Instead, we will be focusing our efforts on a larger scale.

The All Star list is out recognizing the Finger Lakes players for the 2012 season.

The quarter final round finished with nine higher seeded teams winning, most by large numbers and three lower seeded teams winning. Canandaigua (#6) beat Spencerport (#3) 10-8. Victor (#5) beat McQuaid Jesuit (#4) 21-9.

The quarter final round finished with nine higher seeded teams winning, most by large numbers and three lower seeded teams winning. Canandaigua (#6) beat Spencerport (#3) 10-8. Victor (#5) beat McQuaid Jesuit (#4) 21-9.

There were two games played tonight and only two more games left in the regular season (which will be played tomorrow). Penn Yan beat Thomas 12-4 and HF-L beat Marcus Whitman 15-4. Both games were played under the lights.

Marcus WHitman led for most of the game but a strong surge by the Indians gave them an 8-6 win on Senior night. The Greece Lightning won their first game of the season with a 10-5 win over Batavia. The other winners were Pal-Mac, Haverling, Victor and Hilton.

It was a beautiful day for lacrosse and six games were played. Most of the games were overmatches, with the closest game being Marcus Whitman over Wayne 8-4.

In a game that went right to last minute, Irondequoit defeated Pittsford 7-6. Fairport won a 5-2 victory over visiting Penn Yan. Thomas beat Brighton 8-6 and HF-L took at 9-8 win from Webster Schroeder. Penfield won their game with Canandaigua 10-6.

Three games were played in the section today. Gananda beat Midlakes 14-1. Marcus Whitman beat Mynderse 19-9 and McQuaid Jesuit posted 26-6 against Bishop Kearney.

There were 16 games in the Section today. Several were close and a number were not. Pittsford beat a determined McQuaid Jesuit 7-6. Waterloo beat Wayne 3-1.

Three games were played on Friday night. Marcus Whitman beat Newark 14-0, Hilton beat Brockport 14-7 and McQuaid Jesuit beat Greensburg Central Catholic 13-2.

Pittsford dodged the bullet this afternoon with an double overtime win against a determined Webster Thomas. Fairport and Penn Yan, the only undefeated teams left in the Section won their games.

Wayne Central won their first varsity game today when they beat Midlakes 7-6. Canandaigua won in overtime against Victor. It was Eastridge over Greece Lightning 11-8, Geneva over Waterloo 6-2, Mynderse over Newark 10-7 and Gananda over the Pride 8-7.

On a very rainy day there were fourteen games played. Ithaca (Section IV) broke three tied quarters to beat visiting Irondequoit 11-8. With 1:24 remaining in the first overtime period, Aaron Buck scored during a double man-up opportunity to secure a 13-12 win for the Churchville-Chili over Spencerport.

enn Yan, Fairport and Irondequoit all maintained their undefeated season with wins today. Penn Yan played a close 10-8 game with Penfield. Fairport beat Canandaigua 8-3 and Irondequoit was a winner over Schroeder. Other winners today were Churchville-Chili, Gates Chili, Spencerport,

Irondequoit traveled to Massachusetts and brought home a 4-3 win against the Duxbury Dragons. Penn Yan overcame a 4-0 first quarter deficit and scored twelve unanswered goals starting in the second quarter in their 12-4 defeat over Geneva.

Eleven games were played on Thursday. Mynderse beat Wayne 9-8 in overtime. Gananda beat Newark 8-7 and Brockport beat the Lightning 9-8. Fairport beat Victor 10-4 and Pittsford beat Canandaigua 8-4.

Eleven games were played on Tuesday Spencerport and Hilt played to a tie nine times before Ben Tribunella scored on an assist by Seth Miller to give the Rangers a 12-11 victory.

Add six more games to the list of games played this season. Rush-Henrietta used twenty-one second of the first overtime period to beat visiting Pal-Mac.

Overall in Finger Lakes, 44 players return who had end of year honors last season. In total, 7 received 1st Team, 14 received 2nd Team and 23 received HM honors. By grade level, 4 are now sophomores, 13 are juniors and 27 are seniors.

The All Star list is out recognizing the Finger Lakes League players for the 2011 season.

The 2011 Section Five Tournaments are now underway with twelve out bracket games played today. There were two upsets in the seeding as, in Class A, #9 Greece Thunder beat #8 Greece Lightning 11-9. In Class C, #9 Mynderse won a 15-13 victory over #8 Marcus Whitman.

There were sixteen games played in the Section today and a number of very exciting ones including a 7-6 win for Fairport over Penfield with no time left on the clock. Haverling took Aquinas in double overtime and Marcus Whitman beat Mynderse in the first overtime period.

Marcus Whitman was an 18-7 winner over Mynderse, Bishop Kearney took a 12-8 victory from Batavia and Bloomfield-Honeoye won an 8-5 game against visiting Midlakes. Clarence of Section 6 held on to their undefeated season with a 9-5 win over Aquinas.

There were three afternoon games in the Section on Friday. Geneva beat Mynderse 18-2. Pal-Mac was a 17-6 winner over Marcus Whitman and Newark beat visiting Waterloo 8-4.

It was a long awaited match up and at the last moment, moved from Pittsford Mendon to St. John Fisher College, where the stands were nearly full. The Panthers scored five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter for secure a 9-4 win over Fairport.

McQuaid Jesuit came out strong in the first half and then held on through a second half surge by Timon/St Jude (Section VI) to take a 7-6 win in Buffalo. Rush-Henrietta beat Hilton 13-10 in the opening game for new Head Coach Dave Moore. Other winners were, Canandaigua, Haverling, Livonia and Pal-Mac.

It was a tough day for several teams that played out-of-section games today as Penn Yan lost a close one to Clarence, Hamburg beat Thomas and Aquinas lost a close one to Timon.

Under sunny skies today, there were fourteen games played. Among the winners were Thomas over Churchville-Chili, Penn Yan over Brighton, Livonia over McQuaid Jesuit and Geneva over Pal-Mac.

Under sunny skies today, there were fourteen games played. Among the winners were Thomas over Churchville-Chili, Penn Yan over Brighton, Livonia over McQuaid Jesuit and Geneva over Pal-Mac.

At the start of a week that will see games every day, four games were played in the Section today. Honeoye Falls-Lima had a rare shutout in their win over Batavia. Pal-Mac beat Gananda, Marcus Whitman beat Midlakes and Waterloo edged out Mynderse 12-10 in a night game.

In a a close game at Penn Yan, Fairport held off an late attack and beat the Mustangs 9-8. Hilton scored five goals in the final quarter to come back and defeat Canandaigua 13-12.

Aquinas and Webster Thomas played a close game, with the Little Irish winning 8-7 at McAvoy Park. Pittsford beat Penfield 12-2, Geneva beat Marcus Whitman (13-3) and East Rochester was a 21-3 winner over Bishop Kearney.

here were thirteen games today in Section Five and a large number of games were lop-sided. Winners by big margin included Fairport, Pittsford, Penfield, Penn Yan, Geneva and Pal-Mac.

There were lots of unexpected results today, as teams started to make statements. Thomas was a decisive winner over Canandaigua, Victor beat R-H, The Lightning beat the Thunder by one goal in a "Storm Game".

Pittsford traveled to Orchard Park (Section Six, Buffalo) where the Panthers and the Quakers played great defense, took home a 4-2 victory. Brockport overcame their deficit and scored the winning goal, late in the game as the Blue Devils beat ER 10-9.

Five games were canceled for today due, mostly to poor field conditions, but eleven games were played in the often bitter cold throughout the Section.

With the start of the NCCA tournament this week, we thought it might be interesting to see how many alumni for Section Five were on teams that made the three divisions in the 2018 tournament.

Two boys Varsity Lacrosse players and two girls Varsity Lacrosse players joined four other seniors for a celebration at Victor as honored the eight who signed National Letters of Intent. Attackman Zach Estabrooks will attend Seton Hill. Matt Gardner, a long-stick midfielder will go to Le Moyne.

This week`s Player of the Week award winner are Marcus Whitman senior goalie Merritt Bailey and Spencerport sophomore attackman Colin McElligot. The players were selected from nominations submitted last week.

Although the game was close for a half, Marcus Whitman outscored Newark 8-2 in the second half in their 11-3 victory. The Wildcats were led in scoring by Tyler Wolfe with 3g-4a. Attackman Matt Hall added three goals. Face off midfielder Lane Brown finished at 58% at the face-off draw and with a team leading six ground balls. Goalie Merritt Bailey and defenseman Pat Hall added five ground balls each.

Marcus Whitman goalie Merritt Bailey scored the game winning goal with 2:25 to go in overtime.

Marcus Whitman scored the first two goals in their 6-5 win over Mynderse. The Blue Devils tied the game at 3-3 in the third quarter but never led. Whitman's first two goals were both unassisted with Tyler Wolfe and Lane Brown scoring.

For the fourth time, Section Five selected first and second team All-Section players. The 2014 first team lists sixteen players and includes the ten All-Americans previously announced."It`s always difficult to choose from so many talented players," said Section Five Chairman, Mike Simon. To be nominated each player was required to be selected to their first team all league (except Independent teams).

The All Star list is out recognizing the Finger Lakes players for the 2014 season. Junior attackman, Ben Reeves from Pal-Mac was, for the third year in a row, selected as Finger Lakes "Player of the Year". The "Midfielder of the Year" wasEddie Eddington from Geneva. The "Defenseman of the Year" was Dylan Joy from Gananda and Pal-Mac Head Coach Joe Hill was named Coach of the Year. Matt Morrin was named Assistant Coach of the Year and Tom Palmer from Gananda was named Man of the Year. Eddie Eddington was named a USLacrosse All American and Ben Reeves was named a USLacrosse Academic All American by the Section Five Coaches.

The Rochester Chapter of USLacrosse has announced the 2014 Herb Fitch Lacrosse All Star Game final player selections. This year`s contest, featuring some of the best of the graduating seniors will be held on Friday, June 13th at Victor High School.

Senior defenseman Nick Catone has announced that he will attend and play lacrosse for Seton Hill University after his his graduation from McQuaid Jesuit High School next spring. In the off-season Nick has played for the Blaze Lacrosse Club.

Merritt Bailey, a senior goalie for Marcus Whitman High School, announced today that he has made a verbal committeeman to study and play at Seton Hill (Greensburg, PA).

Hilton has a summer commit as rising senior midfielder Justin Goodrich announced that he will attend and play lacrosse at Seton Hill (Pennsylvania). Justin will be playing his fourth year on the Varsity this spring. Last season was his breakout season as he recorded 27g-7a for the Cadets and finished third on the team in goal production.

Rising senior goalie, Max Eismann has announced his decision to continue his studies and play lacrosse at Seton Hill (Greensburg, PA), an NCAA Division II school after his graduation next spring.