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

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.

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).

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.

Twelve of the sixteen games played on Tuesday were mismatches in which the winning teams outscored their opponents by 184-49. Irondequoit beat visiting Corning 13-8. Gananda beat Waterloo 8-7 and Hilton was a 10-7 winner over Greece Lightning.

There were 12 games played on Saturday and the vast majority were mismatches. Gananda and Waterloo, however, played a close one which saw the Blue Panthers winning 9-8.

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.

Brighton and Gates Chili played a good night game tonight. The Barons won 8-6. Fairport was a big winner over Victor 16-4 and Rush-Henrietta beat Waterloo 10-3. Down south, McQuaid Jesuit lost to Strake Jesuit of Texas 7-5. The game was played in Tampa.

The All Star list is out recognizing the Finger Lakes players for the 2013 season. Junior attackman, Ben Reeves from Pal-Mac was, for the secnd year in a row, selected as Finger Lakes "Player of the Year".

There were nine games played in the section today. Canandaigua scored five goals late in their game to defeat Penfield 7-5. Head Coach Andrew Whipple was the "Whipple-Winner" as Pittsford defeated his brother's team from Irondequoit 7-2.

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.

There were eleven games played in the section on Tuesday as a number of team opened their seasons. Webster Thomas scored the last six goals of their game at Penfield, as they defeated Penfield 9-7.

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

Fairport took a 7-1 lead on their way to a 8-5 win over visiting Irondequoit to preserve their perfect regular season (16-0). Victor defeated Pittsford 13-12, Penfield beat Orchard Park 13-8, Newark beat B-H, Arc/Oly took out Eastridge 9-6 and Aquinas beat Canisius 4-3.

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.

Five games were postponed but ten games were played. Schroeder led for most of the game, but Penn Yan came back for an 8-5 win on the road. Bloomfield-Honeoye scored two goals in the last quarter to beat Wayne Central 5-3. Midlakes defeated Batavia 11-10.

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.

In one of the six intersectional games today, Fairport scored the winning goal in the last few seconds of the game to defeat Jamesville-DeWitt 11-10 at Hobart College. Pittsford hosted Section VI powerhouse, Orchard Park and came away with a 15-6.

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.

Victor, Fairport and Waterloo were winners on Thursday. Fairport won a 13-2 victory over visiting Webster Thomas. Waterloo took East Rochester 12-9 and Victor beat Spencerport 14-8.

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.

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.

Waterloo senior attackman Mike Wright recently announced his decision to study and play lacrosse at Lake Erie College (Painesville, Ohio).