There were thirty-four teams playing in Section V. Bishop Kearney dropped out this year but hopes to return in the future. There were 916 players on the final rosters, down again for the second year. McQuaid Jesuit carried forty and Penfield carrier thirty-nine carried the largest rosters while Batavia-Notre Dame with fourteen and Gananda with fifteen finished with smallest rosters. 

There were four classes for the sectional tournaments. Honeoye Falls-Lima (C) was the only top seed to win their championship. In the other three classes, the second-seeded teams won championships; Penfield in Class A, Victor in Class B and Penn Yan in Class D.

Penfield had a decisive 13-3 win against McQuaid, winning against the Knights for the second year in a row. Victor won their game against undefeated Pittsford in a very close game, 14-12 and Honeoye Falls-Lima had a 16-6 win against Geneva.

The first games were played on March 19th when Hilton won their 10-7 game with Thomas. The last regular season game was played on May 20th when Pittsford defeated McQuaid Jesuit 1-7.

The 308 regular season games were played and the 79 league games determined the league championships. In Monroe County-D1 it was Hilton (5-0, 14-3). In MC-2, Pittsford (4-0, 17-0) took the championship and in MC-3 Irondequoit (6-0, 10-6) was on top. Pal-Mac (4-0, 15-2) won the Finger Lakes East title and Midlakes (6-0, 14-3) took the West title.

At the end of the year, the Section V Head Coaches selected the post-season award winners including their All-League players. Then, after reviews of twenty-one nominations, they selected six USA Lacrosse All-Americans and six All-Academics. Named All-Americans were Braden Fingar (Penn Yan), Grady Goodberlet (HFL), Brodie Joyce (Penfield),  Eli Ricci (Victor),  A.J. Theodorakakos (Penfield), and Avery Valenti (Pittsford).

Named All-Academics were Isaac Bailey (Churchville-Chili), Ryland Dunham (Geneva), Carson Lich (Palmyra-Macedon), Eric Odell (Greece Storm), Mason Schembri (Penfield) and Zack Tortora (Spencerport).

Pittsford Head Coach Andrew Whipple was named Coach of the Year from Section V and the Bob Scott Award winner was Isaac Bailey from Churchville-Chili.

The Coaches of Section V awarded the "Official of the Year" to GVLOA official Ryan Robinson.

The Monroe County Division 1 Player of the Year was A.J. Theodorakakos (Penfield). Zack Tortora (Spencerport) was the Division 2 Player of the Year and Sam Thore - Irondequoit was Division 3 Player of the Year.

Nominees for the Bob Scott Award were Weston Oyer (Victor) and Eric Odell (Greece Storm) and the Section V and USA Lacrosse Bob Scott Award winner was Isaac Bailey (Churchville-Chili).

The Monroe County Coaches of the Year were Tim Byrnes (Hilton) and John Schembri (Penfield) in MC1 , Eric Goodberlet (Honeoye Falls-Lima) in MC3, and Andrew Whipple (Pittsford) in MC2.

Assistant Coaches of the Year were Corey Holbrough (Penfield) from MC1, Tony Pezzimenti (Victor) from MC2, and Colin Shafer (Irondequoit) from MC3.

The Finger Lakes East The Player of the Year was Jackson Dennie (Pal-Mac). Dennie was selected as Attackman of the Year,  Ryland Dunham (Geneva) was selected as Midfielder of the Year, Carson Lich (Pal-Mac) was picked as Defenseman of the Year, and Drew Ikewwod (Livonia-Avon-Geneseo) was selected as the Goalie of the Year.

The Finger Lakes West Player of the Year was  Brayden Arber (Bloomfield-Honeoye) who was also the Attackman of the Year. James Sprague (Midlakes) was named Midfielder of the Year. The Defensemen of the year was Jake Middlebrook (Midlakes). Stuart Quku (Midlakes) was selected as Goalie on the Year. Carson Lich (Pal-Mac) was selected as the nominee for the Bob Scott Award.

The Finger Lakes Coaches of the Year were John Hicks (Midlakes - West) and Joe Hill (Pal-Mac - East) and the assistant Coaches of the Year were, in the East, Tim Doyle (Pal-Mac) and Jake Gallina (Wayne) and in the West, Ambrose Carey (Marcus Whitman) and Tyler Brooks-Lambert (Midlakes). The Persons of the Year were, in the East, Dan and Heather Wildey (Wayne). 

Greece Storm (Class A), Webster Schroeder (Class B), Honeoye Falls-Lima (Class C) and Bloomfield-Honeoye (Class D) were awarded the Steve Morgan Sportsmanship Awards by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association.

After the regular season, the Section V tournaments were conducted. Penfield (Class A), Victor (Class B), HF-L (Class C) and Penn Yan (Class D) were the Sectional Champions in 2026.

There were All-Tournament Teams this year and there were MVPs for each class. Selected as MVPs for classes A, B, C and D were Brodie Joyce (Penfield), Will Simpson (Victor), Grady Goodberlet (HF-L) and Miles Ditzell(Penn Yan).

The SportsFive/Section V Players of the Year were Avery Valenti (Pittsford) in offense and Anthony (A.J.) Theodorakakos (Penfield) in defense. The Sportsman of the Year was Isaac Bailey (Churchville-Chili).

The New York State Tournaments required an play-in game for all four classes which required that the champions played against the Section VI champions in order to get into the quarter finals. All four teams won their games in Buffalo. Victor and HFL played on Wednesday night while Penfield and Victor played on Thursday night.

In Class A, Penfield beat Kenmore and then lost to West Genesee in the semifinals. In Class B, Victor beat Orchard Park, and then Horseheads (Section IV) to reach the finals where they lost to Manhasset (Section VIII). In Class C, HF-L defeated Hamburg but then fell to Jamesville-DeWitt in the quarterfinals and in Class D, Penn Yan beat East Aurora and then lost to Marcellus (Section III).

The All-Section V Awards were announced with sixteen first team, fifteen second team, and fifteen Honorable Mention picks.

At the end of the season at least seventy-seven players have made college commitments. Fifty-four of them, seniors, will become part of over three hundred players from Section V who are currently playing at all college levels.