Geneseo Hockey (Section V Alumni)

Here are a few Geneseo Hockey players that came from the Section V area....

Bryan Haude (1) Geneseo Blue Knights

Hilton Alumni

February 7, 2014;  Brockport, NY; USA; Bryan Haude (1) before the Geneseo Blue Knights Hockey team takes on the Brockport Golden Eagles at Tuttle Ice Rink.  Photo: Christopher Cecere

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Jonathan Sucese (8) Geneseo Blue Knights

Fairport Alumni

February 7, 2014;  Brockport, NY; USA; Jonathan Sucese (8) of the Geneseo Blue Knights skates up the ice during a game against the Brockport Golden Eagles at Tuttle Ice Rink.  Photo: Christopher Cecere

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Justin Scharfe (10) Geneseo Blue Knights

Webster Thomas Alumni

February 7, 2014;  Brockport, NY; USA; Bobby Chayka (3) and Justin Scharfe (10) battle in front of the net during a game between the Brockport Golden Eagles and the Geneseo Blue Knights at Tuttle Ice Rink.  Photo: Christopher Cecere

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Stephen Collins (18) Geneseo Blue Knights

Pittsford Alumni

February 7, 2014;  Brockport, NY; USA; Stephen Collins (18) controls the puck during a game between the Brockport Golden Eagles and the Geneseo Blue Knights at Tuttle Ice Rink.  Photo: Christopher Cecere

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Saturday H.S Football October 2nd

I covered two high school football games on October 2nd. The first was played at St. John Fisher and was between Pittsford and Penfield. Pittsford dominated the game on the ground and defeated Penfield 35-30. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game was between Eastridge and Honeoye Falls-Lima at Eastridge's new stadium. It is a brand new turf field and looks great. Eastridge was able to win a shootout 40-35. Click here for the rest of the pics...

(Panther Matt Sullivan #6 is able to drag a Penfield tackler into the endzone)

(Patriot Nick Costanza #2 dives for a few more yards before landing out of bounds)

(Pittsford Running Back Dominic Delucia #22 breaks a tackle and looks for extra yards)

(Panther fans cheer on the offense after a first down)

(Cougars Running Back Ryan Quackenbush #32 breaks into the open field)

(HFL Quarterback Dylan Swetman #4 attempts to stiff arm the defender)

(Wide Receiver Adam Rabidoux #85 makes a great catch near the sideline while falling down)

Boys Lacrosse Sectionals

I was able to capture a few sectional quarterfinals, semifinals, and all three Section V championships.

The first sectional game was on May 27th, 2010. This was a great matchup on paper as the usual lacrosse powerhouse Irondequoit Eagles took on the surprise team of Class B, the McQuaid Jesuit Knights. McQuaid had an outstanding year but couldn't stop Irondequoit's offense early. Greg Coholan (pictured) had 5 goals for Irondequoit as they took down the higher seed 14-9. Click here for the rest of the photos...

Class A scheduled two semifinal games at SpencerportH.S. on Tuesday, June 1st. The first game was between the Red Raiders and Royal Comets. Fairport started with a four goal lead after 1 quarter. RH played Fairport pretty even for the next 2 quarters keeping it close. The Royal Comets could not keep up with the great defense and goaltending of Fairport. Fairport's offense was top notch as usual too as they move on to the championship game. Fairport 15, RH 9. Click here for the rest of the pics....

The second game on June 1st was between Pittsford and Penfield. Pittsford poured on the offense early scoring 8 goals in the first quarter against Penfield. The winner would move on to the Section V Class A Championship game at St. John Fisher. The Panthers never looked back shutting down the Penfield offense and beating the Patriots 18-4. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The start of three finals was on June 4th, 2010 at St. John Fisher College. The first game was between Aquinas and Penn Yan. Aquinas started off strong with early goals. Billy Lombardi dominated the face-offs and it never really got close. Aquinas wins the Class C Championship 14-9 and move on into the state brackets. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game was between Webster Thomas and Irondequoit on Friday June 4th. Thomas scored the first couple goals of the game and looked like they were on there way to a big lead. Irondequoit fought back and poured it on led by Mike Utz who had 7 goals and won the MVP. The Eagles won the Class B championship with a 16-13 score over the Titans. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The last game at St. John Fisher was between the Red Raiders and the Panthers. I really was most excited to see this game because I thought it would be the closest of the three. I was disappointed as Fairport was too strong for Pittsford. Their offense is incredible, but I have now seen their goalie (Blaze Riorden) twice and have to say he impressed me the most this year. Not only is the sophomore great in the net, he came out of the net in this game to score a goal. Fairport wins 10-3. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Girls Lax Continued...

I was able to fit in the first half of a girls lacrosse game on Thursday, May 6th. The girls of Arcadia/Olympia took on the Spartans at Gates. The game started as the sun was going down casting a nice orange glow on the field and players. The Lightning won by the score of 16-13. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I shot another first half of Gates-Chili girls lacrosse and this time they were up against the Monarchs from Mercy on May 10th. Mercy played very good to start and went up big with a bunch of goals in the first half. The Monarchs ended up winning 17-10. Click here for the rest of the pics...

First of the spring sectional games was on Saturday May 22nd at Gates-Chili as they took on the Thunder. The game was close as both teams seemed to be pretty even. Gates broke a tie score late and held onto the ball for the last minute to advance in the brackets with a 12-11 score. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The first of two Class A semifinal games played at Brighton on May 28th was between the Patriots and Royal Comets. This game was back and forth as each team matched the other with goals. The game was determined on a penalty shot by Penfield with :02 seconds left. Penfield scored to go up 8-7 and the RH coach was not happy. He was given a red card and the Patriots moved onto the finals. Click here for the rest of the pics...

This was the second semifinal game of the night at Brighton. The first was close, but this game was closer going three overtimes before Pittsford scored in sudden death(victory). Both teams fought hard and both scored a goal in the second OT as Pittsford won 11-10. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Early Spring Lacrosse

Spring season started with a string of boys lacrosse games. Here is a few to get my blog going again. The first game of the year was between the Bath Haverling Rams and the Mynderse Academy Blue Devils played at the Aquinas Institute on March 27th. Bath took control right away and was up big before giving up some late goals. I was excited to get back outside to shoot even if it was cold early. It did warm up by the start of the second game. Bath beat Mynderse 18-7. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The second game on Saturday put St. Francis from section 6 up against the home team Aquinas L'il Irish. St. Francis beat Bishop Kearney the day before 14-3, but section 5 had it's revenge through the Irish. I was only able to shoot the first half and Aquinas was pouring on the offense and up 8-0 when I left. The game ended with Aquinas winning 14-2. Click here for the rest of the pics...

On Monday, March 29th, the Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars took on the Fairport Red Raiders at Fairport. The game started with a somewhat cloudy day and was overcast. Fairport scored early and often and led 13-1 at halftime. Fairport switched goalies at half and the scoring continued into the third. I left for the Canandaigua/Pittsford game after three quarters because Fairport was ahead 15-2. The game ended 16-4. Click here for the rest of the pics...

After the Fairport-HFL game, I drove over to Nazareth college for the Canandaigua-Pittsford game. I stayed 3 quarters as Canandaigua were dominating the game but not really the score. It was 7-2 and I felt Canandaigua's offense was too much for Pittsford. King in goal was also having a great game. I was mistaken as I found out that Pittsford fought back to within 2 goals. That was as far as they got though and the Braves pulled out the victory 7-5. Click here for the rest of the pics...

On April 1st, the Penfield Patriots took on the Webster Thomas Titans at McAvoy Park. This was the best lacrosse game that I have seen so far this year. It was evenly matched as both teams traded the lead throughout the fourth quarter. The game went into overtime and was ended by JT Hauck of Thomas on a shot that sent him to the turf. At first, I thought he was protecting himself from being mobbed but noticed that everyone stopped when they got to him and that he was injured, Luckily, it was just a leg cramp and he eventually walked off the field smiling. Click here for the rest of the pics...

After the Penfield-Thomas game on Thursday I decided to catch some of the Lightning-Barons game at 7pm. I only stayed for the first half because Brighton already had the game in hand at that point. It was 11-2 at half and Brighton ended up winning 17-5. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The last game of this blog was between the Gates-Chili Spartans and the Webster Thomas Titans at Gates. The Spartans look like a young, rebuilding team and it showed Saturday. Thomas came out on fire, scoring 10 in the first quarter while Gates did not score. Thomas ended up winning 20-6 with many players showing up on the scoresheet. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Gates Senior Football Night

The fans were out last Friday night as GC took on the Fairport Red Raiders on the Spartans senior night. The setup for introducing the seniors was all messed up as the seniors and parents lined up along the field. Only half the field was used and the line was too long to fit everyone making it a photography nightmare to get everyone. Next time I will bring a shorter lens to get them as soon as they begin to walk. Gates won easily 34-14 to continue their win streak of 4 in a row entering sectionals.

Saturday morning I was in Pittsford to see the Panthers take on the Canandaigua Braves. It was a very close game as both offenses struggled to score. The rain starting coming down in the second quarter and was steady until the end. Canandaigua ended up winning in the fourth quarter on a quarterback run left for about 60 yards for the score. The game ended Braves 13, Panthers 10.

Sunday I finished off the weekend with my last regular season games of Chili Lions football. This day I was shooting the Purple Mitey Mites and the Junior Midgets. This ends another great season with the Lions and finally a decent weather day which did not occur many times on 2009 Sundays.

Gallery: GC v. Fairport

Gallery: Canandaigua v. Pittsford

Gallery: Chili Lions

Sports Weekend

Once again I am behind on my blog and editing. I should be catching up quick with a day coming up without an event. Here's a composite blog of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Friday night Gates beat Churchville in volleyball 3-0.

Saturday morning I shot a boys soccer game before the Gates football game. The soccer match put two great teams together. On this sunny morning Fairport was playing at Pittsford Mendon. Mendon ended up beating Fairport 2-0.

After the game I drove to Spencerport for their homecoming football game against Gates-Chili. Gates-Chili scored often and played great defense to win 34-0.

Finally on Sunday my long weekend finished with a long day of Chili Lions football at Memorial park.

Volleyball Gallery: CC v. GC

Soccer Gallery: Fairport v. Mendon

Football Gallery: GC v. Spencerport

Football Galleries: Chili Lions

Season Favorites 2008-09: Hockey

I decided I wanted to finish off my first full high school sports season with a "best of" for each sport. I shot about 8 games last season and if anyone has ever been in a hockey rink knows the difficult lighting. Hopefully in the future I will be able to use stobes (flash) in the rink for better shots. Anyways, here are my favorites for the 2008-2009 season.

Galleries: 2008-09 Hockey