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...

Sectional Baseball: McQuaid v. Webster Thomas

I am going to briefly interrupt my Yellowstone trip with a little sectional baseball I shot Wednesday night. McQuaid Jesuit Knights (5 seed) was playing the Webster Thomas Titans (1 seed) at Gates-Chili's baseball field. The winner would be moving on to the finals of Section Fives's Class AA.

McQuaid rattled three early runs off the Titans starting pitcher and he was quickly replaced in the second inning. His replacement did a great job not allowing another run for the rest of the game. The Knights started off strong but could not keep the Titans down as they poured it on in the later innings giving them a 7 to 3 win.

McQuaid v. Thomas Gallery

Spring Rude Awakening

Well spring sports started for me yesterday at McAvoy Park in Irondequoit. It was Gates-Chili's first lacrosse game of the year. Gates started off against the Webster Thomas Titans. I was excited to get back into the outdoor sports. I missed using the bigger lenses, especially since I now have the 300mm f/2.8. Well the excitement of being outside slowly faded as Gates started off their season with a 18-3 loss. Not they way you want to start. Hopefully it was just the start of the season rust and they will shake it off. Hopefully.....Here the shots and check out the gallery.

Lacrosse Gallery: GC v. Thomas

Hockey Sectionals at Thomas Creek

Gates-Chili moved on to play Fairport after beating Brighton a few days ago. I drove to Thomas Creek Ice rink after shooting wrestling super sectionals in the morning at RIT. I was torn between shooting the wrestling finals and this game between Fairport and Gates. I felt the the last two weekends I had taken a ton of wrestling photos and needed to catch the hockey game.

Anyways, I was very happy with the decision I made because it was one of the best games I had seen all year in any sport. Fairport took control after Gates scored early. The Red Raiders scored the next three goals making the score 3-1 entering the third period. You could see that the Spartans wanted to put some pressure on early to get back in the game and they did. About a minute into the third period Gates scored two quick goals to make a 3-3 tie. The teams struggled to get the upper hand and ended up going into overtime. Gates Chili's season ended about three minutes into the OT on a deflected shot from the point. Good luck to Fairport and congrats to Gates Chili for a great year.

Sectional Gallery: Fairport v. Gates Chili