In what was a back-and-forth battle this year from Waterloo and the Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders, it is little surprise that the two girls lacrosse programs headlined this year’s all-league selections.

GENEVA — Another year of Finger Lakes league lacrosse proves once again that the Finger Lakes region in Section V represents one of the finest lacrosse hot spots in the state and even the country.

HEMPSTEAD — The Canandaigua Braves boys lacrosse team was aiming for its first state championship since 2009 on Saturday afternoon when they battled Section XI’s Garden City.

CORTLAND — From 2017-19, the Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders won three straight Section V girls lacrosse titles and each year, the program’s season ended in the state semifinal. The program returned to sectional supremacy in 2022 and found itself in an eerily similar spot.

CORTLAND — It has been quite a fun ride over the last few weeks for the Canandaigua Braves boys lacrosse team after capturing the Class B sectional title, their 10th sectional title and first since 2013.

EAST AMHERST — The fourth quarter was one to remember in Penn Yan's class D sectional championship victory over Livonia/Avon. On Saturday morning in the Class D Regional, the Mustangs' boys lacrosse team had a fourth quarter to forget about at Williamsville East High School.

EAST ROCHESTER — It has been quite a journey this year for Geneva Panthers girls lacrosse after putting together its first winning season since 2016.

HONEOYE FALLS — For two schools that are less than 15 miles apart, Saturday afternoon in the Section V Class D boys lacrosse semifinals was only the sixth time that Marcus Whitman and Penn Yan have met since 2009.

CANANDAIGUA — The goal for this entire season for the Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders boys lacrosse team has been to bring back the championship block to Palmyra for the first time since 2017.

WATERLOO — A free position shot with 2.5 seconds left in the first half for Newark/Midlakes seemed to be the turning point in the Class C girls lacrosse semifinal.

It was a busy day of sectional action across the Finger Lakes Wednesday with all of baseball quarterfinals being played as well as boys and girls lacrosse quarterfinals and boys tennis semifinals.

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The No.9 ranked William Smith lacrosse team played against the No.8 ranked Colby on Saturday afternoon in the third round of the NCAA Division III tournament.

GENEVA — Friday was the final night of the regular season for the Geneva Panthers boys lacrosse team before starting their quest for a ninth sectional title in the program’s 100th year of existence, and they rolled into sectionals in shutout fashion.

GENEVA — If you ask William Smith lacrosse head coach Anne Phillips, the Herons were not at their best against Messiah in the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament on Sunday.

The 2022 season of Geneva lacrosse marked the 100th year since the fabled program put together its first high school lacrosse team. The program that began as the Red and Black, with games against the freshman teams of Hobart and Syracuse, Christian Brothers Academy and Syracuse Vocational, n…

PENN YAN — It had been 1,862 days since the last time the Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders boys lacrosse program was victorious over the Penn Yan Mustangs.

GENEVA — William Smith lacrosse has enjoyed a dominant season, featuring big blowouts and narrow victories. The No. 8 team in the country now rolls into the NCAA Division III tournament with its sixth straight Liberty League title in tow and a 13-game win streak.

PHILADELPHIA — It took brutal weather and a team undefeated in conference play to end Hobart lacrosse’s five-game win streak and the 2022 season. Saint Joseph’s University had not lost a single Northeast Conference game since they lost in the championship last year to Bryant University. Side…

GENEVA — William Smith’s Anne Phillips took the lacrosse heading coaching position in the summer of 2015. Since, she has never ended a season without a Liberty League tournament championship other than the cut-short COVID-19 pandemic 2020 season.

ITHACA — The No.3 seeded Hobart Statesmen tennis team started the quest this past weekend for the Liberty League championship when they traveled south to Ithaca College for the annual league tournament.

When the proposition of a Finger Lakes high school lacrosse league first arose, Geneva Panthers head coach Jack McDonald was not in favor.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The way the Northeast Conference men’s lacrosse semifinal between Bryant and Hobart began was astonishing in comparison to the final score.

The Geneva Sports Hall of Fame will welcome its next class of inductees on May 20 at Club 86. This year’s class includes Kelvin Cruz, Christine Driscoll Rosato, Kelley Driscoll, Barron Frank, Bill Hadsell, Craig McDonald, Melissa Smith Sladden, Beth Teague Mabry and the Geneva High 1923 Lacr…

GENEVA — Five weeks ago, the Hobart Statesmen lacrosse team lost 16-12 to Saint Joseph’s. It was their fifth loss in a row and after a promising start the team’s wheels had completely fallen off and the postseason was in serious doubt.

PITTSFORD — Keuka baseball’s postseason hopes came down to the final day of the regular season on Sunday.

The budding years of the Geneva lacrosse program were a huge success. Multiple state titles, All-Americans, and victories over collegiate freshman teams; it all cemented a foundation of strong lacrosse roots for the storied high school.

PALMYRA — Waterloo and Palmyra-Macedon girls lacrosse teams were the only teams in the Finger Lakes league that had yet to lose a league game this season. The two teams’ meeting on a brutally cold Wednesday meant there would only be one team remaining with a clean league record.

GENEVA — Two wins in a row seemed to mark the end of Hobart lacrosse’s mid-season skid, but it was a eight-goal barrage in the second half that featured a new program record and catapulted the Statesmen past Long Island University and back into the driver’s seat of their own season fate. The…

GENEVA — The William Smith lacrosse team played the second of its 3-game homestand on Saturday afternoon to close out the 2022 regular season.

While not exactly 125 years old like the city itself, the game of lacrosse goes back over a century in Geneva.

GENEVA — Led by their unrelenting offense, William Smith lacrosse continued its dominance over the Liberty League conference Friday evening with a 15-2 win against Rochester Polytechnic Institute.

PENN YAN — Even with two starters out and a roster of mostly young underclassmen, Penn Yan boys lacrosse found a way to grind out a win at home against Finger Lakes league rival Geneva Panthers.

KEUKA PARK — The Keuka College Wolves men's lacrosse team was in action on Wendesday night when they welcome Nazareth College.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Hobart lacrosse is getting its steam back it lost after the first two games of the season. A key game against Merrimack College awaited the Statesmen and after falling behind four goals early in the game, Hobart showed grit and determination to claw their way back and …

CANANDAIGUA — The historic rivalry between the Penn Yan Mustangs and Canandaigua Braves boys’ lacrosse programs was renewed on Saturday at Canandaigua Academy.

ITHACA — A top-tier matchup took place in this Finger Lakes city as the country’s eighth-ranked William Smith lacrosse team took on the ninth-ranked Ithaca squad Wednesday afternoon.

GENEVA — The main goal for the Hobart Statesmen men’s lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon was to finally end its season-worst, five-game losing streak when they faced the Wagner College Seahawks.

CANANDAIGUA — The Finger Lakes Community College baseball team won its sixth straight game at home after its double-header sweep over Broome Community College on Saturday afternoon.

GENEVA — Curtis Denison and the Geneva Panthers walked off the field June 1, 2019, after an 8-6 loss to East Aurora in the New York state Class C boys lacrosse quarterfinals. It was a hard-fought game in which Denison accounted for two goals. Despite the setback, the freshman had plenty to h…

GENEVA — William Smith lacrosse has encountered just one opponent thus far in the season able to best them, and it was the number-one ranked team in the country.

CANANDAIGUA — As they did in 2021, Canandaigua boys lacrosse opened their season against Geneva. A 10-2 victory for the Braves Saturday started the season for them as well as the Panthers, but Geneva still has much to look forward to this spring.

PHILADELPHIA — Hobart lacrosse continued their losing skid over the weekend in Philadelphia to Saint Joseph’s University, 16-12.

NEWARK — The hype was at an all-time high for the Newark boys lacrosse team before the opening face-off of their game against the Wayne Central Eagles on Saturday afternoon.

WATERLOO — The 2022 season presents yet another blank slate for Waterloo girls lacrosse head coach Andy Lee, who began his 17th season as head coach of the program on Friday night against Webster Schroeder.

HOPEWELL — A fast start and strong finish to the first half propelled Mynderse/Romulus girls lacrosse past Marcus Whitman on Thursday evening for a victory in their season opener.

GENEVA — A fast and positive start for Hobart lacrosse was quickly derailed by their continual third quarter woes, and the Statement lost their fourth game in a row at the hands of Bryant, 14-11.