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By JOHN LIKANJE The Section V Football Class A1 and A2 tournaments begin with seven games on Friday and one game on Saturday. The title matches are scheduled for Friday, November 5th. Here's the breakdown: CLASS A1 No. 1 seed BRIGHTON BRUINS (7-0, No. 10 NYSSWA Class A) vs. No. 8 seed CHURCHVILLE-CHILI SAINTS (0-7) This is a rematch of the season opener in which Brighton … [Read more...] about Section V Playoff Preview: Football Class A1 and A2

By PAUL GOTHAM EAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Frustration came early and often for Ian Szemcsak Wednesday night. For the first 105-plus minutes of game time, the leading scorer of East Rochester's boys' soccer team could not capitalize on his opportunities to find the back of the net. The senior attacker, though, regained his shooting touch just in time. Szemcsak took a pass from … [Read more...] about Szemcsak’s golden strike gets East Rochester past Holley

BOYS CLASS C1 No. 10 HOLLEY (4-11-2) 1 No. 7 EAST ROCHESTER (9-7-1) 2 (2 OT) Frustration came early and often for Ian Szemcsak Wednesday night. For the first 105-plus minutes of game time, the leading scorer of East Rochester's boys' soccer team could not capitalize on his opportunities to find the back of the net. The senior attacker, though, regained his shooting touch just … [Read more...] about Spinelli Dental Wednesday Soccer Wrap: Alfred-Almond’s Balboa, Bloomfield’s Conklin score OT game-winner; Manning lifts Eastridge

By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Gavin Rice spent  a large portion of the 2021 high school soccer season sidelined with an injury. Tuesday night, the Greece Athena senior clinched a chance to play one more game. Rice's goal midway through the second half broke a 1-1 tie, and the Trojans went on to beat Gates-Chili, 2-1 in Section V Class A opening-round action. "It feels … [Read more...] about Rice clinches Athena victory

GIRLS CLASS B1 No. 9 GREECE ODYSSEY (1-16) 9 No. 8 LYNDONVILLE/MEDINA (3-14) 2 Greece Odyssey won its first game of the year and advanced to the quarterfinals behind seven goals from Ekemini Udofa. Udofa scored five in the first half and two in the second half. Isabella Nuciolo and Izabella Lombardi added a goal each in the second half. Ella Lewis had both Lundonville/Medina … [Read more...] about Spinelli Dental Tuesday Wrap: Udofa leads Odyssey with seven goals; Hann nets game-winner for Alfred-Almond