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DemocratandChronicle Page3I Reversaloffortune Penfieldwasasectionalrunner-upinboyslacrosseduring fivecollege-boundseniorsinthelineupandsuccesstheprevious howseniordefensemanCharlieCumminsimaginedhisfinalhigh ThispastspringthePatriots didhavesomethingtowork withandreversedtheirstun- ningstart.Penfield’sseason cametoanendatSt.JohnFish- semifinals. BoysLacrosseCoachofthe oneofthosestarters.Amember ofthePenfieldvarsitysincethe ofthoseplayerswhodelivered themessagethatsacrificesof- tenareneededinorderfora andearlyAprilwasnotimeto startyellingatteammates. thathedealtwithchronicknee painallseason. makeexcuses.Whenwedid wouldtakeiteasy.Still,Igive Therewasabout20minutes oficetreatmentaftereach practiceandgame. manypeoplereallybelievedin willattendtheUniversityof plewrong.Thatreallyhasapart inmereceivingplayerofthe year.Thisyear,twoofourtop playersmissedalotofthesea- son.IthinkIhadtostepup,keep weredown.Iwouldn’tsayIhad todoitalot.Thereweretimes PenfieldtrailedSectionVI championOrchardPark11-8 withlessthanfourminutesre- mainingduringthestatequar- reboundandscoredthetying goalwith30secondsremaining.

ThePatriotswentontowin12-11 inovertime. Americansaid. EuphoricafteraU-turn. Thatprobablywasabetterex- Twitter.com/jjDandC tyinggoallateinthestatequarterfinalsasthePatriotsralliedtodefeatOrchardPark. PLAYEROFTHEYEAR JamesJohnson Staffwriter CharlieCumminsplayedthroughpaintoleadPenfield HONORABLE MENTION Goto DemocratandChron icle.com toseealistingof honorablementionselections.

Charlie Cummins PENFIELD DEFENSE Grade Parents Tom. Seasonhighlights crosseAll-AmericanandtotheAll- SectionVfirstteam.MonroeCounty DivisionIPlayeroftheYear.Helped PenfieldreachtheClassAstatesemi- finalsafteran0-5start. Academics :3.0GPA,favoritesubjects arescienceandhistory. Futureplans undecidedonamajor. Aboutme thePenfieldvarsity.Namedtothe2013 SectionVClassAAll-Tournamentteam.

Scoredfourgoalswithtwoassiststhis spring. LucBailey MCQUAID Grade Parents andBob. Seasonhighlights USLacrosseAcademicAll-American. NamedtoAll-SectionVfirstteamand selectedGreaterRochesterAreaLacrosse LeaguePlayeroftheYear. Academics arehistoryandscience.

Futureplans undecidedonmajor. Aboutme BayPackersquarterbackAaronRodgers andteammateJacksonTwomey.Scored threegoalswithtwoassistsandscooped 77groundballs. BenBrooks IRONDEQUOIT MIDFIELD Grade Parent Seasonhighlights USLacrosseAll- AmericanandAll-SectionVFirstTeam. Alsonamedco-MonroeCountyDivision IIPlayeroftheYear.LedEagleswith39 goalsthisseason. Academics :3.0GPA.

Futureplans heplanstomajorinEnglish. Aboutme teamthatwasastaterunner-upin2012. CreditshisbrotherIanforproviding competitionthathelpshimnow.Enjoys fishingandboating.WrestledatIronde- quoit. James Burdette PENNYAN DEFENSE Grade Parents David. Seasonhighlights wonitsthirdconsecutiveSectionVClass CChampionshipandreachedthestate semifinals.USLacrosseAcademic All-AmericanandAll-SectionVfirst team.

Academics subjectsarecalculusandphysics. Futureplans sityofNewYorkatAlbanyandmajorin finance. Aboutme president.MemberofNationalHonor Society.Namedtothe2013SectionV theBrogdenCup.MemberofPenn Sean Cunningham GENEVA MIDFIELD Grade Parents Seasonhighlights undefeatedleaguerecord. Academics :4.1GPA,memberofNationalHonor Society. Futureplans lacrosseandfootball.Interestedinstudyingphysics.

Aboutme ReceiveranddefensivebackforGenevafootball team. AlbieDiPasquale PITTSFORD ATTACK Grade Parents Seasonhighlights team.MonroeCountyall-stardelivered42goalswith 31assistsforthePanthers(14-4). Academics Futureplans major. Aboutme abiginfluence.HelpedPittsfordwinthe2011Section VClassAChampionship.Scoredthreegoalswithtwo assistsagainstIrondequoitthisseason.Alsoplayed goalieforthevarsityhockeyteam. JakeGiudice WEBSTERTHOMAS ATTACK Grade Parents Seasonhighlights Thomasingoals(50)andassists(25) crosseSeniorAll-StarGame.

Academics Futureplans planstomajorinaccounting. Aboutme ThomasreachtheSectionVClassAfinal.LedtheTitans ingoalsandtiedforfirstinpointsasajunior.Fourthon theall-timeWebsterThomaspointslistwith165. MattKaser SPENCERPORT Grade Parents Seasonhighlights All-AmericanandAll-SectionV firstteam.MonroeCountyDivisionIIIPlayerofthe Year.Scored49goalswith53assistsinhisfourth varsityseason. Academics :3.7GPA,favoritesubjectisbusiness. Futureplans intendstomajorineconomics.

Aboutme theYear.Leagueall-starin2011.Selectedtoplayin LacrosseSeniorAll-StarGame. DanLaCrosse CANANDAIGUA Grade Parents Seasonhighlights winninggoalintheSectionV ClassBchampionshipgame.All-SectionVfirst teamerandMonroeCountyall-starscored28goals with24assists. Academics Futureplans andmajorineconomics. Aboutme sophomore.Playedontheschool’sfootballteam. Brandon Maciejewski PENNYAN GOALIE Grade Parents Seasonhighlights teamforthesecondconsecutiveseason.Savepercentage Academics Futureplans ofNewYorkCollegeStonyBrook.Consideringamajor inathletictrainingafterhegraduatesfromPennYan.

Aboutme nowatSUNYatAlbany. RyanMaciejewski PENNYAN Grade Parents Seasonhighlights semifinals.Scored46goalswith50assists. Academics ics. Futureplans teaminSouthCarolina.Consideringamajorin criminaljustice. Aboutme VClassCAll-Tournamentteamselection.

BenReeves PALMYRA-MACEDON ATTACK Grade Parents Seasonhighlights 70assistsand158pointsledthe AmericanandAll-SectionVfirstteam. Academics Futureplans withanotherhighschoolseasonahead.Hashiseyes onpre-medstudies. Aboutme :FingerLakesPlayeroftheYear.2012AGR BoysLacrosseteammember.Palmyra-Macedon’s MostValuablePlayerthelastthreeseasons.Helped wintheBrogdenCupin2013. PLAYEROFTHEYEAR BOYSLACROSSE DC-0000310134.