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2009 State Championship Season

Canandaigua Defeats Niskayuna For NY State Championship!
Canandaigua Finishes Season Ranked 1st In NY……7th In The Nation
All season long when anybody talked about the Canandaigua boys lacrosse team, one word always cropped up in the conversation. That word is “depth”
The Braves depth was just too much for undefeated Niskayuna

Coach Ed Mulheron’s varsity team [...]

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Braves Ranked #1 in New York State After Defeating Jamesville Dewitt 12-6
Canandaigua had difficultly starting, but after scoring four goals in each of the final three quarters the Braves defeated Jamesville-DeWitt 12-6 to move on to the Class B State Finals.
This is the first time that Canandaigua had made the State finals. Jamesville-DeWitt was held [...]

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Mission Accomplished…..Canandaigua Demolishes Hamburg.
Next Up, Jamesville Dewitt In The NY State Lacrosse Semi Finals…..
The goal of any team is to be playing its best at the end of the season.
Mission accomplished for the Canandaigua boys lacrosse team.
The Braves dominated in every conceivable way Tuesday night at St. John Fisher College’s Growney Stadium and rolled to [...]

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Depth Of Talent Leads Canandaigua Lacrosse Braves To 2009 Section 5 Crown
Some things never change, and unfortunately for the second-seeded Irondequoit Eagles, losing to the Canandaigua Braves is one of those things. Playing in their second-straight sectional championship game against the top-seeded Braves, the Eagles lost 17-6 Friday in the Class B finals. Irondequoit [...]

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Rednecks In The Balance
Well, they did it again!
The 2009 annual Redneck Games were a big hit.
This year events: Shoot the gorilla on the moped, Redneck bowling, Mud diving and more………
It happens once a year. A legendary contest that tests The Braves on every level.
And now, at last, it’s finally here.
Watch as our heroes roll up [...]

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It ‘Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This!
There was something bittersweet about Canandaigua’s heart-pounding 12-11 overtime win over Penn Yan Tuesday night in Finger Lakes Division I boys lacrosse action.
On the one hand, there was the packed house at Penn Yan Academy — full grandstands and fans three and four deep all the way around the [...]

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Canandaigua Lacrosse Ranked 6th In NY State After Defeating Fairport

Although Fairport had the first face off and took almost two minutes off the clock in their offensive set, Canandaigua scored first, on their first trip to the offensive side of the field, when Deven Alves scored an unassisted goal on a drive from the side.
About [...]

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CA Tops Undefeated Hamburg On The Road
Hamburg, Ranked second in the Class B NYSSWA Poll
The Hamburg Bullgogs took a 2-1 lead in the first quarter and led 5-4 at the half.
But, Canandaigua came back after the half and held the Bulldogs scoreless for twenty-two and a half minutes, while scoring six for themselves as they [...]

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Canandaigua Lacrosse Powers Past Geneva

The latest chapter in what at times over the years has been an intense rivalry on the lacrosse field turned into a lopsided affair on Tuesday evening.
At Evans Field, Canandaigua scored five goals in each of the first three quarters, and the Braves went on to beat Geneva 17-5 in the [...]

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Canandaigua Smashes Penn Yan 15 – 5 In Home Opener
The Canandaigua boys lacrosse team was smarting after last Friday’s last-second loss to Orchard Park in the driving rain.
There was no better way of getting over that defeat than to take out those frustrations on the visiting Penn Yan Mustangs Thursday evening. Behind sharp offensive play [...]

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