2009 Co Captains Brian Scheetz & Marshall Johnson Continue To Lead At The Next Level
After leading the Canandaigua Braves to their first state championship in 2009 Johnson & Scheetz are making their mark at the next level.
#7 Freshman Brian Scheetz of the Mercyhurst College men’s lacrosse team has been named East Coast Conference Rookie of the Week, league officials announced on Monday evening.
Scheetz led the Lakers to a pair of wins over North Carolina foes St. Andrews and Wingate with a seven-goal, five-assist performance in his rookie debut.
Scheetz earned his second-straight rookie of the week honor after leading the Lakers with three goals and two assists in an 11-8 win over No. 7 Dowling. He had a hand in five-straight Mercyhurst goals that helped the Lakers rally back from a 4-3 deficit to tie the game, 6-6.
Scheetz currently leads the Lakers in scoring with 10 goals and 17 points.
The Canandaigua, N.Y. native scored three goals and added three assists in an 18-0 win over St. Andrews, becoming the first Mercyhurst player to score six points in a season opener since the 2005 season. He followed up the game with four goals and two assists in a 19-5 victory over Wingate just a few days later. Mercyhurst Lacrosse
#42 Freshman Marshall Johnson Fairfield University
Currently has 2 goals and 4 assists on the season.
Marshall had an assist in assist in an upset of #3 ranked Notre Dame in pre-season play.
Fairfield stands at 3 -2 early in the season with a win over highly touted Colgate last week. Next week Fairfield will play Ohio State at home, and has Hobart, Bellermine, Loyola and Hartford after that.
The Hartford game will be especially interesting to Canandaigua Lacrosse fans as the Hartford line up includes former Canandaigua standouts Scott Bement, Ben Knapton and Austin Rogers.
Fairfield Lacrosse
University of Hartford lacrosse standout goalie Scott Bement was named America East Rookie of the Year in 2009. One of three major awards the conference hands out each year.
Bement, a freshman goal tender, was a bright spot for Hartford this season leading the league and ranking 13th in the country in save percentage (0.57). Bement, who was also second in America East with a 9.76 goals against margin
Bement had his breakout game in a late season 10-8 upset over No. 6 UMBC on April 18. In that contest, Bement made a career high 19 saves, including 11 in the second half, to hold the nation’s fifth-best offense to four goals under their average.
Bement was tabbed Inside Lacrosse National Player of the Week for his efforts.
Scott Bement is back and has also been named to the America East Coaches’ Preseason All-Conference team as released by Inside Lacrosse on Monday afternoon.
Hartford goalie Scott Bement named to the America East Coaches Preseason All Conference team by Inside Lacrosse on Monday
#24 Scott Bement
Position: Goalie
Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Canandaigua, NY
High School: Canandaigua
As a Freshman (2009): Named America East Rookie of the Year, the first Hartford player to earn the honor since 2003.
Also named to the America East All-Conference Second Team and the All-Rookie Team … played in 10 games while making nine starts … recorded a save percentage (.577) that led the conference and ranked 13th nationally. read the rest of the story here….
Team Rochester, winner of the Adidas National All Star championship tournament represents the USA in the annual Brogden Cup international lacrosse championship.
Team USA Wins The Brogden Cup North American Lacrosse Championship (click the pic for full size)
Orlando, Florida, January 10,2010
Coming in off a two hour plane trip to Orlando Florida, one would think that the sunshine state is going to hold up to it’s reputation: sunny, warm, and everything Disney. Well the forecast for the Orlando area was just the opposite of what someone could expect. While temperatures did not reach the all-time record low of 19 degrees in Orlando (January 1985), it did however dip down into the bitter, low twenties. No matter how harsh the weather, it was nothing that these two groups of guys couldn’t handle in competition for the 2010 Adidas Brogden Cup. read the rest of the story here….
The college ranks will be reaping the rewards of 16 Canandaigua Academy student-athletes converging on their campuses in a few months.
7 Canandaigua Lacroose Players Sign National Letters Of Intent For Division 1 Lacrosse
Depending on the relationship, 16 could be a pretty big number. When it represents the number of student-athletes from one senior class at one school going on to NCAA Division I collegiate programs, the number is downright huge.
Wednesday afternoon, Canandaigua Academy athletic director Jim Simmons and his staff trotted out 16 seniors who are going onto 13 different Division I colleges spread out all over the United States. All 16 were present to sign letters-of-intent. read the rest of the story here….
Canandaigua Defeats Niskayuna For NY State Championship!
Canandaigua Finishes Season Ranked 1st In NY……7th In The Nation
Canandaigua Lacrosse Wins Class "B" State Championship!!
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
Canandaigua Lacrosse 2009 Class "B" State Championship!!
Coach Ed Mulheron’s varsity team is deep, which is a big reason why the Braves laid claim to the Class B state title Saturday, the first in school history.
But if you really want to define the depth of CA lacrosse, you need to take a look at the young kids hanging out with the team as water boys and ball boys.
No team has more youngsters running around attending to the varsity team’s needs than CA. read the rest of the story here….
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 to one goal in each of the first three quarters and added three in the final quarter.
Marshall Johnson was the key to the Braves’ success. Johnson finished 17 of 19 at the face-off (89.5%) with 16 ground balls. His individual effort was key for the Braves in setting the pace of the game. In addition he also added one goal.
Canandaigua Senior Face Off Specialist Marshall Johnson
The first quarter almost appeared to be a different game then the rest of the contest. In the first quarter J-D scored the only goal with Jake Bratek scoring with a straight drive down the center during a fast-break. Gordon Gehring, of J-D, was phenomenal in the cage, making 7 saves in the opening quarter and holding the Braves scoreless. read the rest of the story here….
Mission Accomplished…..Canandaigua Demolishes Hamburg.
Next Up, Jamesville Dewitt In The NY State Lacrosse Semi Finals…..
Canandaigua Defeats Hamburg And Advances To The State Semi Finals To Play Jamesville Dewitt
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 a 17-3 win over Hamburg in the state Class B Western Regionals.
CA brought its usual depth and smothering defense and also showed it can score at will in almost any way possible. read the rest of the story here….
Depth Of Talent Leads Canandaigua Lacrosse Braves To 2009 Section 5 Crown
Canandaigua Lacrosse 2009 Section 5 Champions
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 lost to CA, 18-5, in the ‘A’ finals last spring. The victory was CA’s 17th-straight this year. read the rest of the story here….
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.
Coach York & Nate From Tangarine Films
Watch as our heroes roll up their sleeves, put on their game faces and step to the front lines. It’s cow milking time! Yes, the Redneck Games are in full effect in Episode 9. Mud slides! Clay pigeons! And did we mention the cows? After that, it’s time for business with another legendary annual contest. Arch rival Fairport- the #1 team in Section 5 Class A Lacrosse- comes to Evans’ Field for the Braves’ last regular-season game. Will the Braves emerge victorious and roll into the postseason as winners? Find out here in Episode 9 of Season in the Balance.
RedNeck Games Slide Show
