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Penfield and HF-L punch tickets to Sectional Finals
Class A: (3)Penfield 10, (2)Fairport 7
Griffin Banister scored four times pacing Penfield to a semifinal win at Spencerport high school Friday night. The Patriots led this game start to finish.
Jake Maurer added a hat trick for Penfield and Mason Schembri made 10 saves—many of which were spectacular.
The Patriots jumped out to a 3-1 lead early. Robert Protz scored one of his three Fairport goals in the final three minutes of the half to close the Red Raiders within 4-3 after 24 minutes.
Banninster and Maurer each scored goals in the first 68 seconds of the second half for the Patriots who eventually built an 8-4 lead. Protz answered again for Fairport and then the Raiders got a break when Penfield accidentally put a rebound into their own net with 1.8 seconds left in the quarter. The Penfield lead was down to 8-6.
Schembri and the defense shut the door from there. The Raiders scored only once and were never again closer than two goals.
Penfield opened the season with a five-game losing streak, but the Patriots are now 11-7. They will meet top-seeded McQuaid for the Class A title Tuesday evening at Hobart College with faceoff scheduled for 5pm.
Fairport finished their season at 8-8.
Class C: (2) Honeoye Falls-Lima Central 14, (3) Geneva 5
Only down by three, Geneva still had life at the start of the second half. That was until HF-L's Quinn Kailbourne opened the game up, scoring four of his six goals in the second half, leading all scorers on the night.
Cash Arena for the Cougars added four goals of his own, including two in a 19-second span to end the second half. Grady Goodberlet had two of his own, followed by Jackson Coon and Marco Vengoechea with one each.
Goodberlet and Coon were the key distributors of the game, with three assists each.
In goal, Jason Bennett ended the night with 11 saves, only allowing one goal in the second half.
On the opposite side, Ryland Dunham led the way for Geneva, with three goals, all coming in the first half.
Ben Budgar added one goal and one assist for the Panthers. Jack Dunham and Dominick Verdora found their way into the box score as well. Durham assisted Budgar's first goal of the night, while Verdora scored Geneva's lone goal of the second half.
HF-L will take on top-seeded Palmyra-Macedon, who come off a huge 21-10 victory over Wayne. The Class C title game is set for next Friday at Hobart College, with faceoff scheduled for 5pm.
Geneva finished their season 13-5.
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