#2 seed Penfield will match up with a tough Webster squad on Wednesday November 2nd at 6 PM at Penfield High School in the 1st round of Sectionals.

The Penfield Junior Varsity boys defeated McQuaid yesterday 30-19 to capture the Penfield Junior Varsity volleyball tournament.  The team finished pool play 8-2.  The team won a qurterfinal match vs Rush Henrietta, followed by a hard fought win over Victor in the quarterfinals.  In the final, the team pulled away from a 16 all tie to secure the win.

All tournament team:  Garrett Quiel, Dahnny Rogers, and Most Valuable Player Sam Bitker.

The Penfield Mens Volleyball team moved to 15-2 on the season with an exciting win over a great Fairport team.

The link is below:

http://saxo.highschoolsports.net/article/20111022/SPORTS08/110220337/Penfield-holds-off-Fairport-?Avis=A2

Tom Campbell had 14 kills to lead Penfield to a five-set win over Rush-Henrietta in Monroe County volleyball Monday.

Brian Buggy added 10 kills for the Patriots (13-2), who overcame a two-set deficit to win 19-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-22.

Brian Benjamin had 46 assists and nine digs and Marr Cardot added 17 kills for R-H.

Link to photos, courtesy of Lori Roat:

http://penfieldvarsityvolleyball.kodakgallery.com/gallery/personal-url/albumView.jsp?albumId=707455577212#p/336926577212

A night after losing thier first match of the season, The Penfield Men’s volleyball team responded with a 3 set sweep of Churchville, 25-12, 25-14, 25-20.  The Patriots were led by sophomore Jon Roat with 4 kills, 4 blocks and seven service points.  The Patiots moved their record to 11-1.

In the upcoming week the Patriots are off to Canandaigua on Thursday and then home for a rematch with the Victor Blue devils on Saturday at 2:30.

Playing a tough Victor team, Penfield played well but lost in 5 games.

As the leader of his own rock band off the court, Penfield junior John Sprague ‘conducts’ the offense on the court for the Patriots volleyball team.  Read the interview on the Messenger Post.

The Penfield Men’s Varsity & JV Volleyball teams hosted a pancake breakfast on Saturday, September 24.  Thanks to all the families who sold tickets, flipped pancakes and worked at the ticket desk.  A big thanks to John & Karen Cipro at Don’t Original for loaning us the space & supplies!!

Thanks to Lori Roat for creating a photo album of the event.

The Messenger-Post newspapers highlight Cody Wiktorski in this week’s paper:

After thinking about it, I decided to look into the players in our program that have gone on to play at the college level.  Listed below are the players I can think of off of the top of my head.  Feel free to contribute any addtional names by e mailing me at huuuugh99@frontiernet.net

Fall 2010

Luke Lawatsche  Nazareth

Fall,2009

David Evans Stevens College

Matt Sutherland Ball State

Fall 2006,

Kyle Gauger Lees McCrae

Ellis Walsh Nazareth

Fall 2005,

Kevin Kirchhoff  Nazareth

Ben Foster   Endicott University

Fall 2003,

Kyle Giunta Vassar

Fall 2000

Rich Newton Lees McCrae

Fall, 1998

Rick Brazener Juniata

Fall 1997

Kevin Fisher New York University

Fall 1990

John Eisenberg New York University

Fall 1990

Kris McMonagle      Purdue University club team

Fall 1988 

Scott Zanni  Maryland Club team

Fall, 1983 

Greg Kennedy Cornell University

Fall, 1980 

Peter Norman Princeton University

Another Penfield Alum had a great season as David Evans was voted NEVCA Rookie of the year and was voted on to the all tournament team.
Check out the article here:

http://uvb.sidearmsports.com/documents/2011/3/24/UVC_all-conference_2011.pdf?id=394

HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 25, 2011) – Seniors Brandt Grobeis and SteFan PremDas each took home first-team All-United Volleyball Conference accolades, while freshman David Evans picked up Rookie of the Year honors, as five Ducks earned all-league recognition in the UVC’s inaugural season.

Coming off a season in which he finished third in the nation in assists per game en route to second-team All-NECVA Metro Division laurels, Grobeis has been equally as impressive and efficient in this, his final season on the Hudson, ranking sixth nationally in assists per set. With 992 helpers on the year, the Livingston, N.J. native has averaged nearly 11 (10.78) assists per set, while recently becoming just the second player in program history to surpass the 4,000-assist plateau.

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Player of the Week for the week of January 31, Grobeis has registered at least 30 assists in all but two matches this season. The senior co-captain has also cracked the 40-helper mark on 13 occasions, while recording at least 50 assists in four contests, including a 50-assist, six-dig effort against perennial Division III powerhouse Juniata College.

One of the Ducks’ most consistent offensive threats, PremDas followed up his first-team All-NECVA Metro Division honor in 2010 with a first-team UVC selection as a senior. Ranking in the top-20 nationally in both hitting percentage and kills, the Hollywood, Fla. native currently ranks first on the squad in both categories.

PremDas has hit the double-digit kill mark 15 times this season, hammering home a season-high 22 kills in the team’s opener against Hunter College. With a pair of double-doubles to his credit, PremDas registered a season-best .565 hitting percentage against UVC rival SUNY New Paltz.

Ranking 26th nationally in hitting percentage, Landis, a second-team UVC selection, has proven to be a potent threat from the outside. Averaging 2.91 kills and 1.41 digs per set, while hitting .292, he has consistently become one of the Ducks’ top performers. He tallied at least 10 kills in 15 matches, burying a season-high 23 kills against conference foe Medaille College – the highest kill total for any Duck this season. The Sellersville, Pa. native also recorded a season-best .526 hitting percentage against Division I Rutgers-Newark.

A force in the middle, senior Timothy Karl has continued to blossom into one of the squad’s most reliable blockers. Coming off a season in which he finished sixth nationally in blocks per set en route to second-team All-NECVA Metro honors, Karl has continued to impress this season, garnering All-UVC honorable mention praise.

The Williamsville, N.Y. native currently ranks 22nd in the country in blocks per set, having appeared in 24 of the team’s 25 matches this season. The senior middle recorded a season-high six blocks on four occasions this year, twice against ranked opponents Rivier College and New York University, once against Division I New Jersey Institute of Technology and again against the Ducks’ UVC Championship first-round opponent Elmira College.

In his first full season in Cardinal and Gray, Evans has almost immediately made his presence felt, quickly becoming an important contributor in the Ducks’ efforts while earning UVC Rookie of the Year and honorable mention accolades. Averaging 1.70 kills and 1.33 digs per set in Stevens’ 25 matches, he tallied a season-high 17 kills against Baruch College, hitting .424. He also put up 25 kills in a pair of matches against league foe D’Youville College, while 12 spikes against nationally ranked Juniata.

One of our own has been selected to the Division III All American Team.  Ellis Walsh, a member of the 2006 Class A Championship team in Penfield was voted 1st team this week.  Check Out the article from the D and C!

 

Nazareth’s Ellis Walsh always had an affinity for the arts. Now he’s playing a leading role on the men’s volleyball team. / CARLOS ORTIZ staff photographer

Ellis Walsh grew up a performer. The Penfield graduate always had an affinity for the arts and has appeared in more than a dozen plays and musicals.

Wroc, Channel 8 came to Penfield High School last week and did a feature on the program.

This is the link.  Check it out!

http://rochesterhomepage.net/search-fulltext?nxd_id=205605

With the season now over, I will be again adding photos and submissions from all years of the program. Please feel free to send anything you have to:

Huuuugh99@frontiernet.net.

Again, my thanks to the parents, coaches, alumin and friends of this program. It is truly an honor to be a part of such a great group of people.

Three straight years the Penfield boys volleyball team advanced to the regional tournament and three straight years it went home without a championship.

The Patriots ended that streak in come-from-behind fashion on Saturday.

Senior outside hitter Matt Sutherland had 31 kills as he led Penfield to a five-game win against Hamburg-VI in the Class A state regional championship at Webster Schroeder.

“I did not want to end my career with four Section V titles but no state championships,” said Sutherland, one of seven seniors on the Patriots’ roster. “This is just so satisfying to be able to shake off the past and get the job done.”

It was the first regional title since 1994 for Penfield, which won 25-21, 17-25, 22-25, 25-20, and 25-17.

“Words cannot do justice to how happy I feel for these boys,” Penfield coach Mike Fusare said. “These boys work so hard and give us everything they have every game and every practice. I am just ecstatic for them and a job well-done.”

Penfield (21-2) won the first game but struggled to establish any consistency in the second and third games as Hamburg surged ahead. The Bulldogs led by as many as eight points in the second game and never trailed. The third game was more back-and-forth, with Penfield taking a brief lead at 19-18, but Hamburg rallied and took seven of the last 10 points.

“There were some worries after that third game but we never got down on ourselves,” Sutherland said. “We have won too much and been through games like that before, so we knew nothing was over until that final point.”

Hamburg took a 19-18 lead in the fourth game but Sutherland had back-to-back kills and sophomore Cody Wiktorski served the final four points to tie the match at 2. Wiktorski had four straight service points in the fifth game and Sutherland had eight kills as Penfield handily won the fifth game to win the title.

“I cannot say enough about this team and the fight we have,” said Wiktorski, who finished with 61 assists. “We came up short the last couple of years in this tournament and we did not want to let down the seniors.”

Senior David Evans had 22 kills and Joe Accorso had 10 kills and nine blocks for the Patriots. Ryan Dangler finished with eight digs and seven kills for Penfield.

“Section V has a lot of great teams and the team that survives through sectionals is very battle-tested,” Fusare said.

MWEINSTE@DemocratandChronicle.com

WEBSTER — The blond mohawk that sits atop David Evans’ head symbolizes a good luck charm for Penfield’s volleyball team.

During each of the last three seasons, various members of the Patriots have sported the “do,” and their season has ended with the same result: a sectional championship.

Penfield made it four in a row Tuesday night, sweeping rival McQuaid in three sets at Webster Schroeder to clinch the school’s fourth-consecutive Class A crown.

The second-seeded Patriots (20-2) defeated No. 4 McQuaid (19-3) 25-20, 25-19 and 25-13 and Evans earned MVP honors after his 13-kill performance.

Evans served up 10 straight second-set points to help Penfield rally from an 8-3 deficit and Ryan Dangler, referred to as Penfield’s unsung contributor by Patriots coach Mike Fusare, won five straight in the third to put Penfield up 19-8.

“When I started my run, I just went back there, concentrated and focused on the spot where I was going to serve. Once I started catching fire, I just let it rip,” said Evans, a senior outside hitter and one of 10 Patriots with a mohawk.

“Dangler’s been serving like that all year, and it was almost like we expect that from him. He came through in the clutch.”

Setter Cody Wiktorski had 36 assists and served the last two points of set three for Penfield, which will square off against five other sectional champions in regionals Saturday morning at Schroeder. The top two teams from pool play will advance into the finals.

“I didn’t have to work that hard to get the ball to our hitters, and that’s always a good thing as a setter,” said Wiktorski, a sophomore. “It’s awesome, there’s nothing better than this, and to beat McQuaid, one of our biggest rivals, you couldn’t ask for anything more.”

The Patriots, fresh off a third-place regional finish in 2008, had to deal with adversity this year. After not having lost to a Section V opponent since 2006 — a span of 50-plus wins — the Patriots lost back-to-back contests to Rush-Henrietta and Victor, but Evans said those losses inspired Penfield.

It showed, as Penfield won its 12th consecutive set in a sectional final.

“Those losses were the turning points of our season,” Evans said. “We had to go back in the gym and practice as hard as we can, because we’re not just going to have sectionals handed to us.”

These perennial powers have met in five of the last six title games: McQuaid bested Penfield in 2004 and 2005 while Penfield defeated the Knights for the championship in 2006, 2008 and this year.

“David Evans is extremely deserving of MVP, because (his service run) in Game 2 was the turning point in the match,” McQuaid coach Christopher Parks said. “We were up on them and had them on the ropes and our guys were ready to pounce and David went back and rattled off his serving run.”

Besides Evans, Penfield had two others selected to the all-tournament team: Wiktorski and Sutherland. The rest of the team included Gabe Cartagena (Rush-Henrietta), Paul Syta (Fairport) and Steve Lodico (McQuaid).

JBOCCACI@DemocratandChronicle.com

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