It’s time to take a look at the standout performers from Section V.
Your vote will determine who will be the Faber Builders Boys Sports Athlete of the Week for May 4-10. The players’ credentials are listed above the poll — which will be live until 8 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will be announced on our Instagram page Thursday morning.
The nominees are chosen by our sports reporters. If you would like to call attention to an athlete’s performance to be considered for the nomination, please email sports@democratandchronicle.com by 7 p.m. each Sunday. All athletes who play on Section V boys teams are eligible to be nominated.
The poll can be found at the bottom of the article. Now, let’s meet the candidates.
Carson Allen
A junior on the Aquinas golf team who was medalist, the individual with the lowest and best score, during two nine-hole matches. Allen shot a par score of 36 at Eagle Vale and a one-under par score of 34 at Caledonia Country Club.
Noah Collins-Howard
A junior at Rush-Henrietta who lowered his Section V-best outdoor track and field 100-meter dash time to 10.73 seconds at the Flower City Invitational. Collins-Howard broke the Section V Indoor Track and Field 55-meter dash record during the winter.
Braden Fingar
Penn Yan lacrosse player recorded 12 points, including seven goals, across two games last week. Fingar also totaled eight ground balls in Saturday’s win versus Section VI’s Hamburg.
Desmond Hill
The fastest 1,600 race in Section V so far this spring was run by Hill, a sophomore at Marcus Whitman, on May 8 during the Wayne Invitational. Hill finished in 4 minutes, 21.18 seconds.
Brodie Joyce
Penfield lacrosse player became his program’s all-time leading goal scorer with two tallies in Tuesday’s game against Hilton. Joyce is up to 137 goals for his career.
Eric Odell
Greece lacrosse player had a dominant week at the faceoff X. In three games, Odell won 66 out of his 74 faceoffs (89%), which includes 25 apiece in games against Rush-Henrietta and Brockport. Odell also had three goals on the week.
Riley Lewis
Webster Thomas outdoor track and field athlete ran the 400-meter intermediate hurdles race in 55.77 seconds, the fastest time in that event in Section V this season. Lewis won that race at the Flower City Invitational.
Ethan Postle
Senior with the Pittsford Mendon baseball team pitched a perfect game and was the winning pitcher in another game among three wins by the Vikings. Postle struck out 13 of the 15 Brockport batters he faced May 4 during a win shortened because of a mercy rule. Five days later, Postle struck out 9 East High batters, allowed 0 runs and 3 hits in the 6 innings he pitched.
Ben Rizzone
A senior at Brighton who moved to the top of the Section V Outdoor Track and Field 400-meter dash season leaderboard with a race in 49.56 seconds during the Flower City Invitational.
Bobby Rule Jr.
Churchville-Chili baseball player helped the Saints win a pair of Monroe County division matchups with his bat and arm. Rule struck out 6 batters, allowed 0 runs and 3 hits in the 6 innings he pitched May 7. He also drove in a run and scored four times during the same game, as he was 2 for 2. Rule then drove in three runs, scored twice and was 2 for 3 at the plate, two days later.
Beckham Taylor
The top high jumper in Section V cleared 6 feet-10 inches during the Flower City Invitational. The next best high jump by another athlete in Section V this season is 6-6.
Zach Tortora
Spencerport lacrosse player scored a career-high 10 goals, and added an assist, in Saturday’s win against Section VI’s Lake Shore. That performance brings the Rangers senior within two goals of 200 for his career.
Chancellor Williams, East United-Eastridge
East United-Eastridge lacrosse player tallied six goals, including the game-winner in double overtime, in Friday’s victory over Syracuse City from Section III.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Vote for Section V’s Boys Athlete of the Week for May 4-10 presented by Faber Builders
Reporting by James Johnson and Justin Ritzel, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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