18-Time Section V Champions
9-Time Western NY Regional Champions3-Time New York State Champions
16-Time CWBOASO Referees' Sportsmanship Award
New York's Winningest Large-School Program
2010 Schedule Highlights: This year's schedule features no less than 6 games under the lights, including the first-ever night game on the Penfield campus. The Friday,October 8th, homecoming contest against Webster Thomas will be played under rented lighting as the second match of a girls-boys doubleheader at 8:00. Additionally, the first two home contests in September are 11:00 Saturday starts in non-league action against Brighton and Gates-Chili.
Labor Day Practice: With matches on Saturday and Tuesday, the Varsity will be practicing on Monday, September 6th from 3:30-5:00 on the grass field.
Preseason Schedule Varsity:
Tuesday through Friday 8/31-9/3 9:00-11:30, includes scrimmage v. Hilton on Thursday 9/2 @ 9:00.
Saturday 9/4 is OPENING DAY v. Brighton. Varsity on turf and JV on grass 10:15 with 11:00 match start.
Freshman Team: First training session is Monday, August 30th from 9:00-11:30. Tuesday will be from 4-5:30, and Wednesday through Friday will return to the 9-11:30 slot.
Bay Trail Teams: Start date is Wednesday, September 8th at 3:30
PENFIELD PATRIOTS COACHING STAFF:
Varsity: John Butterworth, Tim Graves, Dave Heise, Tony Furgiuele, Mariel Lako
JV: John Cotsonas Frosh: Joe Sementa Bay Trail: Tom Westbrook, Kevin Quinn
COLLEGE CHOICES: Captain Dino Salkic has picked Fredonia for his college choice...... Fellow '09 captain Steve Mounnarat is headed to MCC..... Captain Angelo DiFrancesco will be attending Clarkson........Quin Sladden has chosen MCC..... Captain DuganTerwilliger has selected Hamilton College.......John Ives has chosen Oswego......Pat Wolf and John Woodarek are ready to start classes at the University of Buffalo.....James Sergeant will be playing hockey at MCC.....
It's a Boy! Longtime Assistant Coach Alissa Vanmulem and Jim Ingerick welcomed Jimmy on March 22nd!! Everyone is great....It's a Boy, Again! 16th-year assistant coach John Cotsonas, his wife Tiffany, and daughter Grace introduced Grant on April 8th!! All are well....It's another Boy!!! Coach Butterworth's daughter Jennifer Debin and husband Ryan welcomed Dorian John Debin on May 24th in Boston.....It was a Girl for PHS great Scott Drechsler '98 and wife Jaclyn. Rilynn Jennifer Drechsler made her debut on May 20th!.......It's a girl for the Mark Allen '96 family. Avery arrived on June 24th!
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2009 Awards:
Jonathon Ozimek Spirit of Penfield Award Winners:
John Ives, Nick Markoulis, Quin Sladden, John Woodarek, Nick Hancock
David Elliot Memorial Scholarship:Dugan Terwilliger
Tom Morris Memory Maker:Tyler Kuhn
Gary Simon Memorial Award:James Sergeant
Carl Dale Sportsmanship Award:Matt Cameron
George T. Steitz Ideal Teammate Award: Chris Hopper
Most Improved Player:Eric Mascadri
Most Valuable Player:Alex Swanger
1st Team All-County: Steve Mounnarat, Alex Swanger, Denis Ahmetovic
2nd Team All-County: Matt Cameron, Chris Hopper
3rd Team All-County: Angelo DiFrancesco
All-Greater Rochester: Steve Mounnarat 1st-Team, Alex Swanger 2nd-Team
Class AA Section V All-Tournament: Matt Cameron, Steve Mounnarat
Coach of the Year: Penfield Staff, Monroe County Division 1
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Penfield's All-Greater Rochester History: Steve Mounnarat's 1st-team AGR selection in 2009 broke a string of four seasons in which the Patriots didn't have a representative on the first-team squad. Prior to that PHS had at least one player in 17 of 18 years between 1987 and 2004. Here are the Penfield representatives by season:
2009: Steve Mounnarat
2004: Jamarr Miller, Brian Usinger(Jamarr and BU were AGR co-Players of the Year)
2003: Mike Lentine, Jamarr Miller
2002: Brian Annechino, Brian Usinger
2001: Mariel Lako, Josh Bolton, Taylor Smith, Coach Butterworth(AGR Coach of the Year)
2000: Josh Bolton, Charlie Bour
1999: Charlie Bour
1998: Ricky Zinter
1997: Scott Drechsler, Bala Iyer
1996: Scott Drechsler
1995: Peter Lauffer, Mark Allen
1994: Mike Cellura (AGR Player of the Year), Geoff German, Coach Butterworth(AGR Coach of the Year)
1992: Noah Simon
1991: Todd Morris, Dan Clementi
1990: Tom Gallagher, Todd Morris
1989: Jack Elliot
1988: Jack Elliot, Coach Butterworth(AGR Coach of the Year)
1987: Jason Thomas
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Below: Kyle MacCallum '79 died after a heart attack at age 48 on November 24th. Kyle was a great Penfield guy and was on Coach B's 1st JV team in 1976. Kyle was a 3-sport star, also playing hockey and baseball, and he was a proud member of the 1977 Section V Champion Penfield Chiefs under Coach Steitz.
Kyle MacCallum, PHS Class of 1979
Coach Butterworth recalls Kyle: "My first season at Penfield was the fall of 1976 and I had a heckuva JV team that included guys like Tom Lynd, Chris Manchester, Rick Howell, Ted Heinrich, Pete Heininger, Pete Buisman, Dean Ludwig, and Kyle. We were unbeaten and untied at midseason and our only goalie, Dean Ludwig, would miss the next three games. The captains said Kyle was the guy to put in because of his quickness and athleticism, but he sure wasn't a classic keeper in build or in technique. With our great season on the line, all Kyle did for us was to spin three shutout wins, and we went on to finish 14-0-0 and put together a season I'll never forget. We'll sure miss him."
Photo Below: Penfield Coach John Butterworth, along with long-time PHS head Coach George Steitz, is surrounded by family, friends, assistant coaches, and alumni in a sea of red during the Walk of Fame ceremonies at Frontier Field on August 30th. The two coaches have been back-to-back for 56 seasons at Penfield and are the only pair from the same program at one school to be honored on the Walk of Fame
2009 Record: 9-6-3 Final Stats: 27 Goals For, 18 Goals Allowed.......6 Shutouts......4 yellow cards, 0 red cards......
Patriots Soccer Updates: The win over Webster Thomas on October 14th was the 400th for Coach Butterworth's teams at Penfield. After leading the JV team to 55 victories Coach B's varsity squads had accumulated 345 wins with the victory over Thomas.......Coach Steitz was inducted into his Beacon High School's Hall of Fame last October 10th, 66 years after he graduated.......the varsity staff will be aided by the additions of Mariel Lako '02 and Tony Furgiuele, up from the modified team at Bay Trail.....
Penfield is the nation's #8 program in all-time wins for a high school soccer team. With thousands of high schools dotted around the United States, it's a real honor to be listed in the top 10. It was accomplished over decades with so many great Penfield kids, supportive and positive parents, and dedicated coaches determined to provide a memorable experience for their teams.
Penfield greats recently heard from: Jeff Carpenter former freshman and JV coach in the early 1990s. Jeff is still living in Penfield and teaching at Rush-Henrietta.......Mariel Lako '02 in Rochester. Mar works for Eastman Kodak and travels extensively as an IT Auditor........The Washo boys---Jeff, Keith, and Dave, via brother Mark at the NSCAA convention in St. Louis........Simon Buisman '68 and son Michael Buisman '06........Jim Locke '92 in Rochester.....Peter Lauffer '96, wife Whitney and daughter Lyla in Chandler, AZ where Pete is a physical therapist....Joe Mercik '93 is with Wells Fargo in the Baltimore area.....Bobby Thompson '77, aka "Captain Flake," from Atlanta.....Ben Campbell and his dad Derek Campbell keep in touch from Derek's base in Chambersburg, PA. Ben is out in Colorado......Bill Nobes'86 lives in Fairport and works in Penfield. Check the "About Us" page to see a photo of Bill onstage at the Comedy Club.....C.J. Pruner '03 is back in Penfield.....Goalie Ricky Zinter ' 99 is doing well in the Denver area and brother Kyle Zinter ' 05 is going into the final year of his five-year program at Northeastern University in Boston. Kyle already has a job lined up with Microsoft in Seattle after he finishes school this spring........Scott Drechsler '98 and Jaclyn were married on Saturday, July 18, 2009.........Ryan Smith '98 is living in Ft. Myers and just completed his first half-marathon in an impressive 1:50. He was in town for the wedding of Sean Magin '98........Mike Cellura '95 and Sara were married on May 23, 2009 in Texas........1999 Captain Pete Sucheski 2000 is an art director with Fortune Magazine in New York City and is still playing in a men's 6v.6 league there........1992 captain Nick Ozimek '93 operates a garden store in Colorado........Captain Sean Torchia '99 is alive and well in Georgia, where he is an elementary school teacher.......Tom Gallagher '91 is living in Connecticut and working in Massachusetts........Tom McCusker '91 is living in East Rochester and was in attendance for Coach B's Walk of Fame Induction.......Justin Cornelison '96 was also at Frontier Field for the August 30th ceremonies. Justin is working in the financial services business in the Rochester area....... Casey Kurz '90 and family and 1989 All-American Jack Elliot '90 and family attended the Frontier Field event, too.........Charlie Bour '01 is the assistant soccer coach at alma mater St. Lawrence University.......Tom Higginbotham '87 is an assistant middle school principal in Oregon.......Jim Mooney '80 was seen taking in a field hockey game at PHS' new stadium last fall. "The Cardinal" played JV for Coach Butterworth and varsity for Coach Steitz.......Jim Drechsler '92 is a teacher in Brighton and was at Frontier Field for Coach B's induction to the Walk of Fame.......Providing support at the home match vs. Fairport: Mike Lentine '05, Dan Bergan '05, Tom Gordon '04, and Alex Usachev '06----all state champions at PHS........Terry Magin '93 was in town from Washington, D.C., and caught the match at Webster Schroeder.....Tom Gallagher'91 came to help the Patriots to a big win over Webster Thomas at the new stadium at PHS. TG was an all-state defender and three-time Section V Champion at Penfield and he served as a captain in the 1990 season......Set-up man extraordinaire Damien Hallatt '02, captain of the 2001 state champs, was at the homecoming match to support his alma mater in their 3-2 win over Oswego.......Greg Vogel '87 is the associate headmaster at the Oliverian School in New Hampshire. Vogs was a captain and All-County player before going on to All-State honors at Alfred University. Greg's sister Tanya Vogel '92 just finished her 10th season at the helm of the George Washington University women's team. Coach B says she is the best ever to play for the Penfield girls, and one of the very best ever to play in Section V......1993 captain Chad Foster '94 sends best wishes from the DC area, where he is a Naval Intelligence Officer. He's been keeping an eye on his alma mater all season.......Eric Fedyk '86 was on Coach B's first varsity team in the fall of '85 and is doing well in Massachusetts where he is having fun coaching youth soccer.......long-time team manager and lifetime supporter Mike Davis checked in to let us know he was still keeping an eye on us and pulling for us after all these years......top supporter and former district employee Dave Gaylord was a regular at Patriots' matches last season.........Tore Forland, Norwegian exchange student at PHS during the 1986-87 school year, checked in from Iceland recently.......Alex Felicetti '07 recently returned from a semester in Australia to Colgate University, where he is a junior.......popular guidance counselor Maureen Dell is still living in Rochester and doing very well in retirement. She was at PHS from 1974-2005........Penfield Chiefs' All-America Bud Lewis'71 has just completed his 34th season at the helm of the Wilmington(OH) College men's soccer program. Bud has accumulated 438 career wins with the Quakers, good for 7th all-time among NCAA Division 3 coaches!.......Bud's teammate at PHS, Steve Reynolds '71, is living and teaching in Los Angeles.......2007 Captain Derek Skrainar '08 is studying business management in the honors program at the University of Delaware and keeping fit with intramural soccer, running, and lifting.......Aaron Ruben '96 and wife have a new son, Zachary, their first child. The Rubens are living in Irondequoit......Pete Heininger '80 is living in Henrietta and working for Comfort Windows and Doors. Teammate and classmate Ted Heinrich '80 is a federal district attorney in the Boston area. Both Pete and Ted lament the loss of their beloved teammate Kyle MacCallum '79.....Alex Amering '06 recently graduated from Clarkson and is an engineering intern with Costich Engineering.......Doug Rohr '01 and his bride Kim were married June 19th in Arizona......Chris Stock '01 has been named head coach of the Bloomfield H.S. girls program in the district outside of Rochester......Captain Nick Ozimek '93 was back in town from Colorado for the annual golf tournament honoring his brother, Jon Ozimek, Class of 2001.....Captain Brandon Stone '01 and Jason DelPozzo '01 were back in Penfield for the golf tournament, too, and were joined by Brandon's dad Doug and Jason's parents Vic and Sue. Brandon is living in Baltimore and working as a financial advisor while Jason works and lives in Providence in business development......Mark Allen '96, Eric Allen '98, and dad Tom Allen led the winning foursome in the recent PHS Booster's Golf Tournament......
From 1954 through 1984 George Steitz led Penfield to 408 wins and 6 sectional crowns. Current coach John Butterworth's teams have accumulated 356 victories and 10 Section V championships to go with state titles in 2001, 2002, and 2004. In Coach Butterworth's 26th varsity season this coming fall, the era of Steitz-Butterworth will reach an amazing 57 years. Butterworth served as the JV coach as well as varsity assistant to his mentor before taking over for Coach Steitz prior to the 1985 season. Assistant coach Dave Heise has been a strong presence alongside both head coaches since the fall of 1977. Coach Heise has tutored the goaltenders for three decades and was responsible for making Penfield the first program in the state to regularly use video both for training sessions and for matches. JV Coach John Cotsonas heads into his 16th season at PHS and varsity assistant Tim Graves enters his 15th year at Penfield.
"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure." --- Sven Goran Eriksson
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -- Walt Disney
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Section V Champions: 1949, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 New York State Champions: 2001, 2002, 2004
