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PITTSFORD PANTHERS
Junior Varsity Football
Fall 2026 · 4-4 final · Home games at Mendon High School
| Head Coach Keith Molinich |
Assistant Coaches Matt Rice, Craig Northrup, Josh Dougherty, Mike Johnson |
2026 Schedule and Results
| Date | Time | Opponent | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Sep 5 | 10:00 AM | Brockport | Home (Mendon HS) | W 30-7 |
| Sat, Sep 12 | 11:00 AM | Rush-Henrietta | Home (Mendon HS) | W 47-7 |
| Sat, Sep 19 | 10:00 AM | @ Fairport | Fairport HS | W 35-14 |
| Mon, Sep 28 | 5:00 PM | Penfield | Home (Mendon HS) | L 14-26 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:00 PM | @ Victor | Victor HS | L 7-28 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 5:00 PM | Hilton | Home (Mendon HS) | L 16-28 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:15 PM | @ Webster Schroeder | Webster Schroeder HS | L 20-46 |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:00 PM | @ UPREP | UPREP | W 7-6 |
2026 Roster
32 players · Positions to be added by the coaching staff
| No. | Name | Grade | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Amiri Lantum | 10 | [TBD] |
| 9 | Tyler Jablonsky | 9 | [TBD] |
| 10 | Logan Weiss | 10 | [TBD] |
| 11 | Aiden Flaherty | 10 | [TBD] |
| 13 | Kailer Schmitz | 9 | [TBD] |
| 20 | Jonathan Hahn | 9 | [TBD] |
| 21 | Gianni Roote | 9 | [TBD] |
| 23 | Ryan Dublin | 9 | [TBD] |
| 25 | Jack Wesley | 10 | [TBD] |
| 28 | Jacoby Westbrook | 9 | [TBD] |
| 29 | Nolan Burke | 9 | [TBD] |
| 30 | Pierce Redmond | 9 | [TBD] |
| 31 | Marcus Thomas | 9 | [TBD] |
| 33 | Mason Brandt | 9 | [TBD] |
| 37 | Kobe Bernas | 8 | [TBD] |
| 40 | Charlie Carroll | 10 | [TBD] |
| 41 | Isaac Roberts | 10 | [TBD] |
| 48 | Alistair Lawver | 9 | [TBD] |
| 55 | Saad Ahmed | 10 | [TBD] |
| 58 | Michael Symer | 8 | [TBD] |
| 61 | Eric Buckholtz | 9 | [TBD] |
| 67 | Nathan Finke | 10 | [TBD] |
| 71 | Gerald Strong III | 9 | [TBD] |
| 72 | James Donnelly | 9 | [TBD] |
| 73 | Mychal DeLace | 9 | [TBD] |
| 75 Blue/74 White | Finn Gilcrest | 8 | [TBD] |
| 77 Blue/76 White | Thomas Judson | 9 | [TBD] |
| 78 | Dominic Presley | 9 | [TBD] |
| 80 | Hudson Adams | 8 | [TBD] |
| 81 | Nikolai Bernardi | 9 | [TBD] |
| 88 | Charles Rosenblatt | 9 | [TBD] |
| 89 | Abhijay Vanga | 10 | [TBD] |
JV Coaching Staff
Keith Molinich
JV Head Coach
Keith Molinich leads the junior varsity after one of the most successful runs in Pittsford history as varsity head coach. From 2007 to 2021 his Panthers went 93-42, the most wins of any coach in program history, with nine straight winning seasons from 2010 to 2018 and six trips to the Section V championship game (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017). His 2011 team went 9-1 and set the program record for points in a season, and his 2015 team finished the regular season as the top-ranked public school in New York. Steve Marriott served as his defensive coordinator. In 2026 Coach Molinich was inducted into the Pittsford Hall of Fame.
Matt Rice
JV Assistant Coach
Matt Rice is an assistant coach with the JV Panthers.
Craig Northrup
JV Assistant Coach
Craig Northrup is a JV assistant coach. He teaches physical education in the Pittsford schools and also coaches with the Pittsford Mendon outdoor track and field program as an assistant.
Josh Dougherty
JV Assistant Coach
Josh Dougherty is a JV assistant coach and the longtime head coach of Pittsford Mendon’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams. He has led the Mendon girls’ outdoor team to 12 sectional championships, won indoor sectional titles with both the girls’ and boys’ teams, and was named Democrat and Chronicle Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2021. In high school he won four team sectional titles and an individual pole vault championship, and he still holds his school’s pole vault record. He competed in track and field and football in college, graduated from St. John Fisher with a B.S. in elementary and special education and a master’s in literacy education, and holds an administration certificate from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Mike Johnson
JV Assistant Coach
Mike Johnson is an assistant coach with the JV Panthers.
