Everything the Jamesville-DeWitt boys soccer team experienced this month was new and exciting – including the program’s first Section III and regional Class A championships. Only the Red Rams’ inaugural trip to the state final four proved disappointing, as it fell to Section V champion Pittsford Mendon 3-0 in Saturday’s state Class A semifinal at Middletown High School’s Faller Field. Mendon carried into the game a major advantage of experience, having played in the final four one year ago in Oneonta. This was all new to J-D, but at least in the initial phases, it wasn’t too phased. J-D had a strong first half, carrying the attack for portions of the game and not letting Mendon get too comfortable. At the same time, though, the Rams could not finish off those chances, leaving the game 0-0 going into halftime. And it stayed scoreless until the 54th minute, when a single outburst gave Mendon all the margin it needed. When Andrew Smith’s shot eluded Zack Tanner and found the net, Mendon grabbed a 1-0 lead. Before J-D could regroup, just 1:47 later Smith attacked again, this time finding Andrew Otisco for the goal that doubled Mendon’s margin. As if that were not enough, Ben Todd added another goal in the 62nd minute, meaning that Mendon’s three tallies came just eight minutes apart. The Rams could not recover as its most successful season concluded with an 18-2-1 mark. J-D will see 10 seniors depart, including standouts like Tanner, Zander El-Hindi, Steve Aziz and Matt Kopp. But a strong cast will be back for 2011 as Dan Canfield, Jimmy Fazio, Noel Williams, Andrew lee, Tom Lukow, Pablo Martinez, Anthony Epifani and Josh Kiesa are among the returnees.