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Upstate Football Weekly Is Published Center and Play a Crucial Role This Sea- Every Thursday Throughout the High School Football Season (August-November) by Son SECTION 6 Tilley Upstate Walks Away Eden coach steps Football away from game W E E K L Y to help his family September 1, 2016 Issue No. 109 60 Pages INSIDE: Iroquois Chiefs Ready to Roll in Class A Titans Look for Repeat Title in Class D Hoppy Makes Return for Buffalo State PLUS: Mount State Records Team Reports NYS Rankings McKinley Schedules ALSO: Jermaine Boyd, a 6-8, 345-pound senior, Sideline Chatter Extra Point tries football for the first time Section 6 Standings This Week’s Lineup: Contents SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 Lions Lineman is Leader 4 ... WNY Notebook 8 5 ... Players of the Week Lockport finished 3-5 and lost in the first 7 ... League Look-Ins round of the playoffs in 2015. One player 13 ... 2015 Notebook that Lockport will rely on this year is junior captain Jason Robiliard, who was 16 ... Team Reports named a second-team all-star on the line 40 ... Standings after last season. 41 ... Leader Board 42 ... Around The State 44 ... Campus News A Legend in the Making 9 47 ... Extra Point Lancaster finished 6-3 and lost at Upstate Kenmore West in the semifinals of the playoffs in 2015. If the Legends are Football going to make it back to the playoffs, W E E K L Y Publisher they will need a big year from senior Adair Publishing wideout LG Castillo. Editor-In-Chief Mark E. Adair Business Manager Catherine M. Rutkowski 10 Vikings Lean on Senior Statistician Paul Hutzler Grand Island finished 4-5 and did not Photography qualify for the playoffs in 2015. Senior Jerome Davis, Tim Frank captain Ryan McDonald will start at The Upstate Football Weekly is published center and play a crucial role this sea- every Thursday throughout the high school football season (August-November) by son. Adair Publishing. Contents copyright ©2011 by Adair Publishing. All rights reserved. This volume may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without the prior written consent of the publisher. Address editorial and advertising corre- spondence to: Upstate Football Weekly, [email protected] Iroquois Ready to Roll 11 To advertise in the Upstate Football Weekly or for information regarding ad rates and sizes call (716) 433-8393. Iroquois rode a roller coaster in 2015 as the Chiefs finished 5-4 and lost in the Class A semifinals. If Iroquois is going to Football Weekly 86 Park Lane Circle break through and get to New Era Field Lockport, N.Y. 14094 for the title game, they will need a big year from QB Jack Edwards. (716) 433-8393 [email protected] Buffalo Bills & ADPRO Sports Coach of the Week Bills Back With Coaching Awards The Buffalo Bills and ADPRO Sports will sponsor the bounces go our way, we think we win that game.” WNY High School Coach of the Week program for the 2016 Last season, the Sparks made even more history as they season. finished the regular season 6-1 and then won 3 playoffs Each week throughout the 2016 season, the Bills and games to win the Section VI title. ADPRO will recognize a Coach of the Week from WNY. The In the New York State semifinals, South Park beat football program of the Coach Maine-Endwell 43-26 to of the Week will receive a advance to the state title $1,000 award. At the end of game. The victory snapped the season, a Coach of the Maine-Endwell’s 62-game Year will be chosen from the winning streak, the longest 11 weekly winners. The foot- streak in state history. ball program of the Coach of The following week, the the Year will receive another Sparksa won the NYS cham- $1,000 award. pionship at the Carrier Dome. Last year, South Park “That month of November coach Tim Delaney was was like a dream,” Delaney named the Coach of the Year said. “We knew we would be after winning the NYS Class good but that was a perfect A title and finishing the sea- example of achieving a son with a 12-1 record. dream.” “Obviously it’s a really big The fact that the Sparks honor,” Delaney said. “With made such big news in WNY all the really good football surprised Delaney. coaches and all the accom- “I didn’t really expect all of plishments that happened the support we got from all across WNY last year, it was over Western New York,” he amazing to win the award.” said. “That was amazing.” All weekly winners, from Delaney has had an amaz- both Buffalo and Rochester, ing year. In addition to the were invited to Ralph Wilson NYS title, he also had a book Stadium (now New Era Field written about him. when the Bills hosted the “That was interesting,” he Packers. said. “When it was pitched to However, Delaney says me, it seemed like it would be that the award was actually a story that people might find crucial for the South Park Photo by Mark Adair interesting. It was a really cool program. experience to be a part of.” “It was a great time to be South Park coach Tim Delaney was named the WNY Not everything about the honored at the game,” he Coach of the Year by the Buffalo Bills and ADPRO past year was wonderful. said, “but the monetary Sports last year. In August, Delaney suf- award that comes along with fered a big hit when he it was huge for our program, especially with all the needs learned that former player Laron Watkins was shot and we have at South Park.” killed in Buffalo. Watkins was a senior on the 2013 team Two years ago, South Park was the first City of Buffalo and was just 21 years old at the time of his death. public school team to play at Ralph Wilson Stadium for the “All of our coaches were heart-broken,” he said. “I love Section VI championship. where I coach but at the same time it comes with a lot of Delaney said at the time that advancing to the ‘Ralph’ struggles. Unfortunately, we have students who are going to accomplished a goal that he set when the City of Buffalo be subjected to those things more so than other places. ” teams disbanded the Harvard Cup league and joined the Watkins was not the first player of Delaney to have been Section 6 Federation. shot, but he was the first former player killed. “I wanted to be the first team to get to the Ralph,” he “The streets are going to eat up a lot of our kids,” he said, “and we did it. I thought it would take five years and said. “I realize that. Hopefully we can give most of them the that's exactly what it took.” life skills to try and avoid those situations and get past The Sparks, however, lost to Sweet Home 27-18 that them. It’s tough to take as a coach and it’s very tiring. But day. the good stuff far outweighs the bad. That championship “It was a really good, tough, physical game,” Delaney last year will be the highlight of a lot of my kids entire lives. said. “We played almost well enough to win. If a couple of Football really can make a difference for these kids.” 4 Buffalo State B E N G A L S NCAA PLAYOFFS: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 ECAC CHAMPIONS: 1991, 1997, 2000, 2014 15 All-Americans 3 Academic All-Americans 2016 SCHEDULE Sat., Sept. 3... Otterbein... 12 P.M. *Sat., Sept. 17... Alfred University... 12 P.M. *Sat., Sept. 24... Morrisville State... 12 P.M. *Sat., Oct. 1... @ St. John Fisher... 1 P.M. *Sat., Oct. 8... @ Cortland... 1 P.M. *Sat., Oct. 15... @ Alfred State... 1 P.M. Sat., Oct. 22... Utica College... 12 P.M. *Sat., Oct. 29... Hartwick... 12 P.M. *Sat., Nov. 5... @ Ithaca... 1 P.M. *Sat., Nov. 12... @ Brockport... 1 P.M. *Empire 8 Conference Games CALL (716) 878-6533 FOR TICKETS TICKETS ARE $5 AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT COYER FIELD THE DAY OF THE GAME www.buffalostateathletics.com Sweet Home Looking HB FB QB WR to Reclaim Status OT OG C OG OT TE DE DT DT DE Sweet Home finished the 2015 season with a 2-6 record. CB LB LB It was the first losing season for the Panthers in 13 years. LB Any season is a disappointment unless you go all the way,” coach John Faller said. “We were disappointed when SS FS we lost in the Sectionals in 2013.” Faller says that, despite the lack of recent practice in For the promotion of amateur football in WNY! ‘rebounding’ the Panthers were focused on winning this fall. “We did the 7-on-7 passing league,” Faller said. “We did an Uppers Camp. The weight room was open all summer. 2015-2016 Activities So, we really didn’t do anything different than we have done The WNY Amateur Football Alliance for the last 14 years.” sponsors the following programs: Faller says the goal is the same as Senior College Night it always is. A College Recruiter Night in December “We want to get which gives High School Seniors the back to the play- opportunity to meet with many of the offs,” he said. “It college recruiters from throughout the comes down to North-East. each individual player wanting to Junior Combine do better. The kids A Junior Class Combine in May which had to put in some gives High School Juniors an opportuni- extra work.” ty to demonstrate their abilities to Faller was some- College recruiters while participating in what pleased with football skill drills.
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