SECTION 6 Maple Upstate Grove Survivor Dragons Senior Football survives life W E E K L Y threating illness September 13, 2012 Issue No. 63 56 Pages INSIDE: Sophs Lead Sweet Home Defense Cheektowaga Rallies behind RB Jackson Matt Perillo Big Stands Tall at WSeneca West PLUS: Man On State Records Team Reports NYS Rankings Campus Schedules ALSO: Orchard Park senior Mike Senn leads Sideline Chatter Extra Point the Quakers punishing offensive line Section 6 Standings This Week’s Lineup: Contents SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 Big Loss in Win 4 ... WNY Notebook 7 5 ... Players of the Week Kenmore West beat Hutch Tech 21-14 last 7 ... League Look-Ins weekend to improve to 1-1 on the season. 13 ... 2010 Notebook But the Blue Devils may have suffered a big loss when center Joe Fumerelle suf- 16 ... Team Reports fered a knee injury. It is not known how 40 ... Standings long Fumerlle will be out. 41 ... Leader Board 42 ... Around The State 44 ... Campus News Indians Aim for Playoffs 8 47 ... 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Address editorial and advertising corre- spondence to: Upstate Football Weekly, [email protected] 24 Panthers Kids Star To advertise in the Upstate Football Weekly or for information regarding ad rates and sizes call (716) 433-8393. Sweet Home has 3 sophomores starting on defense as the Panthers have won their first two games. Brad Zaffram had a Football Weekly 86 Park Lane Circle big day as Sweet Home beat Kenmore Lockport, N.Y. 14094 East 41-6 last weekend. (716) 433-8393 [email protected] Buffalo Bills Coach of the Week North Honored for Westfield Win Westfield coach Bob North has been named the titles in volleyball, three sectional titles in boys basket- Buffalo Bills-Army National Guard Coach of the Week ball and one Section 6 title in softball. after his team beat Southwestern 27-0 last weekend. In 2002, the school asked him to take over the “I thought going into the game that we would have vacant Athletic Director’s job. play a perfect game to beat Southwestern,” North said. “When I took the job,” he said, “I told them that my “Our kids played pretty close to perfect.” first love was teaching and coaching. If the job inter- It was easily the biggest upset of the weekend. feres with coaching, I will not be the athletic director “This is one of the biggest wins I’ve ever had,” North anymore.” said. “I’m still just coming down from my high.” North stayed on as the Athletic Director for 7 years, Running back Michael Okerlund led the offense as in addition to coaching three sports and teaching all he rushed for 138 yards and scored 3 TDs in the sec- day. ond half as the Wolverines pulled away from the It took too much time for all those duties,” he said. “I defending Section 6 champions. really enjoy coaching and teaching much more than The loss snapped Southwestern’s 29-game winning being the athletic director.” streak at home. The His son was also Trojans had not lost at coming up through the home since September ranks and North wanted of the 2006 season - “I thought going into to be a part of almost six years ago. “My son played foot- Okerlund started the the game that we ball and I wanted to game off by returning the coach him,” he said. opening kickoff 88 yards “He’s a freshman at to the Southwestern 1- would have to play a Indiana University of yard line. That set up a Pennsylvania now.” 1-yard TD run by Dan Westfield finished 4-4 Ferguson. perfect game to beat in 2011 and, before this Okerlund also ran for season started, North TDs of 12 and 31 yards. Southwestern.” got some unexpected He also sealed the win help when former Clymer with a 12-yard TD pass star Jehuu Caulcrick from QB Dylan McCubben. joined his coaching staff. Caulcrick played at Michigan North has been the head football at Westfield since State before spending a few seasons in the NFL. the 2010 season... yet this is his second stint as the “He just came down one day and asked if he could Wolverines top man in the program. help out,” North said. “Well, I’m not going to turn him “I was the head coach for seven years,” he said. “But down. He’s a Big Ten player.” I was in a car accident and I got out of it at that time.” Caulcrick still does some work for radio and also North coached the Wolverines from 1987 until 1993. does work for Michigan State. In the fall of 1993, he was on his way home from a “He’s a local kid and he’s so modest considering birthday party one night. where he’s been,” North said. “It’s real nice to have him “I was on Route 20 between Fredonia and Westfield,” with us.” he said. “There was a Grape Truck across the road with North says that the $2,000 award that the Bills’ give no reflectors or any lights. I ran right into it.” to the Coach of the Week will be extremely helpful. North was flown to the hospital in a helicopter and “This comes at a great time,” he said. “Our equip- was out of school for more than a month. He woke up in ment has been cut a lot lately. Some of our footballs are the emergency room at 3:30 am. deflated and half don’t hold any air. We could definitely “I still don’t remember anything about the accident,” use some new uniforms.” he said. “I don’t remember anything at all.” North played high school football at Forestville, grad- North then left the football program but, the following uating in 1980. He played club volleyball at Slippery fall, starting coaching the girls volleyball program. He Rock University before coming home to get his Master’s also coached girls softball in the spring. Degree at Fredonia State. While he was at Fredonia, “I coached girls volleyball for 10 years,’ he said. “The North played a season of college baseball. last few years I have coached year-round.” He is now 11-15 in his second stint with Westfield... In his coaching career, North has won two Section 6 with the biggest win coming last weekend. 3 Western New York HB FB QB WR OT OG C OG OT TE DE DT DT DE NOTEBOOK CB 2012 LB LB LB SS Jackson Leads Rally FS By Mark Adair For the promotion of amateur football in WNY! Cheektowaga rallied from a 14-0 deficit in the 4th quarter and beat Burgard 20-14 in overtime last weekend. “A lot of our character kids really stepped up and fought 2012-2013 Activities the urge to be negative,” coach Mike Fatta said. “We had two The WNY Amateur Football Alliance goal-line stands where they were on the one-inch line. The sponsors the following programs: positive kids really stepped up and took the team over when we were down.” Senior College Night Cheektowaga senior Marquel Jackson played a huge role in A College Recruiter Night in December the win. Jackson ran for 96 yards on 19 carries and also made which gives High School Seniors the 6 tackles. Late in the 4th opportunity to meet with many of the quarter, Jackson had a college recruiters from throughout the sack, causing a fumble North-East. which he picked up and Junior Combine returned 40 yards for a A Junior Class Combine in May which game-tying TD. gives High School Juniors an opportuni- “We were calling ty to demonstrate their abilities to timeouts at the end of the College recruiters while participating in game to try and get the football skill drills. ball back for a little bit,” Fatta said. “Marquel Youth Coaching Academy made a great play.” A Coaching Academy in March to train Jackson also caught a volunteer youth Coaches the proper technique to teach the game of football 30-yard pass for the to young players. game-winning TD in the OT session. Scholar-Athlete Award Dinner The Warriors had A Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet in stopped Burgard inches Photo by Mark Adair December to Honor High School and from the goal line in the College Students for their accomplish- Marquel Jackson rushed for 96 Bulldogs OT possession. ments both on the football field and in yards and scored 2 TDs in “It’s hard to not feel the classroom. Cheektowaga’s OT win. good about what’s going on,” Fatta said.