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SECTION 6 Lockport’s Upstate Chambers of Horror James Chambers Football scores 7 TDs in a W E E K L Y Win over The Falls September 27, 2012 Issue No. 65 56 Pages INSIDE: Sherman Takes Charge of DD League Maple Grove Still Unbeaten in Class D Radlich Leads The Cleve Hill Come Back Trojans’ PLUS: State Records Team Reports NYS Rankings Horse Schedules West Seneca East senior Andy Smigiera ALSO: Sideline Chatter leads the Trojans to 4-0 in the A South Extra Point Section 6 Standings This Week’s Lineup: Contents SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 Price Is Right for West 4 ... WNY Notebook 7 5 ... Players of the Week Kenmore West beat Riverside 30-6 last 7 ... League Look-Ins weekend to improve to 2-2 overall and 2-0 13 ... 2010 Notebook in AA North games. West is going to be relying heavily on junior TB Alex Price, 16 ... Team Reports who rushed for 176 yards and 3 TDs in the 40 ... Standings win over Riverside. 41 ... Leader Board 42 ... Around The State 44 ... Campus News Still Unbeaten 8 47 ... Extra Point Jamestown opened up a big lead and Upstate West Seneca West 42-8 to improve to 4-0 on the season. One reason that Football Jamestown’s line play has been so solid W E E K L Y Publisher this season is 2-way starter Zack Eklum. Adair Publishing Editor-In-Chief Mark E. Adair Business Manager Catherine M. Rutkowski 9 Sweet Home Survives Statistician Paul Hutzler Sweet Home jumped out to a 21-0 lead Photography at the half and held off a McKinley rally Jerome Davis, Tim Frank to stay unbeaten with a 28-20 win. One The Upstate Football Weekly is published of the players responsible for the every Thursday throughout the high school football season (August-November) by Panthers success using the Big Bird Adair Publishing. Contents copyright ©2011 by Adair Publishing. All rights reserved. offense is junior LT John Navarro. 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] 10 Flames Burn Rivals To advertise in the Upstate Football Weekly or for information regarding ad rates and sizes call (716) 433-8393. Williamsville East beat crosstown rival Williamsville North 21-19 last weekend and stayed alive in the hunt for the Class Football Weekly 86 Park Lane Circle A playoffs. If Will East is going to quali- Lockport, N.Y. 14094 fy for the A playoffs, they will be relying heavily on RB Jaleel Battle. (716) 433-8393 [email protected] Buffalo Bills Coach of the Week Maurino Honored After Big Win West Seneca East coach Jim Maurino was named the we are doing over here.” WNY Coach of the Week by the Buffalo Bills and the U.S. Maurino says he is happy with the progress his program National Guard. has had over the past decade. Maurino led his Indians to a 28-7 win over Williamsville “It bothers me that we have won a championship but I South in a key divisional matchup this past weekend. Both want to go about the right way,” he said. “Number-1 is trying teams entered the game unbeaten (2-0) in A South games. to build young men of character. Right now, we have great “Going in, I felt like we had a great week of preparation,” kids who behave in school, get good grades, are good ath- Maurino said. “I wasn’t nervous because I knew we were letes and will work hard in practice. We want to do this the prepared.” right way and eventually we’ll get to where we want to be.” West Seneca East used a smothering defense that shut After the Indians are finished with their six league games, down the high-octane offense of the Billies. they will finish the regular season against their arch-rival “The deciding West Seneca factor in the game West. was our defense,” “We want to Maurino said. “My win the champi- assistants came up onship of West with an amazing Seneca, too,” game plan.” Maurino said. Defensive coor- “We play our dinator Paul league schedule, Gregoire and line then we have a coach Mark one-game season Kawalec devised a against West and scheme that helped then we start the the Indians inter- playoffs.” cept 5 passes on Maurino the night. played fullback “The two of them and linebacker for just created an West Seneca amazing game plan West and gradu- and the kids exe- ated in 1991. He cuted it to perfec- went on to play tion,” Maurino said. football for “Any time you are Canisius College plus-5 in the and graduated in turnovers, you have 1995. He Majored a great chance to Photo by Mark Adair in Physical win.” West Seneca East coach Jim maurino was named the Coach of the Week Education and West Seneca by the Buffalo Bills and the U.S. National Guard after his Indians team earned his East scored a TD in beat Williamsville South 28-7. Master’s Degree every quarter as the in General Indians took advantage of every opportunity. Education QB Andy Smigiera completed 8 of 11 passes for 91 yards He landed a job as a teacher and an assistant coach at and a TD. He also rushed for 53 yards. West Seneca West but after two years, moved across town “The offense played as well as it needed to,” Maurino to join his once fiercest rival. said. “We took advantage of opportunities with turnovers and “I had just got into the district teaching and a lot of coach- the short fields it gave us.” ing openings on the East side,” he said. “If I wanted to be a West Seneca East moved into sole possession of first place head coach, it would have to be at East.” in the A South Division with the win. If the Indians beat Maurino was named the head coach at West Seneca Hamburg this week, they will clinch the A South championship. East in 2003. That would be a big step for the program as they try and “The first couple of years were very different for me,” he challenge for the schools first Section 6 championship. said. “I had to get used to wearing green instead of blue but Maurino has been at the head of the program for 10 I’ve embraced the East side and the community and they’ve years but has not yet won a Section 6 title. embraced me. We are in this together.” “That absolutely bothers me,” Maurino said. “Our goal is Maurino says he feels lucky to be a part of something as to win championships. We want to win our division and then special as the East-West Rivalry. play at the Ralph. We work really hard in our program and “This rivalry is a huge part of my life,” he said. “It’s been that is our ultimate goal. It would show some validity to what huge for me and my family.” 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 Akron Still Alive in C North FS By Mark Adair For the promotion of amateur football in WNY! Akron lost a second straight hard-fought close battle when the Tigers dropped a 26-22 decision to JFK last week. After losing in overtime to Cleve Hill the week before, Akron 2012-2013 Activities is now 0-2 in C North games but the Tigers are still alive in the The WNY Amateur Football Alliance competitive playoff race. sponsors the following programs: “If we can get healthy, we can win out,” coach Mike Dean said. “We have four starters out right now. We only have 23 kids Senior College Night on the team so depth is a problem. But, if we win out, we are in A College Recruiter Night in December the playoffs and I think we can do this.” which gives High School Seniors the Connor Meier (LB), opportunity to meet with many of the Evan Eckerson (WR), college recruiters from throughout the Louis Henley (S), Peter North-East. Szlapak (LB) have all missed time with injuries. Junior Combine “The Cleve Hill game A Junior Class Combine in May which was a very tough loss,” gives High School Juniors an opportuni- Dean said. “Both teams ty to demonstrate their abilities to were really beat up after College recruiters while participating in that game. It was a physi- football skill drills. cal game and both teams were really beat up after- Youth Coaching Academy wards.” A Coaching Academy in March to train Dean says that Akron is volunteer youth Coaches the proper not out of the playoff race, technique to teach the game of football by far. The Tigers have a to young players. huge game at Wilson this weekend. Scholar-Athlete Award Dinner “It all comes down to A Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet in Photo by Mark Adair our discipline,” he said. December to Honor High School and “We had penalties kill us College Students for their accomplish- Akron QB Austin Mietz has become against JFK. On almost ments both on the football field and in one of the top players in Class C. every drive, we had to the classroom. The Tigers are 2-2 this season. overcome a penalty.” The Tigers have no trouble scoring.