BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sidelines is a weekly feature for WGRZ which includes a mixture of information concerning players, coaches and teams.
Least Points Scored
Cardinal O’Hara 6
Roy-Hart 12
Gowanda 12
Timon/St. Jude 24
Cattaraugus/LV 26
Falconer/CV 33
North Tonawanda 33
Hutch Tech 26
Williamsville East 26
Why don’t all head football coaches return questionnaires and cooperate with the media. Isn’t that one of their responsibilities?
Joe Carlson, Starpoint is one of the most versatile athletes playing football this season.
Nickname Jake “Hammertime” Dean Starpoint.
Class act Connor Desiderio, Maryvale SR QB, gave up the captaincy to a game to another player who was going for surgery and would not be able to play again in his senior season. He wanted the player to enjoy the experience in his last game.
Al Cavagnaro, Starpoint head football coach who will retire after 2019 has a 98-84-0 record in 19 years for the Sparts. Remaining games for week 6 at home at Lockport.
Winless teams: Lockport, Williamsville East, Kenmore East, Springville, Roy-Hart, Cardinal O’Hara, Timon/St. Jude.
Undefeated Teams: Orchard Park, McKinley, South Park, Albion, Wilson, Franklinville/Ellicottville, Southwestern.
Best Chain Gang: Williamsville South
Best Defenses: Southwestern16 pts., Wilson 24 pts., Franklinville/Ellicottville 32 pts., CSP 36 pts., McKinley 38 pts., South Park 47 pts.
Top Freshman: Trey Drake – Jamestown, Cameron Warburton -Cheektowaga, Tyler Baker – Canisius
Top Sophomores: Jaylen Butera – Jamestown, Sam Adgate – South Park, Isaiah Simmons – West Seneca West
Top Juniors: Mykell Hepburn – South Park, Jason Mansell – Lancaster
Top Seniors: Tra’e Hill – Pioneer, Devin Connolly – Depew, Anthony McCarley – Amherst, Geritt Hinsdale – CSP, Xzavier Janczylik – St. Francis
Jake Burkholder, Southwestern longtime assistant football coach is the new interim head coach replacing Jehuu Caulcrick.
Congratulations to Zac Boyes SR QB for Kenmore Westfor breaking the school’s game passing record by throwing for 424 yards, breaking Rob Sutton’s 1969 record of 396 yards.
Leading Tacklers after 5 Games:
Marqwan Fluitt, South Park 64 tackles, 10 sacks
Jake Skinner, Fredonia 58 tackles
Jaden Heers, Newfane 50 tackles
Shane MacSwan, East Aurora/Holland 43 tackles
Conor Mahony, Lancaster 39 tackles
Cooper Pannes, Southwestern 38 tackles
Matt Marschner, Lancaster 37 tackles
Jason Frazer, Tonawanda 41 tackles
Jordan King, Pioneer 40 tackles
Potential Championship Matchups at New Era Field in November:
Class AA: Orchard Park vs. Lancaster or Jamestown
Class A: South Park vs. McKinley or West Seneca West
Class B: Cheektowaga vs. Maritime, Albion, or Pioneer
Class C: Southwestern vs. Wilson
Class D: Franklinville/Ellicottville vs. CSP
Best Sackman: Marqwan Fluitt, South Park
WNY Athletics with Frank Wolf are to be congratulated for the excellent job they are doing to recognize high school sports boys and girls players, teams, and coaches. They are a first class organization and a gift to WNY student athletes and teams.
With the Red Raiders win over St. Joe’s, week 8’s Friday night game at St. Francis vs. Canisius will decide the 1st round bye. If St. Francis wins they get 1st seed.
Cooper Pannes, Southwestern SR Lineman recorded 7 tackles, 4 TFL, sack, 2 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries.
Adam Krenning, Albion Head Coach has been selected for week 4 as the Buffalo Bills Coach of the Year.
Spectrum’s game for week 6 is Orchard Park at Lancaster on Friday, October 11th at 7pm.
Academic stars: Matt Marschner, Lancaster SR LB has a 98 GPA while Shane MacSwan, East Aurora/Holland SR LB has a 91 GPA.
Congratulations to South Park’s Brandon Brown for being selected Spectrum’s Scholar Athlete of the Week.
Amherst Tigers had an exciting win over Sweet Home. Nick O’Neil and Anthony McCarley, who transferred from St. Joe’s, were keys to the victory.
Due to the injury to Starpoint’s Carson Marcus, All-WNY candidate Joe Carlsonwas forced to play QB. His receiving stats are off the charts and playing QB should not prevent him from the All-WNY 1ST team as a WR or utility standout.
Jason Mansell, Lancaster JR QB has passed for 732 yards, 12 TDs while rushing for 114 yards and 1 TD.
Shawn Davis, Lancaster SR WR has caught 27 passes for 287 yards and 4 TDs.
Best Wrestler: Mike Pataky, Orchard Park
Jayvee Player of the Week: Jalen Henlon, Cheektowaga rushed for 136 yards and one TD in the Warriors loss to Grand Island.
MSGR Martin Stats:
2-3 Canisius pts scored: 158 against 160
4-1 St. Francis pts scored: 185 against 120
2-3 St. Joe’s pts scored: 123 against 164
0-4 Timon pts scored: 31 against 158
1-3 St. Mary’s pts scored 54 against 75
0-4 Cardinal O’Hara pts scored: 0 against 109
Top Remaining League Games:
Week 6:
Orchard Park @ Lancaster
Williamsville @ West Seneca East
Dunkirk @ Iroquois
Jamestown @ Niagara Falls
Week 7:
Orchard Park @ Jamestown
West Seneca East @ West Seneca West
South Park @ Williamsville South
Week 8:
Canisius @ St. Francis
Most Points Scored Thru Week 5:
South Park 248
Orchard Park 225
Southwestern 220
St. Francis 185
Williamsville South 181
Clymer/ Sherman/ Panama 177
Portville 176
Franklinville/ Ellicottville 173
Character Awards:
The awards are sponsored by Cross Training Athletics and Intense Milk. The honorees are selected for setting positive examples in speech, conduct, love, faith, and integrity of the game.
Joe Moltz, Alden
Cameron Chandler, Cheektowaga
Slade Murphy, Clarence
Zach Winters, Frewsburg
Dominic Gramza, Grand Island
Adam Hodge, Frontier
Ryan Current, Iroquois
Kameron Melendez, Jamestown
Eddie Vona, Kenmore West
Logan Wendt, Lockport
Kyle Trim, Maple Grove
Junior Swen, McKinley
Mark Wilson, Niagara Falls
Andrew Murphy, O’Hara
Xzavier Jancyzlik, St. Francis
Sam Murphy, St. Joe’s
Zach Charvet, St. Mary’s
Scott Hopkins, Williamsville North