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Dick Gallagher's Sidelines: Week 6

Dick Gallagher gives a mixture of information concerning players, coaches and teams after week 6 of the high school football season.
Credit: WGRZ

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sidelines is a weekly feature for WGRZ which includes a mixture of information concerning players, coaches and teams.

The Quakers comeback victory over Lancaster occurred without their best defensive player Michael Pataky who was injured during the 2nd play of the game.

Eric Rupp’s record is now 35-6 while the Quakers Craig Dana is now 13-3.

The Legends were hurt by their 10 penalties, some of which occurred after making first downs.

Jack Sharpe, Orchard Park SR QB, completed 23 of 40 passes for 174 yards, 2 interceptions and no touchdowns.

Jason Mansell, Lancaster JR QB, completed 21 of 36 passes for 272 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Justin Campbell, Bennett SR RB/DB has played in the recent Tiger games and has given the team another explosive player for the playoffs.

Dick Gallagher's Top Games Week 7

Orchard Park at Jamestown

Lancaster at Depew

South Park at Williamsville South

Newfane at Wilson

Fredonia at Dunkirk

Starpoint at Lockport

West Seneca East at West Seneca West

Winless Teams: Lockport, Williamsville East, Kenmore East, Springville, Roy-Hart, Cardinal O’Hara

Undefeated Teams: Orchard Park, McKinley, South Park, Wilson, Franklinville/Ellicottville, Southwestern

Best Defenses: Southwestern, Wilson, Franklinville/Ellicottville, CSP, McKinley, South Park, Akron

Upset of the Week: Amherst over Albion

Comebacks of the Week: Orchard Park over Lancaster, Williamsville South over West Seneca East and Iroquois over Dunkirk

Jim Kelly Underclassmen of the Week: Antonio Corsi, St. Francis and Jordan Svetz, CSP

Shutouts Week 6: South Park, JFK, WNY Maritime, Bishop Timon

Best Youth Football Coach: Boomer Connell

Jake Ritts, St. Francis JR QB passed for 3366 yards in a season last year, breaking the Western New York record and also passed for 36 touchdowns. In 6 games this season, he has passed for 180 yards and 14 touchdowns or for 5167 yards and 50 touchdowns in 1 and a half seasons. Jake in time will become the most prolific passer in Western New York high school football history.

Top Freshmen

Cameron Warburton, Cheektowaga

Trey Drake, Jamestown

Top Sophomores

Jaylen Butera, Jamestown

Kevin Mancabelli, Orchard Park

Top Juniors

Lucas McKenna, Salamanca

Devare Mathis, West Seneca East

Blake Nolan, Iroquois

Nick Pantuso, Olean

Top Seniors

Will Gorzone, Williamsville South

Zach Norton, Clarence

Joe Carlson, Starpoint

Nick Fratercangelo, Olean

Anthony McCarley, Amherst

Micah Brown, St. Joe’s

Most Points Scored Through Week 6

South Park – 288

St. Francis – 247

Orchard Park – 246

Southwestern – 240

McKinley – 236

Williamsville South – 219

Franklinville/Ellicottville – 215

Lancaster – 214

Iroquois – 197

Portville – 196

Note: Sparks average 48 points per game.

Dick Gallagher’s Commentary

Week 7 games in the Msgr. Martin association will feature 3 games between League A and League B: Timon at Canisius, Cardinal O’Hara at St. Joe’s and St. Mary’s at St. Francis. All 3 games will be blowouts and over in the first quarter. An association rule calls for teams from League B to play 2 teams from League A. This rule should be rescinded. The current overall record for League B teams are 2-13 and they are being outscored by a total of 374 to 105 points. This isn’t fair to the teams.

At one time, The Msgr. Martin Association had 16 teams. Today, there are only 6. The teams in League B should not be scheduled to play League A teams. They should instead schedule games against other teams in Section VI or Section V in Rochester.

Potential Quarterfinal Playoff Games

Class A

Williamsville South at McKinley

Williamsville North at South Park

Kenmore West at Starpoint

Sweet Home at West Seneca West

Class B

Tonawanda at WNY Maritime

Olean at Cheektowaga

Iroquois at Albion

Pioneer at Newfane

Class C

JFK at Southwestern

Fredonia at Wilson

Silver Creek at Portville

Allegany-Limestone at Akron

JV Highlights

The JV Cheektowaga Warriors improved their record to 4-2 on the year with a 34-12 win over the visiting JFK Bears. The players responded well after a tough loss last week with dominant performances on both sides of the ball. Isaiah Harris led the way on offense with 2 touchdowns, 1 rushing and 1 receiving. Jalen Henlon chipped in with 2 touchdowns of his won along with 124 yards rushing. Jason Moye had a passing touchdown of his own. Everyone had a chance to play.

Character Awards Week 6

Cody Wilson, Albion

Logan Klice, Allegany-Limestone

Isaiah Okoro, Amherst

Luke McMahon, Timon/St. Jude

Nigel Williams, Cardinal O'Hara

Collin Mower, CV/Falconer

Chris Diem, Cleveland Hill

Braden Cook, CSP

PJ Burns, Depew

Da'Rell Dabney, JFK

Angelo Ducato, Kenmore East

Drew Kowalski, Lackawanna

Jason Mansell, Lancaster

Matt Wagner, Orchard Park

Robert Atlas, Wilson

Darrius Carter, Sweet Home

Zach Duewiger, Roy-Hart

First Year Coaching Records

Tom Callen, Allegany-Limestone (3-3)

Brian Davis, McKinley (5-0)

Rick Tomm, North Tonawanda (1-5)

Tyree Parker, WNY Maritime/Health Sciences (5-1)

Mark Heichberger, Springville (0-6)

Marcus Wyche, Roy-Hart (0-6)

Bryan Bongiovanni, Chautauqua Lake (2-4)

Chad Bartoszek, Salamanca (3-3)

Matt Ard, St. Mary's (1-5)

Dick Gallagher’s Winner Predictions Week 7

Alden

MCS/HS

Jamestown

Lancaster

Frontier

West Seneca West

Sweet Home

Amherst

South Park

Lew-Port

Tonawanda

Williamsville North

McKinley

Wilson

Iroquois

Albion

Cheektowaga

Dunkirk

Pioneer

Lackawanna

Akron

Silver Creek

Chautauqua Lake

Southwestern

Portville

Franklinville/Ellicottville

Lockport

Clarence

JFK

CSP

Kenmore West

Canisius

St. Joe’s

St. Francis

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