From the opening kickoff when Southwestern was penalized for off-sides, things were out of sync for the Trojans.  From there it got worse as the Dobbs Ferry Eagles cruised to a 39-0 victory to capture the NYSPHSAA Class C Championship.  The improbable journey came to an end simply to a better team.  The Eagles racked up over 550 yards of offense while their stingy defense held the Trojans the less than 100 yards of total offense.  The Eagles offense had three rushers gain over a hundred yards.
Jake Swan, the Trojans leader and sparkplug was held to 25 yards and 30 yards receiving.  Swan finished the game with 12 tackles defensively,but that is not what you want from your top defensive back.  Tyler Uber, Peter Trathan and Ryan Schutte combined for another 30 tackles. but that is not what you want from your top defensive back. Swan was honored with Top Defensive Back of the game. Chad Cooper won the Sportsmanship Award.
The Trojans finished the game with a loss, but every other team in the state except Dobbs Ferry did the same.  It is quite an honor to play for the state championship in the Carrier Dome.  The entire Jamestown area is proud of the Trojans accomplishment.

Sunny and 60 at East Syracuse Minoa High School for a football game less than a week before Thanksgiving? There was about as good of a chance of that happening as there was having the Southwestern Trojans make it to the state championship game next week at the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University.

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The Southwestern Trojans are one game away from playing for the Class C New York State Championship game in Syracuse at the Carrier Dome.  The Trojans faced the Wellsville Lions for the Far West Regional Championship and came out on top 24-6.  The game was tight in the first half of play as Southwester led 7-6, but the second half was all Southwestern.
Offensively, Jake Swan caught a touchdown pass (27 yards).  Jake Pilling threw the pass to Swan and rushed for another touchdown.  Kevin Bellardo was the leading rusher for the Trojans gaining 61 yards while Pilling contributed with another 50.
Tanner Hoose, the Trojan's kicker kicked a 30 yard field goal.
Defensively, Peter Trathen led the Trojans while racking up 13 tackles.  Trathen was picked as the Defensive Player of the Game.  Tyler Uber and Jesia Hogue combined for another 14.  Jake Swan intercepted a pair of passes while Dan Austin blocked a quick-kick and his teammate, Dan Petrucello picked it up and returned it for a touchdown, Petrucello also recorded a pair of sacks.
Southwestern will now take on Waverly for the right to play for the New York State Class C Championship next Saturday in Syracuse at East Syracuse Minoa High School.  VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

The Maple Grove Red Dragons lost for the first time this year at the hands of the Letchworth Indians.  It was also the first time the Red Dragons had faced a team that was better than they were.  Maple Grove was outmatched and lost to Letchworth 30-14.
Maple Grove got off to a good start and held the lead 14-13 at the half, the second half was all Letchworth as they outscored the Red Dragons 17-0.   
The Red Dragon offense was led by quarterback Alex Grace and split end, Skyler Liddell.  Grace scored Maple Groves first touchdown on a five yard run and threw a 20 yard strike to Liddell for the other touchdown.  Grace finished the night throwing for 155 yards while going 9 for 15.  Liddell finished the night with 93 yards on 5 catches.

With two of the most threatning players in Western New York squaring off against each other in the likes of Daryl Spencer for (Cleveland Hill) and Jake Swan (Southwestern), the WNY football guru's were expecting a shoot-out with a lot of big plays by Swan and Spencer.  After all, everyone was kind of expecting that.  Swan and Spencer had combined for 34 touchdowns this year, each scoring 17.  It was shocking when after two quarters of play, the score was 0-0.  At that point, the general consensus was that the advantage goes to Southwestern, as they had coach Jay Sirianni that has come to be known as "Mr. Adjustment" at half-time.  In the 2nd half it was the same solid defense by both sides, it just appeared as Southwestern was a step faster and seemed to hit a little harder.  Then throw in a couple of "highlight real" plays by Jake Swan and the game was over.  Southwestern wins 10-0.....  VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

 

The Jamestown Red Raiders had a season filled with obstacles throughout the year.  Each and every time, the Radiers overcame adversity and prevailed, closing out their regular season with only 1 loss and knocking off their first two playoff opponents.  They did that again Friday night when they were facing the Orchard Park Quakers.  The Red Raiders had lost to Orchard Park earlier in the year and the Quakers were undefeated.  All of the "in the know" high school ..... VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

The stage was set at Ralph Wilson Stadium Thursday night for two of the top Class D teams in New York State. The Frewsburg Bears versus the Maple Grove Red Dragons to see who would take home the Section 6 Class D trophy. The fireworks started early as Frewsburg broke the opening play for a long touchdown and the big plays and exciting plays continued throughout the game, but it was the Red Dragons who prevailed in the end to win the game 34-26..... VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

In the rain and on a muddy field, Jamestown and Kenmore West were knotted at 7 points each at the half, but in the second half, the Red Raiders got it together, kept their composure, outscored Ken West 26-0 on their way to a 33-7 victory while locking up a trip to Ralph Wilson Stadium this Friday night to play in the Section 6 Class AA Championship.  They will take on the Orchard Park Quakers, the only team to beat the Red Raiders all year.  Game time is .....  VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

I missed it!I wasn't there, but I got all of the highlights real-time thanks to my iPhone via text, talk, video and pics!! My contacts were updating me literally play by play for most of the second half! And I heard it live when Tanner Hoose booted a 28 yard field goal to send the Fredonia Hillbillies down the street back to Fredonia. The game was being played at Dunkirk High School on their brand new turf field due to Fredonia's field conditions. Southwestern now advances to Ralph Wilson Stadium where they will play for the Section 6 Class C Championship......