Upstate Football Weekly - New York State Sportswriters Association

AN O T E B O O KN o r t hSweet Homevs.EastridgeFriday, 8:00 pm atAll-High Stadiumin BuffaloAN orthAt A GlanceDiv AllSweet Home………….... 6-0 7-0McKinley…..................... 5-1 5-2Grand Island.................. 5-1 6-1Starpoint......................... 3-3 3-4Williamsville North.…..... 2-4 2-5Kenmore East................ 1-5 1-6North Tonawanda…....... 1-5 2-5Niagara Wheatfield......... 0-6 0-7Friday, November 9thEastridge @ Sweet Home, 8:00Sweet Home wins 6th StraightSweet Home beat West Seneca East28-7 in the Class A championship game atRalph Wilson Stadium last week.It was the 6th straight Class A championshipfor Sweet Home and it was also thePanthers’ 60thstraight win overWNY opponents.“I think thatshows where ourprogram is,” SweetHome coach JohnFaller said. “Itshows the type ofkids we have andthe type of coacheswe have.”In the secondquarter, with SweetHome holding an8-0 lead, WestSeneca East punterAndy Smigieradropped a punt thatwas downed on thePanthers 1-yardline.Sweet Homewent into the “BigBird” formationand began to run the double-wingoffense. The Panthers fashioned a punishing99-yard drive for a TD and a 15-0lead at the half. QB Michael Torrillocapped the drive when he hit CarterMann with a 7-yard scoring pass.“It was just a great show of executionand what we can do,” Faller said. “It madea big statement that we could go that farand make it a two-score game.”Torrillo completed 14 of 22 passes for208 yards and a TD.“He’s been goodthis year,” Fallersaid. “He doesn’tget as much noticeas some other quarterbacksin the areabut he’s had a verygood year.”The Panthers’defense also puttogether a dominatingperformance asthey held WestSeneca East to just99 yards rushingand 170 yards oftotal offense. BradZaffram intercepteda pass.“We took awaythe big play andPhoto by Mark AdairSweet Home senior Michael Torrillo.made them work foreverything theygot,” Faller said.“We have goodspeed on our defense. We’ve got speed upfront and there aren’t too many LBs likeBrad Zaffram who can stay with aTESweet Home will now play Eastridgein the Far West Regionals.“They are very big upfront,” Fallersaid. “They are 10-0 for a reason.”IMAG NESPORTSIn your imagination......you NEVER miss!Positive Self AwarenessPositive Self EsteemPositive Self ControlPositive Self-MotivationPositive Self-ExpectancyPositive Self-ImagePositive Self-DirectionPositive Self-DisciplinePositive Self-DimensionPositive Self-ProjectionDREAM IT. BELIEVE IT. ACHIEVE IT.“Do you think or do you react?”-Jeff Reed, Performance Coach - Motive8 Inc.Coach Steve SullivanBreakthrough Performance Coach(716) 810-46609www.imagynesports.comcoachsteve@imagynesports.com