Upstate Football Weekly - New York State Sportswriters Association

Team ReportsAmherstTigersThe Tigers finished theseason with a 1-7 record...Maliik Holiday led the team in rushingwith 779 yards on 152 carries.Holiday scored 3 TDs... KaseyBrown ran 36 times for 146 yards.Borwn also caught22 passes for 239yards and scored 7TDs... QB JustinTwarog had a fantasticseason as hethrew for 1,380 yardsand 11 TDs. Twarogcompleted 97 of 184 Justin Twarogpasses before missing the final twogames with a knee injury... ToddJohnson led the Tigers with 39 receptionsfor 525 yards and 5 TDs.Johnson also intercepted 3 passes andwas one of WNY’s most dangerouskick returners... Dion Lewis caught 21passes for 388 yards and a TD...2012 ScheduleFri., Aug. 31........ Lackawanna.......W 31-20Fri., Sept. 7......... @ Maryvale.........L 21-42Fri., Sept. 14....... Lew-Port..............L 32-36Fri., Sept. 21....... @ Cheektowaga.. L 23-60Fri., Sept. 28....... @ Tonawanda........... 7:30Sat., Oct. 6.......... @ Cleve Hill..............2:00Fri., Oct. 12........ Burgard.....................6:00Oct. 19/20............ Playoffs.....................TBAOct. 26/27............ Playoffs.....................TBA2012 NumbersRushing: Holiday 152-779, Brown 36-146,Johnson 57-144, Morris 3-8, Kemp 1-3,Baker 2-0, Pera 1-(-1), Twarog 16-(-31).Receiving: Johnson 39-525, Brown 22-239,Lewis 21-388, Holiday 15-118, Green 10-256,Willis 2-27, Morris 1-19, Edie 1-3TDs: Brown 7, Johnson 5, Green 3,Holiday 3, Lewis.Passing: Twarog 97-184-1380,Johnson 14-23-195.TD Passes: Twarog 11, Johnson.Interceptions: Johnson 3, Brown.Fumbles: Burgin 2, Morris 2, Gregorio,Holiday, Brown, Yang.BennettTigersNo Report.2012 ScheduleFri., Aug. 31........ @ West Sen East...L 6-48Fri., Sept. 7......... St. Joe’s................L 14-43Sat., Sept. 15....... Wmsville South... L 14-42Sat., Sept. 22....... Hamburg............. L 12-28Fri., Sept. 28....... @ Wmsville East...... 2:00Fri., Oct. 5.......... @ South Park........... 7:00Fri., Oct. 12........ Iroquois..................... 7:00Oct. 19/20............ Playoffs.....................TBAOct. 26/27............ Playoffs.....................TBA2012 NumbersRushing: Humphrey 12-120, Woodlaw 28-116,Dean 13-83, Bolden 3-70, Thomas 14-50.Receiving: Humphrey 5-103, Bolden 3-101,Driskell 2-27, Brown 1-13TDs: Humphrey 4, Thomas, Woodlaw,Driskell, Bolden.Passing: Thomas 11-42-227, Bolden 1-1-41.TD Passes: Thomas 2.Interceptions: Dean 2, Brown 2.Fumbles: Sommerville26Bishop TimonTigersThe Tigers had theweek off as they enjoyeda bye in the first round of the Msgr.Martin playoffs... The Tigers will nowplay St. Joe’s at Ralph WilsonStadium on Thursday... Timon beat St.Joe’s 17-14 in Week7 this season...Adam DiMillo leadsthe Tigers in rushingwith 869 yards and 5TDs on 102 carries...Jackson Brown hasrushed for 718 yardsand 9 TDs on 133Lewis Vaccarocarries... Lewis Vaccaro is the team’sleading receiver with 22 catches for466 yards and 2 TDs. Vaccaro has alsointercepted 6 passes... QB RyanDougherty has passed for 457 yardsand 3 TDs despite playing with a tirnACL this season. He injured his kneein the season’s opening week...2012 ScheduleFri., Aug. 31........ @ Wmsville South....7:00Fri., Sept. 7......... @ Stubenville (O).....7:00Sat., Sept. 15....... @ Aquinas (5)...........1:00Sat., Sept. 22....... @ Wilson Magnet.....1:00Fri., Sept. 28....... St. Mary’s..................7:00Sat., Oct. 6.......... @ Card O’Hara....... 2:00Fri., Oct. 12........ St. Joe’s..................... 7:00Fri., Oct. 19.........Canisius.....................7:00Sat, Oct. 27......... @ St. Francis............ 7:00Nov. 2/3............... Playoffs.....................TBA2012 NumbersRushing: DiMillo 102-869, Brown 133-718,Recor 43-345, Caulfield 7-78, Collins 3-33,Gioia 4-23, Ernest 1-16, Simpson 1-11,Bindics 1-(-1).Receiving: Vaccaro 22-466, Brown 6-58,Recor 5-28, Harris 4-41, DiMillo 4-31,Collins 2-14, Donohue 1-39, Fulton 1-35,Gioia 1-12.TDs: Brown 9, DiMillo 5, Harris 2, Recor 2,Vaccaro 2, Wellenzohn.Passing: Dougherty 28-56-457,Simpson 12-26-154, Brown 2-3-52,Recor 2-3-47, Gioia 2-2-24.TD Passes: Dougherty 3, Gioia, Simpson.Interceptions: Vaccaro 6, Simpson 4,Donohue 3, Gioia, Recor.Fumbles: Wellenzohn 2, Gioia 2, Brown,Haas, Simpson.