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West Herr Friday Football Wrap: Meacham to Yates connection leads HF-L rally; Woods and Alexander edge Haverling

September 6, 2024 by Paul Gotham Leave a Comment

Greece Athena’s Zaire Good (3) runs under a pass during the Trojans 14-13 win over Greece Arcadia. (Photo: JENNIFER LAEMLEIN)

HILTON (1-0) 43
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI (0-1) 7

John DiBatisto and Drew O’Buck rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns apiece to lead Hilton. DiBatisto had 15 carries while O’Buck rushed the ball 13 times. Sophomore quarterback Matthew Kosiorek completed 9-of-17 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns including a 52-yard strike to senior wide receiver Lucas Russell. Senior tight end Brayden Pike finished with four catches for 64 yards and a touchdown and had nine tackles on the defensive side of the ball. READ MORE.

RUSH-HENRIETTA (1-0) 34
GATES CHILI (0-1) 6

Brendan Mangone rushed the ball 10 times for 155 yards and three touchdowns and completed 8-of-15 passes for another 122 yards and two touchdowns to lead Rush-Henrietta which took a 32-6 advantage into halftime. Jihad Perry had six carries for 60 yards and made one reception for a 20-yard touchdown in the win.

PITTSFORD (0-1) 7
BRIGHTON (1-0) 38

Grady Hopkin completed 10-of-17 passes for 233 yards, two touchdowns and an interception to lead Brighton. Wes Sturrup made four catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns. Gavin Parks rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries. Luca DeSandis led the Brighton defense with seven tackles including two for a loss and one fumble recovery. Matt Heininger had four tackles – two for a loss. Amari Snowden also finished with four tackles – one for a loss. Jayden Lian accounted for four tackles. Noah Wagner contributed an interception. Pittsford’s Dayshawn Preston made three catches for 117 yards and a touchdown. Jaxon Bernas had 12 tackle while Hayes Denning had eight.

McQUAID (1-0) 27
LANCASTER (VI) 26
2OT
Xavier Cox scored the go-ahead touchdown in the second overtime as McQuaid won an inter-sectional battle. Will DiMarco threw for a pair of scores, and Alan Nesmith found the end zone twice to lead the Jesuit Knights’ offense. DiMarco completed 17 of 23 passes for 256 yards. Nesmith carried the ball 24 times for 143 yards. J.P. Gianforti caught seven passes for 98 yards. Ace Erdmann accounted for a receiving touchdown. Thomas Bailey led the defense with eight tackles and one interception.

BISHOP TIMON/ST. JUDE (MONSIGNOR MARTIN AA) 0
AQUINAS (1-0) 36

Sophomore quarterback Trent Buttles completed 4-of-5 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown along with two carries for 34 more yards and another score to lead Aquinas. Derrion Battle carried the 14 times for 146 yards and a touchdown. Noah Collins-Howard finished with three catches for 95 yards. On the defensive side for the Li’l Irish, Lucas Leone had eight tackles and a sack. Quante Gillians accounted for six tackles and three sacks.

WEBSTER THOMAS (0-0)
PENFIELD (0-0) Game suspended in the third quarter will resume Saturday at 1 p.m.

VIEW MORE PHOTOS FROM JENNIFER LAEMLEIN. 

VICTOR (0-1) 0
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE (III) 21

CANANDAIGUA (1-0) 21
WEST GENESEE (III) 13

Sam Clark returned a first-quarter punt 78 yards for a touchdown to give Canandaigua a lead it did not surrender. Then Drew Williamee and Nate Brinza connected on a 16-yard score before the end of the quarter and the Gray Wolves had all the points they needed with a 15-0 lead that they took into halftime. Clark scored from two yards out to cap the Canandaigua scoring in the fourth quarter. Williamee completed 9-of-18 passes for 111 yards in the game. Jack Clark had 13 carries for 58 yards while Trey Comella rushed for 61 yards on 18 carries and had three receptions for another 28 yards. West Genesee’s Jack Wade completed 8-of-20 passes for 176 yards and one touchdown.

SPENCERPORT (0-1) 21
BROCKPORT (1-0) 28

Landon Scott threw for 250 yards and found four different targets for touchdowns on 13-of-20 passing as Brockport rallied to take the lead in final four minutes to take the Battle of the Oar. Tyler Judd made five catches for 108 yards and touchdown. Brayden Scaccia had four catches for 80 yards and a score. Azay Oday finished with three receptions for 45 yards and touchdown while Jayden Taylor’s lone catch of the game was a 25-yard strike.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY (III) 32
EAST HIGH (0-1) 0

EASTRIDGE (0-1) 0
IRONDEQUOIT (1-0) 43

The most difficult decisions on offense for the Irondequoit Eagles coaching staff don’t involve the playbook. Whether to run up the middle, toss to the outside or throw deep, that’s the easy part. But divvying up playing time, well, that’s another story. With a stable of dynamic offensive weapons and a veteran line that can clear a forest, who gets the ball – and who they’re getting it from – is a bit of a juggling act. READ MORE.

HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA (1-0) 25
EAST ROCHESTER/GANANDA (0-1) 12

Nate Meacham and Keaton Yates combined on a pair of touchdowns as Honeoye Falls-Lima rallied from an early deficit for the win. Trailing 12-10 in the second quarter, Meacham hit Yates on a 53-yard strike and an 18-12 lead heading into halftime. The duo combined on a 74-yard pass play in the third. Yates made three receptions in all for 152 yards. Meacham completed 8-of-11 passes for 183 yards. Conor Finn rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.

BATAVIA (1-0) 32
LE ROY/CALEDONIA-MUMFORD (0-1) 0

For nearly 125 years the football teams from Le Roy and Caledonia-Mumford high school took the field as opponents. The two small-school powerhouses, who have won a combined 31 Section V football championships and five state titles, first faced off in 1900 but joined forces this spring and took the field together for the first time as the Le Roy/Cal-Mum rivals on Friday night before a large crowd at Hartwood Park.

The evening included a nod to the tradition of each program as legendary Cal-Mum coaches Bill McAlee and Mike Monacelli joined LeRoy greats Don Santini and Brian Moran at midfield for the opening coin toss.

The Batavia Blue Devils, who have a rich history of their own with six Section V crowns in the past 10 seasons, captured the coin toss and used a strong opening drive as the springboard to a 32-0 victory in a game that was called with 10:53 remaining in the fourth quarter due to thunder and lightning in the area. READ MORE.

ALEXANDER (1-0) 13
HAVERLING (0-1) 12

Junior linebacker Kingston Woods returned an interception 67 yards for the opening touchdown to give Alexander a lead it did not surrender. Woods led the Trojans with 77 yards rushing on 21 carries. Late in the third quarter the Trojan defense caused another turnover when junior defensive lineman Victor Kirsch hit the quarterback and created a fumble.  Sophomore linebacker Ryder Reichert scooped up the ball and ran it in from 12 yards out. Duke Snyder led the Trojans with 31 receiving yards. Dylan Pohl topped the Alexander defense with seven tackles, one for a loss and one pass defended. Reichert accounted for five tackles. Senior kicker Melissa Sawyer converted 1-of-2 point-after attempts. Haverling’s Lawrence Duncan IV finished with 112 yards on 20 carries and returned a kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown. Duncan had one reception for five yards and had seven tackles including one for a loss and a sack. Dylan Wenban rushed the ball four times for 28 yards and had four receptions for 77 yards. Gage Thomas completed 8-of-19 passes for 108 yards. Gavin Price had 10 tackles, one for a loss. Dante Nealey finished with six tackles and Corey Hoad II had five. Dayton Orlowske had three tackles, one for a loss and a sack. Eric Carney-Hendrix finished with three tackles, two for a loss and a sack. Maclain Wright had an interception and McLane Stermole accounted for three tackles and blocked an extra-point attempt.

INDEPENDENT

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL (III) 26
GENEVA (0-1) 6

CARDINAL O’HARA (MONSIGNOR MARTIN AA) 8
GREECE OLYMPIA/ODYSSEY (1-0) 68

Bran’Dale Lester led Olympia/Odyssey with five carries for 92 yards, two touchdowns and a pair of 2-point conversions. The senior also had a 35-yard reception for a touchdown and he ran a punt back 75 yards for another score. Sophomore Aidan Pusey led the defense with five tackles, one sack and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Angelo Ubal accounted for eight tackles, five sacks and a forced fumble. On the offensive side of the ball, Ubal gained 84 yards and one touchdown on four carries. Matt Valicenti completed the only pass he threw for a 35-yard touchdown. Valicenti also had four tackles for a loss. Anthony Johnson made 11 tackles.

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

GREECE ARCADIA (0-1) 13
GREECE ATHENA (1-0) 14

Jacob Strebel finished 10-of-22 for 156 yards and two touchdowns through the air. The senior signal caller connected with Travis Mack on nine-yard reception for the first touchdown of the game. Strebel and Travis Porter later combined on a 60-yard strike to cap the scoring for the Trojans. Athena’s defense stopped a two-point conversion attempt on the final play to preserve the win. Jacob finished with eight tackles and a fumble recovery to lead the defense.

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