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WENDY LIEBMAN COMES TO BUFFALO The West Seneca & Elma Sun / Saturday, October 25, 2014

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Junior Ray Johnson, 13, ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries in West Seneca East’s 50-0 home victory over West Seneca West in Week Seven.

Reenergized East upends West in regular-season finale By Mike Petro SPORTS REPORTER

Since a seven-point loss to South Park which cost it a Class A South division title, West Seneca East has been a focused football team. It certainly showed in the

regular season finale against outmatched rival West Seneca West. The Trojans won their third straight game since the loss in a commanding 50-0 victory Friday night at home against the Indians. East enters the playoffs next week as the second seed from A South and will host a quarterfinal contest after

a 6-1 regular season. South Park repeated as division champions. “It was obviously disappointing to loss to South Park and come in second but since that, I think it’s really reenergized us and we’ve been on a roll ever since,” West Seneca East head coach Jim Maurino said. “We’re headed into the

playoffs with a home game; hopefully, we can pack this place again and come out with a win.” West, which still leads the all-time series 25-20, usually plays its rival tough but it was not to be this year. The 0-7 Indians, who are looking for their first win since the 2012 season, could manage only

three first downs in the loss. It was East’s third straight victory in the rivalry game. “It’s pretty nice to win the rivalry game because we live around the corner and down the street from each other and we see them every day, so it’s good to have bragging rights,” said East running back Ray Johnson. “We’ve

Lady Chiefs play into Class A prequarters, lose to second-seeded Williamsville East By Aaron Garland SPORTS REPORTER

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Junior Autumn Terhart finished the season with six goals and four assists.

Prior to Monday’s (Oct. 20) Section VI Class A playin game against Sweet Home, Ric Weber recited the common sports expression that it is tough to beat a team three times in one season to his Iroquois girls soccer team. He didn’t want his squad taking the Panthers lightly after it defeated them in both of their meetings during ECIC II play. The Lady Chiefs didn’t. They won that third matchup, 6-0, at home on the strength of a Sam Carey hat trick to enter the prequarterfinals, where it was a reverse viewpoint for Iroquois. It took on unbeaten Williamsville East, which defeated the Lady Chiefs twice in the regular season, Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 21) at Maple East Elementary.

The Flames, too, ensured they didn’t fall victim to underestimation, as leading scorer Marissa Birzon netted three goals to pace secondseeded Will. East to a 4-0 victory over No. 15 Iroquois. “With team goals, Williamsville East is always one of those teams we want to beat,” said Weber, whose team finished 6-11-1. “We had a third crack at it. Williamsville East is very good but in sports it’s hard to beat any team three times in a season. You have to be ready to go.” Against Sweet Home (2-14-1), Autumn Terhart assisted on two of Carey’s goals and scored one of her own in the 74th minute. Colleen Wirth chipped in two assists for the Lady Chiefs while Kim Buehlmann (three saves) and Paige Dobrzynski (five saves) split the game in half for the combined shutout.

been playing with a chip on our shoulder, really trying to get back in there and be that No. 1 team from the South again.”

See “East-West” on page B2

Weber took some solace in the way the year ended because of the triumph to get into the round of 16. It piled a positive onto the playoff defeat, and gave six seniors — Kailah Andersen, Sam Wagner, Haley Abraszek, Mary Landahl, Calista Mis and Wirth — one final home game. “It was nice,” Weber said. “The kids got rewarded for their efforts. They have been short on rewards this year. They came out relaxed and ready and they played a nice team game. Everybody played and contributed. It was nice for the seniors to be able to walk off the home field for the last time with a win.”

See “Iroquois” on page B3


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