Trojans dominate

WEST ELLICOTT — Owen Hayes returned a fumble 67 yards for a touchdown, while Bradyn Fuller ran 14 times for 122 yards and a touchdown as Southwestern rolled past Fredonia 42-6 in Class C South football action at Charles A. Lawson Field on Friday night.

Fuller opened the scoring with a 65-yard touchdown run and Hayes followed with his fumble return as the Trojans (4-3, 3-3) led 14-0 after the first quarter. Hayes added touchdown runs of 17 yards and 1 yard before Colton Waite caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Oscar Harris as Southwestern’s lead grew to 35-0 in the third quarter.

Kevin Brown caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Donovan Dowdy for the Hillbillies’ (1-6, 1-6) lone touchdown before Harris capped the scoring with a 14-yard touchdown run.

Fredonia 0 0 6 0 — 6

Fredonia’s Ayden Wronski is brought down by a pair of Southwestern defenders during Friday’s Class C South game at Charles A. Lawson Field in West Ellicott.
OBSERVER Photo by Ashleigh Brown

Southwestern 14 7 14 7 — 42

Sou–Fuller 65 run (Lyon kick)

Sou–Hayes 67 fumble return (Lyon kick)

Sou–Hayes 17 run (Lyon kick)

Sou–Hayes 1 run (Lyon kick)

Sou–Waite 15 pass from Harris (Lyon kick)

Fre–Brown 26 pass from Dowdy (conversion failed)

Sou–Harris 14 run (Lyon kick)

EAGLES STUN

GOWANDA/PINE VALLEY

GOWANDA — Nick Jacobson caught a tying touchdown as time expired and Carson Fairbank added the game-winning point-after kick as Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton stunned Gowanda/Pine Valley 29-28 in nonleague action.

The Eagles (6-1, 5-1) took over at their own 43-yard line with two minutes remaining. As time ran out, quarterback Brayden Gibbs threw to Jacobson in the end zone, who caught the tying 20-yard touchdown pass.

“I thought we were pretty comfortable with the play call there,” Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton head coach Ryan Gibbs said. “At the end of the game, with the ball in Brayden’s hands looking for Nick, I’ll take that.”

Gibbs finished 18 of 29 for a career-high 341 yards and four touchdowns with Jacobson catching eight of the passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns.

“Asher Olson got hurt last week, he’s a big part of the offense and defense,” Coach Gibbs said. “Carson (Fairbank) went down and was only kicking for us. Devin Hewes hurt his ankle. Down three of our big targets, other guys made some big plays when we needed them to.”

The victory was the sixth straight for the Eagles, who lost their season-opening game to Salamanca, the New York State Sportswriters Association’s No. 2 Class C team.

“I don’t think we’re surprising anybody else anymore,” Coach Gibbs said.

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Hewes had three catches for 70 yards and a touchdown, while Thandon Bensink added 26 carries for 110 yards on the ground.

Defensively for the Eagles, Mason Maring had 12 tackles, including a sack, Trent Houser had nine tackles and Jacobson had an interception.

For Gowanda/Pine Valley, Carter Capozzi was 16 of 27 for 282 yards and four touchdowns. Trelin Warrior caught four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown; Winter Mentley-Peters had six catches for 56 yards and a touchdown; and Brayden Smith caught six passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns.

Defensively for the Panthers, Camryn Slade was in on 15 tackles, including a sack; Mason Wilson was in on 14 tackles, including three sacks, and blocked a punt; and Owen Pfaffenbach was in on four tackles and intercepted a pass.

CL/W/B 0 14 0 15 — 29

Gowanda/Pine Valley 8 6 8 6 — 28

G/PV–Mentley-Peters 25 pass from Capozzi

CL/W/B–Hewes 56 pass from Gibbs (pass failed)

G/PV–Warrior 54 pass from Capozzi

CL/W/B–Schaaf 33 pass from Gibbs (Schaaf pass from Gibbs)

G/PV–Smith 58 pass from Capozzi

CL/W/B–Jacobson 22 pass from Gibbs (Bensink run)

G/PV–Smith 42 pass from Capozzi

CL/W/B–Jacobson 20 pass from Gibbs (Fairbank kick)

MARYVALE TOPS DUNKIRK

CHEEKTOWAGA — Dunkirk put together just 94 yards of offense in a 48-7 Class B3 loss to Maryvale.

The Flyers (5-2, 5-1) led 21-0 after the first quarter and 42-0 at halftime.

Liam McQuiggan scored the lone touchdown for the Marauders (2-5, 2-5) in the fourth quarter. Lauryn McCracken added the point-after kick.

Kingston Hall led Dunkirk with 58 yards rushing on nine carries, while McQuiggan added 27 yards on his two carries.

Maryvale totaled 372 yards of offense, including 208 through the air. All seven of the Flyers’ touchdowns were through the air.

PANTHERS DOMINATE BLACK KNIGHTS

SILVER CREEK — Portville attempted just six passes, but three of those ended up in the endzone and included a 99-yard touchdown by Aidan Defazio as the Panthers dominated Silver Creek/Forestville 58-0 in Class C South action.

Defazio reeled in another 25-yard touchdown pass to end the day with a game-high 124 receiving yards. Mehki Muhyee caught the final touchdown pass from Ethan Sleggs for a 10-yard score, while both Cole Keesler and Breckham Hunt had catches.

Portville (4-2, 3-2) continued to do damage on the ground with Maxx DeYoe reaching paydirt twice and finishing the game with 94 yards rushing. Hunt also punched in a score from 1 yard out and Jake Ziegler’s 4-yard touchdown was the final of the game.

The Panthers defense also troubled Silver Creek/Forestville, allowing just 51 total yards to the Black Knights. Portville’s Patrick Dornan matched Silver Creek/Forestville’s offensive output on one defensive play, returning an interception 51 yards for a touchdown. Josh Kriger and Defazio also had interceptions, while Dan Ginnery had a fumble recovery.

Silver Creek/Forestville (0-6, 0-6) will have its last chance for a win this year next week when it travels to Cardinal O’Hara.

Portville 16 29 6 7 — 58

Silver Creek/Forestville 0 0 0 0 — 0

Por–DeYoe 1 run (Hunt catch)

Por–Defazio 99 pass from Sleggs (DeYoe run)

Por–Defazio 25 pass from Sleggs (Roe run)

Por–Hunt 1 run (Roe run)

Por–DeYoe 10 run (Kick failed)

Por–Dornan 51 interception return (Sleggs kick)

Por–Muhyee 10 pass from Sleggs (Kick failed)

Por–Ziegler 4 run (Defazio kick)