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Section II All-Stars

CLASS AA

Player of the Year: Georgia Greene (Shenendehowa)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Tor Rollins (Guilderland)

Coach of the Year: Scott LaMor (Columbia)

All-Stars: Brooke DelSignore (Shen), Ruth Hotaling (Beth), Bridget McLoughlin (Shaker), Madison McMaster (Sar), Kaiden Ring (Columbia), Mia Van Dyke (Colonie), Maddie Wania (BSpa), Kaleigh West (Nisky), Mayah Wheeler (Shaker).

CLASS A

Player of the Year: Brigid Duffy (Queensbury)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Michelina Lombardi (Averill Park)

Coach of the Year: Tim Ciampa (Queensbury)

All-Stars: Courtney Bush (Mohon), Hannah Bachorik (Mohon), Brooklyn Drago (Scotia), Bayley Duffy (QHS), Meredith Gaylord (AP), Vanessa Jorgensen (SGF), Julia Afsar-Keshmiri (QHS), Rylee OConnor (Scotia), Ella Blesi (BH), Samantha Torres (BH).

CLASS B

Player of the Year: Abby Dolge (Ichabod Crane)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Olivia Horan (Mechanicville)

Coach of the Year: Rob Klug (Broadalbin-Perth)

All-Stars: Gabriela Amoroso (Schal), Jaclyn Benedetti (Cohoes), Ally Brown (V'ville), Abby Buckley (Tam), Brooke Bush (B-P), Simone Cassano (Schal), Sophie Champagne (Tam), Nevaeh DAloia (Mech), Lilly Farrell (V'ville), Maddie Finn (CCHS), Payton Graber (Schal), Ella Grupe (G'ville), Emma Haller (Greenville), Erin Mash (Names), Sarah McMahon (Schy), Anna Nichols (Names), Katie Pagnotta (Ravena), Alayna Preston (B-P), Courtney Toher (Mech), Gianna Viscusi (Schal).

CLASS C

Player of the Year: Katelyn Krohn (Schoharie)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Lorelai Peterson (Corinth)

Coach of the Year: Sheila Golden (Maple Hill)

All-Stars: Kara Bacon (B-W), Haley Drinon (Scho), Isabella Estill (Still), Alayna Fletcher (MHill), Lila Frasier (LG), Addyson Galuski (Water), Samantha Gorey (LG), Faith Ingber (G'wich), Carolina Lott-Diamond (H-L), Amber MacNeil (HoF), Stephanie Martin (Galway), Cassidy McClement (Waterford), Kelsey Meca (Mayfield), Gianna Morse (MHill), Gabs Mowery (B-W), Giana Murphy (Canjo), Hser Nay Yo (Ren), Addi Perry (Chatham), Meg Perry (HoF), Morgan Phelan (Scho), Cameryn Shultes (M'burgh), Ashlee Stevens (B-K), Isabella Vecchio (Waterford)

CLASS D

Player of the Year: Sydney Schell (St. Johnsville)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Kathryn Sweenor (Salem)

Coach of the Year: Zale Benton (St. Johnsville)

All-Stars: Ryane Anderson (Ger), Angel Aratare (FA), Jordan DeNinno (St.J), Jo Galarneau (Mekeel), Kaylea Hickey (St.J), Morgan Staats (Ger), Kaelin Thompson (North), Paige Trzaskos (FA), Leah Valovic (North), Olivia Winchell (FA).

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The Meadville Bulldogs football team beat up on fellow Region 5 opponents this season and were rewarded with 16 all-region honors and the region player of the year in Griffin Buzzell.

Buzzell, the teams only senior, was a leader on both sides of the ball. The Region 5 player of the year helped the Dogs win the programs second District 10 title. Meadville is still alive in the playoffs and plays Jersey Shore in a PIAA quarterfinal game on Saturday.

Buzzell was named a first-team running back and linebacker. He ran for 1,398 yards and 19 touchdowns. Fellow running backs Khalon Simmons and Brady Walker joined Buzzell on the first-team. Simmons leads the Bulldogs in yards (1,811) and touchdowns (30). Walker ran for 810 yards and 15 scores from the fullback position. Simmons and Walker were also first-team on defense. Simmons at defensive back and Walker at linebacker.

Also on the first-team for Meadville was Jordan Young (tight end and defensive line), Ruric Douglas (offensive and defensive line), Rhoan Woodrow (offensive and defensive line) and Justice Esser (offensive line).

On the second team was Esser (defensive line), Brighton Anderson (linebacker) and Ryan Reichel (defensive back).

Conneaut, also in Region 5, had three players named to the second-team Dylan Lehman (all-purpose and linebacker), Ryan Green (offensive line) and Braden Groover (defensive back).

Cochranton went undefeated in the regular season and made it to the District 10 title game for the second time in program history. Leading the Cardinals was running back Jack Martinec. Martinec set two school records in his senior season. He ran for a record 1,815 yards and a record 21 touchdowns. He was rewarded with Region 2 Player of the Year honors. Martinec was also a first-team defensive back.

Also on the first-team for Cochranton was Trent Way (offensive and defensive line), Ramy Sample (offensive line), Brayden Schlosser (linebacker), Stephen Martinec (defensive back). On second-team for the Cards was Wyatt Barzak (tight end and defensive back) and C.J. Maynard (offensive line).

Maplewood went 5-5 and lost in the district semifinals. The Tigers had eight players named to all-region teams. On the first-team was Luke Sleeman (defensive line), Connor Palmiero (defensive back) and Ben Gilberto (linebacker). On second-team was Palmiero (wide receiver), Cole Doolittle (offensive line), Ethan Peterson (defensive line), Logan Gross (linebacker), Jason McFadden (linebacker) and Logan Kennedy (defensive back).

Garrett Hodak led Cambridge Springs with 717 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. He was named a first-team running back and linebacker. Also for the Blue Devils on first-team was Jackson Carico (defensive line). On second-team was Van Jones (all-purpose and defensive back), Hunter Haregsin (offensive line), Colby Deets (defensive line) and Kaiden Boozer (defensive line).

Saegertown had two players named to the second-team all region team. Josh Perrine (offensive line and linebacker) and Zach Yoder (punter).

The all-region teams are voted on by coaches. The teams were released on Wednesday.

Region 1

FIRST TEAM

Offense

Anthony Gentile Greenville 12 TE

Omar Stewart Farrell 12 WR

Garen Levis Sharpsville 11 WR

Jase Herrick Greenville 11 WR

Kabron Smith Farrell 10 QB

Anthony Stallworth Farrell 12 RB

Jalen Wagner Reynolds 11 RB

Kylon Wilson Farrell 11 AP

Jaimen Holden Farrell 12 OL

Preston Williams Farrell 12 OL

Anthony Jackson Farrell 11 OL

Malachi Shepard Farrell 11 OL

Jacob Rust Sharpsville 12 OL

Mitchell Mason Reynolds 12 OL

Braden Scarvel Sharpsville 11 OL

Special teams

Liam Campbell Sharpsville 11 K

Liam Campbell Sharpsville 11 P

Gavin Murdock Lakeview 12 P

Defense

Kein Wade Farrell 11 DL

Dominic Alfredo Sharpsville 12 DL

Malachi Owens Farrell 11 DL

Mitchell Mason Reynolds 12 DL

Jacob Rust Sharpsville 12 DL

Taidon Strickland Farrell 12 LB

Anthony Jackson Farrell 12 LB

Omar Stewart Farrell 12 LB

Ian Smith Sharpsville 12 LB

Kylon Wilson Farrell 11 DB

Luke Edwards Wilmington 12 DB

Cole McCallister Wilmington 12 DB

Lamont Samuels Farrell 11 DB

Jase Herrick Greenville 11 DB

SECOND TEAM

Offense

Andrew Frye Sharpsville 11 TE

Michael Chrastina Wilmington 11 TE

Simeir Wade Kennedy Catholic 10 WR

Cole McCallister Wilmington 12 WR

Blaze Campbell Kennedy Catholic 11 WR

Caullin Summers Sharpsville 10 QB

Chris Roth Sharpsville 12 RB

Luke Edwards Wilmington 12 RB

Zack Tedrow Sharpsville 12 AP

Levi Swartz Greenville 12 AP

Jaki Burris Farrell 10 OL

Elon Horchler Wilmington 12 OL

Logan Leskovac Greenville 10 OL

Marlin Jones Reynolds 12 OL

Dominic Alfredo Sharpsville 12 OL

Ashton Williamson Wilmington 12 OL

Special teams

James Winters Wilmington 10 K

Haydin McLaughlin Reynolds 11 P

Defense

Malachi Shepard Farrell 11 DL

Anthony Gentile Greenville 12 DL

Marion Morris Farrell 10 DL

Triston Barr Mercer 12 DL

Colson Minshull Mercer 12 DL

Kole Tarary Kennedy Catholic 12 LB

Zair Thomas Farrell 11 LB

Chris Roth Sharpsville 12 LB

Braedon Summers Sharpsville 11 LB

Ben Miller Wilmington 10 LB

Haydin McLaughlin Reynolds 11 DB

Zack Tedrow Sharpsville 12 DB

Blaze Campbell Kennedy Catholic 11 DB

Gavin Murdock Lakeview 12 DB

Brandon Chambers Farrell 10 DB

Region champion Farrell

Region player of the year Anthony Stallworth, Farrell

Region 2

FIRST TEAM

Offense

Eric Dorr Northwestern 12 TE

Wyatt Lookenhouse Eisenhower 11 WR

Eric Steinle Northwestern 12 WR

Ryan Tewell Northwestern 12 QB

Garrett Hodak Cambridge Springs 12 RB

Jack Martinec Cochranton 12 RB

Keegan Eckstrom Eisenhower 11 AP

Caleb Penley Eisenhower 11 OL

Ken Jarvis Northwestern 12 OL

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With Monday Night Football between the Bears and Steelers in the books, Week 9 is over and the NFLs first 17-game season is officially past the halfway point. While we cant get to everything like the rise of road-field advantage in the league here are four of the top storylines to emerge with the seasons ninth week in the books, and whether were buying or selling on em.

In his first career start in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon, second-year quarterback Jordan Love did not appear ready for primetime.

Filling in for immunized-but-not-vaccinated Aaron Rodgers, Love completed 19-of-34 passes for 190 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 13-7 loss. On a day that saw Patrick Mahomes complete just 54% of his passes and play one of his worst games of the season, Love was worse. Bad news for him and the Packers; good news for Rodgers.

Love, who had trouble avoiding the blitz, appeared to have issues identifying coverages and missed open wide receivers down the field, is being groomed as Rodgerss successor. The second-year quarterback will theoretically be given the starting job if the reigning NFL MVP departs from the team this offseason, which has seemed imminent at times. Theoretically is the operative word her, as Love being any sort of replacement for Rodgers is far from a reality if Sunday is representative of his skillset as a pro.

With a starting-caliber quarterback on an affordable contract in his back pocket, Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst would have had options this offseason if things with Rodgers (who has two seasons left on the bloated contract he restructured this summer) reach what seems to be an inevitable denouement: trading the 37-year-old away for a slew of valuable draft picks. If Love cant play, the balance of power in that equation shifts dramatically, as Rodgers would then be an even more valuable commodity than he already is, and Green Bay would likely be inclined to bend to his will and figure out how to retain him.

It was a losing day for the Packers and Love after Rodgerss COVID-19 diagnosis kicked off a losing week for the franchise. Had Love played better on Sunday, it would have been a win for Green Bay in more ways than one. As it stands, Rodgers is the big winner of his longtime teams loss to the Chiefs.

Favored by 15 points heading into a game against the toothless Jaguars on Sunday afternoon, the Bills and star quarterback Josh Allen had just been anointed as the favorites to win the Super Bowl in February in L.A.

Allen and the Bills were then upset in grand fashion by Jacksonville, losing 9-6, in a game that saw Jacksonville defensive end Josh Allen register a sack, interception and fumble recovery against his Buffalo namesake to go along with a team-high eight tackles and a pass defense. In sacking Buffalos Allen, Jacksonvilles Allen became the first player in NFL history to sack a quarterback of the same name, even though Sunday marked the fourth instance in NFL history that a starting QB and defensive player with the same name have faced off.

Drafted No. 7 overall by the Jaguars the year after the Bills selected their franchise quarterback at No. 7 in the first round, Jacksonvilles Allen recorded 10.5 sacks his rookie season and was named to the Pro Bowl, though Sundays interception of his quarterback counterpart was the first pick of his three-season career.

I know were about to play against another freaking Josh [Allen]. Got a little beef with that but hes been a helluva player, the Jacksonville Allen told Pro Football Focus before the game.You know, I definitely wanna be one of those guys that people talk about and people know about. I want to be respected by my peers. I know its not given. I know I have to work it and Im gonna work my ass off just to be the best out there and get my name called as, OK, this dudes a top guy in the NFL that you need to keep an eye on. So, thats one of my goals, earning the respect of my peers and go out there and have fun.

Mission accomplished.

As for Buffalos Allen, it may have been preordained he was going to be outshined by Jacksonvilles Allen on Sunday after he appeared on Monday nights ManningCast alongside Peyton and Eli. With Allen and the Bills going down in flames, all six players who have joined the ManningCast went on to lose their next game.

A surefire Hall-of-Famer with a complicated legacy due to his history of child abuse, Adrian Peterson took the field for Tennessee on Sunday Night Football after being signed by the Titans earlier in the week to help fill the void left by a long-term injury to star running back Derrick Henry.

In his first game action since carrying the ball seven times for 63 yards (nine yards per carry) and a score for the Lions in a season-ending loss to the Vikings in 2020, the 36-year-old had 10 carries for just 21 yards (2.1 yards per carry), but did score a touchdown in Tennessees convincing victory over the Rams in Los Angeles. The touchdown was the 125th of Petersons career, making him just the 12th player in NFL history to reach the mark.

Without Henry, Tennessees run game as a whole struggled against a sturdy LA defense and the Titans produced season-low 69 rushing yards, the fewest rushing yards the franchise has had in a win since 2012. If the Titans want to extend their five-game win streak, getting their running game back on track will be crucial, and it appears Peterson may actually be able to help accomplish that.

The last non-quarterback to be named NFL MVP, Peterson is clearly not even close to the player he was during his 2012 MVP season. But with eight rushing touchdowns in his last 17 games, Peterson is still showing he has a nose for the endzone and can be utilized as a goal-line back and in other short-yardage situations. Can he carry the ball 20 times and turn the corner? No. But 10 or fewer touches in gotta-have-it situations seems plausible.

I felt like it was OK, Peterson said of his debut with the Titans. I think we left a lot out there as a running back group. I know I did as well. As we continue to get practice and get reps in, well continue to build that chemistry with those guys up front. I try to just stay focused on just being the best teammate I can, and just grinding and putting in work. And I know those things will come into play.

Crazy as it sounds given that the four-time All-Pro has now rushed for 14,841 yards while playing for six teams across parts of 15 seasons, Peterson may actually be right.

Entering Week 10 of the season, the only NFL teams with fewer wins than the San Francisco 49ers are two-win Jets, Dolphins, Jaguars and WFT, one-win Texans and winless Lions. For a team that started this season with real aspirations of making it to the Super Bowl for the second time in three years following an injury-plagued 2020 campaign in the midst of a pandemic, that is some pretty poor company to keep.

But upon closer examination of what the 49ers have really been since they blew a 10-point lead with seven minutes left in Super Bowl LIV and lost to the Chiefs, perhaps the perception of the Niners as something other than a cellar-dweller is incorrect.

Sitting in the basement of the NFC West 3-5 following yesterdays 31-17 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals and backup quarterback Colt McCoy (who did not have the benefit of throwing to injured star wideout DeAndre Hopkins), the 49ers are now losers of eight straight games in San Francisco.

Since losing that game to the Chiefs, the Niners are 9-15 overall and appear on their way to missing the postseason for the fourth time in the five seasons since Kyle Shanahan took over as coach and John Lynch took over as general manager prior to the 2017 season. Overall, the Shanahan/Lynch regime has a 32-40 and has only finished above .500 once, when San Fran went 13-3 on the way to the Super Bowl. Remove that year and theyre 19-37.

Whats truly amazing about the collective record of Shanahan and Lynch, who both received extensions in 2020 that run through 2025, is that often-blamed Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has a career record of 25-12 with the team. Collectively, Shanahan and Lynch are losers while Garoppolo is a winner (albeit a flawed one that threw an interception and took five sacks against the Cardinals) who the coach and GM are dead-set on replacing with rookie Trey Lance after surrendering first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 to obtain him in Aprils draft.

We didnt play very well today at all,Shanahan saidafter the loss to Arizona. I was real disappointed. I thought wed played really well. We had a good week of practice that wed even improved from the week prior, but obviously it didnt go that way.

It hasnt gone that way since the Super Bowl and, outside of one year, it really hasnt gone that way with Lynch and Shanahan running things. The Super Bowl hangover is lingering in San Fran, but that may not be whats truly ailing the team.

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The art of grifting, scamming and swindling is the primary American product these days, as there is nothing left of real value to produce. As such, everything is a grift now.

Cryptocurrencies, Non-fungible tokens, the pure $250,000 tungsten cube you touch once a year in Illinois, are all obvious grifts, yet people invest all the same. For the goal is to get in soon enough that you can be the grifter for some other poor griftee.

This truth can now be extended to the academic world, as Texas new University of Austin promises to fight back against censorship on campuses. But, of course, the founding grifters need your donations to do it.

UATX brands itself as a fortress in the so-called war against the departure of free and open discussion that is happening on every other campus. This institution was created by a group of concerned administrators and professors that for some reason keep losing their jobs at all those other universities. However, if these people can start a new university on a whim, they are not being censored.

This project has the same ideology and all the academic rigor of a suburban mother yelling at a school board about critical race theory mixed with a Twitter user with a roman statue profile picture vomiting about protecting western civilization.

If you read any of the promotional material for this university you will find an abundance of what I would call American exceptionalism platitudes: a dedication to the the fearless pursuit of truth and whatever the wind of freedom means. Yet for all UATX websites promotions about freedom of speech, the University never actually says anything, no specifics about degrees, professors or tuition. Even the unique forbidden courses that promise information too provocative to be taught elsewhere are left tantalizingly vague.

Then you inevitably discover that UATX will not offer an undergraduate college until 2024, and the physical address listed is a real estate law firm operated out of a Texas townhouse. The firms sole Google review is positive, but that doesnt exactly make it an institution of higher learning.

At least Trump University had an actual campus, but hey, the UATXs donations page works fine.

Also if I can find photos of your founder with Jeffery Epistein, you do not have a foundation for an accredited academic institution.

I also find it curious that UATX calls out the skyrocketing cost of higher education in America, acknowledging a systemic problem but centering a cultural shift as the solution. Ive written about the phenomenon of conservative grifters co-opting real societal issues before, as there is genuine populist discomfort as college becomes more inaccessible. Of course this new con will not solve anything but give an empty shell for one side of the political divide to dump money into.

Related: Opinion: Conservative grifters exist because we allow them to

It does not even matter if UATX was set up to explicitly be a grift; the end effect will be the same for the university and any rubes that donated. Academic grifters will peddle reactionary responses to whatever they dislike in popular culture until it shuts down. Because who is going to attend a college that does not offer degrees?

I predict that if the University of Austin doesnt disappear with all the donation money by summer, Jordan Peterson will be teaching a course on skull sizes fall term.

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Book Review

By Derryll White

Hurwitz, Gregg (2016). Orphan X.

Act so that you can tell the truth about how you act. Jordan Peterson

I have never read Gregg Hurwitz before. He has an interesting writing style, layering detail upon detail until even the unknown or unfamiliar takes shape for the reader. It works well, as it kept me engaged through the whole story.

Orphan X is a compelling read. Hurwitz has created an interesting character in Evan Smoak. He is self-contained and completely on his own. Ruthless and a killing machine, he also has a soul and strong sense of responsibility. He negotiates a grim and nasty world, helping those who have no option left to them.

Gregg Hurwitz does a great job, making the Nowhere Man a believable super hero. There is a believable juxtaposition this is what can be accomplished with the human form by intensive training and discipline, and this is what it costs. Sobering in the extreme.

I will look for another volume in this series, hoping that Evan Smoak is forced to deal with his own awakening of self.

****

Excerpts from the novel:

EXPOSURE We live in a celebrity culture now. Or a wannabe-celebrity culture. The name of the game is visibility. If you arent tweeted, liked, YouTubed, or Instagrammed, you dont exist.

MAN A guy can love a million women. But a man, a man loves one woman a million ways.

DEATH We keep death at a distance here, X. Hospitals and nursing homes tuck it away. Our food comes to us neatly packaged. Refrigerators preserve it. It used to be you wanted a chicken, you walked out back and snapped its neck.

WOMEN Respect for women is essential, Jock tells him. Womens rights and economic development within a country are highly correlated. Treating women properly is not just a moral position which it is or an American value which it is. Its a strategic imperative, and you will always, always lead by example in this regard.

Derryll Whiteonce wrote books but now chooses to read and write about them. When not reading he writes history for the web atwww.basininstitute.org.

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