Sweet Home Wins Sixth Straight Section A Title in Dominating Fashion

            The Sweet Home Panthers continued their decade of dominance over Section VI Friday night in front of a raucous crowd on hand at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

            The Panthers dominated a previously unbeaten West Seneca East team, who many thought had a good chance to knock off Sweet Home in the class A final.  The Panthers had other ideas, controlling the game from the opening whistle en route to a convincing 28-7 victory over the Trojans

            “It feels amazing,” Sweet Home senior lineman Billy Attea said after the game. “A lot of people picked us to lose, so it’s nice to get the win.”

            The victory pushes Sweet Home’s streaks to six straight class A championships, and 60 straight wins over Western New York opponents.

            “It just feels tremendous, it feels just as good as the first one we had,” said Sweet Home head coach John Faller. “We got a different group of kids, who find a different way to get things done with the same results.”

            Sweet Home led the entire game, after completing a methodical 97-yard touchdown drive late in the first quarter, which put the Panthers up 6-0. The drive was led by senior running back Kahlil Humphrey, who capped it off with a 12-yard scamper over the left side of the line for the score.

            “The line does their job, and they expect me to do mine,” said an ecstatic Humphrey after the game. “I just have to make the best of it.”

            Humphrey finished the game with 126 rushing yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns, as well as two catches for 55 yards receiving.

            Senior quarterback Mike Torrillo was extremely efficient in Sweet Home’s victory, going 14-22 for 208 yards and two touchdowns. After the game, he was beaming and noticeably proud of the win, and thankful to be able to share it with his father.

            “It feels great. My dad has been coaching for the last 8 years, I’ve been through it, and I went over and hugged him at the end of the day like, ‘hey, this one is ours. I did it,” said Torrillo.

            Sweet Home moves on to face the winner of the Eastridge-Canandaigua Academy game next week at All High Stadium in the state quarterfinals.

            The loss brought to an end West Seneca East’s dream season, who finish with a record of 9-1. The Trojans fought hard, but the speed and toughness of Sweet Home was just too much for them Friday night.

            “I give credit to our defense,” said Faller after the win. “They’ve been tough all year, they’ve kind of been the sleeper in our program, but without them we wouldn’t be here.”