Seems not only are our Buffalo Bills in the top 3-4 teams in Pro rankings but the Orchard Park Quakers High School football team in New York's top 2!

Football
2008 NYSSWA rankings (through Sept. 29)
Rank Class AA Record
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1. West Genesee 4-0 (Syracuse area)
2. Orchard Park 4-0 (Buffalo Bills back yard)
3. Gates Chili 4-0 (Rochester area)
4. William Floyd 3-0 (Long Island)
5. St. Joe by the Sea-CSHFL 3-0 (NYC area)
6. St. Anthony's-CHSFL 3-1 (Long Island Catholic)
7. Monroe-Woodbury 4-0 (Mid-Hudson Valley)
8. Curtis-PSAL 4-0 (NYC area)
9. Iona Prep-CHSFL 3-0 (Westchester Catholic)
10. Syracuse CBA 4-0 (Syracuse area)

So, here's to a New York State Class 'AA' championship for the Orchard Park Quakers High School football team and Super Bowl Championship for the Buffalo Bills.

This post is NOT jinx. I'm from Syracuse and a huge SU fan so I KNOW!!!

Note: High schools on Long Island and NYC do not compete in the NY State championship games.

It's an upstate pubic school championship full blown mockey of athletics.

And I give a crap about 17 year pimply faced kids playing football because?

Come on, dudes! It's ORCHARD PARK - home of the Buffalo Bills. Good vibrations! Good times!

why do we care? Most of us don't live in OP

Everybody makes a fuss because John Corto when to OP, but nobody cares about this? I'm a little biased because I'm from the region (Lancaster) but I say good for them! Do WNY proud!

Gene Tundo for Coach of the Year

thats a strange combination of words and phrases. youre like a creepy beach boy.

Maple Grove--ranked every year in the area in every sport..
St. Joes-plays national programs
Clymer-ranked
NT-Ranked
Sweet Home-Ranked
Victor-Ranked
Grand Island-ranked
Iroquois-Ranked
Fredonia-Ranked
Lackawanna-Ranked
Southwestern-Ranked
Cleve Hill-Ranked
Oakfield Alabama-Ranked
AL-Ranked
Frewburg-Ranked
Portville-Ranked


-----All these teams are local and have chances to win state titles

i went to op and tundo was one of the better people at the hs, i give him props, i thought he was a good man

Mojo!

Color me unenthused.

I fail to see how OP being 4-0 and ranked in the top 5 in NYS Class AA means anything. You know, considering they do it EVERY YEAR and then almost every year fall in the Far West Regionals to the Section V (Rochester area) champion.

Choke artists, they are.

History:
2007: Lost in NYS Semifinals
2006: Lost Far West Regionals
2005: Lost FWR
2004: Lost FWR
2003: Lost Section VI Championship (Lockport)
2002: Lost Section VI Championship (N. Tonawanda)
2001: Lost FWR
2000: Not a playoff, or bowl playoff team
1999: Lost Section VI Semifinal (6-2 Lockport over 8-0 OP)
1998: Lost FWR

Source: http://www.section6.wnyric.org/football/football.htm

Or maybe they are not as good as the Rochester teams.

I am with the other posters; who cares. I nominate this for dumbest post of the week.

hmmmmmm.....huh?

NYS HS football is not like that in OH, TX, FL, PA and so on - common knowledge - so I'm happy to hear that they are nicely ranked.

They are winning, but it's early, let's not get ahead of ourselves. They really need to establish the run better and the line has been atrocious. The defense has been good, but they start slow. It takes them too long to adjust. They do have a weak schedule this year, so that should help. But haven't played anybody to this point. I will reserve judgment on this team for now, even though they are 4-0.

My son plays for Frontier . . . F*ck OP

Apparently, you did enough to open the thread and post your stupid comment.

It's real simple. If it doesn't interest, don't read it or be a d-bag about it. Good for OP and they have always had a good program. It would be nice to see NYS, and especially WNY, become big time programs.

If you are from WNY, you likely played high school ball. Unless you actually went to OP, you probably hate them.

^^What he said.

How's Silver Creek looking?

There's been teams in other classes that have advanced further or won the state championships, why not OP, the year-in, year-out power? It's not like the kids are in awe of being there.

I mean, generally when you get that deep into the playoffs, you have your best sophomores called up from JV to practice with the big boys once their season ends. They may not play, but they get the experience of the playoff atmosphere and the initial shock and awe of playing at the Ralph out of the way (I played there myself. The feeling when you come out of that tunnel is unbelievable, almost empty stadium or not).

The juniors may be contributors to the team, or they may be on the sidelines. The seniors have probably already been there before. I'm not saying OP's run isn't impressive. I just find it very surprising that with all the talent they have year in and year out, with kids constantly being able to say they've been there before, that not ONE team has been able to break through.

West Genesee here in the Syracuse area won the NYS 'AA' championship last year. And if WG can win a HS football state title then ANYONE can win one!

i had Tundo as a gym teacher... the guy wasn't very bright. I have no idea how he gets his football team to play so well.

I too graduated OP and had Tundo in Gym. He isn't the brightest guy but he has a great sports mind. He consistently gets his football and Lacrosse teams deep into the state tournaments, and this is a guy that had never picked up a lacrosse stick until he started coaching. He simply knows how to get alot out of his players. I don't understand how any one out of OP could have anything bad to say about Tundo, he is an OP legend.

Competitive this year--same league as southwestern though

Frontier?

Same here...back then Tundo was the defensive coordinator with Dan Elvin running the show. I remember when the lacrosse programs were in their infancy.

I'd like to see Orchard Park up against some of the bigger high schools in central PA. People around Harrisburg, York and Lancaster would be in for a rude awakening when the Quakers beat them on their home turf.

its funny cause all the people that are talking trash about OP, played or went to a different school other then OP. And like normal, we kicked the s**t out of any or your sports teams. Always football! the only school OP has respect for is frontier cuz they give us a hell of a game every single year. Nothing like a true rivalry. And to OP being choke artists, hahaha, sorry you couldnt have been in the position to lose in the postseason to the powerhouse teams that we lose to every year. Do some more research tho and check out where all those teams went after they beat us. you do that and u'll find out they won states mostly every single year after they beat us. if they didnt win states, they went to states and lost closely.

the teams that are from syracuse and rochester and around new york city and very strong teams. they play better competition. class AA is the toughest class obviously cuz its the biggest so of course other teams from lower classes moved farther and even won states. but we shouldnt be argueing about that. if its a WNY team in the postseason, you root for them so they can represent WNY against all the other areas in NY. i love it when we have schools from WNY go far in the playoffs and go to states. thats great!

New York State Class 'AA' High School Football
Rankings 10-08-2008

1 Orchard Park Quakers
2. North Tonawanda Lumberjacks
3 Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders
4 Schenectady Patriots
5 Minisink Valley Warriors
6 Saratoga Springs Blue Streaks
7 Binghamton Patriots
8 Lancaster Redskins
9 William Floyd Colonials
10 Gates-Chili Spartans

im sorry but those couldnt be more wrong. and i dont mean to argue with you or anything. where did you get that information from because where ever you got it from, they really need some help haha.

OP ranked 10th in the East! Hey Frontier Dad, sounds like sour grapes! We will see you all at the Ralph in November! And we will be practicin' at the Fieldhouse!!

If all goes well, we'll be in Syracuse for Thanksgiving.

Eat. My. Shorts.

Think about this for a moment. OP is Frontier's second biggest rival (behind cross-town Hamburg Central). I'm supposed to cheer for their rival? Puh-lease. That's like rooting for the Dolphins to win the Super Bowl because the Bills aren't in it . . .
Call is sour grapes if you like, I call it good sense.

I think WNY high school sports have been steadily improving. A few short years ago, Niagara Falls High won the New York State title in basketball...including NYC teams, and finished ranked from #1 to #3 in the country, depending on the individual poll. With the recent improvement in UB Football, I suspect that WNY is among the most improved regions of the country, for amateur athletics.

They aren't at Ohio, or Texas level, yet. But, let's enjoy the improvement and the outlook for the future.

I don't think anyone expects you to cheer for your rival, but a little respect for their improvement, might make you seem less of an ass.

Back in the day it was West Seneca East that was the rival.

Falls has been in the title game in four of the last five years, but sadly has but one title to show for that run.

But don't forget about how many state basketball titles LaSalle had before the LaSalle - NFHS merger. I have no idea if NYC schools were in there, but LaSalle was state champs in 88, 95 and 96.

The NFHS/LaSalle merger has really created a basketball monster.

Yep. LaSalle was already a powerhouse before the merger and beat up on NFHS regularly, but combining the two has worked out pretty much the way everyone thought it would. I cannot imagine the talent pool the coaching staff gets to pick from.

I think people are actually transferring into NFHS, instead of away from it, now. I think most of the recent "stars" of the team are from the area of the old NFHS. In years past, they would find a way to go to LaSalle (who had a great coach, I believe). I think kids with talent from the surrounding areas may be looking at NFHS as a school to go to, as they play in national tournaments that get a lot of exposure.

Speaking of hot-shot high school basketball players, I wonder how Nervous Boy is doing, this season.

The old LaSalle coach was Pat Monti. I heard he was quick ticked when he wasn't offered the job as the coach for the new NFHS team, and he even took the coaching job at Niagara Catholic for a while. I think he's down in Florida now.

Rumor I heard was that guys from the old NFHS area were "recruited" to play at LaSalle instead of NFHS - they were supposedly told that if the player told the admin he wanted to transfer to LaSalle to take auto shop or one of the other classes that LaSalle offered and NFHS didn't, then the administration had to approve the transfer. I don't know how true any of that was, but that was what I heard when I went to LaSalle.

That is basically what I heard, too.

Not sure that's saying much, since only one District 3 Quad-A team has ever won a PIAA championship.

Haven't seen them this season, but IMHO, previous OP teams would NOT match up against the WPIAL.

hole!

Now I can rub it in! How was the last year for all those Seniors graduating, huh? NOT EVEN A PLAYOFF GAME!

Just another chapter...............

Why, what happened?

Wow . . .you are so much better than me because the high school that you went to plays better football than the one my son goes to . . . I guess I'll go beat my wife and dog now, cuz I'm such a loser.

Are you 13 years old?

Hopefully he is able to beat the odds, though in his case the odds (~NG~) are much bigger than most have to face.