Top-seeded Williamsville South ended the surprising run of Lew-Port at Hamburg

in the Section VI boys Class A soccer playoffs. "It wasn't easy, though. I'll tell you that

much," South coach Peter Sugg said after his Billies defeated the 12th-seeded Lancers, 3-2, on

Max Mangold's goal three minutes into overtime.

South took a 2-0 lead on a pair of first-half goals by Zack Schwartz, but Lew-Port got a

goal early in the second half by Patrick Polley and tied it when Tyler Diez scored with about

15 minutes left.

"We got a little careless in the second half," Sugg said. "We had our chances to get some

distance between them and us, and we just didn't do it."

South will face either No. 2 seed Grand Island in Friday's championship game.

Grand Island built a 2-0 halftime lead and advanced to the finals on a 3-1 victory over

Cheektowaga. The Vikings had the Warriors shut out until Dominic Parisi scored with .3 seconds

left in the game.

"Chris Stessing was a strong defender for us and we played some solid team defense. We

limited them to three shots," said Grand Island coach Pete Kuehne. "Going to turf was

beneficial to us. The ball movement was unbelievable today. We have a nucleus of three guys

[Joe Fischer, Bobby Ross and Kolby Banker] in the middle and they just took over."

Karl Albrecht, Ross and Christian Gibson scored for the Vikings.

North-Clarence rematch set

Defending champion

Williamsville North and Clarence, who split their regular season series in ECIC

I, advanced to the Class AA sectional girls soccer championship on Saturday at Amherst.

Kristi Putzig and Alexis Koral scored the goals and Katelyn Carpenter had five saves for

the shutout as the top-seeded Spartans triumphed over Orchard Park, 2-0.

No. 2 seed Clarence defeated Kenmore West, 2-0, on goals by Alex Rohloff and Nicole

Lauricella. Ashley Harof had nine saves for the shutout.

North defeated the Red Devils, 2-1 on Sept. 14, but Clarence returned the favor, 1-0, on

oct. 8 on a goal by Alexa Krebs.

Williamsville East, the defending Class A champions, will make its 10th trip to the

sectional finals in the last 11 years after a 4-1 victory over Williamsville South.

Kayla Acklin scored twice for the second-seeded Flames (19-0-0).

Top-seeded Grand Island (17-1) triumphed over Amherst, 2-0, as Jenna Raepple

scored twice and Stephanie Senn assisted on both goals. Kristy Wegrzyn needed just two saves

for the shutout.

East and GI will play at 1 p.m. Saturday at Amherst.

McQuiggan's goal wins for Tigers

Katrina McQuiggan, who has a

history of coming through with important goals for Amherst, scored two minutes into

overtime Tuesday to give the Tigers a 2-1 win over Iroquois in the Section VI Class B

field hockey playoffs.

Amherst will face top-seeded Williamsville South in the championship game at 1 p.m.

Saturday in Medina. South defeated the Tigers, 2-1, on Oct. 19 and won by the same score in

last year's sectional semifinals after McQuiggan had given Amherst a 1-0 lead. She also scored

the winner in an regular-season upset of Williamsville North last season.

Amherst had all it could handle against the Chiefs.

"We played them early in our season, and it was a very similar game — evenly matched,

but the level of intensity, of focus in this game was significantly higher," said Amherst

coach Laurie LeGoff.

"Taylor Ramsey, Brianna Brook and our whole defense was outstanding across the board.

[Goalkeeper] Jessica Banning was poised and composed at all times ..." LeGoff said.

Amherst had made it to the section finals or semifinals the last 12 years with LeGoff

coaching.

South advanced with a 4-0 victory over Kenmore East. Megan Hull posted her 11th

shutout of the season. Blair Pembleton and Alison Ferenczy each scored their 12th goal.

On the Web

Playoffs will be Topic A when Keith McShea holds his weekly chat at 7 tonight on the Prep

Talk blog at buffalonews.com.