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Salamanca beats Le Roy as clock winds down in Far West Regional Championship game

By Howard B. Owens
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Le Roy QB Tommy Condidorio sweeps around the left end.
Photo by Ed Henry

A touchdown 16-yard pass from Payton Bradley to Isaac Maddox with six seconds left in the Far West Regional broke a 13-13 tie, giving Salamanca the win 21-13 and delivering Le Roy its first and final defeat of 2023.

Scoring up to that point had been tit-for-tat on Saturday. Le Roy scored in the first quarter on a one-yard run by Drew Strollo, and Jack Currin converted the point-after. In the second, Arlen Newark scored on a 45-yard pass for Salamanca. Newark also kicked the extra point.

Le Roy answered two minutes later on a 3-yard run by Strollo, but the PAT kick was blocked.

Midway through the third quarter, Salamanca knotted things up on a 33-yard Isaac Maddox run but also had its kick blocked.

For Le Roy, Strollo gained 68 yards, scored two touchdowns, gained 17 yards on three receptions, and on defense had five tackles.

Tonny Piazza gained 77 yards on 19 carries.  Tommy Condidoria was 4-7 passing for 12 yards.  Holden Sullivan and D.J. O'Geen had six tackles each on defense.

The Oatkan Knights finish 2023 with an 11-1 record. That 11th win was the program's record-setting 16th Section V title.

Drew Strollo (far right) puts Knights on the scoreboard with this one-yard rush at end of the first quarter.
Drew Strollo (far right) puts the Knights on the scoreboard with a one-yard rush at the end of the first quarter.
Photo by Ed Henry
LeRoy defense swarms to the Salamanca back.
The Le Roy defense swarms to the Salamanca's back.
Photo by Ed Henry
Battles in the trenches was the order of the day.
Battles in the trenches were the order of the day.
Photo by Ed Henry.
LeRoy’s Xavien Walker breaks up a potential score at the goal line.
Le Roy’s Xavien Walker breaks up a potential score at the goal line.
Photo by Ed Henry

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