final project blog #2

This season the Varsity football team had the best season in school history. This year our Varsity Bulldogs won a sectional championship for the first time since 1983. This year it was the first time ever that Alden has played in a regional championship. That's pretty impressive considering the fact that 6 seasons ago the Alden Varsity football team went 1-7. That just goes to show how much we have improved as a program. This year the Bulldogs were led by many great players that worked very hard and played very well together as a team. There was some concern in the beginning of the season with the offensive line, but the line played great this season and gave many opportunities for the backs. The team opened up against the Tonawanda Warriors in a dominating win. The Bulldogs won that game 41-0 and they were just clearly the better team. In week two the Bulldogs headed north to Medina. The Bulldogs struggled a little bit, but they came out on top 25 to 8. In week three the Bulldogs bounced back great by destroying Lew- Port by a score of 56 to 7. In week four the Bulldogs hit another road bump, but still managed to come out on top over Newfane for the homecoming game. Alden won that game 31 to 13. In week five, Alden hosted Springville on Senior Night and the Bulldogs won 34 to 0. The week 6 match up will always remembered as the first time Coach Diminuco returned to his former school coaching the Bulldogs. Alden won this game 27 to 0 in a big division game against Albion. In week 7, the Bulldogs clinched the number one seed in the playoffs by beating Maryvale 49 to 21. In the first round of the playoffs Lew- Port came to Alden for the second time this season and Alden won once again 42 to 10. In week 9, Alden was hosting Burgard and everybody said Burgard would pull off the upset, but Alden made the statement that they are pretty good by beating Burgard 42 to 6. Alden advanced to play at Ralph Wilson Stadium for a sectional championship against Lackawanna. Alden came out on top 14 to 12. The final game of the Bulldogs' great season was against defending state champion, Hornell who ended up beating Alden 21 to 14. The Bulldogs ended up finishing 2nd in the state rankings. The Bulldogs had a great season that everyone will always remember.