Friday night he introduced himself to the rest of Western New York.

As for teammate Sean O’Brien?

Well, the senior linebacker continued to do what he’s been doing for the last two seasons.

Together, the tandem led Jamestown to a 57-26 victory over Niagara Wheatfield in a Class A1 game. The Red Raiders (5-2, 4-0) will entertain Clarence next Friday at Strider Field.

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove’s Matt Welsh returns an interception during Friday’s nonleague game against Silver Creek/Forestville at Bill Race Field in Falconer. P-J photo by Jason Bower

“If we win on Friday, we’ll be division champs,” Jamestown coach Tom Langworthy said. “We’re already talking about the importance of championship games. This will be our first championship opportunity of the year.”

Continued strong play from Langworthy’s skill players will help.

Bane, a junior, rushed for 224 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns; and senior quarterback Trey Drake ran for two TDs and passed for another to highlight another dominant offensive performance for the Red Raiders, who won their fifth straight.

“Carsen is just a very, very great person and an unselfish player,” Langworthy said. “Everything he does is all about the team being successful. … The last five weeks our team has found its way and he has been a part of that.”

Bane scored on runs of 11 and 35 yards; Drake found the end zone on runs of 10 and 2 yards; and O’Brien and Masiah Jones scored on runs of 3 and 45 yards, respectively. Capping the scoring for Jamestown was Drake’s 18-yard TD pass to Darius Freeney. Ella Propheter connected on all seven of her point-after tries and O’Brien had a 2-point conversion run.

The Falcons, who actually led 8-0 in the first quarter, were led by Alexander Fletcher, who passed for 213 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 65 yards on 14 carries and scored another TD, but Niagara Wheatfield, which fell to 0-4 and 1-6, couldn’t overcome Jamestown’s 36-point second half.

“They scored first and that can be difficult to overcome,” Langworthy said. “I thought we handled that well and continued to play our game, even though there were some areas where we weren’t playing our best.”

Defensively, the Red Raiders were led by O’Brien, who amassed 23 tackles, including five for loss, and a sack. He now has 124 stops on the season.

“Sean is in on almost every tackle,” Langworthy said. “He’s such a good player, he’s very instinctive, has a real good feel for the game and he has a good football IQ. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time.”

Supporting O’Brien were Gavin Pantojas (one tackle for loss) and Mason McVinney (three tackles for loss, one sack), who each had 11 stops; and Bane, who had 10 tackles, including four for loss, and two sacks.

Jamestown 7 14 22 14 — 57

Niagara Wheatfield 8 0 12 6 — 26

NW — Watson 36 pass from Alexander (Matthews run)

Jam — Bane 11 run (Propheter kick)

Jam — Freeney 18 pass from Drake (Propheter kick)

Jam — Drake 10 run (Propheter kick)

Jam — Bane 11 run (O’Brien run)

NW — Watson 13 run (pass failed)

Jam — Drake 2 run (Propheter kick)

NW — Alexander 23 run (run failed)

Jam — Bane 35 run (Propheter kick)

NW — Watson 44 pass from Alexander (kick failed)

Jam — O’Brien 3 run (Propheter kick)

Jam — M. Jones 45 run (Propheter kick)

COUGARS RUN OVER SC/F

FALCONER — Falconer/Cassadaga Valley ran for 274 yards and led 42-0 at halftime en route to a 42-7 nonleague victory over Silver Creek/Forestville.

The Golden Cougars (5-2, 4-2 Class B2) held the Black Knights (2-5, 1-3 Class C South) to just 97 yards of offense, including 45 on the ground.

Cam Bower scored on a 32-yard run before Dalton Caldwell ran in touchdowns of 7 and 27 yards. Caldwell also recovered a fumble for a touchdown, Matt Welsh scored on a 25-yard run and Caldwell scored on a 5-yard run before the half was over.

Bower led Falconer/Cassadaga Valley with 57 yards rushing and Caldwell had 43 as 13 Golden Cougars carried the ball.

Alex Galfo scored Silver Creek/Forestville’s touchdown on a 22-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Silver Creek/Forestville 0 0 0 7 — 7

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 35 7 0 0 — 42

F/CV–Bower 32 run (Paladino kick)

F/CV–Caldwell 7 run (Paladino kick)

F/CV–Caldwell 27 run (Paladino kick)

F/CV–Caldwell fumble recovery (Paladino kick)

F/CV–Welsh 25 run (Paladino kick)

F/CV–Caldwell 5 run (Paladino kick)

SC/F–Galfo 22 run (Golembieski kick)

WARRIORS RETURN TWO KICKOFFS FOR TDS

EDEN — Salamanca held nonleague Eden/North Collins to 132 yards of offense en route to a 48-15 victory.

Maddox Isaac ran for a 3-yard touchdown and threw a 24-yard touchdown to Arlen Newark to give the Warriors (5-2, 3-1 Class C South) a 14-0 first-quarter lead. After the Raiders (3-4, 2-2 Class C Central) ran back the ensuing kickoff, Jason McGraw tacked on a 48-yard touchdown run.

In the second quarter, Jesse Stahlman ran for a 13-yard score, McGraw returned a punt 64 yards for a touchdown and Carmine Hoag caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Isaac as Salamanca went ahead 42-7.

Stahlman finished with 76 yards on seven carries. Newark returned a kickoff 91 yards in the fourth quarter for the final score.

Salamanca 21 21 0 6 — 48

Eden/North Collins 7 0 8 0 — 15

Sal–Isaac 3 run (Newark kick)

Sal–Newark 24 pass from Isaac (Newark kick)

E/NC–O’Donnell 83 kickoff return (Teijeira kick)

Sal–McGraw 48 run (Newark kick)

Sal–Stahlman 13 run (Newark kick)

Sal–Hoag 15 pass from Isaac (Newark kick)

E/NC–Tambacas 3 run (Cecchini run)

Sal–Newark 91 kickoff return (kick failed)

HIND SCORES 5 TDS

CATTARAUGUS — Xander Hind scored on five of his eight carries as Randolph beat Cattaraugus-Little Valley 35-8 in Class D action.

Hind scored on runs of 51, 14, 24 and 34 yards in the first quarter before a 79-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter for the Cardinals (7-0, 6-0). The senior running back finished with 236 yards.

The Timberwolves (0-7, 0-6) broke up the shutout when Payton Bradley completed a 33-yard touchdown pass to Camden Young with 31 seconds remaining in the game.

Randolph 28 7 0 0 — 35

Cattaraugus-Little Valley 0 0 0 8 — 8

Ran–Hind 51 run (GNelson kick)

Ran–Hind 14 run (GNelson kick)

Ran–Hind 24 run (GNelson kick)

Ran–Hind 34 run (GNelson kick)

Ran–Hind 79 run (GNelson kick)

C-LV–Young 33 pass from Bradley (Henderson run)

HOOSE SHINES FOR TROJANS

ALLEGANY — Neves Hoose made four field goals, including a 45-yarder, as Southwestern beat Allegany-Liemstone 19-6 in Class C South play.

The Trojans (5-2, 4-1) led 6-0 at halftime after the first two of Hoose’s field goals.

The Gators (3-4, 2-3) tied the game in the third quarter, but failed on a 2-point conversion attempt.

Southwestern then took the lead when Brody Larson caught a 35-yard pass from Jameson Walsh to set up a 1-yard Jackie Ni touchdown run. Hoose added the point-after kick and then booted two more field goals late.

LAKEMEN PULL AWAY

WILSON — Wilson broke open a 7-7 tie with 20 second-half points en route to a 27-7 Class D victory over Frewsburg.

Jack Mahar ran 14 times for 182 yards while Connor Ernest rushed for a touchdown and threw a touchdown to Drew Dabill for the Lakemen. Evan Wolfe also had 66 yards and a touchdown while Ethan Lackner had the other score for the hosts.

Carter Pytlik and Wolfe each had a sack while Dabill had an interception for Wilson (3-4, 3-4).

The Bears fell to 2-5 overall and 1-5 in the league.