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Fans can vote for the Breakout Team of the Week on the top right corner of the page. Voting continues through Friday at 4:59 p.m. with the winner being featured Sunday in the Erie Times-News. Fans are encouraged to submit nominations of teams by Tuesday night and coaches are encouraged to call in every result throughout the season.

General McLane boys basketball – The Lancers moved to a perfect 12-0 on Tuesday with a convincing 74-47 win over Central Tech.
Franklin boys basketball – The Knights proved their worth with big wins over Hickory and Grove City. Franklin held off an upset attempt by Oil City on Tuesday 43-41.
Mercyhurst Prep girls basketball – The Lakers remained unbeaten at 11-0 Monday with a rout of Corry.
Franklin girls basketball – The Knights knocked off New York power Aquinas Institute and continue to chase a perfect season at 10-0.
Central Tech wrestling – The Falcons crushed the competition at the Tom Carr tournament. Central finished with 245 points, while Girard was second with 143.
Harbor Creek wrestling – The Huskies came within a few points of winning the Falconer tournament on Saturday. Harbor Creek took second with 171 points, while Falconer won it all with 176.5 points.
Reynolds wrestling - The Raiders moved to 11-0 with an impressive win over McDowell on Monday.
General McLane wrestling – The Lancers beat Cathedral Prep 38-23 to remain undefeated in region matches.
McDowell girls swimming – The Trojans knocked off Villa Maria to remain in first place in Region 3.
Cathedral Prep swimming – The Ramblers handled McDowell to take control of Region 3.
Fairview girls swimming – The Tigers dominated the North East girls invitational with 360 points to beat out Villa Maria with 211.

Both Franklin basketball teams have been dominant this season that success carried over into the breakout polls this week. Dillon King won for the boys, while sophomore Angelina Starr took home the girls poll. McDowell’s Luke DeHart grabbed the wrestling poll, and Heather Sternby (Meadville) and Tyler Nowosielski (Harbor Creek) won the swimming polls.

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More than 4,000 votes were cast again this week as the breakout polls start to wind down for the fall season. Grove City quarterback Tyler Dagres took home the football poll, while Kennedy Catholic’s Angelene Rapone won the volleyball poll. The soccer polls were won by Brad Simmons of Warren and Kyler Lum of Wilmington.

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Fans have been doing an outstanding job this fall with voting and came through with more than 4,900 votes this week. In somewhat of a surprising twist this week, all four winners are from outside of Erie County. Youngsville put up another terrific effort to give Cory Craig the football poll, while Slippery Rock made its presence known with enough support to have Marie Takach win the volleyball poll. The soccer polls were won by Kassel Weber of Meadville on the boys’ side and Rachel Burns of Kennedy Catholic on the girls’ side.

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Fans can vote for the Breakout Team of the Week on the top right corner of the page. Voting continues through Friday at 4:59 p.m. with the winner being featured in Sunday’s edition of the Erie Times-News. Fans are encouraged to submit nominations of teams by Tuesday night each week. Teams that have won the award this season are no longer eligible.

Slippery Rock football - The Rockets continued their impressive season by upsetting Meadville 25-18 in overtime. Slippery Rock didn’t win a game in 2010 and had lost 15 in a row before their curren three-game winning streak.
Titusville football - Pulled off a huge upset by beating Sharon 14-6. The Tigers were down seven players because of suspensions but still fielded a tough team.
Warren boys soccer – The Dragons came to Erie, waited through a 90-minute lightning delay and knocked off powerhouse Mercyhurst Prep 3-1. Warren won the District 10 Class AA title last year and could be on its way to another title this fall.
Iroquois volleyball – Won the Johnson City (N.Y.) tourament over the weekend by winning 12 straight sets. The Braves then defeated Seneca on Tuesday.
General McLane boys soccer – Picked up a huge 2-1 win over Harbor Creek on Monday. The Lances are in sole possession of first place in a brutal region.
Hickory boys soccer – The Hornets beat North East 2-1 in overtime on Saturday. Hickory is looking to get into the playoffs this year and a quality win over the Grapepickers will help.
Strong Vincent boys soccer – Won its first match in three years by defeating Central Tech 2-1. The Colonels followed that up with a 2-0 win against Conneaut, Ohio.
Linesville volleyball – The Lions have been dominating Region 2 all season and picked up a tough four-set win over Saegertown on Thursday.
Cathedral Prep cross country – The Ramblers had a big weekend by winning the Sharpsville Invitational. A few days later, Prep defeating archrival McDowell in a region meet.
Mercyhurst Prep tennis – The Lakers continued their domination of Class AA by shutting out their biggest hurdle, Villa Maria. Mercyhurst took all five matches to earn another big win this fall.
Cathedral Prep golf - Claimed the Region 6 title by winning the final meg-match on Monday. The Ramblers should be a favorite to win another District 10 team title next week.

Varsity blog readers continued to impress this week with more than 4,300 votes cast between the four polls. Another strong week and another impressive comeback on the final day. Central Tech soccer player Ari Buccigrossi overtook Villa Maria’s Kaitlyn Kissell to win this week’s poll. Meadville’s Jalen Gray was able to hold off Cathedral Prep’s Greg Roos to win the boys soccer poll.

Hickory’s Alex Kirsch came through with a big game last week to help the short-handed Hornets defeat Farrell 28-6. Kirsch was rewarded by winning the football poll, while Fort LeBoeuf’s Lindsay Bean won the volleyball poll for the second-straight year.

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Fans can vote for the Breakout Team of the Week on the top right corner of the page. Voting continues through Friday at 4:59 p.m. with the winner being featured in Sunday’s edition of the Erie Times-News. Fans are encouraged to submit nominations of teams by Tuesday night each week. Teams that have won the award this season are no longer eligible.

Mercyhurst Prep girls golf - The Lakers put together a big week with two mega-match wins and the Meadville tournament championship. Mercyhurst finished one point behind McDowell in the region standings and could be a tough team to beat in the postseason.
Cathedral Prep soccer – The Ramblers broke through in overtime to hand rival McDowell a 1-0 loss. Greg Roos found his brother Jason Roos with four minutes left for the game-winning goal.
General McLane football - The Lancers found themselves down 21 points at halftime in a hostile environment. McLane gathered itself and scored 27 unanswered points to knock off unbeaten Harbor Creek 34-28 to avoid an 0-3 start.
Slippery Rock football - The Rockets didn’t win a game in 2010. Slippery Rock not only broke a string of 15 losses last week but it continued its early season success with a 38-34 win over previously unbeaten DuBois.
McDowell football – The Trojans picked up their third-straight win by defeating Seneca Valley 43-29. The two teams were tied 29-29 before McDowell scored twice in the final minutes to secure the conference win.
Harbor Creek girls soccer – Despite playing without all-region standout Kaylee Lewis, the Huskies scored with less than four minutes left to beat Fairview 1-0 in a crucial Region 6 match. Megan Yount scored for Harbor Creek.
Hickory girls soccer – The Hornettes made the playoffs last fall and after an early exit, they want more this fall. Hickory proved it can hang with some of the best teams in District 10 on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Villa Maria.
Mercer boys soccer – The Mustangs are a tough team to best this season. Mercer beate Meadville 7-1 on Saturday only days after upsetting Slippery Rock 3-2 in overtime.
Mercyhurst Prep girls tennis – The Lakers started a big week by defeating State College 4-3 on Friday. They stayed in the middle of the state overnight before winning the State College Invitational on Saturday. Mercyhurst’s trip came after region wins against McDowell, Fairview and Central Tech earlier in the week.
Fort LeBoeuf boys cross country – The Bisons used a first-place finish by Matt McWilliams and a third place from Tyler Yost to win the Penn State Behrend Invitational.
Cambridge Springs girls cross country – Olivia Mamula took second and Reilly Walsh finished third to help the Blue Devils win the Penn State Behrend Invitational.
General McLane girls cross country – won the SLlippery Rock Invitational by three points over runner-up Shenango. Makenzie O’Connor led the Lancers with an eighth-place finish.

This week did not disappoint as fans cast nearly 5,000 votes for the four breakout polls. With intense voting comes intense results. The girls soccer poll went up to the final minute with Allison Richards of Hickory coming out ahead of Lauren Elia (Mercyhurst Prep) and Megan Yount (Harbor Creek). At 11:48 p.m., all three players were deadlocked at 208 votes each. Fort LeBoeuf’s Kevin Gardner held off another strong showing by the Mercyhurst Prep community to edge Jose Abdala in the boys soccer poll.

Northwestern’s Aaron Morley took an early lead on Sunday and did not let it go to win the polls, while Fort LeBoeuf’s Abby Rose received strong support for the second-straight week to win the girls volleyball poll.

Fans are reminded that they can submit nominations each week. They must provide information on why the athlete should be nominated and emailed into the sports departmant at sports@timesnews.com by 5 p.m. on Saturday.

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Another strong week of voting is taking place for the Breakout Players of the Week. All four races are close and fans are encouraged to spread the word to family and friends to vote. There have been times in the past that leads of more than 70 votes were overcome in the final day, making today an intense one for every athlete still in range.

Reminder to all fans that the Breakout Team of the Week poll will be posted at midnight tonight after the four athlete polls close.

– Tom Reisenweber

Only six hours left in the breakout polls and the votes are flying in. There are more than 4,400 votes cast already and the total could reach a record 5,000 tonight.

One note to everyone emailing us. The system is set so fans can only vote once on each network. This is in place to avoid someone from sitting there and voting 100 times over and over. We can’t count the votes coming in by email because each person can only vote once. Fans are encouraged to spread the word through family and friends to vote for their favorite as the time winds down.

Make sure to check the Varsity blog at midnight for the four winners this week and to vote on the inaugural Breakout Team of the Week poll. Each week fans can nominate a player or team but they must provide details on why the player or team should be chosen. Nominations for players must be turned in by 5 p.m. on Saturday and teams by 5 p.m. on Tuesdays.

– Tom Reisenweber