Jim Duprey & Scott Nugent earn Payments-ADPRO Sports activities highschool coach of the week honors

The Buffalo Payments and ADPRO Sports activities are proud to as soon as once more associate to acknowledge a number of the greatest coaches that Western New York has to supply by way of the 2022 Excessive Faculty Soccer Coach of the Week Program.

The Payments and ADPRO Sports activities can be awarding varsity head deal with soccer coaches with the Coach of the Week Award to spotlight not solely their staff’s achievements on the sphere but in addition a number of the work they’re doing off the sphere of their communities. We are going to announce winners from the Buffalo and Rochester Areas over the course of 11 weeks, with each area’s Coach of the Yr being named in the course of the Buffalo Payments vs New England Patriots recreation in January of 2023 at Highmark Stadium.

Every Coach of the Week winner will obtain a $1,000 grant from the Buffalo Payments and ADPRO Sports activities. The respective Coach of the Yr winners will even obtain a further $1,000 for his or her packages. Winners can be chosen by a panel of native highschool soccer consultants.

Buffalo Area Coach of the Week # 9

Pioneer head coach Jim Duprey has been named the week 9 Buffalo Area Coach of the Week after main his Panthers to a tense 7-6 win over Albion within the first spherical of the Part 6 playoffs.

Albion scored within the second quarter to take a 6-0 lead on the half. Pioneer QB Gavin Schwab tossed a 35-yard TD go to Walker Bekiel within the third quarter to tie the rating. Devin Matuszak kicked the PAT and Pioneer led 7-6. Matuszak additionally served as Pioneer’s punter and pinned Albion contained in the 20-yard line 3 times.

Dalton Giboo led the Panthers on the bottom with 21 carries for 91 yards. Kyle Stover added 39 yards on 10 carries.Logan Hallady led a fierce defensive effort with 12 tackles. Nate Bull made 7 tackles and intercepted a go that sealed the win late within the recreation. Karter Giboo made 6 tackles and recovered a fumble. Sam Platt made 6 tackles, together with a QB sack.

Coach Duprey has been on employees at Pioneer since 1993. He was named the varsity head coach earlier than the 2002 season. He led the Panthers to the Part 6 title recreation in 2018 and has received 5 league titles. Coach Duprey acquired his one hundredth profession win within the final recreation of the 2022 common season.

Duprey has taught World Historical past and US Historical past at Pioneer HS since 1992.

One in every of coach Duprey’s gamers, junior lineman, Luke Matthias, by way of his native 4-H and the Pioneer soccer program, raised greater than $2,000 for the Batavia Veterans in honor of his uncle, an Air Drive Veteran who not too long ago handed away.

Coach Duprey has hosted Soccer Expert Days for disabled kids who’re lively with the varsity’s Unified Athletes Program.

Rochester Area Coach of the Week # 9

Brockport Excessive Faculty head coach Scott Nugent has been named the week 9 Rochester Coach of the Week after main the Blue Devils to a 34-21 win over West Irondequoit within the first spherical of the Part 5 playoffs.

West Irondequoit led 14-0 close to the tip of the primary half when Brockport scored on the final play of the half. QB Landon Scott tossed a 2-yard TD go to Nate Parker to tug Brockport inside 14-7 on the break. West Irondequoit took the second-half kickoff and drove for a TD and a 21-7 lead earlier than Brockport mounted a comeback.

The Blue Devils scored 3 TDs within the third quarter to take a 28-21 lead. Scott tossed a 42-yard TD go to Tyler Judd and a 30-yard TD go to Parker to tie the rating. Scott then bumped into the tip zone from 1-yard out to provide Brockport their first lead. Scott accomplished 10 of 21 passes for 189 yards and three TDs within the win. He additionally rushed for two TDs. Ryan Miller rushed 17 instances for 68 yards to steer the bottom recreation. The Brockport protection intercepted 4 passes.

Nugent has been on employees at Brockport for 25 seasons. He was named the pinnacle coach in 2012.

He led Brockport to a Part 5 title in 2015 and the Blue Devils have received 4 league championships underneath Nugent.

Coach Nugent is extremely dedicated to the households and neighborhood of Brockport. Nugent’s gamers have helped native teams with yard work and gardening in Brockport.

Nugent teaches Phys Ed at Brockport Center Faculty and has been there for 25 years.