Four local football teams preparing for sectional final

AMHERST — When the third-seeded Orleans County Rivals beat Pioneer to clinch a spot in the Section VI Class B championship game, head coach Eric Valley decided to sell his tickets to the annual rivalry game between Ithaca College and his alma mater SUNY Cortland at Yankee Stadium Saturday. Though the Rivals take on top-seeded West Seneca West at 5 p.m. Friday — leaving ample time to reach the Bronx for Saturday's 1 p.m. kickoff — Valley chose to skip the 67th Cortaca Jug. kAmx?DE625[ 96 C6>2:?65 :? |65:?2 E@ AC6A2C6 7@C 2 A@E6?E:2= ?6IE >2E49FA D9@F=5 9:D E62> 25G2?46 A2DE E96 %C@;2?D]k^Am kAmw@H6G6C[ D64FC:?8 2 D64E:@?2= E:E=6 AC6D6?ED 2 72C E@F896C 492==6?86[ 2?5 (6DE $6?642 (6DE H:== 2:> E@ 5:DCFAE '2==6J’D H66<6?5 A=2?D]k^Am kAm“xE’D 9F86 2?5 ?@?6 @7 E96D6 <:5D H6C6 A2CE @7 E9@D6 E62>D WH9@ H@? 2 D64E:@? 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