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W.H. Greene & Associates improves to 8-0

June 15, 2009 - W.H. Greene and Associates improved to 8-0 Sunday, with a pair of lopsided wins. American Glass Block, Buffalo Braves and Zoombang also went 2-0 on the day to improve their teams chances of qualifying for the competitive playoffs.

W.H. Greene and Associates began their day with a 33-0 victory over ACDC and followed up with a 35-7 defeat of Purple Parrots. The combination of quarterback Brandt Dubey and receiver Steve Patterson was unstoppable throughout the day, as it has been for the entire 2009 GBFFL season. Greene has been on top of the GBFFL standings since week #2 and their lead has lengthened each week since.

American Glass Block defeated Purple Parrots by a score of 19-7 and Sherkston B's 20-14 to improve their record to 8-0. Tim Bailey and Aaron Meyers led American Glass Block, with several highlight reel plays. Buffalo Braves, who were 2008 GBFFL semi-finalists, seem to have hit their stride as they defeated Buffalo Soldiers by a score of 26-14 and The Angry Aardvarks 41-8. The always dangerous Zoombang defeated Team Beast Mode by a score of 33-12 and Clarence Red Devils by a score of 46-18. Mike Scibilia led Zoombang, which improved to 5-4 (5th place in the GBFFL standings).

Frank Gillotti received the only perfect 100% score on the 2009 "Official of the Year Award" rules quiz. Rich Quay leads in the overall standings with a perfect 100% after four weeks. The GBFFL announced the implementation of the Official of the Year award on May 25, 2009 as a way to recognize those officials who perform at a high level. At the conclusion of each GBFFL game day each official takes a written quiz on the rules, with those results counting for 50% of the "Official of the Year" standings. At the conclusion of the regular season each team captain shall vote for their choice for "Official of the Year", which will comprise the other 50% of the standings. The "Official of the Year" shall recieve a GBFFL trophy and $125. The official who comes in second in the voting shall receive $50. Officials must offciate at least 6 regular season games (there are two games each game day) and take the quiz each day that they officiate in order to be eligible. The weekly leaders for the "Official of the Year" will be posted on the GBFFL website, within the weekly stories.

The GBFFL season continues with week 5 action, this Sunday June 21, 2009 at Kunz Field located on the University at Buffalo North Campus. Games begin at 10:00 A.M. and conclude at 2:40 P.M., spectators are welcome and admission is free.