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Girls soccer postseason begins this week

After winning the last two Section VI Class B championships the Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove girls soccer team will be presented with a new challenge. Now playing in Class A, the Golden Cougars will have an unfamiliar path through sectionals.

In the Section VI playoff brackets announced on Saturday, the Golden Cougars (11-4-1) enter as the 6-seed and will host 11-seed Lake Shore (5-9-0) on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in a prequarterfinal. The winner will face either No. 3 Pioneer (14-2-0) or No. 14 Maryvale (5-11-0) on Saturday at the higher seed.

Dunkirk is the 15-seed in the bracket and will travel to defending champion No. 2 Starpoint (13-1-0) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. The top seed in the bracket is Lewiston-Porter (14-1-1) and the championship will eventually be played on Oct. 31 at Williamsville North at 3 p.m.

With the Golden Cougars moving up to Class A there will be a new champion crowned in B this season and Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 champion Allegany-Limestone (14-2-0) comes in as the top seed.

Class B action also begins on Wednesday No. 8 Southwestern (7-9-0) hosting No. 9 Albion (7-7-0) at 7 p.m., No. 5 Salamanca (13-3-0) entertains No. 12 Newfane (0-13-0) and No. 7 Silver Creek/Forestville (10-5-1) hosts No. 10 Tonawanda (8-8-0) both at 3:30 p.m., and No. 6 Fredonia (11-5-0) is against No. 11 Springville (3-10-0) at 6 p.m.

If Southwestern wins it will travel to Allegany-Limestone for a quarterfinal matchup on Saturday at noon, a Fredonia win sends the Hillbillies to No. 3 Alden (11-3-0) at the same time on Saturday, Silver Creek/Forestville's quarterfinal would be at No. 2 Akron (9-6-0) at the same time and day, while Salamanca would face the winner between No. 4 Eden (11-5-0) and No. 13 JFK (2-13-0) at the higher seed on Saturday.

The Class B final will follow the A championship on Oct. 31 at Williamsville North at 5 p.m.

While Class B will certainly have a new champion, Class C could have a repeat with reigning champion Wilson undefeated as the top seed at 15-0-0. On Saturday, the Lakewomen will host the winner of the only Class C prequarterfinal when No. 9 Franklinville (4-11-0) travels to No. 8 Barker/Lyndonville (9-7-0) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

In the remaining Saturday quarterfinals, on the other side of the bracket is No. 3 Frewsburg (13-3-0) which hosts No. 6 Westfield/Brocton (5-7-2) at noon with a trip to the semifinals on the line against the winner of No. 2 Holland (13-3-0) and No. 7 Chautauqua Lake (4-9-2) at 2:30 p.m. Then No. 4 Randolph (12-3-0) hosts No. 5 Portville (9-5-2) at noon with a likely semifinal matchup against Wilson on the line.

The Class C championship will be on Oct. 30 at Allegany-Limestone at 5 p.m.

Jamestown (4-12-0) is the 11-seed in Class AA and will travel to No. 6 Niagara Wheatfield (5-10-0) on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for a prequarterfinal matchup. The top seed in AA is Clarence (13-1-1) and the final will be played on Oct. 31 at Williamsville North at 1 p.m.

Lancaster (7-7-2) is top seed in Class AAA and seeks its fourth title in a row, beginning the run against No. 4 Niagara Falls (3-10-0).

Class D goes straight to the championship with No. 1 Ellicottville (8-6-1) playing No. 2 North Collins (6-7-3) on Oct. 28 at Hamburg at 5 p.m.