Southwestern High School star quarterback Zack Sopak will continue his football career next year by attending Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA.

Sopak quarterbacked the Trojans to a pair of New York State Class-C titles and was the MVP in both title games.  Southwestern became just the fourth school in WNY history to win back-to-back state championships.

Sopak won the Connolly Cup, presented to Western New York’s most outstanding football player.  He completed 101 of 161 passes for a school record 1,847 yards and 21 touchdown passes.  He also rushed for 805 yards and 10 scores.

He lost all of one game in three years as their starting quarterback.

Washington & Jefferson is a perennial Division III powerhouse with 26 consecutive winning seasons.  Coincidently (or definitely not) their coach is Mike Sirianni, a 1990 Southwestern graduate and older brother Sopack’s high school coach Jay.