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Lyndonville/Barker and Holley will open Class C1 boys soccer sectionals at home
Seeded No. 8, Lyndonville/Barker will open Section V Class C1 boys soccer playoff competition by hosting No. 9 Pembroke at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Lyndonville. The winner will visit top seeded East Rochester on Saturday.
Holley is seeded No. 3 in Class C1 and the Hawks will open at home on Saturday at 7 against the winner of Wednesday’s No. 11 Red Creek vs. No. 6 Bloomfield game.
Kendall, which is seeded No. 9 in Class C2, will open at No. 8 Perry at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will visit No. 1 Geneseo on Saturday.
Kendall girls earn No. 1 seed in Class C2; Holley is No. 3 seed in Class C1
Kendall, which went 15-1 during the regular season, has earned the No. 1 seed for the Section V Class C2 girls soccer tournament which begins this coming week.
Kendall will open at home on Friday against the winner of Tuesday’s game between No. 9 Warsaw and No. 8 Naples.
Holley, which posted a 10-5-1 regular season record, is the No. 3 seed in Class C1 and will host No. 14 Letchworth at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The victor will advance to Friday’s quarterfinal against the winner of Tuesday’s No. 6 Geneseo vs. No. 11 Cuba Rushford/Bolivar Richburg game.
Barker boys and Akron girls score wins at the annual N-O cross-country All-League meet
Photos by Tom Rivers: Quinn O’Malley, an Akron sophomore, is out in front while running along the Lake Ontario shoreline in today’s boys race for the Niagara Orleans Cross Country Championship at Lakeside Beach State park in Carlton. O’Malley won the race in a time of 17:39.97.
The Barker boys and Akron girls teams both completed undefeated Niagara-Orleans League Cross-Country championship seasons with victories at the annual All League meet held this morning at Lakeside Beach State Park.
The Barker boys, which went 6-0 during the dual meet portion of the season, took top honors today with 31 points followed by Medina 69, Albion 77, Akron 78, Newfane 101 and Wilson 190.
Peyton Wagner, a Barker senior, finished second in the boys race for the second straight year. He ran the 5K in 17:53, with Cole Hughes of Medina in third at 18:03. Wagner led the Barker team to its third straight league title.
The Akron girls, which likewise went 6-0 during the regular season, won today’s race with 37 points followed by Newfane 42, Albion 74, Barker 76 and Medina 120.
Akron’s Quinn O’Malley won the boys race in a time of 17:39.97. He was followed in order by Peyton Wagner (Barker), Cole Hughes (Medina), Grayson Prynn (Barker), Logan Wagner (Barker), John Murphy (Newfane) and Jonathan Dix (Medina) to complete the All League first team.
The All-League second team, which is composed of runners finishing 8-14, includes, in order, Stryker Sanders (Albion), Hunter Sweeney (Barker), Matt Bloom (Albion), Chace Atwater (Barker), Peyton Waterbury (Akron), Niall Boyle (Medina) and Anthony Taliaferro (Barker).
Eden Hillman, a Newfane freshman, won the girls race for the third straight year. She completed the curse in 20:14, more than a minute ahead of the second place finisher.
Newfane’s Eden Hillman was a repeat winner in the girls race with a time of 20:14.05. She was followed across the finish line in order by Abigail Bower (Akron), Jenn Achtyl (Newfane), Hayden Barlow (Wilson), Aleece O’Malley (Akron), Kylee Rebmann (Akron) and Mirabelle Strong (Barker) to round out the All League first team.
The All League second team (runners 8-14), in order, includes Hannah Monaco (Barker), Kendall Dzierzanowski (Wilson), Aine Davis (Barker), Makayla Pask (Akron), Marissa Bryant (Roy-Hart), Mackenzie Hill (Newfane) and Adele Mathes (Albion).
Abigail Bower, an Akron sophomore, was second with a time of 21:17. She led the Akron team to winning the girls title, breaking Newfane’s 11-year run as league champs.
Adele Mathes, right, was the first Albion girl to finish followed by teammate Aubrey Bruning. They were 14th and 15th overall, respectively.
Albion, R-H/Medina will open girls soccer sectionals on the road; Barker/Lynd. at home
Albion and Roy-Hart/Medina will both open Section VI girls soccer playoff competition on the road this coming week.
Seeded No. 9, Albion will visit No. 8 Southwestern at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the opening round of the Section VI Class B girls soccer playoffs.
The winner will advance to a Saturday contest at No. 1 Allegany-Limestone.
Roy-Hart/Medina, which is seeded No. 10, will visit No. 7 Iroquois at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the opening round of the Class A playoffs.
The victor will face the winner of the No. 13 Dunkirk vs. No. 2 Starpoint game on Saturday.
Barker/Lyndonville, which is seeded No. 8, will host No. 9 Franklinville at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Class C opener. The winner will visit No. 1 seed Wilson on Saturday.
Also in Class B on Wednesday No. 12 Newfane will visit No. 6 Salamanca. Akron, which is seeded No. 2 , will open at home on Saturday against the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 7 Silver Creek/Forestville and No. 10 Tonawanda.
Wilson wins to even N-O field hockey record
Wilson downed rival Newfane 7-2 this morning to regain the .500 mark at 5-5 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey competition.
Taylor Ernest and Brynn Lepsch both scored 3 goals and Julia Durkee 1 for Wilson.
Grace Seib had a goal for Newfane which is now 2-8.
N-O Standings – Akron 10-0, Barker 9-2, Wilson 5-5, Kenmore 5-5, Medina 3-7, Newfane 2-8, Roy-Hart 2-9.
Purple Eagles and Mustangs will open Sec. VI Class B soccer sectionals with home games
Albion and Medina will both be opening the Section VI Class B boys soccer playoffs with home games this coming week.
Albion, which is seeded No. 16, will host No. 17 Pine Valley-Gowanda at 3:30 p.m. Monday. The winner will then visit No. 1 seed Lafayette on Tuesday.
Medina, which is seeded No. 7, will host No. 10 Tonawanda at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The victor will then face the winner of Tuesday’s No. 16 Olmsted vs. No. 2 Allegany-Limestone game on Thursday.
Also in Class B, No. 4 Akron will host No. 13 Cassadaga Valley-Falconer at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and No. 11 Newfane will visit No. 6 Southwestern at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
In Class C, No. 10 Roy-Hart will visit No. 10 Holland at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Wilson is seeded No. 1 in Class C and will open at home on Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s game between No. 8 Silver Creek-Forestville and No. 9 Frewsburg.
Holley board won’t vote to dissolve police this year, but expects to make cuts
Photo by Tom Rivers: The Holley Police station is located at 8 Thomas St. The department has been in Holley since 1930.
HOLLEY – The Village Board won’t be voting anytime soon to dissolve the police department or put the issue to a public vote.
Instead, the Village Board will look to reduce spending in the department in the village budget, with dissolution a possible focus the following year, said Holley Mayor Mark Bower.
The mayor said he values the police department but also is aware of a high tax burden for village residents. He praised the Holley Police Department for its quick response on Tuesday when a man who was allegedly highly intoxicated fired multiple gun shots from a Geddes Street address. That man was taken into custody without anyone being harmed.
The Village Board said the police budget accounts for over $500,000 to village taxpayers each year. That is precisely $523,973 of the village’s $2,165,925 budget in 2026-27.
Mayor Bower said the board is determined to try to bring down the tax burden in the village. Residents and some of the larger businesses in Holley tell him the taxes are too high in the village.
The Holley PD has a chief, two full-time officers and six part-timers. There are officers on duty nearly 24-7. There are currently two night shifts not filled each week.
Bower said the village will look to make some reductions to bring down costs but won’t be looking at dissolving the department this budget cycle or in the 2027-28 fiscal year.
Fall foliage at midpoint peak in Orleans County
Photos by Tom Rivers: Mount Albion Cemetery feels like a kaleidoscope of colors. The leaves were green, orange, yellow and red on Friday with many leaves coming down. The cemetery is officially accredited as an arboretum by ArbNet and The Morton Arboretum.
Much of New York State will be in peak fall foliage colors this week, according to I Love NY, while it’s closer to midpoint peak in Orleans County.
“Bright, beautiful foliage continues to spread across New York State with peak colors anticipated throughout the Catskills this weekend, as well as in many parts of the Adirondacks and Central New York regions,” I Love NY stated on Wednesday during its weekly fall foliage update.
This weekly map from I Love NY expects peak fall foliage around most of the New York State.
It will be near peak in parts of the Greater Niagara region but most of the local area still has a lot of green leaves, the tourism promotion organization said.
There is a local volunteer observer who reported: “65% change at the Cobblestone Museum in Albion with bright and radiant amber, auburn and ruby leaves.”
Mount Albion has over 1,100 trees representing roughly 65 different species including sugar maples, oaks, beech, basswood, hemlock, dogwood, pine, cedar and chestnut.
Barker/Roy-Hart clinches tie for C North title
Barker/Roy-Hart clinched at least a tie for a second straight C North Division championship by scoring a 51-26 win at Alden this evening.
Barker/Roy-Hart stays undefeated in the division at 6-0 heading into the C North finale against Cleveland Hill on Thursday evening at 7 at Barker.
Carter DerSarkissian scored 6 touchdowns, including an 80 yard punt return, to spearhead the Barker/Roy-Hart attack which also included a touchdown run of 3 yards by Jeff Waters.
DerSarkissian, who had 10 carries for a total of 219 yards, had touchdown runs of 68, 42, 15, 14 and 13 yards along with the long punt return for a score.
Barker/Roy-Hart led 51-7 after three quarters.
Albion/Medina romps past Amherst 56-6
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Parker Roberts picks up yardage for Albion/Medina during the Rivals 56-6 romp over Amherst at Vets Park this evening.
A big six touchdown first half scoring explosion powered Albion/Medina to a 56-6 romp over Amherst in a B1 Division game this evening at Vets Park.
The Rivals jumped out to a quick 16-0 first quarter lead on touchdown runs of 53 and 2 yards by Elijah Doxey. Jayzon Wills and Doxey took turns running for the two-point conversions.
The Rivals, which played virtually the entire half in the Amherst end of the field, saw the advantage balloon to 43-0 at halftime after a burst of four touchdowns in the second quarter.
Doxey had touchdown runs of 13 and 18 yards, Wills a 3 yard TD carry and quarterback Preston Woodworth a 3 yard TD pass to Wills. Boe Preston tacked on three extra points kicks during that stretch.
A 50 yard punt return by Doxey set up Wills’ TD run and an interception by Rocco Sidari set up the Woodworth to Wills TD pass.
The Rivals capped off the lopsided victory with a pair of second half touchdowns on a 16 yard Woodworth to Noah Harrison pass in the third quarter and a 3 yard Preston to Sidari pass in the final period. Preston added the PAT kick after the first score.
The second half was played with a running clock.
Albion/Medina improves to 5-1 in the division and 6-1 overall heading into next Friday’s regular season finale, a key B1 contest against McKinley at Albion.
Boe Preston throws a touchdown pass for the Rivals as Amherst’s Brian Fiorito trys to block the throw.
