Weekly H.S. Sports Schedule
Monday
Field Hockey – Nardin at Medina, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Elba at Lyndonville, Attica at Holley, Roy-Hart at Starpoint, Wilson at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Soccer – Section VI Class B playoffs – Olmsted at Medina, Eden at Akron, 3:30 p.m.; Newfane at Tapestry, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Section VI Class A playoffs – Albion at Williamsville South, 3:30 p.m.; Section V Class C1 playoffs – Alexander at Holley, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey – Kenmore at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Soccer – Section VI Class A2 playoffs – Lake Shore at Albion, 3:30 p.m. (tentative); Section V Class C1 playoffs – Red Creek at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Section VI Class B playoffs – Silver Creek at Akron, 3:30 p.m.; Chautauqua Lake at Barker/Lyndonville at Barker, Tonawanda at Roy-Hart, Medina at Falconer, Newfane at Allegany-Limestone, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey – Newfane at Medina, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Holley at YWCS, 5 p.m.

Thursday
Volleyball – Kendall at Alexander, 6:30 p.m.

Friday
Football – Batavia at Medina, Albion at Maryvale, Holley at Canisteo-Greenwood, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Section V Class D2 playoffs – Houghton at Lyndonville, 3 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Section V Class C2 playoffs – Kendall hosts the winner of the Warsaw vs. Genesee Valley-Belfast game at 6 p.m.
Volleyball – Holley at Sodus, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Football – Barker/Roy-Hart at Maritime, 2 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Section V Class C2 playoffs – Kendall will host the winner of the Cuba Rushford vs. Perry game at 7 p.m.

Contributed Photo – Conor Murphy scores a touchdown for the Albion Mini Eagles.

All three Albion teams scored wins Saturday in the semifinal round of the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) playoffs at Albion.

Beginners Division
Albion 34, Barker/Roy-Hart 12
Kenny Almonte rushed for a game high 172 yards and 2 scores for the Beginner Eagles offense. Gunner Jackson picked up 75 yards on the ground. Xavier Weis 39 yards, Trey Ellis 37 yards, both also had a TD run.

Almonte had 14 tackles for the defense on the day. Ellis 12, Weis 6, Artavion Lewis 4, Lexington Pridgen and Drake Neri 3 each, Jaxon Francis and Myles Labarge 2 each and Jaxon Nashburn 1.

Albion will play Batavia in a rematch of last years Championship game at 10 a.m. this Saturday in Newfane.

Mini Division
Albion 13, Barker/Roy-Hart 0
Avenging their lone defeat 13-0 to BRH 28 days ago, Albion beat BRH by the same 13-0 score.

After a scoreless first half, Conor Murphy’s followed the lead of Albion Varsity Purple Eagle Jackson Snook on Thursday Night and returned a fumble recovery 6 yards for a TD proved to be the game winner.

Murphy, Patrick Westlund, Elian Almonte and Moses Taylor led the Mini Eagles defense with 7 tackles. Mason Cornick 6, Jaidyn Harper 5, Hudson Palmer 4, Chase Armer, Zion Richardson 3 each, Zeus Vallejo and Wyatt Purnell 2 each.

Almonte rushed for 165 yards and a 51 yard TD. Taylor rushed for 27 yards and had 28 receiving. Westlund rushed for 24 yards, Harper 12 and Greyson Roberts 8.

Albion will play LeRoy in a rematch of last years Championship game at Noon this Saturday in Newfane.

JV Division
Albion defeated Oakfield-Alabama/Elba
Camden Holt had a TD run and caught 2 TDs from Jace DiMatteo for the JV Eagles offensive attack. Damareon Shine rushed for 2 TDs, Jayce Torres 1 rushing and 1 receiving, AJ Lewis III 1 receiving from Cayden Farrell and Kairo Bennett ran one in.

Lewis and Shine were in on 8 tackles. Jayden Russo and Holt 4 each. Farrell, Parker Gardner and Bennett 3 each. Kenny Witcroft, Kyle Schomske, Tyler Patten, Edward Hammonds, Roman Allport, Zayden Leflore, Matthew Colmerero, Arkell Lewis, Isaac Button, Harrison Froman, Blaze Worrells and Sebastian Stritzinger were all in on stops. Kaydence Russaw had a interception.

Albion will play LeRoy in a rematch of last years Championship game at 2 p.m. this Saturday in Newfane.

Weekend H.S. football scoring recap

C North Division Games
Medina 49, Cleveland Hill 0
Barker/Roy-Hart 40, Alden 21
Akron 33, JFK 6
Eden 53, Tonawanda 16
Honeoye Falls-Lima 49, Maritime 14 (non league)

C North Standings
Barker/Roy-Hart 5-0, 6-1
Akron 5-1, 5-2
Eden 4-1, 6-1
Medina 4-2, 5-2
Maritime 3-2, 4-3
Alden 1-4, 2-5
JFK 1-3, 2-5
Cleve Hill 1-4, 1-6
Tonawanda 0-6, 0-7

B2 Division Games
Albion 30, East Aurora/Holland 27
Iroquois 35, Olean 14
Lackawanna 18, Depew 13
Maryvale 48, Dunkirk 26

B2 Standings
Iroquois 6-0, 6-1
Lackawanna 5-1, 5-2
Depew 5-2, 5-2
Olean 4-2, 4-3
Maryvale 2-4, 3-4
Albion 1-5, 1-6
East Aurora 1-5, 1-6
Dunkirk 1-6, 1-6

Independent
St. Mary’s, Lancaster 52, Holley 0

Top seeded Kendall will begin Section V Class C2 girls soccer playoff competition with a home game at 6 p.m. Friday.

The Lady Eagles will host the winner of the opening round game between No. 8 Warsaw and No. 9 Genesee Valley Belfast.

Holley, which is seeded No. 5 in Class C1, will host Genesee Region League foe No. 12 Alexander at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round.

Top seeded Kendall will open defense of its Section V Class C2 boys soccer championship by hosting a quarterfinal round game at 7 p.m. next Saturday.

Kendall, which went 16-0 during the regular season, will face the winner of the opening round game between No. 8 Cuba-Rushford/Hinsdale and No. 9 Perry.

Holley, which is seeded No. 7, will host No. 10 Red Creek in a Class C1 first round contest at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Lyndonville, which is seeded No. 2 in Class D2, will host No. 7 Houghton in a quarterfinal game at 3 p.m. Friday.

Medina and Albion will both host opening round games in the Section VI boys soccer playoffs this coming week.

Medina, which is seeded No. 4 in Class B, will host No. 13 Olmsted at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victor will face the winner of the No. 5 Fredonia vs. No. 12 Southwestern game in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Albion, which is seeded No. 8 in Class A2, will host No. 9 Lake Shore on Wednesday at a time to be determined.

In other Class B openers, No. 7 Akron will host No. 10 Eden at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and No. 11 Newfane will visit No. 6 Tapestry at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Wilson, which is the No. 1 seed in Class C, will host the winner of the No. 8 North Collins vs. No. 9 Chautauqua Lake game at 3 p.m. Friday.

Seeded No. 8, Barker/Lyndonville will host No. 9 Chautauqua Lake at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Barker  in the opening round of the Section VI Class C girls soccer playoffs.

The victor will then visit top seeded Wilson in the quarterfinals at noon next Saturday.

In a Class A opener No. 11 Albion will visit No. 6 Williamsville South at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

In Class B openers on Wednesday No. 14 Medina will visit No. 3 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove at 6 p.m.; No. 4 Roy-Hart will host No. 13 Tonawanda at 6 p.m.; No. 6 Akron will host No. 11 Silver Creek at 3:30 p.m. and No. 12 Newfane will visit No. 5 Allegany-Limestone at 6 p.m..

Photos by Tom Rivers: Luke Fay, right, of Barker finished about a half second ahead of his teammate Peyton Wagner in today’s Niagara-Orleans League cross country race at Lakeside State Park. Fay, a senior, tore his right meniscus last year and worked his way back in top running form to win the league title. Barker took six of the top seven spots in the race. Fay won the race in 17:52.87, with Wagner, a junior, next in at 17:53.25.

In capturing a second straight league championship Barker dominated at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League boys cross-country meet at Lakeside Beach State Park today as the Bulldogs took six of the top seven finishing spots.

Barker, which went 6-0 during the regular season, garnered 16 points to win the meet by 60 points as Albion was second with  76 followed by Akron 90, Medina 93, Newfane 125, Roy-Hart 134 and Wilson 169.

Barker’s Luke Fay won the race in a time of 17:52.87. He was followed by five of his Bulldogs teammates as Peyton Wagner finished second, Gabe Nestoros third, Logan Wagner fourth, Ethan Gancasz sixth and Grayson Prynn seventh.

Medina’s Cole Hughes, who finished fifth, rounds out the All League first team.

The All-League second team, comprised of the 8th – 14th place finishers, included, in order, Stryker Sanders (Albion), Logan Meyers (Akron), Sean Milczarski (Newfane), Aron Gehl (Akron), Tristian Tilbe (Albion), Matt Bloom (Albion) and Bryan Parris (Barker).

Eden Hillman, right, of Newfane is out in front in today’s girls race. She defended her title, winning the race in 19:36.61, with Taylor Alvord of Roy-Hart in second. Hillman won the race as a seventh-grader a year ago in 21:41. She lowered her time by more than two minutes in winning today’s title.

Newfane completed an 11th straight N-O championship season by winning the girls All-League meet with 36 points followed by Roy-Hart 48, Akron 50 and Albion 92. Barker, Medina and Wilson all had incomplete teams.

Newfane’s Eden Hillman won the race in a time of 19:36.61.

Rounding out the top seven finishers which comprises the All League first team were, in order, Taylor Alvord (Roy-Harr), Julia Rohde (Roy-Hart), Abigail Bower (Akron), Talia Rupp (Medina). Kylee Rebmann (Akron) and Jordyn Centner (Newfane).

The All- League second team, comprised of the 8th – 14th place finishers, included, in order, Kayla Hallman (Newfane), Mirabelle Strong (Barker), Mackenzie Hill (Newfane), Marissa Bryant (Roy-Hart), Adele Mathes (Albion), Makayla Pask (Akron) and Kristine Wall (Akron).

Medina has two runners on the first team, All League. Talia Rupp was fifth overall in the girls race and Cole Hughes was fifth overall for the boys.

Albion’s top finishers are both freshmen. Stryker Sanders was 8th overall in the boys race in a time of 18:58, while Adele Mathes was 12th overall in the girls race in 23:06. Both are on second team, All League.

For the 11^th straight year Newfane won the girls league title with another undefeated season.

The Barker boys defended their title and are now league champs the past two seasons. They were undefeated during the season.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Kaylee Stoll drives the ball up field ahead of Medina defender Isabelle Perez during the Lady Bulldogs home field win over the Mustangs this morning.

Scoring in every quarter, Barker downed Medina 7-2 this morning in the host Lady Bulldogs Niagara-Orleans League field hockey season finale.

The teams were deadlocked at 1-1 at the end of the first quarter as Madelina Pavlock scored for Barker and Emi Batista for Medina.

The Lady Bulldogs then grabbed a slender 3-2 lead at the half on second quarter goals by Kaylee Stoll and Sophia Gerhardt. Ava Blount scored for Medina during that stretch.

Barker then broke the contest open by outscoring Medina 4-0 in the second half.

Milayna May scored a goal in both the third and fourth quarters for the Lady Bulldogs while Pavlock scored twice in the final stanza to complete her hat-trick.

Barker finishes the N-O season at 10-2 while Medina is 5-6 with one N-O game remaining next Wednesday against Newfane.

Medina’s Sophia Castricone goes between Barker defenders Sophia Gerhardt and Milayna May.

Wilson 6, Kenmore 2
Wilson improved to 4-7 in N-O action with a 6-2 win over Kenmore (3-7) as Taylor Ernest and Clara Ferdinand each scored two goals and Katie Hardy and Brynn Lepsch both netted one.

Akron 8, Newfane 0
Improving to 11-0, Akron locked up outright possession of a sixth straight N-O title with an 8-0 win over Newfane.

Morgan Tomporowski scored five goals to lead the Lady Tigers as Mackenzie Tomporowski, Lexie Salmon and Avery Monkelbaan each had one.

N-O Standings: Akron 11-0, Barker 10-2, Medina 5-6, Roy-Hart 4-7, Wilson 4-7, Kenmore 3-7, Newfane 1-9.

Barker’s Lexi Brazzel works to keep the ball away from Medina’s Malloree Rinker.