Albion youth football teams split in 4 games

Contributed Photo – Albion’s Tre Ellis makes a tackle on Elliott Morrison of LeRoy during Saturday’s action.
The Albion youth football teams earned a split of four games in Niagara Orleans Football Association action on Saturday.
The Albion Beginners earned an 18-6 victory over LeRoy behind a strong rushing performance from Myles LaBarge.
LaBarge led the Albion offense with 171 rushing yards and three touchdowns. James Mahoney added 47 yards, while Hudson Hodgins contributed nine yards and Jaxon Nashburn added two yards.
Defensively, Tanner Beecher, Levi Purnell, LaBarge, Mahoney and Hodgins were all in on tackles as Albion’s defense held LeRoy to six points.
The Albion Minis battled LeRoy in a defensive matchup, coming up just short in a 6-0 loss.
Albion’s defense turned in a strong performance, led by Hudson Palmer with eight tackles. Gunner Jackson and Patrick Westlund recorded seven tackles each, while Lexington Pridgen, Drake Neri, Elijah Cornick and Xavier Weis each finished with five.
Tre Ellis, KK Richardson, Arlen Beecher and Jaxon Sloper added three tackles apiece, with Colton Daggs recording two. Jaxon Francis, Quinton Gottberg, Chazz Monacelli and Jordan Button also contributed with tackles for the Albion defense.
Offensively, Ellis led Albion with 19 rushing yards, followed by Westlund with 12 and Jackson with 11. Cornick added six yards, Weis finished with four and Palmer contributed three yards on the ground.
The Albion JV team fell to a strong LeRoy squad, 33-0, despite a hard-working defensive effort.
Kaydence Russaw led the Albion defense with an impressive 13 tackles. Arkell Lewis and Kairo Bennett recorded eight tackles each, while Parker Gardner finished with seven and Conor Murphy added six. Jaidyn Harper recorded five tackles, Jayce Torres and Elijah Warren had three each, David Parsell and Mason Cornick added two apiece, and Jai’Kaih Drisdom recorded one tackle.
Offensively, Drisdom led Albion with 31 rushing yards, followed closely by Torres with 30. Greyson Roberts added six yards and Harper finished with four yards on the ground.
Albion’s Varsity team turned in an impressive all-around performance, defeating Newfane 55-15.
Jeramiah Hildreth made all four of his touches count, finding the end zone each time. Hildreth scored on touchdown runs of 4, 26 and 45 yards and added a 37-yard touchdown reception from Jace DiMatteo. AJ Lewis added two touchdowns, while Damareon Shine rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown. Camden Holt added 39 yards on the ground, followed by Jace Wright with six, Matthew Colmenero with four and Roman Allport with two.
Holt also made a huge impact defensively, returning an interception 92 yards for a touchdown, recovering a fumble and adding two tackles. Lewis led the Albion defense with 12 tackles, followed by Conner Hinkley with five and Ryan Gardner with four.
Allport, Shine, Wright, Hildreth and Brady Graham each recorded two tackles. Cooper Traxler, Hudson Armer, Kayden Donnelly, Liam Saporito and Colmenero were also in on stops. Colmenero added a pair of fumble recoveries to help Albion’s defense create several turnovers in the victory.











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