Tigers score a very special soccer victory; Medina boys and Lady Tigers also score wins

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Colton Smith (7) and Juan Alberdi (14) work to keep the ball away from Newfane’s Alex Tate during the Tigers home field win this afternoon.

For the Lyndonville High boys varsity soccer team his afternoon’s 1-0 victory over visiting Newfane was a very special one.

Not only was it Lyndonville’s first varsity win after not fielding a team last year but it was also the milestone 200th career win for Tigers Coach Wes Bradley.

“It was definitely a solid performance by the entire team,” said Bradley who came out of retirement this season to guide the restart of the Tigers varsity program.

The stint at the Tigers helm is the second for Bradley who organized the Lyndonville boys soccer program in 1976 and guided the Tigers for 22 years before retiring in 2002 with 199 wins.

Colton Smith scored the only goal the Tigers needed with nine minutes to go in the first half off a corner kick by Michael Alexander.

Brody Hazel earned the shutout in goal as the quartet of Alexander, Jesus Rosario, Shannon Withey and Austin Fonda anchored the Tigers defense,

Lyndonville goalie Brody Hazel goes to make a save against a shot attempt by Newfane’s Kasey Wheat.

Medina 6, Pembroke 0

All of the scoring came in the first half as Medina shutout host Pembroke 6-0 in the Mustangs non league season opener.

Alek Seefeldt scored 3 goals, Cole Callard 2 and Vinny Gray 1 for the Mustangs.

Seefeldt, Callard, Gray, Tyler Kroening and Trenton Morley all had assists.

Girls Soccer

Lyndonville 9, CSAT 0

Building up a 6-0 halftime advantage, Lyndonville went on to blank host CSAT 9-0 in a non league season opener.

Alexa Robinson scored 3 goals as Braelynn Dillenbeck, Arnie Sturtevant and Natalie Rath each had 2.