H.S. football season kicks off this weekend

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Quarterbacks Bo Preston (Albion), left, Preston Woodworth (Medina) and Tysen McCaa (Barker/Roy-Hart) will lead their teams into Friday night’s season openers on the road.

The high school football season will kickoff this weekend with all four local teams opening on the road.

Friday night’s three matchups will have Albion at Lew-Port, Medina at Silver Creek/Forestville and Barker/Roy-Hart at Newfane. All three are interdivisional contests which are scheduled for 7 p.m.

On Saturday, Holley will make its return to 11 man competition after seven years of playing 8 man as the Hawks visit Cardinal O’Hara in Tonawanda at 1 p.m. The Hawks are playing an independent schedule this season.

Albion holds an 8-4 lead in the all time series with Lew-Port but the Lancers have won the last two by margins of 19-18 in 2023 and 27-16 last fall.

The Purple Eagles will begin B2 Division competition next Friday at Dunkirk.

Medina will be facing Silver Creek/Forestville, which is in Class D, for the first time. However, Medina has faced Silver Creek once before in 1980 when the Mustang downed the Black Knights 20-14 in the Section VI championship game at then Rich, now Highmark, Stadium.

The Mustangs will begin defense of their C North Division title at Alden next Friday. Last fall the Mustangs earned a one-third share of a fifth straight C North title as Medina, Alden and Newfane all finished with identical 6-1 records.

The Barker/Roy-Hart game is also an interdivisional contest as Newfane has dropped from the C North to the D Division this year.

Barker/Roy-Hart will begin C North Division competition next Friday against Akron.