Albion youth football sweeps in playoff tuneup

Contributed Story Posted 12 October 2025 at 9:48 am

Tuning up for the upcoming playoffs, Albion scored a three game sweep over Attica in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action Saturday.

Beginner Division
Albion 33, Attica 6
Kenny Almonte had a huge game for the Beginner Eagles running for 303 yards and 4 touchdowns. Matthias Tre Ellis picked up 74 yards and a score.

Gunner Jackson, Xavier Weis and Almonte led the defense with 11 tackles a piece. Ellis was in on 7 stops, Drake Neri added 6, Jaxon Francis and Lexington Pridgen 5. Artavion Lewis, Roman Pridgen, Mason Rodden and Mayson Vosburgh each were in/ on stops.

Albion finishes the regular season 8-0. They will play Barker/Roy Hart in the North Division playoffs at Albion High School this Saturday at 10am.

Mini Division
Albion 33, Attica 8
Moses Taylor had a big day for the Mini Eagles defense with 15 tackles. Mason Cornick had 9 tackles, Conor Murphy 8 and Zeus Vallejo 7. Hudson Palmer had 6, Elian Almonte 5,Roman Tisdale and Zion Richardson 4 each. Patrick Westlund, Elijah Cornick, Landon Stalker ,Greyson Roberts and Wyatt Purnell 3 each. Carter Hall has 2 tackles. Roberts and Westlund each had a interception.

Almonte picked up 124 yards and 2 touchdowns on offense. Taylor had 74 yards and a score, Westlund 59 yards, Roberts 52 and both had a score. Elijah Cornick rushed for 19 yards, Palmer 12 and Murphy 6.

Albion finishes the season 7-1. They will play Barker/Roy Hart in the North Division playoffs at Albion High School this Saturday at Noon.

JV Division
Albion 31, Attica 0
Damareon Shine rushed for 124 yards, 3 scores and caught a TD pass from Jace DiMatteo. Jayce Torres rushed for 118 yards and a score, Camden Holt for 96 yards and DiMatteo 8 yards.

Shine had 13 tackles, Roman Allport and Holt 9 tackles, Kairo Bennett 8, AJ Lewis III 7, Jayden Russo and Kyle Schomske 5 each. Cooper Traxler, Harrison Froman, Liam Saporito, Edward Hammonds and Cayden Farrell 3 each. Matthew Colmerero,Isaac Button Arkell Lewis had 2 each. Lincoln Voorhees, Kolton Berry, Tyler Patten, Blaze Worrells, Owen Beecher, Jai’Kaih, Sebastian Stritzinger and Dominic Westlund were each in on tackles.

Albion finishes the regular season at 8-0. They will play Oakfield/Elba in the North Division playoffs at Albion High School this Saturday at 2pm.