Sectional soccer playoffs get underway today

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Garret Jones and his Albion teammates will open Section VI soccer playoff action at home this afternoon against Pine Valley-Gowanda at 3:30 p.m.

Sectional soccer playoff competition gets underway this afternoon as No. 16 seed Albion hosts No. 17 Pine Valley-Gowanda in a Section VI Class B game at 3:30 p.m.

Albion went 0-9-1 in Niagara-Orleans League action and 2-13-1 overall during the regular season while Pine Valley-Gowanda was 0-14.

The victor will have little time to celebrate as the next round is Tuesday and the opponent will be top seeded Lafayette which went 11-1 in the Buffalo league and 12-4 overall.

Garret Jones had 5 goals and 2 assists and Brendan Smith 4 goals to lead the Purple Eagles offense.

Medina will begin Class B competition on Tuesday as the No. 7 seeded Mustangs (6-4, 10-4-1) will host No. 10 Tonawanda (4-6-2, 4-9-3) at 4 p.m. at Vets Park.

The winner will visit No. 2 Allegany-Limestone (9-0-1, 11-2-2) on Thursday.

Offensively the Mustangs have been led by Aidan Papaj (30 goals, 12 assists), Aleks Seefeldt (14 goals, 14 assists), Izzy Anderson (9 goals, 15 assists) and Cam Fike (7 goals, 4 assists).

Roy-Hart will begin Class C competition on Tuesday as the No. 10 seeded Rams (1-8-1, 4-11-1) visit No. 7 Holland (5-6-1, 7-8-1)at 3:30 p.m.

The Rams have been sparked offensively by Michael Fuller (19 goals, 7 assists), Jack Trombley (6 goals, 2 assists) and Joshua Jennings (1 goal, 10 assists).

Also on Tuesday, the No. 3 seeded Holley girls (10-5-1) will host No 14 Letchworth (0-15) at 6 p.m. in a Section V Class C1 game.

In Section VI girls competition on Wednesday No. 10 Roy-Hart/Medina (4-6, 7-9) will visit No. 7 Iroquois (5-5, 8-7 at 3:30 p.m. in Class A; N0. 9 Albion (5-5, 7-7) will visit No. 8 Southwestern (6-6, 7-9) at 7 p.m. in Class B and No. 8 Barker/Lyndonville (3-7, 9-7) will host No. 9 Franklinville (2-8. 4-11) at 3:30 p.m. in Class C.

In Section V boys action on Wednesday No. 8 Lyndonville/Barker (8-8) will host No. 9 Pembroke (6-8-2) at 5:30 p.m. at Barker in Class C1 and No. 9 Kendall (7-7-2) will visit No. 8 Perry (8-6-2) at 6 p.m. in Class C2.

The time and location of the Lyndonville/Barker game has been changed from the original schedule.

The Lyndonville/Barker vs. Pembroke winner will visit top seeded East Rochester (14-1) on Saturday and the Kendall vs. Perry winner will visit No. 1 Geneseo (14-1-1) also on Saturday.