Albion and Medina face interdivisional foes

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 September 2021 at 10:08 am

Albion will host Wilson at 7 p.m. Friday and Medina will visit Lackawanna at 1 p.m. Saturday for interdivisional football games.

Albion and Wilson, which have not met on the gridiron since 1990, are both off to 2-0 starts to the season.

The Lakemen are coming off a 20-0 win over Cleveland Hill which saw quarterback Tyler Yousett throw three touchdown passes.

The Purple Eagles, which bested Maryale 22-7 last weekend in a B North Division contest, are led offensively by quarterback Amari Jones who had thrown 4 TD passes, 3 to Javon Jones and 1 to Tyler Gibson.

The Albion defense has yielded only 9 points in two games.

Lackawanna, which defeated JFK 42-8 last weekend, is 1-1 on the young season. The Steelers, which last faced Medina in 2018, hold an 8-3 lead in the series with the Mustangs.

The Mustangs offense is led by quarterback Xander Payne who had thrown for 6 touchdown passes including 2 both Jarin Rhim and Greg Thompsn and 1 each to Joe Cecchini and Iverson Poole.

Defensively, the Mustangs have given up just 6 points in two games.

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville will host Maryvale in a B North Division game at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Silverbacks are 0-1 and the Flyers 0-2.

In Section V 8 Man Division competition, Holley will visit Wellsville at 6 p.m. Saturday.