Albion girls and Holley boys win soccer sectional openers

No. 9 seed Albion edged past host No. 8 Maryvale this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 girls soccer playoffs.

Trailing 1-0, Albion rallied for two goals in the final 20 minutes to claim the win and advance to a quarterfinal meeting at top seeded City Honors on Friday.

Albion tied the game when Mariah Plain scored off an assist from Abby Scanlan with 18:21 remaining.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles then got the game winner less than two minutes later as Abbie Pappalardo scored off an assist from Plain at the 16:26 mark.

The Purple Eagles improve to 9-7-1.

Also in Class B1, No. 10 Newfane lost 3-0 at No. 7 Olean.

In Class B2, No. 6 Wilson defeated no. 11 Pine Valley 5-0 as Skylar Munnikhuysen had 2 goals and 2 assists and Leia Cloy 2 goals.

Boys Soccer

Holley 2, Cuba-Rushford 1

A pair of first half goals proved to be just enough to earn No. 6 seed Holley a 2-1 win over No. 11 Cuba-Rushford in a Section V Class C1 opening round boys soccer playoff game at Warsaw.

Carson Major scored the first goal off an assist from Kohl Morgan and Karl Biedlingmaier netted what proved to be the game winner for the Hawks.

Improving to 9-7-1, Holley next visits No. 3 Addison in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Volleyball
Medina 23-25-25-25, Lyndonville 25-19-23-5
Medina defeated visiting Lyndonville 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-5 this evening in a make-up non league volleyball match.

In the decisive fourth set Ellie Gross served up point 1-7, Jordan Lugo 9-13, Julia Howard 16-18 and Destiny Richardson 23-25 for the Mustangs.

Gross had a total of 14 aces and 5 kills and Kimani Poole 3 aces and 3 kills,