Albion youth football teams score three wins

Contributed Story Posted 5 October 2025 at 9:35 am

Contributed Photo – Kenny Almonte turned this carry into a touchdown right before halftime for the Beginner Eagles.

Albion scored a three game sweep over host Pembroke in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action Saturday.

Beginner Division
Albion 39, Pembroke 6

Kenny Almonte ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the offensive attack. Xavier Weis ran for 102, Matthias Tre Ellis ran for 75 and each had a score. Roman Pridgen picked up 12 yards and Gunner Jackson 11 yards.

Almonte had 12 tackles for the Beginner Eagles defense, Weis 8, Jaxon Francis and Ellis 4 each. Jackson 3, Artavion Lewis and Drake Neri 2 each. Gaven Jackson. Myles Labarge, Lexington Pridgen and Jaxon Nashburn were each in on stops.

Mini Division
Albion 34, Pembroke 0

The defense came up huge for the Mini Eagles, holding Pembroke to negative yards on offense. Moses Taylor led the defense with 11 tackles, Jaidyn Harper 10, Conor Murphy 9, Zeus Vallejo 8 and Chase Armer 7, Patrick Westlund, Greyson Roberts, Elijah Cornick, Mason Cornick and Zion Richardson each had 2.

Roberts rushed for 65 yards and 2 touchdowns and passed for 39 yards. Westlund ran for 48 yards, Murphy 33 yards, Harper 31 yards and each had a score. Taylor picked up 42 yards and had 39 receiving. Elijah Cornick 35 yards and Hudson Palmer 6 yards.

JV Division
Albion 42, Pembroke 0

Damareon Shine rushed for 66 yards, had 60 receiving and a total of 4 touchdowns on the day to lead the JV Eagles. Jayce Torres picked up 71 yards and a score. Kaydence Russaw had 37 yards, Camden Holt 28, Jai’Kaih Drisdom 31 and AJ Lewis III 20. Jace DiMatteo passed for 124 yards and 2 scores. Lincoln Voorhees had 21 yards receiving and a PAT reception.

Lewis led the defense with 10 tackles. Roman Allport had 7 and Isaac Button 5. Matthew Colmerero, Cayden Farrell,Kairo Bennett, Shine, Harrison Froman and Kyle Schomske had 3 each. Torres, Edward Hammonds, Holt and Parker Gardner 2 each. Chris Swan, Parker McDaniels, Eli States and Liam Saporito were each in on tackles. Holt also scored on a fumble return.