Albion youth football teams sweep Newfane

Contributed Story Posted 14 September 2025 at 9:55 am

Contributed Photo – Moses Taylor picks up yardage for the Mini Division Eagles.

Albion swept to three wins over Newfane in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action Saturday.

Beginner Division
Albion 41, Newfane 6

Kenny Almonte rushed for 135 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Eagles offense. Xavier Weis added 73 yards, Lexington Pridgen 44 yards, Gunner Jackson 12 yards and all had a score. Jaxon Francis added 4 yards.

Almonte had 19 tackles on defense. Weis had 8 tackles, Francis 7, Jaxon Nashburn 4, Myles Labarge and Mason Rodden 3 each, Pridgen, Jackson and Artavion Lewis 2 each and Roman Pridgen and James Mahoney 1 each.

Mini Division
Albion 12 Newfane 6

Trailing 6-0 at the half, touchdown runs by Greyson Roberts and Moses Taylor gave Albion the 12-6 victory. Taylor ended the day with 131 yards on the ground, Roberts added 59 yards.

Jaidyn Harper led the defense with 7 tackles, Zion Richardson and Hudson Palmer had 5 each. Conor Murphy, Mason Cornick and Chase Armer 4 each. Patrick Westlund, Taylor and Zeus Vallejo 3 tackles. Wyatt Purnell, Elijah Cornick and Roman Tisdale 1 each.

JV Division
Albion 41 Newfane 14

Scoring on 4 of their first six plays, Albion jumped out to a 26-0 led and never looked back.

Damareon Shine ran for 69 yards and caught a 53 yard td pass from Jace DiMatteo for the Eagles offense. Arthur Lewis III and Camden Holt each ran for 59 yards and a score. Cayden Farrell ran for 49 yards, Jai’Kiah Drisdom 44 yards, Jayce Torres 38 yards and Matthew Colmerero 16 yards. DiMatteo ran for a score and added another TD pass to Holt. Farell added a TD pass to Torres.

Lewis III led the defense with 10 tackles. Isaac Barbz Button added 6, Roman Allport 5, Farrell 4, Kaydence Russaw and Kairo Bennett 3 each. Torres, Holt, Harrison Froman, Prince McGill, Kyle Schomske and Dominic Westlund had 2 each. Sebastian Stritzinge, Zachary Rice, Kolton Berry, Kenny Witcroft, Colmerero, Lincoln Voorhees, Cooper Traxler and Parker Gardner were all in on tackles.