Barker/Lyndonville girls soccer team preps for N-O League debut

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Veteran members of the Barker/Lyndonvile girls soccer squad include, in front, Lillyana Reyes, Braelynn Dillenbeck, Arnie Sturtevant, Isabella Groves, Leah Costello and Natalie Rath. In back are Aine Davis, Delaney Johnson, Abigail Alexander, Brooke Robinson, Alexa Robinson, Rylan Townsend and Annalee Clark. Missing is Lilly Raduns.

It is a new league affiliation and a new lead school this season for the now Barker/Lyndonville girls varsity soccer squad.

For the last couple of years Lyndonville was the lead school for the then Lyndonville/Barker team which competed in the Genesee Region League.

Now Barker is the lead school for the Barker/Lyndonville squad which will be competing in the Niagara-Orleans League.

Barker/Lyndonville returns a large, mostly underclassmen, veteran group including seniors Brooke Robinson, Rylan Townsend, Lilly Raduns and Isabella Groves; juniors Leah Costello and Annalee Clark; sophomores Alexa Robinson, Lillyana Reyes, Abigail Alexander, Arnie Sturtevant and freshmen Natalie Rath, Delaney Johnson, Aine Davis and Braelynn Dillenbeck.

“We have some kids who play travel ball which really helps and the majority of our players have a lot of game experience so we hope that will pay off for us,” said Coach Lee Dillenbeck. “We’re looking forward to the season to competing in the N-O League and growing our program.”

Barker/Lyndonville will visit CSAT on August 29 before beginning N-O competition at Wilson on September 5.