Holley, Kendall girls surge to opening wins

Medina, Albion boys squads bow

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – SEASON OPENER: Holley’s Riley Sanger leads a rush up field during the Lady Hawks season opening 3-0 home field victory over Pembroke this evening.

Big second half scoring bursts earned Holley and Kendall season opening Genesee Region League girls soccer victories today.

Holley bunched all of its scoring into the second half for a 3-0 victory over visiting Pembroke as did Kendall in posting a 2-0 win at Alexander.

Holley in fact bunched all of its scoring into the final 20 minutes as Bailey Papaj netted the first two goals, off assists from Monica Merlau and Emily Pearson. Riley Sanger tallied the final goal off an assist from Samantha Barniak.

“They executed the things we talked about at half-time and made better decisions,” Holley coach Jill Mann Klotzbach said. “It was a great second half.”

Kendall got second half goals from Rachel Ackles and Nicole Browe as Maya Rutland and Shelby Reis earned the assists.

Kari Hurlbutt earned the shut-out in goal.

“It took a little bit for us to get going but we’re off to a good start,” Kendall coach Pam Beres said.

Boys Soccer

Newfane 4, Medina 3 OT
NEWFANE – A big second half rally wasn’t quite enough as Medina dropped a narrow 4-3 double overtime decision to Newfane in the Niagara-Orleans League opener.

Newfane jumped out to a 2-0 half-time advantage on goals by Jon George and Michael Lekanka.

However, Medina battled back to knot the contest in the second half on a pair of goals by Steven Anderson.

Newfane regained a 3-2 lead on a goal by Patrick Eadie but again the Mustangs answered back, this time on a penalty kick goal by Anderson with just a minute and a half remaining in regulation time to send the contest into overtime.

The Panthers then pulled out the win when Ethan Harpst scored in the final three minutes of the second extra period.

Akron 4, Roy-Hart 0
AKRON – First half goals by Randy Mayer, Nick Doria and Chris Mayrose powered Akron to a 4-0 N-O opening win over Roy-Hart.

Wheatland-Chili 5, Albion 1
CHILI – Wheatland-Chili jumped out to a 4-0 first half lead in route to posting a 5-1 tournament opening win over Albion.

Cameron Usselman netted the lone goal for Albion.