Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Owen Maedl and his Barker/Roy-Hart teammates wil lhost JFK for a C North Division Homecoming game at 7 p.m. Friday at Barker.

Aiming to keep a hold on sole possession of first place, Barker/Roy-Hart will host JFK for a C North Division Homecoming game at 7 p.m. Friday.

Barker/Roy-Hart is 3-0 in the division while JFK is in a three way tie for second place at 2-1 with Springville and Cleveland Hill.

Barker/Roy-Hart, which is 3-1 overall, rallied late to hand Springville its first loss last week 29-24 to grab the division lead while JFK bested Alden 40-27.

Both teams have offenses which have been dominated by the rushing attack.

The Bulls rushing game has been led by Carter DerSarkissian (613 yards, 8 touchdowns), Aaron Bowerman (312 yards, 2 TD), Owen Maedl (133 yds., 2 TD) and Jeff Waters (133 yds., 1 TD)

The Bears have been paced on the ground by Tyler Piniewski who has 453 yards rushing and 7 touchdowns.

The weekend’s other C North contests will have Springville (2-1, 3-1) at Eden/North Collins (2-2, 2-2) and Alden (1-2, 1-3) at Akron (1-2, 1-3) on Friday at 7 p.m. and Tonawanda (0-4, 0-4) at Cleveland Hill (2-1, 2-2) on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Rocco Sidari and his Albion/Medina teammates will visit Maryvale on Thursday evening.

Looking to maintain a share of first place, Albion/Medina will visit Maryvale at 7 p.m. Thursday in a key B1 Division football game.

Albion/Medina is currently tied for first place with McKinley at 3-0 (4-0 overall) while Maryvale is just a game off the pace at 2-1 (3-1).

McKinley will visit Williamsville South (3-1, 3-1) in another key contest at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Rivals are coming off a lopsided 68-0 win over Lew-Port while the Flyers needed a late touchdown to edge Lake Shore 27-21.

Offensively the Flyers rushing offense is led by the trio of Dominic Daly (365 yards, 1 touchdown), Cordero Staley (217 yds., 2 TD) and Connor Finnegan (202 yds., 2 TD) who has also passed for 4 TDs.

Quarterback Preston Woodworth, who has passed for 668 yards and 9 touchdowns, leads the Rivals offense. His main receiving targets have been Noah Harrison (18 receptions for 369 yards, 6 touchdowns) and Elijah Doxey (16 for 251 yds, 2 TD). Doxey also leads the Rivals in rushing with 275 yards and 7 TDs.

This will be Albion/Medina’s fourth road game in five starts and the second on a Thursday night.

The weekend’s other B1 games will have Amherst (0-4) at Lake Shore (0-4) and West Seneca East (3-1) at Lew-Port (0-3, 0-4) at 7 p.m. Friday.

Albion outlasted Roy-Hart in 5 sets in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening 25-15, 23-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-5.

For Albion, Charlotte Pike had 5 aces, 3 kills, 9 digs and 16 assists, Jillian LeBaron 8 kills and 22 digs, Melia Prince 2 kills and 9 digs and Anna Grillo 8 aces, 7 kills and 17 digs.

For Roy-Hart, Lauren Snyder had 11 kills, Tessa Degenhardt 8 kills, Nora Balcerzak 7 kills and Ava Flynn 34 assists.

Roy-Hart is now 2-3 and Albion 1-5.

Albion edged Roy-Hart 233-238 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon.

Albion’s Viktor Snyder and Roy-Hart’s Blake Stahl shared medalist honors with rounds of 42.

Owen Spencer and Drew Pritchard also both shot 46 for Albion.

Judson Heck added a 46 and Jared Hy a 49 for Roy-Hart.

Albion regained the .500 mark at 3-3 in Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer competition with a 6-0 win over Newfane this evening.

Jane Nesbitt scored 2 goals as Shayla Higgins, Madison Frasier, Lena Grillo and Melanie Viza each netted 1.

Ava Woolston also had 2 assists and Higgins 1.

In another N-O contest, Akron (5-1) downed Roy-Hart/Medina (2-4) 4-0.

N-O Boys Soccer
In N-O boys soccer action, Newfane (3-3) blanked Albion (0-6) 3-0 and Akron (5-1) downed Roy-Hart (1-5) 3-1.

Michael Fuller scored the Roy-Hart goal off an assist from Josh Jennings.

Bishop Kearney edged Kendall 2-1 in a non league boys soccer game this evening.

Brenden Eichas scored the Kendall goal.

In a Genesee Region League game, Byron-Bergen blanked Holley 3-0.

Photos by Tom Rivers: This pack of runners out front early in the boys race includes from left: Quinn O’Malley of Akron, and then an Albion trio of Stryker Sanders, Rowe Bouchey and Justin Mengs.

The Albion boys and Akron girls both scored a twin bill sweep in a Niagara-Orleans League cross-country tri-meet this afternoon at Albion.

The Albion boys defeated Akron 23-33 and Newfane 19-40 to finish the dual meet portion of the N-O season at 5-1. Akron downed Newfane 23-36 in the other portion of the meet.

Albion was led by the 2-3-5 finish of Stryker Sanders, Rowe Bouchey and Justin Mengs.

Akron’s Quinn O’Malley won the race.

Eden Hillman of Newfane got out to an early lead in the girls race and stayed in first. She is followed by Akron’s Abby Bower and Kylee Rebmann. The Akron girls won the dual meet.

The Akron girls moved into first place at 4-0 by defeating defending champion Newfane 25-30 and Albion 18-37. Newfane, which is now 3-1, also downed Albion 19-36.

Akron was sparked by the 2-3 finish of Abby Bower and Kylee Rebmann.

Newfane’s Eden Hillman was the race winner.

Some of the Albion runners include, from left: Grace Nesbitt, Loralei Gailie, Sutton Sanders and Aubrey Bruning.

Medina split with visiting Roy-Hart. The Mustangs won the boys meet 15-50 and the Lady Rams took the girls race 14-22.

Medina’s Jonathan Dix won the boys race and Roy-Hart’s Marissa Bryant took the girls race.

In the other meet, Barker swept Wilson winning the boys’ race 15-50 and the girls’ 14-22.

Grayson Prynn led a quintet of Barker boys runners across the finish line which also included Peyton Wagner, Logan Wagner, Chase Atwater and Anthony Taliaferrro.

Wilson’s Hayden Barlow won the girls’ race.

Barker was led by the 2-3-4 finish of Hannah Monaco, Mirabelle Strong and Aine Davis.

Quinn O’Malley of Akron pulled away from everyone else and had a commanding lead through the soybean field on the Albion course.

Five players scored goals as Medina romped to a 10-0 victory at Cardinal O’Hara in a non league boys soccer game this afternoon.

Aidan Papaj scored 4 goals and Izzy Anderson 3 to lead the Mustangs attack as Aleks Seefeldt, Tyler Raduns and Owen Sargent each had 1.

Jake Foley had 3 assists and Seefeldt 2 as the Mustangs improve to 7-2 overall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Elise Monaco and Medina’s Jenelle Stalker go after the ball during this afternoon’s game at Barker which was won by the host Bulldogs.

A lightning quick goal in the first 65 seconds ignited Barker to a 4-0 win over visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this afternoon.

Sophia Pavlock, Elise Monaco and Milayna May each had a goal and an assist and Brooke Weber a goal for Barker which led 3-0 at the half.

Barker improves to 6-1 while Medina slips to 0-4.

Kenmore 4, Wilson 2
In the other N-O game, Kenmore (3-2) downed Wilson (2-4) 4-2.

Brynn Lepsch and Taylor Ernest scored the Wilson goals.

Medina’s Savannah Jo Thompson works to get by Barker’s Lauren Zglinicki as Milayna May backs up the play.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Mackenzie Cooper, who had a goal and an assist, battles with Northstar’s Kaelyn Sparco for control of the ball during the Lady Eagles home field win this afternoon.

Improving to 9-0, Kendall blanked visiting Northstar 3-0 in a non league girls soccer game this afternoon.

Sophia Picardo scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Kendall with 5 minutes to go in the first half off an assist from Mackenzie Cooper.

The Lady Eagles then put a lock on the win with a pair of quick goals early in the second half about a minute apart by Cooper and Ryleigh Denning. Payton Vogt and Izzy D’Agostino had the assists.

Tesgan Shaw made 1 save to earn the shutout in goal.

Attica 1, Holley 0 OT

In a Genesee Region League game, Attica nipped visiting Holley 1-0 in overtime.

Holley goalie Zoey Warner made two huge saves at the end of the first half to keep the game scoreless.

Kendall’s Payton Vogt brings the ball up field as Natalia Polodori defends for Northstar.