Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Hadrian Batista hauls in a pass from quarterback Preston Woodworth and races to the endzone for Medina’s first touchdown in this evening’s win over Cleveland Hill at Vets Park. Defending for Cleve Hill is Xavier Powell.

Scoring early and often Medina rolled to a 49-0 victory over Cleveland Hill at rainy Vets Park this evening to close out the C North Division campaign.

Medina raced out to a 21-0 first quarter advantage ignited by a 68 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Preston Woodworth to Hadrian Batista on the Mustangs second play of the game. Davi Mucoucah tacked on the first of his six extra point kicks.

Christian Moss followed up with a pair of touchdowns on a 3 yard run and a 24 yard pass reception from Woodworth. Moss had a 27 yard run and a 30 yard pass reception on the first drive. A fumble recovery by Kolton Fletcher set up the second scoring opportunity.

The Mustangs advantage soared to 35-0 at the half on second quarter touchdown runs of 24 and 25 yards by Moss who had a total of 149 yards rushing on the evening to top the 1,000 yard mark for the season with 1,014.

A 19 yard run by Fletcher and a 24 yard pass from Batista to Woodworth highlighted the first drive. Another fumble recovery by Fletcher then set up the second drive which was keyed by a 28 yard run by Moss.

The Mustangs tacked on two more scores in the third quarter on an 95 yard kickoff return by Fletcher and a 30 yard pass from Woodworth to Jude Lacy.

The Mustangs defensive effort also included a fumble recovery by Ryan Frentz.

Medina finishes the C North Division season at 4-2 and remains in the hunt for a sectional playoff berth.

The Mustangs are 5-2 overall heading into next Friday’s regular season finale against Batavia in a non league contest at Vets Park.

Medina’s Frankie Stephens tackles Cleve Hill’s Jaiden Rainey.

Medina’s Kendrick Russaw follows a block by Avion Johnson to pick up good yardage.

Albion closed out the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer season in exciting fashion this evening as the Purple Eagles nipped host Newfane 2-1 in overtime.

Landon Graybill scored the game winning goal in OT for Albion off an assist from Logan Poupore.

Joey Bropst scored the Purple Eagles first goal.

Final N-O Standings: Wilson 10-0, Medina 8-2, Akron 5-5, Albion 3-6-1, Newfane 3-6-1, Roy-Hart 0-10-0.

In non league games, Northstar edged Holley 1-0 and Pembroke downed Roy-Hart 6-1. Michael Fuller scored the Roy-Hart goal.

Girls Soccer
Holley 9, East Rochester 0
Holley romped to a 9-0 win over visiting East Rochester in a non league contest as the Lady Hawks finish the regular season at 9-6-1.

Ava Mosier scored two goals for the Lady Hawks as Hanna Ostrom, Mya Brown, Jayna Burris, Addison Bevins, Payton Preston, Brynn Thomas and Brianna Tomasino each had one. Ostrom and Carsyn Mogle both had two assists.

Akron clinched at least a tie for a sixth straight Niagara-Orleans League field hockey championship by nipping runner-up Barker 1-0 this afternoon at Akron.

Morgan Tomporowski scored the lone goal off an assist from Madigan Regan.

Akron is now 10-0 and Barker 9-2

Roy-Hart 2, Medina 1
Roy-Hart nipped Medina 2-1 at Vets Park this evening on goals by Brooke Zglinicki and Violette Streckewald.

Maggie Lonnen scored the Medina goal.

N-O Standings: Akron 10-0, Barker 9-2, Medina 5-5, Roy-Hart 4-7, Kenmore 3-6, Wilson 3-7, Newfane 1-8.

Volleyball
Holley 25-25-25, Kendall 2-13-20
Holley downed rival Kendall in three sets in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Ali VanAmeron had 8 kills and 5 aces and Madison Bonacci 2 aces, 1 kill and 10 assists for the Lady Hawks.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion defensive lineman Jackson Snook is congratulated by his teammates after scoring the go ahead touchdown late in the Purple Eagles thrilling 30-27 win over visiting East Aurora/Holland this evening.

It was a thriller as Albion snapped a season long six game losing streak by nipping visiting East Aurora/Holland 30-27 in a B2 Division game this evening.

And it was the defense which came up huge twice in the final five minutes to earn the Purple Eagles that elusive first victory.

Trailing 27-24, Albion rallied into the lead for the first time at 30-27 when defensive lineman Jackson Snook stole the ball from an East Aurora running back and ran five yards into the endzone for what proved to be the game winning touchdown.

“I just took it from him. Nobody saw it and I just ran,” exclaimed a jubilant Snook.

The Purple Eagles defense then preserved the thrilling win by stopping a fourth down East Aurora play at the Albion one yard line with only 15 seconds remaining. Snook and Logan Kast teamed up to make the big fourth down tackle

Logan Kast (64) and Jackson Snook (71) team up to stop East Aurora running back Griffin Houde a yard short of the goal line on fourth down with 15 seconds remaining preserving the Purple Eagles narrow win. Kaiden Froman (23) moves in to assist.

“The kids stepped up,:” said Albion Coach David Skryp. ” They were super excited especially the way it ended with a goal line stand. It showed all the hard work and effort they have put in and the adversity they have overcome.

The Blue Devils led 21-12 at the half as quarterback Jackson Suckow threw a pair of touchdown passes and Benjamin Ziegler returned a kickoff 80 yards for the other TD.

Elijah Doxey scored both of Albion’s first half touchdowns on a 13 yard run and a 43 yard pass reception from quarterback Boe Preston.

Preston then scored two touchdowns himself in the third quarter on runs of 1 and 25 yards to keep Albion within three at 27-24. A pass interception by Kaiden Froman set up the first of those two scores.

In between those two scores, the Blue Devils got a nine yard TD run from Griffin Houde to go up 27-18.

Albion will close out the regular season with a B2 Division game at Maryvale next Friday evening.

Elijah Doxey scores Albion’s first touchdown.

File Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s record setters this evening included, from left, Brooke Rodas, Ryleigh Denning and Sophia Picardo.

Putting the finishing touch on a perfect 11-0 Genesee Region League girls soccer championship season, Kendall blanked visiting Attica 9-0 this evening.

The Lady Eagles finish the regular season with a 15-1 record.

Ryleigh Denning scored a school record six goals to lead the Kendall offense as Sophia Picardo, Stella Kwiatek and Jersie Drake each netted one.

Picardo also had four assists to up her school career record total to 62. Alea Barrett, Madison Hults, Adrianna D’Agostino, Kwiatek and Drake each also had a goal.

Brooke Rodas earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Eagles. It was her girls soccer school record 14th shutout of the season and girls soccer school record 29th shutout of her career. She also now has a school record 311 career saves.

Medina closed out the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer season with a 3-0 road victory at Newfane this evening.

Vinny Gray scored all three goals for the Mustangs as Aleks Seefeldt had two assists and Izzy Anderson one.

River Jones earned the shutout in goal as the quartet of Luke Duffina, Jimmy Dieter, Ryan Pegelow and Owen Sargent anchored the defense.

Wilson 4, Akron 0
Wilson completed a 10-0 N-O championship season with a 4-0 win over Akron as Aidan Neumann had two goals and Cole Hermann and David Gurski one each.

N-O Standings: 10-0-0, Medina 8-2-0, Akron 5-5-0, Newfane 3-5-1, Albion 2-6-1, Roy-Hart 0-10-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Maria Trombley works to keep the ball away from Barker/Lyndonville’s Braelynn Dillenbeck during the Lady Rams home field win this evening.

Roy-Hart closed out the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer season with a narrow 1-0 win over visiting Barker/Lyndonville this evening.

Ruth Walker scored the lone goal for Roy-Hart which finishes the N-O season at 7-3-2 as Barker/Lyndonville winds up at 5-4-3.

In the other games, Wilson completed a 12-0 N-O championship season with a 3-0 win over Akron and Newfane downed host Medina 5-0.

Final N-O Standings: Wilson 12-0-0, Roy-Hart 7-3-2, Akron 7-4-1, Barker/Lyndonville 5-4-3, Newfane 4-8-0, Albion 2-6-4, Medina 0-12-0.

Barker/Lyndonville’s Alexa Robinson drives between Roy-Hart defenders Felicity Kwaizer, Josephine Silsby and Peyton Johengen.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kylie McOmber sets the ball over the net against Medina’s Karlee Cau during this evening’s volleyball match at Medina.

Locking up outright possession of a second straight league championship, Roy-Hart downed host Medina 25-14, 25-10, 25-10 in a Niagara-Orleans volleyball match this evening.

The Lady Rams improve to 9-0 with one N-O match remaining.

Grace Pearl had 12 spiking kills, Raegan Kern 5 kills and 4 service aces, Lauren Snyder 4 kills and Ryleigh Capen 7 aces and 18 assists for Roy-Hart.

Tegan Balaban, Sam Heschke and Karlee Cau each had a kill for Medina which is now 0-9.

Wilson 25-25-25, Albion 11-`5-19
Wilson improved to 6-3 with a three set win over Albion which slips to 1-8.

Jillian LeBaron had 2 kills and 38 digs, Melia Prince 4 blocks and 2 kills, Anna Grillo 2 kills and 2 aces, Carley Smith 3 kills and Madison Muckle 19 digs for Albion.

Newfane 25-25-25, Akron 13-13-12
Newfane improved to 7-2 with a three set win over Akron which slips to 4-5.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kolton Fletcher and his Medina teammates will host Cleveland Hill in an important C North Division game at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Battling to stay in the chase for a sectional playoff berth, Medina faces a must win game Friday as the Mustangs close out the C North Division campaign by hosting Cleveland Hill at 7 p.m. at Vets Park.

Medina is currently locked in a five-way battle for four sectional playoff spots.

Frontrunning Barker/Roy-Hart currently leads the way at 4-0 with Akron at 4-1, Eden at 3-1 followed by Maritime and Medina both at 3-2.

Barker/Roy-Hart has two C North games remaining home against Alden on Friday and at Maritime in the regular season finale on October 25. Eden also has two division games remaining against Tonawanda on Thursday and at Alden on Oct. 24. Medina, Maritime and Akron each have just one game remaining. Akron hosts JFK Friday.

Quarterback Preston Woodworth, who has passed for 994 yards and 12 touchdowns, leads the Medina offense. Kolton Fletcher, who has 23 receptions for 434 yards and 5 touchdowns, leads the Mustangs receiving corps while Christian Moss, who has rushed for 885 yards and 11 touchdowns, leads the ground attack.

Medina will close out the regular season by hosting Batavia in a non league game on Oct. 24.

C North Standings: Barker/Roy-Hart 4-0, 5-1; Akron 4-1, 4-2; Eden 3-1, 5-1, Maritime 3-2, 4-2; Medina 3-2, 4-2; JFK 1-3, 2-4; Alden 1-3, 2-4; Cleve Hill 1-3, 1-5; Tonawanda 0-5, 0-6.

Albion hosts East Aurora Thursday
Albion will kickoff the week’s football action as the Purple Eagles host East Aurora in a B2 Division contest.

The Purple Eagles will be looking to snap a season long six game losing streak while the Blue Devils are 1-4 in the division and 1-5 overall.

Holley visits St. Mary’s Saturday
Holley will visit St. Mary’s of Lancaster at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Hawks are 0-5 after having to forfeit last weekend’s scheduled game against Attica due to some player suspensions.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Brandon Barrett, who had a goal and an assist, sends the ball up field against CG Finney’s Zachery Miller during the Eagles overtime win this evening.

Completing a perfect 16-0 regular season in thrilling fashion, Kendall nipped visiting CG Finney 2-1 in overtime in a non league boys soccer game this evening.

Trailing 1-0, Kendall rallied to tie the game midway through the second half on a goal by Brandon Barrett.

The Eagles then claimed the victory on a goal by Tyler McCue early in the first overtime period off an assist from Barrett.

Kendall will now be the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Section V Class C2 playoffs. The Eagles captured the Section V C2 championship last fall.

Over the past two regular seasons the Eagles have now compiled a record of 30-1-1.

Kendall’s Brenden Eichas works to keep the ball away from the CG Finney duo of Zachery Miller and Jacob Derose.

Volleyball
Batavia downed Albion 24-15, 25-8, 25-27, 25-18 and Williamsville East bested Roy-Hart 25-17, 25-10, 25-16 in non league volleyball matches this evening.

Jillian LeBaron had 7 aces, 4 kills and 27 digs, Alivia Dumrese 5 kills and Madison Muckle 28 digs for Albion.

Grace Pearl had 9 kills and Kylie McOmber and Raegan Kern 4 each for Roy-Hart.