No. 6 seed defending champion Honeoye scored a straight set 25-11, 25-17, 25-8 victory over No. 2 Kendall in the semifinals of the Section V Class D2 volleyball playoffs this evening at Geneseo.

Lexi Payton had 15 digs and 5 spiking kills, Madison Rath 4 kills and 9 digs, Chelsea Wright 9 digs and 4 assists and Sunni Brice 6 assists and 8 digs for Kendall which finishes the season at 13-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – East Rochester goalie Allie Reynolds makes a diving save against a shot by Barker’s Natalie Menz during the Lady Bombers overtime regional win over the Lady Raiders this evening at Hilton. Madison Gancasz (16), Jillian Moeller (7) and Katrina Clare (20) surround the play for the Lady Raiders awaiting a possible rebound shot opportunity.

A late comeback bid came up just short as Barker dropped a narrow 3-2 overtime decision to East Rochester in the Class C Far West Sub Regional field hockey game this evening at Hilton.

Trailing 2-0, Barker came storming back to score twice in the final 10 minutes of regulation play, both coming off corner opportunities, to send the contest into overtime.

Barker finally got on the scoreboard when Katrina Clare scored with 10:28 remaining in the second half off an assist from Jillian Moeller who started the corner opportunity.

Bolstered by that tally the Lady Raiders kept the pressure on the Lady Bombers goal and finally netted the equalizer with just 1:58 remaining on a shot by Natalie Menz off an assist from Lydia Dewart.

Barker’s Katrina Clare tries to gain control of the ball from East Rochester’s Leah Abrahu.

However, Barker could not gain the lead as East Rochester wasted little time in scoring the game winning as Maddy Walsh scored just 1:38 into the first 7 on 7 10 minute overtime period.

East Rochester also got off to a lightning quick start grabbing a 1-0 lead just 1:49 into the opening half on a goal by Ali Burns.

Barker’s best scoring opportunity of the first half came nine minutes later as the Lady Raiders put two shots on goal off a corner opportunity but came up empty. It was a hectic flurry that saw Lady Bombers goalie Allie Reynolds dive to make a big save.

Given a big lift by that defensive stand, the East Rochester offense doubled its advantage to 2-0 when Burns scored again just two minutes later at the 17:56 mark.

Barker got one more corner opportunity in the half but Reynolds came up with the save to stymie the threat.

The Lady Raiders then had only one corner opportunity over the first 20 minutes of the second half but put together a huge rally over the final 10 minutes getting goals by Clare and Menz to force overtime.

Barker advanced to the Sub Regional by outlasting Niagara-Orleans League rival Akron 1-0 in a shootout in the Section VI Class C championship game.

East Rochester earned an automatic berth as the Lady Bombers are the only Class C team in Section V.

It marked the 13th time that Barker and East Rochester have met in the regional since 2001. The Lady Bombers now hold a 10-3 lead in the series.

East Rochester next faces the Section III champion in the Far West Regional on Saturday at Cicero North Syracuse.

Barker’s Emily Annable brings the ball up field as Alyssa Cooper defends for East Rochester.

Highlighted by a overtime third set win, No. 2 seed East Aurora edged past visiting No. 3 Albion 25-23, 25-19, 29-27 this evening in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B1 volleyball playoffs.

Albion built up a 22-15 lead in the decisive third set as Sierra Newton served up points 20-22, two of which were aces.

However, East Aurora answered with a big run of 9 straight points (16-24) to rally into a 24-22 lead.

Albion though retied the set four times at 24-24, 25-25, 26-26 and finally at 27-27 before East Aurora put together the deciding two set and match winning points. Haley Smith had spike kills to pull Albion even at 24-24 and at 27-27 as did Chanyce Powell at 25-25.

Albion likewise dropped a narrow two point decision in the opening set after rallying into a 23-23 tie as Caitlynn Snook served up points 21-23.

Powell finished with 11 kills, 5 blocks and 2 digs; Emilie Barleben 12 assists, 7 digs and 2 kills; Kaitlyn Van Skiver 6 kills; Newton 6 digs and 2 aces and Smith and Snook 2 kills each.

In the Class B2 semifinals, No. 2 Alden defeated visiting No. 6 Roy-Hart in straight sets 25-22, 25-16, 25-16.

Olivia Vorholzer and Skyler Christopher both had 7 kills and Bea Bacon 5 for Roy-Hart.

In a Class C2 semi, Eden bested top seeded Niagara-Orleans League champion Akron in three sets.

Girls Soccer
Section VI Class B Finals
Niagara-Orleans League champion Newfane blanked Fredonia 3-0 this evening to capture the Section VI Class B championship and advance to the Far West Regionals.

Kayleigh Daniels scored 2 goals and Lila Maurer 1 for Newfane.

Newfane advanced by capturing the Class B1 title with a 3-0 win over East Aurora while Fredonia claimed the Class B2 crown with a 1-0 win over Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s duo of Makenzie Muck, left, and Aubrey Lewis have earned Genesee Region League All-Star honors.

The senior duo of midfielder Aubrey Lewis and goalie Makenzie Muck represent Lyndonville on the Genesee Region League soccer All-Star team.

Lewis, a repeat honoree, led Lyndonville in scoring this season with 7 goals and 6 assists.

Muck made 188 saves in goal and had a goals against average of 2.00.

The Lady Tigers team captains this season, Lewis and Muck are both three year varsity players.

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Sacred Heart downed JR Wilson 41-29 Monday to open up a 7 point lead in the Medina Euchre League standings as runner-up Legion played to a 35-35 tie with Vets Club.

Sacred Heart is now 152-128 on the season followed by Legion 145-135, JR Wilson 137-143 and Vets Club 126-154.

League competition continues on November 7 with Vets Club at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Legion.

The Tri County Golden Eagles Bantam Travel team dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to Jamestown ,Saturday in a Western New York Amateur Hockey League game at SUNY Brockport.

Trevor Wiesner scored the lone goal for the Golden Eagles.

Tri County, which is now 3-2-1 in the league and 4-5-1 overall next vista the Niagara Ice Hawks on Sunday at Hyde Park in Niagara Falls.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Grace Harris, right, and her Lady Raider teammates will be competing in the field hockey sub regional on Wednesday.

Fresh from posting a thrilling shootout win over Niagara-Orleans League rival Akron in the Section VI Class C finals, Barker will now face another long-time foe as the Lady Raiders take on East Rochester in the Far West sub regional at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Hilton.

Barker avenged a pair of regular season shutout losses (2-0, 4-0) to N-O champion Akron by nipping the defending Class C champion Lady Tigers 1-0 in a shootout on Saturday for the Section VI crown.

It will mark the 13th time since 2001 that Barker has faced a regional meeting with East Rochester which is the lone Class C field hokey team in Section V.

East Rochester won the last meeting by a narrow 1-0 margin in 2014 but Barker claimed the pervious two contests winning 1-0 in 2013 and 2-0 in 2012.

In all, East Rochester has won 9 of the previous 12 meetings with Barker. The Lady Bombers downed Akron 2-1 in last year’s regional.

The victor will advance to the Far West Regional against the Section III champion on Saturday at Cicero North Syracuse.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman –  Kendall’s Chelsea Wright, left, and Albion’s Sierra Newton and their Lady Eagle and Purple Eagle teammates will be competing in the semifinal round of the sectional volleyball playoffs this week.

Coming off thrilling come-from-behind five set quarterfinal round victories, Albion and Kendall now face sectional semifinal volleyball playoff tests.

Seeded No. 3, Albion will visit No. 2 East Aurora in the Section VI Class B1 semifinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Albion advanced by rallying from a 2-1 set deficit to nip No. 6 Olean in the quarterfinals as senior Chanyce Powell had a huge night at the net with 30 spiking kills. East Aurora ousted No. 7 Depew in four sets.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 4 Cheektowaga vs. No. 1 Maryvale semi in the title match on Thursday at Sweet Home.

No. 2 seed Kendall will take on No. 6 Honeoye in the Section V Class D1 semifinal at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Livonia.

Kendall likewise had to rally from a 2-1 set deficit to down No. 7 Genesee Valley in the quarterfinals as Madison Rath had 15 kills and 2 blocks. Defending champion Honeoye ousted No. 3 Fillmore in straight sets.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 4 Hammondsport vs. No. 1 C G Finney semi in the title match on Saturday.

No. 6 Roy-Hart will visit No. 2 Alden in the Section VI Class B2 semifinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Lady Rams advanced by besting Buffalo Arts in straight sets in the quarterfinals.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 5 Springville vs. No. 1 City Honors semi in the finals on Thursday at Sweet Home.