Albion defeated host Notre Dame of Batavia 25-13, 25-17, 25-14 and Medina downed visiting Kendall 25-18, 25-22, 25-21 this evening in non league volleyball matches.

Chanyce Powell had 12 spiking kills and 3 blocks, Haley Smith 7 kills, Kaitlyn Van Skiver 5 kills and Emilie Barleben 3 kills, 5 service aces and 14 assists to lead the way for Albion which improves to 11-4.

Jordan Johnson had 7 digs and Alexis Donosas 4 digs for Notre Dame.

Molley Gross had 4 kills, 2 aces and 6 digs, Emily Kams 3 aces, 2 kills and 4 digs, Lexi Neuman 5 aces and 12 kill, Carley Schultz 2 kills and 1 ace, Tori Schicker 1 kill and 1 ace and Lexie Sargent 3 aces and 2 kills for Medina.

Alexis Payton had 15 digs and 6 kills and Jessica Coble 9 assists and 6 digs for Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Ugene Harrison runs into the end zone for his first touchdown in the Purple Eagles rainy victory over visiting Lew-Port this evening.

Albion’s Meach Gardner sheds a tackle to pick up additional yardage.

Avenging a one point (26-25) season opening loss, Albion romped to a rain soaked 40-0 victory over visiting Lew-Port this evening in a non league football game.

The Purple Eagles built up s 20-0 half-time advantage on touchdown runs by Ugene Harrison of 30 and 40 yards and a 65 yard pass interception return for a TD by Meach Gardner.

The Albion defense came up big in the third quarter stopping all three Lew-Port drives on turnovers including an interception by Ugene Harrison, a fumble recovery by Kory Reynolds and an interception by Jaquess Harrison which he returned to the Lancers 5 yard line setting up a 4 yard touchdown run by Ugene Harrison.

The Purple Eagles special teams also chipped in with a touchdown on a 62 yard punt return by Jaquess Harrison in the fourth quarter.

Reynolds, who also had two sacks on defense, rounded out the Albion scoring parade with a 58 yard touchdown run on an end around.

Albion is now 3-5 on the season and Lew-Port 2-6.

Pioneer 33, Roy-Hart 6
Scoring at least once in each quarter, Pioneer posted a 33-6 victory over Barker/Roy-Hart in a non league game at Middleport.

Malik Smith scored on a 25 yard run in the first quarter for Barker/Roy-Hart’s only touchdown.

Eric Fitch rushed for 101 yards for Barker/Roy-Hart and also had 9 tackles on defense. Matt Laverty also had 9 tackles, Aaron Curry and Colton Bohall 6 and Jacob Bruning and Sal Gioeli 5 each.

Barker/Roy-Hart finishes the season at 2-6 and Pioneer goes to 4-4.

Jaquess Harrison returns a pass interception for the Purple Eagles.

A fourth quarter rally fell just short as Holley dropped a narrow 24-21 decision to Wayland-Cohocton in the semifinals of the Section V Class C Connors & Ferris Bowl this evening at Caledonia-Mumford.

Trailing 24-6 after three quarters, Holley came battling back down the stretch on touchdown passes by quarterback Jeremy Mallett to Camron Labarge of 12 yards and to Nick Schutz of 30 yards with six minutes remaining.

That sliced the deficit to 24-21 as Zach Day added a two-point conversion run after the first TD and Ryan Andrews kicked the extra point after the second However, the Hawks could not reach the end zone again.

Colin Papaj scored on a 45 yard touchdown run for Holley in the second quarter which ended with Wayland-Cohocton up 17-6.

The Golden Eagles, which scored on their first two possessions of the evening, avenged a loss to the Hawks in last year’s Class C Bowl semifinal with the victory.

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The Medina JV football team defeated Lackawanna, for the second time this year, by a score of 8-0 on Wednesday night to finish the season with a 4-3 record.

William Braswell scored the only touchdown of the game on a pass from Zach Johnson. The Mustangs faced a fourth and goal to go situation from the 28 yard line on that play after penalties looked as if they were going to derail the drive. Justice Hughes added the conversion run.

Blaire Prest led the defense with 7 tackles, as Justice Hughes added 6, and Bobby Geiger added 6 tackles and 2 sacks. The Mustangs forced two key turnovers on defense, including a fumble forced by Blaire Prest and recovered by Lincoln Pace, and an interception by Johnson.

The Mustangs, led by head coach Gordy Luthart, also notched wins over Alden and Cleveland Hill on the season.

Braswell finished the season with 615 rushing yards, 173 receiving yards, and 7 total touchdowns to lead the Mustangs offense. Johnson totaled 470 passing yards and 4 touchdowns through the air, while adding 3 touchdowns on the ground.

Hughes finished as the top tackler, totaling 47 tackles, while Geiger had 35, Blaire Prest 27, Tim Roy 25, and Braswell 25. Chaise Prest also made 20 tackles in just 3 games due to injury.

The Mustangs roster also included sophomores Qilow Snyder, Nick Kepner, Joel Cruz-Robb, Rickie Pitts, Juan Rivera-Nava, and Tavian Rhim; freshman Rylend Callicutt, Colby Petrie, Jaydquan Spivey, Jacob Golding, Sage Skinner, Trent Hess, Nathan Neace, and Isaiah Marsh; and 8th graders Dontea Rhim and Mark Reigle.

All of the scoring took place within a 10 minute span midway through the second half as No. 7 seed Medina blanked No. 2 MST Seneca 3-0 in the Section VI Class B2 quarterfinals this afternoon at Wiley Stadium in Buffalo.

Going with the wind, the Mustangs broke away from the scoreless deadlock when Kristian Snyder tallied 15 minutes into the second half off an assist from Elian Gonzalez.

Ethan Leonard quickly doubled the advantage just three minutes later when he scored on a direct kick.

Vassilios Bitsas made it 3-0 seven minutes later when he scored off an assist from Trenton Joens.

Improving to 12-6, Medina/Lyndonville will next face No. 6 Lafayette in the semifinals at 5 p.m. Saturday at Sweet Home. Lafayette upended Wilson 3-2 this afternoon.

Also in Class B2, top seeded Lackawanna defeated No. 8 Akron 4-2.

Newfane 5, Dunkirk 1
Niagara-Orleans League champion Newfane defeated visiting Dunkirk 5-1 in a Class B1 quarterfinal as Trevor Moreeland had 3 goals, Mateo May 3 assists and Jonny Costanzo a goal and an assist.

Now at 17-0, the Panthers will next face East Aurora in the semifinals on Saturday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – This Medina/Lyndonville trio of Jake Cotter (35), Dawson Joy (50) and Emmanuel Sones (60) and their Mustang teammates will host Lackawanna in the Section VI Class B quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Top seeded Medina/Lyndonville will host B East Division foe Lackawanna in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B playoffs at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

The contest, which will be the Mustangs first home sectional game in nearly 20 years, will be a rematch of a week two regular season encounter which saw Medina/Lyndonville score a 48-6 win at Lackawanna.

It will be the second ever sectional meeting between the teams as the Steelers bested the Mustangs 33-8 in that previous encounter in 1999 at Lackawanna. The Steelers hold a 5-3 lead in the overall series with the Mustangs.

The B East Division champion Mustangs, which last hosted a sectional game in 1997, bring a 6-1 regular season record into the contest while the Steelers are 4-3.

It’s been nearly 30 years in fact since the Mustangs last claimed a sectional win, a 14-7 victory over rival Albion in the 1988 championship game at then Rich Stadium (now New Era Stadium).

Quarterback Izaiah Rhim, who has completed 43 of 88 passes for 671 yards and 10 touchdowns, leads the Mustangs attack which also features versatile receiver Jalin Cooper (324 yards receiving with 6 touchdowns, 313 yards rushing with 6 TDs) along with running backs Jake Cotter (783 yards rushing, 7 TDs) and Eric Neace (359 yards rushing, 7 TDs).

Cooper, who has scored a total of 15 touchdowns, has 1,045 all purpose yards and Cotter 1,088. Cotter and Neace both have a total of 8 TDs.

Defensivley, Dawson Joy leads the Mustangs in tackles with 63 while Tyler Howard and Dustin Joy both have 53, Neace 50, Lucas Porter 43, Mason Lewis 39 and Johnny Salone 36. Neace also has 6 sacks, Howard 5 and Cotter 4.

Lackawanna has won 4 of its last 5 games after an 0-2 start to the season.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 5 Maryvale (6-1) vs. No. 4 Dunkirk (5-2) game in the semifinals.

The other quarterfinal round match ups have No. 7 Burgard (4-3) at No. 2 Cheektowaga (7-0) and No. 6 Alden (5-2) at No. 3 Olean (7-0).

Mustangs sectional playoff record

1980
Finals: Medina 20 Silver Creek 14

1982
Finals: Medina 26 Cassadaga Valley 7

1987
Semifinals: Salamanca 29 Medina 7

1988
Semifinals: Medina 18 Cheektowaga 6
Finals: Medina 14 Albion 7

1997
Semifinals: Springville 33 Medina 0

1999
Semifinals: Lackawanna 38 Medina 8

2005
Semifinals: Southwestern 27 Medina 0

2007
Semifinals: East Aurora 29 Medina 25

2010
Quarterfinals: Pioneer 24 Medina 16

2013
Quarterfinals: Alden 35 Medina 0

2014
Quarterfinals: Bennett 42 Medina 6

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Derek McArthur, who netted the lone goal, advances the ball up field ahead of LeRoy defender Jack Doemling during the host Hawks sectional win this evening.

A lone first half goal proved to be just enough to earn No. 4 seed Holley a 1-0 victory over visiting No. 13 LeRoy this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class C1 boys soccer playoffs.

Derek McArthur’s 12th goal of the season, off an assist from Erik Balys midway through the first half, proved to be just enough for the Hawks.

Patrick Bower earned the shutout in goal for Holley which played without its leading scorer, senior Andrew Cary, who had an appendectomy on Tuesday.

The Hawks improve to 12-2-3 on the season.

Holley next looks to host No. 5 Geneseo in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Geneseo romped past No. 12 Addison 7-0 in another opening round contest this evening.

Holley’s John Mounts puts a shot on LeRoy goalie Calvin Herrick.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell stretches for the ball as Alexis Montez defends for Lyndonville during the host Lady Eagles sectional win this evening.

Lyndonville’s Miranda Lembcke tries to work around Kendall defender Kayla Summers.

A late goal earned No. 5 seed Kendall a narrow 1-0 victory over Genesee Region League foe No. 12 Lyndonville this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class D1 girls soccer playoffs at Kendall.

Hailee Mitchell made just her second goal of the season a huge one as she tallied with only 10 minutes remaining in the second half off an assist from Taylor ReQua on a direct kick to earn the Lady Eagles the slender win.

Hannah Ulmen earned the shutout in goal making 5 saves.

Lyndonville goalie Kenzie Muck came up with several big saves for the Lady Tigers.

Kendall will next face the winner of the No. 4 Northstar vs. No. 13 Jasper-Troupsburg game in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Kendall improves to 12-5 while Lyndonville finishes the season at 6-11.

Kendall’s Jenna LoSapio and Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis battle for control of the ball.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman battles for the ball with the East Aurora goalie during the Purple Eagles sectional loss to the visiting Lady Blue Devils this evening.

A late rally fell short as No. 4 seed Albion dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to visiting No. 5 East Aurora this evening in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B1 girls soccer playoffs.

Trailing 2-0, Albion got right back into the game when Brylie Hapeman scored her 12th goal of the season on a breakaway with 11 minutes remaining in the second half.

The Purple Eagles kept the pressure on but could not net the equalizer over the final hectic 10 minutes.

East Aurora scored a goal in each half.

Albion, which had an 8 game winning streak snapped, finishes the season at 10-6-1.

Newfane 7, Springville
Niagara-Orleans League champion No. 3 Newfane got goals from 6 different players in romping to a 7-1 victory over visiting No. 6 Springville in another Class B1 contest.

Megan Knoll and Makena Carpenter each scored 2 goals for the Lady Panthers as Emily Foltz, Meghan Mietlicki and Adelyn Burns each netted 1.

Tonawanda 3, Medina 2
No. 8 seed Medina dropped a narrow 3-2 decision at top seeded Tonawanda in a Class B2 quarterfinal.

Destiny Satkowski and Kylie Bielak scored the goals for the Mustangs.

In another B2 quarterfinal between N-O foes, Wilson defeated Akron 3-2 in overtime on a goal by Kayla Neumann.

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Roy-Hart 3, Buffalo Seminary 0
Ashley Hill, Rielly Albee and Jayden Townsend each scored a goal for Roy-Hart in the non league win over Buffalo Seminary.

Albion’s Emily Blanchard takes a shot on goal as she is surrounded by East Aurora defenders.

Contributed Photo – Maya Rutland

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Kendall High graduate and Roberts Wesleyan College freshman Maya Rutland has been named the East Coast Conference women’s soccer Rookie of the Week.

Rutland had a goal and an assist in a win over Daeman and the winning goal in a victory over Caldwell last week. She now has a total of 3 goals on the season.

Rutland, a Biology major, helped lead Kendall to three Genesee Region League Division 1 and two Section V Class CC titles during her scholastic days. She scored a team leading 29 goals her senior year.

Roberts Wesleyan, which has a 9-3-2 overall record, is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division 1 poll.