Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Destiny Satkowski, who scored both Medina goals in the Mustangs sectional opening win over Roy-Hart this evening at Vets Park, here works against Lady Rams defender Josephine Capen.

Roy-Hart’s Ava Bligh, who netted the Lady Rams lone goal, and Medina’s Kylie Bielak battle for control of the ball.

Putting together a clutch two goal rally in the final seven minutes, No. 8 seed Medina nipped No. 9 Niagara-Orleans League rival Roy-Hart 2-1 in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 girls soccer playoffs this evening at Vets Park.

After hitting the crossbar with one shot in the first half, the post with another early in the second half and trailing 1-0, Medina finally pulled even when Destiny Satkowski scored on a shot from close range in a crowd with seven minutes remaining.

Keeping the pressure on, the Mustangs then netted the game winner when Satkowski scored her 20th goal of the season on a long line drive shot with 3:34 remaining.

Roy-Hart had grabbed a 1-0 lead when Ava Bligh scored on a long direct kick shot with five minutes to go in the first half.

The two teams had split a pair of meetings during the N-O campaign.

Medina, which is now 5-11-1, next visits top seeded Tonawanda in the quarterfinals on Wednesday in what will be a rematch of an early season encounter.

The Mustangs dropped a 5-2 decision to the Lady Warriors in the season opening semifinal round of the Tonawanda Tournament.

Medina’s Martha Gardner kicks the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Ellie Todd as Maddie Fry comes in to help out for the Lady Rams.

The Lew-Port at Albion non league football game has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday. It was originally slated for 7 p.m. Friday.

The Purple Eagles will be looking to avenge a narrow 26-25 loss to the Lancers in the season opener at Lew-Port.

Albion and Lew-Port both bring identical regular season records of 2-5 into the contest.

The Pioneer at Barker/Roy-Hart game has also been switched to 6 p.m. Thursday at Middleport. It was originally slated for Friday evening.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina will host rival Roy-Hart Monday to open the Section VI Class B2 girls soccer playoffs. Here Roy-Hart’s Ava Bligh (7) and Medina’s Martha Gardner (3) battle for control of the ball during an earlier season meeting.

Postseason soccer playoff action gets underway Monday with a rivalry contest as No. 8 seed Medina hosts No. 9 Roy-Hart at 6 p.m. at Vets Park in the Section VI Class B2 girls pre quarterfinals.

Medina brings a 4-11-1 record into postseason play while Roy-Hart is 4-12. The teams split a pair of regular season Niagara-Orleans League meetings.

The winner will visit top seed Tonawanda (12-2) on Wednesday.

Victors of eight in a row, the streaking No. 4 seed Albion girls squad (10-5-1) will host No. 5 East Aurora (7-6) at 6 p.m. Wednesday in a Section VI Class B 1 quarterfinal.

The Purple Eagles offense has been led by Emily Blanchard (18 goals, 11 assists) and Brylie Hapeman (11 goals, 7 assists).

Also on Wednesday, the opening round of the Section V Class D1 girls playoffs also features a local matchup as No. 12 Lyndonville (6-10) visits No. 5 Kendall (11-5) at 6 p.m.

Kendall is sparked offensively by Taylor ReQua (19 goals, 4 assists) while Lyndonville’s scoring has been led by the trio of Aubrey Lewis (7 goals, 6 assists), Anna Lewis (5 goals, 3 assists) and Abi Rodriguez (5 goals, 1 assist).

The No. 8 seed Kendall boys will open Class D1 playoff competition at home on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against familiar Genesee Region League foe No. 9 Wheatland-Chili. The teams split a pair of regular season G-R meetings. The winner will face top seeded Naples on Friday.

Kendall, which is 8-7-1, is led by Jake Adams (30 goals, 7 assists).

The No. 7 seed Medina/Lyndonville boys squad (10-6) will host No 10 Salamanca/Cattaraugus Little Valley (5-8) at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Section VI Class B2 contest.

The Mustangs offense has been keyed by Kristian Snyder’s school record 26 goals as Ethan Leonard has had 5 goals and 13 assists and Vassilios Bitsas 5 goals and 10 assists.

In a B1 boys opener on Tuesday, No. 10 Albion (4-11-1) visits No. 7 Alden (11-5).

On offense, the Purple Eagles have been led by Hayden Pecoraro (9 goals, 2 assists), Nick Reed (3 goals, 3 assists) and Noah Goudreau (3 goals, 2 assists).

The No. 4 seed Holley boys squad (11-2-3) will host No. 13 LeRoy (1-14-1) at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Section V Class C1 opener.

The Hawks offense has been led by the duo of Andrew Cary (19 goals, 5 assists) and Derek McArthur (11 goals, 13 assists).

The N-O League will wrap up regular season competition in field hockey, volleyball and cross-country on Tuesday.

The field hockey matchups will have Barker (8-3) at Kenmore (2-9), Roy-Hart (7-4) at Akron (11-0) and Wilson (7-4) at Medina (1-10). In volleyball at 6:30 p.m. it will be Albion (7-2) at Akron (9-0), Medina (3-6) at Newfane (0-9) and Wilson (3-6) at Roy-Hart (5-4). The 4:30 p.m. cross-country meets will have Albion and Medina at Newfane and Wilson and Roy-Hart at Akron as Barker has the bye.

Sectional Schedule
Monday
Girls Soccer: Class B2 – No. 9 Roy-Hart at No. 8 Medina, 6 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Soccer: Class D1 – No. 9 Wheatland-Chili at No. 8 Kendall, 6:30 p.m.; Class B1 – No. 10 Albion at No. 7 Alden, 3:30 p.m.; Class B2 – No. 10 Salamanca/Cataraugus Little Valley at Medina/Lyndonville, No. 9 Eden at No. 8 Akron, No. 14 Olmsted at No. 3 Wilson, 3:30 p.m. and No. 13 Roy-Hart at No. 4 Southwestern, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Class C1 – No. 15 Holley vs. No. 2 Addison at Wayland-Cohocton, 5 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Soccer: Class C1 – No. 13 LeRoy at No. 4 Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Class B1 – No. 5 East Aurora at No. 4 Albion, 6 p.m.; No. 6 Springville at No. 3 Newfane, 3:30 p.n.; Class B2 – No. 5 Wilson at No. 5 Akron, 3:30 p.m.; Class D1 – No. 12 Lyndonville at No. 5 Kendall, 6 p.m.

N-O Standings
Boys Soccer (Final): Newfane 10-0, Wilson 8-2, Medina/Lyndonville 4-6, Akron 3-7, Albion 3-7, Roy-Hart 2-8
Girls Soccer (Final): Newfane 11-1, Albion 8-3-1, Akron 8-4, Wilson 8-4, Medina 3-8-1, Roy-Hart 3-9-1, Barker 0-12
Field Hockey: Akron 11-0, Barker 8-3, Roy-Hart 7-4, Wilson 7-4, Newfane 3-9, Kenmore 2-9, Medina 1-10
Volleyball: Akron 9-0, Albion 7-2, Roy-Hart 5-4, Medina 3-6, Wilson 3-6, Newfane 0-9
Boys Cross-Country: Barker 6-0, Wilson 3-1, Akron 2-2, Newfane 2-2, Albion 1-3, Roy-Hart 1-3, Medina 0-4
Girls Cross-Country: Albion 4-0, Newfane 4-0, Akron 2-2, Medina 2-2, Roy-Hart 2-2, Barker 1-5, Wilson 0-4

G-R Standings
Boys Soccer (Final): Byron-Bergen/Elba 8-1-1, Holley 6-1-3, Pembroke 5-4-1, Wheatland-Chili 5-5, Kendall 3-6-1, Attica 0-10
Girls Soccer Division 1 (Final): Byron-Bergen 12-1, Wheatland-Chili 12-1, Kendall 9-4, Holley 2-9-2, Attica 2-10-1
Girls Soccer Division 2 (Final): Alexander 9-4, Notre Dame 6-7, Pembroke 4-8-1, Lyndonville 4-9, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 3-10
Girls Volleyball Division 1: Byron-Bergen 12-0, Attica 9-3, Notre Dame 6-5, Pembroke 3-9, Holley 3-12
Girls Volleyball Division 2: Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 10-2, Alexander 6-3, Kendall 8-5, Lyndonville 2-10, Wheatland-Chili 0-10

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Lucas Porter (3) and his Mustang teammates will host Lackawanna on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B playoffs.

Top seed B East Division champion Medina/Lyndonville (6-1) will host No. 8 Lackawanna (4-3) in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B football playoffs at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

The contest will be a rematch of a week 2 encounter which saw the Mustangs down the Steelers 48-6 at Lackawanna.

The victor will advance to the semifinals against the winner of Friday’s No. 5 Maryvale (6-1) at No. 4 Dunkirk (5-2) quarterfinal game.

Friday’s other Class B quarterfinal contests will have No. 7 Burgard (4-3) at No. 2 Cheektowaga (7-0) and No. 6 Alden (5-2) at No. 3 Olean (7-0).

Also on Friday evening, Albion will host Lew-Port and Barker/Roy-Hart will entertain Pioneer at 7 p.m. in non league games. The Purple Eagles will be looking to avenge a narrow 26-25 season opening loss to the Lancers at Lew-Port.

In the Section V Class C Conners & Ferris Bowl semifinals Holley will host Wayland-Cohocton at 4 p.m. Thursday. The victor will face the winner of the Dansville vs. Mynderse game in the finals.

The Tri County Golden Eagles Bantam Travel team romped to a 7-2 victory over the host Fredonia Steelers today in a Western New York Amatuer Hockey League game.

Alonzo Storey scored 3 goals, Jeremiah Rausch 2 and Hunter Maley and Trevor Wisener 1 each as Tri County improves to 2-0-1 in the league and 3-3-1 overall.

On Saturday, Tri County played to a 4-4 tie with West Seneca at SUNY Brockport.

Rausch netted 3 goals and Patrick Ricker 1 for the Golden Eagles.

Tri County next visits Hamburg next Sunday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Anthony Freeman scores a touchdown for the Albion Varsity Division team during Saturday’s home game against Roy-Hart.

Albion and Medina teams both scored a pair of wins Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) regular season ending action.

Mini Division
Albion 31, Roy-Hart 12
Makyell Walker rushed for 220 yards on just 4 carries including touchdown runs of 90, 22, 61 and 47 yards to lead the way for Albion which finished the regular season at 5-3 clinching a playoff berth. He also threw a 40 yard TD pass to Kwame Riley.

Nate Gibson added 29 yards rushing while Kwame Riley and Raekwan Riley each had 19.

On defense, Kwame and Raekwan Riley and Jared Ostrander each had 4 tackles.

JV Division
Albion 46, Roy-Hart 7
Amari Jones rushed for 122 yards including a 38 yard touchdown run, Javon Jones 65 yards rushing including a 38 yard TD carry and Shkwe Riley 34 yards rushing including an 18 yard TD run to spark Albion. Amari Jones also completed TD passes of 11 and 71 yards to Javon Jones. The two also reversed roles as Javon threw and 18 yard TD pass to Amari. Riley also returned an interception 48 yards for a TD.

Defensively, Amari Jones had 8 tackles and Bryden McMurray and Javon Jones 5 each.

Medina Broncos 22, Attica 7
Aidan Pitts ran for 2 touchdowns and Lavonn Guy 1 to set the pace for the Broncos. Two-point conversion passes went from Aiden Paul to Trenton Much and from Much to Hunter Stephens.
Varsity Division
Roy-Hart 33, Albion 22
Anthony Freeman rushed for 176 yards including touchdown carries of 11 and 60 yards and Will Freeman had a 1 yard TD run for Albion. Kyle Woolston and Braxton Zarpentine both added two-point conversions.

On defense, Anthony Freeman had 11 tackles, Jorden Ostrander, Will Freeman, Jahmeek Riley and Jayden Allport 4 each.

Medina Stallions 40, Batavia 0
Brian Fry threw touchdown passes of 7 yards to Tyler Chinn and 10 yards to Emmanual Taylor and also returned a pass interception for a TD. Zachary Blount had a 5 yard touchdown pass to Rashawn Bloom while Iverson Poole ran 10 yards for a TD and Xander Payne 40 yards for a TD. Fry also had a two-loin conversion pass to Joe Cecchini.

On defense, Carson Dusett had 8 tackles and a fumble recovery. Blount and Fry both had 2 interceptions and Poole and Jared Odita 1 each.

A pair of local rivalry match ups will highlight the opening week of local opening round sectional soccer competition.

In Section VI Class B2 girls competition, No. 8 seed Medina (4-11-1) will host No. 9 Roy-Hart (4-12) at 6 p.m. Monday. The two teams split a pair of regular season meetings.

Two other N-O Foes will also clash in a B2 opener at No. 5 Wilson visits No. 4 Akron at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

In Section V Class D1 girls action, No. 12 Lyndonville (6-10) will visit No. 5 Kendall (11-5) at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Lady Eagles downed the Lady Tigers 3-0 during their Genesee Region League meeting.

The No. 8 seed Kendall boys will also host a familiar foe in No. 9 Wheatland-Chili at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Class D1. The teams split a pair of G-R meetings during the regular season.

In Section V Class C1 boys competition No. 4 Holley will host No. 13 LeRoy at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The No. 10 Holley girls will face No. 2 Addison (15-0-1) at Wayland-Cohocton at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

In Section VI Class B1 girls action, No. 4 Albion (10-5-1) will host No. 5 East Aurora (7-6) at 6 p.m. Wednesday while No. 3 Newfane (11-2) Newfane will entertain No. 6 Springville (8-5-1) at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

In Section VI Class B1 boys action, No. 10 Albion will visit No. 7 Alden at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday while Niagara-Orleans League champion No. 3 Newfane will host the winner of the Dunkirk vs. City Honors game on Thursday.

The Section VI Class B 2 openers at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday will have No. 7 Medina/Lyndonville hosting No 10 Salamanca/Cattaragus Little Valley, No. 9 Eden at No. 8 Akron, No. 13 Roy-Hart at No. 4 Soutwestern ( 7 p.m.) and No. 3 Wilson hosting No. 14 Olmsted.

Albion defeated the visiting Medina/Lyndonville JV football team 18-6 this morning.

Brilliance Johnson ran for all 3 of Albion’s touchdowns, tallying scores in the first, third, and fourth quarters.

William Braswell scored Medina’s lone touchdown on a 20 yard interception return in the fourth quarter. A hit by Lincoln Pace caused the errant throw that was intercepted. Braswell led the Mustangs offense, rushing for 89 yards.

Defensively Bobby Geiger and Justice Hughes each made 6 tackles.

Medina’s record falls to 3-2 while Albion improves to 6-1 on the season.

The JV Mustangs will play at Lackawanna next week at a time and date to be determined.