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Mustangs earn top seed for football sectionals

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 October 2016 at 5:03 pm
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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.

Tri County icers romp past Fredonia

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 October 2016 at 4:58 pm

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.

Albion, Medina youth football squads both score two wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 October 2016 at 2:47 pm
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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.

Wall of Fame has new inductees

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 October 2016 at 5:45 pm
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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Friday’s annual Medina/Lyndonville vs. Albion football game featured a special pre game ceremony as three new members were inducted into the Mustangs’ John “Pinky” Loughlin Wall of Fame including Ron Taylor (Class of 1975), David Maiorana (Class of 1981) and Charlie Wilson (Class of 1989). Their banners are shown here hanging at Vets Park. All three helped lead the Mustangs to division titles , and in Maiorana’s and Wilson’s case also to sectional football championships in their senior year.

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Here David Maiorana is welcomed by players and cheerleaders as he is introduced in the pre game ceremonies.

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Charlie Wilson here is cheered by players and cheerleaders during his introduction.

Soccer sectional openers will feature local rivalry match ups

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 October 2016 at 5:32 pm

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.

Purple Eagles JVs down Mustangs

Contributed Story Posted 15 October 2016 at 5:15 pm

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.

Blue Devils dash Hawks playoff hopes

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 October 2016 at 5:09 pm
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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Ryan Andrews follows the block of Alex Mounts to pick up yardage during the Hawks loss to visiting Attica this afternoon as Matt Feidhaber moves in for the Blue Devils defense.

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Holley’s Dalton Moyer tackles Attica quarterback Kyle Casey for a sack.

Unable to get the offense untracked, Holley dropped a 49-0 decision to visiting Attica this afternoon in the Genesee Region League season finale ending the Hawks hopes for gaining a sectional playoff berth.

Attica jumped out to a commanding 21-0 first half lead on touchdown runs of 1, 5 and 6 yards by Hunter McCullough and 3 extra point kicks by Nelson Dawson who went 7 for 7 on the day.

The Blue Devils defense limited the Holley offense to just 1 first down and a total of only 5 yards on four possessions in the first half.

Attica put a firm lock on the victory by scoring two quick touchdowns in a span of just 15 seconds early in the third quarter on runs of 13 and 5 yards by McCullough. A Holley fumble at the Hawks 5 yard line set up the second tally.

McCullough then capped off his huge 6 touchdown day with a 97 yard scoring run on the final play of the third quarter upping the Blue Devils lead to 42-0.

Holley’s best drive of the day came in the third quarter as runs of 11 and 8 yards by Colin Papaj and of 8 and 8 by Zach Day helped the Hawks advance to the Blue Devils 1 yard line only to have a penalty help to stall out the drive.

Day had a big day defensively for the Hawks making no less than 7 tackles for either a loss or no gain including a sack.

Attica finishes the regular season at 4-1 in the league and 4-3 overall while Holley winds up at 2-3, 3-4.

Lackawanna bests Barker/Roy-Hart

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 October 2016 at 12:10 am

Jumping out to a 14-0 first quarter lead, Lackawanna went on to defeat visiting Barker/Roy-Hart 34-20 this evening in a regular season ending B East Division football game.

Barker/Roy-Hart did score two touchdowns in the second quarter on an 11 yard run by Eddie Wasnock and a 30 yard pass from Wasnock to Brandon Lee Woods but could get no closer than 22-8 at the break.

The host Steelers pulled way at 34-12 with two unanswered third quarter touchdowns.

Eric Fitch scored Barker/Roy-Hart’s final touchdown on a 5 yard run in the fourth quarter as Aaron Curry added the two-point conversion.

Lackawanna finishes the regular season at 3-2 in the division and 4-3 overall while Barker/Roy-Hart winds up at 0-5, 2-5.

Kendall booters romp past Batavia

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 October 2016 at 12:03 am

Kendall scored a 6-1 Senior Night victory over visiting Batavia this evening in a regular season ending non league boys soccer game.

Jake Adams scored 4 goals to raise his season total to 30 to set the pace for Kendall which also got goals by Michael Gardner and Joe LoSapio as well as 2 assists from Nate Warters.

The Eagles finish the regular season at 8-7-1.

Wilson 4, Medina/Lyndonville 1
Wilson closed out the Niagara-Orleans League season with a 4-1 win over visiting Medina.

Cesar Carlin had 2 goals and 1 assist, Brayden Skobjak a goal and an assist and Tyler VanBuren 2 assists to lead the way for the Lakemen.

Kristian Snyder scored the lone goal for the Mustangs to increase his season total to a school record 26.

Wilson finishes the N-O season at 8-2 and Medina/Lyndonville at 4-6, 10-6 overall.

Newfane 2, Maryvale 1 OT

Mataeo May scored in overtime to earn Newfane a narrow 2-1 non league win over Maryvale.

Trevor Moreland scored the other goal for N-O champion Newfane which finishes the regular season undefeated at 16-0.

Girls Soccer
Barker 2, CSAT 1
Taylor Morris scored both goals for Barker in the Lady Raiders 2-1 non league victory over CSAT.

Lyndonville spikers down W-C 3 sets

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 14 October 2016 at 11:50 pm

Lyndonville celebrated Senior Night with a straight set 25-12, 25-19, 25-13 victory over visiting Wheatland-Chili this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Kennedy Clark had 5 spiking kills and 7 service aces, Paige Gardner 9 aces and 6 assists and Alecia Hinkson 8 aces and 2 kills to lead the way for the Lady Tigers.

In other G-R action, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba outlasted Kendall in five sets 19-25, 25-27, 25-16, 27-25, 25-20 and Byron-Bergen downed Holley 25-8, 25-8, 25-14.

Lauren Burke had 5 aces and 4 kills, Janae Meister 4 aces and Madison Farnsworth 5 kills and 4 aces to lead the way for Byron-Bergen which is 12-0 in the league and 13-1 overall.

Helana McLean had 2 kills and 7 digs for Holley.