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Albion, Medina youth gridders in action
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Mini Division
Newfane 32, Albion 0
Raekwan Riley had 35 yards rushing and Makyell Walker 26 yards for Albion. On defense, Jared Ostrander had 8 tackles and Riley 5 and an interception.
Medina Colts 0
Holley Hawks 19
Holley continues to roll and the Colts played their last game very tough against a good Hawks squad with some tough running by Christian Moss, Brody Fry and Cole Callard. Colts will finish the season at 4-4 as they will receive a forfeit win from Attica next Saturday.
JV Division
Albion 39, Newfane 0
Amari Jones had 107 yards rushing, including touchdown runs of 42 and 28 yards, and a 24 yard TD pass to Javon Jones to set the pace for Albion. Shakrion Drisdom added 62 yards rushing, including a 25 yard TD carry, and Shkwe Riley 60 yards, including a 32 yard TD. Defensively, Amari Jones had 5 tackles and 2 interceptions, Devon Larabee 4 tackles and a fumble recovery and Xavier Byrd 4 tackles.
Medina Broncos 29
Holley Hawks 0
Broncos roll on to 5-2 with a win over the home standing Hawks. Two touchdown runs from Aiden Pitts and single TDs for Logan Gray and Robert Arnold. Gray also had an extra point run, as did Lavonn Guy and Trenton Muck while Muck hit Josh Wilson for a two point conversion for the final score. Great defensive work from everyone as the whole team contributed to the win.The Broncos finish up the regular season at Attica as they try and position themselves for a playoff run.
Varsity Division
Newfane 20, Albion 12
Anthony Freeman had 137 yards rushing, including a 68 yard touchdown run, and a 12 yard TD pass to Kyle Woolston for Albion. On defense, Michael Walker, Anthony Feeman, Will Freeman and Jahmeek Riley each had 5 tackles, Anthony Freeman and Woolston also had interceptions and Jorden Ostrander a sack.
Mustang JV gridders edge Cleve Hill Eagles
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The Medina/Lyndonville JV football team defeated Cleve Hill 22-16 on Saturday at Vets Park to regain a winning record, improving to 3-2 on the season.
Cleve Hill opened the scoring on their first possession of the game by running for a touchdown and a two point conversion.
The Mustangs were able to answer back when William Braswell broke lose for an 83 yard touchdown run to cut the Eagles lead to 8-6 at the end of the first quarter.
The Mustangs then took the lead as time expired in the first half on a 44 yard pass from Zach Johnson to Braswell. Justice Hughes added the conversion run to make the score 14-8 at the half.
After a scoreless third quarter, Cleve Hill was able to punch in a touchdown run from 4 yards out and add a conversion run to go up 16-14 in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter.
However, the Mustangs answered back with what proved to be the game winning touchdown on a 3 yard run by Johnson that was set up by runs of 21 and 13 yards by Braswell. Braswell also added the conversion to cap off a big day which included 163 rushing yards.
Hughes led the Mustangs defense with 12 tackles.
Medina next plays at Albion at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Hawks use fast start to top Blue Devils
A quick two goal scoring burst in the first nine minutes sparked Holley to a 3-0 victory over visiting Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.
It took Holley just three minutes to get on the scoreboard as Andrew Moseman tallied off an assist fem Andrew Cary.
John Mounts then quickly doubled the Hawks advantage when he scored just six minutes later as Derek McArthur earned the assist.
Cary rounded out the Holley scoring with a second half goal off an assist from Dalton Major.
Holley, which improves to 5-1-3 in the league and 9-2-3 overall, next hosts Rochester Charter Academy at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The Hawks then close out the G-R campaign by hosting rival Kendall at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
In the girls Holley and Attica played to a 0-0 tie in double overtime.
Hawks nip Irish in overtime thriller

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Camron Labarge goes high to bat a fourth down pass away from Notre Dame receiver Ryan Moffatt to preserve the Hawks narrow overtime win over the visiting Irish this afternoon.

Holley’s Ryan Andrews boots the game winning field goal. Jeremy Mallett is the holder.
The special team and defensive units took turns coming up with big plays as Holley scored a thrilling 3-0 overtime victory over visiting Notre Dame this afternoon in a Genesee Region League game.
Holley placekicker Ryan Andrews provided the margin of victory as he booted a 29 yard field goal on the opening series of the first overtime period.
The Holley defensive unit then preserved the victory by stopping Notre Dame’s possession as Camron Labarge went high to bat down a fourth down pass in the end zone preserving the Hawks victory.
Labarge, whose long booming punts kept Notre Dame from getting good field position all afternoon, also had a huge pass interception at the Hawks 10 yard line with just 32 seconds to go in the fourth quarter to halt the Irish’s deepest drive of the day.
“Camron came up huge. He’s phenomenal,” said Holley Coach Wil Prince. “Our defense overall was just amazing. Offensively we made too many mistakes and kept shooting ourselves in the foot but defensively we played outstanding and that kept us in it.”
The Hawks big defensive effort also featured two sacks by Andrews and one each by Dalton Moyer, Nicholas Smith, Matt Hahn and Alex Mounts. A sack by Hahn and Andrews stopped a Notre Dame drive at the Holley 27 late in the first half.
The Holley offense drove to the Notre Dame 7 in the third quarter but had a lost fumble wipe out what was the Hawk’s best threat in regulation time.
The victory improves Holley’s record to 2-2 in the league and 3-3 overall and keeps the Hawks alive in the chase for a sectional playoff berth.
“It’s in our hands,” said Price of the Hawks hopes for a playoff spot which will be determined next Saturday as Holley hosts Attica in the regular season finale.
The loss drops Notre Dame to 1-3, 1-5.

Holley running back Colin Papaj follows the block of Dalton Moyer to gain yardage.

Holley’s Dalton Moyer sacks Notre Dame quarterback Brendan Klotzbach on fourth down.
Wilson booters best Albion
Jumping out to a 3-0 halftime advantage, Wilson went on to defeat visiting Albion 7-3 this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.
Cesar Carlin had 4 goals and 1 assist and Tyler VanBuren a goal and 2 assists to lead the way for Wilson.
Hayden Pecoraro scored all 3 goals for Albion, 2 off assists from Preston Flugel.
Wilson is now 7-2 and Albion 2-7 in N-O action.
N-O Girls Soccer
Newfane 2, Akron 0
Newfane blanked Akron 2-0 on goals by Megan Knoll and Emily Foltz, both off assists from Erica Flagler to lock up the N-O title.
Newfane is now 10-1 and Akron 7-4.
Wilson 6, Barker 0
Kayla Neumann scored 2 goals and Morgan Faery, Rachel Senek, Sarah Lewis, Chaylee Wilson and Madelyn Austin 1 each to lead Wilson past Barker 6-0.
Wilson is now 7-4 and Barker 0-11.
Cleve Hill Eagles hand Mustangs first loss
Defense was the name of the game as host Cleveland Hill posted a narrow 8-6 non league victory to snap Medina/Lyndonville’s season opening five game winning streak.
Cleve Hill, whose defense limited Medina/Lyndonville to just 70 yards in offense, including a minus 5 rushing, scored in the first quarter on a 3 yard touchdown run by Tyler Phillips and a two-point conversion pass by running back Matt Elridge.
The Mustangs got on the scoreboard in the second quarter as quarterback Izaiah Rhim hooked up with Jalin Cooper for a 19 yard touchdown pass. However, the run attempt for the game tying two-point conversion fail.
The Mustangs scoring opportunity was set up when Dawson Joy blocked an Eagles punt and Tyler Howard made the recovery.
Medina/Lyndonville did drive to the Cleve Hill 17 in the fourth quarter but was stopped on downs and the Eagles offense held the ball for the final six minutes.
Howard led the Mustangs in tackles with 13 as Joy and Eric Neace both had 10. Joy also had a fumble recovery.
Medina next hosts rival Albion at 7:30 p.m. Friday to close out the B East Division season.
Depew 26, Barker/Roy-Hart 12
Quarterback Jon Wolf threw 4 touchdown passes, including two in the first quarter and one each in the second and third periods, to spark Depew to a 26-12 win over Barker/Roy-Hart at Barker.
Barker/Roy-Hart scored on a 1 yard touchdown run by Eddie Wasnock in the third quarter and an 11 yard scoring pass from quarterback Jake Bruning to Wasnock in the final stanza.
Eric Fitch led Barker/Roy-Hart in tackles with 11 as Colton Bohall had 6 and Nick Fazzolari 4. Fazzolari also had a fumble recovery and Shawn Callaghan an interception.
Depew is now 2-3 in the division and 2-4 overall while Barker/Roy-Hart is 0-4, 2-4.
Albion girls soccer team nips Medina

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Emily Blanchard follows through on the winning goal shot during this morning’s rainy win over visiting Medina as Martha Gardner tries to block for the Mustangs.

Albion’s Sarah Gregori tries to move around Medina defender Hannah Adams.
A lone late goal proved to be just enough to earn Albion a rain soaked 1-0 victory over visiting rival Medina this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.
Emily Blanchard scored her team leading 18th goal of the season with just seven minutes remaining in the second half, off an assist from Sarah Gregori, to earn the streaking Purple Eagles their eighth straight victory after a slow 0-3-1 start to the N-O season.
Isabella Prest earned the shutout in goal.
The Purple Eagles and Mustangs had battled to a 2-2 double overtime tie in their earlier season meeting at Vets Park, the last game before Albion’s current win streak began.
Albion finishes the regular season at 8-3-1 in the league and 10-5-1 overall.
Medina, which is now 3-6-1 in the league and 4-9-1 overall, next visits Wilson on Wednesday.

Albion’s Vivian Rivers readies to kick the ball as the Medina duo of Katie Bilicki and Alexis Adams defend.

Medina’s Martha Gardner tries to advance the ball up field as Emily Blanchard defends for the Purple Eagles.
Mustang booters blank Rams

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jameson Johnson looks to advance the ball up field as Ethan Leonard and Adam Cifelli come in to defend for Medina/Lyndonville. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the Rams this evening at Vets Park.

Jay Silversmith goes after the ball for the Mustangs as Jameson Johnson follows for the Rams.
A quick two goal scoring burst late in the first half proved to be just enough offense to earn Medina/Lyndonville a 2-0 victory over Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.
Elian Gonzalez scored what proved to be the game winning goal for the Mustangs with six minutes to go in the first half off an assist from Ethan Leonard.
Vassilos Bitsas followed up with an insurance tally with just a minute to go before halftime as Kristian Snyder earned the assist.
Jacob Hoffee earned the shutout in goal for the Mustangs.
Medina/Lyndonville is now 4-4 in the league and 10-4 overall while Roy-Hart slips to 2-7 in N-O action.
Kendall 5, Rochester Charter Academy 2
Jake Adams scored 4 goals and Joe LoSapio 1 to earn Kendall a 5-2 victory over Rochester Charter Academy in a non league game.
Kendall is now 6-6-1 overall on the season.
Lady Trojans edge past Lady Tigers

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – A penalty kick goal accounted for all of the scoring as Alexander nipped host Lyndonville 1-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game. Here Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis (14) battles to keep control of the ball away from Alexander’s Maggie Dabb (5).
Albion spikers score win at Newfane
Improvng to 6-2, Albion scored a straight set 25-10, 25-10, 28-26 victory over host Newfane this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.
Chanyce Powell had 5 spiking kills, 5 blocks and 5 digs; Caitlynn Snook 4 kills, 4 service aces and 4 digs; Haley Smith 3 kills; Emilie Barleben 5 assists and 1 kills and Isabella Gibbs 5 digs and 1 ace to lead the way for the Purple Eagles.
The loss drops Newfane to 0-8.
In one other N-O match, front-running Akron (8-0) defeated Roy-Hart (4-4) 25-10, 25-20, 25-11.
Kendall 25-23-25-25, Lyndonville 19-25-14-20
Kendall downed host Lyndonville in four sets 25-1, 23-25, 25-14, 25-20 in a Genesee Region League match,.
Chelsea Wright had 14 digs, 6 kills, 5 assists and 4 aces; Emily Mattle 8 kills, 4 aces and 4 digs; Alexis Payton 7 kills and 7 digs; Madison Rath 10 digs and 5 kills and Jessica Cobb 14 assists, 4 aces and 4 digs for Kendall which improves to 8-4.
Kennedy Clark had 6 kills, 3 aces and 5 digs; Paige Gardner 2 kills, 11 assists and 3 digs and Hannah Despard 13 digs for Lyndonville which slips to 3-12.





