Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s duo of Daniel Heil, right, and Aeddon Cayea have the lead over eventual race winner Mike Swiriarski of Akron early in this afternoon’s Niagara-Orleans League cross-country race which saw the visiting Tigers sweep the Mustangs.

Akron scored a sweep over host Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League cross-country meet.

Akron (2-1) won the boys meet 25-34 as Mike Swiriarski took top honors for the Tigers ahead of the 2-3 finish by the Mustangs (0-2) duo of Dan Heil and Jack Hill.

The Lady Tigers (2-1) completed the sweep by downing the Mustangs (0-2) 23-36 as Margo Henley finished first ahead of the Medina duo of Sabrina Quiros and Hannah Heil.

The Albion girls improved to 3-0 with a 21-37 victory over Wilson (0-2) behind the 1-2 finish of Emma Mathes and Hannah Grammar.

Julie Reagan finished third for Wilson.

Wilson (2-0) did get a split on the day by winning the boys race 19-39 over Albion (0-3) sparked by the 1-2-3 finish of William Schwarznuller, Trey Rees and Cal Seeley.

Evan Steier finished fourth for Albion.

The defending champion Barker boys improved to 4-0 by defeating Roy-Hart 15-48 and Newfane 23-34. Newfane (1-2) downed Roy-Hart (1-2) 16-46 in the other portion of the tri-meet.

Barker was led by the 1-3-5 finish of Jake Arnold, Andrew Jenks and Adam Wagner.

Colin McCabe placed second and Allen Lingle fourth for Newfane.

The Newfane girls stayed unbeaten at 3-0 by downing Barker 15-50 and Roy-Hart 18-43. Roy-Hart (2-1) bested Barker (0-4) 22-33.

Newfane was led by the 1-2-3-5 finish of Kim Goerss, Vanessa Burkhard, Nina Burkhard and Lydia Chunco as Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard placed fourth.

The Medina girls were led by the 2-3 finish of Sabrina Quiros, left, and Hannah Heil.

Kendall and Lyndonville both scored four set victories in Genesee Region League girls soccer competition this evening.

Kendall defeated Pembroke 25-18, 25-11, 22-25, 25-16 as Emily Mattle went 17 for 17 from the service line with 2 aces and 4 kills and Madison Rath went 12 for 12 from the line with 8 kills.

Alexis Payton also had 10 kills, 7 aces and 7 digs and Jessica Coble 16 assists, 7 digs, 3 aces and 3 kills for the Lady Eagles.

Kendall is now 7-4 and Pembroke 3-10.

Lyndonville rallied to down Holley 20-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-18 as Paige Gardner had 4 kills, 4 aces and 13 assists; Alecia Hinkson 3 kills, 4 aces and 9 digs and Josephine Joy 7 aces and 15 digs to lead the way.

Ava Kohut had 6 aces, 3 kills and 6 digs and Helana McLean 2 aces, 5 kills and 3 blocks for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Mariah Plain sends the ball up field between Roy-Hart defenders Ava Bligh and Maddie Fry during the Purple Eagles win over the Lady Rams this evening at Gasport.

Albion’s Zoe Chatfield battles for control of the ball with Roy-Hart’s Maddie Fry.

Streaking Albion made it six straight Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer wins with a 2-0 victory over Roy-Hart this evening under the lights at Gasport.

Emily Blanchard scored what proved to be the game winner for Albion 12 minutes into the first half off an assist from Brylie Hapeman.

Hapeman then scored an insurance goal for the Purple Eagles midway through the second half as Blanchard earned the assist.

Isabella Prest earned the shutout in goal.

Albion is now 6-3-1 and Roy-Hart 2-8.

Newfane 7, Medina 1
Pulling away in the second half, front-running Newfane rolled to a 7-1 victory over Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game at Vets Park.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Newfane exploded for five goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half to take charge.

Megan Knoll and Emily Foltz both had a pair of goals to lead that uprising which also included a tally by Makena Carpenter. Kayleigh Daniels scored later in the half to round out the Lady Panthers scoring.

Erica Flagler scored for Newfane and Martha Gardner for Medina on a penalty kick in the first half.

Newfane is now 9-1 in the league and in front by two games as the result of Wilson’s win over Akron. Medina is 3-5-1.
Wilson 4, Akron 3 OT
Kayla Neuman scored all four goals for Wilson (6-3) in the overtime win over Akron (6-3).

Amanda Swader, Kara Sequin and Jenna Robnett each scored a goal for Akron.

Medina’s Melanie Hibbard tries to kick the ball away from Newfane’s Megan Knoll during the Mustangs loss to the Lady Panthers at Vets Park.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Shannon Dent brings the ball up field against Medina defender Hannah Mahnke during the Lady Rams “Stick It To Cancer” game win over the visiting Mustangs this afternoon.

Roy-Hart’s Angelina Ciarfella brings the ball up field.

Roy-Hart bested visiting Medina 6-0 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey on the Lady Rams annual “Stick It To Cancer” game.

RayLynn Chraston scored two goals for the Lady Rams as Katelin Corra, Alyssa Ickowski, Shannon Dent and Lexi Lovewell each netted one.

Roy-Hart improves to 6-2 while Medina slips to 1-8.

Akron 4, Barker 0
Defending champion Akron blanked visiting Barker 4-0 to open up a two game N-O lead.

Abby Stone scored a pair of goals for the Lady Tigers as Kaitlyn Gaik and Abby Enfield both added one.

The trio of Cierra Janis, Olivia Diebel and Amanda Jeziorowski anchored the Akron defense.

Akron is now 8-0 and Barker 6-2.

Wilson 3, Newfane 1
Gabe Graca, Olivia Mitchell and Erin Boyle each scored a goal as Wilson (5-4) downed rival Newfane (2-7) 3-1.

Pembroke rallied to defeat host Kendall 4-1 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Kendall did jump out to a 1-0 lead on a goal by Jake Adams but Pembroke answered back with three goals before the half ended to take control.

Jamil Marable led the Dragons with 1 goal and 3 assists.

Pembroke is now 5-3 and Kendall 2-4-1 in G-R action.
Wilson 5, Roy-Hart 0
Stevem Lewis had 3 goals, Cesar Carlin 1 goal and 3 assists and Tyler VanBuren 1 goal and 1 assist to spark Wilson (5-2) to a 5-0 victory over visiting Roy-Hart (1-6) in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Raine Oakley sends a shot off toward the goal as Jeanne Denson, left, and Mackenzie Muoio defend for Byron-Bergen during the host Lady Eagles overtime loss to the Bees this evening.

Kendall’s Kacey Menge brings the ball up field as Melissa MacCowan comes in to defend for Byron-Bergen.

Byron-Bergen nipped host Kendall 3-2 in overtime this evening to maintain a narrow hold on first place in Division 1 of the Genesee Region girls soccer league.

Deadlocked at 1-1 at the end of regulation time, Byron-Bergen grabbed a 2-1 lead four minutes into the first overtime period on a goal by Kelsey Maurer.

Kendall retied the contest just 45 seconds later as Michela Hanlon scored off an assist from Taylor ReQua.

However, the last goal and the key win belonged to Byron-Bergen as Miriam Tardy scored for the Bees with just 1:20 remaining.

ReQua also netted Kendall’s lone goal in regulation time.

Byron-Bergen improves to 10-1 in the division while defending champion Kendall slips to 8-2.

Kendall next hosts Wheatland-Chili in another key contest at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. W-C edged Lyndonville 3-1 in overtime to stay a half game off the pace in the Division 1 title race at 9-1.

Wheatland-Chili 3, Lyndonville 1 OT
Wheatland-Chili scored twice in the second overtime period to trim visiting Lyndonville 3-1.

Lyndonville tied the game at 1-1 in the second half as Anna Lewis scored off an assist from Emily Houseman.

Kenzi Muck made 20 saves in goal for the Lady Tigers.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson spikes over Medina defenders Molley Gross (10)  and Grace Masse (8).

Medina’s Emily Kams bumps the ball over the net.

Medina bested host Lyndonville 25-10, 29-27, 25-12 this evening in a non league girls volleyball match.

Je’ne Brown had 5 spiking kills and Molley Gross 4 while Faith Henning added 9 service aces, Lexie Sargent 7 and Grace Masse 2 to set the pace for Medina.

Leah Sheelar served up points 1-5 and Carley Schultz 12-18 to lead Medina in the opening set.

Lyndonville jumped out to an early 8-5 lead in the sea-saw second set as Alecia Hinkson served up points 2-8.

After a series of lead changes, Sargent served up aces for points 23 and 24 to put Medina up 24-22.

However, Lyndonville rallied back into a 27-26 lead as Kennedy Clark scored points 24 and 25 and Cassie Maynard served up an ace for point 27.

Medina though rallied to take the next three points and claim the wild 29-27 win as Gross registered kills for points 27 and 29 and Masse served up an ace for point 28.

Henning then keyed Medina to a victory in the deciding third set by serving up points 3-14, a run which included 7 aces.

Clark finished with 4 kills and 7 digs, Paige Gardner 2 kills and 6 assists and Josephine Joy 8 digs for Lyndonville.

Batavia 25-18-26-17-27, Albion 19-25-24-25-25
Batavia outlasted host Albion in a marathon five set non league match taking both the third and deciding fifth sets in overtime.

Chanyce Powell had 12 kills and 11 blocks, Kaitlyn Van Skiver 9 kills and 4 aces, Haley Smith 7 kills and 4 aces, Caitlyn Snook 4 kills and 5 aces and Sierra Newton 3 kills and 5 aces for Albion.

Kendall 25-25-21-25, RAC 12-17-25-11
Kendall scored a four set 25-12, 25-17, 21-25, 25-11 non league victory over visiting Rochester Academy Charter to improve to 6-4.

Emily Mattle had 10 kills and 5 aces, Sunni Brice 14 assists and 7 aces, Lexi Payton 11 aces and 2 kills and Madison Rath 6 aces and 2 kills to lead the way for the Lady Eagles.

Holley 25-12-25-21-25, Lyndonville 10-25-18-25-22
Ava Kohut had 12 aces, Jennah McMillion 7 aces, Angie Weaver 6 kills and Allison Howard 17 service points including 4 aces to set the pace for Holley in Saturday’s five set win at Lyndonville.

Clark had 6 kills, Hinkson 7 aces and 4 kills and Skylar Lear 3 kills and 2 aces for Lyndonville.

Photo By Cheryl Wertman – Brian Fry breaks loose for a long touchdown run during the Medina Stallions win over Oakfield/Elba Saturday at Vets Park.

The Medina Stallions defeated Oakfield/Elba 44-19 at Vets Park Saturday to improve to 5-0 and clinch the Varsity Division title in the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA).

Brian Fry led the Stallions attack rushing for 270 yards including touchdown runs of 84, 65 and 5. He also returned an interception 30 yards for a score and threw a pair of touchdown passes to Emmanuel Taylor covering 8 and 9 yards

Anthony Monell also returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown and Joe Cecchini caught 4 passes for 65 yardss while Hayden Woodroe had a fumble recovery.

JV Division
Albion 27, Holley 0
Amari Jones had rushing touchdowns of 39 and 1 yards and a 37 yard TD pass to Javon Jones to lead Albion to the win. Sh’kwa Riley added a 35 yard touchdown run . Riley and Amari Jones also both scored extra points.

Oakfield/Elba 38, Medina Broncos 6
Wyatt Zelazny scored the lone touchdown for the Medina Broncos.

Mini Division
Medina Colts 25, Oakfield/Elba 0
Cole Callard passed to Jamair LeMaine for one touchdown while Christian Moss, Brody Fry and Ty Holmes all added rushing touchdowns to lead the Colts.

Holley 27, Albion 6
Maykell Walker rushed for 39 yards including a 13 yard touchdown carry for Albion. On defense, Walker had 6 tackles and Jared Ostrander and Welsey Olles 5 each.

The Tri County Golden Eagles Bantam Travel Team opened the season by competing in the Hockey In The Port Tournament at SUNY Brockport over the weekend.

The Golden Eagles dropped a 4-2 decision to Monroe County in the opening round as Alonzo Story and Mike Holding had the goals.

Patrick Ricker, Holding, Trevor Wisener and Jake Esposito then each scored a goal as the Golden Eagles lost a tight 5-4 decision to the Niagara Junior Purple Eagles.

The Golden Eagles then lost 5-1 to Cazenovia as Story netted the lone goal.

The Golden Eagles will open the league season at Jamestown on October 9.