Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lizzie Rath and her Lady Eagles teammates face a couple of key Genesee Region League games this coming week.

Locked in a tight three-way title battle, defending Division 1 champion the Kendall girls will face their top two challengers to highlight this coming week’s high school soccer action.

Three-time defending Division 1 champion Kendall is currently tied for second place with Wheatland-Chili at 8-1 a half game behind front-running Byron-Bergen 9-1.

The Lady Eagles will host Byron-Bergen at 5 p.m. Monday and then entertain Wheatland-Chili at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

In Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer, front-running Newfane (8-1) will host runner-up Akron (6-2) on Saturday. Streaking Albion, which has won five in a row after a slow 0-3-1 start, will visit Roy-Hart on Tuesday and Wilson Thursday and then entertain rival Medina on Saturday.

In N-O field hockey competition, undefeated (7-0) defending champion Akron will host runner-up Barker (6-1) in a key contest on Tuesday. Akron won the earlier season meeting at Barker 2-0.

On the gridiron, Albion will host Akron on Friday and Medina/Lyndonville will visit Cleveland Hill on Saturday afternoon in non league contests. Holley will lost Notre Dame in a G-R game and Barker/Roy-Hart will host Depew at Barker in a B East Division game, both on Saturday afternoon.
Week’s Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer: Wilson at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.; Pembroke at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 5 p.m.; Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Batavia at Albion, Medina at Lyndonville, Rochester Academy Charter at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Soccer: Kendall at Byron-Bergen/Elba, Pembroke at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Newfane at Medina, Wilson at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Medina at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Wilson, Barker at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Lyndonville at Holley, Pembroke at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Cross-Country: Wilson at Albion, Newfane and Barker at Roy-Hart, Akron at Medina, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Soccer: Wilson at Akron, Medina/Lyndonville at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Lyndonville at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Roy-Hart at Medina, Akron at Newfane, Albion at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Soccer: Medina/Lyndonville at Global Concepts, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Roy-Hart at Medina, Albion at Wilson, Barker at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Medina at Barker, Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Kenmore at Akron, 5 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Holley at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.

Friday
Football: Akron at Albion, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Kendall at RAC, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Alexander at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Roy-Hart at Akron, Albion at Newfane, Kendall at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Football: Notre Dame at Holley, Depew vs. Barker/Roy-Hart at Barker, 1:30 p.m.; Medina at Cleveland Hill, 2 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Albion at Wilson, 10 a.m.; Attica at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Medina at Albion, Akron at Newfane, Wilson at Barker, 10 a.m.; Attica at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Attica at Holley, 12 p.m.

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

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

Football Standings
B East Division: Medina/Lyndonville 4-0, 5-0; Alden 3-1, 3-2; Lackawanna 2-1, 3-2; Albion 1-3, 1-4; Depew 1-3, 1-4; Barker/Roy-Hart 0-3, 2-3
G-R League: Alexander 5-0, 5-0, Attica 2-1, 2-3; Pembroke 2-3, 2-3; Holley 1-2, 2-3; Notre Dame 1-2, 1-4; Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 0-3, 0-5

Contributed Story
The Medina JV football team fell to unbeaten Depew (5-0) this morning by a score of 28-8.

William Braswell scored the lone Mustangs touchdown on a 47 yard run in the third quarter and also added the conversion run.

Braswell finished with 100 yards rushing on the day to lead the Mustangs offense.

Defensively, Justice Hughes led the way with 8 tackles. Colby Petrie had an interception and 2 fumble recoveries, while Nick Kepner also recovered a fumble.

The Mustangs record is now 2-2 and next face Cleveland Hill at Vets Park on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis drives against Medina’s Martha Gardner (3) and Morgan Roach (8) during the Lady Tigers Homecoming win over the Mustangs this afternoon.

Medina’s Morgan Roach tries to play keep away from Lyndonville’s Miranda Lembcke.

Rebounding from an early 1-0 deficit, Lyndonville celebrated Homecoming by rallying for a 2-1 victory over Medina is afternoon in a non league girls soccer game.

Medina jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Destiny Satkowski scored off an assist from Martha Gardner.

However, Lyndonville battled back to knot the contest as Aubrey Lewis scored late in the opening half.

The Lady Tigers later netted the game winner as Anna Lewis scored off an assist from Brianna Paniccia with 12 minutes to go in the second half.

Lyndonville improves to 5-6 while Medina slips to 4-7-1.

Lyndonville next faces Wheatland-Chili Monday in a Genesee Region League game while Medina hosts front-running Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League contest on Tuesday.

Medina’s Destiny Satkowski tries to go through a crowd of Lyndonvlle defenders including Grace Hayes, Aubrey Lewis and Brianna Paniccia.

Lyndonville’s Lily Boyd battles with Medina’s Maddie Winters for control of the ball.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brad Sanford battles for control of the ball with Ryan Richardson of Byron-Bergen/Elba during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Bees this afternoon. The Purple Eagles wore pink socks in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Albion’s Elliott Neidert looks to advance the ball up field as Aaron Gaytan comes in to defend for Byron-Bergen/Elba.

Byron-Bergen/Elba bested host Albion 4-2 this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game as the Bees earn victory No. 10 on the season.

Jordan Miller scored a pair of goals to spark the Bees attack.

Albion tied the game at 1-1 in the first half as Nate Fearby scored off an assist from Noah Goudreau.

However, Byron-Bergen/Elba scored the next two goals to regain the lead for good.

Albion’s other goal came late in the second half as Goudreau tallied off an assist from Connor McQuillan.

Albion is now 3-8-1 overall.

Kendall’s boys and girls varsity soccer teams both scored non league victories today.

The Kendall boys squad downed Rochester Academy Charter 6-1 as Jake Adams and Michael Gardner each scored 2 goals and Joe LoSapio and Jesus Aguirre both added one.

The Eagles improve to 5-4-1.

The Kendall girls bested host H-A-C 3-2 as three first half goals proved to be just enough offense.

Kayla Summers, Taylor ReQua and Lizzie Rath took turns scoring the goals for the Lady Eagles as Brianna Wakefield earned assists on the first two tallies.

The Lady Eagles improve to 10-2 overall.

Kendall next hosts a Genesee Region League doubleheader on Monday as the girls will face Byron-Bergen at 5 p.m. and the boys will take on Pembroke at 7 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker/Roy-Hart’s Aaron Curry looks for running room during this afternoon’s win at Newfane.

Barker’Roy-Hart’s Eric Fitch drags Newfane’s Andrew Boudeman after intercepting a pass.

A quick two touchdown scoring burst early in the fourth quarter keyed Barker/Roy-Hart to a 23-14 victory over host Newfane this afternoon in a non league football game.

Leading by a narrow 9-6 margin, Barker/Roy-Hart scored twice within a span of just over two minutes as quarterback Jake Bruning completed touchdown passes of 34 yards to Eddie Wasnock with 11:53 to go in the fourth and of 33 yards to Malik Smith with 9:15 remaining to make it 23-6 as Noah Rocklein added both extra point kicks. An interception by Eric Fitch set up the second TD.

Newfane did answer back with a 5 yard touchdown run by Zach Brown and a two-point conversion carry to make it 23-14.

Newfane got the ball right back by recovering the ensuing on side kick and the Panthers drove to the Barker/Roy-Hart 10.

However, that comeback bid was ended as Bruning came up with a clutch interception for Barker/Roy-Hart in the end zone with 2:49 remaining to help lock up the win.

Newfane did grab a 6-0 first quarter lead on a 7 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Brandon Gross to Albert Kramp.

Barker/Roy-Hart though battled back to knot the contest at 6-6 in the second quarter on a 2 yard touchdown run by Wasnock. A 23 yard pass from Wasnock to Nick Fazzolari and a 10 yard run by Smith highlighted the drive.

Barker/Roy-Hart then took the lead for good at 9-6 on a 33 yard field goal by Rocklein as time expired in the first half.

Tim Maines had 10 tackles and Fazzolari 7 tackles and a sack for Barker/Roy-Hart.

Barker/Roy-Hart improves to 2-3 and Newfane slips to 0-5.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Albion’s Paige Derisley battles with Newfane’s Megan Knoll for the ball during the host Purple Eagles win over the Lady Panthers this evening.

Streaking Albion knocked front-running Newfane from the ranks of the unbeaten as the host Purple Eagles blanked the Lady Panthers 2-0 this evening.

Making it 5 wins in a row after an 0-3-1 start to the N-O campaign, Albion got pair of first half goals by Emily Blanchard, off assists from Vivian Rivers and Catherine Wolck, to drop Newfane to 8-1 in the league.

Isabella Prest made 11 saves to earn the shutout in goal for Albion whose defense also got strong efforts from Rivers, Natalie DiCureia and Kendall Derisley.

“It was a big team effort,” said Albion Coach Bruce Blanchard whose Purple Eagles improve to 5-3-1 in the league.

Medina 6, Barker 0

Destiny Satkowski scored 4 goals to lead Medina (3-4-1) past visiting Barker (0-9) as Martha Gardner and Katie Bilicki each netted 1.

Gardner also had 2 assists as Morgan Roach, Ashley Howell, Olivia Carter and Maddie Winrers each chipped in with 1.

Wilson 6, Roy-Hart 0

In other N-O action, Wilson (5-3) shutout Roy-Hart (2-7) 6-0 as Emily Patterson led the way with 2 goals and 2 assists.

Improving to 8-2-2, Holley blanked visiting University Prep of Rochester 3-0 this evening in a non league boys soccer game.

Holley grabbed a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by Andrew Cary just four minutes into the game.

The Hawks later locked up the win with a pair of penalty kick goals, the first by Derek McArthur in the first half and by Cary in the second half.

Boys Volleyball
Sodus 20-25-25-19-25, Lyndonville/Medina 25-18-23-25-19

Lyndonville/Medina dropped a close five set 20-25, 25-18, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19 decision to visiting Sodus this evening in a boys volleyball match.

Mason Pecoraro had 12 spiking kills, 8 service aces and 2 blocks; Christian Hahn 9 kills, Chris Goyette 4 aces, 3 kills and 6 assists and Federico Rosario 8 digs for Lyndonville/Medina.

In a sea-saw battle host Lackawanna nipped Albion 30-26 this evening in a B East Division football game.

Albion grabbed a 6-0 lead with 34 seconds to go in the opening quarter on a 7 yard touchdown run by Tommy Mattison.

The Purple Eagles then fell behind 8-6 early in the second quarter but rebounded with two late touchdowns on a 72 yard run by Mattison with 4:37 to go and a 23 yard scoring pass from quarterback Bryce Pritchard to Nate Moore with just 12 seconds remaining to regain an 18-8 lead at the half.

This time the Steelers answered back with two touchdowns in the third quarter to regain a 22-18 lead.

Albion though battled back one more time to reclaim the lead one last time at 26-22 on a 3 yard touchdown run by Meach Gardner and a two-point conversion pass from Pritchard to Kory Reynolds with 9:04 remaining in the fourth quarter.

However, the last rally and the win belonged to the Steelers as Danny Elvers scored on a 14 yard run and Noble Smith added the two-point converse carry for a 30-26 lead with 3:49 remaining.

Albion did mount one last drive but the threat was stopped on downs inside the Lackawanna 30.

Mattison finished with a total of 230 yards rushing while Gardner led the Purple Eagles defense in tackles with 13.

In making it three wins in a row Lackawanna improves to 2-1 in the division and 3-2 overall while Albion slips to 1-3, 1-4.

Scoring a touchdown in each quarter, Holley defeated Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 27-6 this evening at Oakfield earning the Hawks their first Genesee Region League victory of the season.

Colin Papaj had 222 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns and Zach Day 84 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns to lead the Holley offense as Ryan Andrews tacked on 3 extra point kicks.

Dalton Moyer had 15 tackles and Day and Glen Thrower 11 each to lead the Holley defensive effort which also included an interception by Jeremy Mallett which set up a Hawks touchdown.

Papaj scored on an 8 yard run in the first quarter and a long 95 yard run in the second quarter to give Holley a 14-6 lead at the half.

Day then scored on runs of 5 and 6 yards in the second half to lock up the Hawks victory.

Holley is now 1-2 in the league and 2-3 overall.