Photo by Cheryl Wertman  – Vassilios Bitsas takes a shot on goal during Medina/Lyndonville’s non league Homecoming win over Global Concepts this afternoon at Vets Park.

Getting goal production from eight different players, Medina/Lyndonville romped to an 11-0 victory over Global Concepts in the Mustangs Homecoming contest this afternoon at Vets Park.

Kristian Snyder scored 3 goals and Ethan Leonard 2 to lead the scoring parade as the Mustangs improve to 7-2.

The Mustangs set the tone at the outset as Vassilios Bitsas scored off an assist from Snyder in the first 45 seconds and then Snyder tallied off a corner by Elina Gonzalez two minutes later.

The Mustangs upped the lead to 5-0 by half-time on goals by Nate Sherman, Matt Hess and Snyder.

Leonard tacked on both of his goals in the second half which also included tallies by Snyder, Jacob Hoffee, Alex Allis and Chase McAdoo.

Newfane 4, Wilson 0
Trevor Moreland had 3 goals and an assist to spark Niagara-Orleans front-runner Newfane (6-0) to a 4-0 win over rival Wilson (3-2), a win which gives the Panthers a two game lead.

Girls Soccer
Byron-Bergen 6, Lyndonville 0
Scoring three goals in each half, Byron-Bergen posted a 6-0 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Tommy Mattison breaks through the Depew defense to score the first of his two touchdowns during the Purple Eagles loss to the visiting Wildcats this evening.

Albion’s Matt Kovaleski (2) scores a two-point conversion.

Depew rallied for two unanswered second half touchdowns to best host Albion 22-14 this evening in a B East Division contest.

Trailing 14-8 at the half, Depew used a pair of 3 yard touchdown runs by Austin Riley, one in the third quarter and the other in the fourth, to rally for the victory.

Albion, which was celebrating Homecoming, grabbed the 14-8 halftime advantage as Tommy Mattison ran 56 yards for one touchdown in the first quarter and 18 yards for another TD in the second quarter. Matt Kovaleski had the two point conversion run after the first tally. Mattison, who had a total of 172 yards rushing, had runs of 31 and 11 yards to key the second drive.

Jaquess Harrison had two interceptions for the Albion defense in the first half. Meach Gardner led the defense in tackles with 12.

Albion, which is now 1-2 in the division and 1-3 overall, next visits Lackawanna next Friday.

Depew, which is also 1-2, 1-3, next hosts Medina/Lyndonville.
Alden 44, Barker/Roy-Hart 24
Alden erupted for 30 unanswered points in the second half to rally for a 44-24 victory over Barker/Roy-Hart in a B East Division game at Middleport.

Trailing 24-14 at the half, Alden used touchdown pass plays from quarterback Bryan Cybulski of 64 yards to Christian Snell and 47 yards to Josh Chester along with an interception return for a TD by Riley Pastuszynski to key the comeback.

Barker/Roy-Hart, which was celebrating Homecoming, built up the half-time lead on touchdown runs of 2 and 4 yards by Eddie Wasnock and of 75 yards by Malik Smith. Eric Fitch added a pair of two-point conversion runs and Jacob Bruning had a two-point conversion pass to Wasnock.

Trevor Meal had 9 tackles and Matt Maines 6 for the Barker/Roy-Hart defuse.

Alden is now 3-1 in the division and Barker/Roy-Hart 0-3, 1-3 overall.

Albion’s Jaquess Harrison hauls in one of his two pass interceptions.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lucas Porter picks up yardage after intercepting his third pass of the night during Medina/Lyndonville’s Homecoming win over University Prep this evening at Vets Park.

Jake Cotter fights by three tacklers to pick up yardage for the Mustangs.

Surviving a fourth quarter scare, Medina/Lyndonville scored a 44-30 Homecoming victory over University Prep of Rochester in a non league game this evening at Vets Park.

Up 36-8 after three quarters, Medina/Lyndonville saw U Prep come storming back with a quick burst of three touchdowns on a 23 yard run, a 70 yard pass interception and a 31 yard pass play within a span of five minutes to slice the Mustangs lead to 36-30 with 6:28 remaining.

Turning back the challenge, the Mustangs finally put a lock on the win when quarterback Izaiah Rhim threw his fifth touchdown pass of the night, a 19 yard toss to Eric Neace with 2:10 remaining. Rhim added the two-point conversion carry to make the final score 44-30. A 35 yard run by Jake Cotter ignited that decisive drive.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 22-8 half-time advantage after a three touchdown burst in the second quarter on a pair of Rhim to Jalin Cooper pass plays covering 20 and 26 yards and a 1 yard scoring run by Neace. Rhim also ran for one two-point conversion and passed to Neace for another during that stretch.

The Mustangs lead ballooned to 36-8 in the third quarter as Rhim threw touchdown passes of 9 yards to Brendan Luthart, who made an outstanding leaping catch in the back of the end zone, and 52 yards to Cooper. Neace added the two-point conversion run after the first TD.

Lucas Porter highlighted the Mustangs defensive effort by intercepting three passes, two of which set up touchdowns.

Now at 4-0 overall, Medina/Lyndonville next visits Depew next Friday in a B East Division contest.

The loss drops U Prep to 2-2.

Mustang defenders Dawson Joy and Eric Neace sack U Prep quarterback Amir Massey.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Cameron Tucker returns a serve as Caitlynn Snook (9) and Isabella Gibbs (13) watch the play.

Albion’s Kaitlyn Van Skiver blocks a spike attempt by Akron’s Darion Jonathan.

Frontrunning Akron posted a straight set 25-23, 25-15, 25-11 victory at defending champion Albion this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League volleyball.

The victory, combined with Wilson’s five set 25-20, 16-25, 25-14, 12-25, 28-26 win over Roy-Hart, gives undefeated (5-0) Akron a two match lead in the N-O title race.

Albion and Roy-Hart both slip to 3-2.

Sharrah Jonathan had a big run of 9 straight service points to highlight Akron’s opening set win. She followed that up with a 5 point run of points in the second set.

Akron then closed out the match by rolling to a 14 point win in the third set as Tedee Jonathan served up points 8-13 and Sharrah Jonathan aces for points 22-23-24.

Chanyce Powell had 11 spiking kills to lead Albion.

Wilson 25-16-25-12-28, Roy-Hart 20-25-14-25-26

Raechel Blasius had 8 kills and 4 aces, Jennifer Meyers 8 aces and Sarah Nugent 7 kills and 4 blocks to lead Wilson to the marathon five set victory over Roy-Hart.

Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Holley 13-15-14
Lauren Burke had 12 assists, 5 kills and 8 aces and Madison Farnsworth 8 kills and 5 aces to lead Byron-Bergen (6-1) to a straight set Geensee Region League win over Holley.

Ava Kohut had 3 aces and 2 kills and Kassie Norman 4 kills for Holley.

In another G-R match, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba downed Kendall 25-15, 25-4, 25-22.

Holley made an early goal stand up for a narrow 1-0 victory over visiting Wheatland-Chili this evening to improve to 4-1 in Genesee Region League boys soccer competition.

The Hawks scored the game’s only goal just four minutes into the first half as Andrew Cary tallied off an assist from Derek McArthur.

The loss drops W-C to 2-2.

Now at 6-2 overall, Holley next visits rival Kendall at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Pembroke 5, Kendall 1
Pembroke regained the .500 mark in G-R action at 2-2 by downing Kendall 5-1 as Ryan Curtin led the way with 2 goals and an assist.

Jake Adams scored the goal for Kendall which is now 1-2 in G-R competition.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jayden Townsend, left, battles for control of the ball with Akron’s Abby Stone during the host Lady Rams loss to the league leading Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Roy-Hart’s Angelina Ciarfella tries to work the ball around Akron defender Cierra Janis.

All of the scoring took place in the first half as defending champion Akron edged past host Roy-Hart 2-1 this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Akron stays perfect at 6-0 at the halfway point of the N-O season while Roy-Hart slips to 4-2.

Akron grabbed an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Kaitlyn Gaik just five minutes in.

Roy-Hart pulled even as Shannon Dent tallied with 15 minutes to go in the half but Abby Stone answered right back with what proved to be the game winner for Akron just three minutes latter.

Barker 6, Kenmore 0
Barker took over sole possession of second place at 5-1 by blanking Kenmore (1-5) 6-0.

Barker grabbed a 2-0 first half lead on a pair of goals by Lena Fazzolari.

The Lady Raiders then closed out the win on second half goals by Katrina Clare, Sarah Mason, Lydia Dewart and Emily Annable.
Wilson 2, Medina 0
Two goals in the first four minutes earned Wilson a 2-0 Senior Night victory over visiting Medina.

Alex Seeley and Erin Boyle scored the goals for Wilson which regains the .500 mark at 3-3.

The loss drops Medina to 1-5.

Medina bested Barker 230-247 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match played at Niagara-Orleans.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 40 and Mike Cardone had a 41 to lead the way for Medina which improves to 7-2-1.

Josh Richbart shot 43 for Barker which slips to 6-3.

In the other match, defending champion Wilson trimmed Roy-Hart 221-225 at Shelridge to stay unbeaten at 9-0.

Jonah Miller earned medalist honors with a 41 for Wilson as Connor Seeley added a 42, Nick Seider 43 and Nate Fox 44.

Austin Walker shot 43, Brendan Hess 44, Hogan Lang 45 and Justin Czajka 46 for Roy-Hart which is now 5-3-2.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – This Albion trio of Nate Moore (10), Jaquess Harrison (14) and Ugene Harrison (12) and their Purple Eagle teammates will host Depew at 7 p.m. Friday in a key B East Division Homecoming game.

Battling to stay in the division title chase, Albion hosts Depew for Homecoming at 7 p.m. Friday in an important B East contest.

Albion is currently at 1-1 in the division and a game behind front-running Medina/Lyndonville (3-0) in the all important loss column.

Quarterback Bryce Pritchard has passed for 5 touchdowns and running back Tommy Mattison has rushed for 5 TDs to lead the Purple Eagles offense.

Albion holds a 10-8 lead in the all-time series with Depew but the Wildcats have won the last 5 meetings including a 28-13 victory last fall.

The Wildcats are 0-2 in the division.

It is also Homecoming for Medina/Lyndonville as the Mustangs will face a new foe in University Prep of Rochester in a non league game at 7:30 p.m. at Vets Park.

Averaging 48 points per game to date the Mustangs attack has included Jake Cotter and Jalin Cooper both with 5 touchdowns and Izaiah Rhim and Eric Neace each with 3.

U Prep is 2-1 on the season with wins over Cardinal O’Hara (26-6) and Salamanca (42-8) and a loss to Batavia (30-26).

Barker/Roy-Hart is also celebrating Homecoming and will host Alden at 7 p.m. at Middleport.

The event will be preceded by the induction of former longtime Roy-Hart football Coach Bruno Pacini into the Proud To Be A Ram Wall of Fame at 6:30 p.m.

Defending B East champion Alden, which is looking to rebound from a 42-28 loss to Medina/Lyndonville, is 2-1 in the division while Barker/Roy-Hart is 0-2.

On Saturday, Holley will host Pembroke at 1:30 p.m. in a Genesee Region League game. The Hawks are 0-1 in the league and 1-2 overall while the Dragons are 1-2, 1-2.

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

Medina romped to a straight set 25-14, 25-12, 25-11 victory over host Tapestry this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Tori Schicker had 4 service aces and 3 spiking kills, Faith Henning 6 kills and 4 aces, Brandi Guild 5 kills and 7 aces and Lexi Neuman 10 aces and 8 assists to lead the way for Medina.

The Mustangs next host Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League match Friday with the varsity contest at 5 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Taylor ReQua brings the ball up field against Lyndonville defender Brianna Paniccia during the Lady Eagles win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Brianna Wakefield works the ball up field for Kendall ahead of Lyndonville defender Alexis Montez.

A trio of players contributed goals as Kendall blanked host Lyndonville 3-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Taylor ReQua scored what proved to be the game winner for Kendall when she netted her team leading 12th goal of the season off an assist from Megan Hardenbrook with 15 minutes to go in the first half.

The Lady Eagles put a lock on the victory as Hailee Mitchell scored from Brianna Wakefield and Lizzie Rath tallied unassisted in the second half.

Hannah Ulmen earned the shutout in goal making 7 saves.

Kendall is now 5-1 in the league and 6-2 overall while Lyndonville is 2-4, 3-4.

Lyndonville next visits Byron-Bergen at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Kendall entertains Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at 11 a.m. Saturday for Homecoming.

Holley 2, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 0

Haylee Passarell scored both goals off assists from Ryley O’Mara and Madison Papaj made 5 saves to earn the shutout in goal leading Holley past Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 2-0 in another G-R contest.

Lyndonville’s Grace Hayes battles for control of the ball with Kendall’s Kayla Summers.