Local Sports

Wilson golfers top Medina to double lead

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 19 September 2016 at 9:10 pm

Defending champion Wilson doubled its lead by downing Medina 201-221 this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Willowbrook.

The Lakemen improve to 8-0 while the runner-up Mustangs slip to 6-2.

Jonah Miller and Nate Fox shared medalist honors with rounds of 36 for Wilson.

The Lakemen also had Conner Seeley shoot 39, Nick Seider 43 and Patrick Seeley 46.

Mike Cardone shot 35 and Ian Wagner 39 for Medina.

Albion 249, Newfane 270
Nick Penna took medalist honors with a 43 to lead the way for Albion in the victory over Newfane as Nick Perry added a 44 and Patrick Ricker a 47.

Albion is now 3-5-1 and Newfane 0-9.

Roy-Hart 217, Akron 268
Hogan Lang earned medalist honors with a 40 for Roy-Hart which topped Akron to improve to 5-2-1.

The loss drops Akron to 1-8.

Albion, Medina youth gridders post wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2016 at 6:14 pm

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The Albion and Medina youth gridders both scored wins Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) competition.

Albion defeated Tri Town 26-6 in the Mini Division and 13-7 in the JV Division. Tri Town won the Varsity Division contest 23-14.

The Medina Broncos defeated Pembroke 26-6 in the JV Division. Pembroke topped the Medina Colts in the 23-6. The Varsity Division scrimmage was cancelled due to a thunderstorm.

Mini Division
Albion 26, Tri Town 6.
Improving to 4-0, Albion was lead by Makyell Walker who rushed for 226 yards including 3 consecutive TD carries of 48, 92 and 49.   Brody Chambers added a 2 yard td run.  Wesley Olles had 2 PAT’s.
On Defense Walker added 6 tackles,  Olles 5 and Jared Ostrander had 4.

Pembroke Dragons 23, Medina Colts 6
Cole Callard with a long TD run for the Colts for their only score of the game.

JV Division
Albion 13, Tri-Town 7
Defense was the story of the game for Albion.  Down 7-0, Jacob Hughson returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown on the last play of the 1st.  Amari Jones added the PAT to tie it at 7 at the half, and that’s where it stayed until about 4 minutes left in game.  That’s where Sh’kwe Riley stripped the ball away from Tri Town and scattered down the sidelines 67 yards for the game winning Touchdown.

Amari Jones led the defense with 17 tackles, Shakarion Drisdom 7, Javon Jones and Hughson added 5.   Riley also had and interception.  Albion improves to 4-0 on the season.

Medina Broncos    26
Pembroke Dragons   6
Lavonn Guy scored on three 60 plus yard touchdown runs and Trenton Muck hit Aidan Pitts for a long TD pass and run, with Aidan Pitts running for a couple of extra points in the game.
Great line play allowed the offense to roll and the defense shut down the Dragons who scored their lone TD on the opening kickoff on a long return.

Varsity Division
Tri-Town 23, Albion 14
Anthony Freeman had 53 yards rushing including 12 yard TD run and 2 PAT’s and Jahmeek Riley scored on a 55 yard run for Allbion.
On Defense Riley lead the Eagles with 8 tackles,  Chris Porter 5, Will and Anthony Freeman added 5 each.  Anthony Freeman also had an interception.  Albion falls to 2-2 on the year.

Upcoming week features local match ups

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2016 at 9:43 am
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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nick Reed and his Purple Eagle teammates will host Kendall on Monday in a non league soccer game.

A number of local match-ups in boys and girls soccer and volleyball will highlight the upcoming week’s area high school sports schedule.

That is well illustrated by Monday’s slate of contests which has Kendall at Albion in boys soccer, Lyndonville at Holley in girls soccer and Albion at Medina in girls volleyball.

Kendall will then visit Lyndonville in girls soccer on Wednesday.

Saturday’s Homecoming contests at Kendall will have the Eagles hosting rival Holley in boys soccer at 3 p.m. and in girls volleyball at 1:30 p.m. The Lady Eagles will face Oakfield-Alabama/Elba in soccer at 1 p.m.

It will also be Homecoming Week at both Medina ant Albion. Medins will host Newfane in volleyball, Global Concepts in boys soccer and U Prep in football on Friday. Albion will entertain Depew in football on Friday and then Akron in both boys and girls soccer on Saturday.

The defending champion Albion girls volleyball team (2-1) will host undefeated (3-0) Akron in a key Niagara-Orleans League match on Thursday.

A key N-O field hockey game on Thursday will have undefeated defending champion Akron (4-0) at runner-up Roy-Hart (4-1).

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Medina’s Alyssa Beyer and her Mustang volleyball teammates will host rival defending champion Albion on Monday in a key Niagara-Orleans League match.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer: Kendall at Albion, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Albion at Barker, Kendall at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Albion at Medina, Roy-Hart at Newfane, Akron at Wilson, Holley at Northstar, Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Medina at Wilson, Akron at Roy-Hart, Albion at Newfane, 4 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Soccer: Wilson at Medina, Akron at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Medina at Akron, Barker at Wilson, Newfane at Kenmore, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Alexander at Lyndonville, Kendall at Wheatland-Chil, Oakfield-Alabama/ Elba at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Medina at Barker, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Soccer: Albion at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Oracle, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Wilson at Medina, Barker at Newfane, Kendall at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Akron at Roy-Hart, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Medina at Tapestry, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Medina at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Wilson, Akron at Barker, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Soccer: Kendall at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Kenmore at Barker, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Medina at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Akron at Albion, Notre Dame at Lyndonville, Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, 6:30 p.m.

Friday
Football: Depew at Albion, Alden at Barker/Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.; U Prep at Medina/Lyndonville, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Newfane at Wilson, Global Concepts at Medina/Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Holley at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Newfane at Medina, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Medina at Barker, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Albion at Akron, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Football: Pembroke at Holley, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Holley at Kendall, 3 p.m.; Akron at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Newfane at Wilson, Barker at Roy-Hart, 10 a.m.; Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at Kendall, 1 p.m.
Field Hockey: Medina at Buffalo Seminary, 10 a.m.
Girls Volleyball: Holley at Kendall, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball: Lyndonville/Medina at Midlakes (vs. Midlakes 10 a.m., vs. North Rose-Wolcott, 2 p.m.)

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

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

Football 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

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Lyndonville’s Abi Rodriguez, left, and her Lady Tiger teammates will face both Holley and Kendall this coming week.

Albion spikers place second at tourney

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2016 at 7:01 pm

Albion took second place honors at the Churchville-Chili volleyball tournament today as the Purple Eagles dropped a 25-9, 25-23 decision to the host Lady Saints in the championship match.

The Purple Eagles went 5-1 in pool play scoring two set wins over both Spencerport and Greece Arcadia and splitting a pair of sets with Pittsford Mendon.

Albion then defeated Batavia 25-17, 25-18 in the semifinals to advance to the title match.

The Purple Eagles were represented on the All-Tournament team by Sierra Newton and Chanyce Powell.

Albion next visits rival Medina at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a Niagara-Orleans League match.

Holley 25-25-18-25, Pembroke 19-19-25-17

Holley earned its first Genesee Region League victory victory by downing Pembroke in four sets Friday.

Ava Kohut had 5 service aces, 2 spiking kills and 7 digs; Nicole Mrzywka 4 kills, 2 blocks and 3 digs and Jennah McMillion 5 aces, 3 assists and 3 digs to lead the way for the Lady Hawks.

Tri County icers in tuneup test

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2016 at 6:57 pm

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All six forwards scored goals as the Tri County Golden Eagles hockey team defeated Rochester Youth Hockey 10-1 in a scrimmage game today at the Bill Gray Arena in Henrietta.

The Tri County lineup includes a trio of Orleans County players – Jake Esposito, Patrick Ricker and Max Hapeman. Esposito and Ricker both scored goals.

Jeremiah Rausch had 4 goals and Mike Holding 2 to lead the Golden Eagles which also got tallies from Alonzo Storey and Hunter Maley.

Tri County will host a three day “Hockey in the Port” Tournament beginning September 30 at SUNY Brockport. The Golden Eagles will face Monroe County in the opening round.

Kendall girls win in OT; Albion romps

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2016 at 1:59 pm

Kendall bested visiting Alexander 3-2 in overtime today in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Brianna Wakefield scored the game winner for Kendall three minutes into the first overtime period off an assist from Taylor ReQua.

The Lady Eagles jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as ReQua scored off an assist from Michela Hanlon.

However, Alexander rallied to first tie the game before half-time and then to take a 2-1 lead early in the second half on a goal by Sam Gibbs.

Kendall though rebounded to retie the contest at 2-2 when ReQua scored off an assist from Hailee Mitchell.

Kendall improves to 3-1 in the league and 4-2 overall.

Albion 5, Roy-Hart 0
Building up a 3-0 half-time advantage, Albion went on to blank visiting Roy-Hart 5-0 this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Nikki Eldred opened the scoring for Albion with a goal off an assist from Brylie Hapeman.

Hapemen then scored twice herself, off assists from Emily Blanchard and Catherine Thom, to make it 3-0 at the break.

The Purple Eagles then locked up the win on second half goals by Blanchard, off an assist from Kendall Derisley, and Sarah Gregori.

Albion is now 1-3-1 in the league and Roy-Hart 1-4.

Newfane 7, Medina 0
Newfane stayed unbeaten at 5-0 with a 7-0 win over visiting Medina.

Makena Carpenter and Adelyn Burns both scored two goals to lead the Newfane attack as Emily Foltz, Brianna Heers and Lila Maurer each chipped in with one.

The loss drops Medina to 2-2-1.

N-O Standings
Newfane 5-0, Akron 4-1, Wilson 3-2, Medina 2-2-1, Albion 1-3-1, Roy-Hart 1-4, Barker 0-4.

Kendall booters blank Batavia

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2016 at 1:56 pm

Regaining the .500 mark at 2-2, Kendall romped to a 6-0 victory over host Batavia this morning in a non league boys soccer game.

Jake Adams scored 4 goals to lead the Kendall attack as Nate Warters and Michael Gardner each chipped in with a goal.

Warters, Gardner, Jesus Aquirre and John Rath also each had an assist for the Eagles.

Kendall jumped out to a commanding 4-0 first half lead on 3 goals by Adams and 1 by Warters.

Mustang booters blank Purple Eagles

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2016 at 1:25 pm
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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kristian Snyder of Medina/Lyndonville goes high to head the ball toward the goal. Surrounding the play are Joe Madejski (13), Nate Fearby (9) and Nate Smith (7) from Albion along with Trenton Jones (17) for the Mustangs. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the Purple Eagles this morning at Vets Park.

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Albion’s Nate Scanlan and Medina/Lyndonville’s Andrew Houseman battle for control of the ball.

Exploding for two quick goals in the first seven minutes, Medina/Lyndonville went on to defeat rival Albion 3-1 this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game at Vets Park.

Kristian Snyder gave the Mustangs the 2-0 lead when he scored just 2:17 in off a turnover and again with just 6:36 gone off a corner by Ethan Leonard.

Snyder then completed his hat-trick by scoring again with 12:28 to go in the first half off a nice pass from Trenton Jones to give the Mustangs a 3-0 lead at the break. The goal was his 10th of the season.

Albion avoided the shutout when Nate Fearby scored with just 3:15 remaining in the second half off an assist from Nick Reed.

Medina/Lyndonville improves to 3-1 in the league and 5-1 overall while Albion slips to 2-2, 3-3-1.

Newfane 2, Akron 1
Defending champion Newfane stayed unbeaten at 4-0 by nipping Akron (0-4) 2-1.

Caleb Russell had a goal and an assist, Johnny Costanzo a goal and Max Weber an assist for the Panthers.

Standings
Newfane 4-0, Medina/Lyndonvile 3-1, Wilson 2-1, Albion 2-2, Roy-Hart 0-3, Akron 0-4

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Albion’s Kendyll Hadick tries to go around Mustangs defender Jay Silversmith.

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Elian Gonzalez of Medina/Lyndonville drives up field against Albion defenders Harrison Brown (16) and Joe Madejski (13).

Medina, Barker golfers score wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 September 2016 at 11:47 pm

Medina defeated Newfane 227-250 at Oak Run this afternoon to improve to 6-1 in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 36 for the Mustangs as Trevor Luthart added a 43 and Mike Cardone a 45.

Paige Emborsky shot 42 and Sam Capen 48 for Newfane which slips to 0-8.

Barker won by forfeit over Albion which had only four players available for the match.

Josh Richbart shot 46 to lead Barker which also got rounds of 47 from Jake Harris, Jake Meister and Cam Fox.

Patrick Ricker took medalist honors for Albion with a 44.

Nick Penna added a 45 and Nick Perry a 48 for the Purple Eagles.

Barker is now 5-2 and Albion 2-5-1.

Mustangs top Bulldogs to grab B East lead

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 16 September 2016 at 11:36 pm
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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jake Cotter heads to the end zone to score what proved to be the winning touchdown in Medina/Lyndonville’s key 42-28 victory over defending champion Alden this evening at Vets Park.

Putting together a huge second half rally, Medina/Lyndonville outlasted defending champion Alden 42-28 this evening at Vets Park to take over sole possession of the B East Division lead.

Trailing 21-8 at the half, the Mustangs scored touchdowns on 5 of 6 second half possessions including two by Jalin Cooper and one each by Izaiah Rhim, Eric Neace and Jake Cotter to claim the wild win and stay perfect at 3-0 in the B East Division as Alden drops to 2-1.

“It’s a big win for us. The kids have really worked hard and they really deserve it,” said Mustangs Coach Eric Valley. “I challenged them at half-time and told them they had a great opportunity before them in the second half and they came back out and really executed.”

Rhim started the Mustangs comeback with a 6 yard touchdown run with 3:33 to go in the third quarter cutting the deficit to 21-14. Neace keyed that drive with runs of 17 and 9 yards and an 11 yard pass reception from Rhim.

The Mustangs defense then came up with a huge turnover as Lucas Porter recovered an Alden fumble at the Bulldogs 38 on the first snap after the ensuing kickoff.

Capitalizing on the opportunity, the Mustangs quickly scored on a 1 yard TD run by Neace and a two-point conversion carry by Rhim to grab the lead at 22-21 with 1:08 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustangs upped the advantage to 28-21 on a 14 yard touchdown run by Cooper on a big fourth down and 8 play with 9:15 to go in the fourth quarter. Cotter had runs of 15 and 38 yards to key that drive.

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Mason Lewis comes up with a key interception for the Mustangs as he takes the ball away from Bulldogs receiver Christian Snell.

However, Alden pulled back even at 28-28 pm a 13 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryan Cybulski to Christian Snell and an extra point kick by Riley Pastuszynski with 6:52 remaining, a score set up by a fumble recovery at the Mustangs 13 yard line.

The Mustangs though answered the challenge driving 66 yards in 9 plays with the ensuing kickoff to regain the lead for good at 34-28 on a 16 yard touchdown run by Cotter with 3:19 remaining.

The Mustangs defensive unit then came up with another big turnover on an interception by Mason Lewis on Alden’s first snap after the ensuing kickoff.

“Our defense has really been solid for us giving our offense good scoring opportunities and in the second half they really buckled down and played more physical,” said Valley.

Cooper then put a firm lock on the Mustangs big victory when he broke loose on a 60 yard touchdown run with just 48 seconds remaining.

Alden grabbed  7-0 lead at the outset on a 26 yard Cybulski to Snell touchdown pass.

The Mustangs rebounded to take the lead at 8-7 on an 11 yard touchdown run and two point conversion carry by Rhim.

The Bulldogs though countered with a pair of touchdowns on a 67 yard run by Snell and a 19 yard pass from Snell to Jason Funk to regain what proved to be a short lived 21-8 lead at the half.

Cotter finished with a total of 133 yards rushing, Cooper 127 and Neace 73.

On defense, Porter led the way with 9 tackles ad Ronnie Koonce and Dawson Joy both had 6.

The Mustangs next host University Prep of Rochester in a non league Homecoming game next Friday.

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Mustangs quarterback Izaiah Rhim reaches over the goal line to score a two-point conversion.