Ending a 10 year plus drought, Kendall defeated Notre Dame 25-23, 15-25, 25-22, 25-23 this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Lexi Payron had 16 digs, 9 spiking kills and 5 service aces; Chelsea Wright 14 digs, 11 assists and 3 aces; Madison Rath 8 kills and 4 aces and Jenna Regan 5 kills and 4 aces to set the pace for Kendall which had not defeated Notre Dame in over a decade.

“I can’t express how proud I am of the girls for the work they put in tonight,” said Kendall Coach Morgan Engelbert. “They stayed mentally tough through Notre Dame’s runs and capitalized on runs of their own. They never put their heads down and fought as hard as I have ever seen them fight. They have worked so hard and are so deserving of this win.”

Lyndsey Rowland had 10 kills and 2 aces and Julia Streeter 7 kills for Notre Dame.

Kendall improves to 3-0 and Notre Dame slips to 2-1.

Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Lyndonville 22-11-9
Lauren Burke had 4 aces, 10 assists and 8 kills; Catherine Brumsted 7 assists, 4 kills and 1 ace and Madison Farnsworth 4 aces, 5 kills and 2 digs to lead Byron-Bergen to a straight set G-R win over Lyndonville.

Kennedy Clark had 2 kills, 5 aces and 3 digs; Mercedes Benedict 2 kills and 6 digs and Syler Lear 7 digs for Lyndonville.

Byron-Bergen is now 2-0 in the league and 3-1 overall and Lyndonville 1-2, 1-4.

Improving to 5-1, Medina defeated Akron 224-259 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Shelridge.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 38 for the Mustangs as Mike Cardone added a 40, Trevor Luthart a 44 and Andrew Fuller a 46.

Brennan Murty shot 44 and Steve Wagner 48 for Akron which drops to 1-7.

Albion and Roy-Hart had a rare split score at Hickory Ridge as the Purple Eagles won on points 31-24 and the Rams on strokes 237-240.

Hogan Lang shot 38 to earn medalist honors for Roy-Hart as Murphy and Madigan Lang both added rounds of 49.

Patrick Ricker shot 40, Nick Penna 43 and Nick Perry and Victor Benjovski 46 for Albion.

Roy-Hart is now 4-2-1 and Albion 2-4-1.

Barker boosted its record to 4-2 with s 233-260 win over Newfane.

Josh Richbart earned medalist honors with a 43 for Barker. Jake Harris added a 44, Cam Fox 47 and Dan Engert 48 for the Raiders.

Tyler Wagner shot 44 for Newfane which slips to 0-7.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Preston Flugel heads the ball while surrounded by five Wilson players during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Lakemen this afternoon.

Albion’s Nick Reed battles for control of the ball with Wilson’s Matt Couturier.

A late goal earned Wilson a narrow 2-1 victory over host Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Wilson regained the lead for good when Cesar Carlin scored with just 9:52 remaining.

Albion had knotted the contest at 1-1 when Nick Reed capped off a long rush with a goal just 2:12 into the second half.

Wilson led 1-0 at the half as the result of an own goal.

Wilson improves to 2-1 in the league and 5-2 overall while Albion is now at 2-1m 3-2-1.

Albion next visits Medina/Lyndonville at 10 a.m. Saturday at Vets Park.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aspen Moore spikes the ball over Medina defenders Molley Gross (10) and Emily Kams (9) during the host Lady Rams five set win over the Mustangs this evening.

Coming from way, way back, Roy-Hart rallied from a two set deficit to nip visiting Medina 19-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-20 this evening in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

The decisive fifth set was a mirror image of the back-and-forth nature of the entire marathon match.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 13-4 lead as Victoria Stanczyk served up points 2-5, Olivia Vorholzer 7-10 and Bea Bacon 11-13. Bacon also had 3 spiking kills for points during that stretch.

Medina though came battling back into a 13-13 tie as Lexie Sargent served up 8 straight points (6-13). Je’ne Brown had 2 kills and Emily Kams 1 to highlight that run.

The Lady Rams answered the challenge by moving back out to a 22-15 advantage as Brianna Brewer served up points 15-16 and Aspen Moore 19-22, a run she capped off with an ace.

Medina did battle back to within 22-19 after a three point run of service points by Leah Sheelar but the Mustangs could get no closer.

The Lady Rams then took three of the next four points to close out the set and the match as Vorholzer served up the winner.

“They showed a lot of desire and heart,” said Roy-Hart Coach Bill Holahan of his Lady Rams come-from-behind win.

Roy-Hart is now 2-0 and Medina 0-2 in early season N-O action.

Medina’s Maddie Williams spikes over Roy-Hart’s Bea Bacon.

Medina took the opening set 25-19 by winning 7 of the final 8 points. Lexi Neuman served up the final 4 points as a spiking kill by Gross polished off the set winner.

The lead then changed hands 13 times in a see-saw second set before Medina emerged with a slender 25-23 win as a kill by Brown polished off the set winner.

Roy-Hart though came battling back as an early run of 8 straight service points by Stanczyk (2-9) ignited the Lady Rams to a 25-18 win in the third set. A kill by Skyler Christopher earned the set winning point.

The Lady Rams then knotted the match by taking the fourth set 25-19. Brewer served up the final 4 points as kills by Christopher polished off points 24 and 25.

Earlier in the set Brewer served up points 6-8 and Stanczyk 12-16 to help Roy-Hart build up a 19-13 lead.

Medina did rally back to within one at 20-19 after a four point run of service points by Neuman but the Mustangs could get no closer as Brewer’s four point run closed out the set for Roy-Hart.

Albion 25-25-20-15, Wilson 11-19-25-8
Defending champion Albion bested Wilson in four sets to improve to 1-1 in N-O action.

Kiara Smith had a big night at the service line for Albion scoring a total of 22 points, 6 of which were aces. She served up points 4-18 in the decisive fourth set.

Chanyce Powell added 9 kills, 8 digs and 3 aces for the Purple Eagles as Caitlynn Snook had 7 kills and 5 digs, Sierra Newton, Kaitlyn Van Skiver and Haley Smith 3 kills each,and Emilie Barleben 2 kills and 18 assists.

Wilson is now also 1-1.

Medina’s Molley Gross goes up for the block attempt against Roy-Hart’s Brianna Brewer.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Trevor Thaine serves up a point for Lyndonville/Medina which dropped a four set decision to World of Inquiry this evening at Lyndonville

The Lyndonville/Medina boys volleyball squad dropped a four set decision to World of Inquiry in a non league match this evening at Lyndonville.

The Tigers won the opening set 25-20 but World of Inquiry rallied to take the next three by narrow margins of 26-24 in overtime ,25-23, 25-23.

Mason Pecoraro led the Tigers at the net both in spiking kills and blocks.

At the service line the Tigers were paced by aces scored by Trevor Thaine and Chris Goyette.

Lyndonville/Medina next visits Cardinal O’Hara in a non league match on Thursday.

N-O Golf
Wilson 219, Akron 266
Two-time defending champion Wilson defeated Akron 219-266 this afternoon to stay perfect at 7-0 in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition.

Jonah Miller took medalist honors for the Lakemen with a round of 39.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Miranda Lembcke runs into Pembroke goalie Jessie Weaver as Weaver knocks the ball away. The action took place during Pembroke’s win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Pembroke made a pair of first half goals stand up for a narrow 2-1 victory over host Lyndonville this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Goals by Sam Ianni and Savanna Calderon gave Pembroke the 2-0 lead at the break.

Aubrey Lewis scored Lyndonvlle’s goal in the second half.

Wheatland-Chili 3, Kendall 0
Host Wheatland-Chil blanked defending Division 1 champion Kendall this evening.

Morgan Parker scored a quick goal just 10 minutes into the first half for W-C which later put a lock on the win on a pair of second half goals by Hannah Callaghan.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Teanna Cardone does the splits to gain control of the ball from Barker’s Grace Harris during the Mustangs loss to the Lady Raiders this afternoon at Vets Park.

A pair of late first half goals earned Barker a 2-0 victory over Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orelans League field hockey game at Vets Park.

In the other N-O contests, Akron blanked Kenmore and Roy-Hart shutout Newfane by the identical score of 5-0.

Barker’s Ciara Gregoire goes after the ball as Lillian Duffield defends for Medina.

Ciara Gregoire scored what proved to be the game winner for Barker with 12 minutes to go in the first half. Grayce Weller then added an insurance tally for the Lady Raiders with just 59 seconds remaining in the half.

Barker is now 2-1 and Medina 1-3.

Roy-Hart 5, Newfane
Delany Draper scored the three goal hat-trick to lead the attack for Roy-Hart which also included tallies by Alexis Lovewell and Angelina Ciarfella.

Roy-Hart, which led 2-0 at the half, improves to 4-0 while Newfane slips to 0-4.

Akron 5, Kenmore 0
Abby Enfield scored 2 goals while Julia Diebel, Heather Cummings and Kayla Wdowka each chipped in with 1 to power Akron past Kenmore.

Defending champion Akron is now 3-0 and Kenmore 1-2.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Chelsea Wright sets the ball as her teammate Mariah Marks backs up the play during the Lady Eagles home court win over Lyndonville this evening.

Kendall scored a straight set 25-18, 28-26, 25-23 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Alexis Payton had 8 service aces, 4 spiking kills and 4 digs; Sunni Brice 6 aces, 5 assists and 4 digs and Jenna Regan 5 assists and 3 kills to lead the way for Kendall which is now 2-0.

Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson receives service as Josephine Joy backs up the play.

Brice served Kendall out to a quick 4-0 lead in the opening set, a run which featured 2 service aces and a spiking kill by Regan.

Emily Mattle added points 8-10 (2 aces) and Payton 15-17 for the Lady Eagles as Regan served up an ace for the set winner.

Lyndonville did close the gap to 23-18 as Josephine Joy served up points 11-13 and Paige Gardner 15-18).

Kendall then took the second set in overtime and closed out the win with a two point in in the deciding third set.
In another G-R match Byron-Bergen bested Alexander 25-11, 25-22, 25-18 in the Lady Bees league opener.

Lauren Burke had 8 aces, 8 kills, 5 digs and 5 assists; Quinn Chapell 4 aces, 2 kills and 6 digs and Catherine Brumsted 3 aces, 8 assists and 1 kill to lead the way for B-B.

Oliva George had 9 kills and Haley Fletcher 15 assists for Alexander.

Field Hockey

Barker 0, Nichols 0

Barker played to a 0-0 tie with host Nichols this afternoon in a non league game. The Lady Raiders next visit Medina at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in a Niagara-Orleans League contest.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Nate Warters goes after the ball against Attica defenders Kylar Mayer and Cedric Streb during the host Eagles win over the Blue Devils this evening.

Jumping out to an early 3-0 lead, Kendall went on to defeat visiting Attica 6-1 this evening the in Genesee Region League boys soccer season opener for the Eagles.

Jake Adams and Nate Warters both scored the three goal hat-trick to spark the Kendall attack.

Kendall’s Jake Adams battles for control of the ball with Attica’s Nick Liczenwsky.

Adams gave Kendall a quick 2-0 lead in the first six minutes as Warters assisted on both goals.

The two players then traded roles as Warters scored the Eagles next two goals, both off assists from Adams, to give Kendall a 4-1 half-time lead.

Nick Gradick scored Attica’s first half goal which kept the Blue Devils within 3-1.

Kendall put a local on the contest by scoring twice in the second half as Adams tallied from Warters and then Warters scored off an assist from Michael Gardner.

Kendall next hosts Byron-Bergen/Elba at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Byron-Bergen/Elba blanked visiting Holley 3-0 this evening in another G-R contest.

Up 1-0, the Bees locked up the win with a pair of late goals.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kristian Snyder of Medina/Lyndonville battles for control of the ball with Newfane’s Max Weber during the Mustangs loss to the Panthers this afternoon at Vets Park.

A big second half rally came up short as Medina/Lyndonville dropped a 4-3 decision to defending champion Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Trailing 3-0 at the half, Medina/Lyndonville battled back to within 3-2 midway through the second half after a pair of goals by Kristian Snyder. The first goal came on a corner off an assist from Ethan Leonard and the second on a penalty kick.

Newfane regained a 4-2 lead on a goal by Mateo May but the Mustangs again cut the deficit to one on another penalty kick goal by Snyder with 6 minutes remaining.

However, the Mustangs were unable to net the equalizer.

Newfane built up the 3-0 advantage on first half goals by Johnney Costanzo, Jarrett Gilson and Trevor Moreland.

May and Max Weber also both had a pair of assists on the day for the Panthers.

Newfane is now 3-0 and Medina/Lyndonville 1-1 in N-O competition,