Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lily Boyd battles for control of the ball with Barker’s Eadie Fuerch during the host Lady Tigers win over the Lady Raiders this afternoon.

A pair of early first half goals earned Lyndonville a 2-0 victory over visiting Barker this afternoon in a non league girls soccer game.

Abi Rodriguez netted both goals for the Lady Tigers, the first just a minute in off an assist from Miranda Lembcke, and the second at the 22 minute mark from Aubrey Lewis.

The victory snapped a brief season opening two game losing stark for the Lady Tigers.

Akron 2, Wilson 1
Akron edged defending champion Wilson 2-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League game as Leah Czechowski scored both goals for the Lady Tigers.

Akron is now 3-0 and Wilson 1-2 in N-O action.

Boys Soccer
Wheatland-Chili 3, Albion 1
Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Wheatland-Chili scored two unanswered second half goals to defeat Albion 3-1 in the opening round of the Byron-Bergen Tournament.

Hayden Pecoraro scored Albion’s lone goal in the first half off an assist from Noah Goudreau to knot the contest at 1-1.

Barker goalie Kylie Miller makes the save on a shot by Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis.

Completing a home and home season series sweep, Roy-Hart bested Pembroke 25-10, 25-16, 25-17 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Brianna Brewer had 17 service points, including 5 aces, and 21 assists and Aspen Moore 7 spiking kills to lead the Lady Rams.

In one Niagara-Orleans League match, Wilson defeated rival Newfane 25-11, 25-17, 20-25, 25-17 as Jenny Myers had 14 assists, Maddy Seeley 5 kills and Raechel Blasius 8 aces. The match was the league opener for both teams

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Lamar Chambers hauls in a touchdown pass for the Purple Eagles first score of the evening in a 28-18 loss to visiting Alden.

A big three touchdown scoring burst late in the second quarter keyed defending champion Alden to a 28-18 victory over host Albion this evening in a B East Division game.

Trailing 12-7, Alden regained the lead for good by erupting for three touchdowns in the final 6:23 of the second quarter.

A two-yard touchdown run by quarterback Bryan Cybulski ignited that uprising, a scoring drive keyed by a 37 yard Cybulski to Riley Pastuszynski pass.

Brandon Windnagle followed up with a 45 yard interception return for a score and Christian Snell capped off the uprising with a 13 yard TD run with only three seconds to go in the half giving the Bulldogs a 28-12 lead. A 43 yard run by Snell started that scoring drive as Pastuszynski tacked on the extra point kick after each touchdown.

Albion’s Meach Gardner intercepts a pass intended for Alden’s Riley Pastuszynski.

Albion had grabbed the 12-7 lead on a 35 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryce Pritchard to Lamar Chambers with 4:22 to go in the first quarter and a 22 yard TD run by Tom Mattison with 11:30 remaining in the second quarter. A fumble recovery by Nate Moore at the Alden 27 on a botched Bulldogs punt return attempt set up the tally.

The Purple Eagles did cut the deficit to 28-18 with four minutes to go in the third quarter on a 2 yard touchdown run by Tony Vellejo Miller. An interception by Meach Gardner at the Alden 17 set up that opportunity.

However, Albion could get no closer as the Purple Eagles final two possessions were stopped at the Alden 31 and the Albion 20.

Snell also scored Alden’s first touchdown on a 28 yard pass reception from Cybulski on the Bulldogs first possession of the evening.

Albion, which is now 0-1 in the division and 0-2 overall, next hosts Barker/Roy-Hart next Friday.

Alden, which is now 2-0 in the division, next visits Medina/Lyndonville on Friday. The Mustangs downed host Lackawanna 48-6 to improve to 2-0 in the B East Division.

Albion’s Tom Mattison breaks through the line for a big gain.

Improving to 4-1, Medina defeated Albion 222-233 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Hickory Ridge.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 33 for Medina as Mike Cardone added a 41.

Nick Penna shot 37 and Patrick Ricker 40 for Albion, which is now 2-3.

In the other N-O matches, Roy-Hart defeated Newfane 229-252 as Justin Czajka shot a 44 and defending champion Wilson registered a school course record score of 199 for the second straight match in a win over Barker as Nate Fox shot a 37 and Connor Seeley a 38.

Wilson is now 5-0, Barker 3-1, Roy-Hart 3-2 and Newfane 0-5.

In girls golf, Medina’s Melanie Green earned medalist honors in a pair of Erie County League (ECIC) matches over the past two days at Audubon in Amherst. She shot a 33 on Thursday and a 35 today.

Roaring out to a commanding 26 point first quarter lead, Medina/Lyndonville went on to romp past host Lackawanna 48-6 this evening in a B East Division game.

Izaiah Rhim threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to Jake Cotter and Jalin Cooper added the two-point conversion in the opening two minutes and the Mustangs were off and rolling.

The Mustangs defensive unit provided the next two scores as Ronnie Koonce scored on a 95 yard fumble recovery return and Powell Stephens tallied on a safety when he tackled a Steelers ball carrier in the end zone. Dawson Joy forced the fumble setting up Koonce’s long scoring returns Rhim added the two-point conversion pass to Eric Neace.

Rhim then scored on a 25 yard run and Neace added the two point conversion carry to up the Mustangs advantage to 26-0 at the end of the opening quarter.

Cooper scored on a 61 yard run on a sweep in the second quarter and Rhim completed the two-point conversion pass to Neace upping the advantage to 34-0 at the half.

The Mustangs other two touchdowns came in the fourth quarter on a 22 yard run by Cooper and a 50 yard interception return by Lucas Porter as Dustin Joy tacked on the two-point conversion run. Porter had two interceptions on the night.

Dawson Joy led the Mustangs defense with 8 tackles and a fumble recovery as Johnny Salone made 7 tackles.

Medina/Lyndonville, which next hosts defending champion Alden next Friday night, improves to 2-0 in the division while Lackawanna slips to 0-2 . Alden improved to 2-0 with a 28-18 win at Albion.

Lyndonville scored a straight set 25-16, 25-15, 25-18 victory over host Wheatland-Chili this evening to open the Genesee Region League volleyball season.

Kennedy Clark had 5 service aces and 4 spiking kills, Skyler Lear 5 aces and 8 digs and Alecia Hinkson 8 aces to lead the way for the Lady Tigers.

Albion 25-25-25, Byron-Bergen 23-23-23
Chanyce Powell had 10 kills, 10 digs and 3 aces to lead the way for Albion in the straight set non league win over Byron-Bergen.

Kaitlyn Van Skiver added 6 kills and Caitkynn Snook 5 kills and 2 aces for the Purple Eagles.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Garren Bayne tries to put a shot on goal for Medina/Lyndonville as a trio of Akron defenders moves in to try to stop including Jacob Kaufman, Martin Wyatt and Micah Suckow.

Vassilio Bitsas tries to gain control of the ball for the Mustangs against Tigers defender Jarrod Marsh.

A goal in each half earned Medina/Lyndonville a 2-0 victory over Akron this afternoon in the Mustangs Niagara-Orleans League opener at Vets Park.

Kristian Snyder scored what proved to be the game winner for the Mustangs with just 1:31 remaining in the first half off an assist from Vassilios Bitsas.

Garren Bayne later added an insurance tally with 21:35 remaining in the second half.

The loss drops Akron to 0-2.

Holley 5, Attica 0
Four different players contributed goals as Holley blanked host Attica 5-0 improving the Hawks Genesee Region League record to 2-0.

Andrew Cary scored Holley’s first 2 goals off assists from Cory Cacamise and John Mounts.

Goals by Derek McArthur, Bailey Schubmehl and Bryce Baxter rounded out the Hawks scoring parade.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lizzie Rath moves the ball up field against Albion defender Natalie DiCureia during the visiting Purple Eagles tournament semifinal win over the Lady Eagles.

Albion’s Elizabeth Baker tries to advance the ball up field against Kendall’s Brianna Wakefield.

Coming from behind in the second half, Albion edged past the host Lady Eagles 3-2 this evening in the semifinals of the Kendall girls soccer tournament.

Trailing 2-1, Albion gained the win on a pair of late goals by Brylie Hapeman, both off assists from Emily Blanchard.

Hapeman netted the equalizer with 12 minutes to go and the game winner with only five minutes remaining.

Kendall had rallied into a 2-1 lead earlier in the half on two goals by TT ReQua.

Albion led 1-0 at the half as Hapeman scored from Blanchard.

Isabella Prest made 14 saves in goal for Albion whose defense was anchored by Vivian Rivers.

Albion will now face York in the finals at 3 p.m. Saturday while Kendall will take on Bishop Kearney in the consolation contest at 1 p.m.

York blanked Kearney 6-0 in the other semi.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 4, Lyndonville 1
Trailing 1-0, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba got 4 second half goals from 4 different players to defeat host Lyndonville 4-1 in a Genesee Region League game.

Lyndonville took the 1-0 half-time lead on a goal by Aubrey Lewis.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Raylynn Chraston tries to drive through Medina defenders Sarah Granchelli and Alexis Maines during the Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this evening at Vets Park.

Medina’s Grace Flores tries to keep control of the ball against Roy-Hart’s Angelina Ciarfella.

Pulling away down the stretch, Roy-Hart blanked Medina 4-0 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Vets Park.

Leading by a narrow 1-0 margin, Roy-Hart broke the contest open by scoring two quick goals in less than a minute with 14 minutes to go in the second half on tallies by Alexis Lovewell and Samantha Choate. Lovewell also scored the Lady Rams final goal.

Angelia Ciarfella scored Roy-Hart’s lone first half goal.

Roy-Hart stays perfect at 3-0 while Medina slips to 1-2.

Akron 2, Barker 0
Defending champion Akron blanked Barker 2-0 on first half goals by Hannah and Heather Cummings.

Madison Krzykowski earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Tigers.

Akron is now 2-0 and Barker 1-1.

Wilson 2, Newfane 0
Second half goals by Lizzie Soles and Juliette Dolyk lifted Wilson to a 2-0 victory over rival Newfane.

Wilson is now 1-2 and Newfane 0-3.

Gaining the .500 mark at 2-2, Albion defeated Akron 248-263 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match at DanDee Farms.

Nick Penna took medalist honors for Albion with a 39 as Patrick Ricker and Victor Benjovski both added rounds of 48.

Brennan Murty shot 44 for Akron which dips to 0-5.

Wilson 199, Roy-Hart 227
Defending champion Wilson set a new school course record score in defeating Roy-Hart 199-227 at Willowbrook.

Connor Seeley earned medalist honors with a 36 for Wilson which improves to 4-0.

Jonah Miller added a 39 and Nate Fox a 40 for the Lakemen.

The loss drops Roy-Hart to 2-2.