Contributed Photo – Caitlin Malanowski

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Albion High graduate Caitlin Malanowski has been named Co-Athlete of the Week at Elmira College.

Malanowski, who is a Nursing major, began her freshman season with the Elmira College cross-country team by pacing all Soaring Eagles with a seventh place overall finish at the Alfred State Invitational last Saturday completing the 5,000 meter course in a time of 24:36.23.

Her seventh place finish was the second best by any Soaring Eagle since the program’s inception in 2014.

Malanowski is one of three former Niagara-Orleans League runners on the Elmira team. That trio also includes Tessa White from Medina and Caroline Connolly from Newfane, White is a Criminal Justice major and Connolly a Biochemistry major.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman  -Albion quarterback Bryce Pritchard and his Purple Eagle teammates will host defending champion Alden in a B East Division game at 7 p.m. Friday.

Albion will host defending champion Alden and Medina/Lyndonville will visit Lackawanna at 7 p.m. Friday in B East Division games.

Two non league contests on Saturday will have Holley at CG Finney and Barker/Roy-Hart at Notre Dame of Batavia at 1:30 p.m.

It will be the division opener for Albion which is looking to rebound from a narrow 26-25 interdivisional loss at Lew-Port. Sophomore quarterback Bryce Pritchard threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Purple Eagles

Alden opened B East competition with a 40-19 romp over perennial division rival Depew.

Alden holds a narrow 7-6 lead in the all-time series with Albion including a 20-7 victory last fall.

Medina/Lyndonville will be looking to keep the momentum from last Friday’s high scoring 56-24 B East win over Barker/Roy-Hart. Running backs Jake Cotter (3 touchdowns, 156 yards rushing) and Eric Neace (2 TDs, 123 yds.) sparked the Mustangs

Lackawanna holds a 5-2 advantage in the all-time series against the Mustangs which did win the last meeting 22-14 in overtime in 2007.

The Steelers are looking to bounce back from a 23-0 interdivisional loss to East Aurora/Holland.

Holley is likewise looking to keep the momentum from last Saturday’s 18-6 home field non league win over Nichols. Quarterback Jeremy Mallett and running back Zach Day both had rushing touchdowns for the Hawks which also got a field goal by Ryan Andrews.

Finney holds a 3-1 lead in the series against Holley including a 36-13 victory last fall.

Barker/Roy-Hart, which is also looking to rebound from the loss to the Mustangs, will be facing Notre Dame for the second time. Barker/Roy-Hart downed the Irish 44-15 in a Genesee Region League contest in 2011 which was the first year of the merged team.

Notre Dame was defeated by Alexander 45-15 in a G-R contest last weekend.

All of the scoring took place during the first 15 minutes as Kendall downed rival host Holley 3-1 this evening in a Genesee Region League gils soccer game.

Kendall grabbed a quick 1-0 lead just six minutes in as TT ReQua scored off an assist from Megan Hardenbrook.

The Lady Eagles quickly tacked on two more goals on tallies by Hardenbrook and Michela Hanlon, off an assist from ReQua.

Ryley O’Mars netted the Holley goal as Lady Hawks net minder Madiosn Papaj made 9 saves.

The Pembroke at Kendall boys varsity game, which was scheduled for 4:30 p.m., was postponed due to the heat.

N-O Golf
The three scheduled Niagara-Orleans League golf matches including Barker vs. Medina, Akron vs. Albion and Roy-Hart vs. Wilson were also all postponed due to the heat.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Bea Bacon tries to spike the ball against Albion’s Chanyce Powell. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the defending champion Purple Eagles this evening at Albion.

Roy-Hart opened the Niagara-Orleans League volleyball season on a high note this evening by scoring a straight set 25-10, 25-15, 25-21 victory over three-time defending champion Albion at Albion.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the opening set after a run of six straight service points by Olivia Vorholzer (5-10).

The Lady Rams capped off the opening set victory as Aspen Moore served up the final six points, two of which were aces.

Roy-Hart again grabbed an early 8-3 lead in the second set after a three point run by Be a Bacon, two of which were aces.

Albion did stay within four at 19-15 but could get no closer as Bacon served up the final five points for Roy-Hart.

Breaking away from an early 3-3 deadlock, Roy-Hart moved on top to stay in the third set after a big run of 8 straight service points by Victoria Stanczyk. Spiking kills by Vorholzer and Bacon highlighted that run which was capped off by a service ace.

Albion did rally back to within two a 19-17 after two aces by Sierra Newton and a three point run by Emilie Barleben (15-17) but the Purple Eagles could get no closer.

Albion’s Chanyce Powell spikes against Roy-Hart’s Bea Bacon.

Bacon then polished off three of the final four points for the Lady Rams to close out the set and the match. Back-to-back kills by Bacon highlighted a three point run of service points by Stanczyk (21-23).

Albion, which had won 36 straight N-O matches over the past three title seasons, next hosts its annual tournament a Saturday as Roy-Hart is also in the eight team field.

Akron 25-17-25-18-25, Medina 16-25-22-25-20
Molley Gross had 8 kills, Maddie Williams and Je’ne Brown 5  and Carley Schultz 4 for Medina in the five set loss at Akron.

Alyssa Beyer added 20 digs for the Mustangs as Emily Kams had 14 digs and 11 assists, Grace Masse 19 digs and 11 assists, Leah Sheelar 4 aces and Lexi Neuman 2 aces.

Kendall 25-25-25, Holley 11-19-17
Kendall downed host rival Holley in straight sets in the Genesee Region League opener.

Sunni Brice had 8 assists and 3 aces, Chelsea Wright 8 aces and 3 digs, Madison Rath 8 kills and Lexi Payton 5 aces, 4 digs and 3 kills to lead the way for Kendall.

Albion’s Sara Hillman (7) and Sierra Newton (8) go after a service return.

Rebounding from a 1-0 deficit in the opening 30 seconds, Medina/Lyndonville came storming back to defeat host Park 6-1 this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game.

Medina/Lyndonville quickly gained a 2-1 lead on a pair of goals by Vassilios Bitsas off assists from Ethan Leonard and Kristian Snyder.

The Mustangs boosted the advantage to 4-1 at the half as Snyder scored off an assist from Bitsas and Trenton Jones tallied from Matt Hess.

Leonard netted a pair of insurance goals in the second half off assists from Bitsas.

Medina/Lyndonville next opens Niagara-Orleans League competition by hosting Akron at 4:45 p.m. Thursday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Preston Flugel drives the ball up field against Roy-hart defender Tyler Choate during the host Purple Eagles win over the Rams this evening.

A pair of late second half goals earned Albion a 2-0 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Hayden Pecoraro scored both goals, with 22 and 17 minutes remaining, as Owen Foos earned the assist on the second tally.

Devin Gaylord earned the shutout in goal for the Purple Eagles whose defense was also anchored by the quartet of Donato Rosaio, Nick Reed, Joe Madjeski and Nate Smith.

Albion is now 2-0 and Roy-Hart 0-2 in N-O competition.

The Purple Eagles next face Wheatland-Chili at 5 p.m. Friday in the opening round of the Byron-Bergen Tournament.

Holley 2, Wheatland-Chili 0
Holley opened Genesee Region League competition with a 2-0 victory at Wheatland-Chili.

Andrew Cary scored both goals for the Hawks, both off assists from Derek McArthur.

Patrick Bower made 8 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alexis Adams kicks the ball up field as Bree Luckman defends for Barker. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Lady Raiders this afternoon.

Building up a 4-1 half-time advantage, Medina went on to defeat host Barker 5-1 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Martha Gardner scored 2 goals as Destiny Satkowski and Kylie Bielak each added one to spark Medina’s big first half. Satkowski also had 2 assists and Gardner 1 during that stretch.

Hannah Adams netted the lone second half goal for Medina.

Taylor Morris scored Barker’s goal in the first half.

Newfane 3, Albion 1
Two quick goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half, by Adelyn Burns and Erica Flagler, keyed Newfane to a 3-0 win over visiting Albion.

Emily Foltz netted the Lady Panthers first goal in the opening half.

Emily Blanchard scored in the second half for Albion.

Wilson 3, Roy-Hart 0
Kayla Neumann scored 2 goals and Rachel Senek 1 to lead Wilson past Roy-Hart 3-0.

Emily Kelly made 6 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

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

Scoring road wins, Roy-Hart defeated Wilson 3-1 and Barker downed Newfane 3-0 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey competition.

Host Kenmore nipped Medina 2-1 in overtime in the other contest.

Roy-Hart 3, Wilson 1
Alexis Lovewell, Shannon Dent and Angelina Ciarfella took turns scoring the goals for Roy-Hart as Samantha Choate, Sydney Newton and Rielly Albee earned assists.

Elizabeth Soles scored for Wilson.

Barker 3, Newfane 0
A goal in the first minute by Katrina Clare, off an assist from Jillian Moeller, sparked Barker to the win over Newfane.

Moeller quickly made it 2-0 with a goal just 2:40 in as Clare earned the assist.

Lena Fazzolari netted the Lady Raiders final goal.

Abby Ignatowski earned the shutout in goal.

Newfane goalie Mia Ludwig made 17 saves, including stopping a penalty shot.

Kenmore 2, Medina 1 (OT)
Britney Waite scored both goals for Kenmore in the narrow overtime win.

Teanna Cardone scored the Medina goal in the second half which knotted the contest at 1-1.

Standings
Roy-Hart 2-1, Akron 1-0, Barker 1-0, Kenmore 1-1, Medina 1-1, Newfane 0-2, Wilson 0-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Olivia Vorholzer serves up one of her 11 straight first set points which ignited host Roy-Hart to a win over Lyndonville this evening.

Racing out to a commanding first set lead, Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 25-5, 25-12, 25-16 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Olivia Vorholzer served up 11 straight points, 4 of which were aces, to put Roy-Hart in command 12-0 at the outset of the opening set.

Skyler Christopher served up the final 7 points of the first set for the Lady Rams, 3 of which were aces.

Vorholzer finished with a total of 18 service points, 8 of which were aces, and 3 spiking kills. Bea Bacon added 15 points, 5 of which were aces and 4 kills.

Roy-Hart next visits defending champion Albion at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to open the Niagara-Orleans League season. The other N-O openers will have Medina at Akron and Newfane at Wison.

Lyndonville’s Skyler Lear dives to make a return.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Rachel Killian, right, shown here working against Albion’s Catherine Thom, and her Lady Hawk teammates will host rival Kendall on Wednesday. Kendall will then host its annual tournament on Thursday and Saturday.

The annual Kendall girls soccer tournament and the Albion volleyball tourney will highlight the upcoming week of area high school sports action.

Kendall will host Albion at 7 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the soccer tournament which will conclude on Saturday. Bishop Kearney will face York in the first semifinal at 5 p.m.

The Lady Eagles will also visit rival Holley in a Genesee Region League contest on Wednesday.

The eight team field for the Albion volleyball tourney on Saturday will include Medina, Roy-Hart, Kendall, Newfane, Pembroke, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba and Pembroke.

The Albion spikers will also begin defense of their Niagara-Orleans League title on Wednesday by hosting Roy-Hart.

Boys soccer action will feature Roy-Hart at Albion on Monday and Akron at Medina/Lyndonville on Thursday in N-O games.

A big early season N-O field hockey contest will feature defending champion Akron at Barker on Thursday. Last fall Akron claimed the N-O crown with an 11-1 record edging out Barker (10-1-1) and ending the Lady Raiders nine league league title reign.

On the gridiron, Albion will host Alden and Medina/Lyndonville will visit Lackawanna on Friday in B East Division games. Holley will then visit CG Finney and Barker/Roy-hart travels to Notre Dame of Batavia on Saturday afternoon in non league contests.

Week’s Schedule
Tuesday
Boys Soccer: Medina/Lyndonville at Park, 4:45 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Medina at Barker, Albion at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; Wilson at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Roy-Hart at Wilson, Medina at Kenmore, Barker at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Volleyball: Lyndonville at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Soccer: Pembroke at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Kendall at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball: Newfane at Wilson, Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart at Albion, Kendall at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Barker at Medina, Roy-Hart at Wilson, Akron at Albion, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Soccer: Akron at Medina, 4:45 p.m.; Wilson at Roy-Hart, Holley at Attica, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Barker at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Kendall (Kendall Tournament), 7 p.m.
Field Hockey: Wilson at Newfane, Akron at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 7:15 p.m.
Volleyball: Holley at Attica, Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, 6:30 p.m.

Friday
Football: Alden at Albion, Medina/Lyndonville at Lackawanna, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Albion at Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Akron at Wilson, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball: Pembroke at Roy-Hart, Albion at Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Newfane at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Barker, Medina at Albion, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Football: Barker/Roy-Hart at Notre Dame, Holley at CG Finney, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Akron at Wilson, 10 a.m.
Volleyball: Albion Tournament, 8 a.m.