Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Shayla Higgins works around Medina defenders Lucia DiCureia (5) and Lillian Maynard (2) during this evening’s game at Vets Park.

Albion downed Medina 8-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game at Vets Park this evening.

Melanie Viza and Julia Button both had two goals for the Purple Eagles as Lena Grillo, Shayla Higgins, Alayna Flugel, McKinley Knight and Brittany Lewis each had one.

Albion is now 2-5-4 and Medina 0-10 in N-O action.

Barker/Lyndonville 2, Newfane 0
Goals by Abby Alexander and Alexa Robinson keyed Barker/Lyndonville to a 2-0 N-O win over Newfane.

Barker/Lyndonville is now 5-3-3 and Newfane 3-7 in N-O competition.

Kendall 11, Finney 0
Kendall romped to an 11-0 non league win over GC Finney as Ryleigh Denning had 4 goals, Hailey Ball and Payton Vogt 2 and Sophia Picardo, Aleah Barrett, Stella Kwiatek and Izzy D’Agostino one each.

Picardo and Addison Kludt both had a pair of assists. Picardo is now Kendall’s career leader in assists.

Kendall is now 14-1 overall.

Holley 3, Attica 0
Holley blanked Attica 3-0 in a Genesee Region League game as Kyla Burne scored all three goals and Hanna Ostrom had an assist.

Zoey Warner made three saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Holley is now 8-3-1 in G-R action.

Boys Soccer
Albion 2, Cardinal O’Hara 0
Albion downed visiting Cardinal O’Hara 2-0 in a non league game on goals by Joey Bropst and Alakai Colmenero.

Akron 1, Roy-Hart 0
Akron nipped Roy-Hart 1-0 in an N-O contest on a goal by Sawyer Ranney.

Medina’s Rhoswyn Oakes sends the ball up field as Kailee Anstey pursues for Albion.

Building up a commanding 28-0 half-time advantage, Medina went on to down host Tonawanda 49-8  in a C North Division game this evening.

Quarterback Preston Woodworth opened the scoring for Medina with an 11 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Kolton Fletcher had a 30 yard run and a 30 yard pass reception to highlight the drive. Davi Mucoucah tacked on the first of his seven extra point kicks.

Christian Moss then had three short touchdown runs on carries of 7, 2 and 6 yards to boost the Mustangs advantage to 28-0 at the half. Woodworth had a 32 yard pass completion to Vinny Gray to highlight the first of those TD drives and a 32 yard run on the second.

The Mustangs tacked on three more touchdowns in the second half on a 68 yard kickoff return by Fletcher, and scoring runs of 1 and 45 yards by Woodworth.

Defensively the Mustangs got fumble recovers by Mathew Jacobs, Jayzon Wills and Avion Johnson and a pass interception by Gray.

The Mustangs are now 3-2 in the division and 4-2 overall while the Timberwolves are 0-6.

Completing a home-and-home season series sweep, Medina shutout host Wilson 4-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Penelope Schalck scored two goals as Ava Blount and Lilah Class each had one for the Mustangs.

Medina is now 5-4 and Wilson 3-7 in N-O action.

Lyndonville scored a three set 25-17, 25-10, 25-9  win over visiting Wheatland-Chili in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Emily Dill had 13 aces and 2 kills, Elena Barry 3 aces and 2 kills, Hannah Fox 5 aces and 1 kill and Ainsley Vann 4 kills and 3 aces for the Lady Tigers.

Pembroke 25-25-25, Holley 15-13-11
Pembroke downed Holley in straight sets in a G-R volleyball match this evening as Taylor Bischoff had 6 kills and 4 aces, Onolee Easterbrook 8 kills and Sarah Scroger 6 kills and 4 aces.

Ali VanAmeron had 4 kills and 2 blocks for Holley.

Completing a home-and-home season series sweep, Lyndonville defeated host Pembroke 2-0 in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game this evening.

Lyndonville, which improves to 6-5 in G-R action, also scored a 4-1 home field win over Pembroke earlier in the season.

Colton Smith scored what proved to be the game winner for in the Tigers in the first half off an assist from Jesus Reyes.

Barrett Alexander later added a big insurance goal in the second half as Smith had the assist.

Holley 3, Attica 0
Holley improved to 7-4 in G-R action with a 3-0 victory over Attica.

Avante Walker scored two goals and Chase Kempa one for the Hawks as Cam Kelley and Gage Yockel add assists.

Dylan Warner earned the shutout in goal.

It is crunch time in C North Division competition for the Medina High football squad.

Medina is currently 2-2 in the C North Division (3-2 overall). The Mustangs are two games behind front-running Barker/Roy-Hart (3-0, 4-1) and a game behind a trio of teams in second place – Eden (3-1, 4-1), Maritime (3-1, 4-1) and Akron (3-1, 3-2) – with only two divisional games remaining.

The Mustangs problem in trailing four teams this late in the regular season is that the C North Division has only four berths for the up coming Section VI Class C playoffs.

The Mustangs will visit Tonawanda (0-4, 0-5) at 7 p.m. Thursday and then close out the C North campaign at home against Cleveland Hill (1-2, 1-4) on Friday October 17. The Mustangs do not play Akron and Maritime.

Medina is looking to rebound from a 45-34 loss at Eden and Tonawanda from a 28-20 loss to JFK.

This week’s other C North games will have Barker/Roy-Hart at JFK at 7 p.m. Friday and Alden at Cleve Hill and Akron at Maritime at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Also on Thursday Holley will visit Attica at 7 p.m.

On Friday, Albion (0-4, 0-5) will host B2 Division leader Iroquois (4-0, 4-1) at 7 p.m.

C North Division Standings: Barker/Roy-Hart 3-0, 4-1; Eden/North Collins 3-1, 4-1; Maritime 3-1, 4-1; Akron 3-1, 3-2, Medina 2-2, 3-2; JFK 1-2, 2-3; Cleve Hill 1-2, 1-4; Alden 0-3, 1-4, Tonawanda 0-4, 0-5.

B2 Division Standings: Iroquois 4-0, 4-1; Depew 4-1, 4-1; Lackawanna 3-1, 3-2; Olean 3-1, 3-2; Maryvale 1-3, 2-3; East Aurora 1-3, 1-4; Dunkirk 1-4,1-4; Albion 0-4, 0-5.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Wilson’s Aidan Neumann, who scored the game’s lone goal, advances the ball against Medina defender Ryan Pegelow.

Clinching at least tie for a third straight league title, Wilson nipped Medina 1-0 in a key Niagara-Orleans boys soccer game at Vets Park this evening.

Wilson’s lone goal came on a penalty kick by Aidan Neumann in the final minute of the first half.

Wilson improve to 8-0 and runner-up Medina slips to 6-2. Both teams have two league games remaining on the schedule.

Albion 2, Roy-Hart 1
Albion edged Roy-Hart 2-1 in the other N-O game as Justin Kania had a goal and an assist and Joey Bropst a goal.

Albion is now 2-5-1 and Roy-Hart 0-9.

N-O Standings: Wilson 8-0-0, Medina 6-2-0, Akron 4-3-0, Newfane 3-4-1, Albion 2-5-1, Roy-Hart 0-9-0.

Medina’s Colvin Poole and Wilson’s Trenton Kaminski race after the ball.

Locking up the division title, Kendall blanked Oakfield-Alabama 4-0 this evening to improve to 10-0 in Genesee Region League girls soccer competition (13-1 overall).

Addison Kludt scored two goals for the Lady Eagles as Stella Kwiatek and Ryleigh Denning both had one. Sophia Picardo added two assists and Kludt one.

Byron-Bergen 5, Holley 3
Byron-Bergen outlasted Holley 5-3 in another G-R contest.

Ava Mosier scored two goals for Holley and Hanna Ostrom one. Emma Burne, Jayna Burris and Ostrom each had an assist.

Holley is now 7-3-1 in G-R action.

N-O Roundup
Albion 1, Roy-Hart 1
Madi Frasier scored for Albion and Ruth Walker for Roy-Hart off an assist from Maria Trombley.

Akron 5, Barker/Lyndonville 1
Clara Bogdan scored two goals for Akron as Olivia Novak, Reese Adessa and Riley Irish-Baker each netted one.

Alexa Robinson scored the Barker/Lyndonville goal.

Wilson 15, Medina 0
A dozen players scored goals for Wilson led by two each from Addison Elia, Lucy Madan and Kairi Beck.

N-O Standings: Wilson 10-0, Roy-Hart 5-2-2, Akron 5-3-1, Barker/Lyndonville 4-3-3, Newfane 3-6-0, Albion 1-5-4, Medina 0-9-0.

Akron and Barker both scored wins today to remain 1-2 in the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey title race.

Akron defeated Wilson to go to 7-0 as Morgan Tomporowski scored three goals and Madigan Regan, Mackenzie Tomporowski and Brooke Milhollen one each.

Barker boosted its record to 8-1 by downing Kenmore 5-1 as Sophia Pavlock, Sara Meza Ray, Elise Monaco, Jordyn Kinne and Madelina Pavlock took turns scoring the goals.

In the other game, Newfane nipped Roy-Hart 4-3 in a shootout.

Adella Dukes, Alayna Kowalski and Bella Rhinehart each scored a goal for Roy-Hart.

N-O Standings: Akron 7-0, Barker 8-1, Medina 4-4, Kenmore 3-5, Roy-Hart 3-6, Wilson 3-6, Newfane 1-7.