The Albion boys U14 soccer team ended a nearly three year victory drought by besting the Bloomfield Blaze 5-1 on Thursday.

Angel Rosario and Anthony Freeman each scored two goals for Albion as Carson Bader added a penalty kick tally.

Cole London excelled in goal to anchor the Albion defense.

“The whole team pulled together to earn this win,” stated coach, Janet Navarra-Salvatore.

Photo by Mike Wertman

Helping lead Holley to the league tennis championship this season Brady Smith, left, and Pablo Romero have both earned Genesee Region All-Star honors. Smith went 13-0 at first singles and Romero 12-1 at second singles to pace the Hawks which claimed the G-R crown with a 11-2 record. Cameron Bennage, who played third singles for the Hawks, received Honorable Mention.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jalin Cooper shown here in action during a regular season meet.

Medina High sophomore Jalin Cooper placed sixth in the 100 meter dash today at the state Division 2 (small schools) track championships held at Cicero-North Syracuse High school.

Cooper, who posted a time of :11.29, qualified for the state meet by winning both the 100 and 200 at the Section VI championships last weekend.

Contributed Photo – Cooper, at left, is shown here on the podium with the other top six finishers. At the top of the podium is first place finisher Ray Anikwue from Letchworth (Section V) who posted a winning time of :11.02.

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Highlighting this week’s annual Roy-Hart Sports Awards program was the presentation of Achievement Awards to these student athletes. In front are senior Cameron Swick, Male Athlete of the Year; freshman Paige Dent, John Jablonski Track Recognition Award; senior Amber Villella, Wally Sidebottom Senior Academic/Athletic Excellence Award; senior Denise Ulrich, Roy-Hart Coaches Award and senior Andy Xapsos, Male Athlete of the Year. In back are senior Emma Lindke, Female Athlete of the Year; senior Ben Maynard, Stan Voss Award; senior Mason Sparks, Dave Brown Memorial Award; senior John Stoddard, Brian Weaver Memorial Award; senior Justin Heschke, Dan Seefeldt Memorial Award; senior Ryan Ulrich, Bruno Pacini Award and senior Joey DiMayo Bruno Pacini Award.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Earning first team Genesee Region All-Star baseball honors from Holley/Kendall is this trio of Nick Passarell, Dylan Hillabush and Collin Papaj.

Division 1 champion Holley/Kendall has placed a trio of players on the Genesee Region League All-Star baseball team.

The Hawks trio includes junior pitcher Dylan Hillabush, senior centerfielder Nick Passarell and junior outfielder Collin Papaj.

Hillabush posted a 5-0 record on the mound iin G-R action registering 52 strikeouts in 32 innings and compiling an earned run average of 0.92. At the plate, he hit .395 with 3 doubles and 13 RBIs.

Passarell, the team captain, hit .411 including 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 15 RBIs.

Papaj, the Hawks speedy leadoff hitter, hit .444 with 2 doubles, 7 RBIs and 12 stolen bases.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Chanyce Powell

Albion High junior Chanyce Powell placed fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump at the state Division 2 (small schools) track and field championships today at Cicero-North Syracuse.

Medina sophomore Jalin Cooper qualified for Saturday’s finals in the 100 by posting an eighth place time of :11.13.

The Kendall girls 400 relay team of Lyndsay Wright, Taylor Rutland, Taylor ReQua and Maya Ruthland placed seventh.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brody Fry delivers a pitch for the Reds during Thursday’s narrow win over the Yankees.

The Mark’s Pizzeria Reds nipped the MTA Yankees 2-1 Thursday in a hard fought game.

The contest came down to last up’s for the Reds as Jimmy Dieter singled and scored on a  clutch game winning walk off double by Brody Fry.

Avion Johnson pitched 3 strong innings and had several strike outs.

Fry went 3 for 3 with a two singles a double and drove in both runs. Dieter went 2 for 3, made a great defensive play at first and scored the winning run, Riley Tompkins went 2 for 3 with a single and a double and scored the first run and Analise Wagner added a double.

Brady Christiaasen, Avion Johnson, Carter Woodworth, and Preston Woodworth all added singles.

For the Yankees, Ryleigh Culver went 2-2 with a double and a single with an RBI, Kolton Fletcher had a triple and Liam Castricone had a double.

On the mound Culver, Miller and Castricone all pitched well.

Bogan and Tuttle Twins 15 Lyndonville Athletics 0
Leading the attack for the Twins were Will Prest, Sawyer Kingsbury and Cole Callard going 3 for 3.

Tyler Allen, Carlos Doval, Lex Gray and Leland Klos all had two hits. Also chipping in with hits were Alekander Seefledt, Jackson Shultz, Maxime Pilon and Lukas Grimes.

Callard, Kingsbury, Prest and Grimes all pitched well.

Sawyer Lilleby gets set to make contact at the plate for the Yankees.

The Medina U12 Soccer Club played to a 3-3 tie against the KenTon Dragons this week.

Medina scored two quick goals both by Jackson Moreland on assists by Zaric Boyce but Ken Ton answered back with two of their own before the end of the first half.

In second half action, Samuel Kingsbury tallied a goal for Medina on a throw in assist by Roman Heinsler but once again the Dragons returned with a goal of their own.

With back and forth action for the remainder of the game, strong defensive efforts by Will Roush, Diego Sanchez and Mason Moreland held Ken Ton in check.

U17
Scoring three goals in each half, Niagara Falls blanked visiting Medina 6-0 Wednesday in a boys U17 contest.

U19
Improving to 2-1, Medina blanked visiting Cheektowaga 6-0 in a U19 Division contest.

Brian Anderson and Steven Anderson both scored 2 goals as Collin Dunn and Chase Pecoraro each netted 1.

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On Wednesday the University at Buffalo held a futures football camp on the campus called MACaction under the lights and three Albion football players attended. The Purple Eagles participants included, from left, Thomas Furmanski, Nate Moore and Kirk Ellison. The camp was put on by the UB  Head Football Coach Lance Leipold and the entire football coaching staff.

The Albion girls U17 soccer team blanked the Churchville Crush 2-0 Wednesday to improve to 1-1-1 on the season.

Albion grabbed a 1-0 first half lead on a goal by Aubrey Lewis assisted by Vivian Rivers.

The two players then reversed roles in the second half as Rivers scored an insurance goal assisted by Lewis.

Isabella Prest earned the shut out in goal as Elisabeth Baker and Natalie DiCureia were a strong defensive duo.

Albion 2, Batavia/Alexander 2

Albion battled to a 2-2 tie with host Batavia SC Alexander on Sunday.

Batavia SC Alexander came on strong putting two goals within the first 20 minutes of the game.

Albion got on the scoreboard right before the half. Kendall Deirsley brought the ball up on the right side with an excellent cross to the middle to Anna Lewis. Her shot went off the post and Aubrey Lewis caught the rebound hitting it into the net.

In the second half, Albion came out strong as Emily Blanchard netted the game tying goal.