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O’Hara completes football sweep of Holley

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 27 September 2025 at 5:25 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Landyn Burch intercepts a pass during the host Hawks loss to cardinal O’Hara this afternoon.

Completing a home and home season series sweep, Cardinal O’Hara downed Holley 63-14 in a non league football game this afternoon.

O’Hara, which downed Holley 33-0 at Tonawanda in the season opener, built up a commanding 35-0 half-time advantage as quarterback Josh Guerin passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to highlight the Hawks early scoring burst.

O’Hara led by as much as 49-0 late in the third quarter.

Holley’s scoring came on a 70 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kevin Robinson to Landyn Burch and a two-point conversion run by Colton Bradley on the final play of the third quarter and a one yard TD run by Robinson late in the final quarter.

Burch also had a pass interception in the first half for the Holley defense.

Holley running back Colton Bradley reaches for more yards.

Barker/Lyndonville downs Medina; Kendall post shutout in girls soccer contests

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 27 September 2025 at 5:14 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Natalie Rath drives to the goal for Barker/Lyndonville against Medina defender Asia-Lynn Newhaus during this morning’s game at Barker won by Barker/Lyndonville.

Seven players contributed goals as Barker/Lyndonville downed Medina 10-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this morning at Barker.

Alexa Robinson scored three goals and Natalie Rath two to lead the way for Barker/Lyndonville as Cheyanne Rouse, Braelynn Dillenbeck, Rylan Townsend, Alina Riches and Aine Davis each netted one.

Barker/Lyndonville is now 4-1-2 and Medina 0-5 in N-O action.

Kendall 3, Oakfield-Alabama 0
Kendall blanked Oakfield-Alabama 3-0 in a Genesee Region League game this afternoon on goals by Sophia Picardo, Ryleigh Denning and Alea Barrett.

The Lady Eagles are now 7-0 in the league and 9-1 overall.

Medina’s Sophia Lopez and Barker/Lyndonville’s Annalee Clark battle for control of the ball.

Holley tops Lyndonville in G-R volleyball

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 27 September 2025 at 4:56 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Annalee Ham goes up for a block attempt on a spike by Lyndonville’s Leah Kenyon during the host Lady Hawks win this afternoon.

Holley bested visiting Lyndonville 25-22, 17-25, 25-19, 25-22 in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this afternoon.

Ali VanAmeron had 9 kills, 4 blocks and 3 aces, Skyler Gallagher 3 aces and 2 kills and Desiree McCormick 6 kills and 2 aces for Holley.

For Lyndonville, Leah Kenyon had 4 aces, 3 kills and 6 blocks, Hannah Fox 5 kills and 2 aces, Sarah Corser 3 kills and 1 ace, Elena Barry 3 kills, Emily Dill 8 aces and Grace Fox 3 aces.

Lyndonville’s Hannah Fox sends the ball back over the net as Sarah Corser backs up the play.

Medina posts boys soccer win over Eden

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 27 September 2025 at 4:49 pm

Improving to 7-1 overall, Medina blanked host Eden 4-0 in a non league boys soccer game this morning.

Aleks Seefeldt scored two goals as Aidan Papaj and Luke Duffina both netted one for Medina. Seefeldt and Papaj also both had an assist.

Cam Fike earned the shutout in goal as Duffina, Ryan Pegelow, Gavin Dahlhaus and Owen Sargent anchored the defense.

N-O Boys Soccer

Akron blanked Albion 4-0 and Newfane downed Roy-Hart 4-2 in Niagara-Orleans League games today.

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

Roy-Hart golfers cap 12-0 N-O title season

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 26 September 2025 at 10:40 pm

Roy-Hart completed a 12-0 Niagara-Orleans golf league championship season with a 222-255 win over Wilson.

Isaac Smith led the Rams with a 39.

Volleyball
Pembroke 25-25-27, Lyndonville 21-8-25

Pembroke downed host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening 25-21, 25-8, 27-25.

For Pembroke, Onalee Easterbrook had 15 kills and 3 aces, Taylor Bischoff 9 kills and Jules Cleveland 34 assists and 4 aces.

Emily Dill had 4 aces, 3 kills and 3 blocks for Lyndonville as Sarah Corser had 3 kills, Hannah Fox 3 aces, Ainsley Vann 4 blocks and Leah Kenyon and Elena Barry both with 1 ace and 1 kill.

Barker/Roy-Hart grabs C North Division lead with a key victory over Eden/North Collins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 26 September 2025 at 10:30 pm

Taking over sole possession of first place, Barker/Roy-Hart scored a wild 50-24 victory over Eden/North Collins in a key C North Division clash of unbeatens this evening at Barker.

Barker/Roy-Hart improves to 3-0 in the division while Eden/North Collins slips to 2-1.

“The kids just played great,” said Barker/Roy-Hart Coach Bill Bruning whose offensive unit picked to nearly 550 yards including over 450 on the ground.. “It was unbelievable. That was awesome.”

Bulldogs quarterback Tysen McCaa ran for two touchdowns and also completed a 28 yard TD pass to Vince Fazzio.

Barker/Roy-Hart also got rushing touchdowns from Fazzio on a 25 yard run, Joey Reiter on a 25 yard carry, Carter DerSarkissian on a 40 yard run and Anthony Adinolfe on a 5 yard run. DerSarkissian had a total of 127 yards rushing and Reiter 114.

McCaa, Adinolfe and Reiter also hall had two-point conversions.

On defense for the Bulldogs, RJ Townsend had 2 sacks, DerSarkissian an interception and Adinolfe a fumble recovery.

Olean 32, Albion 8
Olean downed host Albion 32-8 in a B2 Division contest.

Albion’s touchdown came on a 11 yard pass from quarterback Bo Preston to Hunter Huscher as Elijah Doxey added the two-point conversion.

Mustangs romp to Homecoming win as Coach Valley earns his 100th career victory

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 26 September 2025 at 9:47 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Moss breaks away from JFK defender Ayden White to pick up good yardage during the Mustangs Homecoming win over the Bears this evening at Vets Park.

Celebrating Homecoming in style Medina romped to a 56-6 win over JFK in a C North Division game at Vets Park this evening.

The win was a special one as the Mustangs earned Coach Eric Valley his milestone 100th career victory.

Medina Coach Eric Valley, who earned his milestone 100th career victory this evening, meets here with Mustangs quarterback Preston Woodworth.

Setting the tone for the evening, Medina jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead on a pair of touchdown passes by quarterback Preston Woodworth covering 26 yards to Kolton Fletcher and 34 yards to Vinny Gray who also tacked on the first two of his 8 extra point kicks.

The Mustangs advantage ballooned to 42-6 at the half after a big four touchdown second quarter scoring burst.

Those touchdowns came on a 15 yard run by Woodworth, a 5 yard run by Christian Moss, a 32 yard pass from Woodworth to Moss and a 60 yard pass interception return by Fletcher.

Moss had runs of 30 and 38 to highlight the first two drives. Moss and Fletcher then had back-to-back runs of 19 yards to key the third drive.

The Mustangs final two touchdowns came on a 18 yard run by Jayzon Wills in the third quarter and a 22 yard run by Kendrick Russaw in the fourh quarter.

A 39 yard run by Moss keyed the first score and a 58 yard run by Fletcher highlighted the second score.

Medina is now 2-1 in the division and 3-1 overall while JFK is 0-2, 1-3.

The Mustangs next visit Eden/North Collings next Friday night.

Medina’s Kolton Fletcher breaks loose on a pass interception TD run..

Jayzon Wills heads to the endzone for a Mustangs touchdown.

Tigers and Eagles score G-R soccer wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 26 September 2025 at 9:33 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Colton Smith works to get around Wheatland-Chili defender Ammon Swavely during the Tigers home field win this afternoon.

Lyndonville and Kendall both scored Genesee Region League boys soccer wins today.

Lyndonville downed visiting Wheatland-Chili 5-1.

The Tigers took a 2-0 first half lead as Barrett Alexander scored off an assist from Amir Zimmerman and Colton Smith scored from Alexander.

Smith then scored three goals in the second half to lock up the Tigers win as Jesus Reyes and Alexander earned assists during that stretch.

Lyndonville is now 5-3 in the league and 6-3 overall.

Kendall 6, Attica 0
Pablo Rosario-Reyes and Vinnie D’Agostino both scored two goals and Jonathan Esposito and Brandon Barrett each netted one as Kendall blanked Attica 6-0.

The Eagles improve to 7-0 in the league and 10-0 overall.

Boys Soccer
Wilson defeated rival Newfane 7-0 to improve to 6-0 in Niagara-Orleans League action as Aidan Neumann had 4 goals and 2 assists.

Roy-Hart defeated Cardinal O’Hara 3-1 in a non league game.

Girls Soccer
Wilson boosted its N-O record to 6-0 with a 5-0 win over rival Newfane as Addison Elia scored 3 goals.

Lyndonville’s Iziah Rodriguez advances the ball up field.

Lady Hawks score rainy OT soccer victory

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 25 September 2025 at 9:29 pm

Holley scores a rainy 2-1 overtime victory at Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Ava Mosier scored both goals for Holley with the game winner coming early in the first overtime period.

Mia Thom ans Kyla Burne each had an assist for the Lady Hawks which improve to 5-2-1 in G-R action.

Field Hockey
Medina and Barker post wins
Medina defeated host Newfane 5-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this evening as Penelope Schalck scored 4 goals and Ava Blount 1.

Medina is now 3-3 and Newfane 0-6 in N-O action.

Barker bested visiting Nardin 6-1 in a non league contest as Madelina Pavlock scored 3 goals and Jordyn Kinne, Kaylee Stoll and Hailey Dodge each had 1.

Volleyball
Alexander 20-25-25-25, Albion 25-6-17-7
Albion dropped a 4 set decision to Alexander in a non league volleyball match Anna Grillo had 4 aces, Katelyn Viza 3 kills and Jillian LeBaron 41 digs.

Niagara-Orleans League standings

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 25 September 2025 at 12:11 pm

Here is a list of how the Niagara-Orleans League fall sports teams title races are shaping up at the halfway point of the season except for golf which concludes next week with the All League Tournament. The standings do not include football which is a Section VI Federation sport.

Boys Soccer: Wilson 5-0-0, Medina 4-1-0, Newfane 2-2-1, Albion 1-2-1, Akron 1-3-0, Roy-Hart 0-5-0

Girls Soccer: Wilson 5-0-0, Roy-Hart 4-1-1, Barker/Lyndonville 3-1-2, Akron 2-3-1, Newfane 2-4-0, Albion 0-3-2, Medina 0-4-0

Field Hockey: Akron 5-0, Barker 4-1, Kenmore 3-2, Roy-Hart 2-3, Medina 2-3, Wilson 2-4, Newfane 0-5

Volleyball: Roy-Hart 5-0, Newfane 4-1, Wilson 3-2, Akron 2-3, Albion 1-4, Medina 0-5

Boys Cross-Country: Barker 3-0, Albion 3-1, Akron 1-1, Newfane 1-1, Medina 1-2, Roy-Hart 1-2, Wilson 0-3

Girls Cross-Country: Roy-Hart 3-0, Newfane 2-0, Albion 3-1, Akron 1-1, Medina 1-2, Barker 0-3, Wilson 0-3

Golf: Roy-Hart 11-0, Albion 9-2, Medina 7-4, Barker 6-5, Akron 4-7, Wilson 1-10, Newfane 0-12

Today’s games involving N-O teams
Field Hockey: Nardin at Barker, 7 p.m., Medina at Newfane, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball: Albion at Alexander, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Barker at Medina, 4 p.m.

Friday’s games involving N-O teams
Boys Soccer: Newfane at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Cardinal O’Hara, 5 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Wilson at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.; City Honors at Roy-Hart, 6 p.m.
Golf: Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4 p.m.