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N-O runners compete in state X-C meet
Six Niagara-Orleans League runners competed in the state cross-country championships this afternoon at Monroe-Woodbury High School.
Newfane freshman Nina Burkard was the N-O League’s top finisher placing 20th in the girls Class C race to earn All-State honors.
Burkard’s two Newfane teammates, freshman Kim Goerss and 8th grader Vanessa Burkhart, placed 29th and 49th respectively.
In the boys’ Class C race, Newfane sophomore Samuel Auerhamer placed 36th and Roy-Hart senior Avery Green 48th.
In the boys Class D race, Barker junior Jake Arnold placed 34th.
Albion trio heads N-O All-League volleyball team
Contributed Photos – Champion Albion’s trio of first team Niagara-Orleans All-League volleyball team honorees include, from left, Meghan Hurley, Chanyce Powell and Kelsee Soule.
Undefeated champion Albion has placed three players on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League volleyball squad.
Albion, which captured a third straight N-O title with a 12-0 record, is represented by seniors Kelsee Soule and Meghan Hurley and junior Chanyce Powell.
Soule, a five year varsity player, is a three time first team honoree while Hurley and Powell, who are both three year varsity players, are repeat selections.
Soule had 217 spiking kills, 72 service aces and 298 digs this season while Hurley had 118 kills, 95 aces and 336 assists and Powell 266 kills, 74 aces and 69 blocks.
Roundng out the first team are, from left, Roy-Hart’s Bea Bacon, Akron’s Taydem Printup and Medina’s Emily Kams.
Three juniors complete the first team including Emily Kams from Medina, Bea Bacon from Roy-Hart and Taydem Printup from Akron.
Kams, a three year varsity starter at setter, led Medina in assists with 271 and aces with 55.
Bacon had 119 service points, 24 aces, 67 kills and 26 blocks for Roy-Hart.
Printup, a three year varsity starter for Akron, had 112 digs, 85 kills and 45 aces.
Medina’s Molley Gross and Roy-Hart’s Brianna Brewer, both juniors, earned second team All-League honors.
The second team also includes Wilson seniors Ana Bryer and Serina Jaeger, Akron senior Natalee Jonathan and Newfane freshman Faith Morgan.
N-O All-League Volleyball Squad
First Team
Albion – Kelsee Soule (Sr.), Meghan Hurley (Sr.), Chanyce Powell (Jr.)
Akron – Taydem Printup (Jr.)
Medina – Emily Kams (Jr.)
Roy-Hart – Bea Bacon (Jr.)
Second Team
Wilson – Ana Bryer (Sr.), Serina Jaeger (Sr.)
Akron – Natalee Jonathan (Sr.)
Medina – Molley Gross (Jr.)
Newfane – Faith Morgan (Fr.)
Roy-Hart – Brianna Brewer (Jr.)
Honorable Mention
Albion – Aleah Foos (Sr.), Ashlee Bocach (Sr.)
Akron – Emily Hoerner (Sr.), Taylor Jonathan (Sr.), Henryetta Jones (Sr.)
Roy-Hart – Olivia Vorholzer (So.), Savoy Laubacker (Sr.)
Newfane – Amber Haseley (Sr.)
Medina – Meghan O’Keefe (Sr.), Carley Schultz (Jr.), Je’ne Brown (Fr.)
CSAT – Aidaliz Ramirez (Sr.), Samantha Snashell (Jr.)
Wilson – Emma Okoniewski (Sr.), Amanda Culverwell (Sr.)
Albion grad has big season for Nazareth College volleyball team
Photo Courtesy of Nazareth College – Cady Messmer
Albion High graduate and Nazareth College junior Cady Messmer has earned second team Empire 8 All Conference volleyball team honors.
A three year regular for Nazareth, Messmer led the Golden Flyers this season in kills (405), points (500) and service aces (75) and was second in digs (367).
Messmer, who was also named to the Empire 8 All-Tournament team, now has career totals of 682 kills, 728 digs, 873 points, 77 aces and 62 blocks.
A first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honoree during both her junior and senior years at Albion, Messmer is a Communication Science and Disorders major.
Kendall girls have 6 G-R All-Stars
Lyndonville, Holley players also earn honors
Photos by Mike Wertman
Kendall’s Genesee Region League All-Stars include, in front, Taylor Rutland, Maya Rutland and Elizabeth Rath. In back are Taylor ReQua, Jenna Jacob and Julia Smith.
Undefeated (13-0) Division 1 champion Kendall has placed a large contingent of six players on the Genesee Region League girls soccer All-Star team.
The Lady Eagles delegation includes senior forward Maya Rutland, senior midfielder Taylor Rutland, senior defender Julia Smith, senior goalie Jenna Jacob, junior defender Elizabeth Rath and sophomore midfielder Taylor ReQua.
Maya Rutland, Taylor Rutland, Jacob and ReQua are all repeat honorees.
Maya Rutland, who also earned G-R Player of the Year honors, led Kendall in scoring with 29 goals and 7 assists while Taylor Rutland had 12 goals and 10 assists and ReQua 11 goals and a team leading 22 assists.
Anchoring a defense which registered 11 shutouts in 13 league games while allowing a total of only two goals, Jacob made 102 saves and had a goals against average of 0.211. Helping to key that defense, Smith also had 2 goals and 3 assists and Rath an assist.
Kendall senior midfielder Coralee Freitag, who had 9 goals and 5 assists, also earned Honorable Mention on the G-R All-Star squad.
In addition, Kendall mentor Pam Beres has been named G-R Coach of the Year.
The other Orleans players earning G-R All-Star honors include Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis, left, along with the Holley duo of Riley Sanger and Madison Papaj.
Three other Orleans players also earned G-R All-Star honors including Lyndonville junior midfielder Aubrey Lewis along with Holley’s duo of senior midfielder/forward Riley Sanger and sophomore goalie Madison Papaj.
Lewis, a repeat selection, had 5 goals and 2 assists this season for the Lady Tigers.
Sanger had 4 goals and 2 assists for the Lady Hawks while Papaj made 86 saves and had a 1.143 goals against average.
Barker grads are now college rivals
Contributed Photos – Barker High gradutes Olivia Denny, left, and Gabriella Clare are now collegiate rivals at the University of Rochester and SUNY Geneseo.
Best friends and teammates on league and sectional championship teams throughout their high school careers, Barker High graduates Olivia Denny and Gabriella Clare are now collegiate field hockey rivals.
Denny is a sophomore forward at the University of Rochester and Clare is a freshman forward at SUNY Geneseo. The two recently met for the first time as rivals in a late season non league contest with U of R scoring a 3-1 victory.
Denny, who is a 2014 Barker graduate and Clare, a 2015 grad, played together on the Lady Raiders 2011, 2012 and 2013 Niagara-Orleans League and Section VI Class C championship squads.
Interestingly, their scoring stats are similar for this season as Denny has 5 goals and 4 assists and Clare 7 goals and 2 assists.
Local booters compete in All-Star game
Contributed Photo
Medina/Lyndonville boys varsity soccer Coach Steve Luksch here congratulates Mustang players Tyler Ames, left, and Colm Cooper, right, for being selected to participate in this past Sunday’s Section VI Senior All-Star held at Sahlens Sports Center. Chad Gilson from Newfane was the third Niagara-Orleans League player selected. Over 75 players from around Section VI tried out but only the to 50 were selected for the game. “All 3 players played great throughout the tryout process and were very impressive during the game and represented our league very well,” said Luksch.
Four Holley and two Kendall players earn G-R All-Star soccer honors
Photos by Mike Wertman – Holley is represented on the Genesee Region League boys soccer All-Star team by this foursome of, from left, Dan Kozlowski, Andrew Cary, Chris Balys and Gabe Mendoza.
Holley has placed four players and Kendall two on the annual Genesee Region League boys soccer All-Star team.
Holley is represented by the quartet of senior forward Gabe Mendoza, senior midfielder Dan Kozlowski, junior forward Andrew Cary and junior defender Chris Balys.
Kendall has placed the junior duo of forward Jake Adams and defender Joe LoSapio.
Kendall’s G-R All-Stars are Joe LoSapio, left, and Jake Adams.
Mendoza, Cary, Balys and Adams are all repeat honorees.
Mendoza led Holley in scoring with season with 23 goals and 5 assists while Cary had 9 goals and 8 assists, Balys 2 goals and 1 assist and Kozlowski 1 goal and 5 assists.
Adams led Kendall in scoring with 12 goals and 5 assists.
Holley junior midfielder Derek McArthur, who had 3 goals and 5 assists, earned Honorable Mention to the G-R squad.
Legion builds on Euchre League lead
Front-running Legion further increased its Medina Euchre League lead Monday with a 43-27 win over Vets Club.
Runner-up Sacred Heart edged JR Wilson 36-34 in the other match.
Legion s now 235-185 on the season, Sacred Heart 217-203, JR Wilson 211-209 and Vets Club 177-243.
League action continues on November 16 with JR Wilson at Legion and Vets Club at Sacred Heart.
Title three-peat highlights Albion’s volleyball season
Photo contributed by Lorie Soule – The players and coaches for Albion’s now three time defending Niagara-Orleans League champion volleyball squad, shown here after taking top honors at the Churchville-Chili Tournament, include, in front from right, Sierra Newton, Kiara Smith, Ashlee Bocach, Kassidy Hastings and Meghan Hurley. In back are Caitlynn Snook, Kaitlyn VanSkiver, Kelsee Soule, Emilie Barleben, Aleah Foos, Cameron Tucker, Chanyce Powell and Coach Ann Capacci.
Extending their reign, the Albion Purple Eagles varsity volleyball team recently put together a third straight undefeated (12-0) Niagara-Orleans League championship season.
The veteran quintet of seniors Kelsee Soule, Meghan Hurley, Ashlee Bocach, Aleah Foos and junior Chanyce Powell led the way for the Purple Eagles whose starting group also included senior Kassidy Hastings and junior Kaitlyn VanSkiver.
Powell had 266 spiking kills, Soule 217, Hurley 118 and Foos 86 to lead Albion at the net.
Hurley also had 95 aces, Powell 74, Soule 72 and VanSkiver to set the pace for the Purple Eagles at the service line.
“This was a special group of kids, a great group of kids,” said Coach Ann Capacci in noting that several of her regulars have played together on the varsity for three years.
The Purple Eagles, in fact, went 17-0 during the regular season which also included non league victories over Genesee Region League co-champions Notre Dame and Byron-Bergen.
Albion bested Amherst in the opening round of the Section VI Class B playoffs to go to 18-0 before bowing to Iroquois in four sets in the quarterfinals to finish at 18-1.
“It’s unfortunate that first loss came in the sectionals but there are lot of good teams in our section,” said Capacci. “it wasn’t for a lack of trying though. This group always gave it all they had.”
Interestingly, 10th seeded Iroquois went on to capture the Section VI Class B championship defeating top seeded Maryvale in the finals in straight sets 25-14, 25-18, 25-22.
Perez helps NCCC cagers romp to win
Medina High graduate Alba Perez helped lead the Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team to an 81-40 romp over Finger Lakes Community College this evening.Perez had 10 points and 9 rebounds as NCCC improves to 4-1.
Alliyah Gillespie led NCCC with 17 points as Taliyah Hopkins 13 and Tamia Jones 10.
