Rebounding from an opening set loss, Medina battled back to defeat host Holley 22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-11 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Meghan O’Keefe had a big run of service points (7-18) in the decisive fourth set to help Medina close out the win.

O’Keefe had 11 service aces on the night as Emily Kams had 6 aces and 15 assists, Je’ne Brown 13 kills and Molley Gross 6 kills.

Brianna Barber had 5 aces and 3 digs and Cassandra Norman 3 kills and 3 digs for Holley.

Kendall 19-25-25-25
Wheatland-Chili 25-13-8-12

Kendall likewise rebounded from a first set loss to defeat Wheatland-Chili 19-25, 25-13, 25-8, 25-12 this evening in a Genesee Region League match.

Sarah Pearson, last week’s G-R Division II Player of the Week, had 7 aces, 4 digs, 4 kills and 13 assists for Kendall.

The Lady Eagles also had Madison Rath with 4 aces, 7 digs and 7 kills; Chelsea Wright 4 aces, 7 digs and 8 kills; Emily Mattle 3 digs and 3 kills and Alexis Paytone 4 aces, 8 digs and 3 kills.

For W-C, Elizabeth Russell had 8 kills and 3 blocks and Nissa Burch 13 assists.

In one other G-R match, Pembroke defeated host Lyndonville 25-8, 25-13, 25-18.

On an emotional Senior Night, Albion put a lock on outright possession of a third straight Niagara-Orleans League volleyball championship with a straight set 25-17, 25-18, 25-6 victory over visiting Newfane this evening.

Chanyce Powell had 8 spiking kills, 6 digs, 5 service aces and 2 blocks; Meghan Hurley 7 kills, 8 digs, 3 aces and 10 assists; Kelsee Soule 5 kills, 16 digs and 3 aces and Aleah Foos 4 kills and 5 blocks to lead the way for the Purple Eagles.

Emilie Barleben, Sierra Newton and Caitlynn Snook also all contributed kills for the Purple Eagles while Kassidy Hastings, Newton and Snook all registered aces.

Albion improves to 11-0 in N-O action while Newfane slips to 3-7.The Purple Eagles have now coupled a 35-0 record to date over their three year N-O reign.

Albion closes out the N-O campaign at Wilson next Tuesday.

Medina 25-25-25
CSAT 12-20-14
Making it three league wins in a row, Medina romped to a 25-12, 25-20, 25-14 victory over host CSAT this evening in a Niagara-Orleans volleyball match.

Lexi Neuman had 8 service aces and 4 spiking kills, Alyssa Beyer 5 kills and 4 aces and Grace Masse 14 assists to lead the way for Medina which improves to 6-4 in N-O action.

Medina visits Holley for a non league match at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Wilson claims N-O title outright as Akron tops Newfane

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman drives by Medina’s Morgan Roach during the Purple Eagles win over the Mustangs this afternoon at Vets Park.

Finishing the league campaign at the .500 mark of 7-7, Albion blanked host Medina (4-8-2) 2-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

In other N-O action, Wilson used the combination of a 12-0 win over Barker with Akron’s 2-1 victory over Newfane to claim sole possession of a fourth straight league championship. Wilson finishes at 13-1, a game ahead of 12-2 Newfane as Akron winds up in third place at 10-3-1.

Medina’s Ally Bensley battles for control of the ball with Albion’s Natalie DiCureia.

Vivian Rivers scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Albion eight minutes into the first half.

It remained a tight 1-0 contest until Mikayla Yaskulski scored for the Purple Eagles with just 4:19 remaining in the second half.

Isabella Prest earned the shutout in goal for Albion making 2 saves.

Albion’s Vivian Rivers readies to drive the ball up field against Medina’s Olivia Carter.

Kayla Neumann scored three goals and Jenn Darlak two to lead the way for Wilson as Julia Seider and Morgan Faery each netted their first goal of the season.

Emily Winney had a goal and an an assist and Leah Czechowski a goal to lead Akron to the win which knocked Newfane out of a share of the title.

Roy-Hart 8, CSAT 1

Emma Lindke and Amber Villella each scored 3 goals to lead Roy-Hart (6-7-1) past CSAT (1-13) 8-1.

Ellie Todd and Kayla Brown also each had a goal and Ava Bligh 2 assists for the Lady Rams.

Holley 1, Attica 0 OT

Anne Jewell scored off an assist from Heather Winkley in the second overtime period to earn Holley a 1-0 victory over visiting Attica in a Genesee Region League game.

Madison Papaj made 4 saves to earn the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Vassilios Bitsas (1) drives the ball up field against Wilson’s Trey Rees during this evening’s overtime tie between the Mustangs and Lakemen at Vets Park.

Rallying for a second half goal proved to be just enough to earn Medina/Lyndonville a 1-1 double overtime tie with Wilson in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.

Ethan Leonard’s first goal of the season midway through the second half pulled the Mustangs even after Josh LiPuma had scored for the Lakemen in the first half.

Neither team could find the net in the two 10 minute overtime periods.

The Lakemen had nipped the Mustangs 2-1 in overtime in their first meeting this season.

Medina/Lyndonville is now 5-3-3 and Wilson 6-2-3 in N-O action.

The Mustangs host Roy-Hart at 7 p.m. Thursday in the N-O finale and then close out the regular season with a non league game against Oracle at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Lyndonville.

Wilson’s Cody Secor, left, and Medina/Lyndonville’s Carson Zgoda race after the ball.

G-R Boys Soccer

W-C 1, Holley 0
Wheatland-Chili put a lock on the Genesee Region League boys soccer title by nipping visiting Holley 1-0 this evening.

W-C improves to 7-1-1 while runner-up Holley slips to 6-3.

In another G-R game, Attica blanked visiting Kendall (4-5) 4-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Carley Schultz goes high to spike over Lyndonville’s Cierra Riley during the Mustangs home court win over the Lady Tigers this evening.

Rallying from a 10 point deficit midway through the first set, Medina rebounded to defeat visiting Lyndonville 25-22, 25-9, 25-10 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Lyndonville built up as much as a 14-4 lead in the opening set as Kennedy Clark served up points 2-5, including three aces, Cierra Riley points 8-11, with one ace, and Jessica Harling points 13-14 with an ace.

However, Medina rallied to claim a 25-22 win as a five point run of service points by Emily Kams (6-10) ignited the comeback. The rally also featured two spiking kills each by Lexie Sargent and Abigail Maines and one by Kams.

Liz Newman digs out a service return for Medina.

Leading by a narrow 9-7 margin, Medina then broke the second set open as Carley Schultz served up a marathon run of 12 straight points, a run which included three aces and two spiking kills by Molley Gross.

Grace Masse registered aces for the final two points of the set.

Schultz likewise had a big run of eight straight service points, including three aces, in the third set to vault Medina from a narrow 9-7 lead into a 19-7 advantage.

Liz Newman served up the final three points to close out the match.

Maines had a total of 5 kills as Lezi and Cassie Sargent and Gross each had 3 while Schultz had 6 aces.

Lyndonville’s Jessica Harling bumps the ball over the net.

Wilson blanked visiting Albion 8-0 and Akron shutout visiting Roy-Hart 6-0 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League boy soccer action.

Cesar Carlin scored 4 goals to lead the way for Wilson which improves to 6-2-2 as Albion slips to 4-6-2.

Bryan Whitbeck had a goal and 2 assists while Tyler Jones and Tristan Olszewski each had a goal and an assist to spark Akron which goes to 7-3-1 as Roy-Hart drops to 1-10.

Newfane, which has already locked up the N-O title shutout CSAT (1-10) 5-0 to improve to 10-0-1.

Goals in the first 23 minutes by Mateo May, Clayton Cleveley and Chad Gilson sparked the Panthers as Trevor Moreland chipped in with 3 assists.

In one Genesee Region League girls soccer game Pembroke blanked Lyndonville 4-0.

Sacred Heart defeated Vets Club 39-31 Monday to take over the Medina Euchre League lead as JR Wilson trimmed Legion 37-33.

League play continues on October 19 with Sacred Heart at Legion and Vets Club at JR Wilson.

Standings – Sacred Heart 80-60, Legion 74-66, JR Wilson 66-74, Vets Club 60-80.

Roy-Hart boys sweep Albion, Medina to go to 5-0

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Holly Heil, Albion’s Meredith Patterson and Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard finished 1-2-3 in this afternoon’s girls meet at Albion.

Improving to 5-1, Albion defeated Medina 24-34 and Roy-Hart 22-36 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls cross-country meet at Albion.

Roy-Hart, which is now 2-3, edged Medina (2-3) 27-29 in the other portion of the meet.

Medina’s Holly Heil won the race in 21:20.

Albion’s Meredith Patterson finished second and her teammate Caitin Malonowski fourth.

Anna Rickard placed third and Kelsey Ciemny fifth for Roy-Hart.

The Roy-Hart boys squad stayed perfect at 5-0 by defeating Albion 25-31 and Medina 15-50. Albion, which is now 2-4, also downed Medina (0-5) 15-50.

Roy-Hart’s Avery Green won the race in 18:05 as his teammate Ben Bacon placed fifth.

Medina’s Daniel Heil finished second.

Evan Pappalardo placed third and Brady Meakin fourth for Albion.

Roy-Hart’s Avery Green, Medina’s Daniel Heil and Albion’s Evan Pappalardo finished 1-2-3 in the boys race at Albion.

The defending champion Barker boys squad stayed unbeaten at 5-0 by downing Newfane 26-33 and Akron 19-42.

Newfane, which is now 4-2 defeated Akron (2-3) 22-33 in the other portion of the meet.

The 3-4-5 finish by Jack Hopkins, Jake Arnold and Adam Wagner sparked Barker to the wins.

Newfane’s Sam Auernharmer won the race in 17:09.

The Newfane girls improved to 6-0 by defeating Akron 20-35 and Barker 15-44. Akron (4-1) also downed Barker (1-4) 16-44.

Newfane’s Kim Goerss won the race.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Madison Greenwald scored the game winning goal in overtime for Barker this afternoon in the Lady Raiders key victory over Akron.

Medina’s Lillian Duffield tries to keep the ball away from Newfane’s Lydia Garaughan during this afternoon’s game at Vets Park. The teams wore pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Defending champion Barker kept its title hopes alive by nipping previously undefeated front-running Akron 3-2 in overtime this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Barker.

Madison Greenwald scored the game winner for Barker with 1:45 remaining in the 10 minute overtime period.

Barker, which has won the N-O title the last nine years in a row improves to 9-1-1 and moves to within a half game of 10-1 Akron.

Barker now needs a win over Medina on Thursday combined with a Wilson win or tie against Akron to claim at least a share of the title. Akron, which played without All-Western New York player Abby Stone, can lockup outright possession of its first N-O title since 2006 with a win at Wilson.

Akron grabbed a 1-0 lead on a goal by Emily Buckley with a minute to go in the first half.

Barker battled back to knot the contest on a goal by Erin Greenwald with 6:17 remaining in the second half.

The Lady Raiders then grabbed a 2-1 lead when Caitlyn Mason scored with 1:35 remaining.

However, Akron answered right back with a goal by Sarah Schultz with just 19 seconds remaining in regulation time to retie the contest at 2-2 and force overtime.

Barker though pulled out the win in OT when Greenwald scored off assists from Kelsie Engert and Erika Moeller.

Newfane 2, Medina 1

Goals in the shootout by Brenna Sheehan and Jennifer Killion lifted Newfane to the narrow win over Medina.

Medina took a 1-0 lead in the first half as Teanna Cardone scored off an assist from Alaina Boyce.

Newfane rallied into tie on a second half goal by Katie Kneeland.

Newfane is now 3-8 and Medina 1-10.

Roy-Hart 2, Kenmore 0

Goals by Delany Draper and Rielly Albee sparked Roy-Hart to the 2-0 win over Kenmore as Jamie Bower earned the shutout in goal.

Roy-Hart improves to 7-5 and Kenmore slips to 1-10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley goalie Patrick Bower makes the save as Sean Kelly of Geneseo jumps over him. The action took place during the Blue Devils win over the host Hawks this evening.

In a non league clash between two teams seeking top seeds for the upcoming Section V playoffs, Geneseo blanked host Holley 4-0 this evening.

Geneseo, which is currently seeded No. 1 in Class C2, improves to 13-1 while Holley, which is seeded No. 1 in Class B2, slips to 10-4.

Geneseo took control with a quick two goal scoring burst late in the first half.

Kyle Rollins broke a scoreless deadlock when he scored with 17:17 to go. Sean Kelly followed up with a tally just six minutes later at 11:12 to give the Blue Devils a 2-0 lead at the half.

Geneseo, which controlled play throughout, broke the contest wide open in the first 15 minutes of the second half as Rollins scored at 31:46 and again at 26:54 to complete his hat-trick.

Holley, which is 6-2 in Genesee Region League action, next faces front-running Wheatland-Chili (6-1-1) on Wednesday in a key clash for the league lead.

Holley’s Matt Skehan, left, battles for control of the ball with Geneseo’s Kyle Rollins who had the three goal hat-trick.