Contributed Photos  – Scott Bradley in action at the Ironman Chattanooga.

Lyndonville native Scott Bradley’s first experience in the Toughman series in mid September proved to be a very successful one as he earned the first podium finish in his brief pro triathlon career.

Bradley placed third in both the Male Elite Division (14 competitors) and overall (353 competitors) at the Toughman 70.3 Championship Race at Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y. to earn his first podium finish and prize money.

Bradley came out the the 1.2 mile swim 8th out of the 14 Male Elite in a time of 31:08.

As usual, the bike is where he made his biggest move up the leader board. For the first time in a 70.3 competition he had the best bike time of the day. He rode the 56 miles in 2:18.31, which was 2:23 better than the second best bike time. Dismounting the bike, he had moved into 3rd place.

Bradley then ran the 13.1 miles in 1:27.20 to maintain his third place position to the finish.

His total time was 4:19.32 as he attained both of his goals for the competition, to land on the podium and earn some prize money.

The bike has been Bradley’s strongest event.

Bradley also placed 26th in the Male Pro Division (45 competitors) and 27th overall (2,247 competitors) at the Ironman Chattanooga on September 27. This was the largest pro field that he has competed against since turning professional last September. It was also his highest finish in a full Ironman.

Bradley came out of the water after the 2.4 mile swim 42nd out of 45 male pros with a personal best time of 51:52. This was a current aided swim in the Tennessee River, but still a big mental boost as the time was over 8 minutes faster than his previous best.

Again, he made his biggest move up the leader board on the bike. He finished the bike in 29th place after riding the 116 miles in a personal best time of 4:47.36. The fact that the course was 116 miles, instead of the standard 112 miles, and that he still earned a personal best time, was a motivator heading into the run.

The run took place in the warmest and muggiest part of the day, which is not uncommon for such competitions, and his time of 3:17.52 was a personal best by nearly 10 minutes.

His total time for the competition was 9:02.31 which was a personal best by over 28 and a half minutes.

This event concluded Bradley’s 2015 triathlon season, his first full season as a professional.

In all three triathlon distances in which he competed this year (Olympic, 70.3 and 140.6) he set a personal record in each of the three events as well as a personal record in his overall time for all three distances. The coaching change that he made near the end of last season certainly paid huge dividends and he and his coach are already putting together a race schedule for 2016.

Bradley has one more race left this year, the Philadelphia Marathon on November 22, where he will run with his sister Jennifer who competed in the race last year.

Bradley is an Intern Coordinator at Wayne Central School.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Defending champion Barker faces key home games against front-running Akron and Medina this coming week to close out the regular season as the Lady Raiders seek to repeat. Here Barker’s Erika Moeller brings the ball up field against Medina’s Teanna Cardone during the earlier season meeting between the two teams at Vets Park.

In recent years the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey championship has very often been decided on the two head-to-head meetings between Akron and Barker and this season is no exception.

In what has come down to a two team title race, undefeated Akron currently holds the top spot at 10-0-0 while defending champion Barker is still in the hunt at 8-1-1.

The teams will collide in a key title showdown at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday as Barker hosts Akron. The Lady Tigers nipped the Lady Raiders 1-0 in their earlier season meeting.

Akron can claim its first N-O championship since 2006 with a win or a tie over Barker. Interestingly, the Lady Tigers shared the title in 2006 with Barker at 12-0-2 as the teams played to ties in their two meetings. The Lady Tigers last outright N-O championship was in 2005.

Barker needs a win over Akron to stay alive and then a Wilson win or tie against Akron on Thursday in the regular season finale in order for the Lady Raiders to claim at least a share of their 10th straight N-O championship. Third place Wilson (7-3-1), which can still play the spoilers role, was knocked out of title contention by Roy-Hart last week by a narrow 1-0 margin.

The N-O boys cross-country title race also has a key tri-meet on Tuesday as defending champion Barker (3-0) plays host to Newfane (3-1) and Akron (2-1). The meet also features a key girls matchup with defending champion Akron at 3-0 going against 4-0 Newfane.

With just one game remaining defending champion Wilson and rival Newfane are deadlocked for the N-O girls soccer lead at 12-1. Newfane pulled even with three-time defending champion Wilson by posting a 3-2 victory on Saturday. Wednesday’s regular season finales will have Wilson at Barker (1-12) and Newfane hosting third place Akron (9-3).

In N-O volleyball action, undefeated (10-0) Albion can lock up ouright pssession of a third straight league title win a home court win over Newfane (3-6) on Wednesday.

In Genesee Region League boys soccer competition Holley at 6-2 is still in the thick of the title race as the Hawks visit front-running Wheatland-Chili (6-1-1) in a key showdown on Wednesday and then host Attica (1-6-1) on Friday to close out the regular season. Holley nipped W-C 3-2 in their earlier meeting.

The undefeated Kendall girls squad (12-0, 15-0), which has already locked up a third straight G-R Division 1 title, will look to complete an undefeated regular season and claim a top seed for the upcoming sectional playoffs as the Lady Eagles visit runner-up Byron-Bergen (8-3-1) on Thursday.

The week will be capped off with the renewal of the century plus long Medina vs. Albion football rivalry as the Mustangs visit the Purple Eagles.

This week’s schedule

Today

Boys Soocer – Geneseo at Holley, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Boys Soccer – Roy-Hart at Akron, Albion at Wilson, CSAT at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville at Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.
Cross-Country – Medina and Roy-Hart at Albion, Newfane and Akron at Barker, Wilson at CSAT, 4:45 p.m.
Field Hockey – Akron at Barker, Roy-Hart at Kenmore, Newfane at Medina, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Lyndonville at Medina, Attica at Holley, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball – St. Francis vs. Lyndonville/Medina at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Boys Soccer – Holley at Wheatland-Chili, Kendall at Attica, 6:30 p.m., Wilson at Medina, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Albion at Medina, Wilson at Barker, Akron at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; CSAT at Roy-Hart, Attica at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Medina at CSAT, Newfane at Albion, Akron at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

Boys Soccer – Wilson at CSAT, Newfane at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Alexander at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Barker, Akron at Wilson, Newfane at Kenmore, 4:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Pembroke at Lyndonville, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, CSAT at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.

Friday

Football – Medina at Albion, Barker/Roy-Hart at East Aurora/Holland, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Oracle vs. Medina at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; CCA at Roy-Hart, Pembroke at Kendall, Attica at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer -CCA at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Newfane at Medina Roy-Hart at Akron, Attica at Albion, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

Football – Holley at Notre Dame ,1:30 p.m.

N-O Standings

Boys Cross-Country – Barker 3-0, Roy-Hart 3-0, Newfane 3-1, Akron 2-1, Albion 1-3, CSAT 1-3, Wilson 1-3, Medina 0-3
Girls Cross-Country – Newfane 4-0, Akron 3-0, Albion 3-1, Medina 2-1, Barker 1-2, Roy-Hart 1-2, CSAT 0-4, Wilson 0-4
Field Hockey – Arkon 10-0-0, Barker 8-1-1, Wilson 7-3-1, Roy-Hart 6-5-0, Newfane 2-8-0, Medina 1-9-0, Kenmore 1-9-0
Boys Soccer – Newfane 9-0-1, Akron 6-3-1, Wilson 5-2-2, Medina/Lyndonville 5-3-2, Albion 4-5-2, Roy-Hart 1-9, CSAT 1-9
Girls Soccer – Wilson 12-1-0, Newfane 12-1-0, Akron 9-3-1, Albion 6-7-0, Roy-Hart 5-7-1, Medina 4-7-2, Barker 1-12-0, CSAt 1-12-0
Girls Volleyball – Albion 10-0, Akron 6-2, Medina 5-4, Roy-Hart 5-4, Newfane 3-6, Wilson 2-6, CSAT 0-9

G-R Standings

Boys Soccer – Wheatland-Chili 6-1-1, Holley 6-2-0, Byron-Bergen/Elba 5-3-0, Kendall 4-4-0, Attica 1-6-1, Pembroke 1-7-0
Girls Soccer Division 1 – Kendall 12-0-0, Byron-Bergen 8-3-1, Wheatland-Chili 8-4-0, Attica 4-7-1, Holley 2-8-2
Girls Soccer Division 2 – Alexander 9-1-2, Pembroke 3-6-3, Lyndonville 3-7-1, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 2-9-1, Notre Dame 2-8-1
Girls Volleyball Division 1 – Notre Dame 10-0, Byron-Bergen 9-1, Alexander 6-3, Attica 6-3, Holley 1-12
Girls Volleyball Division 2 – Pembroke 7-3, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 5-5, Kendall 4-7, Lyndonville 3-7, Wheatland-Chili 0-9

Football

B East Division – Alden 5-0, 6-0, Depew 3-2, 3-3, East Aurora/Holland 2-2, 3-3, Medina/Lyndonville 2-2, 4-2, Albion 1-3, 2-4, Barker/Roy-Hart 0-4, 1-5
G-R League – Attica 5-0, 5-1, Notre Dame 4-1, 4-2, Elba/Byron-Bergn 3-2, 4-2, Alexander 3-2, 4-2, Oakfield-Alabama 2-3, 3-3, Pembroke 1-5, 1-5, Holley 0-5, 0-6

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Quarterback Xander Payne had a touchdown pass for the Medina Broncos in Saturday’s win over visiting Tri-Town.

Medina took two out of three games from Tri-Town Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association action at Vets Park. The Broncos won 41-19 in the JV Division and the Stallions 26-6 in the Varsity Division. The Colts lost 18-6 to Tri-Town in the Mini Division.

The Albion JV Eagles defeated visiting Newfane 36-18. However, Newfane took the other two contests defeating the Mini Divison Eagles 20-6 and the Varsity Division Eagles 32-12.

Medina Broncos 41, Tri-Town 19
Iverson Poole rushed for 146 yards, including 3 touchdowns on carries of 36, 17 and 54 yards and a an extra point carry for the Broncos.

Quarterback Xander Payne, who had 140 yards passing, hooked up with Jaren Rhim for a 17 yard touchdown pass and also had two-point conversion tosses to Rhim and Aiden Pitts.

Lavonn Guy added 70 yards rushing, including an 11 yard TD run, and Pitts 72 yards rushing, including a 54 yard scoring run.

On defense, Guy had 6 tackles and a sack, Poole 5 tackles and Joe Cecchini 3 tackles and a sack.

Medina Stallions 26, Tri-Town 6
Sydney Brown had a pair of 2 yard touchdown runs, quarterback Brian Fry a 19 yard TD pass to Tyler Chinn and Fry a 53 yard punt return for a score to lead the Stallions.

Brown also ran for a pair of extra points. Fry had a 30 yard pass completion to Brayden Velia to set up Brown’s first TD and a 24 yard pass to Chinn to set up Brown’s second score.

Defensively, Mario Fidanza had 13 tackles and recovered a blocked punt and Brown had 12 tackles and 3 sacks.

Tri-Town 18, Medina Colts 6
Kaedon Hangartner had a touchdown pass to Sawyer Kingsbury for the Colts. A 54 yard run by Logan Gray set up the tally.

On defense, Gray had 10 tackles, Will Prest, Caiden Class and Liam Castricone 4, Jack Cecchini and Kingsbury 3 and Breydin McEwen-Miller 2.

Albion JV Eagles 36, Newfane 18

Photo by Tom Rivers – Javon Jones gains big yardage in Saturday’s win over Newfane.

Javon Jones had 195 yards receiving including touchdown receptions of 73, 55 and 40 yards from quarterback Amari Jones. Tyler Gibson also had a 50 yard TD reception from Amari Jones.

Michael Walker rushed for 104 yards, including a 57 yard touchdown carry, and Amari Jones 46 yards, including a 5 yard TD run.

Defensively, Amari Jones made 10 tackles, Chris Porter and Jorden Ostrander 5 while Jonathan Judd had a sack and Amari Jones an interception.

Newfane 20, Albion Mini Eagles 6
Destin Brown had 100 yards rushing, including a 3 yard touchdown run, for the Mini Eagles.

Brown also made 12 tackles, Xavier Byrd 10 and Jared Ostrander 5.

Newfane 32, Albion Varsity Eagles 12
Quarterback Thomas Furmanski had touchdown passes of 30 yards to Anthony Freeman and 12 yards to Xavier Cornick for the Varsity Eagles.

Freeman had 133 yards rushing and 49 receiving and Rylend Callicut 70 yards receiving.

On defense, Mehkyron Drisdom made 8 tackles, Freeman 7 and James Denoncourt 5. Denoncourt also had a sack and Kyle Woolston an interception.

Kendall bested host rival Holley 25-22, 25-9, 20-25, 25-11 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Lexi Payton had 9 spiking kills, 5 service aces, 7 digs and 1 block; Madison Rath 5 kills, 6 aces and 5 digs; Chelsea Wright 10 aces and 9 digs; Emily Mattle 4 hits, 4 digs and a block and Sarah Pearson 2 kills, 2 aces, 8 digs and 15 assists to lead the way for Kendall.

Brianna Barber had 3 aces and 6 assists and Dianna Yaroshchuk 5 kills for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Jenna LoSapio tries to keep control of the ball against Holley’s Olivia Radford during the Lady Eagles win over the host Lady Hawks this evening. Haylee Passarell moves in to help for the Lady Hawks.

Undefeated Kendall posted a 3-0 victory over host rival Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Taylor ReQua had 2 goals and an assist to spearhead the attack for Kendall which improves to 12-0 in the league and 15-0 overall.

Julia Smith scored what proved to be the game inning goal for Kendall with 23:01 remaining in the first half off a corner by ReQua.

Kendall’s Taylor ReQua brings the ball up field against Holley defender Anne Jewell.

ReQua then scored herself eight minutes later off an assist from Maya Rutland giving the Lady Eagles a 2-0 lead at the half.

ReQua rounded out the Kendall scoring when she tallied on a direct kick in the second half.

Jenna Jacob made 3 saves to earn the shutout in goal for the Lady Eagles.

Holley’s Kristen Nenni looks to take the ball away from Kendall’s Taylor Rutland.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley quarterback Nick Passarell gets ready to stiff arm Oakfield-Alabama defender Austin Fisher. The action took place during the host Hawks loss to the Hornets this afternoon.

Oakfield-Alabama snapped a two game losing streak by downing host Holley 43-24 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League football game.

The Hornets held leads of 14-0 after one quarter and 22-12 at the half.

Colin Papaj scored on a 30 yard run and quarterback Nick Passarell on an 8 yard carry for Holley in the second quarter to keep the Hawks within 10, 22-12, at the half.

Holley’s Adam Stetzel tries to avoid a tackle by the Hornets duo of Jon Harris and Ismile Smith.

However, the Hornets stretched the lead to 37-12 before Holley could get on the scoreboard again on an 8 yard TD run by Zach Day.

Passarell scored the Hawks final touchdown on a 30 yard run in the fourth quarter.

The Hornets improve to 2-3 in the league and 3-3 overall while the Hawks slip to 0-5, 0-6.

The Hawks come onto the field unveiling their new black jerseys.

Purple Eagles rally for overtime win

Medina/Lyndonville battled to a 1-1 overtime tie with host Akron this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Both goals came in the first half as Greg Husung scored for the Mustangs off an assist from Brian Anderson and Bryan Whitbeck tallied for the Tigers.

The Mustangs played the second half and the two overtime periods a man short due to a red card.

“I’m really proud of the way our kids played being a man down,” said Mustangs Coach Steve Luksch. “Defenseively we played very well.”

Medina/Lyndonville is now 5-3-2 and Akron 6-3-1 in N-O action.

Albion 3, CSAT 2 OT
Albion nipped visiting CSAT 3-2 in overtime as Hayden Pecoraro pulled the Purple Eagles even with a penalty kick goal with just 15 seconds to go in regulation and Nick Reed followed up with the game winner seven minutes into overtime.

Donato Roario netted the Purple Eagles first goal off an assist from Pecoraro 14 minutes into the second half.

CSAT led 2-0 at the half.

“We had a very sloppy first half but we put it together in the second half and played much harder and much smarter,” said Albion Coach Keith Akers.

Albion improves to 4-5-2 and CSAT slips to 1-9 in N-O competition.

Wilson 4, Roy-Hart 0
Wilson boosted its N-O record to 5-2-2 with a 4-0 win over Roy-Hart (1-9) as Cesar Carlin scored the three goal hat-trick for the Lakemen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Trey Hart picks up yardage as Colton Bohall tries to make the tackle for Barker/Roy-Hart. The action took place during the Purple Eagles win this afternoon at Barker.

Snapping a four game losing streak, Albion downed Barker/Roy-Hart 30-13 this afternoon in a B East Division football game at Barker.

Leading by a narrow 17-13 margin, Albion finally put a lock on the victory as Trey Hart returned two 40 yard pass interceptions for touchdowns in the final minute.

Barker/Roy-Hart jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as quarterback Andy Xapsos completed a 29 yard touchdown pass to Matt Maines capping a game opening drive as Noah Rocklein added the extra point kick.

However, Albion battled back to take a 17-7 lead at the half. Tommy Mattison, who picked up 93 yards rushing on the day, had touchdown runs of 4 and 8 yards and also a two-point conversion carry and Nathan Trembley kicked a 19 yard field goal to lead the Purple Eagles rally.

Ryan Ulrich of Barker/Roy-Hart goes in for a touchdown past Albion defender Blake Aina.

Barker/Roy-Hart cut the deficit to 17-13 in the third quarter as Ryan Ulrich ran 16 yards for a touchdown to cap a 98 yard drive. Xapsos had a pass completion of 23 yards to Ulrich to highlight the drive.

That drive was set up by a fumble recovery by Maines which stopped an Albion scoring drive at the Barker/Roy-Hart 2 yard line.

Barker/Roy-Hart got another scoring drive going in the fourth quarter driving to the Albion 5 as a 15 yard run by Ulrich and a 14 yard pass completion from Xapsos to Ed Wasnock keyed that march.

However, the drive was halted when Mattison intercepted a pass for Albion at the Purple Eagles 5 yard line.

Two more interceptions by Hart, with just 1:02 and 40 seconds remaining, then sealed the Purple Eagles win.

JJ Downs led the Albion defense with 10 tackles while Mattison and Kory Reynolds each had 10.

Albion is now 1-3 in the division and 2-4 overall while Barker/Roy-Hart is 0-4, 1-5.

Albion’s Tyler Rotoli hauls in a pass while on his knees.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Andrew Cary advances the ball up field against Kendall defender Jeremy Browe during the Hawks win over the visiting rival Eagles this evening.

Avenging an earlier season overtime loss, Holley celebrated Homecoming by defeating rival Kendall 5-1 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Holley jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the first half ignited by a goal by Gabe Mendoza off an assist from Dylan McKay midway through the half.

The Hawks then broke the contest open with two goals in the final nine minutes of the first half on tallies by Derek McArthur and Mendoza.

Mendoza completed a three goal hat-trick when he tallied on a breakaway just 17 seconds into the second half upping the Holley advantage to 4-0 as Santino Morales earned the assist.

Holley’s Gabe Mendoza tries to work around Kendall defender Joe LoSapio.

Kendall finally got on the scoreboard with 27:58 to go as Brayde Moyer scored off an assist from Jake Adams.

However, Holley got that one back when Mendoza netted his fourth of the night off an assist from Andrew Cary with 16:04 remaining.

Holley improves to 6-2 in the league and 10-3 overall while Kendall slips to 4-4, 7-7.

Kendall’s Brayde Moyer battles with Holley’s Justin Parker for control of the ball.

Albion romps; Newfane tips Wilson to share N-O lead

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Melanie Hibbard looks to move the ball up field against Barker’s Eadie Fuerch during the Mustangs win over the Lady Raiders this morning at Vets Park.

Jumping out to a 4-0 half-time advantage, Medina went on to blank Barker 7-0 this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game at Vets Park.

Destiny Satkowski had 2 goals and 2 assists, Martha Gardner a goal and an assist and Melanie Hibbard a goal to spark Medina out to the big first half lead.

Satkowski, Gardner and Allison Bensley each netted a goal in the second half to round out the Mustangs scoring.

Medina is now 4-7-2 and Barker 1-12-0 in N-O action.

Albion 12, CSAT 0
Seven different players contributed goals as Albion defeated host CSAT 12-0 to improve to 6-7 in N-O action.

Medina’s Olivia Carter drives to the goal as Maya Gooding defends for Barker.

Nicole Eldred and Emily Blanchard each scored 3 goals, Mariah Elsenheimer 2 and Mikayla Yaskulski, Ally Page, Shelby Restivo and Sarah Gregori one each for Albion which led 5-0 at the half.

CSAT is now 1-12.

Newfane 3, Wilson 2
Newfane moved into a tie for first place by downing defending champion Wilson 3-2 at Wilson.

Two second half goals by Kayleigh Daniels, which snapped a 1-1 tie, provided the margin of victory for Newfane.

Newfane and Wilson are now deadlocked at 12-1 with one game remaining on the N-O schedule.

Wilson, which has won the last three N-O titles, had a 47 league game (44-0-3) unbeaten streak snapped.

Akron 3, Roy-Hart 0
Second half goals by Jenna Robnell, Leah Czechowski and Eliza Papke sparked Akron (9-3-1) to a 3-0 win over Roy-Hart (5-7-1).