A late goal earned Holley a 2-1 victory over visiting Byron-Bergen this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Gabe Mendoza snapped a 1-1 deadlock by scoring with just three minutes remaining to earn Holley the victory.

Mendoza also scored Holley’s first goal just 8 minutes into the opening half.

Byron-Bergen rallied back into a 1-1 tie by scoring with 6:11 remaining in the second half but Holley quickly answered right back with what proved to be the game winning goal by Mendoza.

Holley improves to 4-2 in the league and 7-3 overall.

The Hawks next visit Roy-Hart at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a non league game.

In another G-R contest, Wheatland-Chili scored twice in the final 20 minutes to defeat Kendall 2-0.

Kendall next hosts Albion at 6 p.m. Saturday in a non league game.

The loss drops Kendall to 4-2, 6-4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville running back Jake Cotter (35) tries to elude Alden tackler Lyle Grant during the Mustangs loss to the host Bulldogs this evening.

Capitalizing on excellent field position to build up a commanding 21-0 half-time advantage, undefeated front-running Alden went on to blank visiting Medina/Lyndonville 35-0 this evening in a B East Division game.

The victory, combined with Depew’s 29-19 victory over East Aurora/Holland, clinches at least a tie for the B East title for Alden which stays perfect at 4-0 in the division and 5-0 overall. The Bulldogs close out the B East season by hosting East Aurora next Friday. Depew is now 3-1 and East Aurora/Holland 2-1 in the B East title chase.

Alden scored on three of four first half possessions as Zach Loper had touchdown runs of 6 and 18 yards and quarterback Bryan Cybulski threw a 25 yard TD pass to Jordan Starkweather with only 32 seconds remaining in the half.

Cybulski also had key pass completions of 19 and 12 yards to Brandon Weierhauser to key the Bulldogs first scoring drive. The first completion came on a third and 11 situation and the second on a fourth and 8. Cybulski also hooked up with Lyle Grant for a 25 yard completion to key the second scoring drive.

Mustangs back Eric Neace follows his blockers to try for additional yardage.

Alden started its four first half drives at the Mustangs 48, Mustangs 45, Bulldogs 48 and Mustangs 23 while the four Medina/Lyndonville first half drives started at the Mustangs 20, 20,25 and 30.

The Mustangs crossed midfield only once in the half when Jake Cotter broke loose for 35 yards down to the Alden 26 yard line as time expired.

The Bulldogs put a lock on the victory when Grant broke loose for a 41 yard touchdown run in the first two minutes of the third quarter to make it 28-0.

The loss drops Medina/Lyndonville to 1-2 in the division and 3-2 overall.

Scoring twice in the first half off turnovers, Pioneer went on to defeat visiting Albion 17-0 this evening in an interdivisional football game.

Pioneer capitalized on a fumble recovery in the first quarter to score a field goal and on a muffed Albion punt in the second quarter to score a touchdown and build up a 10-0 half-time advantage.

Albion, which was hampered by a total of three turnovers, got to the Pioneer 30 twice but could get no closer.

Kory Reynolds made 12 tackles, Meach Gardner 11 and Tommy Mattison 9 for the Albion defense.

The loss drops Albion to 1-4 on the season.

Contributed Photo

The top three finishers at Thursday’s annual Niagara-Orleans League golf tournament held at Willowbrook are shown here. From left, are medalist Brad Wilson from Barker, runner-up Ben Kelly from Wilson and third place finisher Ian Wagner from Medina. Wilson won the team title to cap off a second straight N-O title season.

A second half rally fell short as Holley dropped a 27-12 decision at Pembroke this evening in a Genesee Region League football game.

Trailing 27-0 at the half, Holley came battling back as an interception by Nick Schenk set up a 7 yard touchdown run by Zach Day and a 45 yard pass completion from quarterback Nick Passarell to Ronnie DeWahl set up a 2 yard TD run by Passarell.

However, the Hawks could get no closer than 27-12 as a lost fumble at the Pembroke 15 in the fourth quarter proved costly.

Jake Jasinski, Damion Ramirez, Reid Miano and Zack Vonkramer each scored a touchdown for Pembroke which snapped a season long four game losing streak.

The Pembroke defense forced 4 turnovers and registered 8 sacks.

Eric Balys had a big game defensively for Holley making 9 tackles for no gain or losses and registering a sack.

Now at 0-5, Holley next hosts Oakfield-Alabama at 1:30 next Saturday for Homecoming.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Nicole Eldred moves the ball upfield for Albion in the team’s 5-1 win over Roy-Hart today in Albion. Eldred assisted on one of Albion’s goals. Ellie Todd defends for Roy-Hart.

Avenging an earlier season 4-3 loss, Albion rolled to a 5-1 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Albion jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first 11 minutes as Brylie Hapeman scored off an assist from Emily Blanchard and then Blanchard tallied from Mariah Elsenheimer.

The Purple Eagles upped the advantage to 3-0 at the half as Ally Page scored off an assist from Nicole Eldred.

Hapeman and Blanchard then each scored a goal in the second half to round out the Purple Eagles scoring. Blanchard, who picked up the assist on Hapeman’s goal, netted her goal off a corner by Mikayla Yaskulski.

Elsenheimer and Ellen Narburgh anchored the Albion defense.

Amber Villella netted the lone Roy-Hart goal.

Albion improves to 5-5 in N-O competition while Roy-Hart slips to 5-4-1.

In the other N-O games, front-running Wilson improved to 10-0 with a 10-0 victory over CSAT (0-10) and Newfane stayed within a game of the lead at 9-1 by blanking Barker (1-9) 6-0.

Kayla Neumann scored the three goal hat-trick to lead the way for Wilson.

First half goals by Kaylee Heschke and Emily Foltz led a parade of six different goal scorers for Newfane.

A pair of early second half goals keyed Kendall to a 2-0 victory over host Alexander this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Maya Rutland scored both goals for the Lady Eagles, at the 9 and 16 minute marks of the second half, both off assists from Taylor ReQua. Rutland now has a team leading total of 17 goals on the season.

Jenna Jacob made 10 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

The victory keeps Kendall perfect at 9-0 in the league and 12-0 overall.

Holley 1, Notre Dame 0

Lexi Milazzo scored the lone goal for Holley in the 1-0 G-R win over Notre Dame as Riley Sanger earned the assist.

Madison Papaj made 3 saves to earn the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks.

In other G-R action, Wheatland-Chili blanked Lyndonville 2-0.

Undefeated (8-0) Akron posted a 13-0 victory over visiting Medina (1-8) this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Sarah Schultz scored 7 goals and Heather Cummings 3 to spearhead the attack for Akron.

In one other N-O contest, Wilson (7-1-1) blanked visiting Kenmore (1-8) 2-0.

Alex Seeley and Madeline Mocarski each scored a goal for Wilson.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Andrea Toussaint tries to keep the ball away from Akron’s Allison Norton during the Mustangs loss to the Lady Tigers this afternoon at Vets Park.

Scoring twice in each half, Akron blanked Medina 4-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game at Vets Park.

Maggie Leeds and Leah Czechowski scored the goals in the first half for Akron while Eliza Papke and Kara Sequin both tallied in the second half.

Akron improves to 6-3-1 and Medina slips to 2-6-2.