Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Emily Blanchard tries to head the ball towards the goal as Aidan McGill tries to defend for Wilson. The action took place during Wilson’s 2-0 win at Albion this afternoon.

Remaining undefeated at 9-0, Wilson used a pair of second half goals to edge past host Albion (4-5) 2-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Kayla Neumann scored what proved to be the game winner for Wilson just six minutes into the second half and Jenn Darlak added the clincher late in the half.

Wilson goalie Emily Kelly made one big diving save in the first half and another leaping save in the second to preserve the shutout.

Albion’s Brylie Hapeman brings the ball up field as Julia Seider comes in to defend for Wilson.

In other N-O action, Newfane (8-1) nipped host Medina (2-5-2) 2-1 in double overtime, Roy-Hart (5-3-1) blanked Barker (1-8) 7-0 and Akron (5-3-1) routed CSAT (0-9) 14-0.

Kaylee Heschke scored the game winner for Newfane with a minute to go in the second overtime period.

Newfane took a 1-0 lead in the second half on a goal by Emily Foltz but Medina answered with the tying goal on a shot by Destiny Satkowski with about three minutes remaining in regulation time.

Medina goalie Emma Gardner made two dozen saves.

Emma Linndke scored 4 goals and Amber Villella had 2 goals and 3 assists for Roy-Hart.

Front-running Akron posted a 5-0 victory over visiting Roy-Hart (4-5) this afternoon to improve to 7-0 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey competition.

Heather Cummings scored two goals for Akron as Emily Buckley, Rachel Heim and Sarah Schultz each chipped in with one.

Madison Krzykowski earned her seventh shutout in goal for the Lady Tigers.

In other N-O action, Kenmore snapped a season long seven league game losing streak by downing Medina (1-7) 3-0 at Vets Park.

Improving to 11-2, Medina defeated Akron 223-256 at Shelridge this afternoon in a rain soaked Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Melanie Green took medalist honors with a 39 and Ian Wagner carded a 42 to lead the Mustangs.

The loss drops Akron to 1-13.

Wilson completed a second straight 14-0 N-O championship season by downing Roy-Hart 204-240 at Willowbrook.

Connor Seeley and Ben Kelly shared medalist honors for Wilson with rounds of 38.

Jonah Miller added a 39 for the Lakemen.

Austin Walker shot 45 for Roy-Hart which slips to 7-6.

Barker (6-7) nipped Albion (3-11) 252-254 at Hickory Ridge.

Brad Wilson took medalist honors for Barker with a 43.

Adam Sills shot 45 and Nick Penna 46 for Albion.

Newfane (10-4) bested CSAT (2-11) at Beaver Island as Zach LaJoie earned medalist honors with a 40.

Aiden Herlan added a 41, Connor Duncan 45 an Paige Emborsky 46 for the Panthers.

Getting goal production from five different players, Kendall posted a 6-2 victory over host Rochester Academy Charter this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game.

Brandon Lewis scored two goals for Kendall as Jake Adams, Jesus Aguirre, Brayde Moyer and Ben Frasch each netted one.

Making it four wins in a row Kendall, which improves to 5-3, next hosts Pembroke at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Genesee Region League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Dylan Bader is upended by Medina/Lyndonville’s Josh Klotzbach as they battle for the ball during this evening’s rivalry game at Albion which ended in an overtime tie.

Rivals Albion and Medina/Lyndonville battled to a 1-1 double overtime tie this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game at Albion.

Albion grabbed a 1-0 lead with 11:55 remaining in the first half as Brad Sanford scored on a rebound shot. Dylan Bader earned the assist.

Medina/Lyndonville battled back to knot the contest when Nick Albone scored with 12:14 remaining in the second half as Vassilios Bitsas picked up the assist.

Medina’s Colm Cooper heads the ball by Albion’s Nate Scanlan.

Neither team could find the net in the two 10 minute overtime periods during which time Albion goalie Devin Gaylord made several key stops.

Medina/Lyndonville, which is now 5-1-1, slips a game and a half behind undefeated (7-0-0) league leading Newfane which defeated rival Wilson (3-2-1) 4-1.

Albion’s Carson Trupo battles Medina/Lyndonville’s Carson Zgoda for control of the ball.

Trevor Moreland scored the three goal hat-trick to lead the way for Newfane, the first of which came with just two minutes to go in the first half snapping a scoreless deadlock.

Albion is now 2-4-2 in N-O action.

In the other N-O game, CSAT (1-7) blanked host Roy-Hart (1-6-0) 4-0.

Nick Albone of Medina/Lyndonville watches as his game tying shot in the second half eludes Albion goalie Devin Gaylord.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Julian Woodworth scored a touchdown for the Medina Colts Saturday in the win over Roy-Hart.

Medina’s youth football teams scored a tripleheader sweep over host Roy-Hart Saturday as the Colts won 14-0 in the Mini Division, the Broncos 31-0 in the JV Div. and the Stallions 32-14 in the Varsity Div.

Albion took two out of three from visiting Tri-Town as the Eagles won 19-13 in the JV Div. and 26-12 in the Varsity Div. Tri-Town bested the Eagles 20-6 in the Mini Div.

Medina Colts 14, Roy-Hart 0
Julian Woodworth scored on a 40 yard reverse and Logan Gray on a 30 yard run for the Colts touchdowns. Kaedon Hangartner also threw a two-point conversion pass to Brody Fry.

On defense, Caiden Class had 6 tackles, Jack Nesbitt 5 and Sawyer Kingsbury, Liam Castricone, Mavrik Hall and Ty Holmes 4 each. Gray also had an interception and a fumble recovery while Hall and Hangartner both had fumble recoveries.

The Colts are now 4-3 on the season.

Medina Broncos 31, Roy-Hart 0
Iverson Poole had touchdown runs of 76 and 18 yards and Aiden Pitts TD runs of 14 and 35 yards to lead the Broncos attack. Xander Payne also completed a pair of two-point conversion passes to Jaren Rhim and one to Anthony Monell. Payne also ran for an extra point. Poole had a total of 166 yards rushing and Pitts 110.

Defensively, Josh Wilson made 16 tackles, Poole 15, Ricky Lilly 10, Joe Cecchini and Oliver Wilson 9 each and Brandon Collins 8. Wilson also had a fumble recovery and Lilly a sack.

The Broncos improve to 6-1.

Medina Stallions 32, Roy-Hart 14
Brian Fry threw touchdown passes of 37 and 34 yards to Brayden Velia and of 45 yards to Tyler Chinn to highlight the Stallions offense. Fry also ran 50 yards for a touchdown and Sydney Brown ran 15 yards for another TD. Fry had a total of 149 yards passing, Chinn 78 receiving, Velia 71 receiving and Brown 105 rushing.

On defense, Brown made 8 tackles, Nathan Neace 8 and Emmanual Taylor 7.

The Stallions are now 5-2.

Albion JV Eagles 19, Tri-Town 13

Photo by Tom Rivers – Amari Jones, quarterback for the Albion JV team, gains yardage on the ground with blocking help from Zach Olles, right, in Albion’s win at Bullard Park. Amari Jones threw three touchdown passes in the win.

A  goal line stand in the final seconds led by the trio of William Trembley, Bryce Froman and Jorden Ostrander preserved the win for the JV Eagles.

Chris Porter made 8 tackles, Amari Jones 7 and Michael White 4 for the Eagles defense.

Offensively, Javon Jones caught touchdown passes of 9 and 19 yards and Tyler Gibson hauled in a 74 yard TD catch from Amari Jones. Jacob Hughson, who had 34 yards rushing, added an extra point.

The JV Eagles improve to 4-2.

Albion Varsity Eagles 26, Tri-Town 12
Thomas Furmanski ran 21 yards for one touchdown and returned an interception 22 yards for another TD. Mehkyron Drisdom also scored two touchdowns on a 21 yard reception and a 22 yard run with a recovered fumble. Furmanski also passed to Kyle Woolston for a two-point conversion. Anthony Freeman had 80 yards rushing.

On defense, Bryce Kelly made 14 tackles, Drisdom 9, Feeman 6 and James Denoncourt and Rylend Callicut 5 each.

The Varsity Eagles are now 4-2.

Tri-Town 20, Albion Mini Eagles 6
Destin Brown had 36 yards rushing, including a 13 yard touchdown carry, Makyell Walker 75 yards rushing and Xavier Byrd 45 for the Eagles.

Defensively, Brown made 8 tackles, Byrd 7 and Walker 5. Brown also had an interception and Rylissa Lesczinski a fumble recovery.

The Mini Eagles are 1-5.

Contributed Photo

The Lockport Midget ‘A’ League recently held its banquet honoring the championship teams from this past season. The Lyndonville team, which is pictured here, shared the regular season Midget ‘A’ title with Roy-Hart at 9-3. Roy-Hart went on to win the playoff championship defeating Albion in the finals. The Lyndonville team included, in front, Jacob Hoffee, Mike Wells, Chris Scroger, Ty Hrovat, and Eric Neace. In back are Coach Jim Wells, Brandon Schoolcraft, Trevor Bentley, Eddy Schildt, AJ Buckland, Evan Milleville and Coach Rich Rounds. Missing from the photo was Cody Bentley. Hrovat was honored as the overall MVP for the season.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion will host rival Medina/Lyndonville in Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer action Monday. Medina/Lyndonville’s Kristian Snyder is shown here working against his opposite number from Albion Hayden Pecoraro during the earlier season meeting between the teams at Vets Park.

Defending champion Medina/Lyndonville (5-1) will visit rival Albion (2-4-1) at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wilson (3-1-1) at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to highlight the upcoming week of boys soccer action. The Mustangs nipped the Purple Eagles 2-0 earlier in the season.

Medina/Lyndonville currently trails undefeated (6-0) Newfane in the Niagara-Orleans League title race. The Panthers handed the Mustangs their only N-O loss by a narrow 1-0 margin in overtime.

In girls soccer, Lyndonville will visit Kendall at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday while Medina (2-4-2) will host Newfane (7-1) at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Akron (4-3-1) at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. The defending Genesee Region Division 1 champion Kendall girls are off to a 7-0 start in the league and 10-0 overall.

N-O field hockey action will feature front-running Akron (6-0) hosting Roy-Hart (4-4) on Tuesday and visiting Medina (1-6) on Thursday. Akron nipped Roy-Hart 1-0 in overtime earlier in the season.

N-O cross-country action gets underway on Tuesday as Barker will host Medina, Albion will entertain Akron and CSAT and Roy-Hart will host Newfane and Wilson. The Barker boys and Akron girls are the defending league champions.

Football action on Friday will have Medina at Alden in a B East Division game, Albion at Pioneer in an interdivisional contest and Holley at Pembroke in a G-R game. On Saturday, Barker/Roy-Hart will host a Pennsylvania foe, East High of Erie, at 2 p.m. at Middleport.

The week’s schedule

Monday

Boys Soccer – Wilson at Newfane, Kendall at Rochester Academy Charter, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Albion, CSAT at Roy-Hart 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Holley at Attica, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Albion, Roy-Hart at Wilson, Newfane at CSAT, Akron at Medina, 4 p.m.

Tuesday

Girls Soccer – Wilson at Albion, Akron at CSAT, 4:30 p.m. Barker at Roy-Hart; Lyndonville at Kendall, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at Holley, 6:30 p.m.; Newfane at Medina, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Kenmore at Medina ,5 p.m.; Newfane at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Medina at Akron, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Albiom at CSAT, 6:30 p.m.
Cross-Country – Newfane and Wilson at Roy-Hart, Akron and CSAT at Albion, Medina at Barker, 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday

Boys Soccer – Kendall at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; Holley at Attica, 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Holley at Pembroke, Kendall at Notre Dame, Attica at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Medina, 4 p.m.

Thursday

Boys Soccer – Medina at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Akron at Allbion, 6:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Kendall at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.; Akron at Medina, 4:45 p.m.; Notre Dame at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Kenmore at Wilson, 5 p.m.
Volleyball – Albion at Medina, Wilson at Newfane, CSAT at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – N-O All-League Tournament at Willowbrook, 11 a.m.

Friday

Football – Albion at Pioneer, Medina at Alden, Holley at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Byron-Bergen at Holley, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Newfane at Barker, CSAT at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

Football – East High, Erie, Pa. at Barker/Roy-Hart, 2 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Northstar vs. Medina/Lyndonville, 2 p.m. at Lyndonville; Albion at Kendall, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Holley at Lyndonville, 4 p.m.
Volleyball – Holley at Lyndonville, 2:30 p.m.

N-O Standings

Golf – Wilson 13-0, Medina 10-2, Newfane 9-4, Roy-Hart 7-5, Barker 5-7, Albion 3-10, CSAT 2-10, Akron 1-12.
Field Hockey – Akron 6-0-0, Barker 6-1-1, Wilson 5-1-1, Roy-Hart 4-4-0, Newfane 2-5-0, Medina 1-6-0, Kenmore 0-7-0.
Boys Soccer – Newfane 6-0-0, Medina/Lyndonville 5-1-0, Akron 4-3-0, Wilson 3-1-1, Albion 2-4-1, Roy-Hart 1-5-0, CSAT 0-7-0.
Girls Soccer – Wilson 8-0-0, Newfane 7-1-0, Akron 4-3-1, Roy-Hart 4-3-1, Albion 4-4-0, Medina 2-4-2, Barker 1-7-0, CSAT 0-8-0.
Volleyball – Albion 6-0, Akron 4-1, Medina 3-2, Roy-Hart 3-2, Wilson 2-3, Newfane 1-5, CSAT 0-6.

G-R Standings

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

Volleyball Division 1 – Byron-Bergen 6-0, Notre Dame 5-0, Alexander 4-1, Attica 3-2, Holley 1-6
Volleyball Division 2 – Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 4-3, Pembroke 2-2, Kendall 3-5, Lyndonville 2-4, Wheatland-Chili 0-7.

Football

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

Trailing 1-0 at the half, Holley rallied for a pair of unanswered goals in the second half to nip visiting Sodus 2-1 today in a non league boys soccer game.

Gabe Mendoza pulled Holley even when he scored just six minutes into the second half off assists from Andrew Cary and Derek McArthur.

Mendoza then netted what proved to be the game winning goal 14 minutes later as Xander Apicella earned the assist.

The victory improves the Hawks record to 5-3.

Contributed Photo

Six members of the Medina cross-country team earned awards at the Western New York Officials Invitational held today at Akron Falls Park. In front are Hannah Sones, Hannah Heil and Hunter Heil. In back are Jack Hill, Daniel Heil and Paige Wagner. Daniel Heil placed fifth in the boys varsity 1-2 race while Hannah Heil took 8th in the girls variety 3-4 race. Wagner and Hill both earned medals while Sones and Hunter Heil both received ribbons.