Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Allison Bensley (12) brings the ball up field as Ellie Todd defends for Roy-Hart. The action took place during this morning’s double overtime tie contest at Vets Park.

A pair of goals in the final three minutes of the second half proved to be all of the scoring as Medina and Roy-Hart battled to a 1-1 double overtime tie this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game at Vets Park.

Roy-Hart took a 1-0 lead on a penalty kick goal by Emma Lindke with 2:49 remaining in regulation time.

However, Medina answered right back with a goal by Allison Bensley, off a corner by Martha Gardner, with 1:27 to go to send the contest into overtime.

Roy-Hart’s Rachael Rausch battles for control of the ball with Medina’s Kylie Bielak.

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

Medina goalie Emma Gardner made one big diving save in the first overtime and Mustangs defender Ashlee Howell came back to make another big stop in that period to keep the contest knotted.

Roy-Hart is now 4-3-1 and Medina 2-4-2 in N-O action.

Medina’s Destiny Satkowski tries to advance the ball against Rausch.

In this morning’s other N-O games, front-running Wilson (8-0) defeated host Akron (4-3-1) 3-1 and runner-up Newfane (7-1) bested CSAT (0-8) 13-0.

Breaking away from a 1-1 half-time deadlock, Wilson claimed the victory on second half goals by Kayla Neumann and Aidan McGill.

Emily Patterson scored in the first half for Wilson as did Kara Sequin for Akron.

Allison Duhow netted 3 goals and Caelen Swogier 2 to lead the scoring parade for Newfane.

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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.

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.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Colin Papaj tries to break away from Alexander’s Derrick Busch on a kickoff return during the host Hawks loss to the Trojans this afternoon.

Converting back-to-back turnovers into long touchdown drives at the outset, Alexander went on to defeat host Holley 51-22 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League football game.

Gaining possession on back-to-back tipped pass interceptions, the Trojans quickly capitalized on touchdown runs by Job Smith of 2 yards and Jake Wozniak of 5 yards to take the lead for good at 12-0.

The Alexander advantage ballooned to 32-0 at the half as quarterback Jared Browne threw touchdown passes of 61 yards to Josh Szymanski and of 15 and 6 yards to Derrick Busch.

The Trojans upped the lead to 45-0 in the third quarter.

Holley quarterback Nick Passarell breaks loose for a good gain.

Holley quarterback Nick Passarell accounted for all three of the Hawks second half touchdowns. He threw scoring strikes of 12 and 50 yards to Clarence Moyer and also ran 12 yards himself for the other tally. Passarell also ran for both two-point conversions.

Alexander is now 1-2 in the league and 2-2 overall while Holley is 0-3, 0-4.

Holley’s Clarence Moyer picks up yardage after making a catch.

Eagles win in OT, Lady Eagles roll 5-0

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Nathan Warters battles for control of the ball with Attica’s Colden George during the Eagles Homecoming game overtime win over the visiting Blue Devils this afternoon.

Kendall’s varsity soccer teams swept to a Homecoming doubleheader victory this afternoon.

The Kendall boys squad went to double overtime to nip Attica 1-0 in the opener in a Genesee Region League contest.

Jake Adams scored the game’s lone goal for Kendall on a direct kick with 1:14 remaining in the second 10 minute overtime period.

Kendall’s Jesus Aguirre kicks the ball from his own end against George.

Earlier in the second overtime period Kendall goalie Cameron Zinsmeister made two huge saves to keep the contest scoreless. On the second stop he came way out of the net to make a clutch sliding save thwarting an Attica breakaway.

Kendall improves to 3-1 in the league and 4-3 overall.

Joe LoSapio advances the ball up field for the Eagles against George.

Kendall’s Coralee Freitag battles for control of the ball with Pembroke’s Olivia Kohorst.

The Kendall girls completed the sweep by blanking Pembroke 5-0 in a G-R contest as Coralee Freitag scored 3 goals and Maya Rutland 2 to spearhead the Lady Eagles attack.

Freitag opened the scoring with a goal at 27:34 of the first half off an assist from Taylor ReQua.

Pembroke goalie Jessie Weaver makes a save on a shot by Kendall’s Maya Rutland.

The Lady Eagles advantage increased to 3-0 by half-time as Rutland scored with 15:30 to go on a breakaway and Freitag tallied with 11:38 remaining off an assist from Emily Boyle.

Rutland and Freitag then each netted a goal in the second half to round out the scoring.

The Lady Eagles remain undefeated at 7-0 in the league and 10-0 overall.

Kendall’s Taylor ReQua jump over an attempt by Pembroke defender Emma Patterson to gain control of the ball.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jake Cotter (35) breaks loose for one of his three touchdown runs for Medina/Lyndonville during the Mustangs Homecoming win over Barker/Roy-Hart this evening at Vets Park.

Lightning quick touchdowns just before and just after halftime keyed Medina/Lyndonville to a 50-15 Homecoming victory over Barker/Roy-Hart in a B East Division game this evening at Vets Park.

Leading by a narrow 14-7 margin, the Mustangs broke the contest open when Jake Cotter scored on a 61 yard touchdown run with only 1:20 remaining in the second quarter and on a 32 yard TD carry just 35 seconds into the third quarter to quickly balloon the advantage to 28-7.

Cotter, who rushed for 244 yards on only 8 carries, also had an 82 yard touchdown run with 4:32 to go in the third quarter to make it 36-7. He also tacked on the first of his two two-point conversions.

Barker/Roy-Hart’s Edward Wasnock goes up to make a catch against Mustangs defender Mason Lewis.

The Mustangs tacked on two more long scoring plays in the fourth quarter as Eric Neace ran 65 yards for one touchdown and Jalin Cooper 51 yards for another.

The Mustangs had jumped out to an early 14-0 lead as Cooper scored on a 45 yard pass reception from quarterback Tyler Valley in the first quarter and on a 17 yard run on a reverse play with 6:26 to go in the second quarter. A big 41 yard run by Cotter set up that threat as Valley tacked on the two-point conversion run.

Barker/Roy-Hart answered back with a 1 yard touchdown run by Eric Fitch and an extra point kick by Noah Rocklein to cut the deficit to 14-7 with 1:40 to go in the opening half.

Jalin Cooper breaks loose for a touchdown run for the Mustangs as Ryan Ulrich tries to make the tackle for Barker/Roy-Hart. It was one of his three touchdowns on the evening.

However, Medina/Lyndonville answered right back with Cotter’s 61 yard touchdown run just 20 seconds later and the Mustangs were off and rolling.

Barker/Roy-Hart also had a fourth quarter touchdown on a 2 yard run by Ryan Ulrich.

Andy Xapsos passed to Rocklein for the two-point conversion.

A fumble recovery by Powell Stephens and a sack by Charles Beach highlighted the defensive effort for the Mustangs.

Medina/Lyndonville, which improves to 1-1 in the division and 3-1 overall next visits front-running Alden next Friday night.

The loss drops Barker/Roy-Hart to 0-3, 0-4.

Barker/Roy-Hart quarterback Andy Xapsos looks to elude Medina/Lyndonville defender Charles Beach.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Tommy Mattison brings the ball up field during this evening’s Homecoming game against visiting East Aurora/Holland as Kory Reynolds blocks.

East Aurora/Holland edged past host Albion 14-12 this evening in a B East Division contest spoiling the Purple Eagles Homecoming celebration.

Trailing 14-6 in the third quarter, Albion closed the gap to just two points on a 16 yard touchdown run by Tommy Mattison but the Purple Eagles could not pull even.

Sparked by a 40 yard run by Mattison, the Purple Eagles did drive to the Blue Devils 20 yard line where the drive stalled out on downs with only 40 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

Albion stayed within 7-6 at the half as Trey Hart caught a 21 yard touchdown pass from Tyler Rotoli with 1:27 remaining in the second quarter.

Interceptions deep in Blue Devils territory wiped out Albion’s first two drives of the game as the second pick came in the endzone.

Mattison, who had 200 yards rushing on the night on 24 carries, had runs of 16 and 22 yards to help ignite that drive which also included a key 14 yard pickup by quarterback Kyle Smith.

Mattison also led the Purple Eagles defense with 8 tackles as Rotoli made 7 stops.

East Aurora/Holland improves to 2-0 in the division and 3-1 overall while Albion slips to 0-3, 1-3.

Albion’s Tyler Rotoli sheds a tackle by the Blue Devils Brigham Rogers to pick up yardage.

Medina won by forfeit over CSAT and Roy-Hart downed Albion 236-268 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League golf action.

Ian Wagner earned medalist honors for Medina with a 38 as Melanie Green had a 39, Michael Cardone a 40 and Trevor Luthart a 43.

CSAT had only four players available for the match resulting in the forfeit.

Medina, which shot 205 on the day, is now 10-2 and CSAT 2-10.

Austin Walker took medalist honors with a 45 for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart improves to 7-5 and Albion slips to 3-10.

Volleyball

Roy-Hart 25-25-21-25
Newfane 13-18-25-21
Roy-Hart bested Newfane in four sets 25-13, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21 this evening in an N-O volleyball match.

Syler Christopher had 5 service aces, Savoy Laubacker 3 aces and Olivia Vorholzer 2 aces to lead the way for the Lady Rams.

Roy-Hart is now 3-2 and Newfane 1-5.

Field Hockey

Barker 1, Roy-Hart 0
Barker nipped Roy-Hart 1-0 in an N-O field hockey game this evening at Middleport on a second half goal by Grayce Weller.

Caitlyn Mason earned the shutout in the cage for the Lady Raiders making 4 saves.

Barker is now 6-1-1 and Roy-Hart 4-4 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Brian Anderson (7) tries to drive the ball up field against CSAT’s Julian Maue during the Mustangs Homecoming win over the Eagles this afternoon at Vets Park.

Erupting for three quick goals in the final 12 minutes of the first half, Medina/Lyndonville went on to shutout CSAT 4-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Greg Husung broke a 0-0 deadlock when he scored with 12:35 to go in the opening half of the Homecoming contest off an assist from Kristian Snyder to ignite the Mustangs decisive uprising.

Brian Anderson followed up with a goal just two minutes later as Vassilios Bitsas earned the assist.

Colm Cooper rounded out the uprising with a goal with just 16 seconds remaining in the half off a corner by Husung to make it 3-0.

Anderson also scored the Mustangs lone second half goal with 25:22 remaining off an assist from Cooper.

Tyler Ames and Justin Morgan shared in earning the shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

Medina/Lyndonville is now 5-1 in the league and CSAT 0-7.

In one other N-O game, Akron (4-3) edged past Wilson (3-1-1) 2-1.

After struggling offensively the past two weeks, the Medina/Lyndonville JV football team erupted for a 46-18 victory over Barker/Roy-Hart Thursday evening at Middleport to improve to 2-0 in the B East Division and 3-1 overall.

Quarterback Ronnie Koonce rushed for 131 yards and 5 touchdowns and also passed for 177 yards and 2 more scores to spearhead the Mustangs offense.

Johnny Salone was on the receiving end of both touchdown passes and finished with a total of 145 yards receiving.

Daemon Shatara ran for a two-point conversion and also contributed 58 yards rushing while Iszon Richardson chipped in with 44 rushing yards.

The Mustangs also added another two-point conversion on a pass from Koonce to Brendan Luthart.

The Mustangs defense forced four turnovers as Shatara, Justice Hughes, Jesse Iniguez and Ian Joseph each had a fumble recovery.

Salone also registered 13 tackles and had a forced fumble while Luthart came up big in the secondary breaking up four passes.

The Mustangs next host Alden at 10 a.m. Oct. 3 at Vets Park.