Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall will host rival Holley Tuesday in a key Genesee Region League boys soccer game. Shown here during earlier season action are Kendall’s Benjamen Frasch (15) and Holley’s Antonio Puente (4).

Kendall will host rival Holley in a key Genesee Region League boys soccer game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to highlight the upcoming week of local high school sports action.

The Hawks and Eagles are both 1-1 in G-R competition.

In girls soccer, Medina will visit rival Albion at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Niagara-Orleans League contest. The Mustangs are 2-3-1 and Albion 2-4 in league action.

The Medina girls will also visit Lyndonville at 4:30 p.m. Monday in a non league game. Winners of three of their last four games, the Lady Tigers are 3-3 overall.

N-O field hockey competition will reach the halfway point on Tuesday with a big game as front-running Akron (5-0-0) hosts runner-up Wilson (4-0-1).

Akron posted a key 1-0 victory over nine time defending champion Barker last Thursday to maintain sole possession of first place. That victory ended a 10 year drought for Akron whose last win over Barker was in the opening game of the 2005 season by the identical score of 1-0. The Lady Tigers went on to claim their last outright N-O title that season.

On Monday, the Medina High courts will be a beehive of volleyball activity. The Medina girls will host CSAT at 6:30 p.m. at the high school in an N-O match while the first year Lyndonville/Medina boys squad will entertain Wayne Central at 6:30 p.m. at the Wise Middle School.

The week’s schedule

Monday

Boys Soccer – Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Medina at Lyndonville, CCA at Barker, 4:30 p.m.; Pembroke at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Barker at Nichols, 4:45 p.m.
Boys Volleyball – Wayne vs. Lyndonville/Medina, 6:30 p.m. at Wise Middle School
Girls Volleyball – CSAT at Medina, Wilson at Akron, Albion at Newfane, Alexander at Lyndonville, Holley at Byron-Bergen, Kendall at Edison, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Medina, Albion at Akron, Roy-Hart at Newfane, Wilson at CSAT, 4 p.m.

Tuesday

Boys Soccer – Wilson at CSAT, Newfane at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, Holley at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Barker at Medina, Wilson at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Kenmore at Newfane, 5 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Byron-Bergen at Kendall, Roy-Hart at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Newfane, 4 p.m.

Wednesday

Girls Soccer – Barker at Wilson, Roy-Hart at CSAT, Newfane at Akron, Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Albion, Alexander at Holley, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Wilson at CSAT, Akron at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Medina, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Roy-Hart at Barker, Wilson at Albion, CSAT at Akron, Newfane at Medina, 4 p.m.

Thursday

Boys Soccer – Medina at Batavia, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Kendall at Notre Dame , 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Barker at Kenmore, Newfane at Roy-Hart, Medina at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Wilson at Albion, Wheatland-Chili at Holley, Kendall at Alexander, Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Wilson

Friday

Football – East Aurora/Holland at Albion, 7 p.m.; Barker/Roy-Hart at Medina/Lyndonville, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Medina at CSAT, Wilson at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Barker at Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Roy-Hart at Newfane, CSAT at Akron, Medina at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Akron at Newfane, Medina at CSAT, Albion at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

Football – Alexander at Holley, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Attica at Kendall, 1 p.m.; Newfane at Albion, 5 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Wilson at Akron, CSAT at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Medina, 10 a.m.; Pembroke at Kendall, 3 p.m.; Barker at Albion, 7 p.m.

N-O Standings

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

G-R Standings

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

Football

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina Broncos back Iverson Poole works to gain yardage as Michael White (21) and Anthony Borrero (26) try to make the tackle for the Albion JV Eagles The action took place during the Broncos rain swept victory over the Eagles Saturday afternoon at Vets Park.

Medina youth gridiron teams scored a tripleheader sweep over Albion squads in Niagara Orleans Football Association action Saturday at Vets Park.

The Medina Colts regained the .500 mark at 3-3 by edging past Albion (1-4) 12-6 in the Mini Division.

In the JV Division, the Medina Broncos improved to 4-1 by nipping Albion (3-2) 12-7.

The Medina Stallions boosted their record to 4-2 by downing Albion (3-2) 20-8 in the Senior Division.

Medina Colts 12
Albion Mini Eagles 6
Logan Gray scored both touchdowns for the Colts on a run and an interception.

Defensively for the Colts, Liam Castricone made 5 tackles and Brandon Christiaansen and Mavrik Hall had 4 each.

Makyell Walker had 94 yards rushing, including a 60 yard touchdown carry, for Albion. Xavier Byrd added 60 yards rushing.

Destin Brown led the Albion defense with 11 tackles as Byrd had 8 and Jared Ostrander and Blake Prest 4 each.

Medina Broncos 12
Albion JV Eagles 7
Trailing 7-6, the Medina Broncos scored with just three minutes remaining on a 3 yard run by Lavonn Guy. A 55 yard pass from quarterback Xander Payne to Jaren Rhim set up the tally.

Payne also scored the Broncos first touchdown.

Iverson Poole had 98 yards rushing and Guy 79.

Albion JV Eagles quarterback Amari Jones tries to get away from the tackle of Robert Arnold of the Medina Broncos.

On defense, Josh Wilson made 4 tackles while Zach Oliver and Robert Arnold both had 3 tackles and a sack.

Michael Walker had 100 yards rushing, including a 42 yard touchdown run for the Albion JV Eagles. Amari Jones added 35 yards rushing and an extra point.

Defensively, Jones and Chris Porter both had 7 tackles, Walker 5 and Luke Cornick an interception.

Medina Stallions 20
Albion Varsity Eagles 8
Sydney Brown had touchdown runs of 3 and 2 yards and Brayden Velia caught a 52 yard TD pass from Brian Fry who added a pair of extra points to lead the Stallions offense.

Fry had pass completions of 26 yards to Emmanual Taylor and 28 yards to Tyler Chinn to set up Brown’s first TD. An 18 yard run by Brown and an 18 yard pass reception by Dae’Shawn Grace set up his second tally.

Brown had a total of 89 yards rushing and Fry 151 yards passing.

Defensively, Nathan Neace had an interception and Colby Petrie a fumble recovery.

Anthony Freeman had a 1 yard touchdown run and Mehkyron Drisdom a two-point conversion pass reception from Thomas Furmanski for the Albion Varsity Eagles.

Drisdom had a total of 37 yards receiving and Kyle Woolston 10.

On defense, Bryce Kelly had 5 tackles, Freeman 4 and Drisdom, Deyonci Farley and Xavier Cornick 3 each. Drisdom also had an interception.

Rebounding from a 10 point half-time deficit, host Riverside rallied to defeat the Medina JV football team 22-16 Saturday in an interdivisional game.

Ronnie Koonce passed 12 yards to Johnny Salone for one Medina touchdown and ran 4 yards for the other TD.

Koonce also passed to Salone for one two-point conversion and Iszon Richardson ran for the other.

Salone also had 10 tackles and an interception on defense.

Volleyball

Medina bows in tourney final

Medina dropped a 25-27, 25-15, 15-9 decision to Akron Saturday in the finals of the Silver Division at the Starpoint volleyball tournament.

Emily Kams had 30 assists, 10 spiking kills and 14 assists, Molley Gross 18 kills and 7 digs, Je’ne Brown 8 kills and 4 blocks and Meg O’Keefe 25 digs for Medina.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jasmine Plummer scored Lyndonville’s lone goal in today’s win at Attica.

A lone second half goal proved to be just enough to earn Lyndonville a 1-0 victory over host Attica this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Jasmine Plummer scored the Lady Tigers lone goal on a direct kick 20 minutes into the second half.

Mackenzie Muck, who made a dozen saves in goal, anchored the shutout effort by the Lyndonville defense.

The victory boosts the Lady Tigers record to 3-2 in the league and 3-3 overall.

Lyndonville next hosts Medina in a non league game at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Byron-Bergen 2, Holley 1

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen edged Holley 2-1.

Riley Sanger scored Holley’s goal off an assist from Emily Weezorak.

Madison Papaj made 12 saves in goal for the Lady Hawks.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nick Reed makes a sliding attempt to keep the ball away from Wilson’s Cesar Carlin during the host Purple Eagles overtime tie with the Lakemen this afternoon.

Unable to build on an early lead, Albion played to a 1-1 double overtime tie with visiting Wilson this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Albion jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first two and a half minutes as Connor McQuillan scored off an assist from Kendyll Hadick but the Purple Eagles couldn’t dent the Lakemen net again.

With the wind advantage, Wilson controlled play for much of the second half but managed only one goal on a penalty shot tally by Brayden Skobiak with 19 minutes remaining to pull the Lakemen even.

Both teams just missed scoring chances in the first 10 minute overtime period as Albion hit the cross bar with one shot and Wilson rattled a shot off the post with another.

Neither team could mount a serious scoring threat in the second overtime period leaving the contest knotted at 1-1.

Wilson is now 1-1 and Albion 1-3-1 in N-O action.

Albion goalie Devin Gaylord goes high to make a save as Wilson’s Tyler VanBuren tries for a header. Defender Donato Rosario moves in to help for the Purple Eagles.

In other N-O action, undefeated (4-0) front-running Newfane defeated CSAT 6-2 as Chad Gilson and Trevor Moreland each scored a pair of goals.

The loss drops CSAT to 0-5.

Akron improved to 3-2 with a 3-0 victory over Roy-Hart (1-2) as goals by Bryan Whitbeck and Josh Weigel in the first 11 minutes sparked the Tigers.

Ethan Martin later added an insurance goal for the Tigers in the second half.

N-O Standings

Newfane 4-0-0, Wilson 1-0-1, Medina/Lyndonville 3-1-0, Akron 3-2-0, Roy-Hart 1-2-0, Albion 1-3-1, CSAT 0-5-0.

Pulling away in the second half, C.G. Finney downed visiting Holley 36-13 this afternoon in a non league football game.

Holley led twice in the first half but Finney rallied to regain the lead for good by scoring a touchdown with just four seconds remaining in the first half.

Holley grabbed an early 7-6 lead as quarterback Nick Passarell threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to Clarence Moyer and Colin Papaj added the extra point kick.

The Hawks again went up 13-12 in the second quarter after a 60 yard touchdown run by Papaj but the game’s final 24 points and the win belonged to Finney.

Holley also got off to a quick start in the third quarter as a 60 yard pass completion by Passarell moved the Hawks to the Finney 16 yard line.

However, a lost fumble wiped out that opportunity and Finney capitalized with a long scoring drive that used the rest of the quarter to break the contest open.

Now at 0-3, Holley next hosts Alexander at 1:30 p.m. next Saturday in a Genesee Region League game.

Holley and Kendall both posted road victories today in Genesee Region League boys soccer action.

Holley blanked Pembroke 4-0 and Kendall edged Byron-Bergen 2-1.

Gabe Mendoza and Andrew Cary each scored a pair of goals to spark the attack for Holley which is now 1-1 in the league and 4-1 overall.

Carey, Derek McArthur and Justin Parker each chipped in with an assist for the Hawks.

Jake Adams scored a goal in each half to lead Kendall past Byon-Bergen as the Eagles improve to 1-1 in the league and 2-3 overall. Brayde Moyer earned the assist on the game winning goal.

Kendall next hosts Holley at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

N-O Boys Soccer

The Wilson at Medina Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer makeup game was postponed again when officials failed to show for the contest at Vets Park.

Field Hockey

Wilson win tourney title

Wilson defeated Sacred Heart 3-1 this afternoon in the championship game of the Kenmore field hockey tournament.

Tourney MVP Erin Boyle, Courtney Wheeler and Rachael Cobo took turns scoring the goals for Wilson which improves to 6-0-1.

Setting a new team record score for the Shelridge course, Medina defeated Albion 211-267 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a 38.

Melanie Green added a 40, Mike Cardone a 41 and Hunter Sturtevant a 43 for the Mustangs.

Nick Penna shot a 48 for Albion.

Medina is now 8-2 and Albion 2-8.

Undefeated (10-0) league leading Wilson shot a sizzling school record score of 198 at DanDee Farms to defeat host Akron which shot 245.

Brandon Seider earned medalist honors with a 36 and Nate Fox had a 37 to lead the way for Wilson.

The Lakemen also had Connor Seeley with a 41 and Jonah Miller, Ben Kelly and Nick Seider all with 42.

Akron is now 0-10.

For the second week in a row a rash of turnovers proved costly as Albion dropped a 28-13 decision at Depew this evening in a B East Division game.

Tommy Mattison had 150 yards rushing, including touchdown carries of 15 and 10 yards, to keep Albion within two at 15-13 heading into the final quarter but the Purple Eagles, which had four turnovers on the night, could not take the lead.

An 80 yard touchdown run with a recovered fumble, a 64 yard punt return and a safety keyed the win for Depew.

Kory Reynolds had 12 tackles for the Albion defense as Trey Hart and Tyler Rotoli both had 8 and Tony Rotoli 7.

The loss drops Albion to 0-2 in the division and 1-2 overall while Depew is 2-0 and 2-1.

Albion next hosts East Aurora/Holland at 7 p.m. next Friday for Homecoming.

Alden 54, Barker/Roy-Hart 7

Alden roared out to a 47-7 half-time advantage in route to posting a 54-7 B East Division win over Barker/Roy-Hart this evening at Middleport.

Andy Xapsos scored Barker/Roy-Hart’s lone touchdown on an 11 yard run as Noah Rocklein added the extra point kick. Xapsos had 54 yards rushing and 45 passing on the evening.

Brian Ulrich, Eric Fitch and Matt Maines each had 6 tackles for the Barker/Roy-Hart defense. Maines also had a sack.

Alden is now 2-0 in the division and 3-0 overall while Barker/Roy-Hart is 0-2, 0-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville running back Jake Cotter goes over the top of Riverside defender Ariq Figueroa during the Mustangs win over the visiting Frontiers this evening at Vets Park.

Ignited by a quick touchdown in the first three minutes, Medina/Lyndonville went on to defeat Riverside of Buffalo 28-8 this evening in an interdivisional game at Vets Park.

Jake Cotter, who rushed for a total of 174 yards on the evening, scored on a 14 yard run just 2:28 into the game and the Mustangs were off and rolling in their first ever gridiron meeting with Riverside.

Quarterback Tyler Valley, who was making his first varsity start, had pass completions of 24 yards to Eric Neace and 23 yards to Mason Lewis to highlight the drive.

The Mustangs boosted the advantage to 20-0 at the half on a pair of second quarter touchdown passes by Valley who completed 12 of 19 for 131 yards for the game.

Valley first hooked up with Cotter on a fourth down screen pass play that went for 21 yards and a touchdown. Valley added the two-point conversion run to make it 14-0.

Cotter had a 21 yard run to get that drive rolling.

Valley then completed a 15 yard TD pass to Dylan Lewis with just three seconds remaining in the half to make it 20-0.

Cotter had runs of 18 and 10 yards and Valley pass completions of 10 yards to Dylan Lewis and 8 yards to Jalin Cooper to highlight the march.

Mustang defenders Noah Banazwski and Charles Beach bring down Riverside’s Diamond Allen.

“We played much closer to a complete game tonight,” said Mustangs Coach Eric Valley. “We were able to mix it up pretty well with the run and the pass and we got good contributions from a number of players on both sides of he ball. We got good efforts from a lot of players in all phases of the game.”

The Mustangs defensive unit also came up with a pair of big turnovers in the half on a fumble recovery by Gage Grabowski and an interception by Dylan Lewis to stop Riverside scoring threats. Noah Banazwski forced the fumble. Banazwski later had an interception himself in the third quarter to stop another Frontiers drive.

Mustangs back Eric Neace picks up good yardage.

The Mustangs advantage ballooned to 28-0 midway through the fourth quarter on a 16 yard touchdown run by Cotter. A 14 yard run by Neace and a 10 yard pass from Valley to Dylan Lewis highlighted the drive.

Riverside avoided the shutout on a late 14 yard pass reception by Diamond Allen. Lamont Curry added the two-point conversion.

Now at 2-1 overall, the Mustangs return to B East Division action next Friday night by hosting Barker/Roy-Hart at Vets Park at 7:30 p.m.

The loss drops Rverside to 0-3.

Charles Beach of the Mustangs tries to block a pass attempt by Riverside’s Manny White.