Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Becca Albrecht spikes the ball over Medina’s Je’ne Brown during the host Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this evening.

Jumping out to a two set lead at the outset, Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting Medina 25-19, 25-18, 20-25, 25-17 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

In the other N-O matches, defending champion Albion (4-0) defeated visiting Akron (1-1) 25-12, 25-10, 23-25, 25-15 and Newfane (1-2) downed CSAT (0-3) 25-8, 25-5, 25-1.

Roy-Hart took the opening set 25-19 as Olivia Verholzer had a key run of six straight service points (15-20) to put the Lady Rams up 20-10.

Medina’s Lexi Sargent spikes over Roy-Hart’s Bea Bacon.

Verholzer also had a big run of seven straight service points (2-8) to put the Lady Rams on top to stay in the second set. Savoy Laubacker served up the final three points registering an ace for point 25 as Skyler Christopher registered a spiking kill for point 24.

However, Medina came battling back to take the third set 25-20 as Je’ne Brown had three kills and a block to polish off four of the final seven points. Megan O’Keefe registered a service ace for the final point.

Earlier in the set. Carley Schultz served up points 4-6 and 21-23 and Emily Kams 9-14 for the Mustangs.

Brianna Brewer serves up a point for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart though rebounded to take the fourth set 25-17 and close out the match.

Leading 13-11, Roy-Hart opened up a little breathing room as Christopher served up points 14-17, a run which included two service aces and a kill by Bea Bacon. Bacon also served up points 22-24 to give the Lady Rams a 24-15 lead.

Vorholzer had a total of 21 service points and 21 digs, Bacon 8 kills and 26 blocks, Brewer 13 assists and 72 sets, Laubacker 4 kills and Denise Ulrich 11 digs.

Brown had 7 blocks and 6 kills, Kams 16 assists and O’Keefe 16 digs for the Mustangs.

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

Megan O’Keefe returns a serve for Medina.

Albion 25-25-23-25
Akron 12-10-25-15
Chanyce Powell had 13 kills, 5 aces and 5 blocks, Kelsee Soule 8 kills, 16 digs and 8 aces and Meghan Hurley 5 digs, 11 aces and 14 assists to lead the way for Albion.

Newfane 25-25-25
CSAT 8-5-1
Faith Morgan had 7 kills, Maddy Adams 10 aces and 24 consecutive service points and Madison Wolcott 8 aces and 2 kills to set the pace for Newfane.

Riverside to visit Vets Friday; Albion travels to Depew

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jalin Cooper and his Medina/Lyndonville teammates will host Riverside of Buffalo at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

A new foe will provide the opposition at Vets Park Friday as Medina/Lyndonville hosts Riverside of Buffalo at 7:30 p.m. in an interdivisional football game.

It will be the first ever football meeting between the teams which are both looking to rebound from losses last week. Riverside, a Class AA school, was defeated 32-12 by Clarence while Medina/Lyndonville dropped a 40-6 B East Division decision at East Aurora/Holland.

“It definitely will be a challenge,” said Medina/Lyndonville Coach Eric Valley. “They are very athletic and have good team speed. They have a lot of very good athletes.”

The Mustangs will have a change at quarterback against the Frontiers. Senior Tyler Valley takes the helm as freshman Izaiah Rhim, who started the first two games, is sidelined with a concussion.

The Mustangs are 1-1 overall on the young season while the Frontiers are 0-2 having also lost to Timon/St. Jude 26-0.

Albion quarterback Kyle Smith and his Purple Eagle teammates will visit Depew Friday.

Albion vs. Depew

For the second week in a row Albion takes to the road for a very challenging B East Division contest as the Purple Eagles visit Depew at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Last week the Purple Eagles were plagued by costly turnovers in a 20-7 loss at Alden. Two of the turnovers came in the Alden end zone and another near the Bulldogs goal line.

Albion holds a 10-7 lead in the series with Depew which began in 1942. However, the Wildcats have won the last four contests including the most recent meeting in 2012 by a score of 42-0.

Depew is coming off a 35-0 B East win over Barker/Roy-Hart.

The Purple Eagles and Wildcats are both 1-1 overall on the season.

Barker/Roy-Hart vs. Alden

Barker/Roy-Hart, which is looking to snap a season opening two game losing streak, hosts Alden in a B East contest at 7 p.m. Friday at Middleport.

The meeting will be just the second between the teams. Alden won the first encounter 42-13 in 2012.

Holley vs. CG Finney

Holley will visit C.G. Finney in a non league game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Finney holds a 2-1 lead in the series with Holley including a 37-14 victory last fall.

Standings

B East Division – Alden 1-0, 2-0, East Aurora/Holland 1-0, 2-0, Depew 1-0, 1-1, Albion 0-1, 1-1, Medina/Lyndonville 0-1, 1-1, Barker/Roy-Hart 0-1 0-2

Genesee Region League – Attica 2-0, 2-0, Elba/Byron-Bergen 2-0, 2-0, Notre Dame 2-0, 2-0, Oakfield-Alabama 0-1, 1-1, Alexander 0-1, 0-2, Holley 0-2, 0-2, Pembroke 0-2, 0-2

Lyndonville bested visiting Wheatland-Chili in straight sets 25-22, 25-23, 25-16 Wednesday in a Genesee Region League girls volleyball match.

Senior Cierra Riley had 4 service aces, 3 spiking kills and 2 digs, senior Jenni Wetherbee 9 digs and 2 aces and sophomore Paige Gardner 4 aces, 3 kills and 5 assists to lead the Lady Tigers.

Wilson rallies past Newfane in clash of unbeatens

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nicole Eldred heads toward the goal for a score during the Purple Eagles win over visiting CSAT this afternoon.

Albion romped past visiting CSAT 8-0 and Medina shutout host Barker 6-0 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer action.

Wilson took over sole possession of first place by rallying past host rival Newfane 4-3 in a key clash of 5-0 teams.

In the other game, Akron (4-1-1) blanked host Roy-Hart (3-3) 3-0.

Snapping a four league game losing streak, Albion jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 20 minutes against CSAT as Ally Page scored two goals, off assists from Emily Blanchard and Catherine Thom, and Blanchard netted one as Nicole Eldred earned the assist.

The Purple Eagles then erupted for five more goals in the second half. Blanchard scored twice during that stretch as Mikayla Yaskulski, Eldred and Mariah Elsenheimer each netted one. Brylie Hapeman had three assists during that scoring burst.

Albion’s Mikayla Yaskulski advances the ball up field as Brianna Kinley defends for CSAT.

Medina exploded for four goals in the first 16 minutes to take control against Barker including two by Kylie Bielak and one each by Andrea Toussaint and Destiny Satkowski.

Satkowski and Martha Gardner each scored a goal in the second half for the Mustangs.

Medina is now 2-3-1 and Barker 1-5 in N-O action.

Trailing 2-0, Wilson erupted for four goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half to key the win over rival Newfane. Jenn Darlak scored twice during that stretch as Leah Herman and Emily Patterson each netted one goal.

Kayleigh Daniels scored two goals in the first half for Newfane.

Akron got goals from Leah Czechowski, Jenna Robnett and Kara Seguin in posting the shutout win over Roy-Hart.

Maintaining sole possession of first place, Akron nipped defending champion Barker 1-0 this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Sara Schultz scored the lone goal for Akron at the 18 minute mark of the first half off an assist from Abby Stone.

Madison Krzykowski earned the shutout in the cage for the Lady Tigers.

Akron stays perfect at 5-0 while Barker slips to 3-1-1.

In the other N-O games, Roy-Hart evened its record at 3-3 with 3-0 win over Kenmore (0-5) and Newfane (1-4) blanked visiting Medina (1-4) 3-0.

Rielly Albee, Angelina Ciarfella and Alexis Lovewell each scored a goal for Roy-Hart.

Katie Kneeland, Brenna Sheehan and Lydia Garaughn took turns scoring the goals for Newfane.

Defending champion Wilson doubled its lead by defeating Medina 213-226 this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Willowbrook.

Improving to 9-0, Wilson now holds a two match lead over runner-up Medina which slips to 7-2.

Brandon Seider took medalist honors with a 40 to lead the balanced scoring for Wilson which also included Connor Seeley with a 41, Ben Kelly with 43, Nate Fox a 44 and Jonah Miller a 45.

Melanie Green and Hunter Sturtevant both carded rounds of 44 for Medina as Trevor Luthart had a 45 and Mike Cardone a 48.

Roy-Hart improved to 5-4 by defeating Akron (0-9) 251-264 at Shelridge.

Hogan Lang took medalist honors with a 44 for Roy-Hart which also got rounds of 49 from Brandon Hess and Murphy Lang.

Matt Martin led Akron with a 46.

Barker defeated host CSAT 235-256 to go to 5-3 on the season.

Brad Wilson took medalist honors th a 40 for Barker as Jake Meister carded a 45.

Joey Yakovac shot 43 for CSAT which drops to 2-7.

Kendall and Holley both bowed on the road this evening in Genesee Region League boys soccer season openers.

Wheatland-Chili scored midway through the second 10 minute overtime period to nip visiting Kendall 3-2.

Kendall had tied the game at 2-2 on a goal by Jake Adams late in the second half.

Nate Warters scored Kendall’s first goal in the opening half which ended deadlocked at 1-1.

Kendall, which next visits Byron-Bergen on Friday, is now 1-3 overall.

Byron-Bergen scored twice in the last 12 minutes to down visiting Holley 2-0.

Holley missed a penalty kick opportunity two minutes after Byron-Bergen had scored its first goal.

Holley, which next hosts Pembroke Friday, is now 3-1 overall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brian Anderson attempts to put a shot on goal for Medina/Lyndonville during the Mustangs win over Akron this afternoon at Vets Park. Alex Bramson comes in to defend for the Tigers.

Getting back onto the winning track, Medina/Lyndonville used a pair of second half goals to blank Akron 2-0 in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Kristian Snyder scored both goals for defending champion Medina/Lyndonville which rebounded from a 1-0 overtime loss at Newfane on Monday to improve to 3-1 in N-O action.

Snyder scored what proved to be the game winner on a penalty kick with 27:07 remaining in the second half. He then netted a big insurance goal just six minutes later a 21:52 off a corner kick by Greg Husung.

Ethan Leonard battles for control of the ball for the Mustangs against Tristan Olszewski of the Tigers.

Justin Morgan, who earned the shutout in in goal, anchored the Medina/Lyndonville defense which also got big stops by defenders Nick Hinkson and Paul Kurz to turn back close range Akron shots in the first half.

The loss drops Akron to 2-2.

Medina/Lyndonville, which is 4-1 overall, next hosts Wilson in a make-up game at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Today’s Roy-Hart at Wilson game has been rescheduled for September 21.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Miranda Lembcke (12) advances the ball upfield against Pembroke’s Savanna Calderon during the host Lady Tigers win this afternoon.

Making it two wins in a row, Lyndonville blanked visiting Pembroke 2-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Rhiannon Burgess scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Lyndonville midway through the first half off an assist from Anna Lewis.

The Lady Tigers then got a big insurance goal when Aubrey Lewis scored just five minutes into the second half on a direct kick.

Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis tries to go up field against Pembroke’s Alyssa Weaver.

Lyndonville also got a huge game defensively from goalie Mackenzie Muck who preserved the shutout by stopping a penalty kick shot with eight minutes remaining and then by stopping a shot from close range in the final seconds.

Lyndonville is now 2-1 in the league and 2-2 overall.