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Medina, Roy-Hart, Albion bow in N-O girls soccer
Wilson blanked visiting Medina 6-0 and Newfane downed host Roy-Hart 5-1 today to remain deadlocked for the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer lead at 5-0.
In the other games, Barker gained victory No. 1 on the young season by shutting out CSAT 3-0 and Akron improved to 3-1-1 with a 3-0 win at Albion (1-4).
Wilson 6, Medina 0
Rachel Senek, Jenn Darlak and Kayla Neumann each scored 2 goals to lead undefeated (5-0) Wilson to a 6-0 victory over visiting Medina.
Emily Patterson added 2 assists for Wilson as Emily Kelly made 7 saves to earn the shutout in goal.
Newfane 5, Roy-Hart 1
Newfane raced out to a 4-0 lead on 2 goals by Kayleigh Daniels and 1 each by Kaylee Heschke and Brianna Heers to key the 5-1 victory over Roy-Hart.
Emily Foltz netted the Lady Panther lone second half goal.
Emma Lindke scored for Roy-Hart which slips to 3-2.
Barker 3, CSAT 0
Barker snapped a season opening four league game losing streak by blanking CSAT 3-0 sparked by first half goals by Taylor Morris and Mallory Gross off assists from Sara Gendrue and Abby Bachman.
Mireia Coll-Vincent scored for the Lady Raiders in the second half.
Akron 3, Albion 0
All of the scoring came in the first half as 2 goals by Kara Sequin, a seventh grader, and 1 by Maggie Leeds sparked Akron past Albion 3-0.
Medina Colts, Stallions down Holley

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s William Kludt runs around end during Saturday’s home game against the Medina Colts. Logan Gray tries to make the tackle for the Colts.
The Medina Colts edged host Holley 13-0 Saturday in a Niagara Orleans Football Association Mini Division game.
Logan Gray had a touchdown and an extra point and Kaiden Hangartner a touchdown for the Colts.
Jack Nesbitt, Ty Holmes, Brady Christiaansen, Caiden Class, Ayden Johnson and Lukas Grimes all had fumble recoveries for the Colts and Mavrik Hall a sack. Liam Castricone made 7 tackles and Gray 4.
The Medina Stallions downed Holley 32-12 in a Varsity Division contest as Brian Fry completed touchdown passes of 22 yards to Tyler Chinn and 15 yards to Dae’Shawn Grace. Sydney Brown also had TD runs of 5 and 40 yards and Colby Petrie a 35 yard scoring run. Fry and Chinn also hooked up for a two-point conversion.
Fry had a total of 116 yards passing, Chinn 100 yards receiving and Brown 132 yards rushing.
Mario Fidanza had 11 tackles and a fumble recovery for the Stallions defense.
Holley’s touchdowns were scored by Jake Affronti and Mason Kuhn.
Key soccer matchups to highlight the upcoming high school sports week

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall will host rival Holley at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in a key Geensee Region League girls soccer game. Here Kendall’s Coralee Freitag, left, battles for control of the ball with Albion’s Alyce Miller during this past week’s Kendall Tournament which was won by the 5-0 Lady Eagles.
Key boys and girls soccer matchups in both the Genesee Region and Niagara-Orleans Leagues will highlight the upcoming week of high school sports competition.
The undefeated (2-0, 5-0) defending champion Kendall girls soccer squad faces a pair of key G-R League Division 1 games hosting rival Holley on Tuesday and Byron-Bergen on Thursday, both at 6:30 p.m.
The defending N-O champion Medina/Lyndonville boys soccer squad (2-0) faces a busy three game week visiting Newfane (2-0) Monday and hosting Akron (2-1) on Wednesday and Wilson (1-0) on Friday, all at 4:30 p.m.
Three big N-O girls soccer matchups are also on tap this week as Roy-Hart (3-1) hosts Newfane (4-0) at 6:30 p.m. Monday while defending champion Wilson (4-0) visits Newfane and Akron (2-1-1) travels to Roy-Hart on Friday.
In N-O field hockey, defending champion Barker (2-0-1) visits front-running Akron (3-0) at 4:45 p.m. Thursday.
This Week’s Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer – Medina at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; Rochester Charter Academy at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – CSAT at Barker, Medina at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Roy-Hart, Akron at Albion, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Holley at Notre Dame, Kendall at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Akron at Barker, Newfane at Wilson, Roy-Hart at Medina, Albion at CSAT, 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Boys Soccer – Albion at CSAT, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Pembroke at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; Holley at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Newfane at Barker, Akron at Kenmore, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Roy-Hart at Albion, Medina at Wilson, Akron at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Albion at Newfane, Wilson at Barker, 4 p.m.
Wednesday
Boys Soccer – Akron at Medina, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Holley at Byron-Bergen, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Byron-Bergen at Holley, Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at CSAT, Akron at Roy-Hart, Medina at Wilson
Thursday
Girls Soccer – Medina at Barker, Wilson at Newfane, Lyndonville at Alexander, 4:30 p.m.; Akron at Roy-Hart, CSAT at Albion, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Barker at Akron, Medina at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.; Kenmore at Roy-Hart, 5 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Akron at Albion, Newfane at CSAT, Medina at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Football – Alden at Barker/Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.; Riverside at Medina/Lyndonville, Albion at Depew, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Wilson at Medina, Holley at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Kendall at Attica, Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chil, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Newfane at Barker, Wilson at Akron, Roy-Hart at CSAT, Albion at Medina, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Football – Holley at CG Finney, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Akron at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Albion, CSAT at Newfane, 12 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville at Attica, 11 a.m.; Byron-Bergen at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Albion and Medina at Starpoint Tournament, 8 a.m.
N-O Standings
Golf – Wilson 6-0, Medina 6-1, Newfane 4-2, Roy-Hart 4-3, Barker 3-2, Albion 2-5, CSAT 1-6, Akron 0-7.
Field Hockey – Akron 3-0-0, Wilson 3-0-1, Barker 2-0-1, Roy-Hart 2-2-0, Medina 1-3-0, Kenmore 0-3-0, Newfane 0-3-3.
Boys Soccer – Medina/Lyndonville 2-0, Newfane 2-0, Wilson 1-0, Akron 2-1, Roy-Hart 1-1, Albion 0-3, CSAT 0-3.
Girls Soccer – Newfane 4-0-0, Wilson 4-0-0, Roy-Hart 3-1-0, Akron 2-1-1, Medina 1-2-1, Albion 1-3-0, Barker 0-4-0, CSAT 0-4-0.
Girls Volleyball – Albion 2-0, Roy-Hart 1-0, Wilson 1-0, Akron 0-0, Medina 0-1, Newfane 0-1, CSAT 0-2.
G-R Standings
Boys Soccer – Pembroke 1-0, Byron-Bergen 0-0, Holley 0-0, Kendall 0-0, Wheatland-Chili 0-0, Attica 0-1
Girls Soccer Division 1 – Kendall 2-0, Wheatland-Chili 2-1, Attica 1-2, Byron-Bergen 0-1, Holley 0-2
Girls Soccer Division 2 – Alexander 3-0, Lyndonville 1-1, Notre Dame 1-1, Pembroke 1-2, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 1-2.
Football
B East Division – Alden 1-0, 2-0, East Aurora 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.
G-R League – Attica 2-0, Elba/Byron-Bergen 2-0, Notre Dame 2-0, Oakfield-Alabama 0-1, Alexander 0-1, Holley 0-2, Pembroke 0-2.
Albion JVs top Batavia in youth football
Improving to 3-1 the Albion JV Eagles blanked host Batavia 34-0 Saturday in a Niagara Orleans Football Association JV Division game.
Michael Walker had 100 yards rushing including touchdown runs of 5 and 14 yards and Amari Jones 56 yards rushing including TD carries of 11 and 1 yards. Jacob Hughson also caught s 40 yard TD pass from Amari Jones while Tyler Gibson and Javon Jones both had two-point conversions. Javon Jones had 49 yards receiving and Gibson 31.
On defense, Chris Porter and Amari Jones both made 5 tackles and Javon Jones, Jabari Johnson and William Trembley 4 each. Walker also had a fumble recovery.
Batavia defeated Albion 21-12 in the Mini Division game.
Makyell Walker had 92 yards rushing including a touchdown and Xavier Byrd 22 yards rushing including a TD for the Albion Mini Eagles.
On defense, Destin Brown had 7 tackles, Byrd 6 and DeMare Mathews 5.
Batavia also defeated Albion 25-6 in the Varsity Division game which was a match-up between undefeated teams.
Deyonci Farley scored the touchdown for Albion which is now 3-1.
Defensively, Bryce Kelly had 5 tackles, Mehkyron Drisdom an interception and a fumble recovery and Kyle Woolston a fumble recovery.
Lone TD wins for Mustang JVs
The Medina /Lyndonville JV football team nipped East Aurora/Holland 6-0 Saturday in a B East Division game at Vets Park.
Ronnie Koonce scored the lone touchdown for the Mustangs on a 36 yard run in the second quarter. A 37 yard pass from Koonce to Johnny Salone set up the TD.
Koonce had 99 yards rushing and 110 yards passing on the day and Salone 92 yards receiving.
Defensively, Salone made 9 tackles and Brendan Luthart had a key late game interception deep in Mustangs territory to preserve the win.
The Mustangs are now 2-0.
Lady Tigers claim first victory
Snapping a season opening two game losing streak, Lyndonville defeated visiting Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 3-1 this morning in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.
Lyndonville jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first half as Anna Lewis scored off an assist from her sister Aubrey.
The Lady Tigers built the advantage to 2-0 at the half as Aubrey Lewis scored with just a minute and a half remaining off an assist from Abi Rodriguez.
Oakfield-Alabama/Elba did cut the deficit to 2-1 early in the second half but Lyndonville got that one right back when Anna Lewis netted an insurance goal with 21 minutes remaining as Miranda Lembke earned the assist.
Albion spikers claim tourney title

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kelsee Soule sets over the net during the Purple Eagle home court tournament win today.
The host Purple Eagles went undefeated today to capture top honors at the annual Albion volleyball tournament.
Albion defeated Akron 25-22, 25-14 in the championship match of the Gold Division to complete an undefeated run through the tournament.
Albion defeated Pembroke 25-13, 25-10 in the semifinals while Akron downed Roy-Hart 25-15, 25-22.
Medina, which finished third overall in the tourney, defeated Newfane 25-15, 25-17 to win the Silver Division.
In the semifinals, Medina defeated Lyndonville 25-15, 25-17 while Newfane nipped Oakfield-Alabama 25-20, 26-24.
Albion’s trio of Kelsee Soule, Meghan Hurley and Chanyce Powell led the All-Tournament team which also included Roy-Hart’s Bea Bacon, Akron’s Tayden Printup and Pembroke’s Sami Quaranto.

Roy-Hart’s Savoy Laubacker returns a serve. Backing up the play for the Lady Rams are Morgan Mathews (1) and Denise Ulrich (9).
Cross-Country
Medina had four place finishers at the West Seneca Invitational cross-country meet today.
In the varsity race Holly Heil placed 11th and Daniel Heil 12th.
In the varsity B race, Sabrina Quiros placed 7th and Hannah Heil 8th.
Host Lady Eagles win tourney title
Putting together a big second half scoring surge, the host Lady Eagles blanked York 3-0 in the rain this afternoon to capture the Kendall girls soccer tournament championship.
Deadlocked 0-0 at the half, Kendall quickly scored what proved to be the game winning goal just four minutes into the second half as Taylor Rutland tallied off an assist from Taylor ReQua.
Taylor Rutland then gave the Lady Eagles a little breathing room when she scored again midway through the half as Maya Rutland earned the assist.
Eliya Cooper later rounded out the Kendall scoring with a goal with five minutes remaining off an assist from ReQua.
Jenna Jacob made 5 saves to earn the shutout in goal.
ReQua, Taylor Rutland, Maya Rutland, Coralee Freitag and Jenna LoSapio were all named to the All-Tournament team as were Mariah Elsenhimer and Emily Blanchard from Albion which nipped Bishop Kearney 3-2 for third place honors. ReQua also earned the tourney’s MVP award.
Improvng to 5-0, Kendall next hosts rival Holley at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Genesee Region League contest.
Albion girls rally late to win thriller
Trailing 2-0 at the half, Albion came storming back down the stretch rallying for three goals in the last 14 minutes to nip Bishop Kearney 3-2 this afternoon in the consolation game of the Kendall girls soccer tournament.
Mariah Elsenheimer, who earned the Max Preps New York State Player of the Week honor for the opening week of the season, ignited the Albion comeback with a goal at the 26 minute mark of the second half off an assist from Emily Blanchard.
Blanchard then pulled the Purple Eagles even at 2-2 when she scored with only three minutes remaining.
Mikayla Yaskulski then completed the Purple Eagles huge comeback when she netted the game winning goal with just 11 second remaining.
“We turned it up in the second half,” said Albion Coach Bruce Blanchard whose Purple Eagles are now 2-4 on the season.
Lancers surge past Hawks
Photos by Cheryl Wertman
Holley’s Clarence Moyer hauls in a pass from quarterback Nick Passarell for the Hawks first touchdown during this afternoon’s 60-14 loss to visiting Elba/Byron-Bergen. Rider Farnsworth defends for the Lancers. The Hawks led 6-0 after that TD and again at 14-12 in the second quarter after a touchdown run by Colin Papaj and a two-point conversion carry by Passarell but the Lancers regained the lead for good by a 35-14 margin at the half.
Holley quarterback Nick Passarell picks up yardage down the sideline as Kaleb Bobzien tries to make the tackle for the Lancers.
Adam Stetzel retuns a kickoff for Holley, which slips to 0-2, as Kaleb Bobzien and Kenny Dean look to make the tackle for the Lancers which improve to 2-0.








