Improving to 3-2, Roy-Hart defeated CSAT 241-284 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Shelridge.

Justin Czaja and Austin Walker both carded rounds of 46 to lead the Rams.

The loss drops CSAT to 1-5.

Kendall edged past visiting rival Holley 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 26-24 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls volleyball match.

Sarah Pearson had 9 service aces, 9 assists and 5 spiking kills; Emily Mattle 11 aces; Chelsea Wright 8 aces, 6 digs and 2 kills; Alexis Payton 6 aces, 3 digs and 3 kills and Madison Rath 3 aces and 4 kills for Kendall which took the decisive fourth set in overtime.

Chelsea Norman ad 4 aces and 2 kills and Jennah McMillon 4 aces for Holley.

Lyndonville boys open Wednesday

The Lyndonville boys varsity volleyball team will make its debut by hosting Pavilion at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The match had originally been scheduled for 7 p.m.

Contributed Photos – Medina members of the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse tournament teams included, from left, Coby Albone, Mike Carson and Christian Silversmith.

Five young Medina lacrosse players were recently selected to be members of the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse teams which participated in the third annual Junior NLL Tournament in Oakville, Ontario.

Coby Albone and Mike Carson played on the Bandits Midget Division team, Christian Silversmith on the Bantam Division squad and Jacob McEwen and Zach Blount on the PeeWee Division team.

In addition to the Bandits, the Rochester Nighthawks, Colorado Mammoth, Edmonton Rush, New England Black Wolves, Tornoto Rock. Vancouver Stealth and the Jr. Wings were all represented by teams in the Peewe, Bantam and Midget age levels at the three day tournament.

The local Bandits Tournament teams contingent also included Jacob McEwen, left, and Zach Blount.

Contributed Photo – The Medina/Lyndonville JV football team journeyed into the scenic Genesee Valley Saturday to open the season and came home with a 46-8 win over Wayland-Cohocton.

The Medina/Lyndonville JV football squad enjoyed a long season opening trip to the Genesee Valley Saturday posting a 46-8 win over host Wayland-Cohocton.

The Mustangs made the long trip as their originally scheduled opening week opponent, Lew-Port, has cancelled their JV season due to low numbers.

Ronnie Koonce spearheaded the Mustangs offense passing for 152 yards and four touchdowns and rushing for 118 yards and two more touchdowns.

Johnny Salone and Brendan Luthart each hauled in two of those TD passes and William Braswell added a 79 yard touchdown run.

Koonce also ran for a pair of two-point conversions to round out the Mustangs scoring.

The Mustangs defense was led by Justice Hughes with 10 tackles, Trenton Jones 8, Ian Joseph 7 and Salone 6. Salone and Rickie Pitts each also intercepted a pass.

The Mustangs next host East Aurora at 10 a.m. Saturday at Vets Park. East Aurora opened with a 26-20 win over Olean.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Anchored by this trio of returning first team All-League honorees including, from left, Meghan Hurley, Kelsee Soule and Chanyce Powell, Albion begins defense of its Niagara-Orleans League volleyball title on Wednesday by hosting rival Medina.

Niagara-Orleans League volleyball action gets underway Wednesday with a key clash between last year’s top two finishing teams as Albion hosts rival Medina at 6:30 p.m.

Albion posted a 12-0 record last fall to capture the N-O championship for the second year in a row while Medina finished in the runner-up spot at 8-4, the Mustangs best finish in a decade.

Both teams return a solid veteran nucleus.

Albion returns five starters including a trio of first team N-O All-League selections in seniors Kelsee Soule and Meghan Hurley and junior Chanyce Powell. The Purple Eagles starting unit also returns seniors Ashlee Bocach and Aleah Foos, who earned second team All-League honors.

Medina is led by junior Emily Kams, who earned second team All-League honors and junior Molley Gross, an honorable mention selection. The Mustangs also have experience in seniors Abby Maines, Megan O’Keefe, Elizabeth Newman along with juniors Carley Schultz and Lexi Sargent and sophomore Alyssa Beyer.

Wednesday’s other N-O openers will have Newfane at rival Wilson and Roy-Hart at CSAT as Akron draws the bye.

The Lyndonville boys volleyball team will also make its debut on Wednesday hosting Pavilion.

The week’s soccer action will be highlighted by the Kendall girls Tournament on Thursday and Saturday as the Lady Eagles will face Albion in the opening round.

In N-O girls soccer action, Albion visits Roy-Hart in a key match on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. while in N-O boys action, defending champion Medina/Lyndonville hosts Wilson at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

N-O Standings

Boys Soccer: Medina/Lyndonville 2-0, Roy-Hart 1-0, Newfane 1-0, Wilson 1-0, Akron 0-1, Albion 0-2, CSAT 0-2.
Girls Soccer: Newfane 3-0, Roy-Hart 2-0, Wilson 2-0, Akron 1-1, Albion 1-2, Barker 0-2, CSAT 0-2, Medina 0-2.
Golf: Wilson 5-0, Medina 5-1, Barker 2-2, Newfane 2-2, Roy-Hart 2-2, Albion 2-3, CSAT 1-4, Akron 0-5.
Field Hockey: Wilson 2-0, Akron 1-0, Barker 1-0, Medina 1-1, Newfane 1-1, Roy-Hart 1-1, Kenmore 0-2.

Week’s Schedule

Tuesday

Boys Soccer – U. Prep at Holley 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Medina at Akron, Barker at Newfane, Wilson at CSAT, Holley at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Akron at Medina, Roy-Hart at Barker, Wilson at Kenmore, 4:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Holley at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – CSAT at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.

Wednesday

Boys Soccer – Wilson at Medina/Lyndonville, Albion at Akron, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – CSAT at Medina, Newfane at Akron, Wilson at Barker, Roy-Hart at Albion, 4 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Medina at Albion, Newfane at Wilson, Roy-Hart at CSAT, Webster Christian at Kendall, Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball – Pavilion at Lyndoville, 7 p.m.

Thursday

Girls Soccer – Albion at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Roy-Hart, Barker at Wilson, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – Holley at Alexander, Kendall at Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.

Friday

Football – Albion at Alden, Barker/Roy-Hart at Depew, 7 p.m.; Medina at East Aurora, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Kendall at Wilson Magnet, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Byron-Bergen Tournament
Girls Soccer – Medina at CSAT, Barker at Akron, Roy-Hart at Wilson, Holley at Attica, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball – CSAT at Albion, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Medina at Akron, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Albion at Barker, CSAT at Newfane, 4 p.m.

Saturday

Football – Elba/Byron-Bergen at Holley, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Kendall vs. Medina/Lyndonville at Lyndonville, 2 p.m.; CSAT at Akron, 10 a.m. Sodus at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at Lyndonville, 11 a.m.

Staying unbeaten at 3-0, the Albion Varsity Eagles defeated host Attica 34-2 Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association action.

The Albion JV Eagles likewise romped to a 34-0 victory over Attica to improve to 2-1.

In the Mini Division, Attica outlasted Albion 47-25.

Albion Varsity Eagles 34, Attica 2
Five pass interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns, highlighted the Albion victory.

Anthony Freeman, Byrce Kelly and Deyonci Farley each returned an interception for a TD while Josh Howell and Yauidel Castillo also both had picks.

Kelly also had a sack and James Denoncourt a fumble recovery. Mehkyron Drisdom had 7 tackles and Denoncourt, Freeman and Kelly 5 each.

Offensively, Albion got touchdown runs of 35 yards by Denoncourt and 4 by Thomas Furmanski. Mekhi Rivera and Robert Cooper both added extra points.

Rylend Callicut added 41 yards rushing, Marcos Velazquez 34 and Kyle Hughson 33.

Albion JV Eagles 34, Attica 0
Michael Walker ran for 2 touchdowns on carries of 59 and 50 yards for the JV Eagles which also got TD runs of 57 yards by Amari Jones and 1 yard by Tyler Gibson. Amari Jones also threw a 62 yard TD pass to Javon Jones.

Amari Jones ran for 2 extra points and passed to Gibson for a 2 point conversion.

Defensively, Javon Jones had 5 tackles and Amari Jones, Jorden Ostrander and Michael White 4 each. Amari Jones also had a fumble recovery and an interception, Javon Jones a fumble recovery and Chris Porter a sack.

Attica 47, Albion Mini Eagles 25
Makyell Walker rushed for 256 yards with 4 touchdowns on carries of 11, 31, 46 and 46 for Albion.

Destin Brown added 35 yards rushing and an extra point.

On defense, Rylissa Lesczinski had 4 tackles and Xavier Byrd 3.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina Colts quarterback Kaiden Hangartner picks up yardage during Saturday’s game against Pembroke at Vets Park.

Improving to 3-1, the Medina Broncos shutout Pembroke 34-0 at Vets Park Saturday in a Niagara Orleans Football Association Junior Division game.

The Medina Stallions likewise downed Pembroke 35-14 to regain the .500 mark at 2-2 in Varsity Division action.

The Medina Colts dropped a narrow 27-20 decision to Pembroke in the Mini Division.

Broncos 34, Pembroke 0
Iverson Poole ran for two touchdowns on carries of 50 and 40 yards for the Broncos which also got rushing touchdowns by Hayden Woodroe of 18 yards, Zack Oliver 34 yards and Aiden Pitts 19 yards. Pitts also had 3 extra points and Poole 1.

On defense, Poole had 11 tackles, Josh Wilson 8, Lavonn Gray 7 and Woodroe, Oliver Wilson and Brandon Collins 6 each. Poole and Collins both had sacks and Woodroe a fumble recovery.

Stallions 35, Pembroke 14
Brian Fry threw touchdown passes of 40 yards to Brayden Velia and 4 yards to Tyler Chinn for the Stallions as Sydney Brown rushed for two touchdowns on carries of 22 and 2 yards and Colby Petry 1 on a 41 yard carry.

Defensively, Fry had 2 interceptions, Petrie 10 tackles and Mario Fidanza 9.

Pembroke 27, Colts 20
Logan Gray scored 3 touchdowns on carries of 50, 48 and 2 yards for the Colts.

Kaiden Hangartner and Brody Fry added extra points.

On defense, Ayden Johnson had a fumble recovery, Maverick Hall a sack and Gray 4 tackles.

Rebounding from an early two goal deficit, Roy-Hart battled back to nip LeRoy 4-3 in a penalty kick shootout Saturday night in the championship game of the Holley girls soccer tournament.

Sophia LaPort scored the game winning goal in the sudden death shootout for Roy-Hart which improves to 4-0 on the season.

Down 2-0 early, Roy-Hart rallied into a 3-2 lead as Emma Lindke scored off an assist from Amber Villella and then Ava Bligh tallied twice.

However, LeRoy pulled even at 3-3 with a goal in the final minute and a half.

Neither team could score in the overtime periods or in the first round of the shootout sending the contest into a sudden death shootout where LaPort’s tally won it for the Lady Rams.

Roy-Hart goalie Marguerite Loughrey earned the tourney’s defensive MVP award while Bligh received the offensive MVP award. Loughrey, Bligh, Lindke and Villella were all named to the All-Tournamnet team.

In the consolation game, Holley nipped Greece Olympia 1-0 on a first half goal by Riley Sander as Olivia Radford earned the assist.

Madison Papaj earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks.

Newfane wins Tonawanda Tourney

Newfane nipped rival Wilson 3-2 Saturday in the championship game of the Dan Durick Tournament at Tonawanda.

Tourney MVP Chad Gilson, Trevor Moreland and Mateo May each scored a goal for Newfane which improves to 3-0.

Making it two wins in as many days, Roy-Hart defeated host CSAT 5-2 this morning in the Rams Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer season opener.

Jameson Johnson scored the three goal hat-trick to spearhead the offense for Roy-Hart which also got goals from Alonzo Sager and Ubaldo Molina.

Rebounding from an early 1-0 deficit, Roy-Hart rallied into a 4-2 half-time advantage as Johnson scored off an assist from John Stoddard, Sager tallied from Johnson, Johnson from Noah Kindron and Molina from Kindron.

Johnson completed his hat-trick with a second half goal off an assist from Sager.

Roy-Hart, which bested Batavia 2-0 Friday in the consolation game of the Holley Tournament, improves to 2-1 overall.

The Rams next visit Newfane on Wednesday.

Scoring a goal in each half, Roy-Hart blanked Batavia 2-0 Friday in the consolation game of the Holley boys soccer tournament.

Noah Kindron scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Roy-Hart in the first half off an assist from Steven Bruning.

The Rams later got an insurance goal in the second half by Jamal Hilson off an assist from Andrew Villella.

Andrew Srock earned the shutout in goal making 7 saves.

Roy-Hart, which was rebounding from a 5-0 loss to Holley in the semifinals, is now 1-1 on the young season.

Alden defeated Holley 5-2 in the championship game.

The Holley girls soccer tournament ail conclude this evening as Holley faces Greece Olympia in the consolation game at 4:30 p.m. followed by Roy-Hart vs. LeRoy in the championship contest at 6:30 p.m.