Holley’s Woodlands Field will be a busy place the next four evenings as the Hawks boys and girls varsity soccer teams both host tournaments.

The semifinals of the boys tournament will get the action going this evening with Batavia vs. Alden at 4:30 p.m. followed by Roy-Hart vs. the host Hawks at 6:30 p.m.

The consolation and championship games will be held at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Friday.

The semifinals of the Lady Hawks Tournament will be Thursday with Greece Olympia vs. LeRoy at 4:30 p.m. followed by Roy-Hart vs. Holley at 6:30 p.m.

The consolation and championship games will be at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

The tournament games are the season openers for both Holley teams.

Medina/Lyndonville opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer title with a 5-1 victory at CSAT this afternoon.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first half as Vassilios Bitsas scored from Brian Anderson, Nick Hinkson from Kristian Snyder and Zach Laird from Anderson.

Bitsas also scored in the second half from Anderson who then rounded out the scoring with a tally himself off an assist from Zach Harris.

“We got off to a quick start and played very well,” said Coach Steve Luksch.

Medina/Lyndonville next hosts Albion at 4 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Albion dropped a 6-1 decision at Newfane as Kendyll Hadick netted the Purple Eagles lone goal off an assist from Hayden Peccoraro.

Chad Gilson scored in the opening minute for Newfane which led 5-0 at the half.

In the other N-O opener, Wilson blanked Akron 4-0 as Cody Secore had the three goal hat-trick.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Allie Page (6) works to advance the ball up field against Newfane’s Erica Flagler during this evening’s double overtime contest at Albion which was won by the visiting Lady Panthers.

In a tight sea-saw battle, Newfane scored late in the second overtime period to outlast host Albion 5-4 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Kayleigh Daniels scored the game winner for Newfane with 2:20 remaining in the second 10 minute overtime.

Both teams had scored once in the first overtime. Albion grabbed a 4-3 lead on a goal by Emily Blanchard with 8:28 remaining only to see Newfane answer right back to retie the contest at 4-4 on a tally by Kaylee Heschke with 2:51 to go.

The teams likewise traded goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation play which ended deadlocked at 3-3.

Albion regained a 3-2 lead when Mariah Elsenheimer netted her third goal of the night with 10:37 to go off an assist from Allie Page.

Newfane though quickly rallied back into a 3-3 tie when Erica Flagler scored with 8:29 remaining.

Albion had jumped out to a 2-0 lead when Elsenheimer scored with 12 minutes to go in the first half and again early in the second half, both off assists from Blanchard.

However, Newfane used a quick two goal scoring burst to pull even as Daniels tallied with 30 minutes to go in regulation time and Emily Foltz tallied just two minutes later and the sea-saw battle was on.

Newfane is now 2-0 and Albion 1-1 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Derek McArthur brings the ball up field against Roy-Hart’s Jarrett Thompson during the host Hawks tournament semifinal win this evening.

Getting goal production from five different players, the host Hawks blanked Roy-Hart 5-0 this evening in the opening round of the Holley boys soccer tournament.

Holley grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals by Chris Balys and Gabe Mendoza.

The Hawks then put a lock on the victory on second half goals by Andrew Cary, Derek McArthur and Xander Apicella.

Holley will now face Alden in the championship game at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Holley’s Justin Parker tries to work around Roy-Hart defender Tim Moriarity.

Alden defeated Batavia 5-0 in the other semifinal.

The Lady Hawks tournament will get underway on Thursday with Greece Olympia facing LeRoy at 4:30 p.m. and Holley taking on Roy-Hart at 6:30 p.m.

The Lady Hawks consolation and championship games will be at 4;30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Improving to 4-1 Medina bested CSAT 216-282 today in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 36 and Mike Cardone had a 40 to lead the Mustangs.

The loss drops CSAT to 0-4.

Kendall opened defense of its Genesee Region League girls soccer title with a 4-0 victory at Attica this afternoon.

Kendall built up a 3-0 half-time advantage as Maya Rutland scored two goals, both off assists from Taylor Rutland, and Megan Hardenbrook tallied once as Maya Rutland earned the assist.

Taylor ReQua scored Kendall’s lone second half goal off an assist from Jenna LoSapio.

Jenna Jacob made 4 saves to earn the shutout in goals for the Lady Eagles.

Kendall is now 2-0 overall.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis battles for control of the ball with Northstar’s Erica D’Ambrosio during the host Lady Tigers season opener this afternoon.

Moving on top to stay with a goal late in the first half, Northstar went on to defeat host Lyndonville 3-1 this afternoon in a non league girls soccer game.

Lyndonville jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Aubrey Lewis but Northstar answered with a pair of tallies before half-time netting what proved to be the game winner with four minutes to go.

Lyndonville next hosts Notre Dame on September 9 in the Genesee Region League opener.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Mariah Elsenheimer winds up to take a shot by Barker defender Allison Buzzard during this afternoon ‘s game at Barker which was won by the Purple Eagles.

Exploding for eight goals in the first half, Albion rolled to a 10-1 victory over host Barker this afternoon to open the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer season.

Emily Blanchard scored 4 goals, Mariah Elsenheimer 3 and Vivian Rivers 1 for Albion in the decisive first half.

Elsenheimer and Brylie Hapeman also each netted a goal in the second half.

Blanchard also had 3 assists and Katie Mann 2.

Malorie Gross scored Barker’s goal.

Albion’s Emily Blanchard looks to move the ball up field against Barker’s Heather Potter.

Wilson 4, Akron 0

Wilson opened defense of its N-O title with a 4-0 victory over visiting Akron.

Wilson jumped out to a 3-0 first half lead on two goals by Jen Darlak and one by Kayla Neumann.

Lauren Courturier netted Wilson’s lone second half tally as Emily Kelly earned the shutout in goal.

Newfane 10, CSAT 1

Newfane roared out to a commanding 7-0 half-time advantage in route to posting a 10-1 victory at CSAT.

Emily Foltz scored 3 goals and Kaylee Heschke 2 to spearhead the attack for Newfane which next visits Albion on Tuesday.

Albion nipped Akron 246-248 at Dandee Farms and Medina downed host Barker 218-247 at Niagara Orleans this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League golf action.

Patrick Ricker shot 44, Adam Sills 48 and Nick Penna 49 for Albion which regains the .500 mark at 2-2.

Brennan Murty took medalist honors with a 40 for Akron which slips to 0-4.

Medina improved to 3-1 as Ian Wagner earned medalist honors with a 37. The Mustangs also had Melanie Green with a 43, Mike Cardone 44, Andrew Fuller 47 and Trevor Luthart 47.

Brad Wilson had a 39 for Barker which is now 2-2.

Newfane improved to 2-1 with a 248-255 win over Roy-Hart at Shelridge as Aiden Herlan took medalist honors with a 44.

D.J. Davis shot 49 for Roy-Hart which slips to 2-2.

Defending champion Wilson stayed perfect at 4-0 by defeating CSAT 221-282 as Nate Fox took medalist honors with a 41 and Jonah Miller had a 42.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Sarah Granchelli works to keep control of the ball against Wilson’s Sara Kress during this afternoon’s game at Vets Park which was won by Wilson.

Pulling away in the second half, Wilson romped to a 7-0 victory over Medina at Vets Park.

Wilson led 2-0 at the half on goals by JoJo Turvey and Alex Seeley.

Seeley then completed her hat-trick with a pair of goals in the second half which also included tallies by Caitlyn Starck, Rachael Cobo and Erin Boyle.

Barker 7, Kenmore 0

Defending champion Barker likewise held just a 2-0 half-time advantage over visiting Kenmore but came on strong in the second half to claim a 7-0 victory.

Lydia Dewart scored both first half goals for Barker.

The Lady Raiders then got two goals from Emily Annable and one each from Caitlyn Mason, Rebecca Stoloski and Emma Duffy in the second half.

Mason and Courtney Bodine shared in earning the shutout in goal.

Roy-Hart 2, Newfane 1

Roy-Hart made first half goals by Delany Draper and Sydney Newton stand up for a 2-1 victory at Newfane.

Brenna Sheehan scored Newfane’s goal late in the second half.