Contributed Photos – Akron’s first team All-League honorees, from left, Madison Gates, Marissa Brege and Madigan Regan.

All seven schools are represented on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League field hockey squad.

Undefeated (12-0) champion Akron leads the way with three selections including junior Marissa Brege and sophomores Madigan Regan and Madison Gates. Brege is a repeat honoree who had a 0.25 goals against average this season.

Runner-up Barker has placed the duo of senior Madilyn Detschner and junior Madelina Pavlock who are both repeat selections. Pavlock had 15 goals and 9 assists.

Barker’s first team honorees Madilyn Detschner, left, and Madelina Pavlock

Roy-Hart likewise has two honorees in junior Dillan Santella and sophomore Adella Dukes who scored 16 goals.

Rounding out the first team are Medina junior Penelope Schalck, Wilson junior Mackenzie Hardy, Newfane senior Kyra Austin and Kenmore junior Zoey Dettbarn.

Schalck, who has been selected N-O Player of the Year, scored 20 goals and added 11 assists. She is a repeat selection as are Austin and Dettbarn.

Akron likewise has a trio of second team honorees including senior Julia Klodzinski, junior Morgan Tomporowski and sophomore Alexis Salmon.

Barker is represented by the junior duo of Kaylee Stoll and Jordyn Kinne.

Roy-Hart has placed juniors Alayna Kowalski and Brooke Zglinicki.

Completing the second team are Medina senior Sophia Goyette, Wilson junior Ruby Narehood, Newfane junior Nattalie Johnson and Kenmore sophomore Mackenzie Kumrow.

First team honorees , from left, Penelope Schalck (Medina), Adella Dukes (Roy-Hart) and Dillan Santella (Roy-Hart).

The players who have earned Honorable Mention as as follows, listed by school:

Akron – Ava Fox and Mackenzie Tomporowski.

Barker – Hailey Dodge and Ella Taylor.

Roy-Hart – Savannah Newton, Olivia Marsillo and Mackenzie Landers.

Medina – Emiliana Batista, Maggie Lonnen, Sophia Castricone and Tatianna Maxon.

Wilson – Rayn Cooper and Reese Kepner.

Newfane – Gabby Ross, Ella Tower and Roxy Smith.

Kenmore – Annmarie Toukatly, Chloe Gallant, Bridget Pengelly and Alexis Casselman.

First team honorees, from left, Kyra Austin (Newfane), Mackenzie Hardy (Wilson) and Zoey Dettbarn (Kenmore).

Jumping out to a 16-0 first quarter lead, Frankfort-Schuyler went on to defeat Holley 52-14 in the quarterfinal round of the state 8 Man Division football playoffs this evening at Frankfort-Schuyler.

All of Holley’s scoring came in the fourth quarter on a pair of touchdown passes from quarterback Destin Kuyal to Vinny Golisano covering 14 and 54 yards and a two-point conversion run by Hunter Jewell-Smith.

Kuyal finished with 130 yards passing and Jewell-Smith 125 yards rushing.

The host Maroon Knights led 38-0 after three quarters.

Undefeated (11-0) Frankfort-Schuyler advances to the state semifinals against the winner of Saturday’s regional between Pembroke and Frewsburg.

The Hawks, which gained a spot in the state playoffs as a wildcard entry, finish the season at 6-5.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s All-Tournament honorees, from left, Brooke Rodas, Sophia Picardo and Addison Kludt.

Holley’s All-Tournament honorees Zoey Wolf, left, and Alivia Wolf.

Three Kendall and two Holley players have earned spots on the Section V girls soccer All-Tournament teams.

In Class C2, Kendall is represented by junior Brooke Rodas and sophomores Sophia Picardo and Addison Kludt.

Rodas made 37 saves and had a 0.44 goals against average on the season while Picardo had 17 goals and 27 assists and Kludt 1 goal and 4 assists.

In Class C1, Holley has placed seniors Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf.

Alivia Wolf had 17 goals and 13 assists on the season and Zoey Wolf 5 goals and 3 assists.

Kendall advanced to the C2 finals and Holley to the C1 semifinals where the Lady Eagles and Lady Hawks both dropped narrow 1-0 decisions.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team opened their season at Riverside Rink against Buffalo on Wednesday and came away losing 8-1.

Sean Mettler (Roy-Hart) gave RBM a shortlived lead in the first unassisted at the 4:29 mark.

Buffalo tied the score a minute later and the period ended 1-1.

Buffalo went on to score three goals in the second and four in the third period.

RBM’s next game is at Olean on Saturday at 10 a.m. against the home team 0-1 Arrows.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Local Section V All-Tournament team honorees, from left, Jesus Rosario-Reyes (Lyndonville), Pablo Rosario-Reyes (Kendall) and Chris Mosier (Holley).

Six local players have earned spots on the Section V boys soccer All Tournament teams.

Holley is represented on the Class C1 team by senior Chris Mosier who had 25 goals and 5 assists this season.

Champion Kendall has placed four players on the Class C2 team including seniors Colby Hughes (8 goals, 13 assists) and William Kludt (8 goals, 1 assist) along with juniors Pablo Rosario-Reyes (29 goals, 24 assists) and Jonny Conte (84 saves and a 0.58 goals against average).

Rosario-Reyes has also been named Class C2 Player of the Year and Eagles mentor Rich Esposito has been honored as C2 Coach of the Year,

Lyndonville is represented on the Class D team by sophomore Jesus Rosario-Reyes.

Kendall’s All-Tournament honorees also include, from left, Colby Hughes, William Kludt and Jonny Conte.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

For the second week in a row Medina’s Melanie Green has put together a strong final round to earn a top 10 finish at a NXXT Women’s Pro Tour Golf Tournament.

Green posted a 3 under par round of 69 on Wednesday to finish in a tie for 8th place at the NXXT championship at Rio Pinar at Orlando, Florida.

She registered 4 birdies on her final round to finish the tournament with a 1 under par 215 total. She opened the three day, 54 hole event with rounds of 74 and 72.

Next, Green will continue her quest to earn an LPGA Tour Card by competing in the Q-School’s Final Stage Tournament in early December in Mobile, Alabama.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lia Larson

Kendall senior Lia Larson has been named to the Genesee Region League All-Star volleyball team.

Kendall senior Ella Christ has received Honorable Mention as has the Lyndonville duo of senior Addison Dillenbeck and freshman Hannah Fox.

G-R champion Byron-Bergen has a trio of All-Star honorees including seniors Lily Stalica, Olivia Senf and Peyton Goodenbery.

Runner-up Notre Dame and third place finisher Pembroke also both have three All-Stars. Notre Dame has placed juniors CJ Campagna, Gianna Falleti and Lyllian Miller. Pembroke is represented by senior Reagan Schneider, who earned G-R Player of the Year honors, junior Onolee Easterbrook and freshman Juliana Cleveland.

Rounding out the All-Star team are Senior Emily Pietrzkowski from Alexander, seniors Morgan Borycki and Nalani Mercado from Attica, senior Alexa Ocamo from Elba and seniors Jessica Sosnowski and Cara Williams from Oakfield-Alabama.

Also earning Honorable Mention were Sydney Dunden from Alexander, Carlene Domes from Attica, Noel Dorman and Rayne Sheard from Byron-Bergen, Sydney Reilly from Elba, Jordan Dwyer and Kaitlin Kratz from Notre Dame, Cali Cramer and Allison Williams from Oakfield-Alabama, Brianna Reynolds from Pembroke and Jamie Crawford from Wheatland-Chili.

It has been a very unusual and surprising Good News – Bad News week for the Holley varsity football team.

The Good News is that Holley as received a Wild Card berth to the state 8 Man Division football playoffs despite having lost 52-16 to Pembroke in the Section V title game last weekend.

The Bad News is that the Hawks opponent will be undefeated (10-0) Section III champion Frankfort-Schuyler which in notching those 10 wins has scored 70 plus points 3 times, 60 plus points twice and 50 plus points 4 times.

Since only six of the state’s 11 sections have teams playing 8 man football two wild card spots need to be filled in order to have a complete 8 team field for the state quarterfinals.

Those wild card spots are rotated among the six sections and this year Section V has one of them which has vaulted Holley into the states despite coming off a playoff loss.

It certainly is a most unusual way of putting together a playoff field. In a normal playoff the team that wins advances and the team that loses is eliminated. There are no second chances except in this case there are for the two wild card teams.

And the Hawks, which bring a 6-4 record into the states, will be playing on Frankfort-Schuyler’s home field at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

The victor will then face the winner of the Pembroke vs. Frewsburg quarterfinal in the state semifinal on November 29. Holley also lost to Pembroke during the regular season by a score of 66-26.

The other Wild Card team is Moravia (8-2) from Section IV which will face Sullivan West from Section IX in the quarterfinals. The other quarterfinal will have Tupper Lake (Section X) vs. Charles O. Dickerson (Section IV).