Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kaitlin Mettler(Roy-Hart) splits the GR defense of Honesty Hill(Left-Medina), Amy Garcia-Vasquez(Right-Oakfield-Alabama/Elba) and Olivia Brooks(Back-Albion) at the N-O vs GR Exceptional Senior game

The Niagara-Orleans League girls and boys teams swept the Genesee Region teams today in the Exceptional Senior soccer games held on the turf at Albion High School.

The girls N-O team defeated the GR team 5-2 as the GR was lacking players and some N-O players played for the GR.

Leading scorer for the game was Kaitlin Mettler(Roy-Hart) who had 2 goals for the N-O and 1 for the GR. Also scoring for the N-O were Emily Phillips(Wilson), Allie Trombley(Roy-Hart), and Rori Higgins(Albion). Scoring the other goal for the GR was Aleyna Susfolk(Akron).

The N-O boys took the win 12-2 with 5 players scoring 2 goals each. Cole Callard(Medina), Keegan Herrmann(Wilson), David Rosario(Albion), Zach Schultz(Roy-Hart) and Hunter Sears(Akron) each had 2 while Sean Kropp(Wilson) and Tye Talbot(Albion) each had 1.

For the GR Nolan Rzepka(Attica/Alexander) and Chris Mosier(Holley) each had a goal.

The Exceptional Senior games help raise money for scholarships for deserving student athletes.

The Exceptional Senior volleyball match will be held this coming Thursday at Lyndonville at 6:00 PM.

Contributed photo – Bruce Rasmusson

Kendall High graduate Bruce Rasmusson is beginning his second season as a member on the University of Southern Maine wrestling team.

A sophomore, Rasmusson is wrestling at 125 lbs.

He is majoring in Computer Science.

Southern Maine is competing in the Rogers Williams Invitational this weekend.

During his scholastic days on the Holley-Kendall team, Rasmusson was a five-time place
finisher at the Section V Class B2 tournament, a multi year Genesee
Region League All-Star and a three-time team captain of the Holley-Kendall squad.

File photo by Cheryl Wertman – Destin Kuyal had 2 TD passes this evening against Wellsville

Holley had to come from behind twice tonight to defeat Wellsville 16-14 in the 8 Man Section V Semifinal tonight at Wellsville High School.

Wellsville scored first with 3:47 left in the first quarter on a 25 yard TD pass from quarter back Brennen Geffers to Jayvontay Howard with the 2 point conversion no good.

Holley made their first comeback early in the second quarter as Destin Kuyal threw a 50 yard TD pass to Vinny Golisano with Mason Moyer getting the 2 point conversion to make the score 8-6 with 11:42 to go.

The Lions scored again with 2:44 left in the second quarter as Trenton Green ran for a 46 yard TD and Geffers passing to Green for the 2 point conversion making the score 14-8 at the half.

Neither team scored in the third quarter with both defenses stopping 4th down plays and making interceptions to stop drives.

In the fourth quarter the Hawks came back again for good as Kuyal threw a 40 yard TD pass to Golisano and then ran for the winning 2 point conversion to make the score 16-14 with 5:49 to go.

Wellsville had a chance to take the lead with less than 30 seconds to go, but Holley stopped them as time ran out.

Holley is now 8-3 and will take on Pembroke(9-0), who defeated Red Jacket this evening 46-14 in the other semifinal, next Friday, 11/15/2024, at Pittsford Sutherland High School at 7:00 PM.

Medina’s offense that carried them throughout the season, met their match tonight as Salamanca’s defense smothered them 50-7 tonight in the Class C Sectional Semifinal at Salamanca High School.

The Mustangs’ only touchdown came in the third quarter on a 22 yard pass from Preston Woodworth to Kolton Fletcher with Cole Callard kicking the extra point.

The Warriors’ quarterback, Maddox Isaac, had 4 TD passes including one of 68 yards and one of 65 yards and 1 rushing TD to account for most of the points. Cory Holleran and Xavier Peters were on the other end of those passes with Peters also scoring 2 rushing TDs.

Medina could never get anything going as Salamanca’s defense kept stopping plays for negative yardage and forced the Mustangs to fumble or punt on their possessions.

Medina finishes the season at 8-2 while Salamanca is now 10-0 and will face Portville in the Class C final at Highmark Stadium next Thursday.

Kendall’s quest to make the state semifinals came to an end tonight as Allegany-Limestone won 4-2 in the Class C Far West Regionals at Geneseo High School.

The Gators started the scoring as Noah Hatch scored on a pass from Luke Griffin for the 1-0 lead four minutes into the first half.

They scored again to make it 2-0 by Brady Strong before the Eagles’ Vinny D’Agostino scored on a corner from Pablo Rosario-Reyes to make it 2-1 at the half.

The second half belonged to A-L as they scored goals from Hatch again and Zander Parsons while Kendall got a second goal from D’Agostino on a pass from Jonathan Esposito for the final score of 4-2.

Kendall finishes their season at 18-2-1 while Allegany-Limestone goes to the state semifinals at Middletown High School next Friday.

Albion will host a Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League senior soccer doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.

The girls game is scheduled for 12 p.m. and the boys contest for 2 p.m.

The tentative lineups for the teams are as follows:

The N-O girls roster includes: Cami London, Mackenzie Snook, Rori Higgins and Olivia Brooks from Albion; Mckenzie Elia and Emily Phillips from Wilson; Alayna Susfolk, Ella Liss, Maddie Hillman, Avery Wolfe and Gracie Leiker from Akron; Kaitlin Mettler, Allie Trombley and Ali Ausman from Roy-Hart; Anna Chunco and Kameryn Boyer from Newfane and Honesty Hill from Medina.

The G-R girls lineup includes: Ava Quintern,  Ava LaMay, Clair VanDussen and Leann Clay from Kendall; Kayla Weyrauch and Emily Mruk from Pembroke; Emma Spink from Attica; Rachel Kelly, Faith Goodenbury, Melissa Sawyer, Maddie Kiebzak, Eva Heineman and Gia Scmia from Alexander; Gianna Altamirano, Lilah Barrett, Jenna Wilkosz, Madalyn Hall, Amy Garcia-Vazquez, Piper Hyde and Erin List from Oakfeild-Alabama/Elba;

The N-O boys roster includes: Noah Crockford, Cameron Reuben, Mason Marcinkowski and Hunter Sears from Akron; David Rosario, Adrian Figuero-Fuentes, Leo Bolton, Matt Kania, Jayden Lewis and Tye Talbot from Albion; Cole Callard, Tyler Kroening, Trenton Morley, Brady Christiaansen and Cam Kenward from Medina; Josh Klumpp, Damian Schafer and Brad Bork from Newfane; Zachary Schultz from Roy-Hart and Keegan Herrmann, Logan Kulak, Nick Palermo, Tyler Durow, Sean Kropp and Austin Woodward from Wilson.

The G-R boys lineup includes: Will Kruger, Chris Mosier and Brenden Sargent from Holley; Jack Farner, Jesus Aragon, Noah Clare, Ian Pulcini, Trent Sheard and Martin MacConnell from Byron-Bergen/Elba; Camlin Costich, Kanton DeRoller and Logan Manne from Pembroke; Padraig Crowley and Keith Nicolosi from Wheatland-Chili and Carter Gorski, Josh Kubik, Nolan Rzepka, Brandon Beal and Zach Richardson from Attica/Alexander.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Preston Woodworth(left) and Holley’s Destin Kuyal will lead their teams into the Sectional semifinals on Friday night.

Medina and Holley will both take to the road Friday for sectional semifinal football games against familiar foes.

Medina, which brings an 8-1 record into the contest, will visit undefeated (9-0) Salamanca at 7 p.m. in the Section VI Class C semifinals. Last fall the Mustangs lost to the Warriors 36-23 in the Class C title contest at Highmark Stadium.

Holley, which is 5-3, will visit Wellsville at 7 p.m. in the semifinals of the Section V 8 Man Division. The Hawks defeated the Lions 44-28 at Wellsville during the regular season.

Offensively the Mustangs have been led on the ground by Christian Moss (1,825 yards and 25 touchdowns) and Jayzon Wills (422 yards and 5 touchdowns) and through the air by quarterback Preston Woodworth (840 yards, 9 touchdowns. Carter Woodworth had caught 4 TD passes, Jerrell Nealy 3, Moss 2 and Kolton Fletcher 1.

Salamanca has been sparked on the ground by Xavier Peters (969 yards, 12 touchdowns) and Maddox Isaac (776 yards, 11 touchdowns) and through the air by Isaac (976 yards, 16 touchdowns to 7 different receivers).

Medina advanced by defeating Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove 28-12 while Salamanca downed Cleveland Hill 49-12.

Friday’s other Class C semifinal will be an all C South Division matchup of Portville vs. Chautauqua Lake.

Holley has been sparked by quarterback Destin Kuyal who has passed for 21 touchdowns and run for 7 more. Vinny Golisano has hauled in 17 of those TD passes.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Vinnie D’Agostino and his Kendall teammates will face Allegany-Limestone in the Class C Far West Regional at 6 p.m. Friday at Geneseo.

Having already captured Genesee Region League and Section V titles, the Kendall boys soccer team is now setting its sights on an even bigger prize – a state championship.

The Eagles will take the first step in that quest on Friday as the Eagles face Section VI champion Allegany-Limestone in the Class C Far West Regional at Geneseo at 6 p.m.

Kendall, which advanced to the regional be defeating Genesee Valley-Belfast 3-1 for the Section V Class C2 title and East Rochester 3-0 in the Section V Class C qualifier, brings and 18-1-1 record into the state playoffs.

Allegany-Limestone, which advanced by downing Randolph 2-0 for the Section VI Class C title, has a 17-2 record.

The Kendall offense has been spearheaded by Pablo Rosario-Reyes who has 29 goals and 23 assists. The Eagles attack has also featured Brandon Barrett with 13 goals and 11 assists, Jonathan Esposito (10 goals, 7 assists), Colby Hughes (8 goals, 13 assists), William Kludt (8 goals, 1 assist) , Vinnie D’Agostino (7 goals, 5 assists) and Brenden Eichas (6 goals, 5 assists).

Allegany-Limestone’s offense has been led by the quartet of Cooper Wilczewski (15 goals, 6 assists), Zander Parsons (11 goals, 4 assists), Noah Hatch (9 goals, 6 assists) and Matt Buenett (9 goals, 3 assists).

The Kendall defense, which has registered 13 shutouts, is anchored by goalie Jonny Conte who has a 0.39 goals against average. Conte’s defensive mates include William Kludt, Pantaleon Reyes-Garcia, Mikey Colucci and Ethan Hardenbrook. It is a group that Coach Rich Esposito has noted “have been studs back there.”

The winner will advance to next Friday’s state semifinals at Middletown against the winner of the Central Regional contest between Tully (Section III) and Southern Cayuga (Section IV).

This is Kendall’s first appearance in the state playoffs since 1998. That year the Eagles defeated Chautauqua Lake 4-2 in the Far West Regionals but lost to Hamilton 2-1 in overtime in the state semifinals.

Coming from behind in the second half, Clinton rallied for a 2-1 win over Akron this evening at Webster Schroeder High School in the Class C Field Hockey sub-regional.

Section VI Class C champion, Akron took the lead, 1-0, at 9:47 in the second quarter on a shot by Mackenzie Tomporowski with the assist by Morgan Tomporowski.

Section III Class C champion, Clinton tied the game at 1-1 at 9:34 in the third quarter by Leah Randall off a corner.

That set the stage for the game winning goal by Clinton’s Gabriella Gemelli with 7:30 to go in the game.

Clinton which had a 14-4 edge in penalty corners, next faces East Rochester, the Section V Class C champion, Saturday at Webster Schroeder in the Far West Regional.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The Holley boys soccer squad’s three Genesee Region League All-Stars, from left, Chase Kempa, Chris Mosier and Will Kruger.

Holley’s boys and girls soccer teams both have three Genesee Region League All-Star honorees.

The boys squad is represented by seniors Chris Mosier and Will Kruger and sophomore Chase Kempa.

Mosier led the Hawks in scoring with 25 goals and 5 assists as Kempa had 8 goals and 18 assists and Kruger 2 goals and 4 assists.

The Hawks also had two Honorable Mention selections in junior Cam Mosier and freshman Dylan Warner.

The Holley girls team has placed the senior trio of Alivia Wolf, Zoey Wolf and Alexia Renner.

Alivia Wolf led the Lady Hawks with 17 goals and 13 assists as Zoey Wolf had 5 goals and 3 assists and Renner 4 assists.

The Lady Hawks also had a quartet of Honorable Mention selections including sophomore Mia Thom and freshmen Brynn Thomas, Kyla Burne and Hanna Ostrom.

The Holley girls soccer team’s three G-R All-Stars, from left, Alexia Renner, Zoey Wolf and Alivia Wolf.