Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall goalie Jonny Conte goes up to knock a shot away in the first half of the Eagles 3-0 Section V Class C state qualifier win over East Rochester this evening at Geneseo.

Punching their ticket to the state tournament, the Kendall Eagles shutout the East Rochester Bombers 3-0 in the Section V Class C state qualifier boys soccer game this evening at Geneseo.

Improving to 18-1-1, the victory advances Kendall to Friday’s Class C Far West Regional against Section VI champion Allegany-Limestone at 6 p.m. at Geneseo.

“I’m just super proud of all of them ,” said Coach Rich Esposito. “They really locked that defense down.”

Kendall wasted little time in moving on top to stay as Colby Hughes scored off a corner by Brenden Eichas just nine minutes into the game.

“We set the tone early,” said Esposito. “We possessed the ball well and getting that early one was huge.”

The Eagles just missed on three other shots later in the half which ended a tight 1-0 contest.

Kendall finally opened up a little breathing room when Vinnie D’Agostino scored on a penalty kick 12 minutes into the second half.

The Eagles then put a lock on the victory when Pablo Rosario Reyes scored on a breakaway with 13 minutes to go upping the lead to 3-0.

Kendall goalie Jonny Conte and his defensive mates including William Kludt, Pantaleon Reyes-Garcia, Mikey Colucci and Ethan Hardenbrook combined to post the Eagles 13th shutout of the season.

“They’ve been a bunch of studs for us back there,” said Esposito of his defensive group.

Kendall advanced to the state qualifier by downing Genesee Valley-Belfast 3-1 for the Class C2 title while East Rochester bested Byron-Bergen/Elba 3-2 for the Class C1 title.

The sectional title and the berth in the state tournament is the first for the Eagles since 1998.

Kendall’s Jonathan Esposito goes up for a header against East Rochester’s Judah Tanner.

Kendall’s Mikey Colucci sends the ball up field as Elijah Tanner moves in for East Rochester.

A large crowd of Kendall fans were on hand to support their Eagles.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Genesee Region League soccer All-Stars Alexa Robinson and Jesus Rosario-Reyes.

The Lyndonville boys soccer squad is represented on the Genesee Region League All-Star team by sophomore Jesus Rosario-Reyes.

The Tigers also have two Honorable Mention selections in juniors Colton Smith, who led the team with 7 goals, and Juan Alberdi, who scored 4 goals.

The Tigers have also received the Section V Gary Schenk “Fair Play” Award.

The Lyndonville/Barker girls squad has placed freshman Alexa Robinson on the G-R All-Star team. She led the Lady Tigers in scoring with 21 goals.

The Lady Tigers also have two Honorable Mention picks in junior Isabella Groves and eighth grader Natalie Rath.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Morgan Tomporowski had the three goal hat-trick for Akron in the Lady Tigers sectional title win this evening.

In an overtime thriller, top seeded Akron captured a fifth straight Section VI Class C field hockey championship by nipping No. 7 Eden 3-2 at Alden this evening.

Morgan Tomporowski’s third goal of the evening with 2:57 remaining in the first 10 minute 7 on 7 overtime period provided the margin of victory for Akron.

Akron also got on the scoreboard first as Tomporowski tallied late in the opening period.

However, Eden answered back with a pair of second period goals by Sophia Max and Kylie Wegrzynowski, the later coming with just 16 seconds remaining, to take a 2-1 lead at the half.

Akron battled back to tie the game on a goal by Tomporowski with just 13 seconds to go in the third period.

Neither team could find the range in the fourth quarter setting the stage for the deciding overtime period.

Akron defender Madison Gates came back to make a huge save in front of the goal in the overtime period to keep the contest tied.

Akron advanced to the finals by downing No. 4 Medina 4-0 in the semifinals.

Eden reached the title contest by upending No. 2 Barker 2-1 in the quarterfinals and No. 3 Roy-Hart 6-5 in the semifinals.

Akron will now face Section III champion Clinton in the opening round of the state playoffs at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Webster Schroeder High School.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Pablo Rosario-Reyes and his Kendall teammates will seek a win over East Rochester Tuesday to earn a berth in the up coming state tournament.

Fresh from ending a lengthy sectional title drought, Kendall now seeks a win to earn a berth in the state boys soccer tournament.

Kendall will face East Rochester for the Section V Class C berth in the state tourney at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Geneseo.

The Eagles bring a 17-1-1 record into the state qualifier while the Bombers are 18-1.

Coach Rich Esposito’s Eagles downed Genesee Valley-Belfast 3-1 on Saturday to capture the Class C2 championship while the Bombers topped Byron-Bergen/Elba 3-2 to claim the C1 title.

The sectional title is the first for Kendall since 1998 which is also the last time the Eagles reached the state playoffs.

Interestingly, one of the Section V officials presenting the awards to the players after Saturday’s game was Soccer Co-Coordinator Gary Pollock, a former Kendall coach who guided the Eagles during the 1998 title season.

Offensively, Kendall has been led this season by Pablo Rosario-Reyes (28 goals, 23 assists), Brandon Barrett (13 goals, 11 assists), Jonathan Esposito (10 goals, 7 assists), William Kludt (8 goals, 1 assist), Colby Hughes (7 goals, 12 assists), Vinnie D’Agostino (6 goals, 5 assists) and Brenden Eichas (6 goals, 4 assists).

The East Rochester attack has been led by Liam Kinney (25 goals, 12 assists), Sean Hogan (14 goals, 10 assists), Perry Francis (12 goals, 13 assists), Elijah Tanner (9 goals, 11 assists) and Sean Lewis (8 goals, 3 assists).

Kendall’s 1998 squad defeated Red Creek 2-0 for the Class C title and then edged CC champion Marion 1-0 in overtime to earn a berth in the state playoffs. The Eagles then defeated Section VI champ Chautauqua Lake 4-2 in the Far West Regional but lost to Hamilton 2-1 in overtime in the state semifinals to finish the season with a 15-3-4 record.

Section V Soccer Co-Coordinator Gary Pollock, center, presents a medal to Kendall goalie Jonny Conte after the Eagles Class C2 title win on Saturday. Eagles Coach Rich Esposito, left, helps to hand out the awards. Ironically, Pollock was the Kendall coach the last time the Eagles won a sectional title and earned berth in the state playoffs in 1998.

Contributed Photo – Rylee VanNostrand

Medina High graduate and SUNY Niagara sophomore Rylee VanNostrand has been named to te first team of the Western New York Athletic Conference (WNYAC) All Conference soccer squad.

VanNostrand led the Thunderwolves in scoring this season with 6 goals and 1 assist for a total of 13 points.

She has also played basketball and softball for the Thunderwolves which this fall made the postseason soccer playoffs for the first time since 2021.

This season’s Thunderwolves team also included two other local players, Alison Gibson from Albion and Michayla Greene from Barker, both freshmen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall tri-captains Pablo Rosario-Reyes, William Kludt and Colby Hughes hold the championship trophy high after the Eagles downed Genesee Valley-Belfast this afternoon to capture the Section V Class C2 title.

Ending a 25 year plus long sectional title drought, Kendall captured the Section V Class C2 boys soccer championship with a 3-1 victory over Genesee Valley-Belfast this afternoon at Honeoye Falls-Lima.

“The kids have really worked so hard for this,” said Coach Rich Esposito of Kendall’s first boys soccer sectional title since 1998.

All of the scoring came in the first half and No. 1 seed Kendall wasted little time in taking the lead for good as Pablo Rosario-Reyes scored just 2:53 into the game.

Keeping the momentum, the Eagles upped the advantage to 2-0 just five minutes later on a goal by Colby Hughes.

No. 3 seed Genesee Valley-Belfast did cut the deficit to 2-1 on a goal by Evan Turybury with 10 minutes to go in the half but would get no closer.

Kendall got that goal right back five minutes later as Rosario-Reyes scored off a nice centering pass by Jonathan Esposito putting the Eagles up 3-1 at the half.

“We came out strong,” said Coach Esposito. “We always stress the importance of the first five minutes and the last five minutes of a half and we were strong then and scored goals.”

Jonny Conte came up with several key saves in goal for the Eagles.

Kendall will now face C1 champion East Rochester for the Section V Class C berth in the state playoffs at Geneseo High School at 6 p.m. Tuesday. East Rochester downed Byron-Bergen 3-2 in the C1 title contest.

To view Kendall receiving their medals and trophy click here.

Kendall’s Jonathan Esposito keeps the ball away from Genesee Valley-Belfast’s Brayden Cooper.

Pablo Rosario-Reyes drives the ball up field as Ethan Davenport defends for Genesee Valley-Belfast.

Kendall’s Pantaleon Reyes Garcia and Genesee Valley-Belfast’s Ryan Snyder fight for control of the ball.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Vinny Golisano reaches out to haul in a touchdown pass from quarterback Destin Kuyal during the host Hawks loss to Pembroke this afternoon.

Roaring out to a 24-0 lead in the first six minutes, Pembroke went on to down host Holley 66-26 this afternoon to close out the regular season in the 8 Man Football Division.

Caleb Felski scored three touchdowns on runs of 20, 22 and 28 yards and also ran for three two-point conversions to put Pembroke in command 24-0.

Vinny Golisano and Avante Walker each scored 2 touchdowns for Holley and Mason Moyer added a two-point conversion. Golisano scored the Hawks first TD on a 45 yard pass reception from quarterback Destin Kuyal.

Pembroke finishes the regular season at 8-0 and Holley at 5-3.

It will be a rematch of last year’s title contest as Medina visits Salamanca in the semifinals of the Section VI Class C football playoffs at 7 p.m. Friday.

Last fall Salamanca bested Medina 36-23 in the Class C championship game at Highmark Stadium.

C South Division champion Salamanca brings a 9-0 record into the semifinals while C North tri-champ Medina is 8-1.

Salamanca advanced by defeating Cleveland Hill 49-12 in the quarterfinals Friday. The Warriors roared out to a 42-0 halftime advantage.

Medina, which was the only C North Division team to advance, downed Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove 28-12 on Thursday. That contest was also a rematch from last fall’s quarterfinal which saw the Mustangs blank the Herd 24-0.

The other semifinal will be an all C South Division affair as Portville will visit Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton at 7 p.m. Friday.

In Friday’s quarterfinals, Portville upended Newfane 34-21 and Chautauqua Lake/W/B downed Alden 41-28.

Leading by a narrow 22-21 margin at the half, Portville outscored Newfane 12-0 in the second half to lock up the win. Chautauqua Lake erupted for 19 points in the second quarter and 16 in the third to key the win.