Two Orleans County residents are among the 25 coaches Project Play Western New York (WNY) has named to its annual Coaches Honor Roll.

The local honorees are Coby Albone from Medina for his work with the Lockport Ice Arena and Sports Center and Shaun Smith from Medina for his work with the Lyndonville Little League.

Athletes, parents and members of youth sports organizations from across the eight counties of Western New York submitted more than 200 nominations for 84 coaches. The selected honorees will be recognized at the Thank You Coach event at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 20, in partnership with the Buffalo Bills.

“We’re proud to recognize and celebrate our local youth sports coaches, who dedicate their time to play an important role in young athletes’ lives,” said Aaron Hord, Director, Project Play WNY. “A positive youth sports experience can lay the foundation for children to become healthy, happy adults. The coaches named to the 2024 Coaches Honor Roll all demonstrate the values that help ensure a supportive, nurturing environment for our youth athletes.”

Now in its fifth year, the Coaches Honor Roll recognizes non-scholastic youth sports coaches who work with athletes ages 13 and under. Honorees demonstrate the qualities of a great youth sports coach, focusing on youth development, promoting sportsmanship, and demonstrating leadership and integrity. These coaches also exemplify the values of Project Play WNY, an initiative that aims to provide a more inclusive and supportive environment for youth in the region.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Brynn Thomas works to get around Lyndonville/Barker’s Natalie Rath during the Lady Hawks win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

A goal in each half earned Holley a 2-0 win over Lyndonville/Barker in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game at Lyndonville this afternoon.

Alivia Wolf scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Holley 16 minutes into the first half off an assist from Hanna Ostrom.

Brianna Tomasino later added the clincher for the Lady Hawks when she scored with 10 minutes remaining in the second half as Wolf earned the assist.

Holley is now 9-4-1.

Lyndonville goalie Isabella Groves stops a shot by Holley’s Alivia Wolf.

Aine Davis of Lyndonville/Barker knocks the ball away from Holley’s Kyla Burne.

Six players scored goals as Kendall rolled to a 10-0 win over visiting Vertus in a non league boys soccer game this afternoon.

Kendall jumped out to a 4-0 first half lead as Jonathan Esposito had 2 goals and Brandon Barrett and Brenden Eichas 1 each.

The Eagles tacked on 6 goals in the second half including 2 each by Pablo Rosario-Reyes and William Kludt and 1 each by Barrett and Calvary DiLucia.

Rosario-Reyes also had 4 assists and Barrett 3.

Improving to 9-1-1 Kendall next hosts Wheatland-Chili in a Genesee Region League game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Interestingly, with two weeks remaining in the regular season Kendall is currently the top seed in Section V in Class C2 and rival Holley the top seed in Class C1

Contributed Photo – Abby Scanlan

Albion graduate and Alfred University junior Abby Scanlan had a big day in the Saxon’s women’s soccer win on Saturday.

Scanlan had a hand in all three goals of the 3-1 victory over Elmira with a goal and 2 assists.

A Criminal Justice major, she now has 3 goals and 3 assists on the season.

Roy-Hart grad and Russell Sage sophomore Peter Martillotta scored the clinching goal for the Russell Sage men’s soccer team in a 3-1 win over Cobbleskill last week.

A Physical Education major, Martillotta also had a goal in Russell Sage’s 3-1 loss to SUNY Geneseo the game before.

Albion grad Sydney Mulka now has a 1.01 goals against average and 27 saves in 10 starts in goal for the Penn St. Harrisburg women’s soccer team so far this season.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Wilson’s Keegan Herrmann and Medina’s Luke Duffina battle near the goal during this past Friday’s key game at Vets Park. The Lakemen and Mustangs are set to begin the final week of the N-O season with both teams along with Albion seekng the league title.

Titles will be decided as the Niagara-Orleans boys soccer and girls soccer teams wrap up their league schedules with a pair of games this coming week.

In the boys soccer title race, Wilson is currently in first place at 7-0-1 with Medina at 6-1-1 and Albion at 6-2 still in the hunt. The Lakemen broke a deadlock for the top spot by posting a key 3-1 win over the Mustangs on Friday.

Albion may not end up winning the title but the Purple Eagles will certainly have a say in determining who does as they visit Wilson on Tuesday and host rival Medina on Thursday both at 6:45 p.m.

Medina also hosts Roy-Hart at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday and Wilson visits Akron at 4:45 p.m. Thursday.

In the girls soccer title race, Roy-Hart now holds the top spot at 6-1-1 followed by Akron at 5-1-2 and Wilson at 4-1-2.

Roy-Hart will close out the N-O season by hosting Medina on Tuesday and Newfane on Thursday both at 6:45 p.m.

Akron will visit Newfane on Tuesday and Wilson on Thursday also both at 6:45 p.m. Wilson will also visit Albion at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Wilson is the defending N-O champion in both boys and girls soccer.

N-O Standings
Boys Soccer – Wilson 7-0-1, Medina 6-1-1, Albion 6-2, Akron 2-6, Newfane 2-6, Roy-Hart 0-8
Girls Soccer – Roy-Hart 6-1-1, Akron 5-1-2, Wilson 4-1-2, Newfane 4-4, Albion 1-5-1, Medina 0-8

Albion scored three wins over Newfane in Niagara-Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action on Saturday.

Beginner Division
Jumping out to a 13-0 first half lead, Albion held on to beat Newfane 13-8. With the win, the Beginner Eagles clinch a spot in the NOFA Championship game vs Batavia on October 26th.

Kenny Almonte had 112 yards and a touchdown. Hudson Palmer picked up 106 yards and a TD. Gunner Jackson 28 yards, Patrick Westlund 17 yards and Elijah Cornick 7 yards.

Almonte had 14 tackles to led the defense. Westlund 7, Palmer 6, Xavier Weis 5 and Jai’heem Drisdom 3. Cornick, Arlene Beecher, Neil Farley, Oliver Dillard, Drake Neri and Royce Rotthoff had 2 each.

Mini Division

Seven different Mini Eagles found the endzone in the win. Cayden Farrell passed for 78 yards and a TD to Elian Almonte. Moses Taylor ran for 82 yards and a score, Jayce Torres 60 yards and a TD, Farrell 58 yards and 2 TDs, Kyle Schomske 55 and a TD, Harrison Froman 21 yards and a score and Conor Murphy 12 yards and a score.

Kairo Bennett had 9 tackles for the defense. Isaac Button, Froman and Almonte were in on 6 stops. Farrell and Schomske had 3 each. Zeus Vallejo and Christopher Swan 2, Heyden Warren, Taylor, Jai’Kaih Drisdom and Eli States were all in on tackles. Dominic Westlund had an interception.

Albion clinched the #1 seed for the Mini playoffs on October 19th.

JV Division

Heyden Almonte had a big day on the ground, picking up 279 yards and 4 touchdowns. Carter Farrell ran 53 yards for a TD and Colton Moreland 48 yards for a score. Ethan Olles caught a 59 yard TD pass from Jace DiMatteo. Giovanni LaMartina had 16 yards receiving.

Almonte, Farrell,  LaMartina and Matthew Colmerero each had sacks on the day. Carter and Landon Farrell each had 6 tackles. Cooper Traxler, Gavin O’Brocta and Roman Allport had 4 tackles each. Connor Hinckley, Kolton Berry, Olles, and Colmerero had 3 tackles each. Brady Graham, Moreland, Liam Pearl, Hudson Armer, Lincoln Voorhees and Liam Saporito 2 each.

Albion clinched the #1 seed for the JV playoffs on October 19th.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer – Vertus at Kendall, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Holley at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m. at Lyndonville
Field Hockey – Newfane at Wilson, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Soccer – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Albion at Wilson, 6:45 p.m.; Pembroke at Holley, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Kendall at Greece Odyssey, 4 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Albion, Akron at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.
Field Hockey – Kenmore at Barker, 6 p.m.; Akron at Medina, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Akron at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Cross-Country – Medina and Wilson at Newfane; Akron and Roy-Hart at Barker, 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Soccer – Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m. at Lyndonville
Field Hockey – Sacred Heart at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.; Medina at Newfane, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Alexander at Holley, Kendall at Pembroke

Thursday
Boys Soccer – Wilson at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, 5:30 p.m.; Kendall at Pembroke, 6 p.m.; Medina at Albion, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.; Holley at Attica, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer- Newfane at Roy-Hart, Akron at Wilson, 6:45 p.m.; Albion at Medina, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Medina at Wilson, Newfane at Albion, Niagara Falls at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.

Friday

Football – Alden at Medina, Albion at Springville, Maritime vs. Roy-Hart/Barker at Barker, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Lyndonville at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Holley at Attica, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Albion at Byron-Bergen, Notre Dame at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Football – Allegany-Limestone at Holley, 1 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Holley at Pembroke, 2 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Silver Creek at Medina, 10 a.m.; Lyndonville/Barker at Pembroke, 12 p.m.; Kendall at Honeoye, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – DeHostos at Lyndonville, 11 a.m.

Lyndonville scored first and last but in between visiting Mt. Morris netted three goals to nip the host Tigers 3-2 in a non league boys soccer game this afternoon.

Raul Morales scored the first goal for Lyndonville off an assist from Maddox Smith.

Colton Smith netted the Tigers second tally as Amir Zimmerman earned the assist.

Roy-Hart 5, O’Hara 1
Michael Fuller scored 4 goals and Zachary Schultz 1 for Roy-Hart in the Rams 5-1 non league win over Cardinal O’Hara.

Football
Cleve Hill 28, Roy-Hart/Barker 0

Cleveland Hill downed visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 28-0 this afternoon to improve to 3-1 in C North Division football competition (3-2 overall).

Quarterback London Thomas scored three touchdowns for Cleve Hill which led 8-0 at the half and 20-0 after three quarters.

The loss drops Roy-Hart/Barker to 0-5 in the division and overall.

C-North Division Standings: Alden 4-0, 5-0; Medina 4-1, 4-1; Newfane 3-1, 4-1; Cleve Hill 3-1, 3-2; Akron 3-2, 3-2; Maritime 1-3, 2-3; Roy-Hart/Barker 0-5, 0-5; Tonawanda 0-5, 0-5.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aidan Papaj puts a shot on goal during the Mustangs win over Park at Vets Park this afternoon.

Scoring early and often, Medina rolled to a 10-0 win over Park in a non league boys soccer game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Aidan Papaj and Cole Callard both scored the three goal hat-trick to spearhead the Medina attack.

Cole Callard, who broke his own school single season record with 3 goals, heads toward the goal.

Callard’s 3 goals gives him a new single season school record total of 30 breaking his own record of 28 set last fall. He also increased his school career goal scoring record total to 83.

Medina jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first 11 minutes as Papaj opened the scoring and Aleks Seefeldt followed with a goal just two minutes later.

Callard then scored 3 in a row to boost the Mustangs advantage to 5-0 at the half. He tied his own record of 28 with a goal at the 18 minute mark, netted the record breaker a minute later and hit the 30 goal mark with 3 minutes to go.

Papaj completed his hat-trick with a pair of goals early in the second half with the second coming on a penalty kick.

Goals by Tyler Kroening, Izzy Anderson and Landan Costich then rounded out the Mustangs parade of scorers.

Austin Seefeldt had 3 assists and Papaj 2 as Callard, Luke Duffina, Vinny Gray and Jimmy Dieter each had 1.

The victory was the 10th of the season for Medina which is now 10-1-1 overall.

Medina next host Roy-Hart at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at Vets Park in a Niagara-Orleans League game. The Mustangs will then close out the N-O schedule at rival Albion on Thursday at 6:45 p.m.

Medina’s Izzy Anderson battles for control of the ball.

Notching victory No. 10, Kendall downed visiting Notre Dame 7-0 in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this morning.

Kendall jumped out to a 2-0 first half lead on a pair of goals by Sophia Picardo.

The Lady Eagles then broke the contest wide open with a burst of three goals in the first 11 minutes of the second half, Alea Barrett netted a pair of goals during that stretch and Picardo netted one to complete her hat-trick for a 5-0 Lady Eagles lead.

Goals by Izzy D’Agostino and Ava LaMay then rounded out the Kendall scoring parade.

Ava Quintern had 2 assists on the day as D’Agostino, Picardo, Addison Manchester, Ella Cole and Stella Kwiatek each had 1.

Now at 10-1, Kendall next visits Greece Odyssey for a non league game at 4 p.m. Tuesday.