Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Savannah Newton works to keep the ball away from Medina’s Emiliana Batista during the host Lady Rams win this afternoon. Roy-Hart wore pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Jumping out to a 2-0 first quarter lead, Roy-Hart went on to down visiting Medina 3-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this afternoon.

Goals by Adella Dukes and Brooke Zglinicki gave Roy-Hart the early 2-0 lead.

The Lady Rams upped the advantage to 3-0 on a second quarter goal by Savannah Newton.

Medina averted the shutout when Penelope Schalck scored with five minutes to go in the final period.

Roy-Hart improves to 5-2 and Medina slips to 2-4 in N-O action.

Barker 2, Newfane 0
Improving to 6-2, Barker bested host Newfane (1-7) 2-0 in another N-O contest,

Ella Taylor scored off assists from Fallyn Mescall and Madelina Pavlock and Jordyn Kinne netted the other goal.

Medina’s Penelope Schalck takes a shot as Adella Dukes defends for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Kroening, who scored 3 goals, heads for the goal during the Mustangs win over Akron at Vets Park this evening. Alex Brandl defends for Akron.

A quick goal in the first two minutes ignited Medina to a 6-0 Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer win over Akron at Vets Park this evening.

Vinny Gray had the early goal to get Medina going. Tyler Kroening added 2 goals and Cole Callard 1 to boost the Mustangs advantage to 4-0 at thhe half. Gray also had a pair of assists on the evening.

Kroening completed his hat-trick with a second half goal and Callard found the net for the second time to round out the scoring.

Medina improves to 6-0-1 in N-O action heading into Friday’s key game against Wilson (5-0-1) at 4:45 p.m. at Vets Park.

Gavin Dahlhaus gets control of the ball for Medina as Cam Kenward backs up the play. Defending for Akron are Luke Piscitelli (11) and Mason Marcinkowski (4).

Albion 3, Roy-Hart 0
Albion improved to 5-2 in N-O action with a 3-0 win over Roy-Hart as David Rosario had 2 goals and an assist, Matt Kania 1 goal and goalie Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes 2 assists and 5 saves.

Holley 3, Lyndonville 0
Holley downed visiting Lyndonville 3-0 in a Genesee Region League game to improve to 8-1-2 overall.

Chris Mosier scored all 3 goals for Holley with the final 2 coming in the last 6 minutes. Camden Mosier, Chris Kempa and Will Kruger each had an assist.

N-O Girls Soccer
Akron 8, Medina 0
Front-running Akron improved to 5-0-2 in N-O action with an 8-0 win over visiting Medina.

Brooke Warren scored 2 goals as Aleyna Susfolk, Sahpur Guijalva, Gracie Leiker, Maddie Hillman, Olivia Novak and Cora Swader each netted 1.

Wilson 2, Newfane 0
Wilson downed rival Newfane 2-0 to improve to 3-1-2 in N-O action.

Front-running Roy-Hart doubled its Niagara-Orleans League volleyball lead with a straight set 25-17, 25-18, 25-15 victory over Wilson this evening.

Improving to 6-0, Roy-Hart now holds a two match lead over Wilson and Newfane, which are both 4-2. Newfane downed Medina 25-16, 26-24, 25-23.

Lila Brigham had 12 kills and 4 aces, Ryleigh Capen 21 assists, Kylie McOmber 4 kills and Emily Livergood 3 kills for Roy-Hart.

Karlee Cau, Sam Heschke and Maddi Sanders each had 2 aces for Medina. Addy Paul added 2 kills and Heschke and Maya Anderson 1 each.

In the other match, Akron evened its record at 3-3 by downing Albion 25-19, 25-20, 25-11.

Hanna Kumalac had 4 aces and Julia Knight 3 kills for Albion.

N-O Standings – Roy-Hart 6-0, Newfane 4-2, Wilson 4-2, Akron 3-3, Medina 1-5, Albion 0-6.

Contributed Photos The annual Niagara-Orleans All-League golf team, in order of ranking, includes from right. Cam Wild (Akron), Ben Meyers (Wilson), Brodie Hill (Akron), Thunder Hallett (Akron), Cam Fike (Medina), Caleb Rivera (Newfane) and Ryleigh Culver (Medina).

Akron’s trio of, from left, Thunder Hallett, Cam Wild and Aiden Romesser, captured the top three spots at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League golf tournament at Willowbrook today to lead the Tigers to the team title.

Undefeated (12-0) regular season champion Akron dominated the competition at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League golf tournament held at Willowbrook today.

In addition to capturing the tournament’s team title, Akron had the top three individual place finishers. Cam Wild, who earned N-O Player of the Year honors, was medalist with an 80 as Thunder Hallett shot 81 and Aiden Romesser 86.

Akron’s Brodie Hill, Medina’s Cam Fike and Wilson’s Ben Meyers all shot 87 as Roy-Hart’s Gavin Heideman and Newfane’s Caleb Rivera both carded rounds of 89.

Roy-Hart finished second and Medina third in the final league standings.

The annual N-O League team, which is based on season long match scores, includes Wild, Hill and Hallett from Akron, Fike and Culver from Medina, Meyers from Wilson and Rivera from Newfane.

This week it is FOOTBALL THURSDAY as Albion, Medina and Holley are all playing games that day.

Looking to snap a season long four game losing streak, Albion will host a B3 Division game at 7 p.m. against Dunkirk which is also off to an 0-4 start to the season.

Medina will be looking to stay in the C North Division title race as the Mustangs host Akron at 7 p.m.

The Mustangs and Tigers are both 3-1 in the division.

The other big C North game will have a key clash of unbeatens for first place as Newfane (3-0, 4-0) visits Alden (3-0, 4-0) at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Medina and Akron have already both lost to Newfane but both still have to play Alden. The Mustangs and Tigers therefore are both looking for a little help in their title quest from Alden.

Holley will be visiting Frewsburg at 5 p.m. Thursday in a non league 8 Man Division game.

The Hawks are off to a 4-0 start to the season.

Roy-Hart/Barker will visit Cleveland Hill in a C North contest at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Section VI Standings
B3 Division – Lackawanna 4-0, 4-0; Maryvale 3-0, 3-1; Depew 3-1, 3-1; Olean 3-1, 3-1; Springville 2-1, 3-1; Albion 0-4, 0-4; Dunkirk 0-4, 0-4; Lew-Port 0-4, 0-4.

C North Division – Alden 3-0, 4-0; Newfane 3-0, 4-0; Akron 3-1, 3-1; Medina 3-1, 3-1; Cleveland Hill 2-1; 2-2; Maritime 0-3, 1-3; Roy-Hart/Barker 0-4, 0-4; Tonawanda 0-4, 0-4

Contributed Photo – Alonzo Figueroa-Fuentes

Albion High graduate Alonzo Figueroa-Fuentes is continuing is soccer career in college at the Rome City Institute in Rome, Italy.

Figueroa-Fuentes is playing for the Gladiators team in the Rome City Institute’s Empire Collegiate League.

The first player selected in the Empire Collegiate League’s freshmen draft, Figueroa-Fuentes is enjoying a successful first season as his Gladiator team had a big 3-1 win over the Legionarius on Monday.

During his scholastic days at Albion, Figueroa-Fuentes earned first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honors his senior year.

Holley romped past Pembroke 8-1, Kendall trimmed Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 3-2 and Wheatland-Chili nipped Lyndonville/Barker 1-0 in Genesee Region League girls soccer games today.

Alivia Wolf scored 2 goals for Holley as Brynn Thomas, Ella Turpin, Brianna Tomasino, Zoey Wolf, Kayla Burne and Hanna Ostrom each netted 1. Aliva Wolf also had 3 assists and Thomas 2.

The Lady Hawks improve to 7-3-1.

Ryleigh Denning scored 2 goals and Sophia Picardo 1 for Kendall. Olivia Sawyer had 2 assists and Payton Vogt 1.

Kendall is now 9-1.

A goal midway through the second half was enough to earn W-C the narrow win over Lyndonville/Barker.

A strong defensive effort from goalie Isabella Groves and defenders Leah Costello, Brooke Robinson, Abby Alexander and Lilly Raduns kept Lyndonville/Barker in the game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kaitlin Mettler takes a shot for Roy-Hart during this evening’s win over visiting Albion as Ava Woolston, behind, and Brianna Lewis, in front, defend for the Purple Eagles.

All of the scoring came in the first half as Roy-Hart blanked visiting Albion 3-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening.

Kaitlin Mettler had the three goal hat-trick for Roy-Hart scoring on a penalty kick, a long range shot and a direct kick.

Roy-Hart is now 5-1-1 and Albion 1-4-1 in N-O action.

Albion’s Brittany Lewis battles for control of the ball with Roy-Hart’s Ruth Walker.

Improving to 7-1-2 overall, Holley blanked host Alden 3-0 in a non league boys soccer game this afternoon.

Chris Mosier scored 2 goals and Chase Kempa 1 for the Hawks. Cam Kelley added 2 assists and Logan Gillespie 1.

Snapping a season long eight game winless and scoreless streak, Medina downed host CSAT 6-3 this afternoon in a non league girls soccer game.

Madelyn Lewis scored 3 goals for Medina as Rori Owczarczak, Lillian Maynard and Arabella White each added one.

Akron 2, Iroquois 0
Akron blanked Iroquois 2-0 in a non league game as Abby Gerstung and Gracie Leiker scored the goals.