Staying unbeaten at 7-0-1, Medina blanked host Bishop Timon 6-0 this evening in a non league boys soccer game.

Medina grabbed a 2-0 first half lead on goals by Aidan Papaj and Cole Callard, both off assists from Vinny Gray.

Aleks Seefeldt, Callard, Caden Kingsbury and Tyler Kroening each added a goal for the Mustangs in the second half. Ryan Pegelow, Callard and Seefeldt all earned assists during that stretch.

Medina returns to Niagara-Orleans League action on Thursday with a game at Newfane at 6:45 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Ava LaMay drives the ball up field during the Lady Eagles key home game against Byron-Bergen this evening. Racing in are Byron-Bergen’s Megan Jarkiewicz and Ava Goff and Kendall’s Ava Quintern.

In a key midseason clash of unbeatens, Byron-Bergen edged host Kendall 2-1 in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this evening.

All of the scoring came in the first half.

Byron-Bergen grabbed a quick lead just seven minutes in on a goal by Julia Sanso but Kendall answered right back with the equalizer on a shot by Ava Quintern.

The game winner for Byron-Bergen as it turned out came on a penalty kick goal by Janessa Amesbury with 19 minutes to go in the half.

Byron-Bergen, which is ranked No. 3 in the state in Class C, improves to 8-0 while Kendall, which is ranked No. 7, is now 7-1.

Alexander 3, Lyndonville/Barker 2
Alexander trimmed visiting Lyndonville/Barker 3-2 in another G-R contest.

Arnie Sturtevant and Alexa Robinson both had a goal and an assist for Lyndonville/Barker which is now 2-6.

Kendall’s Stella Kwiatek battles with Byron-Bergen’s Mia Gray for control of the ball.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Kaylee Stoll scores on the fourth shot in the shootout past Roy-Hart goalie Casondria Sanney. The goal proved to be the game winner for the host Lady Bulldogs this afternoon.

It took a shootout to decide the outcome as Barker edged visiting Roy-Hart 3-2 this afternoon to maintain a hold on second place in the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey standings.

Barker outscored Roy-Hart 5-3 in the 5 on 5 shootout round to improve to 5-1 in N-O action as Roy-Hart slips to 2-2.

Ella Taylor, Naomi Bish, Madelina Pavlock, Kaylee Stoll and Madilyn Detschner took turns scoring the goals for Barker in the shootout.

Adella Dukes, Savannah Newton and Mackenzie Landers scored in the shootout for Roy-Hart.

Barker jumped out to a 1-0 first quarter lead on goal by Pavlock but Roy-Hart answered with a second period tally by Brooke Zglinicki to knot the contest at 1-1 at the half.

It was a repeat performance in the second half as Barker went up 2-1 in the third quarter on a goal by Sara Meza Ray only to have Roy-Hart answer back with the tying goal early in the fourth period by Dukes.

It remained deadlocked at 2-2 at the end of regulation and at the end of a 10 minute overtime period setting the stage for the decisive shootout.

Wilson 3, Medina 2
Trailing 2-0, Wilson rallied for three unanswered second half goals to edge visitng Medina 3-2.

Medina took a 2-0 lead on a pair of second period goals by Penelope Schalck.

However, Wilson came battling back to claim the win on second half goals by Katie Hardy, Brynn Lepsch and Clara Ferdinand.

Wilson is now 3-4 and Medina 2-3.

Roy-Hart’s Violette Streckewald tries to get a shot on goal as Barker goalie Adeline Atwater and Madilyn Detschner defend. Roy-Hart’s Dillan Santella and Barker’s Kaylee Stoll move in on the play.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jayzon Wills and his Medina teammates will host Tonawanda for Homecoming at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Celebrating Homecoming Medina will host Tonawanda in a C North Division football game at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

The Mustangs bring a 2-1 C North record into the contest after downing Cleveland Hill 28-6 last Saturday.

The Timberwolves (formerly Warriors) are 0-3 after forfeiting last Friday’s game to Alden due to an insufficient number of healthy and eligible players.

Medina holds a 10-9 edge in the all-time series with Tonawanda.

The big C North game of the weekend will be a battle for first place as undefeated Akron (3-0, 3-0) visits undefeated Newfane (2-0, 3-0) at 7 p.m. Friday.

Albion visits Lackawanna
Albion will face a big test as the Purple Eagles visit undefeated Lackawanna in a B3 Division game at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Steelers bring a 3-0 record into the contest having won their first three games by scores of 60-0 over Lew-Port, 58-0 over Dunkirk and 60-27 over Depew.

The Purple Eagles are 0-3.

Roy-Hart/Barker visits Alden
Roy-Hart/Barker will play its second straight Thursday evening game as the Bulls visit Alden at 7 p.m. in a C North Division contest.

Alden is 2-0 in the division and 3-0 overall while Roy-Hart/Barker is 0-3.

Holley hosts Bolivar-Richburg
Looking to score a repeat performance of the season opener, undefeated (3-0) Holley will celebrate Homecoming by hosting Bolivar-Richburg in an 8 Man Division game at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Holley scored a 48-30 road win at Bolivar-Richburg in the season opener as quarterback Destin Kuyal passed for 4 touchdowns (3 to Vinny Golisano and 1 to Mason Moyer) and ran for 2 more.

Kuyal has a total of 13 touchdowns passing and 4 rushing over the Hawks first 3 games. Golisano has caught 10 of the TD aerials.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Cami London drives the ball up field against Medina defender Aurora Owczarczak during the host Purple Eagles win over the Mustangs this evening.

Eight players contributed goals as Albion downed rival Medina 11-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening.

Julia Button, Kailee Anstey and Cami London each scored 2 goals for Albion as Kenzie Snook, Rori Higgins, Olivia Brooks, Shayla Higgins and Bailey Gonzalez each netted 1. Button also had 4 assists and Mia Standish 2.

Akron 2, Wilson 2 OT
Rebounding from a 2-0 half-time deficit, Akron rallied to earn a 2-2 overtime tie with Wilson in a key N-O contest.

Abby Gerstung and Aleyna Susfolk scored second half goals for Akron which keeps a hold on sole possession of the N-O lead at 4-0-1,

Wilson is now 2-0-2.

Roy-Hart 8, Newfane 2
Roy-Hart improved to 3-1-1 in N-O action with an 8-2 win over Newfane.

Kaitlin Mettler scored 4 goals, Maria Trombley 2 and Ruth Walker 1 for the Lady Rams. Trombley and Kylie Churchill also both had a pair of assists.

Medina’s Aurora Owczarczak works to advance the ball against the Albion duo of Kenzie Snook (4) and Ava Woolston (2).

Lyndonville blanked Wheatland-Chili 3-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

The Tigers built up a 2-0 first half advantage as Juan Alberdi scored off an assist from Colton Smith who then scored himself as Amir Zimmerman earned the assist.

Alberdi also netted the Tigers lone second half goal as Maddox Smith picked up the assist.

Brody Hazel earned the shutout in goal as the quartet of Jesus Rosario-Reyes, Michael Alexander, Austin Fonda and Chanse Amsdill anchored the defense.

Lyndonville, which next hosts Pembroke at 5 p.m. Thursday, is now 3-4-1 overall on the season.

Kendall 4, Pembroke 0
Kendall blanked Pembroke 4-0 in another G-R contest as the Eagles improve to 6-1-1 overall.

Vinnie D’Agostino, Jonathan Esposito, Brenden Eichas and Andrew Cole each scored a goal in the first half for the Eagles as Jonny Conte earned the shutout in goal.

Roy-Hart downed visiting Medina in straight sets 25-13, 25-20, 25-6 to improve to 4-0 in Niagara-Orleans League volleyball competition.

Raegan Kern had 6 aces and 5 kills, Emily Livergood 5 kills and 2 aces, Lauren Snyder 6 aces and Ryleigh Capen 11 assists and 4 aces to lead the way for Roy-Hart.

For Medina, Karlee Cau had 2 aces Addy Paul 3 kills and Allie Frentz 1 and Maddy Watts 2 blocks.

Wilson improved to 3-1 with a 25-12, 25-16, 25-21 win over Albion.

Julia Knight and Madison LeBaron both had 4 kills and Hanna Kumalac 5 assists for Albion.

In the other N-O match, Newfane downed Akron 25-20, 25-20, 25-23 as Kimberly Schmitt had 8 aces and Abbi Bommelje and Alexis Rutherford 3 each.

N-O Field Hockey

Akron 5, Kenmore 0

Front-running Akron downed Kenmore 5-0 this evening to improve to 7-0 in N-O field hockey competition.

Mackenzie Tomporowski and Averi Monkelbaan both had 2 goals and Brooke Milhollen 1.

Photos by Cheryl Wetman – Medina’s Cole Callard, who scored 5 goals, works around Albion’s Justin Kania during the Mustangs win over the Purple Eagles at Vets Park this afternoon.

Maintaining a share of first place, Medina downed rival Albion 6-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this afternoon at Vets Park.

The victory keeps Medina tied for first place at 4-0-1 with Wilson which downed Akron 8-0.

Cole Callard scored 5 goals, including one on a penalty kick and one on a direct kick, to spearhead the Medina attack while Keegan Hermann and Logan Kulak each scored a pair of goals for Wilson.

Medina, which is now 6-0-1 overall,  jumped out to a quick lead as Callard scored in the first four minutes.

The Mustangs upped the advantage to 4-0 at the half as Callard scored two more goals and Vinny Gray one.

Callard rounded out the Mustangs scoring with a pair of second half goals.

Albion’s goal was scored by Noah Marat

The Purple Eagles are now 3-2 in N-O action.

In the other N-O contest, Newfane (2-3) downed Roy-Hart (0-5) 3-1.

Noah Marat, who scored Albion’s goal, works to keep the ball away from Medina’s Cam Kenward.

Photos by Tom Rivers: (Left) Taylor Alvord of Roy-Hart won the girls race in a meet at Wilson today with runners from Roy-Hart, Wilson and Albion. (Right) Josiah Rodriguez of Roy-Hart, left, won the boys race with teammate Matt VanKeuren close behind in second in the race at Tuscarora State Park.

Improving to 2-0 the Medina boys edged visiting Akron 28-31 in a Niagara-Orleans League cross-country meet this afternoon.

Akron’s Quinn O’Malley won the race and Medina’s Ryder Jones was second.

Akron won the girls race 15-50 as Kylie Rebman was the individual winner.

Barker and Newfane likewise split. Barker won the boys’ meet 25-33 and Newfane the girls’ 25-36.

Newfane’s Liam Betteridge won the boys’ race and Barker’s Mikala Woock the girls’.

Forfeits dominated the tri-meet at Wilson.

In the boys’ competition, Roy-Hart and Albion both picked up 15-50 forfeit wins over Wilson. Roy-Hart downed Albion 23-36 in the other portion of the meet as Josiah Rodriguez was the individual winner.

In the girls meet, Roy-Hart picked up 15-50 forfeit wins over both Albion and Wilson.

Contributed Photo – Iyla Lilleby

Medina High graduate Iyla Lilleby set a pair of school records this past week as she helped lead the SUNY Morrisville field hockey team to a 10-0 win over Southern Virginia.

Lilleby, a freshman Midfielder/Forward, scored a school record 5 goals in the victory and also had an assist. Her total of 11 points on the day also set a school record.

Lilleby then scored the game winning goal with just one second remaining in overtime  in Morrisville’s 5-4 win over Manhattanville. She had a pair of goals and an assist on the day.

Her efforts have earned Lilleby the SUNYAC Conference Offensive Player of the Week award.

She now has a team leading 7 goals and a pair of assists for Morrisville which is 4-4 on the season.

A three-time first team Niagara-Orleans League honoree during her scholastic days at Medina, she holds the Mustangs records for most goals in a season (33) and a career (80).