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Tigers battle to double OT tie with Hawks

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brody Hazel makes one of his numerous saves in goal for Lyndonville during the host Tigers double overtime tie with Holley this evening.
Taking a big step forward in the task of restarting the varsity program, Lyndonville battled to a 1-1 tie in double overtime with visiting Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.
“This was a significant tie as we work to rebuild our varsity program,” said Lyndonville Coach Wes Bradley. “I’m very proud of what I saw from my team this evening against a very high caliber opponent.”
Lyndonville grabbed a 1-0 lead with 21 minutes to go in the second half as Jesus Rosario-Reyes scored on a direct kick.
Holley answered back to tie on a goal by Aidan Kelley with 7 minutes to go in regulation time.
The Hawks kept pressure on for most of the rest of regulation time and throughout much of the two 10 minute overtime periods but could not dent the Tigers goal.
Brody Hazel had a huge game in goal for Lyndonville making no less than 15 saves.
“Our defenders Jesus Rosario-Reyes, Michael Alexander, Austin Fonda and Chanse Amsdill all did yeoman work in front of Brody,” said Bradley.
Lyndonville is now 2-3-1 in its first varsity season back after not fielding a team last fall and Holley is 2-1-1.

Aidan Kelley drives the ball up field for Holley as Maddox Smith pursues for Lyndonville.
Medina scores non league field hockey win
Three players contributed to the goal production as Medina blanked Nardin 4-0 in a non league field hockey game this afternoon at Vets Park.
Penelope Schalck scored 2 goals as Adelynne Lacy and Emi Batista each netted 1.
Morgan Zeiner earned her first career win in goal for the Mustangs.
Local grads are playing college soccer

Contributed Photos – Megan Gates, left, and Sydney Mulka
Albion High graduate Sydney Mulka is in her third season as the starting goalie for the Penn St. Harrisburg women’s soccer team.
Mulka has started 4 games to date this season and has made 40 starts in her career.
She has compiling a 22-9-9 record with 124 saves and a 0.84 goals against average.
Harrisburg is 2-2-1 on the young season.
Kendall High graduate Megan Gates is a freshman midfielder on the SUNY Brockport women’s soccer team.
She has played in two games to date for the Golden Eagles.
Brockport is 4-0-1 to date.
Weekly High School Sports Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer – Holley at Lyndonville, 5 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Roy-Hart at Medina, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Nardin at Medina, 5 p.m.
Volleyball – Medina at Lyndonville, Newfane at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Albion at Roy-Hart, Medina at Akron, Newfane at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Girls Soccer – Pembroke at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m.; Holley vs. Oakfield-Alabama at Elba, 5 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Newfane at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Barker, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Holley at Byron-Bergen, Alexander at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Cross-Country – Albion and Newfane at Akron, Barker at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Golf – Albion at Akron, Barker at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Wednesday
Boys Soccer – Lyndonville at Mt. Morris, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Medina at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.; Albion at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Newfane at Albion, Akron at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.; Wilson at Medina, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Kenmore, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Wilson at Medina, Albion at Newfane, Akron at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Roy-Hart at Newfane, Akron at Barker, Wilson at Medina, 4 p.m.
Cross-Country – Medina at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Thursday
Football – Newfane vs. Roy-Hart/Barker at Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Medina at O’Hara, 5 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville/Barker at Byron-Bergen, Alexander at Holley, Kendall at Attica, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Kendall at Attica, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Newfane at Wilson, 4 p.m.
Friday
Football – Maryvale at Albion, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Wilson at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.; Alden at Holley, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Newfane at Akron, 4:45 p.m.
Field Hockey – Newfane at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Kendall at Newfane, DeHostos at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Roy-Hart at Wilson, Newfane at Barker, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Football – Holley at Red Jacket, 12 p.m.; Medina at Cleveland Hill, 2 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Albion at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Notre Dame at Lyndonville/Barker, 11 a.m.; Holley at Kendall, 11:30 p.m.
Albion youth football teams sweep Akron
Albion’s youth football teams scored a three game sweep over Akron in Niagara Orleans Football Association competition Saturday.
Beginners Division
Albion 20, Akron 6
Kenny Almonte had 117 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns on the day for Albion. Hudson Palmer added 27 yards and a score. Patrick Westlund picked up 16 yards, Elijah Cornick 13 and Gunner Jackson 9 yards. Palmer and Royce Rotthoff added PAT’s.
Almonte and Cornick picked up 7 tackles for the defense. Arlene Beecher added 5, Palmer 4, Xavier Weis 2, Jackson and Neil Farley 1 each.
Mini Division
Albion 32, Akron 0
Jayce Torres had a huge day on the ground with 192 yards and 3 touchdowns for Albion. Also on the ground, Cayden Farrell had 64 yards, Harrison Froman 57, Moses Taylor 27, Elian Almonte 25, Jai’Kiah 23, Conor Murphy 16, Kyle Schomske 8, Isaac Button and Greyson Roberts 4 each. Almonte and Drisdom each scored.
Kiro Bennett led the defense with 9 tackles, 2 sacks and a fumble recovery. Taylor was in on 5 stops, Almonte 4, Button and Murphy 3 each. Carter Carithers, Zeus Vallejo, Schomske and Christopher Swan each were in on tackles.
JV Division
Albion 39, Akron 0
Camden Holt had a big day on defense for the Eagles with 3 tackles, 2 interceptions and a pick 6. Matthew Colmerero had 4 tackles, Colton Moreland 3, Roman Allport 2 and Giovanni LaMartina, Hank Aina, Jace Wright, Brady Graham, Kolton Berry and Remi Ebbs were each in on some tackles. Heyden Almonte also had a interception.
Almonte finished with 155 yards and a score on the ground. Carter Farrell had 102, Moreland 44, Holt 12. Farrell and Moreland picked up touchdowns. Jace DiMatteo had a TD pass and PAT to Landon Farrell.
All three teams benefitted from great line play on both sides of the ball.
Kendall boys and Roy-Hart girls score wins at Albion’s Super Soccer Saturday

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s William Kludt goes over Albion goalie Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes after he made a save. The action took place during the Eagles win over the host Purple Eagles at Albion’s annual Super Soccer Saturday event this evening.
The Kendall boys and Roy-Hart girls both scored victories this evening at Albion’s annual Super Soccer Saturday event.
Kendall blanked Albion 3-0 as an early first half goal by Brandon Barrett off an assist from Pablo Rosario Reyes proved to be the game winner.
The Eagles later locked up the win on a pair of second half goals by Rosario Reyes both off assists from Colby Hughes.
The Roy-Hart girls likewise shutout Albion 4-0 sparked by a quick pair of goals by Kaitlin Mettler in the opening minutes of the first half.
Mettler completed her three goal hat trick with a tally in the second half as Maria Trombley tacked on the final goal for the Lady Rams.

Roy-Hart’s Kaitlin Mettler, who scored 3 goals, works to keep control of the ball as Olivia Brooks defends for Albion. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Kendall’s Vinnie D’Agostino tries to keep the ball away from Albion’s Jayden Lewis.

Albion’s Julia Button and Roy-Hart’s Kaylie Churchill battle for control of the ball.
Byron-Bergen girls down Holley
Three goals in the first half keyed Byron-Bergen to a 4-0 win over visiting Holley in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this evening.
Jayda Shampine made 9 saves in goal for Holley which is now 3-1-1 overall.
G-R Boys Soccer
A goal in the first 90 seconds sparked Byron-Bergen to a 6-0 G-R win over host Lyndonville this afternoon.
Hawks romp to football win over Trojans

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Avante Walker goes high to break up a Newfield pass attempt during the Hawks win over the visiting Trojans this afternoon.
Erupting for three touchdowns in the opening quarter, Holley went on to roll past the visiting Newfield Trojans from Section IV 48-0 this afternoon in a non league 8 Man football game that was ended at halftime by mutual agreement.
Quarterback Destin Kuyal hooked up with Vinny Golisano for a pair of touchdown passes covering 33 and 20 yards and also ran 5 yards himself for another TD to spark the Hawks out to a commanding 22-0 first quarter lead. Kuyal and Hunter Jewell-Smith added two-point conversion carries.
An interception by Kuyal and a fumble recovery by Golisano helped set up the first two scores.
Keeping the hot hand, Kuyal threw two more touchdown passes in the second quarter connecting with Golisano for 51 yards and with Jacob Pitcher for 61 yards. Kuyal also added a two-point conversion pass to Golisano as Smith and Avante Walker both had two-point conversion carries.
Quincy McClinsey had a fumble recovery helping to set up the second TD of the quarter.
The Hawks also picked up two points via a safety.
Improving to 2-0, the Hawks next visit Red Jacket at noon next Saturday.

Holley’s Hunter Jewell Smith breaks away for a good gain.

Hawks quarterback Destin Kuyal gets a nice block from Hunter Jewell-Smith to pick up good yardage.
Medina and Akron score field hockey wins

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Penelope Schalck puts a shot on goal as Ella Tower defends for Newfane during the Mustangs win over the Lady Panthers this morning at Vets Park.
Scoring in every quarter, Medina posted a 6-1 victory over Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Vets Park this morning.
Medina grabbed a 2-0 half-time advantage as Jenelle Stalker scored in the first quarter and Emi Batista in the second.
The Mustangs then broke the contest open with three unanswered goals in the third quarter including two by Penelope Schalck and one by Stalker.
Schalck competed her hat-trick with a fourth quarter goal to round of the Medina scoring.
Nattalie Johnson scored for Newfane in the fourth quarter.
Medina is now 1-1 and Newfane 1-3 in N-O action.
Akron 3, Roy-Hart 0
Front-running defending champion Akron improved to 4-0 with a 3-0 win over host Roy-Hart which slips to 1-1.
Julia Klodzinski, Mackenzie Tomporowski and Ava Lombard each scored a goal for Akron. Klodzinski and Ava Fox both had an assist.
Wilson 3, Kenmore 1
Wilson evened its N-O record at 2-2 with a 3-1 win over Kenmore (0-3) as Reese Kepner, Clara Ferdinand and Ruby Narehood each scored a goal.

Medina’s Adelynne Lacy and Jenelle Stalker try to get the ball past Newfane goalie Eliana Reis. Backing up the play for Newfane are Kyra Austin and Aurora Ball.
Albion dedicates Athletic Complex to former long time football Coach Diminuco

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – In special ceremonies prior to this evening’s Depew at Albion football game the Purple Eagles new athletic facilities which includes an artificial turf football field surround by a new all weather track and an artificial turf soccer/softball field was dedicated the Richard C Diminuco Athletic Complex in honor of the Purple Eagles former long time football coach and Athletic Director. Here Albion Superintendent Mickey Edwards presents a plaque to Diminuco in commemoration of the event. At right Diminuco addresses the crowd.

In his opening remarks Albion Superintendent Mickey Edwards highlighted Coach Diminuco’s 30 year career as the Purple Eagles head football coach which included 4 Section VI titles, 12 division titles and over 200 wins. Diminuco was joined by his whole family with a large group of his former players behind him. Click here to view a video of the ceremony.





