The Albion youth football teams swept all three games from Holley in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action Saturday.

Beginners Division
Albion 20, Holley 6
Patrick Westlund had 2 touchdowns and 43 yards rushing to lead a well balanced Albion attack. Hudson Palmer picked up 57 yards and a score. Gunner Jackson had 37 yards, Kenny Almonte 33 and Elijah Cornick 24 yards.

Cornick led the defense with 7 tackles. Almonte had 5 tackles, Palmer and Arlene Beecher 4 each, Royce Rotthoff 3, Lucas Rotthoff and Drake Neri each had a tackle.

Mini Division
Albion 41, Holley 0

Four different players had touchdown runs to led the Eagles offense to a victory over Holley. Elian Almonte ended the day with 102 yards and 2 TD’s. Jayce Torres had 83 yards on the ground. Cayden Farrell had 56 yards, Kyle Schomske 23 yards, Moses Taylor 23 yards and each had a TD.

Kairo Bennett, Schomske and Torres led the defense with 6 tackles each. Almonte and Harrison Froman each had 5. Taylor and Parker Gardner 4 each. Farrell had a pick 6 to go with 3 tackles.

JV Division
Albion 42, Holley 0

Liam Pearl led the Albion defense with 7 tackles. Aaden Roblero, Kolton Berry, Colton Moreland and Camden Holt each had 4 stops. Connor Hinckley, Holt and Cooper Traxler each had a fumble recovery.

Heyden Almonte finished with 174 yards rushing and 3 scores. Carter Farrell 153 yards and 3 TDs. Holt finished with 31 yards.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Mia Standish sends the ball up field during this evening’s tournament title win over Alexander as Rori Higgins trails the play.

All of the scoring came in the second half as Albion shutout Alexander 3-0 this evening in the championship game of the Purple Eagles girl soccer tournament.

A goal by Rori Higgins two minutes into the second half off an assist from Mia Standish snapped a scoreless deadlock and proved to be the game winner for Albion.

Cami London tackled on a pair of big insurance goals, the first off an assist from Julia Button and the second on a breakaway, to help lock up the win.

Aaliyah Jones earned the shutout in goal for the Purple Eagles.

Pembroke blanked Medina 5-0 in the consolation game.

Albion and Medina will both open Niagara-Orleans League competition on Tuesday as the Purple Eagles visit Akron and the Mustangs travel to Newfane.

W-C Tournament
Holley lost on penalty kicks to host Wheatland-Chili in the championship game of the W-C girls soccer tournament.

The game was scoreless at the end of regulation time and after the overtime periods.

Kenzie Snook brings the ball up field for the Purple Eagles.

Seven players contributed goals as Roy-Hart rolled to a 9-1 victory over Depew in a non league girls soccer game this morning.

Kaitlin Mettler had 3 goals and 2 assists to lead the Lady Rams.

Kaylie Churchill, Nina Santos, Addie Carr and Allie Trombley each had a goal and an assist.

Maria Trombley and Hannah Verratti also each chipped in with a goal as Ruth Walker and Felicity Kwaizer both had an assist.

Roy-Hart will next open Niagara-Orleans League competition at defending champion Wilson on Tuesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Cole Callard

Medina romped to a 10-0 victory over Cardinal O’Hara in a non league boys soccer game this morning at Vets Park as senior Cole Callard set a new Mustangs career goal scoring record.

Callard scored 3 goals to increase his career total to 59 breaking the old mark of 56 held by Nate Dillenbeck.

It was a big two sport weekend for Callard who also scored 2 goals in Medina’s 6-0 win over Pembroke and was a perfect 8 for 8 in extra point kicks in the Mustangs 56-7 football win over Roy-Hart/Barker both on Friday.

Vinny Gray and Briley Allen each added 2 goals for the Mustangs as Luke Duffina, Aleks Seefeldt and Tyler Kroening each chipped in with 1.

Seefeldt also had 3 assists as Gray, Callard and Jimmy Dieter each had 2 and Duffina 1.

Now at 2-0, Medina will next host Newfane at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Niagara-Orleans League opener.

Maryvale 4, Roy-Hart 1
Maryvale downed visiting Roy-Hart 4-1 in a non league game as Michael Fuller scored the lone goal for the Rams.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Morgan Tomporowski sends the ball up field during this morning’s league home opener as Naomi Bish (22) and Madelina Pavlock (16) pursue for Barker.

Akron opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League field hockey title with a 3-0 win over visiting Barker this morning.

All of the scoring came in the opening half as Morgan Tomporowski scored once in the first quarter and Julia Klodzinski twice in the second period.

Roy-Hart 5, Wilson 0
Roy-Hart opened N-O competition with a 5-0 win over visiting Wilson which slips to 1-1.

Brooke Zglinicki scored 2 goals for the Lady Rams as Ava Achtyl, Adella Dukes and Savannah Newton each netted one.

Zglinicki, Newton and Violette Streckewald all had assists and Cas Sanney earned the shutout in goal.

Newfane 5, Kenmore 2
Newfane evened its N-O record at 1-1 with a 5-2 win over Kenmore as Ella Tower scored 3 goals and Kyra Austin 2.

Akron’s Madigan Regan gains control of the ball against Barker’s Kaylee Stoll.

Akron’s Madison Gates works against Barker’s Madelina Pavlock.

Medina improved to 2-1 in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition with a 256-282 win over Barker today.

Cam Fike took medalist honors with a 45 and Ryleigh Culver had a 48 to lead Medina.

Nate Popovich led Barker with a 48

N-O Field Hockey
Wilson downed rival Newfane 4-2 in a season opening N-O field hockey game this afternoon as Katie Hardy, Brynn Lepsch and Reese Kepner took turns scoring goals.

Kyra Austin scored both goals for Newfane.

Stormy weather forced play to be suspended in the first half of both the Albion at Olean and Holley at Bolivar-Richburg football games this evening.

Albion trailed 18-0 when play was stopped just before halftime. The game is scheduled to be resumed at 11 a.m. Sunday at Olean.

Holley trailed 24-16 when play was stopped in the first half. The schools are looking to resume play on Tuesday.

Destin Kuyal ran for one touchdown and passed to Mason Moyer for another for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Moss breaks through the line during the Mustangs win over Roy-Hart/Barker this evening in the first game on Barker’s new artificial turf field.

Breaking away from a 7-7 deadlock, Medina erupted with a quick three touchdown scoring burst over the last six minutes of the second quarter to key a rain soaked 56-7 C North Division season opening victory over Roy-Hart/Barker this evening in the debut game on Barker’s new artificial turf field.

In rapid succession during that key stretch the Mustangs saw Carter Woodworth score on a 15 yard pass reception from quarterback Preston Woodworth, Kolton Fletcher on a 13 yard run and Christian Moss on an 11 yard run to race out to a 28-7 halftime advantage.

Roy-Hart/Barker receiver Braden Ricker hauls in a pass for the Bulls touchdown.

A long 64 yard run by Moss set up the first TD, a fumble recovery by Frankie Stephens set up the second and a sack by Brody Fry set the stage for a short Bulls punt which set up the third.

The Mustangs advantage ballooned to 42-7 after third quarter touchdown runs of 6 yards by Moss and 13 yards by Jayzon Wills.

Medina tacked on two more scores in the final period on a 15 yard Preston Woodworth to Moss pass completion and a 2 yard run by Jerrell Nealy. A fumble recovery by Fletcher at the Bulls 2 yard line set up the final tally.

The Mustangs also scored first on an 11 yard TD run by Moss with 34 seconds to go in the opening quarter as Cole Callard tacked on the first of his 8 straight extra point kicks. A 25 yard run by Moss and a 20 yard pass completion from Preston Woodworth to Xavier Moyer set up the tally.

Roy-Hart/Barker though answered right back to knot the contest at 7-7 on a 68 yard touchdown pass reception  by Braden Ricker who also tacked on the extra point kick.

However, the Bulls were not able to find the endzone as a rash of turnovers proved costly.

Medina next hosts Newfane and Roy-Hart/Barker visits Akron in C North Division action next Friday at 7 p.m.

Kolton Fletcher stretches to get to the endzone for a Medina touchdown.

Roy-Hart/Barker back Wyatt Sherman looks for running room.

Holley nipped rival Kendall 1-0 in the championship game of the Kendall boys soccer tournament this afternoon.

Will Kruger scored the goal for the Hawks in the second half on a free kick as Dylan Warner earned the shutout in goal.

Albion blanked Rochester Prep 9-0 in the consolation game.

Tye Talbot scored 2 goals for the Purple Eagles as David Rosario, Logan Poupore, Leo Bolton, Matt Kania, Justin Kania, Donovan Braley and Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes each netted 1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Colton Smith (7) and Juan Alberdi (14) work to keep the ball away from Newfane’s Alex Tate during the Tigers home field win this afternoon.

For the Lyndonville High boys varsity soccer team his afternoon’s 1-0 victory over visiting Newfane was a very special one.

Not only was it Lyndonville’s first varsity win after not fielding a team last year but it was also the milestone 200th career win for Tigers Coach Wes Bradley.

“It was definitely a solid performance by the entire team,” said Bradley who came out of retirement this season to guide the restart of the Tigers varsity program.

The stint at the Tigers helm is the second for Bradley who organized the Lyndonville boys soccer program in 1976 and guided the Tigers for 22 years before retiring in 2002 with 199 wins.

Colton Smith scored the only goal the Tigers needed with nine minutes to go in the first half off a corner kick by Michael Alexander.

Brody Hazel earned the shutout in goal as the quartet of Alexander, Jesus Rosario, Shannon Withey and Austin Fonda anchored the Tigers defense,

Lyndonville goalie Brody Hazel goes to make a save against a shot attempt by Newfane’s Kasey Wheat.

Medina 6, Pembroke 0

All of the scoring came in the first half as Medina shutout host Pembroke 6-0 in the Mustangs non league season opener.

Alek Seefeldt scored 3 goals, Cole Callard 2 and Vinny Gray 1 for the Mustangs.

Seefeldt, Callard, Gray, Tyler Kroening and Trenton Morley all had assists.

Girls Soccer

Lyndonville 9, CSAT 0

Building up a 6-0 halftime advantage, Lyndonville went on to blank host CSAT 9-0 in a non league season opener.

Alexa Robinson scored 3 goals as Braelynn Dillenbeck, Arnie Sturtevant and Natalie Rath each had 2.