Roy-Hart tuned up for the start of the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey season with a 5-0 non league win over Sacred Heart Thursday.

Brooke Zglinicki scored 3 goals and Alayna Kowalski and Savannah Newton both added a goal and an assist.

The Lady Rams will host Wilson at 10 a.m. Saturday in the N-O opener.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Cami London, who scored 4 goals, brings the ball up field during this evening’s Albion Tournament semifinal as Kayla Weyrauch pursues for Pembroke.

Building up a 3-0 halftime advantage, the host Purple Eagles went on to defeat Pembroke 5-1 this evening in the semifinals of the Albion girls soccer tournament.

Albion will now face Alexander in the championship game on Saturday. Alexander downed Medina 5-0 in the other semifinal. Medina will face Pembroke in the consolation game on Saturday.

Cami London scored two goals and Julia Button one in the first half for Albion. London also netted a pair of goals in the second half.

Kenzie Snook had 2 assists for the Purple Eagles as Shayla Higgins and Rori Higgins each had 1.

Holley 2, Cal-Mum 0

Holley blanked Cal-Mum 2-0 in the semifinals of the Wheatland-Chili girls soccer tournament.

Brianna Tomasino and Brynn Thomas scored the goals for Holley as Jayna Burris and Kyla Burne earned the assists.

Holley will play in the championship game on Saturday.

Improving to 3-0, Roy-Hart edged Albion 250-256 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Hickory Ridge.

Isaac Smith took medalist honors with a 46 for Roy-Hart as Blake Snell added a 47 and Gavin Heideman a 49.

Drew Pritchard shot 47 and Oliver Beach 49 for Albion which is now 0-2.

Volleyball
Roy-Hart 25-25-25, Lyndonville 12-16-14

Roy-Hart downed host Lyndonville 25-12, 25-16, 25-14 in a season opening non league volleyball match this evening.

Grace Pearl had 6 spiking kills and 3 service aces, Lila Brigham 4 kills, Emily Livergood 4 kills, Ella Martillotta 16 assists and Lauren Snyder 5 aces for Roy-Hart.

For Lyndonville Addie Dillenbeck had 4 kills, 1 ace and 1 block. Alyssa Prine added 2 aces as Hannah Fox, Madi Davis and Leah Kenyon each had 1 ace.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s David Rosario goes sideways to get the ball as Cam Mosier defends for Holley during today’s Kendall Tournament semifinal contest.

The host Eagles blanked Rochester Prep 7-0 and Holley nipped Albion 1-0 in the semifinals of the Kendall boys soccer tournament today.

Kendall will now face rival Holley in the championship game and Albion will take on Rochester Prep in the consolation contest both at 5 p.m. Friday.

Kendall raced out to a commanding 5-0 first half lead on goals by Jonathan Esposito, Brandon Barrett, Colby Hughes, Vinnie D’Agostino and Pablo Rosario-Reyes.

Noah Morehouse and Aidan Kwiatkowski tacked on second half goals for the Eagles.

A goal in the first seven minutes by Chris Mosier on a breakaway proved to be just enough scoring for Holley.

Albion goalie Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes stopped a penalty shot in the first five minutes and then made several more big saves the rest of the way to keep it a tight 1-0 game.

Holley’s Chris Mosier, who scored the lone goal, heads to the goal as Jayden Lewis defends for Albion.

Kendall’s Vinnie D’Agostino works to gain control of the ball during the win over Rochester Prep.

Since moving into the C North Division in 2020 Medina has captured the championship every year as the Mustangs have gone 20-0 in the division over that four year span.

Medina will open defense of the C North title when the Mustangs face Roy-Hart/Barker at 7 p.m. Friday in the debut game on Barker’s new artificial turf field.

The other C North openers will have Akron at Tonawanda on Friday and Alden at Maritime on Saturday. In interdivisional contests, Newfane will host rival Wilson this evening and Cleveland Hill will visit Franklinville/Ellicotville on Saturday.

Alden, Maritime and Tonawanda are newcomers to what is now an 8 team C North Division. They replace Eden and JFK from last year’s 7 team C North. Eden is now in the C South Division and JFK is not fielding a varsity team this season.

Albion will open its first season of B3 Division competition at Olean at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Purple Eagles, which played in the B2 Division last fall, are competing in what is now an 8 team B3 Division.

The other B3 openers on Friday will have Depew at Dunkirk and Lackawanna at Lew-Port. An interdivisional game will have Springville at Lake Shore on Friday and an intersectional contest will have Maryvale vs. Tioga from Section IV at Syracuse on Saturday.

Holley will open Section V 8 Man Division competition at Bolivar-Richburg at 7 p.m. Friday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s large veteran volleyball group includes, in front, Grace Pearl, Lila Brigham, Lauren Snyder and Ella Martillotta. In back are Brooklyn Schumacher, Raegen Kern, Aubree Parker and Emily Livergood.

Finishing in the runner-up spot last year, Roy-Hart returns its lineup almost intact as the Lady Rams take aim at making a strong run for top Niagara-Orleans League volleyball honors this season.

Roy-Hart will tune up for Tuesday’s N-O home opener against Wilson by visiting Lyndonville this evening at 6:30 for a non league match.

Seniors Ella Martillotta and Lila Brigham and junior Raegen, who all earned first team N-O All-League honors last fall, along with senior Emily Livergood and junior Grace Pearl, who both received Honorable Mention, head the Lady Rams veteran group.

The Lady Rams other returnees include seniors Brooklyn Schumacher and Aubree Parker; juniors Ryleigh Capen, Peyton May and Kylie McOmber and freshman Lauren Snyder.

Roy-Hart went 8-2 in N-O action last fall finishing just behind champion Akron (9-1) and just ahead of Wilson (7-3) in a close three-way title race.

Those standings make next Tuesday’s opener against Wilson more interesting as it was a season opening loss to Wilson which ended up costing Roy-Hart a share of the N-O title. The Lady Rams split their two matches with Akron which swept Wilson to claim the title outright.

Lyndonville returned to boys varsity soccer competition after a year’s absence this evening as the Tigers dropped a 3-0 decision to host Attica in a season opening Genesee Region League game.

Breaking away from a scoreless contest, Attica broke the game open with a lightning quick two goal scoring burst in the first four minutes of the second half. The Blue Devils other goal came seven minutes later.

Lyndonville will next open the home portion of the season by hosting Newfane at 5 p.m. Friday in a non league contest.

Improving to 3-0, Akron downed Albion 214-257 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Hickory Ridge.

Cam Wild took medalist honors with a 37 for Akron as Brodie Hill added a 41, Aiden Romesser a 42 and Thunder Hallett a 43.

Oliver Beach shot 46 and Owen Spencer and Viktor Snyder both had rounds of 49 for Albion in what was the Purple Eagles season opening match.

In the other N-O matches Barker downed Newfane and Roy-Hart bested Wilson both by forfeit wins as neither the Panthers or Lakemen had enough players to score as a team.

Nate Popovich led Barker with a 47 while Newfane’s Caleb Rivera took medalist honors with a 42.

Isaac Smith and Blake Snell both shot 45 and Evan Poeller 49 for Roy-Hart while Wilson’s Ben Meyers earned medalist honors with a 44.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Getting set for Friday’s season opener on Barker’s new artificial turf field, Roy-Hart/Barker quarterback Tysen McCaa hands off to Wyatt Sherman as Jackson West, Jake Munn and RJ Townsend get set to block.

It will be a special season opener as the Roy-Hart/Barker Bulls host the Medina Mustangs in a C North Division game at 7 p.m. Friday to christen Barker’s new artificial turf field.

Prior to the game there will be a tailgate event from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with games and food trucks.

Friday’s other openers will have Albion at Olean in a B3 Division game and Holley at Bolivar-Richburg in an 8 Man Division contest.

The Roy-Hart/Barker offense is led by quarterback Tysen McCaa, running backs Wyatt Sherman, Ronan Klug and Carter Dersarkissian and wide receivers Anthony Adinolfe and Braden Ricker as Jackson West, Jake Munn and RJ Townsend anchor the offensive line.

Preston Woodworth and Hadrian Batista look to share the quarterback duties for Medina with Christian Moss, Elijah Doxey and Jayzon Wills at running back, Kolton Fletcher and Jerrell Neely at wide receiver, Carter Woodworth at tight end and Frankie Stephens, Brody Fry, Matthew Jacobs, Avion Johnson, Ethan Carson and Braydin McEwen-Miller along the line.

Leading the offense for Albion will be quarterback Jonah Elsenheimer, running back Cencere Lowe, receivers Noah Harrison, Kyle Radder and Peyton Robinson with Luke Bell and Seth Krenning anchoring the line.

Veteran quarterback Destin Kuyal, running back Hunter Jewell-Smith and receivers Mason Moyer and Vinny Golisano lead the offense for Holley.