Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Colby Hughes, who scored the Eagles goal, works to keep the ball away from Geneseo’s Caleb Rice during this evening’s Section V Class C2 semifinal game at Caledonia-Mumford.

A pair of first half goals off corner kick opportunities keyed No. 2 seed Geneseo to a 3-1 win over No. 6 Kendall in the Section V Class C2 boys soccer semifinals this evening at Caledonia-Mumford.

Geneseo upped its lead to 3-0 in the first five minutes of the second half.

Kendall battled back with a goal by Colby Hughes five minutes later. The Eagles, which had a first half goal disallowed by an offsides call, later had a shot rattle off the cross bar with just under 8 minutes to go but could not find the net again.

Kendall finishes the season at 9-9-1 while Geneseo advances to the C2 finals with a 14-3-1 record.

Section VI Class C Semifinal

Top seeded Wilson downed No. 4 Westfield/Brocton 4-2 in a Class C boys semifinal at Eden.

Girls Soccer
Section VI Class B2
No. 2 seed Southwestern nipped No. 3 Roy-Hart 1-0 in the semifinals of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs this evening at Williamsville North.

Southwestern’s lone goal came on a shot by Mallory Atwater at the 14 minute mark of the second half.

Roy-Hart finishes the season at 10-6-1.

Section VI Class C

Akron downed  East Aurora  4-2 in a Class C girls semifinal this evening at Dunkirk.

Football

Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton defeated Roy-Hart/Barker 30-0 this evening in a Class C Funke Bowl semifinal game.

Kendall’s Pantaleon Reyes-Garcia stretches to keep the ball away from Geneseo’s Kellen O’Brien.

No. 8 seed Lyndonville scored a straight set 25-21, 25-10, 25-17 victory over No. 9 Genesee Valley/Belfast in a Section V Class D1 opening round volleyball playoff match at Pavilion this evening.

Ashlee Stephens had 25 assists, 4 digs and 3 aces; Jackie Mack 5 kills, 3 aces, 3 blocks and 4 digs and Alyssa Prine 4 aces and 5 assists to lead the way for the Lady Tigers.

Lyndonville will next visit top seeded Avoca-Prattsburg at 6 p.m. Friday in the D1 quarterfinals.

Also in Class D1 Bolivar-Richburg defeated Kendall 25-9, 25-16, 25-23.

In Class C1, Avon downed Holley 25-8, 25-9, 25-16.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Samantha Bates controls the ball as Bloomfield’s Chloe Rayburn closes in during the Lady Hawks sectional semifinal win this evening at Caledonia-Mumford.

Pulling away with a big second half scoring burst, top seeded Holley downed No. 4 Bloomfield 7-0 in a Section V Class C1 girls soccer semifinal game this evening at Caledonia-Mumford.

Holley held a slender 1-0 lead at the half as Jailyn Bishop scored off an assist from Samantha Bates at the 30 minute mark.

It stayed a tight 1-0 game until 22 minutes remained in the second half when the Lady Hawks finally broke the contest open with a quick two goal scoring burst within a span of two minutes. Bates scored the first off an assist from Bishop and Emma Brady the second from Bates.

Holley, which controlled play throughout with its speed and a sharp passing game, then closed out the win with a flurry of four goals in the final 11 minutes.

Breakaway goals by Bates and Bella Thom highlighted the scoring explosion which also included another goal by Bates and one by Alivia Wolf. Thom, Brady, Wolf and Bishop all took turns contributing assists during that big scoring run.

“They settled in in the second half and played very well together,” said Holley Coach Renee Wolf. “They really looked for each other and connected with each other a lot.”

Improving to 15-3, Holley will now face No. 2 Williamson for the C1 title on Friday at a site to be determined. Williamson downed No. 3 Oakfield-Alabama 4-1 in the other semifinal.

Emma Brady heads up field with the ball for Holley against Bloomfield defender Mia Linderman.

Section VI Class C Girls

No. 1 Wilson def. No. 5 Maple Grove 6-0

Wednesday’s Sectional Soccer Matchups
Section V Class C2 Boys
No. 6 Kendall vs. No. 2 Geneseo, 5 p.m. at Cal-Mum

Section VI Class B2 Girls
No. 3 Roy-Hart vs. No. 2 Southwestern. 5:30 p.m. at Williamsville North

Section VI Volleyball
Class B1 Pre Quarterfinal
No. 7 City Honors def. No. 10 Albion 25-8, 25-22, 25-10

Holley’s Zoey Wolf works to take the ball away from Bloomfield’s Brynn Westlake.

Volleyball playoff competition will begin a busy three day stretch as No. 10 Albion visits No. 7 City Honors in a Section VI Class B1 opening round match at 6 this evening. The winner will visit No. 2 East Aurora on Thursday.

Section V playoff action gets underway on Wednesday with a trio of matches involving Orleans County teams.

In Class D2, No. 8 Lyndonville will face No. 9 Genesee Valley/Belfast at 6 p.m. at Pavilion. The winner will face top seeded Avoca Prattsburg on Friday.

In Class D1, No. 12 Kendall will face No. 5 Boliver-Richburg at Fillmore at 7 p.m. The winner will advance to a Friday meeting against the victor of the No. 13 Wheatland-Chili vs. No. 4 Perry match.

In Class C1, No. 12 Holley will visit No. 5 Avon at 5 p.m. The winner will visit No. 4 Wellsville on Friday.

On Thursday five Niagara-Orleans League teams will be involved in Section VI matches at 6 p.m.

In Class B2, No. 7 Medina will travel to No. 2 Southwestern and No. 8 Newfane will visit No. 1 Akron.

In Class C1, No. 3 Roy-Hart will host No. 6 DaVinci.

In Class C2, No. 3 Wilson will host No. 6 Silver Creek.

The Section VI semifinals are scheduled for October 30.

It was a heart breaker as No. 4 seed Roy-Hart dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to top seeded Lafayette which scored the game winner with just 30 seconds to go in a Section VI Class B2 boys soccer semifinal this evening at West Seneca East.

Braden Ricker scored the Roy-Hart goal off an assist from Rem Albee to give the Rams a 1-0 lead at the half.

Lafayette tied the game with a goal midway through the second half.

In a Class B1 semifinal No. 2 seed East Aurora shutout No. 3 Medina 5-0 at West Seneca West.

East Aurora led 2-0 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Iyla Lllleby works the ball up field as Taylor Ernest moves in to defend during the Mustangs sectional win at Vets Park this evening.

A quick burst of two goals in the first five minutes ignited No. 3 seed Medina to a 4-2 win over No. 6 Wilson in a Section VI Class C field hockey quarterfinal playoff game this evening at Vets Park.

Sophia Castricone and Baileigh McAdoo scored the decisive early goals for the Mustangs.

Medina upped the lead to 3-0 by the end of the quarter on a goal by Iyla Lilleby

The Mustangs led 4-0 at the half on a second quarter goal by Emi Batista.

Wilson’s two goals game in the final 1:15 on tallies by Madelyn Krieger and Natalie Rossi.

Lilleby now has a school record 33 goals for the season and a school record total of 80 goals for her career. The single season total broke the old record of 25 set by Kim McKeever in 1979. The career total broke the old mark of 71 set by Jennifer Buondonno during the 1990 to 1993 seasons.

Medina will next visit No. 2 Eden in the semifinals on Thursday.

Eden downed No. 7 Roy-Hart 5-1.

Savannah Newton scored the Roy-Hart goal off an assist from Adella Dukes.

Barker 1, Holland/East Aurora 0
No 4 Barker nipped Holland/East Aurora 1-0 in a quarterfinal game played at Newfane.

Ella Taylor scored the lone goal for Barker with four minutes to go in the second quarter off an assist from Rachel Sutter.

Barker will next face top seeded Akron in the semifinals on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Alden.

Akron downed No. 8 Newfane 4-0 as Nevada Bergman had 2 goals and Ava Fox and Julia Klodzinski 1 each.

Medina’s Sophia Castricone sends the ball up field as Lilah Class follows the play.

Roy-Hart/Barker will get the postseason football playoff action underway on Wednesday as the Bulls (2-6) host Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton (3-5) in a Funke Bowl semifinal at 6:30 p.m.

The other semifinal will have Silver Creek (0-8) at Fredonia (4-4) on Thursday.

The Section VI Class C playoffs begin at 7 p.m. Friday with four quarterfinal contests which will have Medina hosting Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove, Akron at Southwestern, Portville at Newfane and Cleveland Hill at Salamanca.

The upcoming week will be a very busy one for sectional competition in boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball and football.

Section VI Boys Soccer
Monday
Class B1 Semifinal – No. 3 seed Medina vs. No. 2 East Aurora, 5 p.m. at West Seneca East
Class B2 Semifinal – No. 4 Roy-Hart vs. No. 1 Lafayette, 7:30 p.m. at West Seneca West
Wednesday
Class C Semifinal – No. 1 Wilson vs. No. 4 Westfield/Brockton, 7:30 p.m. at Eden

Section V Boys Soccer
Wednesday
Class C2 Semifinal – No. 6 Kendall vs. either No. 2 Geneseo or No. 10 Cal-Mum, TBA

Section V Girls Soccer
Tuesday
Class C1 Semifinal – No. 1 Holley vs. No. 4 Bloomfield, 7 p.m. at Caledonia-Mumford

Section VI Girls Soccer
Wednesday
Class B2 Semifinal – No 3 Roy-Hart vs. No. 2 Southwestern, 5 p.m. at Williamsville North

Section VI Field Hockey
Monday
Class C Quarterfinals: No. 6 Wilson at No. 3 Medina, 7 p.m.; No. 7 Roy-Hart at No. 2 Eden, 7 p.m.; No. 5 Holland/East Aurora vs. No. 4 Barker, 4:45 p.m. at Newfane; No. 6 Newfane at No. 1 Akron, TBA
Thursday Semifinals – At high seeds

Section VI Volleyball
Tuesday
Class B1 Pre Quarter – No. 10 Albion at No. 7 City Honors, 6 p.m.
Thursday
Class B2 Quarterfinal – No. 7 Medina at No. 2 Southwestern, 6 p.m.; No. 8 Newfane at No. 1 Akron, 6 p.m.
Class C1 Quarterfinal – No. 6 DaVinci at No. 3 Roy-Hart, 6 p.m.
Class C2 Quarterfinal – No. 6 Silver Creek at No. 3 Wilson, 6 p.m.

Section VI Football
Class C
Quarterfinal Matchups:
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove (C South No. 4 seed) at Medina (C North No. 1)
Akron (C North No. 3) at Southwestern (C South No. 2)
Cleveland Hill (C North No. 4) at Salamanca (C South No. 1)
Portville (C South No. 3) at Newfane (C North No. 2)
Games will be Friday or Saturday, times TBA

Photos by Tom Rivers

CARLTON – Jaydan Ruble of Wilson got out in front early in the Niagara-Orleans Cross Country boys championship race and never relinquished the lead on Saturday at Lakeside Beach State Park. Ruble finished in 17:17.

The top seven runners earned first team all-league, with numbers 8 through 14 on the second team and 15 through 21 named honorable mention.

First Team All-League: Pictured from left Jaydan Ruble of Wilson, 1^st in 17:17; Joey-Dane Jones of Wilson, 2^nd in 18:22; Liam Betteridge of Newfane, 3^rd in 18:23; Luke Fay of Barker, 4^th in 18:43; Peyton Wagner of Barker, 5^th in 18:50; Sean Milczarski of Newfane, 6^th in 18:55; and Dawson Stone of Akron, 7^th in 19:08.

Second Team All-League: Pictured from left Colton Cleveland of Akron in 8^th, 19:12; Ronan Klug of Roy-Hart, 9^th in 19:15; Zachary Slattery of Newfane, 10^th in 19:16; Aidan Gillings of Newfane, 11^th in 19:22; Albert Cimato of Barker, 12^th in 19:23; Andrew Kimball of Newfane, 13^th of 19:29; Owen Harris of Barker,  14^th in 19:32.

Honorable Mention All-League: Logan Meyers of Akron, 15^th in 19:35.22; (Not Pictured) Ryder Jones of Medina, 16^th in 19:35.76; Dylan Crockford of Akron, 17^th in 19:58; Aaron Gehl of Akron, 18^th in 20:03; Isaac Monaco of Barker, 19^th in 20:12; Jack Cecchini of Medina, 20^th in 20:19; and Myles Beach of Albion, 21^st in 20:32.

Kylie Bowman, a senior at Newfane, won the league championship for the fourth straight season. Today her time was 20:50. She also finished second in 2019 when she was an eighth-grader.

First Team All-League: Pictured from left Kylie Bowman of Newfane, 1st at 20:50; Isabella Pasquale of Newfane, 2^nd in 21:12; Jenna Achtyl of Newfane, 3^rd in 21:38; Jordyn Center of Newfane, 4^th in 21:47; Emma Evans of Barker, 5^th 21:51; Kayla Hallman of Newfane, 6^th in 21:55; and Mikala Woock of Barker, 7^th in 22:03.

Second Team All-League: Cordelia Rivers of Albion, 8^th in 22:14; Madeline Mark of Medina, 9^th in 22:27; Emma Marie Forrestel of Akron, 10^th 22:31; Kylee Rebmann of Akron, 11^th in 22:37; Hannah Schulz of Newfane, 12^th in 22:39; Faith Baker-Austin of Medina, 13^th in 22:54; and Marissa Bryant of Roy-Hart, 14^th in 23:03.

Honorable Mention All-League: Hayden Barlow of Wilson, 15^th in 23:05; Julia Rohde of Roy-Hart, 16^th in 23:08; Gina Sidari of Albion, 17^th in 23:20; Jazmine Borynski of Akron, 18^th in 23:26; Olivia Chunco of Newfane, 19^th in 23:38; Shelby Dauphinee of Barker, 20^th in 24:08; and Julia Miles of Roy-Hart, 21^st in 24:09.

Contributed Photo – Jayce Torres has a 4th down TD run at the end of the 1st half, putting the the Albion Mini Eagles up 13-0.

The Albion Mini Division Eagles blanked Attica 20-0 today in the semifinals of the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) playoffs.

Camden Holt was a brusing and challenging running back for the Eagles with 14 carries and 95 tough yards on the day. Jayce Torres had 43 yards and a touchdown. Lincoln Voorhees added 32 yards and a score. Jace DiMatteo opened up the scoring with a TD run. Liam Pearl had 15 yards rushing and 18 receiving.

Kairo Bennett led the defense with 7 tackles. Torres 6, Voorhees, Zion O’Neal and Pearl 5.

Next week the NOFA Championships will take place at Batavia’s Van Detta Stadium. Beginner Division, Albion vs Roy-Hart at 10 a.m., Mini Division, Albion vs Roy-Hart at Noon. JV Division, Pembroke vs LeRoy at 2 p.m. followed by the Varsity Division, Batavia vs Newfane. Admission will be $3.00.