All of the scoring came in the second half as No. 6 seed Kendall upended  No. 3 Alfred-Almond 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class C2 boys soccer playoffs this evening at Alfred-Almond.

Austin Werth completed his three goal hat-trick by scoring on a header off a corner kick by Colby Hughes with 8 minutes to go to snap a 2-2 tie and give Kendall the victory.

Werth gave Kendall a 1-0 lead early in the second half off an assist from Jonathan Esposito but Alfred-Almond answered with a pair of goals to go up 2-1.

Kendall retied the contest at 2-2 on another goal by Werth off an assist from Josh Esposito setting the stage for his decisive late game winning tally.

Now ay 9-8-1, Kendall will next face the winner of the No. 10 Cal-Mum vs. No. 2 Geneseo game in the semifinals on Wednesday.

In a Class C1 quarterfinal, No. 2 Byron-Bergen blanked visiting No. 10 Holley 5-0 in a clash of Genesee Region League foes.

Section VI volleyball playoff action will get underway on Tuesday as No. 10 seed Albion visits No. 7 City Honors in a Class B1 contest at 6 p.m.

Quarterfinal round matches are scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday with No. 6 DaVinci at No.3 Roy-Hart in Class C1, No. 6 Silver Creek at No. 3 Wilson in Class C2 along with No. 7 Medina at No. 2 Southwestern and No. 8 Newfane at No. 1 Akron in Class B2.

Photos by Tom Rivers: (Left) Kylie Bowman, a senior at Newfane, won the race and made it four straight years as the Niagara-Orleans League champion. (Right) Isabella Pasquale of Newfane was second overall, followed by teammate Jenna Achtyl.

Newfane scored a sweep at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Cross-Country meet held at Lakeside Beach State Park today.

The Newfane girls captured a ninth straight N-O championship and the Panthers boys squad claimed the league crown for the sixth time in the last seven years.

The Newfane girls had 5 of the top 6 place finishers and won the meet with a near perfect 16 points. Akron was second with 88 points followed by Barker 97, Roy-Hart 101, Albion 114, Medina 119 and Wilson 146.

Newfane’s Kyle Bowman won the race for the fourth straight year with a time of 20:50.77. She was followed across the finish line by her teammates Isabella Pasquale, Jenna Achtyl, Jordyn Centner and Kayla Hallman who finished 2-3-4-6 respectively.

Bowman, a senior, used to play soccer in the fall until switching to cross country in eighth grade. Her first year running she was second in the league and now has the league title the past four years.

“I like the challenge of it,” she said about the sport. “You can achieve individually and as a team.”

Mikala Woock of Barker races in the drizzle along Lake Ontario. She finished seventh and earned a spot on first team, All League.

Rounding out the top seven finishers, which comprises the All-League first team, was the Barker duo of Emma Evans and Mikala Woock who placed 5th and 7th respectively.

The Newfane girls finish the N-O season with an overall record of 12-0 followed by Barker 9-3, Akron 8-4, Roy-Hart 6-6, Albion 4-8, Medina 3-9 and Wilson 0-12.

The girls All-League second team, which is comprised of runners who finished 8-14, included in order Cordelia Rivers (Albion), Madeline Mark (Medina), Emma Marie Forrestal (Akron), Kylee Rebmann (Akron), Hannah Schulz (Newfane), Faith Baker-Austin (Medina) and Marissa Bryant (Roy-Hart).

Jaydan Ruble, a junior at Wilson, won today’s Niagara-Orleans Cross Country Championship at lakeside Beach State Park in Carlton. Here he is running alone the Lake Ontario shoreline. Ruble completed the race in 17:17, more than a minute ahead of the second place finished.

The Newfane boys were led by the 3-6 finish of Liam Betteridge and Sean Milczarski. The Panthers other point getters were Zachary Szratter who finished 10th, Aidan Gillings 11th and Andrew Kimball 13th.

The Panthers garnered 43 points to win the meet followed by Barker 54, Akron 65, Wilson 96, Roy-Hart 133, Medina 136 and Albion 160.

Wilson’s duo of Jaydan Ruble and Joey-Dane Jones finished 1-2. Ruble had a winning time of 17:17.02.

Ruble won the race by more than a minute. He was the runner-up last year and worked even harder this summer, running 250 training miles.

“Unlike other sports, everyone out here deals with the pain,” Ruble said after the race.

He likes to compete as an individual, and as a team. He credited his teammates with working hard during the season. Ruble said he expects he will rue under 17 minutes at Sectionals and wants to compete at the state meet.

Barker’s duo of Luke Fay and Peyton Wagner finished 4-5 and Akron’s Dawson Stone took 7th to round out the All-League first team.

Rounding out by boys All-League second team were Akron’s Colton Cleveland 8th, Roy-Hart’s Ronan Klug 9th, Barker’s Albert Cimato 12th and Barker’s Owen Harris 14th.

The Newfane boys finish the N-O season with an overall record of 11-1 followed by Barker 10-2, Akron 9-3, Wilson 6-6, Roy-Hart 4-8, Medina 2-10 and Albion 0-12.

Newfane, Barker and Akron had finished the regular N-O season in a three-way tie for first place at 5-1.

This group battled throughout the race for spots 2-4. From left include Liam Betteridge of Newfane, who finished third overall; Joey-Dane Jones of Wilson, who was second; and Luke Fay of Barker, who was fourth.

These runners are up a hill and then need to turn right past the yellow flag. This group includes Logan Meyers of Akron (who finished 15th), Ryder Jones of Medina (who was 16th) and Owen Harris of Barker (who finished 14th).

Jumping out to a 20-0 halftime advantage, Akron went on to down host Roy-Hart/Barker 34-7 in a regular season ending C North Division game.

Ireland Brady scored the Roy-Hart/Barker touchdown on a 4 yard run as John Konstanty added the extra point kick.

In an interdivisional rivalry contest Wilson outlasted Newfane 36-34.

Final C North Standings: Medina 6-0, 8-0; Newfane 5-1, 6-2; Akron 4-2; 4-4; Eden 3-3; 4-4; Cleveland Hill 2-4, 3-5; Roy-Hart/Barker 1-5, 2-6; JFK 0-6, 0-8.

Pembroke 43, Holley/Lyndonville 14
Building up a 32-0 halftime lead, Pembroke went on to down visiting Holley/Lyndonville 43-14 in an 8 Man Division game.

Tyson Totten rushed for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns and Caleb Felski 160 yards and 2 TDs for the Dragons which finish the regular season at 8-0. Totten topped the 2,000 yard rushing mark for the season.

Hunter Smith accounted for all of Holley/Lyndonville’s points on touchdown runs of 26 and 65 yards and a two-point conversion pass to Destin Kuyal.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman -Medina’s Christian Moss follows blocks by Roosevelt Mitchell (63) and Xavier King for a good gain during the Mustangs win over rival Albion this evening at Vets Park. Moss scored 3 touchdowns on the evening and topped the 1,000 yard mark in rushing for the season.

Completing an 8-0 regular season, Medina downed Albion 38-8 at Vets Park this evening in the 125th renewal of one of New York State’s oldest high school football rivalries.

The Mustangs took control in the first half scoring on 4 of 5 possessions to open up a 24-0 lead at the break.

Medina grabbed a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 15 yard touchdown run by Christian Moss as Cole Callard tacked on the first of his 5 extra point kicks.

An interception by Justin Pitts set up the scoring drive which was highlighted by runs of 25 yards by Brody Fry and 16 by Moss.

The Mustangs then broke the contest open with 17 points in the second quarter on TD runs of 1 yard by Moss and 4 yards by Noah Cudzilo and a 34 yard field goal by Callard.

Moss, who rushed for 196 yards on the evening to top the 1,000 yard mark on the season, had a 24 yard run to key the first drive and a pick up of 32 yards to highlight the second.

Medina linemen Ethan Carson (56) and Xavier King (77) help to open a hope for running back Brody Fry to make a big gain.

A pass interception by Kaedon Cleveland set up the opportunity for Callard’s field goal.

The Mustangs tacked on two touchdowns in the fourth quarter on runs of 3 yards by Moss and 6 yards by Cudzilo.

A fumble recovery by Xavier King set up the opportunity for the first score and a 49 yard run by Cudzilo keyed the second drive.

Cudzilo then capped off the win with an interception in the final minute.

Albion’s touchdown came late in the fourth quarter on a an 8 yard pass from quarterback Blake Preston to Kyle Radder. Preston added the two-point conversion on a pass to Auston Johnson. A 23 yard Preston to Radder pass completion ignited the drive.

The evening featured the induction of Karl Barna and the late Kyle Barna into the John “Pinky” Loughlin Football Wall of Fame in pregame ceremonies and the presentation of the Doc’s Rock trophy to the victorious Mustangs in postgame ceremonies. The trophy is given annually to the winner of the rivalry contest in memory of Larry “Doc” Decker who taught and coached at both schools.

Medina will next host a Section VI Class C quarterfinal game next weekend.

Albion’s Peyton Robinson hauls in a pass against Medina defender Justin Pitts.

Holley and Roy-Hart both scored victories in girls soccer sectional quarterfinal round contests this evening.

Top seeded Holley defeated visiting No. 8 Red Creek 4-0 in a Section V Class C1 quarterfinal to improve to 14-3 on the season.

Sam Bates scored 3 goals and Alexia Renner 1 for the Lady Hawks as Leigha Walker, Bella Thom, Alivia Wolf and Hanna Ostrom all had assists.

Layne Walker made 2 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Holley will now face No. 4 Bloomfield in the semifinals on Tuesday at a site to be determined. Bloomfield downed No. 12 Warsaw 2-1.

No. 3 seed Roy-Hart romped past visiting No. 6 Salamanca 7-1 in a Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal.

Kaitlin Mettler scored 4 goals for the Lady Rams as Maria Trombley, Ruth Walker and Allie Trombley each netted 1.

Roy-Hart will next face No. 2 Southwestern in the semifinals at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Williamsville North. Southwestern downed No. 7 Newfane 5-0.

In a Section VI Class B1 quarterfinal top seeded East Aurora downed visiting No. 8 Medina 11-0.

Elba rebounded from an opening set loss to defeat Lyndonville 16-25, 25-15, 25-14, 25-15 in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Jackie Mack had 10 kills, 8 digs, 4 aces and 6 blocks; Ashlee Stephens 4 aces, 3 kills, 5 digs, 13 assists and 4 blocks; Alyssa Prine 3 aces, 3 kills and 3 digs; Katelynn Breeze 6 kills and 6 digs and Elena Barry 3 aces and 7 digs for Lyndonville.

The Tigers are seeded No. 8 for the upcoming sectionals and will face No. 9 Hammondsport in the opening round on October 25 at a site to be determined.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aidan Papaj works to control the ball against Springville’s Derik Rose during the Mustangs sectional win at Vets Park this evening.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, No. 3 seed Medina used a big three goal second half scoring burst to down No. 6 Springville 3-0 in a Section VI Class B1 boys soccer quarterfinal round game at Vets Park this evening.

Aidan Papaj broke that scoreless deadlock when he scored on a rebound shot just 4 minutes into the second half. The rebound tally came off an initial shot by Cole Callard.

Tyler Kroening doubled the Mustangs advantage with a goal 8 minutes later.

Jason Beyer then scored the clincher just 7 minutes later.

Brady Christiaansen made several big saves in goal for the Mustangs whose defense was anchored by Beyer, Cam Kenward, Trenton Morley, Ryan Pegelow and Luke Duffina.

The Mustangs will next face  No. 2 East Aurora in the B1 semifinals at 5 p.m. Monday at West Seneca West. East Aurora routed No. 7 Tonawanda 14-1 in this evening’s quarterfinal contest.

Medina defender Trenton Morley looks to send the ball up field as Springville’s Dylan Emerling attempts to stop.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Landen Guild, who scored both goals, beats Portville’s Braedon Carter to the ball during the Rams home field sectional win this afternoon.

A late goal earned No. 4 Roy-Hart a narrow 2-1 win over No. 5 Portville in the quarterfinal round Section VI Class B2 boys soccer playoff game this afternoon at Gasport.

Landen Guild scored the game winner for Roy-Hart with just 2:31 remaining to snap a 1-1 tie as Braden Ricker earned the assist.

Guild also gave the Rams a 1-0 lead by scoring a penalty kick goal with 14 minutes to go in the opening half.

Portville, which had a shot rattle off the post early in the first half, tied the game with 22 minutes remaining in the second half on a goal by Braedon Carter.

Roy-Hart advances to the B2 semifinals against top seeded Lafayette on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at West Seneca East. Lafayette romped to a 12-1 win over No. 9 Eden in the quarterfinals today.

Roy-Hart defenders Zachary Schultz (9) and Dawson Draper make a game saving save at the goal line.

Girls Soccer
Section VI Class A2
No. 2 Iroquois downed visiting No. 7 Albion in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class A2 girls soccer playoffs this afternoon.

Friday’s Sectional Games
Girls Soccer
Section V Class C1
No. 1 Holley hosts No. 8 Red Creek at 6 p.m.

Section VI
Class B1
No. 8 Medina at No. 1 East Aurora, 3:30 p.m.

Class B2
No. 6 Salamanca at No. 3 Roy-Hart, 6 p.m.