Pairings have been announced for the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs which will begin on Monday.

Monday’s quarterfinals will have No. 8 Newfane at No. 1 Akron, No. 5 Holland/East Aurora at No. 4 Barker, No. 7 Roy-Hart at No. 2 Eden and No. 6 Wilson at No. 3 Medina. Game times have not yet been announced.

The semifinals are scheduled for October 26 at the higher seeds and the championship game for November 1 at Medina at 3:30 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Moss, left, and Albion’s Cencere Lowe will help lead their respective teams into Friday’s rivalry game at Vets Park.

It will be the milestone 125th renewal of one of the state’s oldest high school football rivalries when Medina hosts Albion at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

Albion holds a 69-50-5 lead in the series which began in 1898 but the teams have split the last 10 meetings. The last two games in fact have been down to the wire thrillers as Albion won 26-20 last year and Medina 30-28 in 2021.

The Mustangs, which have captured a fourth straight C North Division title, bring a 7-0 record into the contest while the Purple Eagles are 2-5.

The victor will receive the Doc’s Rock trophy which is given in memory of Larry “Doc” Decker who taught and coached at both schools.

In addition, the pre game ceremonies will see the induction of the father-son duo of Karl Barna and Kyle Barna onto the John “Pinky” Loughlin Football Wall of Fame.

“The rivalry game is an exciting time for both teams and communities,” said Albion Coach David Skrip. “It’s an honor to be able to carry on the 100 plus year tradition. Our players understand the history of the rivalry and some have fathers, uncles or even grandparents who have played in it. We expect it to be a physical, competitive game and are looking forward to competing.”

“The Medina Albion Rivalry has been very special to many people for many years,” agreed Medina Coach Eric Valley. “It brings together 2 very similar communities and showcases some great student athletes that compete for “Doc’s Rock” along with bragging rights that will live on with every generation of kids that have the opportunity to play in such a historic game. The outcome of every season ultimately comes down to who wins this game…. In many cases it is either the highlight or lowlight of a season regardless of how teams eventually finish up.”

Leading the Albion offense this season have been quarterback Blake Preston (462 yards passing with 4 TDs), running back Cencere Lowe (543 yards rushing and 7 TDs) and receiver Seth Krenning (11 catches for 127 yards and 2 TDs).

“We know full well that Albion will be ready to battle come Friday night,” said Valley. “We need to establish ourselves in the trenches early on if we want to be successful. Our skill kids need to step up and make plays in all 3 phases of the game and minimize mistakes. Albion has some explosive players, so we need to play disciplined football and tackle well.”

The Medina offense has been sparked by quarterback Julian Woodworth (475 yards passing with 5 TDs and 357 yards rushing, 9 TDs), running back Christian Moss (852 yards rushing, 10 TDs) and receivers Noah Cudzilo (124 yards and 3 TDs), Brody Fry (123 yards and 1 TD) and Justin Pitts (110 yards and 1 TD).

“The keys to success for us are to not give up the big play and take care of the football,” said Skrip.

Friday’s other local contests will have Roy-Hart/Barker hosting Akron for Homecoming in a C North Division game, Newfane at rival Wilson in an interdivisional game and Holley visiting Pembroke for an 8 Man Division game, all at 7 p.m.

Two other are games involving C North Division teams have been cancelled due to a continuing season long string of forfeits. JFK has forfeited to Cleveland Hill and Eden has forfeited to Lake Shore.

C North Standings: Medina 6-0, 7-0; Newfane 5-1, 6-1; Akron 3-2, 3-4; Eden 3-3, 4-4; Cleve Hill 2-4, 3-5; Roy-Hart 1-4, 2-5; JFK 0-6, 0-8.

Contributed Photos – The father-son duo of Karl Barna, left, and Kyle Barna will be indicted onto the John “Pinky” Loughlin Wall of Fame prior to the start of Friday’s game. Karl, a 1978 graduate, was a two-time, two-way All-League lineman who also competed in wrestling. Kyle, a 2014 grad, was a two-time All-League honoree in both football and lacrosse.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kylie Poynter goes up for a tip against Albion’s Julia Knight during the Mustangs home court win over the Purple Eagles this evening.

Medina closed out the Niagara-Orleans League volleyball season on a high note this evening with a Senior Night 25-17, 25-20, 25-16 victory over rival Albion.

A key run of 7 straight service points by Kelsey Lemoi (9-15), which included 3 aces, put Medina up 15-6 in the opening set. Lexoni Russo tacked on points 18-20, including an ace, and Ki’Mani Poole served up an ace for the set winner.

Sam Heschke had a run of 5 straight points (5-9) including 3 aces to put Medina on top 9-8 in the second set.

Single points were the rule for the rest of the set except for back to back aces served up by Maddy Watts which gave the Mustangs a 21-16 lead.

The Mustangs closed out the match with a third set victory as Lorelei Sanders served up points 2-4 and 18-22, including a pair of aces, and Russo scored points 14-16 including an ace.

Sanders had 5 aces on the evening, Lemoi and Heschke 4 and Poole, Russo and Watts 2 each. Poole also had 4 kills and Addy Paul 2.

Madison Hughson had 4 aces and Julia Knight 2 for Albion.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 3-7 and Albion 0-10.

Roy-Hart 25-25-25, Newfane 8-19-8
Roy-Hart completed an 8-2 N-O campaign with a 25-8, 25-19, 25-8 win over Newfane (3-7).

Raegan Kern had 6 kills and Lila Brigham and Grace Pearl 3 each for Roy-Hart as Ella Martillotta added 5 aces and 6 assists.

Akron 25-25-25, Wilson 15-21-17

Defending champion Akron completed a 9-1 N-O title season with a three set win over Wilson.

Final N-O Standings – Akron 9-1, Roy-Hart 8-2, Wilson 7-3, Medina 3-7, Newfane 3-7, Albion 0-10

Medina’s Ki’ Mani Poole goes up for a spike.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Faith Bowerman advances the ball ahead of Roy-Hart’s MacKenzie Landers during the Bulldogs home field win this afternoon.

Medina and Barker both scored shutout victories today to close out the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey season tied for second place at 9-3.

Medina blanked host Wilson and Barker shutout visiting Roy-Hart by the identical score of 4-0.

Iyla Lilleby and Penelope Schalck both scored a pair of goals to lead the way for Medina.

Barker took command at the outset jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first nine minutes on goals by Ella Taylor, Madelina Pavlock and Rachel Sutter. Pavlock also scored the Bulldogs final goal in the third quarter.

Wilson and Roy-Hart both finish the N-O season at 5-7.

The Section VI seeding meeting is scheduled for Thursday and a coin flip will likely be necessary between Barker and Medina to determine the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds for the Class C playoffs.

Final N-O Standings: Akron 12-0, Barker 9-3, Medina 9-3, Roy-Hart 5-7, Wilson 5-7, Newfane 2-10, Kenmore 0-12.

Roy-Hart’s Adella Dukes dives to try and keep the ball away from Barker’s Kaylee Stoll.

Holley and Kendall both scored victories this evening to open Section V boys soccer playoff action.

No. 10 seed Holley blanked No. 7 Campbell-Savona 2-0 in a Class C1 game at Cohocton.

Chris Mosier scored the two goals for the Hawks, both off assists from Brenden Trowbridge.

Holley will next visit No. 2 Byron-Bergen on Saturday.

No. 6 Kendall defeated No. 11 South Seneca/Romulus 7-1 at Wheatland-Chili.

Louis Conte scored 3 goals and Josh Esposito 2 for the Eagles as Jonathan Esposito and Colby Hughes each chipped in with 1.

Kendall will next face the winner of the No. 3 Alfred-Almond vs. No. 14 Honeoye game on Saturday.

Section VI Class A2 Boys
No. 8 seed Tapestry edged No. 9 Albion 2-1 in a Class A2 contest.

Finn McCue scored the goal for the Purple Eagles.

Section VI Class B2 Girls

No. 7 Newfane defeated No. 10 JFK 7-0 in a Class B2 opener.

Thursday’s Soccer Sectional Pairings
Section VI Boys
Class B1
No. 6 Springville at No. 3 Medina, 6:30 p.m.

Class B2
No. 5 Portville at No. 5 Roy-Hart, 3:30 p.m.

Section VI Girls
Class A2
No. 7 Albion at No. 2 Iroquois, 3:30 p.m.

Contributed Photo – William Jamieson

Roy-Hart/Barker will host Akron in a regular season ending Class C North Division Homecoming game at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Bulls bring a 1-4 C North and 2-5 overall record into the contest while the Tigers are 3-2, 3-4.

Prior to the game Roy-Hart will induct a new member to the school’s Athletic Wall of Fame.

The late William Jamieson, who provided dedicated service to the Roy-Hart School District and the Rams Athletic program for 30 years as an athlete, coach and teacher will be inducted. His wife and family wil lbe on hand to accept his honor.

The Homecoming activities will also feature a parade at 5 p.m.

The weekend’s other C North game will have JFK (0-5. 0-7) at rival Cleveland Hill (1-4, 2-5) at 2 p.m. Saturday.

In interdividinal rivalry games at 7 p.m. Friday, Medina will host Albion and Newfane will visit Wilson.

In an 8 Man Division game at 7 p.m. Friday, Holley will visit Pembroke.

No. 8 seed Cal-Mum downed visiting No. 9 Kendall 3-1 in the opening round of the Section V Class C2 girls soccer playoffs this evening.

Megan Gates scored the goal for Kendall which finishes the season at 10-6-1.

Section V Class C1
No. 6 Letchworth defeated No. 11 Lyndonville/Barker  3-0 as a pair of late goals broke open a tight 1-0 game.

Section VI Boys Playoffs
Class B 2
No. 9 Eden 3, No. 8 Akron 1

Wednesday’s Sectional Boys Soccer Games
Section V Class C1
No. 10 Holley vs. No. 7 Campbell-Savona at Cohocton, 6 p.m.

Class C2
No. 6 Kendall vs. No. 11 South Seneca/Romulus at Wheatland-Chili at 6:30 p.m.

Section VI Class A2
No. 9 Albion at No. 8 Tapestry, 3:30 p.m.

N-O Field Hockey
Akron completed a 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League championship field hockey season by gaining a forfeit win over Kenmore.

Contributed Phots – A happy Scott Bradley after he qualified for next year’s Ironman World Championships.

Persistence has certainly paid off for Lyndonville native Scott Bradley as his two year quest to qualify for the Ironman World Championships has been achieved.

In 2022 the highlight of Bradley’s triathlon season was competing in the Norseman Extreme Triathlon in Norway where he placed 23rd out of 239 participants and was the top finisher from the United States out of the 14 who took part in the race..

However, in giving up his Pro Card at the end of 2021, Bradley’s goal was to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, the penultimate triathlon in all of triathlon racing.

His first attempt at qualifying was at Ironman Arizona in November of 2022, but unfortunately he was unsuccessful. Slots for Kona were handed out down through the 6th place finisher in Scott’s 35-39 Age Group. He finished 7th, 2 minutes and 15 seconds behind the 6th place finisher. He would try again in 2023.

When the US Triathlon Association (USAT) posted its final 2022 rankings, using Complete Rankings, Scott was ranked 3rd in New York State within his 35-39 Age Group and 4th within this AG in the entire Northeast.

As was the plan when Scott began racing under the tutelage of his current coach back in 2018, he was prepared to race in fewer competitions and have bigger training blocks for each race. In 2023 he competed in only two races, but with excellent results.

Bradley competed at Ironman 70.3 Western Massachusetts in June, racing in the 40-44 Age Group for the first time. This was an Age Group only race with no professionals.

Bradley in action at the Ironman Chattanooga.

An Ironman 70.3 includes a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile (half marathon) run.

Bradley swam a very strong 26:58, coming out of the water 18th overall. He then rode the fastest bike time of the day among all participants with a time of 2:10:30, averaging 26.34 mph. With this time, he was the Overall race leader coming off the bike by over eight minutes.

He maintained his planned run pace through the 6-mile mark where he experienced a hamstring tear. Continuing on, he was overtaken by two competitors around the 10-mile mark. Ending up with a time of 1:28:41 for the half marathon, he finished 1st in his Age Group (101 participants) and 3rd Overall (1155 participants) with a time of 4:13:30.

Ironman Chattanooga was Scott’s next attempt at qualifying for Kona. A full Ironman includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride (Chattanooga’s is 116 miles) and a 26.2 mile (marathon) run.

IM Chattanooga was another Age Group only race.

Bradley came out of the water in 14th place Overall in a time of 37:50. There was an extremely strong current in the Chattanooga River at race time which allowed nearly everyone to have personal bests for their 2.4 mile swim. By the 57.7-mile split on the bike, he had climbed to first Overall.

In reaching the 73.2-mile mark, the eventual Overall winner for the day had taken over 1st place on the bike. He finished the bike in 4:43:15 (24.46 mph), maintaining 2nd place Overall and 1st in his Age Group.

As in his past several full triathlons, he began struggling on the run, this time around the 7-mile split. He was overtaken by the eventual 40-44 AG winner around the 10-mile mark. He dropped to 3rd in his AG around the 17-mile mark and 4th around the 19-mile mark. Digging deep, he finished with a 3:46:50 for the run maintaining his 4th place finish in his AG and placing 11th Overall out of 1372 participants with a time of 9:14:11.

Now for the agonizing wait to find out how many Kona slots there were in the 40-44 Age Group. At 6:00 a.m. the next morning the number of slots for each Age Group was released. The 40-44 AG had 4!!! Bradley was going to the 2024 IM World Championships in Kona!!

In preparation for his race in Kona on October 26, 2024, Bradley is presently looking at potentially racing in one or two 70.3’s in June-July in preparation for his big race. He and his coach have the challenge of preparing Scott to be able to climb off his bike and have a better run than those he has recently had. Needless to say there will be extensive training blocks over the next year in preparation for racing in this “Bucket List” race.

Bradley is the Director of Career and Technical Education at the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES in Auburn, N.Y.

Contributed Photos – Newfane’s Colby Boyer and Colin Irwin and Medina’s Dylan Lonnen.

Four schools are represented on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League golf squad.

Champion Newfane, which won both the All-League Tournament and the overall N-O title, is represented by seniors Colin Irwin and Colby Boyer. Irwin finished second at the All-League tourney.

Joel Harris, Barker

Runner-up Akron has placed the trio of senior Trace Hill along with juniors Cameron Wild and Brodie Hill.

Trace Hill is a repeat first team selection. Wild placed third at the All-League tourney.

Rounding out the first team are Barker senior Joel Harris and Medina senior Dylan Lonnen. Both are repeat first team honorees.

Harris won the All-League tourney.

Newfane has placed a trio of players on the second team including Luke Gunby, Kaidon Rose and Jack Goehle.

Akron is represented by the duo of Aiden Romesser and Thunder Hallett.

Completing the second team are Camden Fike from Medina and Ben Meyers from Wilson.

Final Standings – Newfane 28.5 points, Akron 245, Medina 23, Barker 18, Roy-Hart 11, Albion 1.5, Wilson 1.5.

Akron’s Brodie Hill, Cameron Wild and Trace Hill.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Malloree Rinker advances the ball against Barker defender Hailey Dodge during the Mustangs win over the Bulldogs this evening at Vets Park.

Avenging an early season 3-1 loss, Medina downed Barker 6-1 at Vets Park this evening to move into a tie for second place in the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey standings.

Iyla Lilleby scored 3 goals, Penelope Schalck 2 and Emi Batista 1 for Medina which grabs a share of second place with Barker at 8-3 with one game remaining.

Medina will visit Wilson and Barker will host Roy-Hart Wednesday in the league finales.

Medina grabbed a quick 1-0 lead when Schalck scored just three minutes in.

Barker rallied into a tie late in the quarter on a goal by Addison Szafranski but could not score again against Medina goalie Arianna Bloom and her Mustang defensive teammates.

The Mustangs regained the lead for good just 30 seconds into the second quarter on a goal by Lilleby.

Schalck tacked on a penalty stroke goal late in the quarter to give the Mustangs a 3-1 lead at the half.

The Mustangs then locked up the victory by scoring three unanswered goals in the second half. Lilleby scored in both the third and fourth quarters and Batista in the fourth.

Medina’s Baileigh McAdoo and Barker’s Rachel Sutter work to gain control of the ball.

In the other games, defending champion Akron locked up outright possession of the N-O title with a 5-0 win over Newfane to improve to 11-0 as Olivia McClaine scored 3 goals and Madigan Regan and Kayla Cebulski 1 each.

Roy-Hart improved to 5-6 with a 7-0 win over Kenmore as Cayla Burch scored 2 goals and Ava Achtyl, Brooke Zglinicki, Adella Dukes, Alayna Kowalski and Savannah Newton each had 1.

Medina’s Iyla Lilleby winds up to take a shot that produced Medina’s second goal.

Volleyball
Newfane 14-25, 12-25, 25-19, 25-17, 15-10.
Lyndonville dropped a narrow five set decision to host Newfane in a non league volleyball match this evening.

The host Lady Panthers rallied from a two set deficit to claim the win.

Madison Davis had 6 aces, 2 kills and 2 blocks; Ashlee Stephens 4 kills, 10 digs, 12 assists and 4 blocks; Katelynn Breeze 7 kills, 2 aces and 7 digs; Jackie Mack 11 kills, 8 digs and 3 blocks and Ava Austin 5 aces and 4 digs for Lyndonville.