Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Justin Pitts breaks between Newfane defenders Ayden Buttery (2) and Ben Dickinson (24) during the Mustangs C North Division title clinching win over the host Panthers Thursday evening.

Medina’s 48-26 win at Newfane Thursday was big in not only earning the Mustangs a fourth straight C North Division title but also a top seed for the upcoming Section VI playoffs.

Earning the division title and the C North’s No. 1 seed for the sectionals gives the Mustangs home field advantage for both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Class C sectionals.

“Getting the home field advantage for the sectionals is big for us,” said Medina Coach Eric Valley.

The sectional playoffs are scheduled to begin on Friday October 27 and Saturday Oct. 28. Medina would host the C South Division’s No. 4 seed in the quarterfinals. If successful, the Mustangs would then host a semifinal matchup the first weekend of November.

Since moving into the C North Division in 2020, Medina has compiled a 20-0 record against division foes including 4-0 in 2020, 5-0 in both 2021 and 2022 and 6-0 this season.

The Mustangs captured the Class C sectional title in both 2020 and 2021 but lost in the semifinals last fall.

Medina – Newfane Game Notes
While the offense put up 48 points several big plays by the Mustangs defense must not be overlooked including  interceptions by Kolton Fletcher and Justin Pitts and sacks by Jerrell Nealy and Roosevelt Mitchell as well as tackles for losses by Xavier King and Mitchell.

Keying the Mustangs effective bulldozer ground attack was the front line group of Mitchell, King, Sawyer Kingsbury, Kole Campbell, Ethan Carson and Breydin McEwen-Miller.

The Mustangs offensive production included 3 touchdown runs by Julian Woodworth, 2 by Christian Moss and 1 by Amari Soule, a Woodworth to Noah Cudzilo TD pass and 6 extra point kicks by Cole Callard.

Moss rushed for 223 yards while Woodworth rushed for 102 and passed for 118 completing 8 of 9 attempts.

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Roy-Hart downed visiting Medina 25-19, 25-11, 25-12 in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening.

Grace Pearl and Raegan Kern both had 6 kills, Emily Livergood 5, Lila Brigham 4 and Aubree Parker 3 for Roy-Hart. Brigham also had 3 aces and Ella Martillatta 23 assists.

For Medina, Kelsey Lemoi and Kylie Poynter each had 2 aces and Maddi Rutledge, Karlee Cau and Addy Paul 1 each. Ki’Mani Poole had 3 kills and a block and Rutledge a kill.

Roy-Hart is now 7-2 and Medina 2-7 in N-O action,

In the other N-O matches, Akron (8-1) defeated Newfane (3-6) 3-0 and Wilson (7-2) downed Albion (0-9) 3-0.

Medina blanked host Kenmore 4-0 and Barker shutout Wilson 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey games this afternoon.

Emi Batista scored 2 goals for Medina as Iyla Lilleby and Penelope Schalck each had 1.

Madeline Pavlock, Madilyn Detscher, Addison Szafranski, Naomi Bish and Rachel Sutter each scored a goal for Barker.

Barker is now 8-2, Medina 7-3, Wilson 4-6 and Kenmore 0-9 in N-O action.

Albion blanked Medina 8-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening at Genesee Community College.

Rori Higgins scored 2 goals for the Purple Eagles as Sophia Albanese, Alison Gibson, Cami London, Julia Button, Jackie Santiago Garcia and Olivia Brooks each had 1.

In other girls contests, Lyndonville/Barker blanked Pembroke 2-0, Holley shutout RCSD 5-0 and Kendall downed Notre Dame 3-1.

Leah Costello and Alexa Robinson scored the goals for Lyndonville/Barker as Isabella Groves earned the shutout.

Zoey Wolf, Samantha Bates, Hanna Ostrom, Jailyn Bishop and Mia Thom took turns scoring the goals for Holley.

Ava Quintern scored 2 goals and Sophia Picardo 1 for Kendall.

Boys Soccer
Holley 1, Sodus 1
Holley tied Sodus in a non league boys’ game as Chris Mosier scored for the Hawks on a free kick.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Moss goes through a hole opened up by Kole Campbell (68) and Carter Woodworth (32) during the Mustangs division title clinching victory at Newfane this evening.

Making it a four-peat, Medina used a punishing ground attack to notch a 48-26 victory over host Newfane this evening in a key late season clash of unbeatens to claim a fourth straight C North Division championship.

Setting the tone for the evening, Medina pounded out two first quarter scoring drives to take the lead for good at 14-0 on touchdown runs of 7 yards by Christian Moss and 2 yards by quarterback Julian Woodworth. Cole Callard tacked on the first two of his six extra point kicks.

Runs of 30 and 13 yards by Moss and 14 by Woodworth highlighted the first drive. Moss then had back-to-back gains of 17 and 14 yards and Woodworth a 16 yard carry to key the second drive.

Newfane did cut the deficit to 14-6 late in the opening quarter on a 60 yard TD pass from quarterback Nate Snow to Mac Capen.

“We set the tone up front early but Newfane kept battling back so we had to work to match them,” said Medina Coach Eric Valley. “I was real pleased with the effort. After having last week off because of the forfeit win you don’t know how the kids will respond but they came out and played real physical football. The line up front definitely set the tone.”

However, the Mustangs got those points back with interest by scoring on their first two possessions of the second quarter to go up 28-6.

Woodworth scored the first TD on a 2 yard run as a 21 yard run by Moss highlighted the march.

Noah Cudzilo then made a nifty catch of a 33 yard TD pass from Woodworth as he took the ball away from a Panther defender in the endzone. Moss had a 17 yard run during that drive.

The Panthers though did cut the deficit to 28-12 just before half by capitalizing on an interception. Snow again hooked up with Capen for the score on a 43 yard pass play.

Keeping the momentum, Newfane then closed the gap to just 8 at 28-20 with a 7 minute long scoring drive to open the second half capped off by a 1 yard TD run by Snow and a two-point conversion pass from Snow to Ben Dickinson.

The Mustangs though turned back the challenge by scoring three straight touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away for good by a commanding 48-20 margin.

Moss opened that barrage with a 4 yard touchdown run on the first play of the quarter, Woodworth then tallied on a 2 yard run, a scoring opportunity set up by a pass interception by Justin Pitts. Runs of 12 and 15 yards by Moss keyed the drive.

Amari Soule rounded out the Mustangs scoring with a 8 yard TD run. Moss had a 15 yard run and Brody Fry an 11 yard pickup to get that drive going after the Mustangs defense had stopped Newfane on downs at midfield.

Newfane’s last score came on a TD pass by Snow with just four seconds remaining.

Medina finished the C North season at 6-0 and is now 7-0 overall heading into next Friday’s home game against rival Albion.

The loss drops Newfane to 5-1, 6-1 heading into next Friday’s rivalry game against Wilson.

Cleveland Hill 32, Roy-Hart/Barker 14
In another C North contest Cleveland Hill downed host Roy-Hart/Barker 32-14.

Tysen McCaa threw a pair of touchdown passes for Roy-Hart/Barker of 20 yards to Blake Schwab and 36 yards to Aidan Mescal. McCaa also had a two-point conversion run.

Medina quarterback Julian Woodworth advances the ball behind blocks by  Brody Fry (21) and Xavier King (77).

Medina’s Roosevelt Mitchell brings down Newfane quarterback Nate Snow.

Contributed Photo – This large group of seniors led Albion to a perfect 9-0 season including Division VII and Section VI championships in 1983. The ’83 squad, which was coached by Dick Diminuco, will be honored during Albion’s Homecoming game against Lake Shore on Friday evening. In front are Mark Storms and Roosevelt Brimm. Kneeling are Ken Burke, John Zavitz, John Doyle, Jim Atwell, John Pahuta, Omer Fugare and Don McClellan. In the middle row are Darrell Owens, Fred Simmons, Dan Bartlett, Mark Wildschutz, Mike Harding, Pete Pilon, Steve Brownell and Jamie Goddard. In the back row are Tim Bourke, Ricky Forder, Scott Edwards, Todd Ross and Ron Klatt.

Forty years ago Albion’s 1983 football team put together a memorable perfect 9-0 season capped off by a Section VI championship game 35-6 victory over Silver Creek.

The players and coaches from that undefeated ’83 championship team will be honored during Albion’s Homecoming game at 7 p.m. Friday against Lake Shore.

The Homecoming game festivities will include tailgating at the concession stand area at 5:30 p.m., Senior Night ceremonies at 6:45 and the honoring of the ’83 team members at halftime.

The ’83 squad captured the Division VII title during an 8-0 regular season and then romped past Silver Creek in the Sectional title contest at then Rich Stadium (now Highmark Stadium) as quarterback Ken Burke threw for 4 touchdown passes including two to Dan Bartlett and one each to Jason Zicari and Ron Klatt. Burke also ran for a touchdown.

This year’s Albion squad is looking to improve upon a 1-4 B2 Division, 2-4 overall record against Lake Shore which is 3-2 in the Division and 3-3 overall.

Holley/Lyndonville will also be in action on Friday as the Hawks will visit Bolivar/Richburg at 7 p.m. for an 8 Man Division game.

B2 Division Standings: Maryvale 5-0, 6-0; Iroquois 5-1, 5-1; Lake Shore 3-2, 3-3; Dunkirk 2-3, 2-3; Albion 1-4, 2-4; Lew-Port 1-3, 1-5; Burgard 0-6

Section VI Notes
For the second time this season Eden has forfeited a C North Division game due to a lack of a sufficient number of players. The first time the Raiders forfeited was to Medina costing the Mustangs a home game. This time Eden has forfeited to Akron costing the Tigers their Homecoming game on Friday night.

An overtime win in the opening set ignited Lyndonville to a 26-24, 25-20, 25-13 victory over Wheatland-Chili in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Leading the Lady Tigers were Ashlee Stephens with 3 kills, 2 blocks, 5 assists and 5 digs; Katelynn Breeze 6 kills, 4 aces and 4 digs; Jackie Mack 7 kills, 3 blocks, 2 aces and 6 digs; Madison Davis 5 kills and 8 digs and Elena Barry 8 digs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cole Callard works to get the ball past Albion’s Leo Bolton during the Mustangs win over the rival Purple Eagles this evening at Vets Park.

A quick two goal scoring burst late in the second half earned Medina a 2-0 win over rival Albion in the Niagara-Orleans League boys socccer season finale at Vets Park this evening.

Cole Callard broke a scoreless tie when he tallied with 14:09 to go in the second half.

Tyler Kroening then added a big insurance goal less than a minute later at 13:26.

Brady Christiaansen made several big saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 8-2 and Albion at 5-5.

Roy-Hart 6, Newfane 0
Roy-Hart finished the N-O season at 5-5 with a 6-0 win over Newfane (0-10).

Jack Johnson scored 3 goals for the Rams as Jayden Swygert, Dawson Draper and Landen Guild each netted 1.

Wilson 7, Akron 1
Wilson completed a 10-0 N-O championship season by downing Akron 7-1 as Keegan Hermann, Sean Kropp and Aidan Neumann each scored 2 goals and Blake Simpson 1.

Final N-O Standings: Wilson 10-0, Medina 8-2, Albion 5-5, Roy-Hart 5-5, Akron 2-8, Newfane 0-10

Albion’s Matt Kania and Medina’s Tyler Kroening battle for control of the ball.

Roy-Hart posted a 4-0 win at Newfane this evening to finish the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer season at 8-2.

Kaitlin Mettler scored all 4 goals as Ruth Walker and Emily Duewiger earned assists.

Wilson 2, Akron 1 (2OT)
Wilson locked up the N-O title by outlasting host Akron 2-1 in double overtime.

Addison Elia scored with less than two minutes to go in the second overtime period to earn the win for Wilson which finishes the N-O season at 9-1.

Akron finishes at 6-3-1.

G-R League
Oakfield-Alabama downed Lyndonville/Barker 3-0 in a Genesee Region League game.

Medina blanekd Buffalo Seminary 3-0 in a non league field hockey game at Vets Park this afternoon.

Iyla Lilleby, Penelope Schalck and Emi Batista each scored a goal for the Mustangs.

Akron 8, Kenmore 0
Front-running Akron shutout Kenmore 8-0 to improve to 10-0 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey competition.

Nevda Bergman scored a pair of goals to lead a parade of seven Akron scorers.