Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cami London scores the game’s lone goal in Albion’s win over visiting Newfane this afternoon. The Newfane goalie is Kailee Patcyk..

Albion and Lyndonville/Barker both scored one goal victories in girls soccer action today.

Albion nipped visiting Newfane 1-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League game as Cami London scored in the first two minutes of the second half off an assist from Kayla Burgio.

Lyndonville edged past host Medina 2-1 in a non league contest as Alexa Robinson scored in the first half and Elizabeth Whipple in the second half.

Madelyn Lewis scored the Medina goal.

In Genesee Region League competition Byron-Bergen blanked Kendall 2-0 and Oakfield-Alabama edged past Holley 3-2.

Alexia Renner and Sam Bates scored for Holley as Hanna Ostrom and Jailyn Bishop earned the assists.

Albion’s Kailee Anstey brings the ball up field against Newfane’s Brianna Michalak.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s duo of Maddy Watts (7) and Addy Paul (13) go up to try and block the spike attempt of Lyndonville’s Katelynn Breeze during the Mustangs marathon five set win over the host Lady Tigers this evening.

A fast start and a strong finish earned Medina a marathon five set victory over host Lyndonville in a non league volleyball match this evening.

Medina jumped out to a 2-0 lead by taking the first set 25-23 and the second 25-21.

Lyndonville had jumped out to an early 11-2 lead in the opening set as Madison Davis served up points 2-5 and Jackie Mack 8-11.

Medina though battled back to take the set as Lexoni Russo scored points 4-8 (3 aces) and 23-25 (2 aces) and Kelsey Lemoi 10-13.

Lyndonville again jumped out to a 12-6 lead in the second set as Katelynn Breeze scored points 8-12 (3 aces).

However, Medina again rebound to take the set as Lemoi scored points 8-11 (2 aces), Addy Paul 14-16 (1 ace), Lorelei Sanders 18-20 (1 ace) and Sam Heschke registered an ace for the set winner.

The Lady Tigers though came battling back to tie the match at 2-2 by winning the third set 25-23 and the fourth 25-11.

Runs of three straight points by Mack (7-9 with 2 aces) and Davis (15-17 with 1 ace) highlighted the Lady Tigers third set win.

Davis then had a big run of 7 straight points (4-10) to put Lyndonville on top to stay in the fourth set at 10-4. Ashlee Stephens later added a four point run (19-22 with 2 aces) to up the Lyndonville lead to 22-9.

Keeping the momentum, Lyndonville jumped out to leads of 7-2 and 12-7 in the decisive fifth set. Ava Austin served up points 3-7 as Breeze had spiking kills to polish off 3 of them and Stephens 1.

However, Medina came rallying back to claim the win as Ki’Mani Poole registered 4 straight aces to put the Mustangs up 13-12.

A kill by Maddi Rutledge then polished off point 14 and Sanders followed up with a clutch service ace to win the set 15-13 and the match.

Poole finished with 10 aces, Russo and Lemoi 4 and Heschke and Sanders 2 each. Poole also had 4 kills and Rutledge and Heschke 3.

For the Lady Tigers, Davis had 6 kills and 2 aces, Stephens 6 kills, 3 aces and 18 assists, Elena Barry 2 aces, Mack 6 kills and 2 aces and Breeze 8 kills and 4 aces.

Lyndonville’s Jackie Mack goes up for spike.

Kendall and Holley both celebrated Senior Night with 5-0 Genesee Region League boys soccer victories this evening. The Eagles downed Wheatland-Chili and the Hawks bested Pembroke.

For Kendall, Josh Esposito and Louis Conte both had 2 goals and Jonathan Esposito 1 as Jimmie Swift made 8 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

For Holley, Chris Mosier scored 3 goals and Keon Haughton 2. Chris Mosier, Cam Mosier, Lorenzo Zaragoza and Lance Babcock all chipped in with assists.

Albion 2, Newfane 0
Finn McCue scored both goals off assists from Tye Talbot and Matt Kania to earn Albion a 2-0 Niagara-Orleans League win over Newfane.

Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes made 3 saves to earn the shutout in goal as Albion improves to 4-3.

Roy-Hart 1, Akron 0
Roy-Hart regained the .500 mark in N-O competition with a narrow 1-0 overtime win at Akron this afternoon.

Landen Guild scored the game winner off an assist from Zach Schultz as the Rams improve to 4-4.

Girls Soccer
Akron 2, Roy-Hart 1
Olivia Novak scored with just two and a half minutes remaining to earn Akron a 2-1 win over Roy-Hart in a N-O girls contest this evening to avenge an early season 1-0 loss.

Kaitlin Mettler scored the Roy-Hart goal.

Roy-Hart is now 5-2 and Akron 4-2-1.

For area high school football this has truly become the season of the forfeit.

The latest is this afternoon’s announcement that JFK is forfeiting its game at Medina on Friday .

“Unfortunately this Friday’s football game vs JFK has been cancelled. JKF has forfeited due to not having enough players,” said Medina Coach Eric Valley.

This marks the second time this season that Medina has had a home game get wiped out by a forfeit. The earlier one saw Eden forfeit to the Mustangs again due to a shortage of eligible players.

Albion likewise has picked up a forfeit win this season over Burgard which ended its season after week three due to a combination of injuries and a shortage of players.

With the forfeit win Medina is now 5-0 in the C North Division and 6-0 overall. The Mustangs next game will be on Thursday October 12 at undefeated (4-0, 5-0) Newfane which will determine the C North title.

For the second time in three weeks Albion will kickoff the local high school football weekend with a Thursday night game but this time the Purple Eagles will be at home.

Two weeks ago Albion, which was a bit shorthanded due to several injuries, dropped a 49-7 decision at unbeaten (4-0, 5-0) Maryvale in a B2 Division game.

This week the Purple Eagles (1-3, 2-3) will host winless Lew-Port (0-3, 0-5) at 7 p.m. in another B2 Division contest.

Roy-Hart/Barker will also have a Thursday game as the Bulls (1-2, 2-3) visit Eden (2-2, 3-2) in a C North Division game.

On Friday, defending champion Medina will continue its quest for a fourth straight C North Division title as the undefeated Mustangs (4-0, 5-0) host winless (0-4, 0-5) JFK at 7 p.m.

Medina is currently tied for the C North lead with Newfane (4-0, 5-0) which hosts Cleveland Hill (0-3, 1-4) at 7 p.m. Friday.

In a schedule makers dream division schedule ending matchup, Medina will then visit Newfane next Thursday (October 12) in a title deciding contest,

Holley/Lyndonville will also be playing at 7 p.m. Friday as the Hawks will host Wellsville in an 8 Man Division game under portable lights.

C North Division – Medina 4-0, 5-0,/ Newfane 4-0, 5-0; Eden 2-2, 3-2; Akron 2-2, 2-3; Roy-Hart/Barker 1-2, 2-3; Cleve Hill 0-3, 1-4; JFK 0-4, 0-5.

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

Front-running Wilson posted a key 3-2 win over visiting runner-up Medina this evening to double its Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer lead.

David Gruski had 2 goals and an assist and Cole Hermann a goal and an assist to lead the way for Wilson which improves to 8-0 in N-O action.

Cole Callard and Vinny Gray scored the goals for Medina which slips to 6-2.

In a sea-saw battle, Lyndonville/Barker trimmed Pembroke 3-2 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Alexa Robinson had 2 goals and Elizabeth Whipple 1 for Lyndonville which also got assists from Kayli Miller and Natalie Rath.

Robinson scored the game winner in the second half three minutes after Pembroke had knotted the score at 2-2.

Kendall 8, Alexander 0
Ava Quintern had 5 goals and Ryleigh Denning, Sophia Picardo and Hailey Ball 1 each for Kendall in the 8-0 G-R win over Alexander. Picardo also had 4 assists as the Lady Eagles improve to 6-2 in the league and 7-3 overall.

N-O
Four goals in the first half sparked Wilson (7-0) to a 5-0 win over visiting Albion (1-7) in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Addison Elia scored 2 goals as Peyton McInnis, Madison Chase and Lily Avery each had 1.

Making it four wins in a row, Roy-Hart defeated Albion 25-17, 25-12, 25-17 in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening.

Raegan Kern had 6 kills and 2 aces, Grace Pearl 4 kills, Peyton May 4 aces and Ella Martillotta 13 assists, 3 kills and 3 aces.

Roy-Hart is now 5-2 and Albion 0-7.

In another match Akron downed visiting Medina 25-13, 25-23, 25-23.

Maddy Watts and Ki’Mani Poole both had 2 aces for Medina as Sam Heschke, Lexoni Russo, Addy Paul and Karlee Cau each had a kill.

Lyndonville 26-25-20-25, Holley 26-19-25-14

Lyndonville scored a four set 26-24, 25-19, 20-25, 25-14 win over Holley in a Genesee Region League match.

Katelynn Breeze had 11 aces, 6 kills and 2 blocks; Ashlee Stephens 5 kills, 3 aces and 22 assists; Jackie Mack 6 kills, 2 aces and 4 blocks and Emma Freas 3 kills for the Lady Tigers.

In an instant replay of an earlier season’s score, front-running Akron nipped visiting Medina 1-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this afternoon.

Julia Klodzinski scored the lone goal for Akron in the second quarter off an assist from Mackenzie Tomporowski.

Akron is now 8-0 and Medina 5-3.

Wilson improved to 4-5 with a 3-1 win over rival Newfane on goals by Natalie Rossi, Reese Kepner and Madelyn Krieger.

Barker boosted its record to 7-2 by blanking host Kenmore 5-0 as Madeline Pavlock had 2 goals and Halley Dodge, Ella Taylor and Addison Szafranski 1 each.

N-O Standings – Akron 8-0, Barker 7-2, Medina 5-3, Wilson 4-5, Roy-Hart 3-5, Newfane 1-7, Kenmore 0-6