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Barker and Medina golfers post N-O wins
Barker defeated Roy-Hart 245-319 today and Medina downed Albion 238-incomplete on Monday in Niagara-Orleans League golf matches.
Joel Harris took medalist honors for Barker iwth a 39 as Evan Poeller was low for Roy-Hart with a 49.
Dylan Lonnen took medalist honors for Medina with s 38 as Brandon Christiaansen had a 45.
Albion, Medina and Roy-Hart girls score N-O cross-country wins

Photos by Tom Rivers: (Left) Cordelia Rivers of Albion won today’s variety girls cross country race in Albion which also included Wilson and Roy-Hart. (Right) Marissa Bryant (back) of Roy-Hart was second, followed by teammate Julia Miles in third (front in this photo).
Albion, Medina and Roy-Hart all scored wins in Niagara-Orleans League girls cross-country competition this afternoon.
Host Albion downed Wilson 23-30 as Cordelia Rivers finished first and Gina Sidari 5th.
Medina edged host Akron 27-29 sparked by the 1-2-4 finish of Madeline Mark, Ariel Smith and Faith Baker-Austin. Akron’s Kristine Wall placed third.
Roy-Hart scored a sweep downing Albion 25-30 and Wilson 24-31 led by the 2-3 finish of Marissa Bryant and Julia Miles.
In the other girls’ meet, Newfane downed Barker 41-20. Bella Pasqualle finished first for Newfane and Mikayla Woock second for Barker.
The Wilson boys scored a pair of wins downing Albion 24-33 and Roy-Hart 26-29 as Jaydan Ruble and Joey-Dane Jones finished 1-2. Ronan Klug finished third for Roy-Hart which defeated Albion 21-34 in the other portion of the meet.
The Akron boys defeated Medina 19-38 behind the 1-2-3 finish of Dawson Stone, Colten Cleveland and Logan Meyers. Ryder Jones and Jack Cecchini finished 4th and 5th for Medina.
In the other boys’ meet Barker edged Newfane 26-29. Newfane’s Liam Betteridge won the race and Barker’s Luke Fay finished second.
N-O Boys Standings: Barker 2-0, Akron 2-1, Newfane 2-1, Roy-Hart 2-1, Wilson 2-1, Medina 0-2, Albion 0-4
N-O Girls Standings: Newfane 3-0, Roy-Hart 3-0, Barker 1-1, Medina 1-1, Akron 1-2, Albion 1-3, Wilson 0-3

Jaydan Ruble leads the race today in Albion at about the halfway point in the cornfield, just ahead of his teammate Joey-Dane Jones and Ronan Klug of Roy-Hart.
Kendall, Holley girls score G-R soccer wins
Kendall romped past Pembroke 12-0 and Holley downed Wheatland-Chili 4-1 in Genesee Region League girls soccer games this evening.
Ava Quintern scored 4 goals and Sophia Picardo 2 to lead the parade of Kendall scorers as Ava LaMay, Claire VanDusen, Brooke Rodas, Addison Kludt, Hailey Ball and Megan Gates each added 1.
Kendall is now 4-1 in G-R action.
Sam Bates scored 2 goals and Leigha Walker and Emma Brady each added 1 for Holley which is now 5-1 in G-R competition. Brady also had a pair of assists.
N-O League
Wilson 1, Roy-Hart 0
Wilson took over sole possession of first place by nipping visiting Roy-Hart 1-0 on a goal by Leia Cloy.
Wilson is now 5-0 and Roy-Hart 3-1.
Akron 4, Albion 0
Scoring twice in each half Akron blanked Albion 4-0 to improve to 4-2 in N-O action.
Gracie Leiker scored 2 goals for Akron as Olivia Novak and Aleyna Susfolk both had 1.
Abigail Wittenberg made 19 saves in goal for Albion which is now 1-5.
In a non league game, Niagara Falls downed Medina 12-0 at Vets Park.
G-R Volleyball
Oakfield-Alabama downed Lyndonville 25-16, 25-22, 25-12 in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.
Katelynn Williams had 6 aces and 3 kills, Cara Williams 5 aces and 3 kills and Allie Williams 7 kills and 3 aces fpr O-A.
Jackie Mack had 4 kills and 2 digs, Katelynn Breeze 5 kills and 3 digs, Ashlee Stephens 4 digs and 8 assists, Alyssa Prine 5 digs and 1 ace, Maddie Davis 9 digs and 2 aces and Emma Freas 4 digs for Lyndonville.
N-O Golf
Akron downed Wilson 216-incomplete in a N-O golf match this afternoon as Cam Wild took medalist honors with a 41 and Trace Hill added a 42.
Attica trims Lyndonville/Barker

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – A goal early in the second half earned visiting Attica a narrow 2-1 win over Lyndonville/Barker in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this afternoon at Lyndonville. The host Lady Tigers tied the game on a goal late in the first half by Natalie Rath off an assist from Alexa Robinson. Here Robinson looks to send the ball up field against Attica’s Kathryn Metzger.
Medina, Kendall, Albion post non league wins
Medina defeated host O’Hara 8-2, Kendall downed visiting Northstar 2-1 and Albion bested Attica 8-2 in non league boys soccer games today.
Tyler Kroening scored 3 goals, Vinny Gray 2 and Alex Benz, Cole Callard and Aleks Seefeldt 1 each for Medina which improves to 6-1 overall.
The Mustangs next host Newfane in a Niagara-Orleans League game at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Colby Hughes and Luis Conte scored first half goals for Kendall as Jimmie Swift made 9 saves in goal.
Now at 4-4-1 overall, the Eagles next visit Byron-Bergen in a Genesee Region League game at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Finn McCue scored 5 goals for Albion as Mark Ames and Alonzo Figueroa-Fuentes each had a pair of assists.
In another non league contest, Roy-Hart dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to Lockport.
Rem Albee and Braden Ricker scored the goals for the Rams which next host Wilson in an N-O contest Wednesday.
Weekly High School sports schedule
Highlighting the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey matchups this coming week will be Tuesday’s key contest as runnerup Barker (5-1) visits undefeated (5-0) defending champion Akron. An Akron win would give the Lady Tigers a two game lead while a Barker win would through the top spot into a virtual tie.
In N-O girls soccer defending champion Roy-Hart (3-0) visits Wilson (4-0) in a key battle of unbeatens on Monday.
In N-O boys soccer defending champion Roy-Hart will be looking to get back into the title race as the 3-2 Rams host front-running (5-0) Wilson on Wednesday.
On the gridiron, Medina will finally play its first home football game as the undefeated (4-0) Mustangs host Roy-Hart/Barker (2-2) on Friday.
Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer – Medina at O’Hara, Northstar at Kendall, 5 p.m.; Albion at Attica, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Albion at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6:45 p.m.; Attica at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, Pembroke at Kendall, Niagara Falls at Medina, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Elba at Kendall, Greece Olympia at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Boys Soccer – Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 5 p.m.; Attica/Alexander at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Akron at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Field Hockey – Wilson at Roy-Hart, Barker at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Sacred Heart at Medina, 7 p.m.
Cross-Country – Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart and Wilson at Albion, Newfane at Barker, 4:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Medina at Albion, Roy-Hart at Newfane, Wilson at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Boys Soccer – Akron at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Wilson at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.; Newfane at Medina, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Albion at CSAT, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.; Lyndonville/Barker at Holley, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Akron at Wilson, 6:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Attica, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, Notre Dame at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
Boys Soccer – Holley at Wheatland-Chili, Kendall at Attica/Alexander, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Notre Dame at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Roy-Hart at Medina, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Newfane at Medina, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Akron at Albion, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Football – Roy-Hart/Barker at Medina, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Roy-Hart at Albion, Medina at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Finney at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville/Barker vs. Oakfield-Alabama at Barker, 5 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Pembroke at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Newfane at Barker, 4:35 p.m.
Saturday
Football – Frewsburg at Holley, 1 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Buffalo Science at Medina, 12 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Holley, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Medina at Roy-Hart, 9:30 a.m.; Northstar at Kendall, 3 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 5:30 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Buffalo Seminary, 11 a.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Holley, 12 p.m.; DeHostas Charter at Kendall, 2 p.m.
Albion sweeps Tri Town in youth football

Contributed Photo – Oliver Dillard makes a block for the Beginner Division Eagles against Tri Town Saturday. Click here for more pictures from their Facebook page.
Albion scored a three game sweep over Tri Town in Niagara Orleans Football Association action Saturday. Pembroke topped the Eagles in the varsity division contest.
Beginner
Albion 30, Tri Town 0
Elian Almonte and Moses Taylor each had a pair of touchdown runs for Albion. Greyson Roberts had 96 yards on the ground. Almote, Taylor and Patrick Westlund had PAT conversions.
Almonte led the little Eagles defense with 11 tackles. Carter Carithers had 7, Taylor 5, Roberts and Chase Armer 4 each.
Mini
Albion 28 Tri Town 0
Jayce Torres had a huge day on the ground, picking up 122 yards and 2 TD’s. Camden Holt had 55 yards and 2td’s. Jace DiMatteo had 52, Lincoln Voorhees had 37 on the ground.
Harrison Froman led the Mini Eagles defensive unit with 5 tackles. Kiro Bennett, Zion O’Neal and Holt helped spark the defense. Voorhees and Charlie Bourke had fumble recoveries.
JV
Albion 19 Tri Town 0
The JV Eagles had a big day on the ground led by Heyden Almonte and Jermiah Hildreth. Almonte picked up 158 yards and a score, Hildreth 102 yards and 2 scores.
Brycen Potter and Anthony O’Neal led the defense with 6 tackles each. Landyn Galligan and Almonte had 5 each. Colton Moreland, Galligan and Potter each had a sack.
Varsity
Pembroke 31 Albion 6
Kendrick Russaw and Gavin Smith connected on a 98 yard TD pass for the Eagles lone score.
Mosehard Hunt led the defense with 6 tackles. Russaw had 5 stops. James Kristein, Colin Smith and Oliver Stoffa had 4 each. Kristein and Kendrick blocked kicks.
Lakemen blank Purple Eagles in N-O soccer
Front running Wilson shutout visiting Albion 3-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer make-up game this morning.
Logan Kulak, David Gurski and Broderick George took turns scoring the goals for Wilson which led 1-0 at the half.
Wilson improves to 5-0 and Albion slips to 2-3 at the half-way point of the N-O season.
N-O Standings – Wilson 5-0, Medina 4-1, Roy-Hart 3-2, Albion 2-3, Akron 1-4, Newfane 0-5.
Holley Mini Jr. Hawks down Bulldawgs
The Holley Mini Jr. Hawks defeated the Batavia Bulldawgs 21-7 at VanDetta Stadium today.
Touchdowns were scored by Jacob Knowlton and Julian Sauer with extra points by Landon Karm.
Jr. Hawks Beginners were edged by the Bulldawgs 26-19.
Green leads USF to season opening golf win

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green
Medina High graduate and University of South Florida senior Melanie Green helped lead the Bulls to a season opening victory at the Badger Invitational golf tournament in Madison, Wisconsin this past week.
Green shot a 4 under par 68 on the final round of the three day, 54 hole tournament to help the Bulls score a 13 shot victory.
Green finished with a 54 hole total of 4 under par 212.
She led the field in par 4 scoring with a -3 and was fourth in birdies with 11 over the 54 holes.
South Florida will next compete in the Glass City Invitational at Toledo, Ohio this coming week.
A four year starter for the Bulls, Green was a three-time Section VI and a two-time state champion during her scholastic days at Medina.





