Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Maggie Lonnen works for control of the ball against Wilson’s Morgan Coulter during the Mustangs win at Vets Park this morning.

Five players shared in scoring goals as Medina downed Wilson 7-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Vets Park this morning.

Penelope Schalck and Iyla Lilleby both scored a pair of goals as Ava Blount, Maggie Lonnen and Sophia Goyette each chipped in with one.

Medina built up a 3-0 lead at the half as Lilleby scored in the first quarter and Schalck and Blount in the second period.

Schalck, Lonnen and Goyette then each scored in the third period upping the lead to 6-0. Lilleby rounded out the scoring with a fourth quarter tally.

Medina improves to 4-2 at the halfway point of the N-O season while Wilson is 3-3.

Malloree Rinker sends the ball up field for Medina as Reese Kepner comes in to defend for Wilson.

Making it two wins in as many nights, Lyndonville downed visiting Albion 26-24, 25-17, 27-25 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Ashlee Stephens had 9 assists, 7 digs, 4 kills and 3 blocks; Katelynn Breeze 5 kills, 4 digs and 3  aces and Jackie Mack 5 digs, 2 kills and a perfect 15 of 15 from the service line including 2 aces for the Lady Tigers which took both the first and third sets in overtime.

Elena Barry registered an ace for the final point of the decisive third set.

Building up a 4-0 first half lead, Kendall went on to defeat Pembroke 5-1 in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game this evening.

Jonathan Esposito, Cal DiLucia, Emiliano Sanchez and Hunter Richards took turns scoring the first half goals for Kendall which also got a second half goal by Jonathan Reyes.

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen made an early penalty kick goal stand up for a narrow 1-0 win over Holley.

N-O Girls Soccer
Seven players scored goals as Akron downed Medina 7-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening at Vets Park.

Emma Gerstung, Gracie Leiker, Olivia Novak, Abby Gerstung, Sahpur Guijaiva, Hannah Liss and Aleyna Susfolk took turns scoring the goals for Akron which improves to 3-2 in N-O action.

Medina is now 0-5.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Moss moves in to sack Akron quarterback Coy Patterson late in the fourth quarter of the Mustangs narrow win over the host Tigers this evening.

Challenged for the first time this season, Medina turned back a strong strong second half comeback bid by Akron to edge past the host Tigers 29-21 in a C North Division game this evening.

Up by as many as 18 in the first half, Medina needed two big stops by the defense in the final quarter to preserve the narrow win.

The first stop saw Christian Moss and Jerrell Nealy combine for a key sack for a 12 yard loss which helped halt an Akron advance on downs at the Medina 14 yard line.

The Medina offense then used up six minutes with a ball control drive, highlighted by a key 15 yard pickup on fourth down by quarterback Julian Woodworth. That drive finally stalled out on downs at the Akron 44 with 1:45 remaining.

The Mustangs defense then once again rose to the occasion as Moss registered a big solo sack for a 15 yard loss to slow the Akron drive.  Kolton Fletcher then had a clutch pass interception to lock up the win.

Scoring on all four first half possessions Medina built up what looked to be a commanding 23-7 lead at the break.

Moss opened the scoring with a 16 yard touchdown run six minutes into the opening quarter and Cole Callard tacked on the extra point kick. A 24 yard pass completion from Woodworth to Noah Cudzilo highlighted the drive.

The Mustangs quickly doubled the led to 14-0 five minutes later as Woodworth hooked up with Cudzilo for 30 yard touchdown pass and Callard again added the PAT kick. Woodworth also completed a 16 yard pass to Cudzilo to open the drive.

Akron quickly cut the Medina lead in half as Jack Julicher returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown and Cam Stoldt added the PAT kick.

The Mustangs though answered right back with a long 74 yard scoring drive capped off by a 1 yard TD run by Woodworth upping the lead to 20-7 as the PAT attempt failed. Woodworth had pass completions of 19 yards to Justin Pitts and 11 yards to Kaedon Cleveland and Cudzilo added a 19 yard run to highlight the drive.

Medina again drove deep into Akron territory just before the half and came away with a 21 yard field goal by Callard to up the lead to 23-7.

However, Akron quickly made a game of it by scoring two touchdowns in the first four minutes of the third quarter to slice the Medina lead to just two at 23-21.

Quarterback Coy Patterson completed a 57 yard pass to Blake Gerstung for the first touchdown and then ran 11 yards himself for the second score which was set up by the Tigers recovery of a Medina fumble at the Mustangs 20 yard line. Stoldt added both PAT kicks.

The Mustangs opened up a little breathing room late in the quarter with a 76 yard land march as Moss had all the carries. He broke loose for 30 yards to open the drive and then capped it off with a key 26 yard touchdown in with 2:41 to go in the quarter. That gave the Mustangs a 29-21 lead as the extra point attempt failed.

That set the stage for the tense fourth quarter which saw the Mustangs defense unit preserve the win keyed by sacks by Moss and Nealy and an interception by Fletcher.

“First  hats off to Akron. They played a great game and their quarterback threw the ball real well,” said Medina Coach Eric Valley. “It was a tough game for us but we had some kids step up at the right time and make some big plays for us.”

The win pulls defending champion Medina into a tie with Newfane for the C North Division lead at 3-0. The Mustangs are 4-0 overall.

Akron is now 1-2, 1-3.

Medina will now host Roy-Hart/Barker next Friday in the Mustangs first home game of the season.

Roy-Hart/Barker 44, JFK 8
Aidan Mescall rushed for 182 yards and 3 touchdowns and passed for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns, two to Anthony Adinolfe and one to Jake Gould, to lead Roy-Hart/Barker to a 44-8 win over JFK.

Up 34-8 at the half, Roy-Hart/Barker scored again early in the third quarter and JFK opted to forfeit the rest of the contest.

Roy-Hart/Barker is now 1-1 in the C North Division and 2-2 overall while JFK drops to 0-3, 0-4.

Medina’s Noah Cudzilo picks up yardage as Brody Fry blocks Akron’s Andrew Bergman.

Medina’s Justin Pitts works to get by Akron defender Logan McClaine.

Improving to 5-2, Medina downed Barker 237-244 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon.

Dylan Lonnen took medalist honors for Medina with a 36 as Alex Benz added a 47 and Jacob Rissew a 49.

Joel Harris led Barker with a 38 as Lukas DerSarkissian added a 47 and Charlie LaGreca a 49.

Roaring out to a commanding 49-0 half-time advantage, undefeated Maryvale went on to down an injury plagued Albion squad 49-8 in a B2 Division game this evening.

Cencere Lowe scored on a 2 yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion in the final quarter for Albion which was missing several starters due to injury including quarterback Blake Preston.

Maryvale is now 3-0 in the division and 4-0 overall while Albion is 0-3, 1-3.

The Flyers next visit 4-0 Iroquois next Friday in a key battle of the unbeatens for the B2 Division lead.

Albion’s next game will be at home on Thursday October 5 against Lew-Port. The Purple Eagles have gained a forfeit win for next Friday’s scheduled contest at Burgard which has ended its season due to injuries and a shortage of players.

Holley blanked Alexander 6-0 and Kendall trimmed Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 2-1 in Genesee Region League girls soccer action this evening.

Sam Bates scored 3 goals for Holley as Jailyn Bishop, Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf each had 1. Bishop also had a pair of assists as Hanna Ostrom, Bella Thom and Alyssa Wright each had 1.

Kendall got goals from Ava Quintern, off an assist from Sophia Picardo, and by Picardo from Alea Barrett.

Holley is now 4-1 and Kendall 3-1 in G-R competition.

In another G-R contest this afternoon Notre Dame downed visiting Lyndonville/Barker 3-1.

Alexa Robinson scored the goal for Lyndonville/Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ashlee Stephens (1) and Madison Davis (6) go up to block a tip by Kendall’s Lia Larson during the Lady Tigers home court win this evening.

Lyndonville scored a straight set 25-17, 25-22, 25-22 win over visiting Kendall in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Katelynn Breeze served up aces for points 19 and 20 and Emma Freas scored points 22-25, a run ignited by an ace, to close out the opening set win for Lyndonville.

Madison Davis then served up the final two points in the second set for the Lady Tigers as Jocelyn Mack had spiking kills for points 22 and 24.

Kendall grabbed a 14-10 lead midway through the third set after a run of 6 straight service points by Lia Larson.

However, Lyndonville answered with a 5 point run of service points by Davis to regain the lead at 16-14 as Mack had back-to-back kills to cap off that run.

Kendall briefly pulled even at 16-16 on a service ace by Ella Christ but Lyndonville moved back on top to stay at 18-16 on another kill by Mack.

The teams then traded single points for the rest of the set as Mack had a key kill to put the Lady Tigers up 24-21. An exchange of side out points then locked up the set and the match for the Lady Tigers.

Mack finished with 10 kills, 3 aces and 2 blocks; Breeze 5 kills, 4 aces and 4 digs; Ashlee Stephens 11 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces and 3 kills; Alyssa Prine 8 digs and 3 aces; Freas 2 aces and 2 digs and Davis 2 aces and 2 digs.

For Kendall, Christ had 4 kills, Larson 3 aces and Kassie Primmer 16 digs.

In another G-R match, Oakfield-Alabama downed Wheatland-Chili 25-8, 25-10, 25-11 as Jessica Sosnowski had 7 aces, Milena Lindsley 4 aces and 2 kills and Allie Williams 2 aces and 4 kills.

Kendall’s Kassidy Primmer digs to make a service return.

Roy-Hart evened its Niagara-Orleans League volleyball record at 2-2 with a 26-24, 25-9, 25-20 win at Medina this evening.

Lila Brigham had 6 spiking kills and Raegan Kern 5 for Roy-Hart as Grace Pearl had 10 service aces and Ella Martillotta 10 assists.

Sam Heschke had 3 aces and Kylie Poynter 2 for Medina. Ki’Mani Poole added 6 kills and Heschke 2,

In another N-O match undefeated (4-0) Wilson downed Albion (0-4) 25-19, 25-14, 25-12.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Taylor celebrates after scoring her second goal during Barker’s key win over visiting Medina this afternoon.

Taking over sole possession of second place, Barker downed visiting Medina 3-1 in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this afternoon.

With the win Barker improves to 5-1 while Medina slips to 3-2.

Barker jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Addison Szafranski scored with 6 minutes to go in the first quarter and Ella Taylor tallied four minutes into the second period.

Medina did cut the deficit to 2-1 a minute later when Penelope Schalck scored on a penalty stroke but the Mustangs could not score again.

Barker gained some breathing room when Taylor scored again with just 38 seconds to go in the third period for a 3-1 lead.

Medina had four corner opportunities in the final period but could not capitalize.

Akron 7, Newfane 0

Nevada Berman, Julia Klodzinski and Brooke Milhollen each scored 2 goals and  Olivia McClaine 1  to lead undefeated (5-0) Akron to a 7-0 win over Newfane which slips to 1-5.

Roy-Hart 5, Kenmore 0

Roy-Hart improved to 2-4 with a 5-0 win at Kenmore (0-5) as Savannah Newton scored 2 goals and Violette Streckewald, Lily Beals and Dillan Santella each had 1. Santella and Brooke Zglinicki had assists.

Cayla Burch registered the shutout in goal.

Penelope Schalck, who scored the Medina goal, sends the ball toward the goal as Madelina Pavlock defends for Barker.