Roy-Hart opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer title with a 3-0 win at Albion this afternoon.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half as Kaitlin Mettler scored off an assist from Kaylie Churchill and Maria Trombley scored from Mettler.

Churchill later netted the Lady Rams lone second half goal.

Sophia Santella earned the shutout in goal.

Albion is now 0-2 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart next visits Akron and Albion travels to Newfane on Thursday.

Akron 8, Medina 1
Akron improved to 2-0 in N-O competition with an 8-1 win over visiting Medina which slips to 0-2.

Olivia Novak, Hannah Liss and Abby Gerstung each scored two goals to lead the way for Akron.

Katie Hilobuk scored goal for Medina which next hosts Wilson at 4:45 p.m. Thursday.

Wilson 7, Newfane 0

Leia Cloy and Addison Elia each had 3 goals and 2 assists to lead Wilson (1-0) to a 7-0 win over rival Newfane (1-1).

Field Hockey
Roy-Hart 2 Sacred Heart 1
Adella Dukes and Brooke Zglinicki each scored a goal as Roy-Hart downed Sacred Heart 2-1 in a non league field hockey game.

G-R Volleyball
Oakfield-Alabama 25-25-25, Kendall 7-16-16
Jessica Sosnowski had 5 aces and 15 assists, Melina Lindsley 5 aces and 3 kills, Ryleigh Kirkum 3 aces and 4 kills and Cali Cramer 3 aces and a run of 11 straight service points to lead Oakfield-Alabama to the three set win over Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cole Callard tries to get a shot past Akron goalie Samuel Reagan during the Mustangs win over the Tigers at Vets Park this evening as Vinny Gray moves in to support.

A big four goal first half scoring burst keyed Medina to a 5-1 victory over Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.

Cole Callard gave Medina a quick 1-0 lead when he scored just four minutes in.

Akron did pull even seven minutes later on a goal by Cole Fleming but the Tigers could not find the net again.

Medina answered back nine minutes later on a header by Jason Beyer off a corner kick by Alex Benz to regain the lead for good.

Vinny Gray and Benz followed up with goals to put the Mustangs in commanding by a 4-1 margin at the half.

Gray also netted the Mustangs lone second half goal.

Improving to 2-0 in the league and 3-0 overall, Medina next visits CCA for a non league game on Tuesday. The Mustangs will then host Wilson in an N-O contest at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Medina girls will face Wilson in the first game of that doubleheader at 4:45 p.m.

Akron is 0-2, 1-2 overall.

Volleyball
Elba downed Lyndonville 25-9, 25-11, 25-19 in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Katelynn Breeze had 4 kills and 2 digs, Ashlee Stephens 1 kill and 3 digs, Alyssa Prine 3 digs and Jackie Mack 2 kills and 3 digs for Lyndonville.

Medina’s Vinny Gray sends the ball up field as Cameron Reuben defends for Akron.

The leagues have officially crowned their champs at Hickory Ridge.

The Tuesday Night Ladies Night Out league crowned Deb Wood and Aleta Martin as league winners with 114.5 points. Vicki Brawn and Cheryl Ferguson took second with 102.5 points. Patty Pfister and Barb Passarell held third with 99.5 points while Paul Knaak and Mo Cotter came in fourth with 87 points.

The Thursday Night Men’s Traveling league saw Ben Flansberg and Corey Stalker hold the trophy high as they captured the league championship.

Birdies were had this week by Josh Bennett with two and Cedrik Soria, Kyle Smith, Randy Knaak and Gabe Nagy with one each. Their final gathering will be their annual two man Memorial Scramble this week followed immediately by their banquet.

The Pete Sullivan Sr league was rained out this past week. The second part of the league championship will be played Thursday, September 14.

Contributed Photo – Albion’s Mini squad offensive line gets set to run a play. (Click here to go to the Albion Youth Football and Cheerleading Facebook page for more photos.)

Albion took three out of four games from visiting Roy-Hart/Barker in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action Saturday.

Beginner
Albion 48, Roy-Hart/Barker 7

In a battle of the unbeatens, Albion ran away with a 48-7 win.

Elian Almonte had 216 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns to led the offensive ground attack. Conor Murphy had 76 and a score, Moses Taylor 66 with 2 scores and Greyson Roberts added a TD. Almonte, Murphy, Carter Carithers and Taylor (2) added PAT’s.

Almonte led the little Eagles defensive shutdown with 12 tackles. Carithers and Taylor added 5 tackles a piece.

Mini
Roy-Hart/Barker 26, Albion 19 (OT)

A game that lived up to the great game expectations, R-H stayed unbeaten with a 26-19 victory over Albion in overtime.

Jayce Torres had 4 carries for 119 yards and 3 touchdowns before leaving the game with a injury. Camden Holt picked up 52 yards on the ground. Liam Pearl added a PAT.

Zion O’Neal led the defense with 8 tackles, Cayden Farrell, Liam Saporito and Holt added 5 each.

JV
Albion 40, Roy-Hart/Barker 0

Albion’s offense had a big day on the ground picking up 364 yards. Heyden Almonte led the attack with 156 yards and 3 touchdowns, Colton Moreland 100 yards and score and Jermiah Hildreth added a TD and PAT.

Landyn Galligan picked up 5 tackles on defense. Moreland had 3 tackles and a safety.

Varsity
Albion 25, RH 18

Kendrick Russaw had 22 carries 200 yards and 4 touchdowns to led the offense. Hayden Cowley picked up 23 on the ground.

Mosehard Hunt, Tyriek Johnson, Oliver Stoffa, Hoyt Aina, James Kristein, Gavin Smith, Russaw and Cowley led the defense.

Highlighting the upcoming high school sports week will be the first game on Albion’s new turf football field as the Purple Eagles will host Roy-Hart/Barker at 7 p.m. Pre game ceremonies are scheduled for 6:45 p.m.

The week’s football action will be spread out as Holley/Lyndonville visits Caledonia-Mumford for a Thursday game at 7 p.m. and Medina travels to Cleveland Hill for a C North Division contest at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer – Akron at Medina, 6 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Albion, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Volleyball – Elba at Lyndonville, Holley at Attica, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Soccer – Medina at CCA, 5 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.; Holley at Attica, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart at Albion, Newfane at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Wilson at Albion, Barker at Medina, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville/Barker at Kendall, Pembroke at Holley, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Newfane at Albion, Barker at Wilson, Medina at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Volleyball – Akron at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart, Lyndonville at Alexander, Byron-Bergen at Holley, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday
Football – Holley/Lyndonville at Caledonia-Mumford, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Newfane at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.; Wilson at Medina, Attica/Alexander at Kendall, Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Wilson at Medina, Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Albion at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.

Friday
Football – Roy-Hart/Barker at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Alexander at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Holley, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Barker at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Roy-Hart at Albion, Akron at Medina, 4 p.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Pembroke at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Football – Medina at Cleveland Hill, 2 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Akron at Newfane, East Rochester at Kendall, 10 a.m.
Girls Soccer – Kendall at Attica, 10 a.m.
Field Hockey – Kenmore at Medina, Barker at Wilson, 10 a.m.

Jumping out to an early 16-0 lead, Holley/Lyndonville went on to defeat host CG Finney 40-28 in an 8 man football game this afternoon.

Quarterback Destin Kuyal had a huge game for the Hawks. Offensively, he rushed 18 times for 227 yards and 4 touchdowns including runs of 14, 52, 64 and 70 yards. On defense, he made 16 tackles including 3 for losses.

Hunter Jewell-Smith scored the Hawks other TD as Mason Moyer, Smith and Jacob Pitcher all had two-point conversions.

Smith also made 8 tackles and Moyer 5.

“It was a total team win,” said Hawks Coach Wil Prince.

Now at 1-1, Holley/Lyndonville will next visit Caledonia-Mumford at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Pembroke defeated Cal-Mum 58-22 on Friday as Tyson Totten rushed for 330 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Scoring three times in each half, Roy-Hart blanked Newfane 6-0 today in the consolation game of the Lockport Tournament.

Kaitlin Mettler had 2 goals and 3 assists, Allie Trombley 3 goals, Maria Trombley a goal and an assist and Kylie Churchill an assist for Roy-Hart as Sophia Santella made 5 saves to earn the shutout in goal.