Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Morgan Tomporowski puts a shot on Medina goalie Arianna Bloom during the Lady Tigers win over the Mustangs this morning at Vets Park.

A lone second quarter goal proved to be enough to earn Akron a 1-0 win over Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this morning at Vets Park.

Natalie Bergman scored the goal for Akron which is now 2-0 in N-O action while Medina slips to 1-1.

Wilson also improved to 2-0 with a 2-0 win over Newfane (1-1) on goals by Natalie Rossie and Addy Jesserer.

Barker evened its N-O record at 1-1 with a 10-0 win over Kenmore (0-2) as Addison Szafranski, Sophia Gerhardt, Cole Carnes and Madelina Pavlock each scored a pair of goals.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Aidan Mescal breaks through the line in route to scoring Roy-Hart/Barker’s touchdown in the Bulls 43-11 loss at Newfane this evening.

A big four touchdown second quarter scoring burst ignited Newfane to a 43-11 win over visiting Roy-Hart/Barker this evening in a C North Division game.

Trailing 3-0, Newfane rallied into a commanding 27-3 half-time advantage as quarterback Nate Snow ran for two touchdowns on carries of 18 and 9 yards and also threw a pair of TD strikes of 10 yards to Isaiah Gerstung and 28 yards to Ben Dickinson in the decisive second quarter.

The Panthers other two touchdowns came in the third quarter on a 10 yard run Ayden Buttery and a 20 yard interception retun by Snow.

Roy-Hart/Barker took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 27 yard field goal by Jon Konstanty. The Bulls, which had turnovers spoil two drives into Newfane territory in the third quarter, finally got on the scoreboard again in the fourth quarter on a 16 yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion carry by Aidan Mescal.

Newfane is now 2-0 in the division which Roy-Hart/Barker is 0-1 in the division and 1-1 overall.

Starpoint nipped Roy-Hart 2-1 in overtime this afternoon in the opening round of the Lockport Girls Soccer Tournament.

Kaitlin Metter scored the goal for Roy-Hart which will next face Newfane in the consolation game on Saturday. Lockport downed Newfane 9-0 in the other semifinal.

In a Genesee Region League game, Attica downed visiting Lyndonville/Barker 4-0.

Field Hockey
Roy-Hart trimmed visiting Sacred Heart 1-0 in a non league field hockey game as Savannah Newton scored the Lady Rams goal,

N-O Golf
Barker downed Roy-Hart 224-266 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon as Luke DerSarkissian earned medalist honors with a 38.

N-O Volleyball
Wilson bested visiting Roy-Hart 28-26, 25-23, 10-25, 25-21 in an N-O volleyball match this evening.

A second half comeback bid fell short as Albion dropped a 40-26 decision at Dunkirk this evening in a B2 Division game.

Trailing 27-6 at the half, Albion battled back to with a touchdown twice in the second half but could not pull even.

The Purple Eagles rallied back to within 27-20 in the third quarter after a 14 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Blake Preston to Seth Krenning and an 83 yard TD run by Cencere Lowe. A fumble recovery by Kyle Radder set up that scoring opportunity.

Albion later pulled to within 34-26 after a 26 yard Preston to Krenning touchdown pass but could get no closer.

The Puple Eagles lone first half score came on a 62 yard run with a fumble recovery by Auston Johnson.

Now at 0-2, Albion will next host Roy-Hart/Barker at 7 p.m. Friday in the debut of the Purple Eagles new turf field.

Medina opened the Niagara-Orleans League volleyball season on a high note as the Mustangs defeated host Newfane in straight sets 25-21, 25-21, 25-23 this evening.

Addison Paul and Kylie Poynter both had 5 service aces, Lexoni Russo 4 and Kailee Cau 3 for Medina.

The Mustangs also had Ki’Mani Poole with 4 spiking kills, Paul 3, Sam Heschke 2 and Maddi Rutledge 1. Paul, Poole and Josephine Pollock also each had a block.

A pair of first half goals proved to be more than enough as Medina blanked host Newfane 2-0 this afternoon in the Mustangs season opening Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Cole Callard netted both goals for the Mustangs as Aleks Seefeldt earned the assist on the first tally..

Brady Christiaansen earned the shutout in goal for the Mustangs whose defense was anchored by Trenton Morley, Cam Kenward, Ryan Pegelow, Luke Duffina and Jason Beyer.

Albion shutout host Akron 4-0 on first half goals by David Rosario Soto, Alonzo Figueroa Fuentes, Finn McCue and Lucas Martin.

In the other N-O opener Wilson downed host Roy-Hart 7-1 as Keegan Hermann had 5 goals and an assist.

Braden Ricker scored Roy-Hart’s goal.

N-O Golf
Roy-Hart downed Wilson in an N-O golf match 260-incomplete

Wilson’s Ben Meyers took medalist honors with a 46. Evan Poeller led Roy-Hart with a 49.

Girls Soccer

Keshequa 3, Kendall 1

Kendall dropped a 3-1 decision to the host school in the opening round of the Keshequa Tournament this afternoon.

Ava Quintern scored the Kendall goal off an assist from Megan Gates. Brooke Rodas made 13 saves in goal for the Lady Eagles.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman -Medina’s Iyla Lilleby keeps control of the ball as Alayna Kowalski (11) and Brooke Zglinicki (24) defend for Roy-Hart during this afternoon’s Niagara-Orleans League game at Roy-Hart.

A big second quarter scoring burst sparked Medina to a 4-0 win over host Roy-Hart this afternoon in the Mustangs season opening Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Medina erupted for three goals in the decisive second period as Iyla Lilleby scored the first two and Sophia Castricone the third.

Lilleby also scored the Mustangs final goal late in the fourth quarter.

Medina had a 10-2 advantage in corners over Roy-Hart which is now 0-2 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart’s Alayna Kowalski works to advance the ball as Sophia Goyette defends for Medina.

Holley opened defense of its Genesee Region League Division 1 girls soccer title by downing host Attica 2-0 this evening.

Samantha Bates and Zoey Wolf each scored a goal for Holley as Jailyn Bishop and Emma Brady had the assists.

Hanna Ostrom earned the shutout in goal.

Heat causes postponements
Today’s high heat index caused the postponement of several contests.

In girls soccer, Kendall’s game against Keshequa in the opening round of the Keshequa Tournament has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday.

In Niagara-Orleans League volleyball, the Medina at Newfane match will now be played on Thursday and the Roy-Hart at Wilson match will be made up on Friday, both at 6:30 p.m.

In N-O field hockey, the Wilson vs. Akron and Barker vs. Newfane games were both postponed. The Barker game will be made up next Monday.

Contributed Photo – Peter Martillotta

Roy-Hart graduate Peter Martillotta’s collegiate soccer career is off to a red hot start.

Martillotta, who is a freshman at Russell Sage College in Albany, has scored the game winning goal in two of the Gators first three contests.

In the season opener he scored with 25:20 left in the second half to snap a 1-1 tie and earn Russell Sage a 2-1 win over Castleton.

Then in the Gators most recent contest he scored with just 3:03 remaining to break a 3-2 tie and earn Russell Sage a 3-2 victory over Westfield State, Mass.

During his scholastic days at Roy-Hart, he was a three time first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honoree and a two time N-O Player of the year. He scored 40 goals his senior year helping the Rams claim a third straight N-O title.