Albion will be looking to rebound from a 51-6 loss at defending Section VI Class B champion Iroquois as the Purple Eagles visit Dunkirk at 7 p.m. Friday for a B2 Division contest.

Dunkirk opened with a narrow 36-32 B2 loss to Lake Shore.

Medina was scheduled to open defense of its C North Division title by hosting Eden at 7 p.m. Friday. However, Eden has forfeited the game due to an insufficient number of players.

The Mustangs have captured the C North title each of the last three years.

Medina had defeated St. Mary’s of Lancaster 63-0 in the Mustangs non league season opener while Eden dropped a 26-6 decision to Newfane in a C North contest.

Roy-Hart/Barker, which shutout Burgard 31-0 in the Bulls non league season opener, will visit Newfane at 7 p.m. Friday for a C North game.

Holley/Lyndonville, which dropped a 48-22 decision to Allegany-Limestone in the Hawks season opener, will visit CG Finney at 1 p.m. Saturday in an 8 man contest.

Barker evened its Niagara-Orleans League golf record at 1-1 by downing Newfane 222-254 this afternoon.

Joel Harris took medalist honors for Barker with a 35 and Charlie LaGreca had a 40.

Barker next faces Medina at Shelridge on Thursday.

Volleyball
Notre Dame downed visiting Lyndonville 25-6, 25-9, 25-11 in a season opening Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Jackie Mack had 3 kills and 1 block, Ava Austin 4 digs and Ashlee Stephens 2 blocks for Lyndonville

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Roy-Hart into the up coming Niagara-Orleans League volleyball season will be this group of veterans. In front are Lila Brigham, Elliana Brauen and Ella Martillotta. In back are Aubree Parker, Grace Pearl, Emily Livergood and Raegan Kern.

Anchored by a good group of seven returnees, Roy-Hart is taking aim at capturing the Niagara-Orleans League volleyball title this season after finishing in the runner-up spot last year.

The Lady Rams veteran group includes Elliana Braun, who is the lone senior on the youthful squad, juniors Lila Brigham, Emily Livergood, Ella Martillotta, Aubree Parker and sophomores Raegan Kern and Grace Pearl. Martillotta earned All-League Honorable Mention.

“We’ve got a real good group back and our aim to to win the league,” said Coach Doug Meyer whose Lady Rams finished in a tie for second place with Newfane at 7-3 last season behind undefeated (10-0) champion Akron. The Lady Rams last claimed the N-O title in 2021.

Rounding out the Roy-Hart roster are juniors Jacie Craft and Brooklyn Schumacher, sophomores Ryleigh Capen, Payton May and Kylie McOmber and eighth grader Lauren Snyder.

The Lady Rams graduation losses included first team N-O All-League honorees Samantha Albright and Alex Stern along with second team selection Mckenna Elsenheimer.

Roy-Hart will open the N-O season on Wednesday at Wilson at 6:30 p.m. The other openers will have Albion at Akron and Medina at Newfane.

Niagara-Orleans League competition in boys soccer, girls soccer and volleyball will get underway this coming week as will Genesse Region League boys and girls soccer.

On the gridiron, Medina will open the home portion of the season against Eden on Friday night while Albion and Roy-Hart/Barker will both be on the road Friday night as will Holley/Lyndonville on Saturday afternoon.

Highlighting the non league soccer schedule will have the Kendall girls taking on the host school at the Keshequa Tournament on Wednesday and the Albion boys visiting Kendall at noon on Saturday.

Weekly Schedule

Tuesday
Girls Soccer – Akron at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m.
Field Hockey – Nardin at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Attica at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Newfane at Barker, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Soccer – Kendall at Keshequa, 6:30 p.m.; Holley at Attica, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Wilson at Akron, Barker at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Albion at Akron, Medina at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Golf – Barker at Medina, Wilson at Albion, 4 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Soccer – Albion at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Medina at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Newfane at Medina, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Roy-Hart, 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Kendall at Holley, 6:30 p.m.

Friday
Football – Albion at Dunkirk, Eden at Medina, Roy-Hart/Barker at Newfane, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Roy-Hart vs. Starpoint at Lockport Tournament, 5 p.m.; Lyndonville/Barker at Attica, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Sacred Heart at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Golf – Roy-Hart at Barker, Albion at Medina, 4 p.m.

Saturday
Football – Holley/Lyndonville at CG Finney, 1 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Albion at Kendall, 12 p.m.
Field Hockey – Akron at Medina, Kenmore at Barker, Newfane at Wilson, 10 a.m.
Volleyball – Albion Tournament, 8 a.m.

Things are winding down for the leagues at Hickory Ridge.

Final results for the Ladies Night Out league will be reported next week. This week was led by Aleta Martin’s low gross of 39. Judy Schuth shot a low net of 32. Birdies were had by Martin, Olive Hefron and Paula Knaak.

The standings are Wood and Martin leading with 109 points. Ferguson and Brawn are in second with 97 points and Phister and Passerall hold down third with 94.5,

The Pete Sullivan Sr. Golf League still has a ways to go as they play until the end of September. This week the low gross as had by Geno (Bambino) Ashe who shot close to his age with a 77. Duane Engle, not to be confused with is brother King Bob, was low net with 60.

Closest to the pin on number 6 was Dick Taylor at 12’. Closest second shot on number 2 was John True at 8’1”. Engle had two birdies while Ashe, Jimmy Z, Dana Vosburgh, Rich Wheeler and Steve Novak each posted one.

This week is the second week of the league championships. The results this week will be added to the first week of league championship play which occurred on July 20. Trophies, if they are found as they are missing, will be handed out at the banquet at the end of the season.

It is position round for the Men’s Thursday Traveling League this week. The Championship Round will feature the team of Ben Flansberg and Corey Stalker vs. Scooter Burgess and Guy Eaton.

This past week Scott Budde had low gross of 37. Low net was reported by Brian Payne with a 27. Lots of birdies last week with Budde having two and Stalker, Payne, Dave Cotter, Randy Van Houten, Gabe Nagy, Tim Hallenbeck, Joey Molisani, Gary Marciszewski, Jeff Miller, Dan Hartman and Wayne Thorne each recording one.

Contributed Photo – Greyson Roberts scoring a touchdown for the Albion Beginner’s Division squad.

Albion scored a clean sweep capturing victories in all four Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) games Saturday.

Beginner
Albion 46, Holley 6

Moses Taylor led the Beginner Eagles rushing attack with 130 yards and 3 touchdowns. Greyson Roberts had 75 yards and 2 TD’s. Conor Murphy picked up 55 yards and 1 TD. Elian Almonte ran in 2 PAT’s and caught 1 from Roberts.

Almonte also led the defense with 12 tackles and Taylor had 4.

Mini
Albion 27, Holley 14

Jayce Torres had a huge day on ground for the Eagles picking up 224 yards with 4 TD’s. Camden Holt had 107 yards and Jace DiMatteo 54 yards. Liam Pearl and DiMatteo had PAT’s.

Liam Saporito, Lincoln Voorhees, Zion O’Neal and Holt led the defense.

JV
Albion 32, Holley 0

Eleven different ball carries helped lead the Eagles to a victory. Ethan Olles had 65 yards and 2 TD’s, Jermiah Hildreth 49 yards and 1 TD, Heyden Almonte 44 yards, Anthony O’Neal 41 yards and Brycen Potter added a TD. O’Neal also had a kickoff return for a touchdown. Almonte and Hildreth picked up PAT’s.

Landyn Galligan led the defense with 6 tackles. Matthew Schomske added 4.Hudson Armer and Traper Croft had great days on defense.

Varsity
Albion 15, Akron 6

Kendrick Russaw led the Eagles offense with 178 yards and 2 touchdowns to go with 22 receiving and a PAT. Hayden Cowley had 33 yards rushing. Albion used the “Mo Special” for a PAT with Mosehard Hunt.

Hunt and Cowley led the defense with 8 tackles. Oliver Stoffa picked up 6 and Russaw 4.