Northstar edged past Albion 3-2 in the championship game of the Wheatland-Chili boys soccer tournament this evening.

Finn McCue scored the two Albion goals, both coming off assists from David Rosario.

Now at 1-1, Albion next visits Akron on Thursday in the Niagara-Orleans League season opener.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley/Lyndonville  quarterback Destin Kuyal runs around the end as Zane Gleason (20) and Dylan Schultz (11) move in for the tackle for Allegany-Limestone during the Gators win over the host Hawks this afternoon.

Building up an early 20-0 lead, Allegany-Limestone went on to down host Holley/Lyndonville 48-22 in a season opening 8 man football game this afternoon.

Long touchdown runs of 44 and 41 yards helped Allegany Limestone grab a 14-0 first quarter lead. The Gators increased the advantage to 28-6 at the half on second quarter TD runs of 25 and 10 yards.

Holley/Lyndonville, which had one drive stopped at the A-L 21 in the first quarter by a lost fumble, scored in the second period on a 10 yard TD run by quarterback Destin Kuyal.

The Hawks other two scores came in the final quarter on TD runs of 17 and 58 yards by Hunter Jewell-Smith. Kuyal added both two-point conversions, the first on a pass reception from Jewell-Smith and the second on a run.

For the Gators, which led 34-6 at the three-quarter mark, quarterback Michael Frederick ran for two touchdowns and passed for another, Kevin Edwards-Hardy rushed for a pair of scores as did Matt Burnett. Edwards-Hardy also had a pass reception TD.

Holley/Lyndonville next visits CG Finney at 1 p.m. next Saturday.

Pembroke 55, Red Jacket 28
Defending champion Pembroke opened with a 55-28 win over Red Jacket Friday night as Tyson Totten led the Dragons with 414 yards rushing and 7 touchdowns.

Holley/Lyndonville’s Hunter Jewell-Smith breaks away from by tackle attempt by Allegany-Limestone’s Michael Frederick.

Getting goal production from 8 players, Lyndonville/Barker rolled to a 12-0 win over host CSAT today in a season opening non league girls soccer game.

Michayla Greene scored 3 goals and Liz Whipple and Alexa Robinson 2 each to lead the way for the Lady Tigers as Kayli Miller, Rylan Townsend, Natalie Rath, Arnie Sturtevant and Savannah Spoth each chipped in with 1.

Laci Giaria and Alexis Dauphinee shared in earning the shutout in goal.

The Lady Tigers will next host Byron-Bergen at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Genesee Region League opener.

Scoring early and often Medina romped to a 63-0 victory over St. Mary’s of Lancaster this afternoon in a season opening non league game at Lancaster.

The Mustangs took command at the outset exploding out to a 35-0 first quarter lead on touchdown runs of 9 yards by Brody Fry, 5 yards by Julian Woodworth and 50 yards by Noah Cudzilo along with a 10 yard TD pass from Woodworth to Fry and a 30 yard interception return for a score by Kaedon Cleveland. The TD aerial was the Mustangs only pass of the afternoon.

The lead increased to 49-0 at the half on second quarter TD runs of 5 yards by Will Prest and 35 yards by Fry.

Third quarter TD runs of 15 yards by Liam Castricone and 10 yards by Christian Moss rounded out the scoring. Moss rushed for a total of 132 yards on the afternoon.

Mustangs place kicker Cole Callard tied his own school record by going a perfect 9 for 9 in extra point kicks.

Defensively, Cudzilo had a pair of interceptions.

The meeting was the Mustangs first ever against the Lancers.

Medina next host Eden in the C North Division opener next Friday at 7 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Aidan Mescal scores Roy-Hart/Barker’s second touchdown during the Bulls season opening 31-0 win over visiting Burgard this evening.

The defense registered a shutout and the special teams set up the first two touchdowns sparking Roy-Hart/Barker to a 31-0 season opening win over visiting Burgard this evening.

The special teams scored the Bulls opening touchdown as Jackson West blocked a Burgard punt and Luey Castro made the recovery. The ball came loose again and Alexander Caleb recovered on the ball in the endzone for the touchdown. West also had the first of his four sacks on third down to force the Bulldogs into a punting situation.

The Bulls special teams came up big again later in the quarter getting the ball back after a high snap from center on a Burgard punt attempt. Three plays later Aidan Mescal scored on a 5 yard touchdown run and Jon Konstanty added the extra point kick to make it 13-0.

“We were relentless. We dominated,” said Bulls Coach CJ Knight.

Roy-Hart/Barker upped the lead to 21-0 at the half as Mescal scored on a 10 yard TD run with 43 seconds to go in the second quarter and quarterback Tysen McCaa added the two-point conversion run.

Roy-Hart/Barker closed out the win with a big fourth quarter as Mescal hooked up with Anthony Adinolfe for a 30 yard touchdown pass play. Konstanty added the extra point kick and later booted a 26 yard field goal.

Quarterback Tysen McCaa picks up yardage behind the block by RJ Townsend.

Iroquois 51, Albion 6
Jumping out to a 26-6 halftime advantage, defending Section VI Class B champion Iroquois posted a 51-6 win over visiting Albion in the B2 Division opener.

Kwame Riley scored Albion’s touchdown on an 80 yard kickoff return in the first quarter.

Medina posted a 6-1 win over Pembroke in a season opening non league boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.

Tyler Kroening and Cole Callard each scored 2 goals for Medina as Ryan Pegelow and Caden Kingsbury both chipped in with 1.

The Mustangs led 2-0 at the half.

Girls Soccer
Holley Tournament
Holley scored a goal late in the second half to nip Roy-Hart 1-0 in the final game of the host Lady Hawks three team, round robin girls soccer tournament.

Jailyn Bishop scored the goal off an assist from Alivia Wolf as Hanna Ostrom earned the shutout in goal.

Albion Tournament
Alexander nipped host Albion 2-1 in second sudden death overtime period in the championship game of the Purple Eagles tournament this afternoon.

Kailee Anstey scored the Albion goal off an assist from Alison Gibson.

In the consolation game, Pembroke downed Medina 7-1.

Albion opened its boys soccer season on a high note as the Purple Eagles nipped CG Finney 1-0 in the opening round of the Wheatland-Chili Tournament this afternoon.

Finn McCue scored the lone goal for the Purple Eagles early in the second half off an assist from Alonzo Figueroa Fuentes.

Albion will next face the winner of the Northstar vs. Wheatland-Chili semifinal in the title contest at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Girls Soccer

Aquinas 5, Holley 0

Aquinas downed host Holley 5-0 this evening in the Lady Hawks three team, round robin tournament.

Hannah Ostrom made 18 saves in goal for Holley which will next host Roy-Hart at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the tournament finale.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Madison Gates works to keep the ball away from Barker’s Cole Carnes during this afternoon’s key Niagara-Orleans League opener at Barker.

Defending champion Akron trimmed rival Barker 2-1 in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey season opener at Barker.

In the matchup between last year’s top two finishers, Akron got the game winning goal from Brooke Milhollen midway through the fourth quarter snapping 1-1 deadlock.

Akron also scored first as Madigan Regan tallied late in the opening quarter.

Barker knotted the score just before halftime on a penalty stroke goal by Madelina Pavlock but could not score again.

In the another N-O openers, Wilson downed visiting Roy-Hart 4-1 and Newfane bested Kenmore 2-1 in a shootout.

Natalie Rossi and Mackenzie Hardy each scored two goals for Wilson.

Savannah Newton scored the Roy-Hart goal.

Kylie Hampton and Roxy Smith scored the shootout goals for Newfane.

Barker’s Madelina Pavlock looks to drive between Akron’s duo of Julia Klodzinski (21) and Madigan Regan (9).