Jumping out to a 3-0 half-time advantage, No. 3 seed Holley went on to defeat visiting No. 14 Alexander 7-0 this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class C1 girls soccer playoffs.

Samantha Bates led Holley with 5 goals as Emma Brady and Jailyn Bishop each netted 1. Zoey Wolf, Alexia Renner and Jasmin Apicella each had an assist.

Now at 14-2-1, Holley will next host the winner of the No. 6 Bloomfield vs. No. 11 York/Pavilion game on Friday.

In Class C2 action, No. 5 Cal-Mum downed No. 12 Kendall 5-0 and No. 4 Warsaw defeated No. 13 Lyndonville/Barker 4-0..

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Juliana Buscarino spikes over the Medina duo of Hailey Wilkins and Destiny Richardson during the Lady Rams win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Roy-Hart completed a 7-3 Niagara-Orleans League volleyball season with a straight set 25-17, 25-12, 25-22 win over host Medina this evening.

Alex Stern had 9 spiking kills and 3 service aces and Samantha Albright 7 kills and 3 aces to lead the way for the Lady Rams.

Stern had 3 kills, Albright 2 and Emily Livergood 3 aces to spark Roy-Hart in the opening set. A kill by Stern polished off the set winning 25th point.

Stern then served up points 2-5, Elsenheimer 9-12 and Albright 14-17 to pace Roy-Hart in the second set as Stern again had a kill for the final point.

Elsenheimer then had 4 aces as Stern and Albright both registered 3 kills for the Lady Rams in the third et up close out the win.

Phallon Rivera had 3 aces and Ki’Mani Poole 2 on the evening for Medina which finishes the N-O season at 2-8.

Newfane 25-28-23-25, Albion 15-26-25-10

Emma Hoffer had 15 digs and 1 ace, Lauren Bax 5 kills and Charley Buscaglia 15 assists and 2 aces for Newfane in the four set win over Albion.

Medina’s Maddy Rutledge spikes as Roy-Hart’s Aubree Parker attempts to block.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Mia Herman and Akron’s Melanie Holtz battle for control of the ball during the Lady Tigers key title clinching win over the Lady Raiders this afternoon.

Completing a second straight perfect 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League field hockey championship season, Akron blanked host Barker 2-0 in a rain soaked contest this afternoon.

A cold rain pelted the field for most of the first half which saw Nevada Bergman score what proved to be the game winning goal in the final seconds of the opening quarter off an assist from Lacey Berghorn.

Barker put strong pressure on in the second quarter off a series of corner opportunities but couldn’t capitalize.

Akron finally put a lock on the win and outright possession of the title when Sophia Jones scored with just under five minutes to play in the final period off an assist from Bergman.

Roy-Hart 2, Wilson 0

Roy-Hart finished the N-O season at 6-6 after a rainy 2-0 win over host Wilson.

Brooke Zglinicki scored a goal in each half for Roy-Hart as Alaina Kowalski and Abigail Glyshaw earned the assists.

Medina 5, Newfane 0

Iyla Lilleby scored 3 goals and Brooke Moden 2 for Medina as the Mustangs capped off an 8-4 N-O season with a 5-0 victory over Newfane at Vets Park.

Final Standings: Akron 12-0, Barker 10-2, Medina 8-4, Roy-Hart 6-6, Kenmore 3-9, Wilson 2-10, Newfane 11-1.

Akron’s Sophia Jones works to keep the ball away from Barker’s Addison Szafranski.

Contributed Photo – Rocco Sidari on a touchdown run during Saturday’s JV Division win over Roy-Hart/Barker.

Albion and Medina both scored victories Saturday to wrap up the Niagara Orleans Football Association’s regular season.

Beginner Division
Roy-Hart/Barker 12, Albion 6

In a great defensive battle, Albion was led on defense by Cayden Farrell and Harrison Froman with 6 tackles each and Kairo Bennett with 5.

Jayce Torres scored the lone touchdown on a 45 yard run.

The Beginners finish the season at 6-2.

Mini Division
Albion 18, Roy-Hart/Barker 0

Capping off a perfect 8-0 regular season the Eagles shut out the Rams, 18-0.

Heyden Almonte had 150 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. Ethan Olles added 33 yards on the ground, Camden Holt 28 yards and Giovanni LaMartina 20 yards.

Landon Farrell had a big day on defense with 8 tackles. Holt and Connor Hinckley added 5 each, LaMartina and Almonte 3 each.

Albion will face Medina on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Oakfield Alabama in the playoffs.

JV Division
Albion 32, Roy-Hart/Barker 0

Four different ball carriers picked up touchdowns for the Albion offense. Brayden LaMartina had 103 yards and 1 TD, Rocco Sidari has 57 yards and 2 TDs, Edwin Dudley and AJ Sullivan had 1 each.

Sullivan led the defense with 7 tackles, Oliver Stoffa and Landyn Galligan 4 each.

Albion will now face Batavia Saturday, 1pm in Oakfield-Alabama.

Varsity Division
Albion 38, Roy-Hart/Barker 0

Elijah Doxey led the Albion offense with 122 yards rushing, 2 rushing touchdowns and a TD reception from Jonah Elsenheimer. Noah Harrison added 72 yards and 3 TDs, Hayden Cowley had 23 yards rushing.

On defense, Albion had 3 interceptions on the day, one each for Christopher Almonte, Doxey and Cowley. Zac Chinn had 7 tackles, Almonte 6, Chrisjen Winters and Harrison 4 each.

Albion will play Batavia at 5 p.m., Saturday at Oakfield-Alabama in the playoffs.

Beginners
Oakfield/Elba 18, Medina 13

Cayden Dubois scored for the Ponys on a 20 yard touchdown run and Luke Ayrhart ran in the extra point and a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. In the second half the Titans took a 12-7 lead, Dubois scored again in the third quarter, this time from 9 yards out, but the extra point was no good for a 13-12 Ponys lead. Oakfield Elba finally broke through with the final score to make it 18-13. The Ponys got down to the 10 yard line before time ran out on the end of the season. On the day Lyric Chinn had a couple of good runs on offense and Kaydence Russaw, Dubois, Zach Allen and Ayrhart all had big games on defense.

Minis
Medina 6, Oakfield/Elba 0

In a battle for their playoff lives the Medina Colts put on an incredible defensive exhibition against the tough Oakfield Elba Titans as a 60 yard touchdown run by Damareon Shine in the fourth quarter provided the only scoring. Defensively the Colts were led by Xander Groves, Shine, Jeremiah Baity-Medina, Austin Harper and a huge fumble recover from Xander Crockett which stopped an early long gain by the Titans. On offense, the team was able to move the ball a bit at midfield with runs from Shine, Luke Hungerford, Romen Allport and Baity-Medina.

Section V and Section VI postseason sectional playoff action will get underway this coming week with boys and girls soccer competition.

The Section V boys and girls playoffs will begin on Tuesday while in Section VI the boys contests get underway on Tuesday and the girls on Wednesday.

The Roy-Hart girls are seeded No. 1 and the boys No. 2 in Section VI Class B2 while the Holley girls are seeded No. 3 in Section V Class C1.

The Niagara-Orleans League field hockey championship will be decided on Monday as 11-0 Akron visits 10-1 Barker in the season finale.

Football action will feature the renewal of the century plus long Orleans County rivalry as Medina visits Albion at 7 p.m. Friday.

Weekly Schedule
Section VI Girls Soccer Playoffs
Class B1 – No. 11 Albion at No. 6 Tonawanda, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Class B2 – No. 13 Medina at No. 4 Alden, No. 10 Eden at No. 7 Akron, No. 11 Newfane at No. 6 Springville, 3:30 p.m. all on Wednesday; No. 9 Southwestern vs. No. 8 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley winner at No. 1 Roy-Hart, 6 p.m. Friday.

Class C – No. 9 Pine Valley/Gowanda vs. No. 8 Cattaraugus/Little Valley winner at No. 1 Wilson, 6 p.m. Friday.

Section VI Boys Soccer Playoffs
Class B1 – No. 11 Albion will visit No. 6 Lackawanna, 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Class B2 – No. 15 Silver Creek at No. 2 Roy-Hart at 6:30 p.m.; No. 12 Medina at No. 5 Southwestern at 7 p.m.; No. 16 Newfane at No. 1 Allegany-Limestone at 6 p.m. and No. 9 Cassadaga Valley at No. 8 Akron at 3:30 p.m. all on Tuesday.

Class C – No. 6 Chautauqua Lake at No. 3 Wilson, 6 p.m. Thursday.

Section V Boys Soccer Playoffs
Class C1 – No. 10 Sodus at No. 7 Holley, 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Class C2 – No. 9 Wheatland-Chili at No. 8 Kendall, 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Class D1 – No. 11 Lyndonville vs. No. 6 Arkport/Canaseraga, 5 p.m. Tuesday at Dansville.

Section V Girls Soccer Playoffs
Class C 1 – No. 14 Alexander at No. 3 Holley, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Class C2 – No. 12 Kendall at No. 5 Caledonia-Mumford and No. 13 Lyndonville/Barker at No. 4 Warsaw, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Field Hockey
Monday – Akron at Barker, Newfane at Medina, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday – Buffalo Seminary at Medina, 7 p.m.
Thursday – Barker at Nichols, 5 p.m.

Volleyball
Monday – Wheatland-Chili at Holley, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion, Wilson at Akron, Lyndonville at Elba, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday – Pembroke at Holley, Kendall at Attica, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday – Holley at Attica, 5 p.m.; Newfane at Lyndonville, Kendall at Elba, 6:30 p.m.
Friday – Lyndonville at Albion, Roy-Hart at Cheektowaga, 6:30 p.m.

Football
Thursday – Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville at Akron, 7 p.m.
Friday – Medina at Albion, 7 p.m.
Saturday – Wellsville at Holley, 1 p.m.

Cross-Country
Saturday – N-O All-League meet at Lakeside State Park, 11 a.m.

Standings
Football
C North Division – Medina 5-0, 7-0; Cleve Hill 4-1, 4-3, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 2-2, 4-3; Akron 2-2, 3-4; Newfane1-5, 1-6; Tonawanda 0-5, 1-6

B2 Division – Maryvale 5-0, 7-0; Falconer 4-2, 5-2; Albion 4-2, 5-2; Cheektowaga 3-2, 4-3; Olean 3-3, 4-3; East Aurora 1-5, 1-6; Dunkirk 0-6, 0-7

8 Man Division – Canisteo-Greenwood 7-0, Pembroke 6-1, Bolivar-Richburg 5-2, Red Jacket 4-3, Finney 3-4, Holley 2-5, Mynderse 1-6, Wellsville 1-6

Field Hockey
N-O – Akron 11-0, Barker 10-1, Medina 7-4, Roy-Hart 5-6, Kenmore 3-9, Wilson 2-9, Newfane 1-10

Volleyball
N-O – Akron 9-0, Newfane 6-3, Roy-Hart 6-3, Albion 2-7, Medina 2-7, Wilson 2-7
G-R Div. 1 – Alexander 20-1, Attica 9-1, Pembroke 10-3, Oakfield-Alabama 4-9, Kendall 2-10, Holley 0-14
G-R Div. 2 – Notre Dame 11-2, Byron-Bergen 6-6, Elba 5-6, Lyndonville 5-7, Wheatland-Chili 3-8

Defending champion Roy-Hart has earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Section VI Class B2 girls soccer playoffs.

The Lady Rams, which shared the Niagara-Orleans League title with Wilson at 9-1, will host the winner of the first round matchup between No. 9 Southwestern and No. 8 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley at 6 p.m. Friday.

Wilson has earned the top seed in Class C and will host the winner of the opening round Pine Valley/Gowanda vs. Cattaraugus/Little Valley at 6 p.m. Friday.

Also in Class B2, No. 13 Medina will visit No. 4 Alden, No. 7 Akron will host No. 10 Eden and No. 11 Newfane will visit No. 6 Springville at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

In Class B1, No. 11 Albion will visit No. 6 Tonawanda at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Section VI Boys Soccer Playoffs
In Class B1, No. 11 Albion will visit No. 6 Lackawanna at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Class B2 openers on Tuesday will have No. 15 Silver Creek at No. 2 Roy-Hart at 6:30 p.m.; No. 12 Medina at No. 5 Southwestern at 7 p.m.; No. 16 Newfane at No. 1 Allegany-Limestone at 6 p.m. and No. 9 Cassadaga Valley at No. 8 Akron at 3:30 p.m.

Section V Boys Soccer Playoffs
In Class C1, No. 7 Holley will host No. 10 Sodus at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

In Class C2, No. 8 Kendall will host No. 9 Wheatland-Chili at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

In Class D1, No. 11 Lyndonville will face No. 6 Arkport/Canasaraga at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Dansville.

Section V Girls Soccer Playoffs
In Class C 1, No. 3 Holley will host No. 14 Alexander at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

In Class C2, No. 12 Kendall will visit No. 5 Caledonia-Mumford and No. 13 Lyndonville/Barker will visit No. 4 Warsaw both at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Hunter Smith dives for extra yardage as Red Jacket’s Micah Harshfield (3) and Matthew Allen (10) go for the tackle during the host Hawks narrow lass to the Indians this afternoon.

In a down to the wire sea-saw battle, Red Jacket scored in the last half minute to nip host Holley 28-22 this afternoon in an 8 Man Division game.

Trailing 22-20, Red Jacket pulled out the win as quarterback Micah Harshfield ran 2 yards for a touchdown and then passed to Ethan Gray for the two-point conversion and a 28-22 lead with just 31 seconds remaining.

Holley though had one last opportunity to pull out the win.

Hawks quarterback Destin Kuyal hooked up with Mason Moyer for a big 29 yard pass completion down to the Red Jacket 20 with 5 seconds to go. However, the Hawks comeback bid was dashed as a pass fell incomplete in the endzone as time expired.

In all Holley had to come from behind three times on the windy afternoon.

Red Jacket took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter on a 2 yard touchdown run by Harshfield.

Holley answerred back with a long 96 yard scoring drive highlighted by runs of 33 yards by Kuyal and 22 by Hunter Smith and capped off by a 5 yard TD pass from Kuyal to Zach Miler and a two-point conversion with by Smith for an 8-6 lead midway through the second quarter.

Red Jacket regained a 14-8 lead at the half on a 2 yard TD run by Gray and a two-point conversion carry by Harshfield with just 19 seconds to go.

The Holley defense came up with big stops to halt two other Red Jacket drives deep in Hawks territory in the half. First consecutive stops by Frank Golisano, Kuyal and Milner stopped first threat at the 11 and then an interception by Michael Fallato halted the second at the 4.

Holley pulled even at 14-14 late in the third quarter as Smith bulldozed his way into the endzone from 10 yards out.

Red Jacket went back up 20-14 with 8 minutes to go in the fourth quarter on a 41 yard touchdown pass from Aiden Reed to Gray. Fallato intercepted the two-point conversion pass attempt.

Holley though answered right back to regain the lead for the last time at 22-20 on a 3 yard touchdown run and a two point conversion carry by Smith with 5:03 remaining.

However, the last score and the win belonged to Red Jacket which found the endzone with 31 seconds to go to improve to 4-3 as Holley slips to 2-5.

Holley’s Michael Fallato intercepts the ball from Red Jacket’s Ethan Gray. At right, Holley’s Frank Golisano moves in to tackle Harshfield.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Wyatt Sherman stretches for extra yardage for Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville during this evening’s Homecoming win over Lew-Port.

A quick two touchdown scoring burst late in the third quarter provided the margin of victory as Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville celebrated Homecoming by defeating Lew-Port 23-7 in an interdivisional game this evening at Middleport.

Snapping a 7-7 tie, the Silverbacks regained the lead for good at 15-7 on a 6 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Trenton Muck to Dan Aquilina and a two-point conversion run by Wyatt Sherman with 5:43 to go in the third quarter.

The Silverbacks scored again just a minute later as a fumble recovery by Lucas Drees at the Lancers 42 set up a 12 yard touchdown run by Aiden Mescall and a two-point conversion carry by Sherman upping the lead to 23-7.

The Silverbacks defense also got another key fumble recovery in the fourth quarter by Josh Hahn.

The Silverbacks took a 7-0 lead with 2:27 to go in the second quarter on a 1 yard touchdown run by Muck and an extra point kick by John Konstanty.

However, the Lancers rallied to tie the contest on the final play of the first half on a 35 yard touchdown pass from Jake Quarantillo to Anthony Aversa and and extra point kick by Brody Burnham.

The Silverbacks defense though shutout the Lancers in the second half as RBL improves to 4-3 on the season.

Dan Aquilina hauls in a touchdown pass from quarterback Trenton Muck for the Silverbacks.

Medina played to a 2-2 tie against Rochester Prep in a non league boys soccer game at Vets Park this evening.

Cole Callard scored both goals for the Mustangs.

Medina finishes the regular season at 8-6-2.

In other non league contests, Kendall played to a 1-1 tie against Northstar and Attica/Alexander downed Albion 7-0.

Josh Esposito scored the Kendall goal off an assist from Jonathan Reyes.

Girls Soccer
In Genesee Region League girls soccer, Notre Dame downed Kendall 3-0 on goals by Autumn Mathisen, Emma Fitch and Alison Scheldt and Byron-Bergen blanked Lyndonville/Barker 9-0.

Field Hockey
Newfane defeated rival Wilson 3-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game on goals by Kylie Hampton, Gwen Johnson and McKayla Austin.