Contributed Photo – Albion’s Elijah Doxey goes up to haul in a pass as Preston Woodworth defends for Medina during Saturday’s Varsity Division youth football game at Albion.

Albion scored a three game sweep over visiting Medina Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association action.

Beginner
Albion 14, Medina 0

Jayce Torres had 69 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns to lead the Eagles ground attack. Cayden Farrell picked up 59 and Dominic Westlund 22.

Zion O’Neal and Farrell each had 6 tackles and a fumble recovery for Albion. Elian Almonte had 5 tackles and a fumble recovery.

For the Ponys, plays were made on defense by Jace Hamilton, Cayden Dubois, David Parsell, Shane Re and Luke Ayrhart to keep the game close until the end. Offensively there were some good runs from Dubois, Lyric Chinn, Zach Allen and Parsell.

Mini
Albion 32, Medina 6

Heyden Almonte had a huge day on the ground with 147 yards and 2 touchdowns for Albion. Ethan Olles had 53 yards, Giovanni LaMartina 45 yards ,Camden Holt 40 yards and each also had a TD.

Landon Farrell led the Eagles defense with 5 tackles, Colton Moreland and Holt had 4 each. Connor Hinckley had 3 stops.

Albion built a 19-0 lead before Damareon Shine was able to score for Medina but that was all the offense they could must against a tough Albion defense. The Medina defense was led by Shine, Xander Groves, Austin Harper, Ja’Keir Taylor, Philip Molina and Patrick Grollmes.

Varsity
Albion 35, Medina 12

Medina pulled within two at one point but Albion finished the game with 21 unanswered points to earn the win.

Elijah Doxey had a great day on the ground for Albion with 155 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. Noah Harrison added a 35 yard TD.

On Defense for the Eagles, Doxey, Zac Chinn, Chris Almonte and Jonah Elsenheimer had 4 tackles apiece, Hayden Cowley added 3. Doxey had 2 interceptions and Harrison had 1 that he returned 52 yards for a TD.

Medina tied the score at 6-6 on a Matthew Jacobs TD run. The Stallions later cut the deficit to 14-12 after an interception return for a TD by Preston Woodworth but could get no closer.

Regaining the .500 mark at 5-5, Roy-Hart defeated Newfane 4-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this morning.

Abigail Glyshaw scored two goals and Cheyenne Stilwell and Brooke Zglinicki each added one to lead the way for Roy-Hart.

Kylie Hampton scored the goal for Newfane which slips to 0-10.

Girls Soccer
Roy-Hart 2, Sacred Heat 1
Roy-Hart posted a 2-1 non league win over Sacred Heat this afternoon to improve to 10-2 overall on the season.

Kaitlin Mettler and Grace Trombley scored the goals for the Lady Rams as Grace Parker and Nadia White earned assists.

Avenging an earlier season road loss, Roy-Hart moved into a tie for first place by scoring a 3-1 victory over visiting Wilson in a key Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening.

Roy-Hart and Wilson are now deadlocked for the N-O lead at 7-1 with two games remaining on the league schedule.

Kaitlyn Mettler scored a goal for Roy-Hart in the first half off an assist from Allie Trombley.

The Lady Rams later netted the deciding two goals in the second half by Sophia Allee off an assist from Mettler and by Nadia White.

Akron 7, Albion 0
Akron improved to 4-3-1 in N-O action by downing Albion (1-7) 7-0 as Katie Leeds scored 3 goals to lead the offense,

Contributed Photo – Prior to today’s field hockey game Akron’s Lacey Berghorn was honored for achieving the 100 career goal mark. She added to that total by scoring a goal in the Lady Tigers win over Kenmore..

Kendall 2, Lyndonville/Barker 1 OT
Alea Barrett scored the game winning goal in overtime for Kendall off an assist from Emma Quintern as the Lady Eagles celebrated Senior Night with a narrow 2-1 OT win over Lyndonville/Barker.

Ava Quintern scored Kendall’s first goal while Michayla Greene netted the Lyndonville/Barker goal.

Boys Soccer
Roy-Hart 2, Wilson 1
Roy-Hart edged host Wilson 2-1 to improve to 9-0 in N-O League action.

Peter Martillotta scored a goal in each half for the Rams with the first coming on a penalty kick.

Field Hockey
Akron 8, Kenmore 0
Akron stayed unbeaten at 9-0 in N-O field hockey action with an 8-0 win over visiting Kenmore as Natalie Gineste scored 2 goals and Madison Brege, Lacey Berghorn, Olivia McClaine, Nevada Bregman, Julia Klodzinski and Megan Gates each scored one.

Volleyball
Roy-Hart defeated Wilson 25-18, 25-14, 25-22 and Newfane downed Medina 25-20, 25-10, 25-16 in N-O volleyball matches this evening.

Kylie Poynter had 3 aces for Medina as Ki’Mani Poole and Lorelei Sanders both had 2, Destiny Richardson, Maddy Rutledge and Gabby Flores-Medina each had 2 kills.

Making it four wins in a row, Albion outpointed host Cheektowaga 48-34 in a B2 Division game this evening.

Albion jumped out to a 14-8 first quarter lead on a 17 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Amari Jones to Javon Jones, a 59 yard punt return by Javon Jones and a two-point conversion pass from Amari Jones to Kwame Riley.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 27-14 lead at the half as Amari Jones hooked up with Javon Jones for an 85 yard touchdown pass and also recovered a fumble for another TD. Corleone Plain added the extra point kick after the second TD.

Amari Jones had a 6 yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion pass to Javon Jones for Albion’s only scoring in the third quarter which ended with the Purple Eagles up 35-22.

The Purple Eagles put a lock on the victory with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter on a fumble recovery by Riley and a 59 yard run by Amari Jones. Plain added the PAT kick after the final score.

Amari Jones had 202 yards passing and 85 rushing on the evening while Javon Jones had 122 yards receiving.

Albion is now 3-2 in the division and 4-2 overall while Cheektowaga is 2-2, 3-3.

Pembroke 58, Holley 16
Pembroke downed visiting Holley 58-16 to improve to 5-1 in the 8 Man Division.

Tyson Totten had 188 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns to lead the Dragons.

Hunter Smith scored both Holley touchdowns on runs of 42 and 4 yard. Quarterback Destin Kuyal ran for one two-point conversion and passed to Vinny Golisano for the other.

Holley is now 2-4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jerrell Nealy tackles Springville’s Wyatt Michalski during the Mustangs Homecoming victory over the Griffins this evening at Vets Park.

Scoring early and often Medina romped to a 65-0 Homecoming game victory over Springville this evening at Vets Park.

The offense, defense and special team units all contributed scores as the Mustangs roared out to a commanding 35-0 first quarter lead.

Noah Skinner scored three touchdowns on runs of 4, 5 and 37 yards during that decisive stretch which also included a 12 yard scoring pass from quarterback Aiden Pitts to Noah Cudzillo and the recovery of a blocked punt the the Springville endzone for another TD by Cudzillo. Skinner had the block of that punt attempt.

An interception by Logan Gray at the Springville 27 set up the second Medina touchdown of the wild quarter and an interception by Julian Woodworth at the Griffins 37 set up the fifth TD.

Xavier Bloom also had a fumble recovery for the Mustangs late in the quarter which set up a 25 yard TD run by Skinner on the first play of the second period.

The Mustangs added two more touchdowns on runs of 26 yards by Woodworth and 54 by Cudzillo and a safety on a blocked punt which went out of the endzone in the quarter which ended with the Mustangs up by whopping margin of 58-0 at the half.

A fumble recovery by Josh Wilson set up the second TD of the quarter. Jerrell Nealy also had a fumble recovery late in the quarter.

Neely also scored the Mustangs lone touchdown of the second half on 21 yard run in the fourth quarter. The half was played with a running clock.

Cole Callard kicked the extra point after all 9 of the Mustangs touchdowns.

Medina is now 6-0 and Springville 0-6.

Medina’s Josh Wilson, at left, recovers a fumble and tries to elude Springville’s Gabriel Murphy. At right, Medina’s Julian Woodworth makes an interception against Springville’s Rowen Oakley.

A last second field goal earned Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville a thrilling 17-14 victory over host Tonawanda in a C North Division game this evening.

John Konstanty kicked the deciding 22 yard field goal with one second to go to give the Silverbacks the win.

A 26 yard pass completion from Aiden Mescall to Payton Grabowski set up the field goal opportunity. Mescall had 127 yards rushing on the night.

The Silverbacks led 14-0 at the half as Wyatt Sherman had two touchdowns and a two-point conversion.

Tonawanda rallied to tie the game at 14-14 with a touchdown with two minutes to go.

The Silverbacks improve to 2-2 in the division and 3-3 overall as the Warriors slip to 0-4, 1-5.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Kroening looks to stop the advance of Newfane’s Jakson Sears during the Mustangs win over the Panthers at Vets Park this evening.

Scoring a goal in each half, Medina blanked Newfane 2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening at Vets Park.

Cole Callard scored what proved to be the game winning goal on a header off a corner kick by Alex Benz midway through the first half.

Callard later added an insurance goal in the second half.

The win improves Medina to 3-4-1 in N-O competition while Newfane slips to 0-9.

Akron 3, Albion 1

Akron boosted its N-O record to 5-2-1 with a 3-1 win at Albion.

Corleone Plain scored the goal for Albion which is now 2-5-1 in N-O action.

N-O Girls Soccer

A lone second half goal earned Newfane a narrow 1-0 win over visiting Medina this afternoon in an N-O contest.