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Holley tops Lyndonville in G-R boys soccer
Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Holley tallied three times in the second half to defeat visiting Lyndonville 3-0 in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game this evening.
Jesse Patterson opened the scoring for Holley off an assist from Chris Mosier. Patterson then assisted on a goal by Cameron Bates who also netted the Hawks final tally on a penalty kick.
In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen defeated Kendall 3-1.
Kendall did take a 1-0 lead on a goal by Zach Barrett.
Long Southern Tier trip earns Albion first win
The long drive to the Southern Tier was well worth it as Albion snapped a season opening two game losing streak by downing host Olean 38-21 in a B2 Division game this evening.
Albion jumped out to an 8-0 first quarter lead on an 11 yard touchdown pass from Amari Jones to Javon Jones and a two-point conversion carry by Jacob Hughson.
The Purple Eagles maintained a 22-13 lead at the half on second quarter touchdowns by Hughson on a 4 yard run and by Javon Jones on a 36 yard pass reception from Amari Jones. Amari Jones tacked on the two-point conversion after the first TD.
Albion made it 30-13 in the third quarter on a 6 yard TD run and a two-point conversion carry by Amari Jones.
The Purple Eagles locked up the win in the final quarter on a 4 yard touchdown run by Hughson and a two-point conversion carry by Amari to make it 38-13.
Amari Jones finished with 104 yards passing and 98 rushing; Javon Jones 87 receiving and 40 rushing and Hughson 89 rushing.
The loss drops Olean to 2-1.
Mustangs surge past Golden Eagles
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Dominic Larabee goes up to tip a pass by Cleveland Hill quarterback Zach Phillips during the Mustangs win over the Golden Eagles this evening at Vets Park.
Rebounding from an early 6-0 deficit, Medina answered back with three straight touchdown drives to key a 39-12 victory over Cleveland Hill in a C North Division game this evening at Vets Park.
Improving to 3-0 in the C North Division, defending champion Medina pulled even on a 3 yard touchdown run by Noah Skinner with 3:30 to go in the opening quarter and then took the lead for good at 7-6 on an extra point kick by Cole Callard.
Quarterback Aiden Pitts completed two 10 yard passes to Jerrell Nealy and also had runs of 16 and 13 yards to highlight the drive.
The Mustangs upped the lead to 19-6 at the half on second quarter touchdown runs of 1 yard by Amari Soule and 4 yards by Skinner.
Skinner had runs of 34 and 11 yard to key the first drive. Pitts then hooked up with Cayden Lilleby for a big 20 yard pass completion and Skinner had a 14 yard run to highlight the second drive.
Keeping the momentum, Medina built the advantage to 32-6 in the third quarter on touchdown runs of 14 and 7 yards by Skinner as Callard tacked on the extra point kick after the second score.
Pitts had pass completions of 10 yards to Nealy and 11 to Lilleby on the first drive. He also had a 19 yard completion to Soule and Skinner added a 14 yard run to key the second drive.
Lilleby scored the Mustangs final touchdown on a 26 yard run in the fourth quarter as Callard again added the PAT kick. Skinner, who rushed for nearly 200 yards on the evening, had a 24 yard carry to set up the opportunity.
Cleve Hill took the brief 6-0 lead on a 23 yard touchdown pass from Zach Phillips to Amarion Spivey just three minutes into the game. The Golden Eagles other TD came on a 95 yard kickoff return by Tristan Pratt on the final play of the third quarter.
The loss drops Cleve Hill to 0-3.
Medina next visits Tonawanda next Friday.
Medina’s Cayden Lilleby in route to scoring a touchdown as Cleve Hill defender Jay’Mere Ramadan moves in.
Early goals spark Irish past Lady Tigers
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville/Barker’s Isabella Groves tries to send the ball up field against the Notre Dame duo of Allison Scheidt (15) and Teresa Compton (19) during the Lady Tigers home field loss to the Irish this afternoon.
A pair of early goals sparked Notre Dame to a 5-0 win over Lyndonville/Barker in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this afternoon at Lyndonville.
Nina Bartz and Arabella Rogers scored goals in the first seven minutes for Notre Dame which improves to 4-1-1.
In another G-R contest, Wheatland-Chili downed Kendall 2-0.
Holley 7, Medina 1
Holley downed visiting Medina 7-1 in a non league game as Sam Bates had 3 goals, Bella Thom 2 and Jailyn Bishop and Caitlin Dobri 1 each. Bates also had 2 assists and Thom and Emma Brady 1 each.
Haley Marciniak scored the goal for Medina which trailed by a narrow 2-1 margin at the half.
Lyndonville/Barker’s Safia Delobbe-Scott battles for control of the ball with Notre Dame’s Nina Bartz.
Lyndonville spikers win in five sets
Coming from behind twice, Lyndonville outlasted host Oakfield-Alabama in five sets 22-25, 31-29, 13-25, 25-13, 15-11 this evening in s Genesee Region League volleyball match.
Leading the way for the Lady Tigers were Ashlee Stephens with 19 assists and 3 aces, Lorelei Dillenbeck 11 kills and 2 aces, Addison Dillenbeck 6 aces and 10 digs, Haley Shaffer 17 digs and 3 aces and Brianna Smith 9 digs and 2 aces one of which was the match clincher.
In another G-R match Kendall downed rival Holley 25-21, 25-20, 25-13.
Roy-Hart 25-25-26, Wilson 11-21-24
Defending champion Roy-Hart downed host Wilson 25-11, 25-21, 26-24 to improve to 2-1 in Niagara-Orleans League action.
Samantha Albright had 8 kills and 3 aces, Alex Stern 3 kills and 2 aces and Makenna Elsenheimer 2 aces and 1 kill to lead the way for the Lady Rams.
Newfane 25-25-25, Medina 8-9-14
Newfane scored a straight set N-O win over Medina as Lauren Bax had 8 kills and 10 digs.
Improving to 2-1, the Lady Panthers had a total of 28 service aces.
Dani Williams, Lexoni Russo and Addy Paul each had a kill and Elizabeth Parker a block for Medina.
Football Weekend: Medina and Holley are at home; Albion and RBL go on the road
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kaedon Cleveland and his Medina teammates will host Cleveland Hill at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park in a C North Division game.
Facing a third straight division foe, Medina will host Cleveland Hill in a C North contest at 7 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.
Defending champion Medina brings a 2-0 record into the game while Cleve Hill is 0-2. The Mustangs have opened the season with wins over Newfane (21-7) and Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville (48-6) while the Eagles have lost 28-8 to Maryvale and 34-8 to Salamanca.
Mustangs quarterback Aiden Pitts threw four touchdown passes in last week’s win over RBL including two to Kaedon Cleveland and one each to Noah Skinner and Cayden Lilleby. Skinner also had his second straight 100 yard plus rushing game with 133 yards and a TD.
Holley will also be at home this weekend as the Hawks host Bolivar-Richburg at 1 p.m. Saturday in a key early season matchup of 2-0 teams in the 8 Man Division.
Holley has opened the season with road wins over Wellsville (30-14) and Mynderse (36-26) while Bolivar-Richburg has defeated Red Jacket 42-26 and Wellsville 42-24.
Albion will take to the road for the first time on the young season as the Purple Eagles visit Olean at 7 p.m. Friday for a B2 Division contest.
The Purple Eagles are looking to snap a season opening two game losing streak while the Huskies are 2-0. Albion has lost to Falconer (30-16) and Maryvale (22-18) while Olean has downed East Aurora 35-14 and Dunkirk 12-7.
Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville will visit Lackawanna at 1 p.m. Saturday for an interdivisional game.
The Silverbacks are 1-1 and the Steelers 2-0. RBL has defeated Alden 22-20 and lost to Medina 48-6 while Lackawanna has downed Alden 36-6 and Lew-Port 34-17.
C North Division: Medina 2-0, 2-0; Akron 1-0, 1-1; Tonawanda 0-1, 1-1; Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 0-1, 1-1; Newfane 0-1, 0-2; Cleve Hill 0-0, 0-2.
B2 Division: Olean 2-0, 2-0; Falconer 2-0, 2-0; Maryvale 1-0, 2-0; Dunkirk 0-1, 0-2; Cheektowaga 0-0, 1-1; Albion 0-2, 0-2; East Aurora 0-2, 0-2.
8 Man Division: Holley 2-0, Bolivar-Richburg 2-0, Canisteo-Greenwood 2-0, Red Jacket 1-1, Pembroke 1-1, Finney 0-2, Mynderse 0-2, Wellsville 0-2.
Barker tops Medina in key field hockey game
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Alexis Weeks takes a shot on goal as Adeline Castricone pursues for Medina during the Lady Raiders win over the Mustangs this evening at Vets Park.
Barker downed Medina 3-1 at Vets Park this evening to remain tied for the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey lead at 4-0 with Akron which downed Wilson 8-0.
Barker grabbed a 1-0 first half lead on a goal by Alexa Zglinicki but Medina pulled even early in the third quarter on a goal by Iyla Lilleby.
However, Barker answered with what proved to be the game winning goal by Zglinicki just four minutes later to regain the lead for good at 2-1.
Cole Carnes added an insurance goal for the Lady Raiders in the final period.
Lacey Berghorn scored 3 goals, Madison Brege 2 and Olivia McClaine, Nataie Ginestre and Iva Meyers 1 each for Akron.
Barker’s Mia Herman and Medina’s Adeline Castricone go after the ball.
Tigers win G-R soccer home opener
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Colton Smith works the ball up field past a Pembroke defender during the Tigers home field win this afternoon.
Opening the home portion of the schedule on a high note, Lyndonville shutout Pembroke 4-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.
Mason Nicholson opened the scoring for Lyndonville and Sebastian Temich and Colton Smith followed up with goals to give the Tigers a commanding 3-0 lead at halftime. Smith’s goal came with just a second to go.
Temisch also netted Lyndonville’s lone second half goal.
In another G-R game, Byron-Bergen built up a 4-0 halftime advantage and went on to defeat Holley 5-0.
G-R Volleyball
Notre Dame 25-25-25, Lyndonville 22-17-21
Ashlee Stephens had 9 assists and 4 digs, Lorelei Dillenbeck 5 aces and 4 kills, Addie Dillenbeck 6 kills and 2 aces and Haley Shaffer 9 digs for Lyndonville in the three set loss to Notre Dame.
Lyndonville’s Mason Nicholson sends the ball towards the goal.
Medina, Roy-Hart post N-O soccer road wins
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aiden Guild keeps the ball away from Albion’s Corleone Plain during the Rams win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.
Medina and Roy-Hart both scored victories on the road this evening in Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer competition.
Medina blanked Wilson 2-0 to improve to 1-1 and Roy-Hart downed Albion 5-1 to go to 2-0.
Jackson Moreland scored what proved to be the game winner for Medina in the second half. Cole Callard later added the second tally with just a second to go off an assist from Jason Beyer.
Brady Christiaansen earned the shutout in goal.
Four different players contributed goals for Roy-Hart as Peter Martillotta netted two and Jayden Swygret, Ethan Kuzma and Rem Albee each had one.
David Rosario scored Albion’s goal.
In the other N-O contest, Akron (1-0-1) defeated Newfane (0-2) 12-2.
N-O Girls Soccer
Akron 6, Albion 0
Katie Leeds scored 3 goals, Olivia Novak 2 and Gravie Leiker 1 for Akron (2-1) in the 6-0 win over visiting Albion (0-3).
N-O Volleyball
Akron downed Albion 25-19, 25-11, 25-15 in an N-O League match.
Roy-Hart’s Rem Albee battles with Albion’s Pablo Rosario-Reyes for control of the ball.
Barker golfers top Wilson to improve to 4-2
Barker defeated Wilson 251-280 this afternoon to improve to 4-2 in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition.
Wilson’s Nathan Meyers took medalist honors with a 36 and Joel Harris led Barker with a 40. Barker’s Caleb Pierce had a hole-in-one on the 5th hole.
In another N-O match, undefeated (6-0) Akron downed Albion (2-4) 228-275.
Drew Romesser took medalist honors for Akron with a 42 and Caleb Fox led Albion with a 44.
