Six players scored goals as Barker blanked Wilson 9-0 this afternoon to improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey competition.

Madelina Pavlok scored 3 goals, Alex Zglinicki 2 and Mia Herman, Petra Bish, Cole Carnes and Ella Taylor 1 each for the Lady Raiders. Pavlock, Carnes, Macie May and Aaliyah Wheat also each had an assist.

G-R Volleyball
Byron-Bergen defeated Lyndonville 25-21, 25-10, 25-14; Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 25-18, 25-8, 25-17 and Elba bested Kendall 25-19, 24-26, 25-14, 25-22 in Genesee Region League volleyball action this evening.

Lily Stalica had 3 aces and 11 assists, Noel Dormann 3 kills and Olivia Senf 3 aces and 2 kills for Byron-Bergen. Ashlee Stephens had 9 assists, Haley Shaffer 12 digs and Lorelei Dillenbeck 3 aces and 2 kills for Lyndonville.

Ryleigh Kirkum had 4 kills and Caitlyn Kotarski and Jessica Sosnowski 3 each for Oakfield-Alabama. Tia Hoffarth had 3 aces, 2 kills and 3 blcoks for Holley.

Halie Scouter had 11 kills and 6 blocks and Rachel Walls 6 kills and 5 aces doe Elba. Lauren Pilon had 8 kills and Madison Dellaquila 7 kills for Kendall.

N-O Golf
Newfane defeated Albion 240-261 and Akron won by forfeit over Wilson in Niagara-Orleans League golf matches today.

Jack Goeble and Kaidon Rose both shot 43 for Newfane while Albion’s Caleb Fox earned medalist honors with a 42.

A pair of first half goals proved to be just enough as Albion edged Medina 2-1 in the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer opener at Vets Park this evening.

The Purple Eagles goals were scored by Corleone Plain on a penalty kick, and by Pablo Rosario-Reyes.

Cole Callard scored the Medina goal in the second half.

Roy-Hart 3, Akron 0
All of the scoring came in the second half as defending champion Roy-Hart blanked host Akron 3-0.

Peter Martillotta scored all three goals for the Rams the first coming on a penalty kick and the second off an assist from Rem Albee.

In the other N-O opener Wilson blanked rival Newfane 5-0.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Rylee VanNostrand, who scored both Medina goals, sends the ball up field as Olivia Krenning and Taylor Soule defend for Albion. The Mustangs won the league opener 2-1 at Vets Park this afternoon.

Making a sparkling return to Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer competition, Medina edged rival Albion 2-1 at Vets Park this afternoon.

Rylee VanNostrand scored both goals in the first half for Medina which had played as a merged team with Lyndonville in the Genesee Region League the last four years.

Samantha Baisinait scored the goal for Albion as all of the scoring took place in the first half.

Holley 3, Oakfield/Elba 2
Holley downed Oakfieled-Alabama/Elba 3-2 in a Genesee Region League game as Emma Brady scored 2 goals and Ella Thom 1. Jailyn Bishop had 2 assists and Thom 1 for the Lady Hawks.

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen blanked Kendall 7-0.

Lockport Tournament

Roy-Hart edged Starpoint 5-4 in the semifinals of the Lockport Tournament.

A fourth quarter comeback bid fell just short as Albion dropped a narrow 22-18 decision to visiting Maryvale in a B2 Division game this evening.

Trailing 22-12 Albion sliced the deficit to just four in the final quarter on a 1 yard touchdown run by quarterback Amari Jones.

The Purple Eagles got the ball back again late in the quarter and drove into Maryvale territory when a turnover dashed the comeback bid.

Amari Jones also accounted for Albion’s other two touchdowns, both in the first quarter, on a 71 yard kickoff return and a 17 yard pass to Dallas Ecker.

However, the Purple Eagles failure to make the extra points after each of the touchdowns proved costly.

Maryvale is now 2-0 and Albion 0-2.

Making it two road victories in a row to open the season, Holley outlasted host Mynderse 36-26 in an 8 Man football game this evening at Seneca Falls.

Mynderse returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown but Holley answered right back with a 12 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Destin Kuyal to Zach Milner and a two-point conversion run by Tony Geska.

The Hawks led 28-20 at the half on a 28 yard touchdown run by Hunter Smith late in the second quarter.

Smith scored a total of four touchdowns on the night including scoring runs of 32, 5 and 2 yards.

Milner and Vinny Golisano both had two-point conversion runs.

Holley will open the home portion of its season against Bolivar-Richburg next Saturday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Hannah Moyer registers a spike over the hands of Medina’s Destiny Richardson during the Purple Eagles win over the visiting Mustangs this evening.

Rebounding from an opening set loss, Albion came battling back with huge late rallies in each of the next three sets, two of which came in overtime, to down visiting rival Medina 24-26, 25-20, 26-24, 26-24 to open the Niagara-Orleans League volleyball season.

Medina took the opening set in overtime rallying from an 18-10 deficit as Ki’Mani Poole served up points 11-18, including two aces, and Lexoni Russo points 23 and 24 both of which were aces.

However, Albion bounced right back to even the match by taking the second set rebounding from a 20-16 deficit as Maya Knaak served up the last 9 points in a row, including three aces.

Addison Paul had scored points 1-4 and Kylie Poynter 11-15 to help Medina build up an early 15-6 lead.

The Mustangs also grabbed a 10-2 lead to open the third set as Lorelei Sanders scored points 2-4 and Russo 7-10.

Albion though again answered the challenge rallying into a 12-11 lead as Madison Lebaron sevred up points 6-12, including 4 aces.

Medina did regain a 24-19 lead but the Purple Eagles retook the momentum to claim the 26-24 overtime win as Liana Flugal scored points 21-26 registering an ace for the set winner.

The decisive final set saw Albion jump out to an 18-8 lead as Flugal scored points 10-13 and Lebaron 14-18.

This time it was Medina battling back as the Mustangs rallied to within a point of claiming the set at 24-20 with Sanders scoring points 13-19 and Poole 21-24.

However, the last rally and the victory belonged to Albion as the Purple Eagles got a clutch run of five straight service points by Sam Rogers (22-26) to lock up the set and the match. A spiking kill by Hannah Moyer polished off the set and match winning point.

Newfane 25-25-22-26, Wilson 22-21-25-24
Newfane bested rival Wilson as Charley Buscaglia had 8 aces, 17 assists and 9 kills, Emma Hoffer 21 digs, Reese Rutherford 7 kills and Lauren Bax and Mykayla Schultz 5 kills each.

Lilah Frerichs had 7 kills and 4 blocks and Cat Cliffe 5 kills for Wilson.

Akron 25-23-25-11-15, Roy-Hart 14-25-20-25-5

In a sea-saw battle, Akron outlasted defending champion Roy-Hart in 5 sets 25-14, 23-25, 25-20, 11-25, 15-5 as the trio of Elisa Logan, Sloan Jonathan and Ashley Henning led the way for the Lady Tigers.

Alex Stern was strong at the service line and Sam Albright at the net for Roy-Hart.

Medina’s Elizabeth Parker tips the ball over the net as Albion’s Julia Knight tries to block.

Roy-Hart evened its Niagara-Orleans League field hockey record at 1-1 with a 1-0 victory at Kenmore this evening.

Cheyenne Stilwell scored the goal for the Lady Rams off an assist from Brooke Zglinicki.

In another N-O contest, Akron downed Newfane 13-0 as Madison Brege and Lacey Berghorn each scored three goals.

In a non league contest, Clarence downed visiting Barker 6-0.

Holley and Kendall both dropped decisions on the road today in boys soccer action.

Attica downed Kendall 3-1 in a Genesee Region League game while Mt. Morris blanked Holley 2-0 in a non league contest.

Zach Barrett scored the goal for Kendall which trailed 2-0 at the half. The Eagles are now 1-1-1.

The Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville game was postponed.