Contributed Photo – Roy-Hart Coach Greg Matillotta congratulates his son Peter on his new scoring record.

Four players contributed goals as Roy-Hart romped to a 10-0 victory over host Tapestry in a non league boys soccer game this afternoon.

Peter Martillotta had 4 goals, Rem Albee 2 goals and 3 assists, Noah Bartholomew 2 goals, Ethan Kuzma a goal and 2 assists and Caleb Veratti a goal for the Rams.

With his 4 goals Martillotta set a new Roy-Hart career scoring record of 41 goals.

In a Niagara-Orleans League opening game Akron and Wilson played to a 0-0 tie.

N-O action continues on Friday with Roy-Hart at Akron and Newfane at Wilson at 4:45 p.m. and Albion at Medina at 7 p.m.

Holley rolled to a 7-1 victory over host Pembroke this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer opener.

Samantha Bates scored 3 goals, Emma Brady 2 and Ryleigh Weader and Mia Thom 1 each for the Lady Hawks.

Brady also had 3 assists as Bates, Isabella Thom, Alivia Wolf and Jailyn Bishop each had 1.

In another G-R contest, Wheatland-Chili pulled away in the second half to down visiting Lyndonville 8-0. W-C held a narrow 2-0 lead at the half.

G-R Volleyball

Alexander downed Kendall 27-25, 25-10, 25-17 in a G-R volleyball match.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kaitlyn Mettler heads the ball into the net for the Lady Rams first score in the win over visiting Akron this evening. Sophia Jank (11) and Katie Leeds (9) defend for Akron.

Building up a 3-0 half-time advantage, Roy-Hart went on to open defense of its Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer title by downing visiting Akron 4-0 this evening at Gasport.

Kaitlyn Mettler provided the offensive spark for the Lady Rams in the first half as she had a hand in all three goals.

After playing the first 20 minutes in goal due to an injury, Mettler moved back to her normal frontline position midway through the half and quickly scored two goals within a span of three minutes. The first came off a corner by Nadia White and the second on a penalty kick. Then later in the half she assisted on a goal by Grace Trombley.

Mettler completed her three goal hat trick by scoring the Lady Rams lone second half goal off an assist from White.

Roy-Hart will next face Starpoint in the opening round of the Lockport Tournament on Friday.

Wilson 3, Newfane 2
Wilson bested rival Newfane 3-2 in the other N-O opener as Madeline Schultz, Rian Faery and Emily Phillips each scored a goal and Leia Cloy had 3 assists.

Anna Chunco scored both Newfane goals as Paige Miller and Giselle Brong had the assists.

Grace Trombley, who scored a goal, drives the ball up field for Roy-Hart against Akron defender Ella Liss.

Barker evened its Niagara-Orleans League golf record at 2-2 by downing Medina 242-266 this afternoon at Niagara-Orleans.

Joel Harris shot 39 and Charlie LaGreca  45 to lead the way for Barker.

Dylan Lonnen took medalist honors with a 38 and Aidan Paul shot a 40 for Medina which is also 2-2.

In other N-O action, Albion won by forfeit over host Wilson which had only four golfers available for the match.

Caleb Fox shot 47 for Albion while Nathan Meyers had a 40 and Mike Bubar a 43 for Wilson.

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

Contributed Photo – Joe Suhr

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville coach Joe Suhr has been named the week one Buffalo Region Coach of the Week by the Buffalo Bills and ADPRO Sports after he led the Silverbacks to a 22-20 win over Alden in the opening game of the season.

Suhr is in his third year as the coach of the Silverbacks, helping grow the program from an 8-person football team back to 11 on 11 football. One of Suhr’s main objectives as a coach is simply to provide an opportunity for kids in his community to play football. In addition to his duties as varsity football coach, Coach Suhr teaches History in the Lyndonville CSD, and coaches varsity wrestling.

Throughout the year Suhr hosts several fundraisers to help athletes raise money for camps and volunteers as the Director of a youth wrestling club in Lyndonville. A community organization that Coach Suhr is heavily involved in is Madison Nation, a charity that raises money for families that have a child battling pediatric cancer.

To grow the game of football in his community, Suhr helps run an elementary school flag football program and has worked with local youth football programs in the past as a coach as well.

Suhr has taken a number of steps to grow his Varsity program throughout the year and develop his players including instituting USA Football tackling protocols, hosting team building dinners each week, building a weightlifting program, and participating in 7on7 off-season football.

Contributed Photo – Sue Miller

Sue Miller, a longtime member and golfer at Hickory Ridge, experienced the thrill of a hole in one recently when she aced the 123 yard par 3 third hole. She was so excited she neglected to report what club she used.

The Tuesday Ladies Night Out League wrapped up their season this week.

Deb Wood shot low gross with a 38 followed by her partner Aleta Martin who shot a 45. Kathy Babbit had low gross with a 36. She had a trio of golfers close as Vicki Brawn, Linda Chrzan and Patty Pfister all had grossed 38.

Heading into then position round, Wood and Martin lead with 111 points. Chrzan and Laurie Freeman are in second with 106.5. Third place was held by Marcia Zambito and Margie Page with 103.5.

As has been the tradition, final standings will not be revealed until the league banquet on September 20.

Thursday Men’s Traveling League is wrapping up their season.

Jake Cotter and Tyler Root are locked in first place with 318 points. Dave Cotter and Randy Knaak hold second with 292 points and Adam Dresser and Barry Flansberg are in third with 278 points.

Low gross on the night was Wes Bedford with a 41. John Foos had low net with a 28. Guy Eaton, Dresser, Jeff Hillabush, Gabe Nagy and Cedrik Soria all recorded birdies.

One lone goal proved to be enough as Kendall edged host Wheatland-Chili 1-0 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

William Kludt scored the game’s lone goal for the Eagles in the second half off as assist from Josh Esposito.

Jimmy Swift made 4 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Now at 1-0-1, Kendall next visits Attica on Thursday.

Holley rolled to a 10-0 G-R season opening win at Pembroke as Cameron Bates scored 6 goals, Chris Mosier 2 and Matt Barlow and Chris Lyndacker 1 each. Drew Carlson had 2 assists.

The Hawks next visit Mt. Morris in a non league contest on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Jocelyn Mack spikes the ball for Lyndonville during the host Lady Tigers season opening win over Wheatland-Chili this evening.

Lyndonville opened defense of its Genesee Region League Division 2 volleyball title with a 25-17, 21-25, 25-14, 27-17 home court victory over Wheatland-Chili this evening.

Ashlee Stephens served up points 1-5 and 14-15, including 3 aces, and Addy Dillenbeck points 17-19 with two aces to spark Lyndonville in the opening set.

Wheatland-Chili though knotted the match with a four point win in the second set.

Lyndonville regained the lead for good by taking the third set as Stephens scored points 1-5, Katelynn Breeze 15-19, including three aces, and Shaffer points 23 and 24.

The Lady Tigers then closed out the match with a win in the fourth set as Shaffer scored points 7-9, and Addy Dillenbeck 21-23 with two aces. Lorelei Dillenbeck polished off the set and match winning point with a spiking kill.

Addy Dillenbeck finished with 8 aces, 7 kills and 8 digs, Jocelyn Mack 3 kills and 4 blocks, Shaffer 4 aces and 5 digs and Lorelei Dillenbeck 3 kills.

In a non league match, Akron downed Kendall 25-22, 25-11, 25-14 as Ashlee Henning had 8 kills and 6 aces and Elise Logan 6 kills and 2 aces.

Haley Shaffer readies to dig out a service return for Lyndonville.

Four players contributed goals as Albion shutout visiting Sweet Home 5-0 this evening in a non league girls soccer game.

Sophia Albanese scored two goals as Cami London, Jamie Penna, and Jacqueline Santiago-Garcia each added one for the Purple Eagles. Penna, Santiago-Garcia, Kenzi Snook and Iris Rosario-Reyes each had an assist.

Albion, which is now 2-1, next visits Medina at 4:45 p.m. Friday.