Albion downed Akron 244-251 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon.

Viktor Snyder took medalist honors with a 42 and Drew Pritchard shot a 47 to lead Albion.

Jonathan Stiles and Evan Yang both shot 48 to pace Akron.

Lyndonville scored a straight set 25-8, 25-12, 25-12 victory over Wheatland-Chili  in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Leah Kenyon had 4 aces and 2 kills, Hannah Fox 9 aces and 3 kills, Isabella Bresett 3 kills and 2 aces, Sarah Corser 5 aces and 2 kills, Destinee Holmes 3 aces and 1 kill, Grace Fox 4 aces Grace Kenyon 4 kills and 3 aces and Elizabeth Gonzalez Moore and Julia Aikin 1 ace each for the Lady Tigers.

Six players contributed goals as Holley romped to an 8-1 victory at Pembroke this afternoon in the Genesee Region League girls soccer season opener.

Jayna Burris netted three goals to lead the Holley attack as Aurora Arnold, Ava Mosier, Veronica Flow, Carsyn Mogle and Kyla Burne each had one.

Burris, Kyla Burne, Mogle, Flow, Emma Burne, Riley Sweet, Ava Mosier and Alexa Mosier each had an assist.

The Lady Hawks, which improve to 3-0 overall, next visit Alexander on Thursday.

Building up a 5-0 half-time advantage, Medina went on to defeat host Nardin 9-0 in a season opening non league field hockey game this afternoon.

Savannah Jo Thompson scored 4 goals to lead the Medina offense as Janelle Stalker added 2 and Amelia Stalker, Olivia Bessel and Elaina Brice 1 each.

Medina will next open the Niagara-Orleans League campaign at defending champion Akron on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

The Wilson boys and girls soccer teams, the Akron field hockey squad and the Roy-Hart volleyball team will all begin defense of their Niagara-Orleans League titles this week.

Boys Soccer
Wilson, which went 10-0 last fall to capture a third straight N-O championship, will host rival Newfane on Friday to open the league season.

The Lakemen are led by a group of seven N-O All-League honorees including first team selections seniors defender Max Harmon, forward Cole Herrmann and goalie Eli Moore; second team honorees senior midfielder Mason Schultz and junior midfielder Hayden Fellows along with honorable mention picks junior Archer Simpson and sophomore Trenton Kaminski.

Wilson’s graduation losses including first team All League forwards Aidan Neumann (55 goals, 13 assists) and David Gurski (20 goals, 13 assists).

Two other N-O openers are scheduled for Wednesday with Roy-Hart at Akron and Albion at Newfane.

Girls Soccer
Wilson, which captured the N-O title last fall with a 12-0 record, will open at rival Newfane on Friday.

The Lakewomen return a large group of eight N-O All-Leaguers including first team honorees juniors forward Addison Elia (38 goals, 9 assists) and midfielder Lilly Gurski (11 goals, 26 assists) and seniors goalie Brooke Urban and midfielder Grace Smith; second team picks senior forward Lucy Madan and midfielder Kairi Beck along with Honorable Mention selections Tessa Guenther, Kylee Elia and Zoey Beck.

On Wednesday Roy-Hart/Medina will open against Akron at Medina at 7 p.m. while Newfane will visit Albion at 6:45 p.m. Albion is already 1-0 in N-O action having edged Barker/Lyndonville 2-1 last Thursday.

Field Hockey
Six time defending champion Akron will begin its B-I title defense by hosting Medina at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Lady Tigers are paced by six returning All League players including first team honoree senior Madigan Regan, second team picks seniors Madison Gates, Alexis Salmon and junior Mackenzie Tomporowski along with Honorable Mention selections senior Brooke Milhollen and junior Aneika Forrestel.

Thursday’s other N-O openers will have Wilson at Barker and Roy-Hart at Kenmore

Volleyball
Roy-Hart, which captured the N-O championship last fall with a 10-0 record, will begin its title defense at home on Wednesday.

Junior Lauren Snyder, who earned first team All-League honors last fall, and senior Zoey Healy are the Lady Rams only returning regulars. Five other graduated starters all earned All-League squad honors including N-O Player of the Year Grace Pearl.

Wednesday’s other N-O openers will have Newfane at Medina and Wilson at Akron.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s returners include Andrew Cole, CJ D’Agostino and Brenden Eichas. Missing are Dominic Heirigs, Tyler McCue and Sam Charland.

Facing a bit of a rebuilding task, Kendall will begin defense of its Genesee Region League boys soccer championship at Lyndonville/Baker on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

The Eagles, which lost 10 seniors to graduation including six G-R All-Stars, are led by the returning group of seniors Brenden Eichas, CJ D’Agostino, Dominic Heirigs and Tyler McCue along with juniors Sam Charland and Andrew Cole.

New Coach Brennan Wahl’s roster also includes seniors Lucas Barrett and Ryan Gaesser along with juniors Sammy Conte, Luca D’Agostino, Zachary Draper, Cooper Hughes, Anthony Seymour and Raymond Szymanski; sophomore Andrew D’Agostino and freshman Hayden Wahl.

Kendall’s graduation losses included G-R All-Stars Pablo Rosario Reyes (24 goals, 25 assists), Brandon Barrett (18 goals, 12 assists), Vinnie D’Agostino, Jonas Rhodes, Jonathan Esposito (14 goals, 10 assists) and goalie Jonny Conte (111 saves, 0/39 goals against average).

The Eagles went 12-0 in G-R competition and 18-1 overall last fall.

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Weekly Schedule
Tuesday
Boys Soccer – Park School at Medina, 6:45 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Holley at Pembroke, 5 p.m.; Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Nardin, 5 p.m.
Golf – Akron at Albion,
Volleyball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.; Notre Dame at Kendall, Holley at Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Soccer – Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Kendall at Lyndonville/Barker, 5 p.m. at Lyndonville; Albion at Newfane, 6:45 p.m.; Pembroke at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Barker/Lyndonville at Pembroke, 4:45 p.m.; Akron at Roy-Hart/Medina, Newfane at Albion, 6:45 p.m.
Golf – Medina at Albion, Barker at Wilson
Volleyball – Newfane at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Akron, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Soccer – Albion at CSAT, 5 p.m.; Kendall at Attica, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Holley at Alexander, 5 p.m.
Field Hockey – Medina at Akron, Wilson at Barker, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Kenmore, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Newfane at Roy-Hart, Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Kendall at Elba, Alexander at Holley, 6:30 p.m.

Friday
Football – Lake Shore vs. Albion/Medina at Medina; Barker/Roy-Hart at Tonawanda, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 5 p.m.; Lyndonville/Barker at Wheatland-Chili, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Barker/Lyndonville at CSAT, 5 p.m.; Pembroke at Albion, 6:45 p.m.
Golf – Newfane at Albion, Barker at Roy-Hart
Volleyball – Pembroke at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Hamburg Tournament

Saturday
Football – Avon at Holley/Lyndonville, 1 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Kearney at Kendall, 10 a.m.; Medina at Akron, 11 a.m.
Girls Soccer – Roy-Hart/Medina at Depew; Mercy at Kendall, 12 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Veteran members of the Medina field hockey team include, in front, Elaina Bruce and Isabelle Perez. In back are Madison Zeiner, Jenelle Stalker and Savannah Jo Thompson. Missing is Adelynne Lacy.

Looking to fill the holes from 10 seniors lost to graduation, Medina will tune-up for the Niagara-Orleans League opener at defending champion Akron on Thursday by visiting Nardin in a non league contest on Tuesday.

Medina’s veteran group includes seniors Isabelle Perez and Adelynne Lacy along with juniors Elaina Bruce, Jenelle Stalker, Madison Zeiner and sophomore Savannah Jo Thompson. Perez was a second team N-O All-League honoree last fall and Stalker an Honorable Mention selection.

The Mustangs graduation losses included first team N-O honorees Penelope Schalck and Sophia Castricone, second team pick Lilah Class along with Honorable Mention selections Tatiana Maxon, Emiliana Batista and Maggie Lonnen.

Coach Amber Cleaveland’s Mustangs went 6-6 in N-O action and 11-7 overall last fall.

Contributed Photo – The Holley girls soccer team celebrates after capturing the Albany Hall of Fame Tournament championship today with a 1-0 win over Frankfort-Schuyler.

Completing a very successful season opening weekend trip into the Mohawk Valley, the Holley girls soccer team edged Frankfort-Schuyler 1-0 this afternoon at Central Valley Academy in Ilion near Herkimer.

The victory capped a 2-0 weekend and earned the Albany Hall of Fame Tournament championship for the Lady Hawks which nipped Lake George by an identical margin of 1-0 on Saturday.

Freshman Philomena Arnold scored the game’s lone goal for the Lady Hawks with 18:20 remaining in the second half off an assist from eighth grader Alexa Mosier.

Goalie junior Zoey Warner and her defensive mates including junior Jayna Burris, sophomores Brianna Tomasino and Carsyn Mogle and freshman Emma Burne did the rest to preserve the shutout.

Warner had 6 saves on the afternoon including one big leaping stop of a direct kick shot in the first half and then two more huge saves in the second half with the later coming in the final two minutes.

“These girls fought to the end of both games this weekend. We have very few players on the bench, so most of the girls played the entire game,” said Coach Renee Wolf. “Our middle helped hold us all together this weekend and Zoey Warner came up with some great saves. It was great competition for us to start our season and I’m super proud of their grit and determination.”

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Veteran members of the Medina boys varsity soccer team include, in front, Izzy Anderson, Gavin Dahlhaus, Aleks Seefeldt, Aidan Papaj, River Jones and Colvin Poole. In back are Cam Fike, Bryson Ford, Owen Sargent, Braden Lewis and Lathan McEwen-Miller.

Runners-up the last three years, Medina returns a good nucleus of 11 veterans with which to again challenge for top Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer honors.

Medina went 8-2 in the league (16-3 overall) last fall to finish second in the N-O title race to Wilson for the third year in a row.

Leading the Mustangs veteran group are first team N-O All-League honorees seniors Aidan Papaj and Aleks Seefeldt along with Honorable Mention selections juniors Izzy Anderson and Bryson Ford. Seefeldt had 16 goals and 19 assists and Papaj 15 goals and 5 assists last fall.

The Mustangs veterans also include seniors Cam Fike, Gavin Dahlhaus, River Jones, Lathan McEwen-Miller, Brayden Lewis and Colvin Poole along with junior Owen Sargent. Goalies Fike and Jones will anchor the defense.

“”We have a good group back but the key for us overall will be balance, especially on offense,” said Coach Steve Luksch. “Balance will be the key. We need several guys to pick up the offense.”

Medina will open the season by hosting Park School in a non league game at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday before beginning N-O competition at Akron on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Lena Grillo drives the ball toward the goal during this evening’s Purple Eagles Tournament championship game against Attica.

An early goal proved to be just enough to earn Attica a 1-0 win over the host Purple Eagles this evening in the championship game of the Albion girls soccer tournament.

Aleah Brauen scored the lone goal for the Blue Devils just 12 minutes into the opening half.

Consolation Game
Barker/Lyndonville 2, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 1
Barker/Lyndonville edged Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 2-1 in the consolation game of the Albion Tournament.

Alexa Robinson scored late in the first half and Abby Alexander early in the second half for Barker/Lyndonville. Robinson also assisted on Alexander’s goal.

Avalynn Buczek scored for Oakfield-Alabama/Elba late in the second half.

Tonawanda Tournament
Wilson 4, Roy-Hart/Medina 0
Wilson shutout Niagara-Orleans League foe Roy-Hart/Medina 4-0 in the championship game of the Tonawanda girls soccer tournament this afternoon.

Lilly Gurski, Lucy Madan, Abigal Labarre and Addison Elia each scored a goal for the Lakewomen.

Barker/Lyndonville’s Alexa Robinson battles for control of the ball with Allison Harkness of Oakfield-Alabama/Elba.

Holley dropped a 36-6 decision at South Seneca this afternoon in a season opening non league football game.

Joey Tombari scored the touchdown for the Hawks.

Holley’s home opener will be next Saturday against Avon at 1 p.m.

Opening the season on a very high note, Holley edged Lake George 1-0 at the Albany Hall of Fame girls soccer tournament this afternoon at St. Johnsville near Herkimer.

Ava Mosier scored the game’s lone goal off an assist from Philomena Arnold as the Lady Hawks upended the Lakers which were ranked No. 5 in the state last fall.

Zoey Warner made three saves in goal to earn the shutout for the Lady Hawks.

“It was a great effort by the entire team,: said Coach Renee Wolf.

Holley will next face Frankfort-Schuyler at Central Valley High in Illion on Sunday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Newfane’s Mikey Henning goes high to haul in a pass against Barker/Roy-Hart defender Jeff Waters during the Panthers win over Bulls this evening at Barker.

A big three touchdown scoring burst to close the first half keyed Newfane to a come-from-behind 50-26 win over Barker/Roy-Hart in a season opening interdivisional football game this evening at Barker.

Trailing 18-7 midway through the second quarter, Newfane rallied into the lead for good by a 28-18 margin at the half as Nasir Spencer scored three touchdowns on a 46 yard run, a recovery of a blocked punt in the endzone and a 18 yard pass from quarterback Jesse Hughey with just 5 seconds to go in the half.

The Panthers quickly upped their advantage to 17 points at 35-18 on a 1 yard touchdown run by Camryn Stover three minutes into the third quarter.

Newfane maintained a 17 point, 43-26, lead at the end of the third period as a touchdown run by Mikey Henning offset a Barker/Roy-Hart tally by Carter DerSarkissian.

Jake Morello rounded out the Panthers scoring with a 40 yard TD run late in the final period to make the final 50-26.

Roy-Hart had built up the 18-7 advantage on a 13 yard scoring pass from quarterback Max Townsend to DerSarkissian and an 8 yard TD run by Owen Maedl in the first quarter and  a 23 yard field goal by Billy Jaques early in the second quarter. The Bulls also got a two-point conversion run by DerSarkissian and a PAT kick by Jaques during that stretch.

However, the Bulls could score only one more touchdown the rest of the way.

Barker/Roy-Hart will next visit Tonawanda in the C North Division opener next Friday while Newfane will host Randoph in a D Division opener also on Friday.

Carter DerSarkissian dives for a touchdown  for Barker/Roy-Hart between Newfane defenders Dylan Stopa and Chance Burrows.

Newfane’s Camryn Stover works to get away from Barker/Roy-Hart defender Owen Maedl.