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Mustangs, Purple Eagles face divisional foes
Looking to remain undefeated, Medina and Albion will both face divisional football games this weekend.
Medina will visit Wilson in a C North Division game at 7 p.m. Friday while Albion will host Cheektowaga in a B North contest at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Medina is 2-0 in the division and 4-0 overall while Wilson is 2-1, 3-2.
The Mustangs are currently tied for the C North lead with Akron (2-0, 4-0) which visits Tonawanda (0-3, 0-5) at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Medina will host Akron on Monday October 18. That will be the middle game of a regular season ending stretch of three home games in nine days which will also see the Mustangs entertain Tonawanda on Thursday October 14 and rival Albion on Friday October 22.
Albion (3-0, 4-0), which is currently tied for the B North lead with Maritime (3-0, 3-2), will be playing its second game of the week as the Purple Eagles also posted a 28-8 win at Burgard on Tuesday in a B North make-up contest.
Maritime will visit Maryvale (2-1, 3-2) at 7 p.m. this evening in another B North game.
Albion will visit Maritime on Saturday October 16.
Rams and Mustangs score N-O soccer wins
Front-running Roy-Hart shutout host Albion 6-0 and Medina/Lyndonville blanked visiting Newfane 2-0 in Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer games this evening.
Rem Albee scored the first two goals for Roy-Hart off assists from Peter Martillotta.
The Rams then also got goals from Jayden Swygert, Aiden Guild, Martillotta and Brandin Masters.
Jackson Moreland scored a goal in each half for Medina/Lyndonville as Sam Kingsbury and Wyatt Zelazny earned the assists.
Josh Hilobuk, Evan Harris, Mason Nicholson and Jack Whipple anchored the defense for the Mustangs as Zach Fike earned the shutout in goal.
In the other N-O contest, Wilson nipped Akron 1-0.
Roy-Hart is now 7-0, Wilson 5-2, Medina/Lyndonville 3-3, Akron 2-3, Newfane 2-4 and Albion 0-7.
Lady Rams post key win to increase N-O lead
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Nadia White tries to break the double team of Albion’s Leah Pritchard and Aurora Serafin during this evening’s key Niagara-Orleans League game ay Gasport.
Opening up a two game lead, Roy-Hart blanked runner-up Albion 2-0 in a key Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this evening at Gasport.
Kara Choate scored both goals for Roy-Hart in the second half.
First Choate broke a scoreless deadlock by tallying what proved to be the game winner 10 minutes into the half off an assist from Grace Parker. Six minutes later she added a big insurance goal, her 27th of the season, off an assist from Kaitlyn Mettler.
Reanna Perkins made 8 saves to earn the shutout in goal.
Roy-Hart is now 6-0 and Albion 4-2 in N-O action.
In the other N-O contest, Akron edged Newfane 4-3 as Ella Liss had two goals.
Albion’s Abby Scanlan works the ball up field with Cami London in support.
Holley wins in OT; Kendall downs B-B
Holley nipped host Pembroke 1-0 in overtime and Kendall bested visiting Byron-Bergen 5-2 in Genesee Region League boys soccer competiton this evening.
Cameron Bates scored the game winning goal in overtime for Holley off an assist from Cavan Bennage.
Broek Ostrom earned the shutout in goal making 10 saves.
Kendall jumped out to a 3-0 first half lead over Byron-Bergen on two goals by Louis Conte and one by Michael McCue.
Conte finished his hat-trick with a second half goal. Josh Esposito netted the Eagles other second half goal as McCue finished with three assists.
Kendall is now 7-1-1 in G-R action.
Roy-Hart boys score X-C win over Akron
Newfane boys and girls win over Albion, Medina
Photos by Tom Rivers: Jack Cecchini of Medina and Nicholas Arcovio of Newfane are in an all-out sprint at the end of today’s cross country meet at Newfane. Arcovio edged Cecchini at the finish.
Roy-Hart trimmed Akron 26-29 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys cross-country meet this afternoon.
Akron’s Will Chubb was the individual winner as Roy-Hart’s Jay Heideman placed second.
Akron gained a split on the day by downing Roy-Hart 15-50 in the girls race as Lauren Wagner finished first.
The Barker boys downed Wilson 17-45 led by the 1-2-3 finish of Mason Allee-Castro, Nate Hess and Dawson Donovan.
The Wilson girls edged Barker 26-29 behind the 2-4-5 finish of Ella Ingwerson, Maddy Jowdy and Cassidy Wagner. Miksla Woock finished first and Shelby Daphince third for Barker.
The Newfane boys and girls teams both scored a pair of wins to improve to 4-0.
In the boys competition Newfane downed Medina (23-36) and Albion (incomplete). Medina also picked up a win over Albion which had an incomplete team.
Medina’s Arian Cayea won the race as the Newfane brother duo of Connor and Andrew Cuzzacrea finished second and third.
The Newfane girls likewise downed both Medina (15-50) and Albion (incomplete). Medina also scored a win over Albion’s incomplete team.
Newfane’s Kylie Bowman won the race with her teammate Leah Seigmann second.
Kylie Bowman led from start to finish in today’s race for Newfane. Arian Cayea pulled in front of the lead pack to win a race today at Newfane.
Akron, Barker golfers shine at N-O tourney
Contributed Photo – Barker’s Joel Harris captured top individual honors at today’s Niagara-Orleans League golf tournament as Medina’s Dylan Lonnen, left, finished second and Aidan Paul, right third.
Akron successfully defended its Niagara-Orleans League golf title by taking top honors at the All-League tournament held today at Willowbrook.
Akron, which went 12-0 during the regular season, won the tourney with a score of 479. Barker finished second at 488 followed by Newfane 543 and Albion 553.
Akron finished the N-O campaign with a total of 31 points followed by Newfane 23.5, Barker 21.5, Albion 18, Roy-Hart 6, Wilson 4 and Medina 0.
Barker’s Joel Harris was the tourney’s individual champion as he fired an 18 hole total of 81.
Medina’s duo of Dylan Lonnen and Aidan Paul finished second and third with scores of 82 and 85 respectively.
Akron’s Drew Romesser finished fourth with an 89 while Wilson’s Michael Bubar and Akron’s Kelvin Jonathan tied for fifth at 92.
Albion defeats Burgard to improve to 4-0; Late RBL rally falls short at Lew-Port
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Amari Jones passed for two touchdowns and ran for another during Albion’s win over Burgard this evening.
Improving to 4-0 overall, Albion posted a 28-8 victory over Burgard in a B North Division football game this evening at All High Stadium in Buffalo.
Now at 3-0 in the division, Albion jumped out to a 14-0 half-time advantage as Amari Jones hooked up with Tyler Gibson for a 14 yard touchdown pass an a two-point conversion pass in the first quarter and Sh’Kwe Riley ran 7 yards for a TD in the second quarter.
The Purple Eagles later put a lock on the victory with a pair of fourth quarter scores. First Amari Jones connected with Nick Harling for a 17 yard touchdown pass a tally set up by pass completions of 29 yards to Harling and 18 yards to Javon Jones. Amari Jones then ran 3 yards for the final TD.
The loss drops Burgard to 1-3 in the division and 2-3 overall.
Albion will next host Cheektowaga at 7 p.m. Saturday in another B North Division contest.
Lew-Port 17, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 14
A late rally fell just short as Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville dropped a narrow 17-14 decision to host Lew-Port in another B North contest.
Trailing 17-0, the Silverbacks rallied for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter on scoring passes of 44 and 34 yards from quarterback Trenton Musk to Justin Terwilliger. Drew Sandolfini added a two-point conversion run. Terwilliger also recovered an onside kick to set up the opportunity for the second TD.
Roy-Hart closes in on N-O volleyball title
Closing in on the league title, Roy-Hart rolled to a straight set 25-9. 25-23. 25-22 victory over visiting defending champion Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening.
Improving to 7-0, Roy-Hart now holds a two match lead over runners-up Newfane (4-2) and Akron (3-2) with only three matches remaining.
Sam Albright had 4 kills, 3 blocks and 2 aces, Alex Stern 4 aces and 2 blocks and Ava Brigham 2 aces and 2 blocks to lead the way for the Lady Rams.
In another N-O match, Wilson bested visiting Medina 25-11, 25-19, 25-16.
Faith Oberther had 2 aces and 1 kill, Miriam Fike 2 kills and 1 ace, Saige Cau 1 ace and Amaya Cleveland, Ki’Mani Poole and Hailey Wilkins 1 kill each for Medina.
In Genesee Region League matches, Pembroke downed visiting Lyndonville 25-21, 19-25, 25-21, 25-22 and Elba topped Holley 25-22. 25-13, 26-24.
Lorelei Dillenbeck had 5 aces and 5 kills, Ashlee Stephens 2 blocks, Addison Dillenbeck 5 aces and 5 kills, Gracie Johnson 5 kills and Halley Shaffer 2 aces and 22 digs for the Lady Tigers.
Laci Sewar had 7 aces and 2 kills, Rachel Walls 5 kills and Adison Norton 4 kills for Elba.
Girls Soccer
Byron-Bergen (11-2-0) downed Kendall (5-7-1) and Alexander defeated Lyndonville/Medina 9-2 in Genesee Region League girls soccer games.
Mia Gray and Mackenzie Hagen scored the goals for B-B while Ella Lewis and Lily
Jo Carpenter each netted a goal for Lyndonville/Medina.
In a Niagara-Orleans League game, Wilson (3-2) blanked Akron (0-5) 2-0.
Field Hockey
Akron (7-0) downed Wilson (0-8) 22-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.
Roy-Hart rallies to edge Akron in N-O soccer
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Trent Choate works to get by Akron defender Trey Trzenski during this evening’s game at Gasport.
Maintaining sole possession of first place Roy-Hart rallied to edge past visiting Akron 2-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening.
Trailing 1-0, Roy-Hart rallied in the second half as Zach Livergood scored the tying goal and Brandin Masters netted the game winner, both off assists from Peter Martillotta.
Akron had grabbed the first half lead on a goal by Caleb Suckow.
Roy-Hart is now 6-0 and Akron 2-2 in N-O action. Wilson is in second place at 4-2 followed by Medina/Lyndonville and Newfane, both at 2-3 and Albion at 0-6.
Albion dropped a 9-0 decision to Batavia in a non league game.
In Genesee Region League action, Wheatland-Chili nipped Kendall 1-0 and Attica downed Holley 4-2. Cameron Bates scored both goals for Holley.
In girls soccer action, the Albion at Alexander non league contest was halted after 10 minutes as rain made the field unplayable.
Field Hockey
Kenmore outlasted visiting Medina 6-4 leaving both teams at 4-4 in Niagara-Orleans League action. Lydia Fox scored two goals for Medina as Addison Taylor and Penelope Schalck each added one.
Roy-Hart played to a 3-3 tie with Sacred Heart in a non league game. Jessica VanKuren, Cheyenne Stilwell and Brooke Zglinicki each scored a goal for the Lady Rams.
Volleyball
Elba defeated Albion 25-16. 23-25, 25-10, 25-12 in a non league volleyball match as Rachel Walls had 8 kills and 2 aces and Carol Sybertz 3 kills and 3 aces.
Roy-Hart’s Peter Martillotta and Akron’s Kiernan Regan battle for control of the ball.
Albion football squad faces two game week
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jacob Hughson, shown here making a tackle during a recent game against Wilson, and his Purple Eagle teammates face a busy week with game at Burgard on Tuesday and at home against Cheektowaga on Saturday.
Returning to action after a 10 day Covid quarantine, the Albion varsity football team is facing a busy two game week.
The Purple Eagles will visit Burgard at 7 p.m. Tuesday and then host Cheektowaga at 7 p.m. Saturday in a pair of B North Division contests.
Albion is currently 2-0 in the division and 3-0 overall while Burgard is 1-2, 2-2 and Cheektowaga 1=1, 1-3.
Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville likewise faces a pair of football games this week as the Silverbacks visit Lew-Port at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a B North contest and then host Pioneer at 7 p.m. Saturday in an interdivisional game.
Medina will continue defense of its C North title by visiting Wilson at 7 p.m. Friday. The Mustangs are 2-0 in the division and 4-0 overall while the Lakemen are 2-1, 3-2.
Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Soccer – Akron at Roy-Hart, Batavia at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, Attica at Holley, 7 p.m.
Golf – Barker and Newfane at Akron, 4 p.m.
Field Hockey – Sacred Heart at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.; Medina at Kenmore, 7 p.m.
Volleyball – Kendall at Perry, 6 p.m.; Pembroke at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Football – Albion at Burgard, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville at Lew-Port, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Akron at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Lyndonville/Medina at Alexander, 6:30 .m.; Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey – Wilson at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Boys Soccer – Akron at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Medina/Lyndonville, Roy-Hart at Albion, 6:45 p.m.; Holley at Pembroke, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Newfane at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Cross-Country – Wilson at Barker, Roy-Hart at Akron, Medina and Albion at Newfane, 4:45 p.m.
Thursday
Boys Soccer – Akron at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville/Medina at Kendall, 5 p.m.; Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Golf – Newfane at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Field Hockey – Newfane at Medina, Akron at Barker, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Holley at Byron-Bergen, Newfane at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart, Akron at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Football – Medina at Wilson, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer – Albion at Akron, 4:45 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina/Lyndonville, 6:45 p.m.; Kendall at Attica, 7 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Holley, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Akron at Albion, 6:45 p.m.
Volleyball – Lyndonville at Newfane, 6:30 pm.
Saturday
Football – Cheektowaga at Albion, Pioneer at Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville, Akron at Tonawanda, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer – Lyndonville/Medina at Eastridge, 11 a.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 5 p.m.
Volleyball – Kendall at Holley, 1 p.m.
