Lyndonville outlasted Oakfield-Alabama in five sets this evening 26-24, 25-22, 23-25, 15-25, 25-16 to stay perfect at 4-0 in Genesee Region League volleyball competition.

Gracie Johnson had 7 kills and 6 digs; Lorelei Dillenbeck 7 aces, 7 kills, 10 assists and 7 digs; Addison Dillenbeck 6 aces, 9 kills, 8 assists and 5 digs; Karlee Rounds 5 kills, 3 blocks and 6 aces and Haley Shaffer 12 digs for the Lady Tigers.

For Oakfield-Alabama, Caitlyn Kotarski had 10 aces and 2 kills and Colbi Heineman 4 aces and 4 kills.

Elba 25-25-22-25, Kendall 22-19-25-23

Elba trimmed Kendall in a four set G-R volleyball match this evening 25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-23.

Madison Shonitsky had 4 kills, 6 aces and 10 assists and Sara Mattle 7 kills and 4 aces for Kendall.

Alexander 25-25-25, Holley 17-19-11

In another G-R match,A lexander bested Holley in three sets 25-17, 25-19, 25-11.

Trailing 1-0, Albion put together a big five goal second half rally to defeat host Akron 5-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this afternoon.

Akron had grabbed the 1-0 first half lead on a goal by Leah Patterson.

Albion though came battling back in the second half ignited by two goals by Nikki Creasey.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the victory as Abby Scanlan netted two goals and Cami London 1.

Albion in now 2-1 in the league and Akron 0-3.

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

Genesee Region League

Kendall 2, Notre Dame 2

Kendall and host Notre Dame played to a 2-2 double overtime tie in a Genesee Region League game.

A goal by Alezya Brown gave Kendall a 1-0 first half lead but Notre Dame rallied in the second half on goals by Nina Bartz and Autumn Mathisen to go up 2-1.

Kendall though rallied to earn a tie as Ava Quintern scored off an assist from Brown.

Kendall is now 2-3-1.

Wheatland-Chili 4, Lyndonville/Medina 1

Maddy Satkowski scored the lone goal for Lyndonville/Medina in the 4-1 G-R loss to Wheatland-Chili at Vets Park.

W-C led 2-0 at the half.

Holley 7, Pembroke 1

Improving to 5-1-2 overall, Holley defeated host Pembroke 7-1 in a G-R contest.

Five players contributed goals for Holley as Samantha Bates netted 3 and Jailyn Bishop, Emma Brady, Tatum Gagne and Caitlin Dobri 1 each.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aiden Guld works the ball up field as Jackson Moreland defends for Medina/Lyndonville. The action took place during the Rams win over the Mustangs this evening at Gasport.

A quick three goal scoring explosion in the first 13 minutes ignited Roy-Hart to a 6-0 victory over visiting Medina/Lyndonville in a Niagara-Orleans League soccer game this evening.

Peter Martillotta opened the scoring for Roy-Hart with a goal in the first six minutes off an assist from Elijah Giroux. Trent Choate followed up with two quick goals over the next six minutes the first coming on a rebound shot  and the other on a breakaway.

Choate later scored his third goal of the evening and Martillotta his second as Rem Albee also found the back of the net for the Rams.

Martillotta also had two assists and Albee one.

In other N-O action, Akron defeated Albion 7-1 and Wilson nipped Newfane 1-0. Corleone Plain scored the goal for Albion.

Standings: Roy-Hart 2-0, Akron 2-0, Wilson 2-1, Medina/Lyndonville 1-2, Newfane 1-2, Albion 0-3.

Medina/Lyndonville goalie Zach Fike makes a save on a shot by Roy-Hart’s Trent Choate.

Improving to 8-1 Barker defeated Roy-Hart 239-356 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon.

Joel Harris earned medalist honors for the Raiders with a 40 as Nathan Meza Ray added a 43 and Charlie LaGreca a 47.

In the days other links action, Albion won by forfeit over Wilson but lost to Newfane 267-276.

James Beach had a 49 for Albion.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Arian Cayea, in front, and Gabe Mark head to the finish line with second and third place finishes respectively during the Mustangs home opening meet against Akron this afternoon.

Niagara-Orleans League cross-country competition got underway this afternoon as Medina and Albion both hosted meets.

Medina earned a split with Akron. The Mustangs won the boys meet by forfeit 15-50 as Akron had only four runners (a team needs five runners to score). The Tigers won the girls meet 15-48 as Lauren Wagner led the way in a time of 22:18.

In the boys race, Medina had eight of the top 10 finishers led by the 2-3-5 trio of Arian Cayea, Gabe Mark and David Vanderwalker. Akron’s Will Chubb won the race in 18:38.

The Albion girls earned a split defeating Roy-Hart 15-50 but losing to Wilson 23-32. Wilson also downed Roy-Hart 15-50.

Albion’s Gina Sidari won the race in 24:38 followed by the Wilson duo of Jackie Thompson and Ella Ingwersan.

In the boys meet, Wilson scored a sweep defeating Albion 20-36 and Roy-Hart 26-29. Roy-Hart also bested Albion 20-36.

Albion’s Reuben Rivers won the race in 18:20 followed by Roy-Hart’s Jay Heideman and Wilson’s Jayden Ruble.

In the other meet, Newfane swept Barker winning the boys meet 26-29 and the girls competition 16-46.

The Newfane boys were led by the 1-2 finish of Connor Cuzzacrea and Andrew Cuzzacrea.

Barker took the 3-4-5 spots with Mason Allee-Castro, Nate Hess and Dawson Donovan.

Newfane’s Kylie Bowman won the girls race followed by her teammates Leah Siegmann and Catelena Ersing.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Reuben Rivers of Albion is out in front through the soybean field behind Albion’s school campus during today’s cross country race in Albion. Jay Heideman of Roy-Hart was second in the race.

These three girls – Jackie Thompson of Wilson, Gina Sidari of Albion and Julia Miles of Roy-Hart – are among the lead group at about the halfway point of today’s 3.1 mile cross country race at Albion. Sidari had a strong sprint near the end for her first varsity win.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Mike McCue, who had a goal and an assist, brings the ball up field during the host Eagles win over Wheatland-Chili this evening.

Scoring a goal in each half, Kendall blanked visiting Wheatland-Chili 2-0 this evening in an early season Genesee Region League boys soccer clash of unbeatens.

Louis Conte scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Kendall midway through the first half off an assist from Mike McCue.

McCue later scored a big insurance goal for the Eagles in the second half.

Jorden Ostrander made 5 saves to earn the shutout in goal for the Eagles.

Kendall is now 3-0 and W-C 2-1 in G-R competition.

In another G-R contest, Attica downed visiting Holley 5-0.

Kendall’s Jonathan Reyes works to get the ball around a W-C defender.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Dakota Alexander battles for control of the ball with Wilson’s Mackenzie Hardy during the Mustangs win this evening at Vets Park.

Making it four wins in a row, Medina blanked Wilson 7-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this evening at Vets Park.

Lydia Fox scored three goals, Penelope Schalck two and Baileigh McAdoo and Addison Taylor one each for Medina which improves to 3-2 in N-O acton (4-2 overall).

Alex Strong added two assists for the Mustangs as Iyla Lilleby, Fox  and Schalck each had one.

N-O Golf

Front-running Akron downed Medina and runner-up Barker (7-1) downed Wilson in Niagara-Orleans League golf matches today which were both forfeit wins.

Trace Hill took medalist honors for Akron with a 38.

Aidan Paul shot 39 and Dylan Lonnen 41 for Medina. Paul also shot a 34 this past Friday in a loss to Barker.

Joel Harris led Barker today with a 45 while Wilson’s Nathan Meyers took medalist honors with a 43.

Medina  won three out of four games in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action on Saturday.

Beginners Division

Medina Ponys 25, Akron 8

After a tight, scoreless first quarter, the Ponys broke it open in the second quarter as Damareon Shine ran 65 yards for the TD and Zach Allen runs in the extra point for a 7-0 lead.  The Ponys then ran  the reverse from Shine to Remi Avery who went 60 yards for a TD to make it 13-0 at half time.

In the third quarter Allen took off on a 35 yard run to push the score to 19-0. Then, after a Tiger TD cuts the lead to 19-8, Avery again ran the reverse in the fourth quarter, this time 63 yards for the TD and the 25-8 final score keeping Ponys undefeated at 5-0.

Mini Division

Akron 25, Medina Colts 19

Marcel Lamar opened the Colts scoring with a 63 yard TD run and the game is tied 6-6 at half time.

Akron scored early in the third but Ja’keir Taylor gets a 13 yard TD run and the game was tied at 13.  Akron scored again to go ahead and then Lamar ran 13 yards for the TD with Taylor running in the extra point to tie the game at 19.  Akron struck right back though to make it 25-19 . The Colts manage to get the ball back but can’t get in scoring range and that is the final score.

JV Division

Medina Broncos 16, Akron 8

Caliyah St. Louis opened the scoring for the Broncos early with a 65 yard TD run and Zach Graham hit Jude Lacey for the 2 point conversion and an 8-0 lead.  In the second quarter St. Louis again got loose and scampered around left end 5 yards for a TD and again Graham finds Lacey and it is 16-0.

The second half was all about defense.  Akron did get one score back and a 2 point pass of their own but in the end the Broncos defense clamped down to move to 4-1 through 5 games.

Varsity Division

Medina Stallions 48, Holley 15

Colton Fletcher took the opening kickoff 60 yards for a TD and Tre Shine caught the 2 point conversion for a 8-0 Stallions lead.  Shine caught a TD pass to make it 14-0 and then Stetson Hall scores a TD with a 2 point conversion catch from Christian Moss making it 22-0.

Lex Gray scored a TD, Fletcher took an interception for 40 yards and a pick six and then Moss rambled in for a TD to get the visitors to 40. The Stallions added one more late score  as Hadrian Batista threw a TD pass to Preston Woodworth and then tossed the 2 point conversion to Malik Lamar for the 48-15 final score as the Stallions move to 4-1.

Contributed Photo – Boe Preston and Rocco Sidari celebrating a big stop for the Albion JV team’s defense. 

Albion edged past Attica 6-0 Saturday in a Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) JV Division game.

LJ Simmons 3 yard TD late in the 4th quarter was the game winner for Albion. On the ground Jonah Elsenheimer had 22 yards,  Simmons 17, Boe Preston 17, Rocco Sidari 14 and Chris Almonte 13.  Jack Conn had 31 yards receiving.

The Eagles defense had a huge day today with the shutout.  Wyatt Cook led the team with 7 tackles,  Stryker Sanders 6, Sidari 5. Thailer Seibert and Almonte 4 each.

Beginners Division

Attica 34 Albion 14

Jayce Torres scored the 2 Albion TD’s on runs of 38 and 60 yards.  Camden Holt added 63 yards on the ground

Holt led the defense with 13 tackles,  Torres 10 and Kolton Berry had 5.

Mini Division

Attica 12 Albion 6 2OT

Matthew Schomske scored the lone TD for the Eagles on a 22 yard run.  Heyden Almonte picked up 43 on the ground.

Anthony O’Neal had a big day on defense with 16 tackles,  Landyn Galligan had 14, Brycen Potter 7 and Conner Hinkley had 4.