Finishing a strong first half to the season, Barker defeated Akron 253-279 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Niagara Orleans.

Joel Harris took medalist honors with a 44 for Barker which improves to 5-1.

Albion is now 3-3.

In another N-O match, Akron downed Newfane 226-247.

Akron’s Drew Romesser and Newfane’s Kaiden Rose share medalist honors with rounds of 42.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Miriam Fike registers a spike for Medina during this evening’s loss to visiting Wilson.

Roy-Hart posted a straight set 25-15, 25-10, 25-19 victory over defending champion Niagara-Orleans League volleyball champion Akron this evening at Akron.

Sam Albright had five spiking kills and Marissa Scott four service aces in the decisive third set for Roy-Hart which is now 2-0 as Akron slips to 1-1.

In another N-O match, Wilson came from behind to defeat host Medina in for sets 22-25, 25-18, 25-5 and 25-16.

Lorelei Sanders had 6 aces, Saige Cau 2 and Miriam Fike 2 kills for Medina which is now 1-1 as is Wilson.

Snapping a brief two game season opening losing streak, Kendall edged past host Wheatland-Chili 2-1 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer contest.

Alezya Brown scored the game winning goal in the second half for Kendall off an assist from T’Mia Kitchings to snap a 1-1 deadlock.

In the first half, Kendall grabbed a 1-0 lead as Megan Gates scored from Ava Quintern but W-C answered right back with the equalizer a minute later on a tally by Emily Parker.

Notre Dame 3, Lyndonville/Medina 0

Autumn Mathisen, Arabella Rogers and Nina Bartz took turns scoring the goals for Notre Dame in a 3-0 G-R win over Lyndonville/Medina at Lyndonville.

Byron-Bergen 3, Holley 1

Jailyn Bishop for the lone goal for Holley in the Lady Hawks 3-1 G-R loss at Byron-Bergen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck flips the ball over the net as Sara Mattle defends for Kendall during this evening’s match at Lyndonville.

Lyndonville scored a straight set 25-22, 25-10, 26-24 win over visiting Kendall in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

The decisive third set saw Gracie Johnson serve up points 24 and 25 for Lyndonville and Haley Shaffer followed up with a service ace for the set and match winner as the Lady Tigers improve to 2-0 in G-R action.

Lydonville also got off to a fast start in the opening set as Addy Dillenbeck served the Lady Tigers out to a 7-0 lead.

Kendall though came battling back to take a 14-10 lead as Sara Mattle served up points 4-8 and Taigan Guerrero 10-14.

The set was tight the rest of the way as Lorelei Dillenbeck served up the final two points for a 25-22 win.

The Lady Tigers rolled in the second set as Addy Dillenbeck served up points 1-4, Brianna Smith 6-10,  and Lorelei Dillenbeck 14-16.  Addy Dillenbeck’s third kill of the set polished off point 24 and Johnson served up the decisive 25th point.

On the evening, Johnson had 3 kills and 3 digs; Lorelei Dillenbeck 3 aces, 7 assists, 5 kills and 6 digs; Addy Dillenbeck 5 aces, 8 assists, 6 kills and 5 digs; Karlee Rounds 7 kills and 2 blocks and Haley Shaffer 8 digs.

For Kendall, Madison Shonitsky had 6 kills, 5 digs and 4 assists and Madison Delaquila 3 kills, 3 aces and 3 digs.

Elba 20-25-25-25, Albion 25-4-13-22

Laci Sewar had 9 aces, Carolyn Sybertz 5 aces and Mariah Ognibene 7 kills for Elba in the four set non league win over Albion.

Kendall’s Madison Shonitsky spikes the ball against Lyndonville defender Ashlee Stephens.

Taking over sole possession of first place, Akron blanked visiting Barker 4-0 this afternoon in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League field hockey clash of defending co-champions.

A second period goal by Olivia McClaine proved to be the game winner for Akron which also got a third period tally from Lacey Berghorn and a pair of clinching fourth quarter goals from Jenelle Kieffer.

Akron is now 2-0 and Barker 3-1.

Medina 9, Newfane 0

Gaining win No 1 on the young season, Medina blamed host Newfane 9-0 as Lydia Fox scored 3 goals, Iyla Lilleby 2 and Baileigh McAdoo, Penelope Schalck, Alexandria Strong and Adeline Castricone 1 each.

Medina is now 1-2 an Newfane 0-2 in the league.

Roy-Hart 5, Sacred Heart 1

Cheyenne Stilwell scored 4 goals and Brooke Zglincki 1 for Roy-Hart in the 5-1 non league win over Sacred Heart.

Improving to 3-2, Albion trimmed Wilson 264-268 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Willowbrook.

Wilson’s Nathan Meyers took medalist honors with a 41.

Barker boosted its record to 4-1 with a narrow 254-260 win over Newfane as Joel Harris shot a 43 to earn medalist honors.

In the other match, Roy-Hart gained its first win of the season by downing Medina 280-340.

Medina’s duo of Aidan Paul and Dylan Lonnen shared medalist honors with rounds of 40.

Contributed Photo – Crusaders track champion Austin Luczak with his father Mike Luczak.

Mother Nature did not want to cooperate with the Crusaders Motorcycle Club during the 2021 race season. The race on Sunday was already a rain date for earlier in the summer but the club members worked hard despite, the mist and passing showers, to get all heat races completed and most of the main events in the books to determine the overall points score for the class champions.

The races were discontinued after the 250 and 450 classes were ran because the club felt the conditions were unsuitable for the racers. This club takes pride in being safety conscious first and foremost. The Crusaders would like to thank the die-hard fans that came and stayed for the last show of the 2021 season. 

Austin Luczak from Ravenna, NY showed consistency is key to championships. He competed in all five events and took the win on Sunday with a hard charging Brandon Newman trying to track him down. This is the second championship Austin has won at the Crusaders Motorcycle Club earning his first title in 2018.

Another prestigious award was re-established in 2021 by two former racers Jeremy Higgins and Bradley Hazel. The Chris Miller-Pete Allen award is presented to the 250cc rider that demonstrates sportsmanship on and off the track, a professional rider resume and an essay of future race and personal goals. The winner of this year’s award went to Ryan D. Scavuzzo of Hilton.

Scavuzzo is also the 2021 250 Amateur Champion and finished third place overall in the Open Am class. He has won numerous championships at the Crusaders Motorcycle Club  He will also receive a $500 gift card, trophy and a plaque and a donated Arai Helme

Champions in their respective classes for the 2021 race season are as follows.

450 Expert Premiere- Austin Luczak, Ravenna

50cc Shaft 4-8 years old- Maxon Luczak, Barker

50cc Chain 4-8 years old- Jace DiMatteo

65cc- Jude Lacy, Medina

85cc-7-15 years old- Brody Hazel, Lyndonville

125-4 stroke 7-15 years old- Brody Hazel, Lyndonville

125cc- Justin Ball, Greece

250 Amateur- Ryan Scavuzzo, Hilton

Open Amateur- Owen Flower, Medina

Open Expert- Austin Luczak, Ravenna

Senior Class- Kenny Shaffer, East Bloomfield

Men’s Mad Dog- Bryan Hazel, Kent

Woman’s Mad Dog- Riley Fitzwater, Albion

Leagues are winding down at Hickory Ridge with only a week or so to go before they end.

 As usual the Ladies Night Out Tuesday League was first to report.  Low gross was Deb Wood with a 33!  Ann Barton shot a 39.  Barton was low net with a 28 followed closely by Patti Pfister and Cheryl Ferguson who each carded a net 30.

Wood eagled hole number 7 while Pfister and Kathy Babbitt recorded two birdies each and Barb Passarell and Vicki Brawn each had one.

The team of Wood and Jan Palmer hold first with 112 points.  Second is Barton and Faye McNeil with 108.  Babbitt and Cindy Roberts are in third with 102 and Karen Berlew and Dona Hazen hold fourth with 99.5.

The Mens’ Wednesday Night League has the team of Connolly and Powers leading with 112.5 points.  Pfister and Bessell are in second with 107 points followed closely by the father/son team of the Dennistons who hold third with 105.5 points.

 Don Pfister shot low gross with a 43 while Ed Berlew was low net with a 32.  Berlew recorded the only two birdies on the night.

The Mens Traveling League which plays on Thursday has a familiar name of Wes Bedford shooting low gross of 39.  He tied with Gene Ashe who also scored 39.  Jason Spencer was low net with a 27.  Bedford carded the only two birdies on the night.

Burgess and Eaton lead the league with 294 points.  Soria and Spencer hold second with 286.  Hallenbeck and Nagy are in third with 284.

Contributed Photo – Dick Lang

Former Roy-Hart wrestling Coach Dick Lang will be inducted into the Rams Wall of Fame in ceremonies at 6:30 p.m. September 24 prior to the kick-off the Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville football team’s Homecoming game.

Lang, who coached the Roy-Hart wrestling squad for over a decade, sparked a resurgence of the Rams mat program. His organization of the Roy-Hart Junior Wrestling Club was a key part of that resurgence.

His Roy-Hart wrestlers included Lou Rosselli who went on to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

Lang, who went on to coach wrestling for many years at Newfane, has received both the Niagara-Orleans’s League’s Foundation Award and has been honored with the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s  Lifetime Service Award to Wrestling.

He also earned the Western New York Wrestling Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year Award several times.

His dedication to and involvement in the sport also saw Lang serve as a wrestling official for over two decades.

A long time DEC Conservation Office, Lang has also served the community as a Town of Royalton Trustee and Supervisor.