Roy-Hart/Medina downed the host school 3-1 today in the opening round of the season opening Tonawanda girls soccer tournament.

Ruth Walker, Alexa Demmer and Maria Trombley each scored a goal for Roy-Hart/Medina which will now face a very familiar foe – Niagara-Orleans League rival Wilson – in the championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Wilson downed Dunkirk 8-0 in the other semifinal. Zoey Beck, Lilly Gurski and Colbie Elia each had 2 goals for Wilson.

Albion Tournament
The host Purple Eagles will face Attica in the championship game of the Albion girls soccer tournament at 6:45 p.m. Saturday.

Barker/Lyndonville will take on Oakfield-Alabama in the consolation game at 4:45 p.m.

Albion downed Barker/Lyndonville 2-1 and Attica bested Oakfield-Alabama 5-2 in the semifinals on Thursday.

Boys Soccer
Niagara Falls 2, Roy-Hart 1
Michael Fuller scored the lone goal for Roy-Hart in the Rams narrow 2-1 loss to host Niagara Falls in a non league game this afternoon.

Park School edged Lyndonville/Barker 2-1 in a non league season opening boys soccer game Thursday.

Jesus Reyes scored the goal for Lyndonville/Barker off an assist from Amir Zimmerman.

Volleyball
Alden d. Medina
Alden downed visiting Medina 25-9, 25-17, 25-19 in a season opening non league volleyball match Thursday.

Maya Anderson, Sam Heschke and Teagan Balaban each had 2 aces for Medina. Anderson also had 2 kills and Payton Denniston 1.

Newfane d. Kendall
Newfane bested visiting Kendall 25-12, 25-14, 25-16 in another non league match.

Emma Johnston had 7 aces, 6 kills and 2 blocks, Julia Leibring 8 kills and Sara Klinger 5 kills for Newfane.

Emma Minster had 6 service points for Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Elijah Doxey scores the Albion/Medina OC Rivals historic first touchdown during this evening’s debut victory at Akron.

Making a sparkling debut, Albion/Medina romped to a 32-0 lightning shortened victory over host Akron this evening kicking off the OC Rivals inaugural football season.

Lightning stopped the game with 7 minutes to go in the third quarter after Albion/Medina had built up a commanding  32-0 half-time advantage.

Albion/Medina took an 8-0 lead in the first quarter as Elijah Doxey scored the OC Rivals historic first touchdown on a 7 yard run. Quarterback Preston Woodworth hooked up with Noah Harrison for the two-point conversion pass.

The OC Rivals then broke the contest wide open by exploding for three touchdowns in the second quarter on runs of 5 yards by Jayzon Wills, 15 yards by Doxey and a 55 yard pass interception return by Jaxon Lynch. Harrison had a pair of two-point conversion runs and Wills one during that stretch.

Runs of 18 and 10 yards by Woodworth and 10 by Doxey highlighted the first TD drive and a big 45 yard run by Wills keyed the second.

Much of the quarter was played in a torrential downpour.

The defense also came up big in the opening half as Wills, Ryan Frentz and Matthew Jacobs all had sacks and Wills a tackle for loss.

“We’re very pleased with the way things went,” said Head Coach Eric Valley. “The field conditions slowed the game down for sure but our kids played great defense and we were able to move the ball using multiple backs.”

Albion/Medina next faces Lake Shore next Friday night at 7 at Medina’s Vets Park.

Jaxon Lynch heads to the endzone on a 55 yard pass interception return for the OC Rivals.

Jayzon Wills picks up yardage for the OC Rivals behind a block by Noah Harrison.

The host Purple Eagles edged Barker/Lyndonville 2-1 this evening in the opening round of the Albion girls soccer tournament.

Ava Woolston and Madison Frasier each scored a goal for Albion.

Alexa Robinson netted the Barker/Lyndonville goal.

The tournament will conclude on Saturday evening.

Boys Soccer
Pembroke 5, Albion 1
Pembroke downed visiting Albion 5-1 in a non league game.

Garret Jones scored the Albion goal off an assist from Anakin Bowman.

Volleyball
Holley d. Wheatland-Chili
Holley downed Wheatland-Chili in three sets as Averie Johnson had 8 aces and 2 kills and Brianna Pellegrino 7 aces.

Oakfield-Alabama d. Roy-Hart
Oakfield-Alabama downed Roy-Hart in four sets 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 25-17
Lauren Snyder had 8 kills, Tessa Degenhardt 5 kills and Zoe Healey 4 kills for Roy-Hart.

Scoring a straight set victory, Lyndonville bested host CSAT 25-14, 25-15, 25-20 in a season opening non league volleyball match Wednesday evening.

The Lady Tigers had plenty of contributors both at the service line and at the net as Leah Kenyon had 4 aces, 4 kills, 3 blocks; Hannah Fox 3 aces, 3 kills, 8 assists; Isabella Bresett 3 aces, 1 kill; Sarah Corser 2 aces, 1 kill; Destinee Holmes 3 aces, 1 kill; Grace Fox 1 ace, 1 kill; Elizabeth Gonzalez Moore 1 kill and Andrea Garza 2 kills.

Lyndonville will open the Genesee Region League season at home on September 8 against Wheatland-Chili.

The Barker field hockey and Roy-Hart boys soccer varsity teams both opened the season on a high note today with non league victories.

Barker edged Pioneer 1-0 in the Western New York Field Hockey Pre Season Showcase at Starpoint.

Brooke Weber scored the game’s lone goal for the Lady Bulldogs.

Barker will begin Niagara-Orleans League competition on September 10 against Wilson.

Roy-Hart downed host CSAT 4-1 as Michael Fuller scored 3 goals and Ethan Brown 1.

The Rams will next visit Niagara Falls on Friday for a non league contest. The Rams will begin N-O competition on September 9 at Akron.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Roy-Hart/Medina team into the upcoming season will be this quartet of team captains. From left are Lilly Maynard from Medina along with the Roy-Hart trio of Courtney Aquilina, Maria Trombley and Addison Carr.

Finishing in the runner-up spot last fall the now merged Roy-Hart/Medina girls soccer team returns a good nucleus with which to again challenge for top Niagara-Orleans League honors.

Low participation numbers over the last couple of years has caused Medina to join with Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart’s veteran group is led by a quartet of N-O All-League honorees including seniors Maria Trombley, who was a first team honoree and goalie Courtney Aquilina who was a second team selection along with juniors forward Ruth Walker who earned first team honors and Josephine Silsby who was an Honorable Mention pick.

The Lady Rms returnees also include seniors Maizie Cilliberto, Kenney Boyle and Addison Carr along with junior Julia Verratti.

Medina’s group is led by seniors Lilly Maynard and Alexa Demmer.

Roy-Hart/Medina will open the season by competing in the Tonawanda Tournament this Friday and Saturday facing the host school in the first round. The Lady Rams will then open the N-O season at home against Akron on September 9.

Balanced scoring earned Albion a 235-269 win over Wilson in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Hickory Ridge this morning.

Albion had four players  in the 40’s as Gavin Boyce shot 43, Owen Spencer 46, Drew Pritchard 47 and Viktor Snyder 49.

Wilson’s Ben Meyers took medalist honors with a 39.

Barker 250, Akron 252
Barker edged Akron 250-252 in an N-O opener on Monday as Hudson Prynn took medalist honors with a 40.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jayzon Wills and his Albion/Medina OC Rivals teammates will make their debut at Akron on Thursday evening.

It is the start of a new era!

Now teammates after 125 years as rivals on the football field, members of the fledgling Albion/Medina OC Rivals varsity team will begin their historic debut season at 7 p.m. Thursday against Akron on Akron’s old football field.

The game was originally scheduled to be played on Akron’s new turf field but the facility is not completed.

“It’s super exciting,” said Rivals Head Coach Eric Valley. “Everyone has been eager to learn and to help each other. It’s a great opportunity for us to go out and compete together.”

Offensively the OC Rivals will have Preston Woodworth at quarterback backed up by Boe Preston with Elijah Doxey, Jayzon Wills and Jaxson Lynch working at the running back spots; Noah Harrison, Hadrian Batista. Rocco Sidari and Malik Lamar manning the wide receiver spots and Jack Conn at tight end.

Upfront the Rivals will be looking to Jackson Snook, Logan Kast, Nate Surdel, Ryan Frentz, Matthew Jacobs, Cole Herman, TJ Champney and Jayden Travis.

Newfane at Barker/Roy-Hart
Barker/Roy-Hart will host Newfane in an interdivisional opener at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Panthers handed the Bulls their only regular season loss in last year’s opener at Newfane.

The Bulls offense will include veterans Max Townsend at quarterback, Owen Maedl at running back, Ashton Ark and Carter DerSarkissian at wide receiver and RJ Townsend, Jakob West, Logan Flint and John Brigham up front.

Holley/Lyndonville at South Seneca
Holley/Lyndonville will visit South Seneca at 1 p.m. Saturday in a non league contest.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Kendall girls varsity soccer team into Wednesday’s Genesee Region League home opener against Pembroke will be this group of returnees. In front are Addison Kludt, Haley Ball, Sophia Picardo and Payton Vogt. In back are Brynn Hardenbrook, Ryleigh Denning, Izzy D’Agostino and Jersie Drake.

A late schedule change will have Kendall making an early Genesee Region League girls soccer season opener as the Lady Eagles will host Pembroke at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Kendall captured the G-R title last fall with an 11-0 record and finished with a 17-2 overall record.

The Lady Eagles are led by a trio of G-R All-Stars including seniors Addison Kludt and Sophia Picardo and junior Ryleigh Denning along with a quintet of Honorable Mention selections including senior Haley Ball along with juniors Brynn Hardenbrook and Izzy D’Agostino and freshman Jersie Drake.

Denning had 28 goals last season, Picardo 16 goals and 23 assists and Drake 10 goals and 8 assists.

New Coach Nino Pilato’s Lady Eagles also return experience in senior Payton Vogt, sophomore Ella Cole and freshman Adrianna D’Agostino.

Kendall’s graduation losses included G-R All-Star Stella Kwiatek along with Honorable Mention selections Brooke Rodas and Alea Barrett.