Top seeded Akron posted a 5-0 victory over No. 4 Eden this evening at Alden to set up an all Niagara-Orleans League matchup for the Section VI Class C field hockey championship.

Akron will now face N-O rival Barker for the Class C title at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Alden.

Barker and Akron split a pair of regular season games and shared the N-O title with identical 11-1 records.

Barker, which is the defending Class C champion, defeated another N-O foe, Roy-Hart 6-2 in the other semifinal this morning at Wilson.

Lacey Berghorn scored four goals and Sophia Jones one for Akron whose defense was anchored by goalie Ashley Reiner and center defender Laicy Karczewski.

Akron, which is now 13-1 overall, led 4-0 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kara Choate and Trent Choate and their Roy-Hart teammates will host Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal games early this week. The Lady Rams will host Eden at 5 p.m. Monday and the Rams will entertain Alden at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The Niagara-Orleans League champion Roy-Hart boys and girls soccer teams will both open the Section VI Class B2 playoffs at home early this week.

The No. 4 seeded Roy-Hart boys squad, which captured its first N-O title in 20 years with a 7-3 record, will host No. 5 Alden in a B2 quarterfinal game at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday’s other B2 quarterfinals will have No. 8 Wilson at No. 1 Allegany/Limestone, No. 6 Akron at No. 3 Southwestern and No. 7 Newfane vs. No. 2 Fredonia at Silver Creek all at 5 p.m.

The No. 3 seed Roy-Hart girls squad, which earned a share of their first ever N-O title with an 8-2 record, will host No. 6 Eden in a B2 quarterfinal at 5 p.m. Monday. The winner will visit No. 2 Wilson in the semifinals on Wednesday. Roy-Hart shared the N-O crown with Wilson.

In the boys B1 quarterfinals No. 5 Medina/Lyndonville will visit No. 4 Lackawanna at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit No. 1 seed East Aurora in the semifinals on Thursday. The Steelers nipped the Mustangs 2-1 in last year’s quarterfinal.

In the girls Class B1 quarterfinals N. 6 Albion will visit No. 3 Springville at 5 p.m. Monday. The victor will face the winner of the No. 2 Olean vs. No. 7 Depew game in the semifinals on Wednesday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Natalie Bruning heads for the goal as Carmela Huntington defends for Roy-Hart. The action took place during the Lady Raiders Class C semifinal sectional win this morning at Wilson.

Taking charge with a big second quarter scoring burst No. 2 seed defending champion Barker went on to defeat No. 3 Roy-Hart 6-2 in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs this morning at Wilson.

Leading by a narrow 2-1 margin, Barker broke the contest wide open with three unanswered second quarter goals.

Barker’s Madison Gancasz winds up to advance the ball as Justine Laverty goes after it for Roy-Hart.

Addison Szafranski ignited the uprising with a goal just 3:30 into the quarter off a corner opportunity as Madison Gancasz earned the assist.

Natalie Bruning then scored on a rebound shot at the 5:58 mark and Rachel Sutter followed up with a goal with 1:15 remaining to give the Lady Raiders a commanding 5-1 lead at the half.

“That was good.”said Barker Coach Jeff Costello of the Lady Raiders big offensive uprising.

Roy-Hart did cut the deficit to 5-2 when Lexiss Diel scored eight minutes into the third quarter.

However, Barker got that one back three minutes later when Gancasz scored off a corner started by Ashlin Cole as Lena Fazzolari earned the assist.

Barker also got off to a quick start grabbing a 2-0 lead in the game’s first seven minutes.

Bruning opened the scoring off a corner opportunity started by Cole as Fazzolari again picked up the assist just 1:20 into the game. Kaedynce Schumacher followed up with a goal five minutes later.

Roy-Hart did pull to within 2-1 on a goal by Rebecca Berner off a corner with 6:51 to go in the quarter but the Lady Rams would get no closer.

Barker had trimmed Roy-Hart twice during the Niagara-Orleans League season by the identical score of 2-1 with the second meeting going to a shootout.

Improving to 12-1 Barker will now play in the Class C title game on Monday at a site and time to be announced against the winner of the No. 1 Akron vs. No. 4 Eden semifinals which is scheduled for 5 p.m. today at Alden.

Roy-Hart finishes the season at 7-5-1.

Roy-Hart’s Ashton Becker brings the ball up field as Addison Szafranski defends for Barker.

A second half goal proved to be just enough to earn Kendall a 1-0 victory over visiting Byron-Bergen this evening in a regular season ending non league boys soccer game.

Zach Barrett scored the goal for the Eagles off an assist from Michael McCue.

Jorden Ostrander made nine saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Kendall finishes the regular season at 5-8.

In another boys non league game, Pembroke nipped Holley 1-0. The Hawks finish the regular season at 9-3-1.

Girls Soccer

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba trimmed visiting Kendall 2-1 in a regular season ending Genesee Region League game.

Megan Gates scored Kendall’s goal in the second half which knotted the contest at 1-1.

Kendall winds up the regular season at 7-5-1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Brian Fry (1) races in to try to gain control of the ball during the Mustangs non league win over Northstar this evening at Vets Park. Defending for the Knights is Josiah Zeafla (12).

Capping off the regular season on a high note, Medina/Lyndonville shutout Northstar 3-0 this evening in a non league boys soccer game at Vets Park.

All of the scoring came in the first half.

Nate Dillenbeck scored the first two goals off assists from Casey Winiecki and AJ Seefeldt.

Russ Stephens then capped off the scoring with a goal off an assist from Sam Kingsbury.

Zach Fike earned the shutout in goal for the Mustangs which finish the regular season with an 8-4-1 overall record.

Medina/Lyndonville will open Section VI Class B1 playoff competition on Tuesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker will take on Niagara-Orleans League foe Roy-Hart in the Section VI Class C semifinals at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wilson. In action here from a regular season meeting Barker’s Lena Fazzolari brings the ball up field against Roy-Hart defenders Ashton Becker (13) and Justine Laverty (10).

No. 2 seed defending champion Barker will take on a very familiar foe in the semifinals of the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs as the Lady Raiders will face No. 3 Roy-Hart at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wilson.

Barker nipped Roy-Hart twice during the Niagara-Orleans League season by the identical narrow margin of 2-1.

This will be the third time in the last four years that Barker and Roy-Hart have met in the Class C semifinals. Barker won the previous two meetings by scores of 2-0 last fall and 2-1 in 2017.

The other semifinal will have top seeded Akron taking on No. 4 Eden at 5 p.m. Saturday at Alden.

Akron will be looking to avenge a narrow 1-0 loss to Eden in last year’s quarterfinal.

The championship game is scheduled for Monday at a site and time to be determined.

Akron and Barker shared the N-O title with identical 11-1 records. A coin flip was then held to determine the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Dan Mandujano sends a header toward the net during this evening’s loss to Wilson at Vets Park.

Needing a victory to qualify for the up coming Section VI playoffs, Wilson bested Medina/Lyndonville 5-3 in the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer season finale this evening at Vets Park.

Since Section VI requires teams to have a .500 record to compete in the sectionals this year Wilson needed the win to finish the N-O campaign at 5-5. Medina/Lyndonville, which had downed Wilson 3-0 earlier in the season, winds up N-O action at 5-4-1.

Wilson jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 30 minutes on two goals by Joey Moote and one by Jacob Darlak.

Medina/Lyndonville did cut the deficit to 3-1 by halftime as Casey Winiecki scored with seven minutes to go off an assist from Roman Heinsler.

The Mustangs then sliced the deficit to just one twice in the second half but both times the Lakemen quickly answered right back with a clutch goal.

First, the Mustangs made it 3-2 on a penalty kick goal by Nate Dillenbeck with 29 minutes to go in the second half.

However, Wilson answered right back just two minutes later on a penalty kick goal by Moote to make it 4-2.

Then late in the game the Mustangs cut the deficit to 4-3 on a rebound goal by Russell Stephens with 3:07 remaining.

The Lakemen though again answered the challenge as Moote scored the game and playoff clinching goal with 2:28 to go to make it 5-3.

Final N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 7-3, Akron 6-3-1, Newfane 6-4, Medina 5-4-1, Wilson 5-5, Albion 0-10.

Wheatland-Chili 3, Kendall 2 (OT)

Trailing 2-1, Wheatland-Chili rallied to tie the game with two minutes remaining in regulation time and then to pull out the 3-2 win at Kendall with a tally in the final three minutes of the second overtime.

Zach Barrett scored both goals for Kendall one in each half. Jake Esposito earned the assist on the second goal.

Kendall, which wraps up the regular season with a home game against Byron-Bergen on Friday, is now  4-8.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Roman Heinsler works to keep the ball away from Wilson’s Jack Schultz.

Holley closed out a Genesee Region League girls soccer championship season with a 4-0 victory over Pembroke this evening.

Halee Passarell scored two goals for the Lady Hawks as Samanatha Bates and Jailyn Bishop each had one.

Kayleigh Neale had three assists and Passarell one.

Emma Brady made two saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Holley finishes the regular season at 10-1-2.

Kendall 2, Attica 1

Kendall downed Attica 2-1 as Madison Jacob scored a goal in the first half and Megan Gates tallied in the second half off an assist from Lizzy Woodams.

Improving to 7-4-1, Kendall finishes the regular season on Friday with a game against Oakfield-Alabama/Elba.

Byron-Bergen 5, Lyndonville. Medina 2

Lilly Joe Carpenter and Ella Lewis each scored a goal in the first half for Lyndonville/Medina in the 5-2 loss at Byron-Bergen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Abi Blount reaches to try and stop the advance of Roy-Hart’s Rebecca Berner during the Mustangs loss to the host Lady Rams this afternoon.

Akron and Barker both romped to road victories today to finish the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey season as co-champions.

Finishing the N-O campaign with identical 11-1 records, Akron blanked Kenmore 7-0 and Barker shutout Newfane 11-0.

Lacey Berghorn and Madison Brege both scored two goals to lead the way for Akron as Olivia McClaine, Jennelle Kieffer and Ella Hill each chipped in with one.

Natalie Bruning, Laci Giarla, Macie May and Ella Gooding each had two goals for Barker as Mia Herman, Ashlin Cole and Alexa Zglinicki each added one.

Akron and Barker both held 4-0 leads at the half.

In the other N-O finale, Roy-Hart edged past visiting Medina 1-0 on a second quarter goal by Justine Laverty.

A coin flip between Akron and Barker will now determine the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds for the Section VI Class C playoffs. The seeding meeting is set for Friday. The semifinals are scheduled for Saturday and the finals for Monday.

Final N-O Standings: Akron 11-1, Barker 11-1, Roy-Hart 7-4-1, Kenmore 4-7-1, Medina 3-7-2, Wilson 3-9, Newfane 1-11.

Medina’s Rachel Hill and Roy-Hart’s Carmela Huntington battle for control of the ball.

Neither team could find the net in two 10 minute overtime periods as Holley and host Attica played to a 3-3 tie in a non league boys soccer game this evening.

Nathan Nothnagle scored off an assist from JJ Strathern and then Kayden Servais tallied from Nothnagle to keep Holley tied 2-2 at half-time.

Nothnagle then scored on a free kick for the Hawks lone second half goal as regulation time ended with the contest deadlocked at 3-3.

Holley, which is now 9-2-1, next hosts Pembroke at 7 p.m. Friday in another non league contest to close out the regular season.