Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aidan Bligh, who scored the game winning goal, works to get control of the ball surrounded by Akron defenders. The action took place during the Rams rainy, foggy home field win over the Tigers this afternoon.

Avenging a season opening loss (4-1) Roy-Hart blanked visiting Akron 2-0 this afternoon to take over sole possession of first place atop the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer standings.

Roy-Hart improves to 5-1 while Akron slips into the runner-up spot at 4-2.

Aidan Bligh scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Roy-Hart on a line drive shot with eight minutes to go in the first half.

The Rams later got a huge insurance goal when Peter Martillotta tallied on a direct kick with 14 minutes to go in the second half.

Brad Voelker, who earned the shutout in goal, made a big diving stop earlier in the second half when the Rams were still clinging to a slender 1-0 lead.

Medina/Lyndonville 3, Wilson 0

Making it two wins in a row after a slow 0-3 start to the league season, Medina/Lyndonville blanked host Wilson 3-0 as all the scoring took place in the second half.

Jacob Corser scored what proved to be the game winning goal for the Mustangs two minutes into the second half.

Nate Dillenbeck then put a lock on the goal when he scored twice, the first coming on a rebound shot with 15 minutes to go and the second off a turnover with 10 minutes remaining.

Zach Fike earned the shutout in goal as the quartet of Russ Stephens, Anthony Moule, Alex Barry and Jack Whipple anchored the Mustangs defense.

The Lakemen are now 3-3 and the Mustangs 2-2 in N-O action.

Newfane 7, Albion 0.

Newfane evened its N-O record at 3-3 with a 7-0 win over visiting Albion which slips to 0-6.

Roy-Hart’s Landen Guild tries to advance the ball against Akron defender Adam Mietz.

A goal in each half proved to be enough for Holley to defeat host Wheatland-Chili 2-1 Saturday evening to stay unbeaten at 5-0 in Genesee Region League boys soccer competition.

Nathan Nothnagle scored in the first half for Holley off an assist from Cameron Bates.

Kayden Servais later netted what proved to be the game winner in the second half from Nothnagle to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead.

Holley next visits rival Kendall at 7 p.m. Monday.

Contributed Photo – Babe Ruth

He probably wouldn’t recognize the park with the artificial turf, large digital scoreboard and grandstand but 100 years ago today the legendary Babe Ruth played a baseball game at Vets Park (then Oak Orchard Park) during his 1920 post season barnstorming tour.

Ruth, who was coming off the first of his big home run seasons for the New York Yankees (54 homers, 135 RBI, .376 batting average) lived up to his nickname “The Sultan of Swat” by belting a home run to highlight Medina’s 6-2 win over the Lockport All-Stars.

However, the first homer of the day was belted by Lockport’s Fenton “Darb” Whalen.

Ruth, who struck out in his first at bat, came on strong with hits in his last three at bats. He banged out an RBI triple off the right field fence in the fourth inning, belted a two-run home run over the right field fence in the sixth inning and a single to right field in the eighth.

Newspaper accounts also report that the Babe put on quite a hitting display in pre game batting practice sending some 15 balls over the outfield fence before organizers halted the practice fearing he would lose all of the balls they had in stock for the game.

Contributed Photos – The top three finishers, in order, at today’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League golf tournament were, from left, Aiden Paul (Medina), Nathan Meyers (Wilson) and Dylan Lonnen (Medina).

Roy-Hart’s McCarthy Lang won the N-O girls title

The Medina duo of Aiden Paul and Dylan Lonnen finished 1-3 n the individual competition and Akron captured its first team title in 30 years at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League golf tournament held today at Willowbrook.

Paul shot an 83 over 18 holes to claim the individual title.

Wilson’s Nathan Meyers finished second with an 85 and Lonnen third with an 86.

Albion’s Nick Newton shot an 88 to share fourth place with Newfane’s Sam Capen and Barker’s Joel Harris.

Roy-Hart’s McCarthy Lang won the N-O girls title with a 97.

Akron, which last claimed the N-O title in 1990, took top team honors with a score of 485 to lock up the season’s championship.

Wilson finished second at the tourney with a score of 494 followed by Newfane 496, Medina 515, Barker 523, Roy-Hart 534 and Albion incomplete.

For the season, Akron took first place honors with a total of 28.5 points followed by Newfane 25.5, Medina 20, Wilson 17, Barker 14, Albion 4 and Roy-Hart 3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Michael McCue uses his head to score the first of his two goals this afternoon against visiting Pembroke.

Surrounded by Pembroke defenders, Kendall’s Jake Esposito uses a high leg kick to try for a goal.

Taking the lead for good with an early goal, Kendall went on to defeat visiting Pembroke 3-2 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Kendall jumped out to a quick lead when Michael McCue scored just 3:12 into the game off an asset from Hayden VanDusen.

The Eagles doubled their advantage when Jake Esposito tallied at the 17:33 mark of the opening half as Derek Edick earned the assist.

Pembroke did cut the deficit to 2-1 four minutes later on a goal by Sean Pustulka but the Dragons would get no closer.

McCue later scored what proved to be the game winner with 16:16 to go in the second half off an assist from VanDusen to give the Eagles a 3-1 lead.

Now at 2-3, Kendall is next scheduled to host rival Holley at 7 p.m. Monday.

Pembroke goalie Cody Heater stops a shot by Kendall’s Hayden VanDusen.

Akron’s Jenelle Kiefer and Roy-Hart’s Amanda Hill battle for control of the ball during this morning’s Niagara-Orleans League game at Middleport which was won by the visiting Lady Tigers.

Front-running Akron downed host Roy-Hart 2-0 this morning to stay undefeated at 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey competition.

Runner-up Barker improved to 4-1 with a 7-0 home field victory over Kenmore.

In the other contest, Wilson boosted its record to 2-3 by blanking rival Newfane (1-3) 3-0.

Lacey Berghorn scored Akron’s first goal.

Lacey Berghorn scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Akron at 7:19 of the second quarter and Madison Brege tacked on an insurance tally at 1:38 of the third quarter.

The Lady Tigers had a whopping 17-0 advantage in corner opportunities.

Barker, which got goals from seven different players, built up a 3-0 half-time advantage as Lena Fazzolari scored off an assist from Madison Gancasz, Gancasz tallied unassisted and Aaliyah Wheat scored from Kaedynce Schumacher.

In the second half the Lady Raiders got goals from Rachel Sutter, Schumacher, Mia Herman and Alexa Zglinicki.

The loss drops Kenmore to 1-2-1.

Anna Meyers scored all three goals for Wilson in the fourth quarter.

N-O Standings: Akron 5-0, Barker 4-1, Roy-Hart 2-3, Wilson 2-3, Kenmore 1-2-1, Newfane 1-3, Medina 0-3-1.

Monday’s Schedule: Medina at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Newfane at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Kenmore 6 p.m.

Roy-Hart’s Miah Glena looks to get the ball out of the Lady Rams end as Akron’s Sophia Jones and Jenelle Kiefer advance. Roy-Hart’s Isabella Santella and Rebecca Berner move in to support.

Moving into a share of first place, Roy-Hart knocked Wilson from the ranks of the unbeaten by a 5-2 margin this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Roy-Hart is now tied with Akron for first place at 4-1 at the half-way point of the N-O season as Wilson slips into the runner-up spot at 3-1.  Akron downed Newfane 3-1.

Rebounding from an early 1-0 deficit, Roy-Hart rattled off five straight goals to claim the victory.

In the first half the Rams had Peter Martillotta score off an assist from Elijah Giroux, Trent Choate score from Noah Stern and Aidan Bligh tally from Martillotta.

Roy-Hart then put a lock on the win in the second half as Martillotta scored off an assist from Giroux and Hunter Babel tallied from Bligh.

Roy-Hart next hosts Akron at 430 pm. Monday in a key battle for first place. The Tigers downed the Rams 4-1 in the season opener.

Akron 3, Newfane 1

Travis Fry scored two goals and Caleb Suckow had a goal and an assist to lead Akron to the victory.

Jeremy Foltz scored for Newfane which slips to 2-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Dan Mandujano of Medina/Lyndonville battles for control of the ball with Albion’s Zac Albright during this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League game at Albion.

Snapping a season opening three league game losing streak, Medina/Lyndonville shutout host rival Albion 3-0 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans boys soccer contest.

Zaric Boyce scored twice for the Mustangs.

Casey Winiecki scored what proved to be the game winning goal for the Mustangs just 16 minutes into the first half off an assist from AJ Seefeldt.

The Mustangs doubled their advantage before halftime as Zaric Boyce scored with 12:30 to go in the half off an assist from Jacob Corser.

Boyce later added an insurance goal with 12:20 to go in the second half as Russ Stephens picked up the assist.

Zach Fike earned the shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

Medina/Lyndonville is now 1-3 in the league and 2-3 overall while Albion slips to 0-5.

The Mustangs next visit Wilson and the Purple Eagles travel to Newfane at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Albion’s Jahmeek Riley looks to pass to Carson Bader as Casey Winiecki defends for Medina/Lyndonville.

Wilson bested Medina 253-279 this afternoon in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Shelridge.

Nathan Meyers shot 46, Evan Mahar 47 and Michael Bubar 49 to lead the way for Wilson.

Aiden Paul took medalist honors with a 41 and Dylan Lonnen had a 45 for Medina.

Medina finishes the regular season at 8-4 and Wilson at 5-6-1.

The league title will be determined at Saturday’s All-League Tournament at Willow brook.

Final Regular Season standings: Akron 11-1, Newfane 10-2, Medina 8-4, Barker 5-6-1, Wilson 5-6-1, Albion 1-10-1, Roy-Hart 0-11-1.