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Newfane golfers hand Akron first loss
Newfane knocked Akron from the ranks of the undefeated as the Panthers trimmed the Tigers 235-240 this afternoon in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans League golf match.
Akron is now 11-1 and Newfane 10-2 heading into Saturday’s title deciding All-League Tournament.
Trevor Heschke shot a 43 and Sam Capen a 44 to lead the way for Newfane.
Drew Romesser took medalist honors with a 41 and River White had a 42 for Akron.
Lady Tigers edge past Lady Dragons

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis scored four goals in Lyndonville/Medina’s win today.
Lyndonville/Medina trimmed visiting Pembroke 4-3 this afternoon to improve to 2-3 in Genesee Region League girls soccer action.
Ella Lewis scored all four goals for the Lady Tigers as she netted the game winner with five minutes to play snapping a 3-3 tie.
Pembroke led 2-1 at the half but Lyndonville/Medina rallied into a 3-2 lead only to see the Lady Dragons rally to retie the contest one last time setting the stage for Lewis’ game winning goal.
Holley 3, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 0
Improving to 4-1, Holley blanked visiting Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 3-0 this evening.
All of the scoring came in the first half as Halee Passarell had two goals and Kayleigh Neale one for the Lady Hawks. Neale and Allison Lyndaker also each had an assist.
Emma Brady made five saves to earn the shutout in goal.
Wheatland-Chili 4, Kendall 2
Wheatland-Chili improved to 5-0 by downing host Kendall 4-2 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League Division 1 girls soccer game.
Emily Parker scored the first three goals for W-C.
Brianna Wakefield netted both goals in the second half for Kendall which is now 1-3.
Lady Rams shutout Lady Panthers
Pulling away in the second half, Roy-Hart blanked host Newfane 5-0 this afternoon to improve to 4-0 in Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer competition.
Roy-Hart held a slender 1-0 lead at the half on a goal by Nadia White.
The Lady Rams then broke the contest side open in the second half on three goals by Kara Choate and one by White. Maddy Colley, Amelia Konstanty and Ava Owens each had an assist during that stretch.
Rileigh McCabe earned the shutout in goal.
Newfane is now 1-3.
In the other N-O games, Wilson stayed unbeaten at 4-0 by downing visiting Albion (1-3) 3-1 and Akron evened its record at 2-2 with a 7-0 win over Barker (0-4).
Breaking away from a 0-0 halftime deadlock, Wilson claimed the win on second half goals by Rian Faery, Lilly O’Lay and Leia Cloy.
Brittany Spies-Hunt scored Albion’s goal off an assist from Nikki Creasey.
Six different players scored goals for Akron as Cailin Swiezy led the way with two.
Akron trims Barker in field hockey shootout

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Aaliyah Wheat look to drive the ball up field during this afternoons key Niagara-Orleans League game as Olivia McClaine moves in to defend for Akron.
Taking over sole possession of first place, Akron downed host Barker 1-0 in a shootout (3-1) this afternoon in a rain soaked key early season Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.
Akron goalie Ashley Reiner came up huge for the Lady Tigers in the shootout making clutch saves on three of Barker’s four shooters.
Akron jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the shootout on goals by Lacey Berghorn and Madison Brege.
Barker did cut the deficit to 2-1 on a goal by Natalie Bruning but Reiner came up with big saves to stop the Lady Raiders final two shooters.
Akron put a lock on the victory as Olivia McClaine scored to give the Lady Tigers a 3-1 and Reiner followed up with her final save on Barker’s fourth shooter.
Neither team could score in 60 minutes of regulation time or in the 10 minute 7 on 7 overtime period.
Akron had an 8-4 edge in corner opportunities during regulation time.
The Lady Tigers stay undefeated at 4-0 while defending champion Barker is now 3-1.
Newfane 3, Medina 2
Trailing 2-1, Newfane rallied for two unanswered second half goals to nip host Medina 3-2 this evening at Vets Park.
Alex Strong scored both of Medina’s first half goals.
Newfane is now 1-2 and Medina 0-3-1.
Wilson 4, Kenmore 2
Snapping a season opening three game losing streak, Wilson downed visiting Kenmore (1-1-1) 4-2 this evening.

Mia Herman moves up field with the ball for Barker as Madison Brege defends for Akron.
Akron booters trim Medina/Lyndonville

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Nate Dillenbeck goes over Akron goalie Sean Brennan and puts a crossing pass toward the goal. His teammate Dan Mundujano goes after the ball for the Mustangs as Jashua Mazza moves in to defend for the Tigers. Mandujano did score on the play but the goal was disallowed by an off sides call. The action took place during this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League game at Vets Park.
Improving to 3-1, Akron bested Medina/Lyndonville 3-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.
Breaking away from a 1-1 half-time deadlock, Akron opened up a 3-1 second half lead on goals by Travis Fry and Caleb Suckow on a penalty kick.
The Mustangs cut the deficit to 3-2 on a penalty kick goal by Nate Dillenbeck but could not net the equalizer.
Medina/Lyndonville grabbed a 1-0 lead midway through the first half on a goal by Dan Mandujano but Akron knotted the contest with two minutes to go in the half on a goal by Fry.
The Mustangs had an earlier goal disallowed on an offsides call and also had one shot rattle off the cross bar and another off the post in the opening half.
Medina/Lyndonville, which is now 0-3 in N-O action next visits Albion at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Roy-Hart 4, Newfane 3
Jumping out to a 3-0 first half lead, Roy-Hart held on to defeat host Newfane 4-3 in a key N-O contest.
The Rams improve to 3-1 while the Panthers slip to 2-2.
Trent Choate, Aidan Bligh and Eli Giroux scored in the first half to give R-H the big lead.
A second half goal by Aiden Guild then provided the margin of victory for the Rams.
Goals by Jeremy Foltz and Trevor Heschke ignited Newfane’s second half comeback bid.
Wilson 2, Albion 0
Front-running Wilson improved to 3-0 with a 2-0 home field win over Albion as both Lakemen goals came within a span of a minute midway through the first half.
The Lakemen scored on an own goal at 28:59 and then on a goal by Owen Cloy at 27:37.
The loss drops Albion to 0-4.

Alex Barry of the Mustangs works to take the ball away from Akron’s Sean O’Shaughnessy.
Hawks edge past Bees in G-R soccer
Holley boosted its Genesee Region League boys soccer record to 4-0 with a narrow 1-0 victory at Byron-Bergen/ Elba this evening.
The Hawks lone goal came midway through the second half on a shot by Nathan Nothnagle off an assist from KJ Biedlingmaier.
Brock Ostrom earned the shutout in goal maing 8 saves.
In another G-R contest, Attica downed visiting Kendall 3-1.
Tory Raufeisen scored the Kendall goal late in the second half off an assist from Hayden VanDusen.
The loss drops the Eagles to 1-3.
Medina golfers split in N-O tri match
Medina defeated Wilson 236-241 but lost to front-running Akron 219-236 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf tri-match this afternoon at Willowbrook.
Akron also defeated Wilson to improve to 11-0.
Medina is now 8-3 and Wilson 3-6-1.
Drew Romesser and River White both shot 42 to lead the way for Akron as Calvin Jonathan added a 43 and Kyle Swift and Jack Klodzinski 46s.
Medina’s Dylan Lonnen took medalist honors with a 41. Aiden Paul added a 42 and Zach Blount a 48 for the Mustangs.
Nathan Meyers shot 43, Evan Mahar 47 and Michael Bubar 48 for Wilson.
In the other tri match, Barker defeated Albion 238-273 and Roy-Hart 238-272. Albion split a pair of points with Roy-Hart.
Joel Harris took medalist honors with a 43 and Nathan Mazza-Ray had a 44 to lead Barker.
Nick Newton paced Albion with a 46.
Carter Green shot 45 and Brian Baes 46 for Roy-Hart.
Barker finishes the regular season at 5-6-1, Albion 1-10-1 and Roy-Hart 0-11-1.
Holley and Kendall girls post shutout wins; Notre Dame downs Lyndonville/Medina

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Devin Griffin advances the ball for Lyndonvile/Medina during the Lady Tigers loss to Notre Dame this afternoon at Lyndonville. Sophia Sorenson moves in on the play for Notre Dame.
Holley blanked visiting Byron-Bergen 3-0 and Kendall shutout host Pembroke 2-0 this evening in Genesee Region League girls soccer games.
Halee Passarell, Samantha Bates and Tatum Gagne took turns scoring the goals for Holley as Emma Brady earned the shutout in goal.
Magdalene Aguirre scored late in the first half off a corner kick by Brianna Wakefield for what proved to be the game winning goal for Kendall.
The Lady Eagles later got an insurance goal from Megan Gates late in the second half off an assist from Madison Jacob.
Kailie Regan made 8 saves to earn the shutout in goal.
Kendall next hosts Wheatland-Chili at 5 p.m. Thursday and Holley entertains Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Holley is now 3-1 and Kendall 1-2.
In another G-R contest, Notre Dame defeated Lyndonville/Medina 4-2 this afternoon at Lyndonville.
Arabella Rogers scored two goals for Notre Dame as Autumn Mathisen and Maylee Green each chipped in with one.
Ella Lewis scored both goals for Lyndonville/Medina the first coming on a penalty kick.
Lyndonville next hosts Pembroke at 5 p.m. Thursday.
R-H girls down Barker; Akron tops Albion
Improving to 3-0, Roy-Hart downed visiting Barker 2-0 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.
Kara Choate and Clara Jones scored second half goals for Roy-Hart. Brooke Livergood earned the assist on the second goal.
In the other N-O contests, Akron downed host Albion 4-2 and Wilson blanked rival Newfane 3-0.
Kara Sequin scored three goals in the first half to vault Akron out to a 3-1 lead.
Abby Scanlan scored both goals for Albion off assists from Aly Knaak and Claire Squicciarini.
Akron and Albion are now both 1-2 while Wilson is 3-0 and Newfane 1-2.
Medina boys win; Albion bows in N-O X-C

Photos by Tom Rivers – Akron’s Lauren Wagner, left, heads toward a win at today’s tri-meet at Barker. At the right Albion’s Reuben Rivers is in route to a win in the boys race.
Medina defeated visiting Wilson 17-44 this afternoon to improve to 2-0 in Niagara-Orleans League boys cross-country competition.
Cameron Castanon won the race for Medina as his teammates Arian Cayea and Gabe Mark finished second and third.
Al Schultz placed fourth for Wilson which is now 1-2.
The Medina girls won the girls race by disqualification as Wilson’s top four runners took a wrong turn and went off course.
The host Barker boys defeated Albion 25-36 and Akron 20-41 to improve to 2-1. Akron also downed Albion 25-36.
Albion’s Reuben Rivers won the race as his teammate Landin Chaffee finished second.
Akron’s John Chubb placed third followed by the Barker duo of Mason Allee-Castro and Evan Taylor.
In the girls race, Akron defeated Albion 22-38 and Barker 20-37. Barker also nipped Albion 27-28.
Akron’s Lauren Wagner won the race as Albion’s Alanna Holman placed second and Akron’s Kayla Murray third.
The Newfane boys improved to 2-0 by downing Roy-Hart 20-43.
Roy-Hart’s Jay Heideman won the race as the Newfane duo of Nick Baes and Jayden Reynolds placed second and third.
Newfane also downed Roy-Hart 15-50 in the girls race. The Lady Panthers were led by the 1-2-3 finish of Kylie Bowman, Taylor Heschke and Leah Siegmann.





