Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Ashlin Cole (2) looks to keep the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Miah Glena during this afternoon’s key Niagara-Orleans League game at Middleport which was won by the visiting Lady Raiders.

Trailing 1-0 defending champion Barker rallied for a pair of third quarter goals to edge past host Roy-Hart 2-1 this afternoon in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Cheyenne Stilwell gave Roy-Hart an early 1-0 lead with a goal in the final minute of the first quarter.

However, Barker rallied to tie as Laci Giarla scored early in the third quarter off a corner as Madison Gancasz and Lena Fazzolari earned assists.

Ashlin Cole then netted what proved to be the game winning goal for the Lady Raiders late in the third quarter, again off a corner opportunity, as Mia Herman had the assist.

Barker is now 3-0 and Roy-Hart 2-2.

Akron remained in a tie with Barker for first place at 3-0 by downing Wilson (0-3) 13-0 as Lacey Berghorn and Madison Brege both had the three goal hat-trick.

Akron next visits Barker in another key contest at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

In the other N-O contest, Medina battled to a 1-1 tie at Kenmore which was decided in a shootout.

Faith Vanderwalker scored the Medina goal in the shootout.

Roy-Hart’s Lexiss Diel drives past Barker’s Addison Szarfranski.

Barker bested Albion 243-274 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon to improve to 3-6-1.

Joel Harris took medalist honors for Barker with a 44 as Nathan Mazza-Ray added a 48 and Willard Nellist a 49.

Nick Newton shot a 46 for Albion which is now 1-8.

Front-running Akron improved to 9-0 by defeating Wilson 231-255 as Drew Romesser took medalist honors with a 41 and Jake Klodzinski added a 45.

Matt Carr shot 44 for Wilson which slips to 3-4-1.

Runner-up Newfane improved to 8-2 by downing Roy-Hart 228-255. Sam Capen took medalist honors with a 40 and Cade Littman had a 44 to lead the Panthers.

Carter Green shot 42 and McCarthy Lang 43 for Roy-Hart.

Improving to 8-2, Newfane scored a 232-276 win over visiting Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Sam Capen took medalist honors for Newfane with a 39 as Trevor Heschke added a 40 and Zach Murray a 44.

Nick Newton shot a 44 to lead Albion which is now 1-8.

Contributed Photos – The Medina MACs blanked visiting Oakfield 12-0 for their first win in the Bulldogs inaugural season of 1946. Roger Houseman, who scored the first touchdown, is shown here picking up yardage during a 1946 home contest.

It took just two games into their inaugural 1946 season for the Medina Athletic Club (MACs) semi pro football team to earn their first victory.

Rebounding from a 13-0 loss at Batavia in their debut game, the MACS claimed that first ever victory by blanking Oakfield 12-0 at Oak Orchard Park (now Veterans Memorial Park).

Roger Houseman scored the only touchdown the MAC Bulldogs, as their were called, would need as it turned out on a 15 yard run late in the first quarter.

The MACs later added an insurance score on a 29 yard touchdown pass from Walt Wanecski to Fred Oremus late in the third quarter. A fumble recovery by Dave Whipple on the preceding play set up the opportunity.

The MACs offensive unit that day included Houseman and Ovid Punch at the ends, Whipple and Ed Cotriss at the tackles, Homer McPherson and Ray Punch at the guards, Bob Garrett at center, Oremus at quarterback, Joe Albone at fullback and Wanecski and Francis Moriarty at the halfback spots.

The MACs went on to win four more games in a row over the Lockport Essos 7-0, LeRoy 3-0, the Rochester Benns 7-0 and the Rochester 19th Warders 34-0 and finished the season with a 6-3 record. The win over LeRoy was a most interesting one as the MACs three points came on a 15 yard drop kick field goal by Oremus.

The MACs went on to play 15 more seasons but the Bulldogs last victory came in the second to last season. That win was a 20-8 victory at Jamestown in the fourth game of the 1960 season.

The MACs touchdowns were scored on a 24 yard pass interception by Dick VanAuker  in the first quarter, a pass from Francis “Mo” Moriarty to Gene Ulianelli in the second quarter and on a one yard run by Cliff Fearby in the fourth quarter. Dan Cleary caught a two-point conversion pass from Moriarty after the final TD.

The Bulldogs offense that day included Russ Martino and Lynn Carson at the ends, Tom Pegelow and Wally Pegelow at the tackles, Bill Guzik and Mel Gruber at the guards, Gene Kujawa at center, Moriarty at quarterback and Ulianelli, Fearby and Keith Holman at the running back positions.

The MACs season was made even more interesting as with Vets Park being resodded the Bulldogs had to play their home games on an improvised field behind the Wise Middle School.

The MACs went 2-9 that season and with their number dwindling played just one more year going 0-7-1 in 1961.The tie was a 0-0 draw against Jamestown.

The MACs final home game was a 27-0 loss to the East Aurora Bills on October 20, 1961 at Vets Park. Interestingly two members of the MACs inaugural 1946 team, Wanecski and Moriarty, took part in the finale.

Walt Wanecski , at left, threw a touchdown pass to Fred Oremus for the other MACs TD in that first ever win in 1946.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Trent Choate, who scored the game’s lone goal, splits between Medina/Lyndonville defenders Anthony Moule (3) and Alex Barry (13) during the Rams windy win over the visiting Mustangs this afternoon.

A lone early second half goal proved to be just enough to earn Roy-Hart a narrow 1-0 victory over defending champion Medina/Lyndonville in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this afternoon at wind swept Bruno Pacini Field in Middleport.

Trent Choate netted the lone goal for Roy-Hart seven minutes into the second half off an assist from Eli Giroux.

The Rams defense did the rest especially in the first half when the Mustangs had the wind advantage but were unable to score.

“Our defense really came up big for us,” said Roy-Hart Coach Greg Martillotta. “The wind was a big factor and our defense withstood the advantage they had with it in the first half. That was huge.”

Roy-Hart improves to 2-1 while Medina/Lyndonville slips to 0-2.

Nathan Dillenbeck of the Mustangs kicks the ball back away from Noah Stern of the Rams.

Moving into a share of first place, Akron blanked visiting Roy-Hart 3-0 this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Madison Brege scored two goals and Olivia McClaine one for Akron which is now tied with defending champion Barker for the N-O lead at 2-0 as Roy-Hart slips to 2-1.

Akron will visit Barker on Tuesday. Before that Akron will host Wilson and Barker will entertain Roy-Hart on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Hayley Skidmore kicks the ball away from Kendall’s Lizzy Woodams during the visiting Lady Hawks win over the Lady Eagles this afternoon.

Putting together a big second half rally, Holley trimmed host rival Kendall 3-2 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Kendall built up a 2-0 halftime advantage on goals by Megan Gates and Madison Jacob.

However, Holley came battling back in the second half.

A penalty kick goal by Halee Passarell ignited the Lady Hawks comeback .

Hayley Skidmore followed up by scoring the tying and winning goals within a span of just 34 seconds.

Holley is now 2-1 and Kendall 0-2.

Alexander 5, Lyndonville/Medina 2

In another G-R contest, host Alexander defeated Lyndonville/Medina 5-2 as Samantha Sawyer led the way with three goals.

Lily Joe Carpenter and Ella Lewis scored goals for Lyndonville/Medina which is now 1-2.

Kendall’s Madison Jacob tries to advance the ball by Holley’s Samantha Bates.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Tory Raufeisen works to get by a Byron-Bergen defender during the host Eagles loss to the Bees this afternoon.

Holley improved its Genesee Region League boys soccer record to 3-0 with a 2-1 victory at Pembroke this evening.

Kayden Servais scored both goals for the Hawks, one in each half, as Charlie Turpyn and KJ Biedlingmaier earned the assists.

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen made a lone goal scored midway through the first half, stand up for a 1-0 win at Kendall.

The loss drops Kendal lot 1-2.

Kendall’s Michael McCue drives the ball up field.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Alex Gibson takes a shot on goal during first half action of this evenings home game against Akron. Orion Groth moves in to support for the Purple Eagles and Travis Fry comes up to defend for the Tigers.

Scoring a goal in each half, Akron shutout host Albion 2-0 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Travis Fry scored both goals for Akron which improves to 2-1 as Albion slips to 0-3.

In the other N-O contest, Wilson nipped rival Newfane 4-3 in overtime as Owen Cloy had two goals, Joey Moote a goal and an assist, Jacob Darlock a goal and Benjamin Lyman two assists.

Jeremy Foltz had two goals and an assist and Max Czakaj a goal and an assist for Newfane.

Wilson is now 2-0 and Newfnae 2-1.

There is one N-O game set for Saturday as Medina/Lyndonville visits Roy-Hart at noon.