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Medina golfers down Roy-Hart
Improving to 7-2, Medina defeated Roy-Hart 247-301 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Shelridge.
Dylan Lonnen took medalist honors with a 42 and Aiden Paul had a 45 to lead the Mustangs.
In the other N-O match, Wilson defeated Albion 239-270 to go to 4-3-1.
Nathan Meyer and Matt Carr shot 42 and Evan Mahar and Sam Georgal 47 for the Lakemen.
Nick Newton had a 49 for Albion.
Narrow G-R girls soccer losses for Kendall, Holley and Lyndonville/Medina
A goal in the final three minutes provided the only scoring as host Byron-Bergen nipped Kendall 1-0 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.
Kailie Regan made 10 saves in goal for Kendall in the Lady Eagles season opener.
Kendall next hosts rival Holley at noon Saturday.
In other G-R contests, Lyndonville/Medina dropped a 3-1 decision to host Oakfield-Alabama/Elba and Holley was nipped 2-1 by host Wheatland-Chili.
Ella Lewis scored the goal for Lyndonville/Medina which was tied with Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 1-1 at the half.
Sam Bates scored for Holley, which was likewise tied with W-C 1-1 at the half. Kayleigh Neale earned the assist.
Lyndonville/Medina and Holley are now both 1-1.
Lady Rams nip Purple Eagles in double OT

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kara Choate, who is shown here driving against Albion defender Charley London, scored both goals in the Lady Rams home field overtime win over the Purple Eagles this evening.
Host Roy-Hart outlasted Albion 2-1 in double overtime to highlight this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer competition.
Kara Choate scored the game winner for Roy-Hart early in the second overtime. She also netted the Lady Rams other goal in the second half.
Nadia White and Ava Owens earned assists on the Lady Rams tallies.
Abby Scanlan scored Albion’s goal in the second half off an assist from Nicolina Creasey.
Roy-Hart is now 2-0 and Albin 1-1 in N-O action.
In the other N-O contests, Wilson edged Akron 3-2 and Newfane shutout Barker 5-0.
Lily Avery, Leia Cloy and Maddy Seeley each scored a goal for Wilson which jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
Kara Sequin and Natalie Karmaczyn scored for Akron.
Wilsn is now 2-0 and Akron 0-2
Rachel Chunco scored three goals to lead Newfane as Anna Chunco and Liza MacFarlane each added one.
Newfnae is now 1-1 and Barker 0-2.

Albion’s Clair Squicciarini drives the ball up field as Nadia White comes in to defend for host Roy-Hart.
Barker, R-H, Akron romp in N-O field hockey
Defending champion Barker blanked Wilson 9-0, Roy-Hart shutout Newfane 8-0 and Akron blanked Medina 6-0 in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey action this afternoon.
Lena Fazzolari, Natalie Bruning and Madison Gancasz each scored two goals to lead the way for Barker as Mia Herman, Addison Szafranski and Ella Gooding each chipped in with one.
Lexiss Diel scored four goals to pace Roy-Hart as Cheyenne Stilwell had two and Claire Halstead and Rebecca Berner one each.
Lacey Berghorn scored three goals, Olivia McClaine two and Madison Brege one for Akron.
Barker and Roy-Hart are now 2-0, Akron and Kenmore 1-0 and Medina, Newfane and Wilson 0-2.
Akron golfers edge Newfane to hike lead
Akron edged past Newfane 228-229 this afternoon at Dan Dee Farms to open up a two match lead in the Niagara-Orleans League golf title race.
Akron is now 8-0 while runner-up Newfane slips to 7-2 followed by Medina 6-2, Wilson 3-3-1, Barker 2-6-1, Albion 1-5 and Roy-Hart 0-8.
Drew Romesser shot 43 and Jack Klodzinski and Calvin Jonathan 45 to lead Akron which also downed Barker 228-262 in the tri match..
Trevor Heschke shot 41 and Sam Capen 42 for Newfane which also defeated Barker 229-262.
Joel Harris led Barker with a 46.
In the other N-O match, Wilson defeated Roy-Hart 252-287 at Shelridge as Nathan Meyers hot 46 and Michael Bubar 49.
Panthers rally to upend Mustangs in OT

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cole Seefelt of Medina/Lyndonville battles for control of the ball with Newfane’s Jeremy Foltz , who scored the winning goal, during the N-O contest at Vets Park this evening.
Rebounding from a two goal halftime deficit, Newfane rallied to defeat defending champion Medina/Lyndonville 3-2 in double overtime in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.
Jeremy Foltz scored the game winning goal in the second overtime period for Newfane which improves to 2-0 in N-O action.
Medina/Lyndonville had built up a 2-0 first half lead on goals by Nathan Dillenbeck and Evan Harris but could not find the net again.
The contest was the league opener for the Mustangs which next visit Roy-Hart at noon on Saturday.

Brian Fry of the Mustangs hurdles Panthers goalie Brady Harrington.
Kendall and Holley score G-R wins
Kendall nipped host Wheatland-Chili 2-1 and Holley trimmed visiting Attica 1-0 this evening in Genesee Region League boys soccer competition.
Kendall grabbed a 1-0 first half lead on a goal by Jake Esposito on a header off an assist from Tory Raufeisen.
W-C tied the game early in the second half but midway through the stanza Derek Edick netted the game winning goal for Kendall of an assist from Jeffrey Pratt.
Jordan Ostrander earned the win in goal for the Eagles making 8 saves.
Kendall, which is now 1-1 next hosts Byron-Bergen at 5 p.m. Friday.
Holley improved to 2-0 as Kayden Servais scored the game’s lone goal at the 23rd minute mark of the second half off an assist from KJ Biedlingmaier.
Brock Ostrom registered the shutout in goal making 5 saves.
Rams down Purple Eagles in N-O soccer

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Noah Stern puts a shot on goal as Tyler Gibson defends for Albion during the host Rams win over the visiting Purple Eagles this evening.
Five players contributed goals as Roy-Hart posted a 5-1 win over visiting Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening.
Roy-Hart built up a 3-0 advantage at the half on goals by Aidan Bligh, Peter Martillotta and Trent Choate.
Second half goals by Aiden Guild and Noah Stern then put a firm lock on the win for the Rams.
Alex Gibson scored Albion’s goal.
Roy-Hart is now 1-1 and Albion 0-2 in N-O action. Click here to see game action from the first half including Roy-Hart’s first goal by Bligh
Albion next hosts Akron at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Roy-Hart entertains Medina/Lyndonville at noon on Saturday.
In another N-O contest, Wilson blanked Akron 3-0 on goals by Michael Miller, Logan Duerr and Owen Cloy.
Akron is now 1-1 and Wilson 1-0.

Roy-Hart’s Peter Martillotta drives the ball up field with Elijah Giroux along side.
Medina golfers post win over Albion
Improving to 6-2, Medina defeated Albion 241-271 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Shelridge.
Aiden Paul shot a sizzling round of 36 on the windy afternoon to earn medallist honors for Medina.
Mitchell Silversmith added a 44, Zach Blount a 47 and Dylan Lonnen a 48 for the Mustangs.
Newfane boosted its record to 6-1 with a 238-257 win over Barker as Sam Capen earned medalist honors with a 42.
Barker earned a split on the day by downing Wilson 257-261.
Front running Akron stayed undefeated at 6-0 by downing Roy-Hart 227-281 at DanDee Farms.
Jack Klodzinski took medalist honors for Akron with a 40 as Drew Romesser had a 42, River White 45 and Sly Sundown 49.
Lady Tigers rally for victory; Lady Hawks win

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lily Joe Carpenter brings the ball upfield for Lyndonville/Medina against Attica defender Elizabeth Peters during the Lady Tigers come-from-behind win this evening at Vets Park.
Coming from way back,, Lyndonville/Medina rallied from an early three goal deficit to defeat Attica 4-3 this evening in a season opening Genesee Region League girls soccer game at Vets Park.
Attica erupted for three quick goals in the first 20 minutes but Lyndonville/Medina came battling back to cut the deficit to 3-2 by halftime on goals by Ella Lewis and Kaylee Nesbitt.
The Lady Tigers then completed the big comeback in the second half as Nesbitt scored the tying goal and Lewis followed up with the game winner.
“I’m really proud of the girls. They really came on strong beginning late in the first half,” said Lyndonville/Medina Coach Paul Zeppetella. “They really stepped up.”
Holley 4, Notre Dame 1
Allison Lyndacker, Samantha Bates, Kayleigh Neale and Tatum Gagne took turns scoring the goals as Holley opened the G-R season with a 4-1 win over visiting Notre Dame. Neale also had two assists.
Emma Brady made 6 saves in goal for the Lady Hawks.

Ella Lewis of Lyndonville/Medina battles for control of the ball against Attica’s Elizabeth Peters and Lilian Koch.





