No. 10 seed Albion nipped host No. 7 Iroquois 2-1 this afternoon in a Section VI Class B1 opening round boys soccer playoff game that was decided in a penalty kick shootout.

The Purple Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Angel Rosario but the Chiefs knotted the contest in the second half.

It remained deadlocked through the rest of regulation time and through two 10 minute overtime periods.

That set the stage for the game deciding penalty kick shootout which saw Rosario and Juan Santiago score goals to earn the marathon win for the Purple Eagles.

“We had to play without three key players today. The team really came together to fill in those gaps. Everyone was positive throughout the entire game and I think that really helped” said Albion Coach Casey Flynn.”I told them at the start of the game that this was a clean slate, and it’s our time to make a new beginning. I couldn’t be happier with the way it went today from start to finish.”

Albion will next visit No. 2 East Aurora in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Also in Class B1, No. 3 Medina/Lyndonville will host No. 6 Lackawanna at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in another quarterfinal contest.  Lackawanna blanked No. 11 I Prep 4-0 this afternoon.

The Medina Broncos and Stallions both scored victories Saturday in the semifinal round of the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) playoffs at Batavia.

The Broncos nipped Holley 14-12 in the JV Division and and the Stallions blanked Tri Town 26-0 in the Varsity Division game to advance to next Saturday’s championship contests.

In the Mini Division, Newfane nipped Albion 26-20.

Broncos 14, Holley 12
The Broncos got an early score from Jerrell Nealy for a 6-0 lead but Holley fought back to tie the game up.

A long run from Christian Moss put the Broncos up 12-6 but again the Hawks fought back to tie the game up at 12 in the fourth quarter with both teams missing their extra points and things stayed very tight right to the end.

The Broncos had a long drive moving inside the Holley 10 yard line but the Hawks defense stiffened stopping the advance at the 3.  Moss then downed the Holley quarterback in the end zone for a safety and what turned out to be the game winning two points.

The 10-0 Broncos will go onto face the upset minded Newfane team that beat the #2 seed Batavia on their home field to move to the championship game.

Stallions 26, Tri Town 0
The Stallions offense started out strong with  a touchdown run from Breydin McEwen-Miller and a  long TD catch from Jacob Rissew to make it 13-0.

Then McEwen-Miller picked off the Tri Town quarterback and returned it 50 yards for a TD and a 19-0 half time lead.  Rissew again found the endzone on a pass from Kaedon Cleveland in the second half and Cole Callard hit the extra point to make the final score 26-0.

Improving to 10-0 the Stallions next face the Attica Blue Devils who are also 10-0 in the title game at Medina Saturday at 4 p.m.

Mini Division
Newfane 26 Albion 20
Albion was led on offense by Garrett Jones.   He had 13 carries for 124 yards and a TD.  Rocco Sidari had 61 yards,  Boe Preston 11 and Jonah Elsenheimer had 2 TD runs.

On defense Preston had 6 tackles,  Drake Schomske and Stryker Sanders 5 and Sidari 4.

In a key regular season ending clash of unbeatens, the Medina jayvees downed Albion 26-12 Saturday morning at Vets Park.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 6-0 first quarter lead on a spectacular 77 yard punt return by Iverson Poole.

The Purple Eagles pulled even in the second quarter on a 19 yard touchdown run by Jacob Hughson but the Mustangs regained a narrow 12-6 half-time advantage on a 23 yard TD pass from Xander Payne to Cayden Lilleby.

The Mustangs increased the lead to 18-6 in the third quarter on a 3 yard TD run by Noah Skinner.

The Purple Eagles cut the deficit to 18-12 in the fourth quarter on an 8 yard TD run by Amari Jones but could get no closer.

The Mustangs added a big insurance TD on a 33 yard run by Poole and a two-point conversion carry by Zach Oliver.

Skinner then sealed the Mustangs win with a late pass interception.

The Mustangs finish the regular season at 7-0 and are 14-1 over the last two seasons.

The Purple Eagles are now 6-1 and 13-2 over the last two years.

The Tri County Midget Yellow team began tuning up for its Empire Amateur Hockey League season by defeating host Webster 10-1 today in a scrimmage contest.

Tri County jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Patrick Ricker and Josh Wood.

A big five goal second period uprising, including two tallies by Jake Esposito and one each by James Hapeman, Max Hapeman and Ryan Wells, then broke the contest open.

Tri County closed out the win on third period goals by Ricker, Zach Geitner and John Pilon.

Tri County next scrimmages Rochester on Wednesday.

Contributed Photo – Ed Urbanik

Lyndonville’s Ed Urbanik pitched this past week in the Men’s Senior Baseball League (MSBL) World Series for the Rochester Red Wings.

Urbanik hurled two complete game 9 inning wins. He bested the Wine Country Reds 15-3. and then pitched three days later in the opening round of the playoffs, beating the Red Deer Legends 5-4.

The Red Wings ended the week 6-2. Rochester was eliminated by the champions, Mexcal 6-2.

Urbanik is shown here pitching at the Salt River Diamondback spring training complex.

Defending champion Barker has earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs after compiling a 12-0 record in capturing the Niagara-Orleans League title.

Barker will host No. 8 Newfane  (1-11) at 4 p.m. on Thursday in the quarterfinals. The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Panthers by scores of 10-0 and 5-0 during the N-O season.

The victor will face the winner of Thursday’s No. 5 Wilson (4-6-2) at No. 4 Roy-Hart (6-4-2) game (3:30 pm.) in the semifinals on October 30. During the N-O season, Roy-Hart downed Wilson 2-0 and the teams played to a 1-1 tie in their second meeting.

Thursday’s other quarterfinal match ups will have No. 2 Medina (8-3-1) hosting No. 7 Holland (2-12-1) at 6:30 p.m.and No. 3 Akron (7-4-1) entertaining No. 6 Eden (5-10) at 4 p.m.. The winners of those two games will meet in the semis on October 30.

Volleyball

Bishop Kearney defeated Medina 25-15, 25-7, 25-7 this afternoon in a non league volleyball match.

Devin Griffin and Ellie Gross both had 2 spiking kills and Jelia Howard 2 service aces for Medina.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley quarterback Jacob Norman picks up a first down with a big fourth down carry as Pembroke defender Giovanni Smart looks to make the tackle. The action took place during the host Hawks loss to the Dragons this afternoon.

Breaking away from an 8-8 halftime deadlock, Pembroke scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to earn a 26-8 victory over host Holley this afternoon in an 8 Man Football Division game.

Pembroke took the lead for good at 14-8 on a 3 yard touchdown run by Colby Cerasani capping a seven and a half minute drive to open the second half. Runs of 17 and 10 yards by Cerasani and a 15 yard Holley penalty keyed the march.

(Click here to see Cerasani go around the end for the tie-breaking TD.)

Holley did answer back with a good drive highlighted by a 14 yard run by quarterback Jake Norman on fourth down and a 15 yard Pembroke penalty. However, the drive stalled out on a lost fumble at the Dragons  14.

The Dragons then broke the game open in the fourth quarter as Cerasani scored on an 18 yard run and Noah Godzala on a 60 are pass reception from Brady Kimmel on a halfback option play.

Pembroke also jumped out to an 8-0 lead early in the second quarter on a 48 yard touchdown pass from quarterback David Colby to Keith Neureuter and  a two-point converse run by Colby.

Holley had its first two drives stopped inside the Pembroke 10 yard line, the first on downs and the second on an interception by Cerasani.

However, the third time proved to be the charm for Holley as the Hawks scored on their third possession on an 8 yard touchdown run and two-point conversion carry, both by Jacob Affronti, to knot the contest at 8-8 with 5:13 to go in the second quarter.

(Click here to see Affronti score the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 8.)

Runs of 13 yards by Norman and 10 by Affronti along with a 14 yard pass completion from Norman and David Farruggia keyed that drive.

The Hawks though came up empty on three second half possessions losing two on fumbles and the other on downs.

Pembroke improves to 3-1 while Holley slips to 2-2.

Holley’s Triston McFadden sacks Pembroke quarterback David Colby as Logan Pryor supports.