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Medina romps to non league field hockey win

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 October 2019 at 9:00 pm

Getting goal production from seven different players, Medina rolled to a 7-0 victory over visiting Buffalo Seminary this evening in a non league field hockey game.

Layna Viloria, Lacey Kenward, Micaela Erway, Dakota Alexander, Sadiqua Muhammad, Abi Neuman and Grace Cook took turns scoring goals for Medina which next visits Sacred Heart Thursday in another non league contest.

In one Niagara-Orleans League game, Wilson (3-5-1) defeated Kenmore (1-9) 3-0

Fast start sparks Lady Hawks past Lady Tigers; Kendall girls blank Alexander

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 October 2019 at 8:46 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Halee Passarell works the ball up field around Lyndonville/Medina defender Kiera Dent during the Lady Hawks win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

A pair of lightning quick goals in the first five minutes ignited Holley to a 7-0 win over Lyndonville/Medina in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this afternoon at Lyndonville.

Halee Passarell and Amya Cancino netted the early goals for the Lady Hawks which improve to 6-2-2 in the league and 8-3-2 overall.

Passarell and Cancino both had a pair of goals on the day as Samantha Bates, Kayleigh Neale and Allyson Skehan each had one.

Olivia Radford also had 3 assists, Neale 2 and Passarell and Bates 1 each for Holley which led 3-0 at the half.

(Click here to see game action with Holley working to advance the ball at the Lyndonville/Medina defensive end.)

Kendall 8, Alexander 0
Hailee Mitchell scored three  goals and Grace Levett, Grace Robinson, Kari Harrier, Madison Jacob and Alezya Brown each netted one to lead Kendall to an 8-0 G-R win over visiting Alexander.

Kendall is now 8-2 in the league and 11-2 overall.

Akron girls top R-H to claim N-O soccer title

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 October 2019 at 8:13 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Kara Sequin scores her 100th career goal during the Lady Tigers N-O title clinching win over visiting Roy-Hart this afternoon. Nadia White moves in to defend for the Lady Rams.

Avenging an earlier season 2-1 overtime loss, Akron downed visiting Roy-Hart 5-0 this afternoon to capture the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer championship.

Akron, which last claimed the N-O crown in 2011, finishes the league campaign with a 9-1 record while runner-up Roy-Hart slips to 6-2-1 with a make-up game against Barker still to play.

Kara Sequin scored 4 goals, including her milestone 100th career goal, to spearhead the Akron attack.

Akron jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half on a pair of goals by Sequin.

Sequin’s milestone goal just 8 minutes into the second half boosted the advantage to 3-0.

A goal by Julia George and another by Sequin rounded out the scoring.

(Click here to see game action in the Roy-Hart defensive end.)

Albion 5, Barker 0
Snapping a five league game winless streak, Albion bested Barker 5-0 as Abby Scanlan and Claire Squicciarini both scored 2 goals and Mariah Plain 1.

Kenzi Hapeman, Nicolina Creasey and Aly Knaak all had assists for the Purple Eagles which improve to 3-5-1 in N-O action heading into Friday’s makeup game against Newfane.

Medina retains N-O golf championship

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 October 2019 at 8:04 pm

Contributed Photos – Medina locked up a third straight Niagara-Orleans League title at the All-League meet held today at Willowbrook. Shown here displaying the championship plaque are, from left, Coach Evan Giacomini, Ian Wagner, Aidan Paul, Trevor Luthart, Dylan Lonnen and Rileigh Culver.

Medina locked up a third straight Niagara-Orleans League golf championship today with a second place finish at the annual All-League Tournament held at Willowbrook.

Individual champion Ian Wagner from Medina.

Medina, which compiled a perfect 12-0 record during the dual match portion of the N-O season, brought a six point lead into the All-League tournament over runner-up Wilson which went 9-3 during the regular season.

Wilson took top honors at the All-League meet with 463 points followed by Medina 485, Albion 508, Newfane 515, Akron 518, Roy-Hart 518, and Barker 526.

Those results earned Medina the N-O crown with an overall season total of 30 points followed by Wilson 25, Albion 21, Akron 14.5, Barker 10.5, Newfane 6 and Roy-Hart 5.

Medina’s Ian Wagner captured the All-League Tournament individual championship for the fourth year in a row with a round of 78. He edged out his teammate Aidan Paul who shot a 79.

Rounding out the top 10 finishers, in order, were Patrick Seeley (Wilson), River White (Akron), Nathan Meyers (Wilson), Jake Harris (Barker), Patrick Ricker (Albion), Sam Capen (Newfane), Drew Caldwell (Albion) and Lilly Sanborn (Wilson).

The tournament was also highlighted by a hole-in-one registered by Newfane’s Dalton Harlach on the 12th hole.

Green, Shoemaker team up to win qualifier

Contributed Story Posted 9 October 2019 at 1:19 pm

Contributed Photo – Medina High senior Melanie Green competed in the US Women’s Amateur Four Ball qualifier on Oct 8th at The Apawamis Club in Rye, NY. Green is shown here at the left with her playing partner, Bailey Shoemaker of West Edmeston, NY. They shot a 70 and won in a 4 hole play off.  They will be going to the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four Ball championships at Quail Creek Country Club, Naples Fl. April 25-29 2020. Interestingly Green and Shoemaker have finished 1-2 at the New York State High school championships the last two years.

Barker clinches tie for N-O field hockey title

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 October 2019 at 8:09 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Ashlin Cole moves the ball up field ahead of the Akron duo of Sophia Jones and Olivia McClaine. The action took place during the Lady Raiders title tie clinching win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Defending champion Barker downed host Akron 1-0 this afternoon to clinch at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey title.

Katrina Clare scored the lone goal for Barker 8 minutes into the first half on a corner opportunity started by Madison Gancasz.

(Click here to see Barker’s Clare score the only goal of the game.)

“We really did a nice job,” said Barker Coach Jeff Costello whose Lady Raiders improve to 9-0 and now hold a three game lead with three games to go.

The loss drops Akron to 7-3.

Roy-Hart improved to 6-3 with a 3-0 win over Newfane (0-9).

Stephanie Flowers scored on a breakaway in the first half for Roy-Hart which put a lock on the win on second half goals by Lexiss Diel and Sam Choate.

In the other N-O contest, Medina improved to 6-3-1 with a 6-2 win over Kenmore (1-8) at Vets Park.

Lacey Kenward scored 2 goals as Micaela Erway, Mary Flores, Layna Viloria and Emma Leonard each added 1 for Medina which led 3-1 at the half.

Flores also had 2 assists as Erway, Abi Neuman and Alex Strong each had 1.

Barker’s Ciara Gregoire reaches to keep the ball away from Akron’s Lydia Blueye.

Mustangs, Rams win to stay tied for N-O lead

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 October 2019 at 7:59 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville’s Nate Sherman heads the ball during the Mustangs win over Akron this afternoon at Vets Park.

Medina/Lyndonville and Roy-Hart both scored high scoring victories this afternoon to remain deadlocked for the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer lead at 7-1.

Medina/Lyndonville defeated Akron 7-0 at Vets Park and Roy-Hart downed host Newfane 8-1.

Dan Mandujano and Nathan Dillenbeck both had the three goal hat-trick to spearhead the Medina/Lyndonville attack.

The Mustangs held a slender 1-0 lead at the half on a goal by Mandujano at the 17 minute mark off an assist from Russell Stephens.

A goal by Dillenbeck just a minute and a half into the second half, off an assist from AJ Seefeldt, then ignited a huge six goal Mustangs scoring barrage.

Mandujano made it 4-0 when he scored two lightning quick goals just a minute mark at the 29 and 28 minute marks off assists from, Alex Barry and Seefeldt.

Two goals by Dillenbeck and one by Hunter Heil then rounded out the Mustangs scoring parade.

Peter Martillotta and Trent Choate each had 2 goals and Aidan Bligh a goal and 4 assists to set the pace for Roy-Hart which also got goals from Brennan Saia, Noah Stern and Dillen Giertz.

In the other N-O game, Wilson nipped Albion 2-1 on a penalty kick goal by Quinn Rees in overtime.

Marcus Schwarzmueller scored the other goal for Wilson which is now 3-6.

Alex Zaczek netted the lone goal for Albion which slips to 3-5-1.

In a non league game, Lew-Port downed host Holley 7-0.

Medina harriers split with Wilson

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 October 2019 at 7:32 pm

Photos by Tom Rivers: Peter DiLorenzo of Barker leads the race today in Albion through a soybean field. Akron’s Zach Stanford is behind DiLorenzo, followed by Kyle Pappalardo of Albion. DiLorenzo won the race with Stanford coming in second.

Rowan Ford of Albion competes in the race today in Albion. He is followed by Josh Depoty of Albion in the last half mile.

Improving to 2-1 Medina nipped visiting Wilson 28-29 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls cross-country meet.

The 1-4 finish of Corinne Hill and Hannah Heil led the way for Medina.

Cassidy Wagner and Jen Regan finished 2-3 for Wilson which slips to 0-3.

Wilson downed Medina 25-30 in the boys meet led by individual winner Jon Moote.

Cameron Castenon placed second for Medina.

Wilson is now 2-2 and Medina1-2.

The Newfane boys stayed undefeated at 4-0 with a 20-43 win over Roy-Hart which slips to 2-2.

Roy-Hart’s Ozzy Moore (17:17) won the race as the Newfane duo of Nick Baes and Gannon Gibson finished 2-3.

The Newfane girls likewise improved to 4-0 with a 15-50 win over Roy-Hart led by the 1-2 finish of Lydia Chuco (19:24) and Kylie Bowman.

Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard placed third.

The Barker boys improved to 3-1 by defeating Albion 17-44 and Akron 21-38. Akron also downed Albion 23-35 to improve to 2-1.

Barker’s Peter DiLorenzo (18:09) won the race with Akron’s Zach Sanford second. Reuben Rivers was Albion’s top finisher in fifth place.

The Akron girls stayed unbeaten at 3-0 by downing Albion 19-44 and Barker 23-33. Barker also bested Albion 20-36 to go to 2-2.

Akron’s Lauren Wagner (20:20) won the race as Albion’s Alanna Holman took second and Barker’s Haleigh Mason third.

Alanna Holman of Albion and Lauren Wagner of Akron lead the field of runners after the start of the race. Wagner held off Holman to win.

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Medina Euchre League opens season

Contributed Story Posted 8 October 2019 at 10:08 am

Legion defeated Vets Club 45-25 and Sacred Heart downed JR Wilson 39-31 Monday to open the Medina Euchre League season.

League competition continues on October 14 with Legion at Vets Club and Sacred Heart at JR Wilson.

Standings: Legion 45-25, Sacred Heart 39-31, JR Wilson 31-29, Vets Club 25-45

Lady Hawks edge past rival Lady Eagles and Lady Tigers earn tie in G-R soccer

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 October 2019 at 9:31 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Sierra Apicella scored the game’s only goal in the win at Kendall this evening on this kick.

A lone early goal proved to be just enough to earn Holley a narrow 1-0 victory over rival Kendall in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this evening at Kendall.

Sierra Apicella scored the only goal the Lady Hawks needed as it turned out just six minutes into the game off an assist from Halee Passarell.

Holley’s Halee Passarell and Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell battle for control of the ball.

Kendall did have good scoring chances but had one shot rattle off the inside of the post 15 minutes into the first half and later couldn’t connect on a direct kick opportunity from 20 yards out 15 minutes into the second half.

Leah Rheinwald made seven saves to get the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks.

(Click here to see the Holley defense squash a Kendall scoring attempt.)

Holley is now 5-2-2 in G-R action and 7-3-2 overall while Kendall is 7-2 and 10-2 overall.

Holley next visits Lyndonville/Medina at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lyndonville while Kendall hosts Alexander at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Lyndonville/Medina 1, Alexander 1
Lyndonville/Medina earned a 1-1 tie with Alexander in a G-R contest at Lyndonville.

Ella Lewis scored the lone goal for the Lady Tigers off an assist from Miranda Zelazny.

Newfane 6, Barker 0

Newfane (2-5-1) downed Barker (0-8) 6-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League game on goals by Cameron Cain, Cora Harding, Taylor Heschke, Rachel Chunco, Sophia Tronolone ans Angelina DiTulio.

Kendall’s Lizzie Sutphen sends the ball up field past Holley’s Milla Steenholdt.