Lyndonville came from behind to defeat host Wheatland-Chili 26-28, 25-22, 25-13, 25-19 this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Lorelei Dillenbeck was good on 27 of 29 service attempts with 8 aces and also had 12 digs and 2 spiking kills for the Lady Tigers as Tessa Heideman added 9 kills and 3 blocks, Riley Schmitt 7 kills, 3 blocks and 3 aces and Alissa Klinetob 12 assists and 6 aces.

In a non league match, Kendall defeated host Rochester Academy 25-10, 25-15, 25-19.

Brittney Marks went 25-25 from the service line with 8 aces and 5 assists for Kendall as Sara Mattle added 8 kills and 2 aces, Olivia Caldwell 4 aces and 2 digs, and Karlee Robb 4 aces and 2 kills. Lauren Pilon, Madison Shonitsky and Autumn Woodward each added 3 kills.

 Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Notre Dame 19-19-17

Undefeated Byron-Bergen (8-0, 9-0) bested Notre Dame (7-3, 10-3) in another G-R match 25-19, 25-19, 25-17.

For Byron-Bergen, Madison Farnsworth had 17 kills, 3 blocks and 7 digs;  Lexi Vurraro 29 assists, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 kill; Hannah Catalino 4 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces and Sara Fraser  5 kills, 3 blocks

For Notre Dame, Adryona Miller had 9 kills and Jewel Shenck 5 kills.

Pembroke 25-25-25, Holley 14-20-22

In another G-R match, Pembroke defeated Holley in three sets as Dekari Moss had 5 kills and 4 aces, Casey Wurtz  5 kills and  Emma Gutowski  5 aces, 4 kills and 4 digs.

For Holley Adriana Botello had 2 kills, 12 assists, 6 digs and 1 ace.

Roy-Hart 25-18-25-25, Albion 21-25-23-13

Roy-Hart (5-3) defeated Albion (2-6) 25-21, 18-25, 25-23, 25-13 in a Niagara-Orleans League match.

For the Lady Rams, Maddie Ciemny had 12 service points, 5 aces and 3 kills, Marissa Scott 3 aces and 5 kills, Sam Capen 2 aces, Jamie Sieb 5 kills, Sam Albright 3 kills, Renee Lehman 3 aces and Allie Dent 11 digs.

Field Hockey
Akron (7-2) blanked Newfane (0-8) 5-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Contributed Photo – Madison Papaj

BATAVIA – Women’s soccer goalkeeper Madison Papaj has been named Genesee Community College Female Athlete of the Week.

Papaj scored a goal on Sophomore Night against the Jamestown Community College Jayhawks and stopped 26 of 27 shots in a 1-0 loss against the nationally-ranked Herkimer College Generals.

The sophomore from Holley has started 10 games in net for the Blue and Gold with a .878 save percentage and 1.24 goals against average.

During her scholastic days at Holley, Papaj was a three time Genesee Region League All-Star.

The Medina Broncos and Stallions both scored wins over Newfane squads in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) competition on Saturday at Vets Park while Albion was swept by host Batavia.

JV Division
Medina Broncos 12,  Newfane Lightning 0
Christian Moss scores both touchdowns for the Broncos, one on the ground and the other one on a pass reception from MacKoy Hall ,and Stetson Hall put the game away with a fingertip interception late in the game.  The defense continues their domination as they put up their 7th shutout of the season.

Varsity Division
Medina Stallions  24, Newfane Storm 0
The Stallions scored first with a 42 yard touchdown pass from Cole Callard to Amari Soule and  Callard kicked the extra point they go up 7-0.  Kaedon Cleveland scored from one yard out and Callard added the kick for a 14-0 lead. Callard then hit a 19 yard field goal to make the score 17-0. Callard later hit Julian Woodworth for a 22 yard TD pass and he added the extra point kick making the final score 24-0.

Mini Division
Newfane Thunder 21, Medina Colts 0
A tough game for the Colts who need this win for the playoffs and while they played very well defensively the offense had a tough day and the Colts drop to 5-3 on the season.

The Beginners contest was only a scrimmage.

Beginner Division
Batavia 33 Albion 13
Jayden Rivera led the Albion offense with 96 yards rushing including a 60 yard touchdown.  Jamison King had a 12 yard TD run and Brycen Potter added a PAT.

Landyn Galligan had 7 tackles on defense,  Rivera 4, Potter had 4 and a fumble recovery.

Mini Division
Batavia 6 Albion 2
A big defensive battle seeing the defense do all the scoring.

A flock of Eagles stopped Batavia in the end zone for a safety in the first half.  In the second half a pick 6 for Batavia proved to be the game winner.

Garrett Jones had 19 yards rushing and Boe Preston 8.   LJ Simmons had 30 yards receiving and Jack Conn 10 from Jonah Elsenheimer.

On defense Preston had 6 tackles,  Drake Schomske 5, Rocco Sidari 4 and Conn a fumble recovery.

JV Division
Batavia 32 Albion 6
Jayovanni Ostrander had the lone score for Albion on a 57 yard TD.

Noah Harrison had 12 tackles and a interception for the defense.  Wesley Olles 7 tackles,  Nate Gibson and Logan Kast 5 each.

Varsity Division
Batavia 35 Albion 6
Kwame Riley had 65 yards rushing and 65 passing for the Albion offense.  Colin Webb a 46 yard TD run, Xavier Byrd 22 yards rushing and  Auston Johnson 20.

Riley had 6 tackles for the defense. Makyell Walker had 5 tackles and a interception.

Next week the regular season wraps up with Albion heading to Medina for games at 1,3 5 and 7 p.m.

Photos by Tom Rivers

PEMBROKE – Akron’s Lauren Wagner, center in pink, is with the front pack of runners at the start of today’s Pembroke Invitational. Wagner topped 94 runners with a time of 19:21.

Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard was third with a time of 19:44 and Albion’s Alanna Holman was fifth at 20:13.

In the boys varsity race, Barker’s Peter DiLorenzo was ninth at 17:28. He and Roy-Hart’s Ozzy Moore (seventh at 17:15) were the only Niagara-Orleans runners in the top 10 out of 115 participants.

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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jacob Norman, left, and Jamel Hildreth both accounted for two touchdowns in Holley’s 36-34 win at CG Finney this afternoon.

Rallying from as much as a 20 point first half deficit, Holley battled back to edge past host CG Finney 36-34 this afternoon in an 8 Man Division football game.

Trailing 26-6, Holley got back into the game in the second quarter on a short touchdown run by quarterback Jacob Norman, a two-point conversion pass from Norman to Tony Farruggia and then a big 65 yard punt return for a touchdown by Jamel Hildreth rallying the Hawks back to within 26-20 at the half.

“That was huge coming just before halftime,” said Holley Coach Wil Prince of Hildreth’s punt return TD.

Keeping the momentum, the Hawks then took the lead for good at 28-26 in the third quarter on a 3 yard touchdown run by Jacob Affronti and a two-point conversion run by Norman.

Holley then got what proved to be the game winning score in the fourth quarter on a 35 yard interception return for a touchdown by Hildreth and a two-point conversion run by Norman.

Norman also accounted for Holley’s first touchdown with a pass to David Farrugggia in the opening quarter.

“We dug ourselves in a big hole early but the kids showed a lot of character. They stayed positive,” said Prince. “Our defense played very well in the second half.”

Norman led the Hawks defense in tackles with 14.

Improving to 2-0, Holley next visits Frewsburg at 7 p.m. Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kara Choate prepares to send a centering pass as Leah Pritchard defends for Albion. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Roy-Hart rallied to edge past host Albion 2-1 this evening to stay in the thick of the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer title race.

Trailing 1-0, Roy-Hart rallied into the lead for good on a quick two goal scoring burst by Kara Choate midway through the second half. She netted the equalizer at the 22:18 mark on a breakaway and the game winner with 18:30 to go on a shot from a very sharp angle.

Albion had grabbed a 1-0 lead when Abby Scanlan scored at 29:43 of the second half off an assist from Aly Knaak.

The victory boosts Roy-Hart’s N-O record to 6-1-1 and keep the Lady Rams close behind front-running Akron which is at 8-1.  The Lady Rams will visit Akron in a key showdown contest on Wednesday.

(Click here to see game action, including Albion getting close to scoring a goal.)

Albion’s Aly Knaak battles for control of the ball with Roy-Hart’s Nadia White.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aidan Bligh races away from Albion defenders Martin Molina-Samset  and Spencer Sietmann during the Rams win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Moving back into a tie for first place, Roy-Hart defeated host Albion 2-0 this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

The victory pulls Roy-Hart even with Medina/Lyndonville at 6-1 for the N-O lead.

A quick two goal scoring burst early in the second half, both by Aidan Bligh at the 32:38 and 30:13 marks, provided all of the scoring Roy-Hart would need.

Colby Hancock earned the shutout in goal for the Rams.

The loss drops Albion to 3-4-1 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart has games at Newfane (5-2-1) and at Akron (0-8) on Tuesday and Thursday before hosting Medina/Lyndonville in a key make up game on October 15 to close out the N-O season.  Medina/Lyndonville has home games against Akron and Albion on Tuesday and Thursday.

Albion’s Brad Martin heads the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Peter Martillotta.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Alex Barry advances the ball up field for Medina/Lyndonville during this afternoon’s non league win over Cardinal O’Hara at Lyndonville as Nate Sherman backs up the play.

Pulling away in the second half, Medina/Lyndonville posted a 4-0 victory over Cardinal O’Hara this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game at Lyndonville.

The Mustangs took a 1-0 lead midway through the first half on a goal by Alex Barry off an assist from Dan Mundujano.

Despite the Mustangs unleashing a barrage of shots on the Hawks net it remained a tight 1-0 game until 15 minutes into the second half when Nathan Dillenbeck scored on a header off a corner by AJ Seefeldt. (Click here to see Dillenbeck head a shot into the net from the corner kick of Seefeldt.)

The Mustangs then put a lock on the victory on goals by Russell Stephens and Jacob Corser off an assist from Miles Hartway.

Improving to 8-2 overall, the Mustangs next face a pair of Niagara-Orleans League home games against Akron on Tuesday and Albion on Thursday, both at Vets Park.