The Medina Broncos and Stallions both scored victories over the host Batavia Bulldawgs Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) competition.

JV Division
Medina Broncos  14, Batavia Bulldawgs  6
Preston Woodworth stepped up at quarterback for the injured MacKoy Hall and had a stellar game filling in and leading the Broncos to a tight victory.  The Broncos offense was working well early and this culminated in a 2 yard TD run from Jerrell Nealy followed by a 2 point conversion pass from Woodworth to Avion Johnson and a 7-0 lead.

The Broncos defense contributed a big score as Colton Fletcher had a pick 6 of 38 yards to make the score 14-0 in the second quarter.  The teams settled into a defense struggle from there and Batavia did manage a second half score to cut into the lead but the Broncos get the win in the end and move to 7-0 on the season, in good shape for the looming playoffs.

Varsity Division
Medina Stallions  14,  Batavia Bulldawgs  9
All of the scoring for Medina came early in this one as Amari Soule scored on a TD run and Dawson Carpenter took it in from 1 yard out with Cole Callard adding a pair of extra point kicks for a 14-0 lead.

Then the monsoon blew in and the rain took over the game slowing the Medina offense and limiting them to the running game which Batavia was able to keep in check the rest of the way.

Batavia did add a TD in the second half  and a late safety.

The Stallions also move to 7-0 on the season and look forward to a possible rematch in round  of the playoffs in 3 weeks

Beginners Division
Batavia Bulldawgs  41, Medina Ponys 12
Marcel Lamar had a pair of touchdowns for the Ponys as they scored twice as many points as the Bulldawgs had given up all season long.

Mini Division
Batavia Bulldogs 37, Medina Colts   0

Albion took two of four games from Akron Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action on Saturday.

Beginners Division
Akron 18, Albion 0
Jayden Rivera had 10 yards rushing and 3 tackles on defense for Albion.  Hudson Manella,  Brycen Potter and Landyn Galligan each had 2 tackles.  Potter also had a fumble recovery.

Mini Division
Albion 26 Akron 0
Garrett Jones had 15 carries 218 yards and 2 touchdowns for Albion..  Boe Preston had 27 yards on the ground and Rocco Sidari picked up 12.  Jonah Elsenheimer had a 5 yard TD pass to Jack Conn.  The pair also hooked up for a PAT.

On defense, Hayden Cowley had a 10 yard interception return for a TD to open the scoring.  Preston had 9 tackles,  Elsenheimer 4, Cowley, Conn, Edwin Dudley and Stryker Sanders each had 3 tackles. Thailer Seibert had a fumble recovery.  Elsenheimer a sack.

JV Division
Akron 13, Albion 6
Noah Harrison had 100 yards rushing, Jayovanni Ostrander had 74 yards, a touchdown and Wesley Olles added 34 for Albion.

Olles led the defense with 12 tackles,  Harrison 10, Nate Gibson 7, Ethen Cornick had 5 tackles and a fumble recovery. Joshua Schoeberlein also had a fumble recovery.

Varsity Division
Albion 13 Akron 0
Playing through a 0-0 halftime score and a second half full of rain,  Albion scored twice to win 13-0.

Kwame Riley had a 31 yard touchdown  and Makyell Walker added a 27 yard TD.

Auston Johnson,  Zarren Duffield, Johnathan Eibl and Walker all added 5 tackles. Jared Ostrander, Raekwan Riley, Kwame Riley and Seth McMurray each had 4.  Mason Lynch added 2 sacks,  Rylissa Lesczinski, Johnson,  Duffield and McMurray all had sacks.    Johnson also had an interception.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Caleb Wright tries to head the ball toward the goal as goalie Colby Hancock gets ready to make the save for Roy-Hart. The action took place during the Hawks Homecoming win over the Rams this afternoon.

Rebounding from an early 1-0 deficit, Holley battled back to claim a 3-1 Homecoming victory over Roy-Hart this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game.

Roy-Hart took the early lead on a goal by Peter Martillotta but the next three tallies and the win belonged to Holley.

The Hawks tied the game on a goal by Brad Kingdollar off an assist from Nathan Nothnagle.

Jared Strathearn then scored what proved to be the game winner giving the Hawks a 2-1 lead at the half.

Nothnagle scored a big insurance goal 13 minutes into the second half to help lock up the win for Holley which improves to 6-3-1.

Roy-Hart slips to 6-3.

(Click here to see Holley’s goalie Broek Ostrom make a save from a Roy-Hart corner kick.)

Kendall 3, HAC 0
The Kendall boys likewise notched a Homecoming victory as the Eagles shutout HAC 3-0.

All of the scoring came in the final 15 minutes of the first half on consecutive goals by Michael McCue, Jacob Esposito and Brian Shaw.

Mason Kuhn made 6 saves in goal to earn his third shutout. (Click here to see Kendall’s defense keep HAC from getting a shot on goal.)

The Eagles improve to 5-2-2.

Kendall’s Jacob Esposito tries to gain control of the ball as Myles Wilson and Rafael Ferguson defend for HAC. The action took place during the host Eagles Homecoming win this afternoon.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall nipped visiting Newark 1-0 in double overtime this afternoon on this goal scored by Alezya Brown (15). Newark goalie Sadie DeTaeye dives to try and make the save as Kendall’s Grace Robinson falls on top.

It took 100 minutes of soccer for Kendall to claim a narrow 1-0 Homecoming victory over Newark this afternoon in a non league girls soccer game.

Alezya Brown scored her sixth goal of the season just 40 seconds into the second 10 minute overtime period off an assist from T’Mia Kitchings to provide the margin of victory for the Lady Eagles which narrowly missed connecting on several big scoring opportunities in the second half.

Goalie Katie Pearson then made a couple of key stops over the final nine minutes to preserve the win. (Click here to see Pearson make several key saves in the last 5 minutes of the second OT to preserve the win.)

Kendall improves to 8-1 while Newark slips to 7-2.

Holley 2, Eastridge 1

Second half goals by Halee Passarell and Kayleigh Neale earned Holley a 2-1 Homecoming victory over Eastridge. Olivia Radford had an assist for the Lady Hawks.

Holley improves to 6-3.

Wilson 1, Roy-Hart 0
Wilson (5-2) nipped previously unbeaten Roy-Hart (5-1) in a key Niagara-Orleans League game.

Lilly O’Lay scored the lone goal for Wilson off an assist from Skylar Munnikhuysen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brittney Marks maks a spike for Kendall during this afternoon’s non league home court loss to Pembroke. Defending for Pembroke are Emma Gutowski and Olivia Coniber.

Pembroke outlasted host Kendall 25-12, 20-25, 19-25, 25-12, 25-16 in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this afternoon.

Dekari Moss had 15 kills and 14 digs,  Olivia Mets 22 assists,  Emma Gutowski 11 digs and  Allie Schwerthaffer 16 digs for Pembroke.

For Kendall, Brittney Marks had a career high 35 digs to go along with 13 assists, 7 aces, and 7 kills.  Brianna Drennan added 22 digs, Lauren Pilon 12 digs and 6 kills, and Autumn Woodward 7 kills, 9 digs, and 2 aces.

(Click here to see Kendall win the set point in the second set.)

In a non league match, Pavilion downed host Holley 28-26, 25-13, 25-18.

Ava Parr had 4 kills and 3 aces, Jade Hoffarth 3 kills and 1 ace, Alexis Clemons 2 kills, Adriana Botello 6 assists and Rachael Howard 11 digs for Holley.

Holley’s Ashleigh Boyce digs to make a service return as Ava Parr and Jade Hoffarth support. The action took place during the Lady Hawks home court loss to Pavilion this morning.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Tyray White scored Albion’s first touchdown in the win at Lackawanna this afternoon.

Albion reduced its magic number for clinching a third straight division title to one as the Purple Eagles blanked host Lackawanna 21-0 this afternoon in a key B3 Division football game.

Albion, which won the B2 title last fall with a 5-0 record and shared the B2 crown with Dunkirk at 4-1 in 2017, improves to 3-0 in the division and 4-0 overall. The Purple Eagles will host Olean next Friday to close out their B3 schedule.

The loss drops the Steelers to 1-1 in the division and 3-1 overall.

Albion jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead on a 7 yard touchdown run by Tyray White and an extra point kick by quarterback Thomas Furmanski.

It remained a close 7-0 contest into the third quarter when Furmanski hooked up with Kevin Hillman for a 12 yard touchdown pass. Furmanski had a big 38 yard run to help set up that tally.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the victory when Furmanski threw a 14 yard TD pass to Anthony Freeman in the fourth quarter. He also passed to Hillman for the two-point conversion.

Defensively for the Purple Eagles, Deyonci Farley made 10 tackles and Michael DiCureia 9 as Hillman added a pass interception and Bailey Blanchard a fumble recovery.

In the weekend’s other B2 contest, Olean (1-0), 2-2) defeated Depew (0-2, 2-2) 20-3.

Newfane 35, Burgard 14
Newfane remained undefeated in the B4 Division at 3-0 with a 35-14 win over Burgard as Garrett Srock had touchdown runs of 75 and 25 yards and Jaden Heers TD carries of 44 and 25 yards.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley quarterback Jacob Norman goes around end for big yardage during the Hawks win over visiting Dundee under portable lights tonight.

Unleashing a potent ground attack, Holley celebrated Homecoming in style this evening with a 40-14 season opening 8 Man football victory over Dundee in the Hawks first ever home game under the lights.

(Click here to see the Holley Hawks run onto the field before the start of the game.)

Quarterback Jacob Norman rushed for 233 yards and 3 touchdowns, running back Jacob Affronti had 142 yards rushing and a touchdown and running back Jamel Hildreth 109 yards and a touchdown to spearhead the Hawks attack which rushed for a total of 484 yards.

Jamel Hildreth heads toward the end zone for Holley’s second TD.

Norman also threw a touchdown pass to Cody Tanis. Affronti and Tanis also both had  two-point conversions.

‘We challenged the kids to come up and do something special since it was Homecoming and the first night game and they responded,” said Coach Wil Prince. “The kids played well. It was a total team effort.”

Trailing 6-0 early, Holley rallied into the lead for good at 8-6 on a 20 yard touchdown pass and a two-point conversion pass, both from Norman to Tanis. A big 35 yard kickoff return by Affronti helped set up that scoring opportunity.

(Click here to see Holley QB Jacob Norman connect with Cody Tanis for Holley’s first TD.) Click here to see Norman connect with Tanis for the 2-point conversion on the first TD.

The Hawks upped the advantage to 28-14 at the half on second quarter touchdown runs of 30 yards by Hildreth and of 26 and 1 yards by Norman.

Third quarter touchdown runs of 2 yards by Affronti and 33 yards by Norman rounded out the Hawks scoring parade.

On defense, Norman and Affronti both had 11 tackles, Hildreth 9 and Tanis and Tony Farruggia 5.

Holley next visits CG Finney at 4 p.m. next Saturday.

Jacob Affronti gains yardage for the Hawks.

Eight banks of portable lights were brought in for Holley’s first ever night home game this evening.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Mustangs quarterback Jarin Rhim picks up yardage during this evening’s Homecoming loss to Dunkirk at Vets Park.

Making a lone first half touchdown hold up, Dunkirk edged past host Medina/Lyndonville/Barker 8-0 in a B2 Division game at Vets Park this evening spoiling the Mustangs Homecoming celebration.

Chris Ortiz scored the game’s lone touchdown for the Marauders with 2:30 to go in the first half capping a short drive set up by a pass interception. Terry Jamari tacked on the two point conversion run.

The Mustangs did get one big late scoring chance taking over at the Dunkirk 49 with 1:41 to go after the Marauders gambled and lost on a fourth down run attempt.

A 20 yard pass completion from quarterback Jarin Rhim to Tyler Chinn quickly moved the ball down to the Marauders 29. However, the Mustangs could get no closer as four straight pass attempts fell incomplete wiping out the last ditch threat. (Click here to see Tyler Chinn pick up yardage for the Mustangs after catching the pass from Jarin Rhim late in the game.)

The Mustangs defensive unit came up big stopping two other Dunkirk scoring threats on fumble recoveries by Lincoln Pace and Caleb Cudzilo.

Dunkirk, which used up big chucks of time with a steady ground attack including one drive that took up the first 10 minutes of the third quarter, improves to 1-1 in the division and 3-1 overall while the Mustangs slip to 1-1, 1-3.

The evening also included the induction of Kevin Dukes into the John “Pinky” Loughlin Football Wall of Fame.

In an interdivisional game, East Aurora downed host Roy-hart 41-0.