Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Dan Mandujano of Medina/Lyndonville gets between Newfane defenders Duce Capen and Connor Gunty as he heads toward the goal during the Mustangs win over the Panthers this afternoon at Vets Park.

Unleashing a barrage of goals, Medina/Lyndonville romped to an 8-0 victory over Newfane at Vets Park this afternoon to regain first place in the tight Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer title race.

Improving to 6-1 in the league, the Mustangs open up a half game lead over 5-1 Roy-Hart and a full game lead over 5-2 Newfane.

Dan Mandujano scored three goals and Nathan Dillenbeck two to lead the Mustangs attack as Nate Sherman, Jonathan Slingerland and Oskar Heinsler each chipped in with one.

The Mustangs grabbed a quick lead when Mandujano scored off an assist from Dillenbeck just 3:46 into the game.

Two lightning quick goals just 19 seconds apart the first by Dillenbeck, off an assist from Mandujano, and by the second by Sherman on a long looping shot made it 3-0 before the contest was 15 minutes old.

Mandujano followed up with two more goals, the first on a header and the second on a long shot. Dillenbeck followed up with another tally off a nice cross from Heinsler to make it 6-0 at the half.

Second half goals by Slingerland, off an assist from Dillenbeck, and by Heinsler rounded out the Mustangs scoring parade.

(Click here to see Medina/Lyndonville’s Jacob Corser just miss on a rebound shot.)

(Click here to see M/L ‘s Oscar Heinsler send a perfect cross to Nate Dillenbeck for a goal.)

The Mustangs Nathan Dillenbeck tries to kick the ball backwards toward the goal.

Girls Soccer
Akron 3, Albion 1
Goals by Olivia Kreher, Natalie Karmazyn and Kara Sequin powered Akron (6-1) to a 3-1 win over visiting Albion (2-4) in an N-O girls game.

Field Hockey
Barker celebrated Homecoming with a 7-0 win over Sacred Heart under the lights as Katrina Clare, Madison Gancasz and Emily Wagner each scored 2 goals and Ginger Alexander 1.

Having already put a lock on the title, Medina improved to 11-0 with a 245-255 win over Akron at Dandee Farms this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a sizzling round of 33 as Aidan Paul added a 40 and Dylan Lonnen a 49.

Drew Romesser shot a 47 for Akron which finishes at 6-6.

In the other match, Wilson completed a 9-3 regular season with a 218-271 win over Newfane which slips to 0-10.

Patrick Seeley took medalist honors with s 39 for Wilson has Josh Seider added a 40 and Lily Sanborn a 43.

Kendall bested visiting Pembroke 3-0 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Kendall jumped out to a quick lead in the first 10 minutes on a goal by Jacob Esposito.

Michael McCue’s first two goals of the season, one in each half, then put a lock on the victory for the Eagles.

Mason Kuhn made 6 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Kendall, which next hosts HAC for Homecoming at 2 p.m. Saturday, improves to 3-2-2 in the league and 4-2-2 overall.

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen trimmed host Holley 2-1.

Holley took a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by Caleb Wright just five minutes in but the Hawks could not find the net again.

Holley, which next hosts Roy-Hart for Homecoming at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, is now 4-1-1 in the league and 5-3-1 overall.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Devin Griffin dives to make a return during the Mustangs home court loss to Wilson this evening as Evie Schultz backs up the play.

Improving to 5-1, Wilson scored a 25-11, 25-23, 25-9 victory over host Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball march.

Setting the tone at the outset, Wilson got runs of service points from five  different players in the opening set including Samantha Herlan (points 2-6), Isabel Dinse (7-10), Anna Stevenson (12-14), Tori Pawlak (11-19) and Anna Frerichs (21-23) as Madelyn Seeley served up an ace for the decisive 25th point.

Jordan Lugo had 4 kills and 2 aces, Devin Griffin 2 aces and 1 kill and Evie Schultz 5 assists and 1 kill on the evening for Medina which slips to 1-5.

The Mustangs next visit Newfane on Wednesday.

In the only other N-O match undefeated defending champion Akron (6-0) downed Newfane (1-5) 25-15, 25-13, 25-21.

Akron was led by Ella Hill with 9 kills and 2 aces, Elsie Logan 13 assists, 6 aces and 4 kills and Jayni Sundown 5 kills and 3 aces.

Albion shutout Akron 3-0 this afternoon as the Purple Eagles evened their Niagara-Orleans League soccer record at 3-3.

Angel Rosario scored just 1:12 into the first half to get Albion rolling.

Second half goals by Alex Gibson and Connor Hollenbeck then locked up the Purple Eagles victory.

Kolin VanGorder earned the shutout in goal.

The loss drops Akron to 0-7.

Roy-Hart 1, Wilson 0
A penalty kick goal by Aidan Bligh with 3:40 remaining earned Roy-Hart a narrow 1-0 victory over Wilson

Improving to 5-1, Roy-Hart moves into a three-way tie for the N-O lead with Medina/Lyndonville and Newfane which will collide Friday at Medina.

Putting a lock on outright possession of a third straight title, Medina defeated Albion 209-258 at Shelridge this afternoon in the completion of a Niagara-Orleans League match suspended by stormy weather on Monday.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 37 for Medina as Melanie Green shot 42, Dylan Lonnen and Trevor Luthart 43 and Aidan Paul 44.

Patrick Ricker shot 46 and Nick Perry 48 for Albion.

The victory improves the Mustangs record to 10-0.

Albion earned a split on the day by defeating Roy-Hart 259-285 to finish the N-O campaign at 8-4.

Carson Bader shot 48 and Ricker 49 for the Purple Eagles.

Collin Dodge shot 49 for Roy-Hart which is now 1-10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman -Barker’s Ciara Gregoire drives the ball up field against Medina defender Abi Neuman during the Lady Raiders win over the visiting Mustangs this afternoon.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, front-running Barker exploded for three quick goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half to key a 6-0 victory over visiting Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Katrina Clare broke the deadlock for Barker when she scored just 1:34 into the second half.

Clare scored again on a breakaway six minutes later. Then just two minutes after that Ciara Gregoire tallied off an assist from Clare to give the Lady Raiders a commanding 3-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the half.

Two goals by Rachel Hurtgam and one by Ginger Alexander in the final 15 minutes rounded out the Lady Raiders scoring. Clare and Serena Harris earned assists on the final two tallies.

(Click here to see Barker on a 2-on-1 breakaway, but Medina’s goalie, Tessa Pecoraro, makes a huge save.)

Defending champion Barker improves to 7-0 while Medina slips to 3-3-1.

Akron 6, Wilson 2
In the other N-O contest, Akron defeated Wilson 6-2 as Lacey Berghorn scored 3 goals, Madison Brege 2 and Olivia McClaine 1.

Akron is now 5-2 and Wilson 2-4-1.

Medina goalie Tessa Pecaoraro kicks out a save off a shot by Barker’s Ginger Alexander.

A quick goal ignited Kendall to a 4-0 victory over host Notre Dame this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Hailee Mitchell scored just eight minutes in off an assist from Lizzy Woodams to put Kendall on top to stay.

Grace Levett upped the Kendall lead to 2-0 at the half when she scored her first goal of the season midway through the half as Madison Jacob earned the assist.

The Lady Eagles then put a lock on the victory on second half goals by Kari Harrier, her first of the season, and Mitchell, her team leading ninth.

Kailie Regan made 6 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Kendall, which improves to 5-1 in the league and 7-1 overall, next hosts Newark at 12 p.m. Saturday for Homecoming.

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen defeated visiting Lyndonville/Medina 9-1.

Ella Lewis scored the lone goal for the Lady Tigers which trailed 4-0 at the half.

Volleyball

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba defeated Holley 25-12, 25-18, 25-9 this evening  in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Brianna Smith had 7 kills and 2 aces, Leah Bezon 4 aces, Emily Hollabaugh 2 aces and 2 kills and Laci Sewar 2 aces for OAE which improves to 5-1.

Ava Parr had 4 kills and 1 ace and Jade Hoffarth 2 kills for Holley which slips to 3-5.

In another G-R match, undefeated (7-0) Byron-Bergen downed Lyndonville 25-6, 25-13, 25-19 as Lexi Vurraro had 7 aces, Abby Vurrare 6 aces, Madison Farnsworth 4 aces and 1 kill and Hannah Van Skiver 4 aces and 3 kills.

Cinching at least a tie for a third straight title, Medina defeated Barker 204-244 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 34 for Medina which stays undefeated at 9-0.

The Mustangs lineup also had Dylan Lonnen with a 40, Aidan Paul 41, Melanie Green 42 and Trevor Luthart 47.

Jake Harris shot 37 for Barker which is now 4-7.

Albion 228, Akron 247
Patrick Ricker and Drew Caldwell shared medalist honors with rounds of 41 to lead Albion past Akron 228-247.

Nick Perry and Carson Bader both shot 43 for the Purple Eagles as did Drew Romesser for Akron.

Albion is now 7-3 and Akron 6-5.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley, shown here tackling Newfane quarterback Josh Everett during a recent game, and his Purple Eagles teammates will face a key B2 Division test at Lackawanna on Saturday.

For the second week in a row Albion faces a key B3 Division football road test as the undefeated Purple Eagles visit undefeated Laclawanna at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Albion, which scored a narrow 14-11 win at Depew last Friday is 2-0 in the division and 3-0 overall.

Quarterback Thomas Furmanski accounted for both Albion touchdowns rushing for one and passing to Kevin Hillman for the other.

Lackawanna trimmed Springville 13-8 to go to 1-0 in the division and 3-0 overall.

The Steelers hold a 10-6 lead in the all-time series with the Purple Eagles. Albion though scored a pair of wins over Lackawanna last fall winning 43-8 during the regular season and 34-14 in the playoffs.

Medina/Lyndonville/Barker will host Dunkirk at 7 p.m. Friday in a B2 Division contest that is also the Mustangs Homecoming game.

The Mustangs snapped a  season opening two game losing streak with a 26-6 win at Maryvale last Friday while the Marauders downed Lake Shore 32-22 to improve to 2-1 overall.

Mustangs quarterback Jarin Rhim threw touchdown passes to Nathan Neace and Brian Fry who also ran for two TDs against the Flyers.

Also in the B2 Division Maryvale will visit Iroquois while in the B3 Division Depew will travel to Olean.

In a Class C North game Friday, Roy-Hart will host Silver Creek for Homecoming. The evening will also include the induction of new members into the Rams Wall of Fame.

The key C North contest will be a clash of unbeatens as Akron (2-0, 3-0) visits Wilson (2-0, 3-0).

Friday will also see Holley begin its second season of 8 man football competition as the Hawks host Dundee at 7 p.m. for Homecoming in their first night home game.

Standings
B2 Division: Maritime 2-0, 3-0; Iroquois 1-1, 2-1; Medina 1-1, 1-2; Dunkirk 0-1, 2-1; Maryvale 0-1, 2-1
B3 Division: Albion 2-0, 3-0; Lackawanna 1-0, 3-0; Depew 0-1, 2-1; Olean 0-0, 1-2; Springville 0-2, 0-3
C North Division: Wilson 2-0, 3-0; Akron 2-0; 3-0; JFK 1-1, 2-1; Cleve Hill 1-1, 1-2; Roy-hart 0-2, 0-3; Silver Creek 0-2, 0-3