Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kevin Dukes

The holder of most of Medina’s scoring and rushing records, Kevin Dukes will be inducted into the John “Pinky” Loughlin Football Wall of Fame during the Mustangs Homecoming game Friday (7 p.m.) against Dunkirk at Vets Park.

Dukes, a four year varsity player (2003-06), holds the Mustangs single season records for most rushing touchdowns (23), most total touchdowns (26), most points (180) and most yards rushing (1,748) all set during the 2006 campaign.

He also holds the career marks for most touchdowns (57), most points (375) and most yards rushing (3,913).

Dukes becomes the 12th inductee to the Wall of Fame. The previous inductees include Ernie Clark, Norm Goheen, Carlton “Duke” Little, David Fluellen, Jim Snyder, Brian Fry, Richard “Dick” Miller, Charlie Pettit, Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Taylor and David Maiorana.

The Wall of Fame is named in honor of Loughin who coached the Mustangs for 24 years (1955-78) guiding the team to 13 Niagara-Orleans League titles and 135 wins.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Newfane’s Kylie Bowman, left, won the girls race with her teammate Lydia Chunco second. Albion’s Alanna Holman, at right, placed fourth overall.

Medina downed Albion in the season opening Niagara-Orleans League cross-country meet this afternoon at Newfane.

The Mustangs won the boys meet 17-42 and the girls competition 24-34.

Photos by Tom Rivers – Newfane’s Nathan Moran, left, won the boys race while Medina’s Cameron Castenon took second.

The defending champion Newfane teams both scored a doubleheader sweep on the day. The Newfane boys defeated Medina 19-44 and Albion 15-50 while the girls squad topped Medina 15-50 and Albion 17-46.

The individual winners both came from Newfane in Nathan Moran and Kylie Boeman. Lydia Chunco and Kat Ersing completed a 1-2-3 sweep for the Lady Pamthers.

Medina’s Cameron Castenon placed second overall. The Mustangs next three finishers were Isaac Pace, Arian Cayea and Alwyn Cayea.

Albion’s Alanna Holman finished fourth overall while the top two finishers for the Medina girls were Corinne Hill and Hannah Heil.

In another N-O opener, Akron swept Roy-Hart winning the boys race 28-29 and the girls 19-42.

Roy-Hart’s Ozzy Moore won the boys race while Akron’s Lauren Wagner took the girls race with Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard second.

Barker also edged past Wilson winning the boys meet 27-30 and the girls competition 26-29.

Wilson’s John Moote won the boys race as Barker’s Peter DiLorenzo was second.

The Barker duo of Haleigh Mason and Lydia Samson finished 1-2 in the girls race.

Medina/Lyndonville nipped host Wilson 1-0 this afternoon enabling the Mustangs to regain a share of the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer league.

Dan Mandujano scored the game’s lone goal for the Mustangs at the 30 minute mark of the first half.

Zach Fike earned the shutout goal as the trio of Anthony Moule, Jack Whipple and Alex Barry anchored the defense.

The victory vaults Medina back into a tie for first place with Newfane at 5-1. That sets the stage for a key matchup as the Mustangs will host the Panthers at 4:15 p.m. Friday at Vets Park.

The loss drops Wilson to 1-5.

Holley, Kendall tie in G-R games

Holley battled to a 1-1 overtime tie with Wheatland-Chili as did Kendall with Byron-Bergen in Genesee Region League games.

Kohl Morgan scored Holley’s lone goal off an assist from Brad Kingdollar.

Derek Edick netted the lone Kendall goal off an assist from Brian Gonzalez as Mason Kuhn made 16 saves in goal for the Eagles.

Holley is now 4-1-1 and Kendall 2-2-2 in G-R action.

Barker, Wilson golfers post wins

Barker (4-6) nipped Albion (6-3) 246-248 and Wilson (8-3) downed Akron (6-4) 226-246 this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League golf action.

Jake Harris shot a 43 to lead Barker while Albion’s Patrick Ricker took medalist honors with a 40,

Patrick Seeley took medalist honors with a 41 and Nathan Meyers had a 42 to lead the way for Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kara Choate breaks in ahead of Albion defender Leah Pritchard to score the only goal in the host Lady Rams win over the Purple Eagles.

A lone early goal proved to be just enough as Roy-Hart edged past visiting Albion 1-0 this evening to maintain sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer lead.

Kara Choate scored the game’s only goal for Roy-Hart just 4:29 into the first half.

The victory keeps Roy-Hart unbeaten at 5-0 at the halfway point of the N-O season as Albion slips to 2-3.

(Click here and click here to see videos of action from the game.)

In the other N-O games, runner-up Akron (5-1) defeated Newfane (1-5) 4-1 and third place Wilson (4-2) downed Barker (0-6) 3-0.

Kara Sequin scored 2 goals for Akron as Julia George and Natale Karmazyn both netted 1.

Leia Cloy scored 2 goals and Lilly Olay 1 for Wilson.

Holley 7, Attica 0

Halee Passarell scored 4 goals to lead Holley to a 7-1 Genesee Region League win over Attica.

Samantha Bates added a goal and two assists for the Lady Hawks while Kayleigh Neale and Sarah Harrington each had a goal and an assist.

Albion’s Kenzi Hapeman goes high to bring down the ball as Roy-Hart’s Brooke Livergood and Nadia White defend.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Kaedynce Schumacher reaches out to try and take the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Abby Ander during the host Lady Raiders win over the Lady Rams this afternoon.

One goal early and another late earned defending champion Barker a key 2-0 win over visiting Roy-Hart this afternoon as the Lady Raiders opened up a two game lead at the halfway point of the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey title race.

Ciara Gregoire scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Barker just 3:24 into the first half off an assist from Katrina Clare.

The Lady Raiders then got a big insurance goal when Clare scored off an assist from Rachel Hurtgam with just 11:10 remaining in the second half.

Courtney Hillman made 5 saves to earn the shutout in goal for Barker.

The victory keeps Barker unbeaten at 6-0 in N-O competition while Roy-Hart slips to 4-2 and into a tie for second place with Akron.

(Click here to see Roy-Hart attempt corners.)

(Click here to see game action of Barker’s corner.)

In other N-O action, Medina battled to a 2-2 tie with host Wilson that went to a shootout.

Abby Blount and Grace Cook scored the Medina goals in the shootout after the teams had battled to a scoreless deadlock through 60 minutes of regulation play and a 7 of 7 10 minute overtime period.

Medina is now 3-2-1 and Wilson 2-3-1.

Kenmore (1-5) gained its first win of the year by downing Newfane (0-6) 4-1 as Jessica Bothan scored the three goal hat-trick.

Barker goalie Courtney Hillman kicks the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Lexiss Diel as Ella Gooding moves in for the Lady Raiders.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aidan Bligh heads for the goal against Albion defender Cole London. The action took place during the Rams win over the visiting Purple Eagles this evening.

A quick two goal scoring burst early in the second half earned Roy-Hart a 2-0 win over visiting Albion this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

Roy-Hart broke away from a 0-0 deadlock when Aidan Bligh scored on a line drive shot from about 30 yards out 11 minutes into the second quarter.

The Rams then got a huge insurance goal just three minutes later when Bligh scored again on a rebound shot as Trent Choate, who started the play with a corner, earned the assist.

Colby Hancock earned the shutout in goal for the Rams.

The win pulls Roy-Hart into a tie for second place at 4-1 with Medina/Lyndonville which visits Wilson (1-4) on Tuesday.

The loss drops Albion to 2-3 in N-O action.

(Click here to see Albion’s Juan Santiago get close with a header.)

(Click here to see Roy-Hart’s Aidan Bligh scores the second of his 2 goals with the assist by Trent Choate.)

In the other N-O game, Newfane downed Akron 2-1 to move into sole possession of first place by a half game at 5-1.

Connor MacEvoy and Ty Williams scored the goals for the Panthers.

Albion’s Ronaldo Salucio-Cota works to keep the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Trent Choate as Albion’s Caleb Hyde moves in to help.

Girls Soccer
The Byron-Bergen at Kendall and Pembroke at Lyndonville/Medina Genesee Region League girls games were both postponed due to lightning.

Golf
Lightning also caused the Albion at Medina N-O golf match to be suspended. It will be completed on Thursday. The Roy-Hart vs. Newfane match was postponed until Wednesday.

In the only match completed Wilson defeated Barker 231-253 as Mike Bubar, Patrick Seeley and Nathan Meyers shared medalist honors with rounds of 45 for Wilson which improves to 7-3.

Jake Harris shot a 46 for Barker which slips to 3-6.

Volleyball
Undefeated (5-0, 6-0) Byron-Bergen defeated Kendall (2-3, 5-3) 25-12, 25-17, 25-16 in a G-R League volleyball match.

Hannah VanSkiver had 3 kills and 3 aces and Hannah Catalino 5 kills and 1 ace for Byron-Bergen.

For Kendall, Brittney Marks and Madison Shonitsky both had 7 digs. Autumn Woodward and Brianna Drennan each added 5.

In a non league match, Batavia defeated Albion 25-11, 25-20, 26-24.

GCC Photo – Grace Masse

Medina High graduate Grace Masse has been named Genesee Community College’s Female Athlete of the week.

Masse, a sophomore at GCC, is a setter on the Cougars volleyball team.

She is currently second on the team in assists with 69 and is averaging over six per set.

During her scholastic days at Medina she earned second team Niagara-Orleans All-League honors her senior year.

Albion and Medina teams both scored victories Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) competition.

The Albion Mini Eagles moved to 6-0 on the year with a 33-0 win over Roy Hart.

Leading the way, Garrett Jones had a big day on offense with 148 yards rushing, including two touchdowns along with a 67 yard TD from Jonah Elsenheimer.  Boe Preston had 24 yards rushing and 1 TD, Rocco Sidari 17 yards rushing and LJ Simmons had a 45 yard TD reception.  Jack Conn had 12 yards receiving,  Drake Schomske and Hayden Cowley had PAT’s.

On defense, Preston had 9 tackles,  Schomske and Cowley 4 each.  Conn, Colin Smith and Elsenheimer all had fumble recoveries.

The Albion JV Division team had a 28-6 win over Roy-Hart.

Noah Harrison had 6 carries for 155 yards with 3 touchdowns on offense to go with 8 tackles on defense.

Nate Gibson had 5 tackles,  Edward Dozier 4 tackles,  Mason Snook 4 and a fumble recovery.  Chrisjen Winters had a sack.

Gibson also had 23 yards on the ground.  Jayovanni Ostrander had 9 carries for 100 yards and a TD.

The Albion beginners had a 2-0 forfeit win over Roy Hart.

Battling all game the Varsity Eagles fell just short to Roy Hart 44-40.

Kwame Riley had a huge day on the field.  He ran for 137 yards, threw for 104 and led the defense with 5 tackles.  He had TD runs of 2, 21 and 54 to go with a 25 yard TD pass to Makyell Walker.  Walker finished with 82 yards receiving.  Auston Johnson had 87 yards rushing with 2 TDs.  Riley,  Walker and Johnson all added PAT’s.

Walker,  Seth McMurray and Jared Ostrander added 3 tackles a piece.

Medina Colts 18, Oakfield Elba 7
The Medina Colts got two long TD runs from Caliyah Boston of 57 and 30 yards and also got single touchdown run of 33 yards from Tavarias Griffin for the final score

The Colts move to 5-1 on the season with a big test at Batavia coming next weekend.