Photos by Mike Wertman – Veteran members of the Albion cross-country teams include, in front, Zack Fuller, Greg Neptune, Reuben Rivers, Brian Spall, Owen Hunt and Jayden Allport. In back are Lillian Mathes, Alexis Hess, Kyle Pappalardo, Alanna Holman, Ashleigh Mowatt and S’koi Sanders.

The Niagara-Orleans League cross-country season will be underway Tuesday with three meets at 5 p.m.including Albion and Medina at Newfane, Barker at Wilson and Akron at Roy-Hart.

The Newfane boys have captured the N-O title the last two years and the Pnthers are led by sophomore Austin Burkard who won the All-League meet race last fall.

The Newfane girls have claimed the N-O crown the last four years but the Lady Panthers graduation losses included four time N-O All-League meet winner Kim Goerss.

Underclassemn dominate the lineup for both the Albion boys and girls team.

The boys lineup includes seniors Zack Fuller and Kyle Pappalardo; junior Josh Depoty; sophomores Reuben Rivers, Brian Spall, Owen Hunt, Jayden Allport, Rowan Ford and Sam Williams and freshman Greg Neptune. Rivers earned second team All-League honors by placing 12th in the All-League race.

The girls squad includes junior Alanna Holman, sophomore Lillian Mathes, freshmen Alexis Hess and Ashleigh Mowatt and eighth grader S’koi Sanders. Holman, who earned first team All-League honors by placing third at the All-League meet, went on to place third in the sectionals and 23rd at the state championship meet.

Medina, which has a large contingent of 26 runners, is led by veterans  August Pietrafesa, Alwyn Cayea, Cameron Castenon, Isaac Pace and Arian Cayea on the boys side and Sabrina Quiros, Hannah Heil and Corinne Hill on the girls side. All are juniors except Pace and Arian Cayea who are sophomores.

Roy-Hart is led by seniors Anna Rickard, who placed second at the All-League meet, and Ozzy Moore who took seventh.

Veteran members of the Medina cross-country squads include, in front August Pietrafesa, Alwyn Cayea, Cameron Castenon, Isaac Pace and Arian Cayea. In back are Sabrina Quiros, Hannah Heil and Corinne Hill.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Alexis Creasey and Akron’s Amelia Berghorn go for the ball during the host Lady Eagles loss to the Lady Tigers this evening.

Taking over sole possession of second place, Akron scored a 4-1 win over host Albion this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

The victory boosts Akron’s N-O record to 4-1 and keeps the Lady Tigers within a game of front-running Roy-Hart (4-0). The loss drops Albion two games off the pace at 2-2.

Akron jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead as Natalie Karmazyn scored in the first two minutes.

Albion battled back to knot the contest on a goal by Abby Scanlan just eight minutes later but the Lady Eagles could not find the back of the net again.

Akron regained the lead for good when Madison Henning scored what proved to be the game winning goal with 3:48 to go in the opening half.

The Lady Tigers then put a lock on the victory on second half goals by Kara Sequin at the 16:57 mark and by Olivia Kreher with 10:35 to go.

Albion next visits Roy-Hart in another key contest on Tuesday while Akron hosts Newfane.

Roy-Hart 4, Attica 0
Roy-Hart blanked Attica 4-0 in a non league game as Kara Choate scored two goals and Mallory Steiner and Grace Trombley each netted one.

In just its second year of varsity football competition WNY Maritime/Health Scienes is off to a strong 3-0 start having rolled past host Iroquois 34-13  Friday in a  key clash of unbeatens to take over sole possession of the B2 Division lead.

Maritime is now 2-0 in the division and Iroquois 1-1. Rounding out the division standings Medina/Lyndonville is 1-1, Dunkirk 0-1 and Maryvale 0-1. Dunkirk (2-1 overall) defeated Lake Shore 32-22 in an interdivisional contest Friday and Medina/Lyndonville (1-2) bested host Maryvale (2-1) 26-6.

This coming Friday Medina/Lyndonville will host Dunkirk and Iroquois will visit Maryvale in B2 games while Maritime will visit Canisius Saturday in a non league contest.

Play in the Section V/Section VI 8 man football division got underway on Friday. While Holley has the bye this week, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba romped past Maple Grove 60-12 and Pembroke downed Frewsburg 28-16. Finney will face Dundee today. Holley will host Dundee in the Hawks opener at 7 p.m. Friday under portable lights.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Oskar Heinsler of Medina/Lyndonville tries to stop the ball against Cal-Mum’s Emerson Martelle during the Mustangs overtime loss to the Raiders this morning at Lyndonville.

Unable to build on an early lead Medina/Lyndonville dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to Caledonia-Mumford in a non league boys soccer game this morning at Lyndonville.

Medina/Lyndonville grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the first 10 minutes as Nate Sherman scored off an assist from AJ Seefeldt.

However, the Mustangs couldn’t find the net again just missing on a penalty kick and then a direct kick in the second half which would have broken the contest open.

Cal-Mum tied the game with 5 minutes to go in regulation time. The Raiders then claimed the win on a goal by Sebastian Kresge in the first minute of the second 10 minute overtime period.

Now at 5-2 overall, the Mustangs next visit Wilson at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Kendall downed Rochester Prep 25-10, 25-19, 25-21 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Karlee Robb had 9 kills, and was 9-9 from the service line with 2 aces for Kendall as Brittney Marks added 10 aces, 9 digs, 4 assists and 4 kills and Autumn Woodward 4 aces on 19-19 serving, and 7 digs.

Medina bests Buffalo Science
Medina scored a four set 25-14, 25-7, 20-25, 25-14 non league victory over Buffalo Sciences Thursday.

Sydney Watts had 10 service aces, Devin Griffin 6, Kimani Poole and Melanie Poynter 5 and Evie Schultz 3. Jordan Lugo added 3 spiking kills.

Field Hockey
Roy-Hart blanked Sacred Heart 2-0 and Barker lost 3-0 to Clarence this afternoon in non league field hockey.

Golf
Akron topped Newfane 244-257 to improve to 6-3 in Niagara-Orleans League golf action.

Jack Klodzinski shot a 46 and Andrew Romesser 47 to lead the way for Akron.

Sam Capen too medalist honors with a 42 for Newfane which slips to 0-9.

The Albion vs. Barker match was postponed.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion quarterback Thomas Furmanski passed for one touchdown and ran for another in the Purple Eagles win at Depew this evening.

Trailing 3-0, Albion rallied for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to edge past host Depew 14-11 this evening in a B3 Division game.

Albion took the lead for good at 6-3 on a 29 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Thomas Furmanski to Kevin Hillman.

The Purple Eagles then scored what proved to be the game winning touchdown on a 6 yard run by Furmanski who then passed to Bailey Blanchard for the two point conversion and a 14-3 lead.

Depew made the finish interesting on a late 6 yard TD run by Chris Pagano.

The Wildcats only other score came on a 27 yard field goal by Devin Connolly in the first quarter.

The contest saw no less than 10 turnovers, 6 by the Purple Eagles and 4 by the Wildcats.

Deyonci Farley and Tyray White both had fumble recoveries for Albion as Chris Shabazz and Michael DiCureia had pass interceptions.

Albion is now 2-0 in the division and 3-0 overall while Depew slips to 0-1, 1-2.

In an interdivisional game Roy-Hart lost at Alden 38-0.

Snapping a season opening two game losing streak, Medina/Lyndonville/Barker knocked host Maryvale from the ranks of the unbeaten as the Mustangs defeated the host Flyers 26-6 this evening in a B2 Division contest.

The Mustangs grabbed a 12-6 first half lead as quarterback Jarin Rhim threw touchdown passes of 13 yards to Nathan Neace and 3 yards to Brian Fry.

The Mustangs later put a lock on the victory when Fry had a pair of long touchdown runs covering 54 and 30 yards in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter. Rhim had a two-point conversion run after the first TD.

The Mustangs stingy defensive effort included two interceptions by Fry and a fumble recovery by Zach Hill.

“The kids just played great. They played good tough football,” said Mustangs Coach Eric Valley. “We were missing eight players but we really had some kids step up and do the job. Our defense played real well. We’re a young team but we’re improving.”

Both teams are now 1-1 in B2 competition.

Medina/Lyndonville/Barker next hosts Dunkirk next Friday at 7 p.m. in another B2 game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Zac Albright and Medina/Lyndonville’s Nate Sherman battle to control the ball during the Mustangs win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Maintaining a share of first place, Medina/Lyndonville blanked host Albion 2-0 this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game.

The victory boosts Medina/Lyndonville’s N-O record to 4-1 and keeps the Mustangs deadlocked for first place with Newfane which downed rival Wilson 2-1.

The loss drops Albion to 2-2 in the league.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck battles for the ball with Albion’s Jacob Thom.

In the other N-O contest, Roy-Hart stayed just a half game off the pace at 3-1 by defeating visiting Akron 5-0.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Medina/Lyndonville on a line drive shot from about 20 yards out at 31:50 of the first half.

The Mustangs then got a big insurance goal when Jacob Corser scored on a rebound shot with 4:26 to go in the second half as AJ Seefeldt earned the assist.

Zach Fike earned the shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

(Click here to see Albion goalie Omar Peterson punch out a save from a Medina corner kick.)

(Click here to see Medina/Lyndonville goalie Zach Fike punch out a save from an Albion direct kick.)

Roy-Hart 5, Akron 0
Aidan Bligh scored two goals for Roy-Hart as Trent Choate, Noah Stern and Peter Martillotta each chipped in with one,

Roy-Hart led 2-0 at the half.

Kendall 3, Attica 0
Kendall evened its Genesee Region League boys soccer record at 2-2-1 with s 3-0 victory over visiting Attica.

Derek Edick scored what proved to be the game winner for Kendall in the first half off an assist from Nick Richardson.

Kendall then got a big save on a penalty kick by goalie Mason Kuhn to preserve the narrow lead. Kuhn made 9 saves on the evening.

The Eagles opened up a little breathing room in the second half on another goal by Edick.

A goal by Richardson then put a firm lock on the victory as the Eagles improve to 3-2-1 overall.

Pembroke 1, Holley 0 OT
Avenging an early season 4-0 loss, Pembroke upended host Holley 1-0 in overtime this evening.

Holley is now 4-1 in G-R action and 5-2 overall.

Albion’s Juan Santiago is surrounded by Medina/Lyndonville’s trio of AJ Seefeldt, Jack Whipple and Hunter Heil as he tries to advance the ball.

Undefeated (6-0) Wheatland-Chili handed visiting Kendall its first loss of the season by a narrow 3-2 margin this evening in a key Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Kendall jumped out to a lightning quick 1-0 lead when Hailee Mitchell scored in the first minute off a corner by Brianna Wakefield.

However, W-C answered back with a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes of the half by Lindsey Clar and Niyah Rosado to take the lead for good at the half.

W-C upped its advantage to 3-1 15 minutes into the second half on another tally by Rosado.

Kendall answered with a goal by Mitchell on a direct kick but could not score the equalizer.

Now at 6-1 overall Kendall next hosts Byron-Bergen at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Holley 4, Alexander 1
Samantha Bates and Olivia Radford each scored two goals to power Holley to a 4-1 G-R victory over host Alexander.

Holley improves to 3-2 in the league and 4-3 overall.

The Lyndonville/Medina vs. Notre Dame game was postponed.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Lacey Kenward drives in for a shot that resulted in the only goal of this evening’s win over Akron at Vets Park.

Yeoman work by the defense made a lone goal stand up as Medina nipped Akron 1-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this evening at Vets Park.

Lacey Kenward scored the only goal Medina needed as it turned out just 11 minutes into the first half.

Mustangs goalie Tessa Pecoraro, who made 11 saves including several big stops in the second half, and her defensive mates including Sophia Cardone, Abi Neuman and Faith Ann Vanderwalker made the slender lead hold up for the game’s final 49 minutes.

“We just played a great defensive game,” said Medina Coach Amber Clevealand.

(Click here to see a video from the game.)

The victory improves Medina’s N-O record to 3-2 as Akron slips to 4-2.

In the other N-O games front-running Barker improved to 5-0 with a 10-0 win over Newfane (0-5) and runner-up Roy-Hart (4-1) downed Wilson (2-3) 2-0.

Barker built up a 7-0 first half lead as Katrina Clare scored 3 goals, Ciara Gregoire 2 and Serena Harris and Emily Wagner 1 each.

Ella Gooding, Madison Gancasz and Rachel Hurtgam then each scored a goal in the second half.

Medina’s Abby Blount looks to advance the ball up the sideline as Emerson Polkowski comes in to defend for Akron.