Kendall downed Lyndonville 25-16, 25-9, 25-15 this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match as Brittney Marks had 9 aces, 5 digs and 5 assists; Sara Mattle went 29-29 from the service line with 5 aces and 3 kill, and Olivia Caldwell added 5 digs.

Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Attica 17-16-22
Byron-Bergen downed Attica in straight sets to improve to 3-0 in the G-R League and 4-0 overall as Madison Farnsworth had 13 kills and Hannah Catalino and Hannah VanSkiver 4 kills each.

Getting goal production from six different players, Medina/Lyndonville rolled to a 9-0 victory over host Rochester Academy in a non league boys soccer game this afternoon.

The Mustangs built up a commanding 6-0 half-time advantage as Oskar Heinsler scored 2 goals and Devin Rounds, Nate Dillenbeck, AJ Seefeldt and Nate Sherman each added 1. Sherman, Rounds, Dillenbeck and Heinsler also each had an assist during that stretch.

Russ Stephen then netted 2 goals and Dillenbeck 1 in the second half. Zaric Boyce and Stephens both had an assist during that surge.

Cooper Fearby and Aidan Owczarczak shared in earning the shout in goal as the trio of Anthony Moule, Jack Whipple and Evan Horn anchored the defense.

Now at 3-1 overall, Medina next visits Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League game on Tuesday..

Girls Soccer
Kendall 7, Attica 1
Improving to 4-0 in the league and 6-0 overall, Kendall romped to a 7-1 victory over visiting Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Brianna Wakefield and Hailee Mitchell both scored 2 goals as Madison Jacob, Lizzy Woodams and Alezya Brown each chipped in with 1 for the Lady Eagles.  Jacob also had 3 assists.

The victory was also the milestone 100th career win for Kendall Coach Pam Barchet.

Notre Dame 2, Holley 1
Arabella Rogers and Olivia Constantino each scored a goal for Notre Dame in the 2-1 G-R win over Holley.

Emma Brady scored Holley’s goal off an assist from Olivia Radford.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 5, Lyndonville/Medina 1
Oakfield-Alabama/Elba built up a 4-1 first half lead in route to posting a 5-1 G-R win over visiting LyndonvilleMedina.

Ella Lewis scored Lyndonville/Medina’s lone goal off an assist from Lily Joe Carpenter.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Joe Cecchini of Medina/Lyndonville/Barker looks to head up field as the Iroqois trio of Tyler Barry, Kendall Mariacher and Phil Mercurio move in to make the tackle during the Mustangs loss to the Chiefs this evening at Vets Park.

Three unanswered second half touchdowns powered Iroquois to a 34-14 victory over Medina/Lyndonville/Barker this evening at Vets Park in the B2 Division opener for both teams.

Breaking away from a 14-14 half-time deadlock, Iroquois took the lead for good at 21-14 on a 3 yard touchdown run by Tyler Barry and an extra point kick by Kendall Mariacher with 6:07 to go in the third quarter.

The Chiefs then put a lock on the win with a pair of fourth quarter scores as Blake Nolan scored on an 11 yard run with 11:52 remaining and Noah Kedge caught a 20 yard pass from quarterback Troy Kleitz with about a minute to go.

The Mustangs had grabbed leads of 6-0 and 14-6 in the first half.

Brian Fry opened the scoring for the Mustangs when he caught a 20 yard TD pass from quarterback Jarin Rhim two minutes into the opening quarter and Nate Sherman added the extra point kick.

Iroquois did cut the deficit to 7-6 on a TD pass from Kleitz to Jonathan Bool.

However, the Mustangs got that one right back as Fry returned the ensuing kickoff 82 yards for a score and Sherman added the PAT to make it 14-6.

The Mustangs then had two second quarter drives stopped inside the Chiefs 20, the first on downs and the second on an interception in the end zone. (To see a fourth-down pass play by the Mustangs late in the game, click here.)

Iroquois tied the game at 14-14 on a 47 yard TD pass from Kleitz to Barry with 2:46 to go in the second quarter.

The Chiefs improve to 2-0 while the Mustangs slip to 0-2 heading into next Friday’s game at Maryvale.

In another B2 contest, Maritime/Health Sciences defeated Dunkirk 20-6.

In a Class C North Division contest, Cleveland Hill defeated host Roy-Hart 52-12.

The two Roy-Hart touchdowns came in the second half on runs of 15 yards by Michael Huntington and 25 yards by Justin Terwilliger.

Bobby Geiger of the Mustangs looks for running room against the Chiefs defensive duo of Tyler Barry and Mike Shady move in to make the tackle.

Improving to 5-0, front-running Medina defeated Roy-Hart 222-280 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Shelridge.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a 39 as Aidan Paul and Melanie Green both shot 43 and Dylan Lonnen 47.

Carter Green shot 49 for Roy-Hart which slips to 1-6.

In the other N-O match, Akron (4-2) downed Barker (2-4) 246-253 as Jack Klodzinski led the Tigers with a 42.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Tyray White works to break away form the tackle attempt by Springville’s AJ Slippy during the host Purple Eagles win over the Griffins this evening.

A huge five touchdown second quarter scoring barrage, three by the offense and two by the defense, highlighted Albion’s 50-8 victory over visiting Springville this evening in the B3 Division opener for both teams.

Albion took a 6-0 first quarter lead on a 6 yard touchdown run by Tyray White who also had a big 24 yard carry on the drive.

The Purple Eagles then took charge in the second quarter roaring away to a commanding 44-0 half-time advantage.

During that uprising, the Purple Eagles scored on a 3 yard run by Bril Johnson, a 35 yard interception return by Chris Shabazz, a 6 yard run by White, a 38 yard run with a fumble recovery by Kevin Hillman and a 14 yard run by quarterback Thomas Furmanski.

Runs of 16 yards by White and of 13 and 12 yards by Deyonci Farley highlighted the first drive capped off by Johnson’s short TD run which ignited the big uprising.

A 4 yard touchdown run by Johnson in the third quarter capped off the Purple Eagles big scoring evening.

White finished with 158 yards rushing and Johnson 117.

The Purple Eagles improve to 2-0 and the Griffins slip to 0-2.

Albion visits Depew next Friday.

In other games involving B3 teams Depew defeated Tonawanda 17-15 and Olean lost to Pioneer 24-14.

(To see a video of Johnson’s touchdown run and Farley’s 2-point conversion, click here.)

Albion’s defensive duo of Jameek Riley and Jabari Johnson team up to tackle Springville’s Jeff Heim.

Contributed Photo – Kyle Smith

Albion High graduate and Ithaca College senior Kyle Smith has earned D3Football.com special team player of the week for his performance in the Bombers 66-28 victory over St. Vincent last weekend.

Smith blocked two punts returning the first one 26 yards for a touchdown as the Bombers set a school record for total points in what was the team’s 500th all-time victory.

A wide receiver, Smith is a Business Administration major.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s duo of Maddie Ciemny (20) and Samantha Albright (4) go up to block a return attempt by Medina’s Devin Griffin during the Lady Rams win over the host Mustangs this evening.

In a marathon five setter, Roy-Hart bested host Medina 25-22, 20-25, 24-26, 25-19, 25-21 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

There were seven ties and four lead changes in the decisive fifth set which Roy-Hart claimed by taking 6 of the final 7 points.

Breaking away from a 19-19 deadlock, the Lady Rams claimed the set and the match victory as Alexis Connolly served up an ace for point 21, Marissa Scott scored points 23 and 24 and Maddie Ciemny had a kill for the clinching 25th point.

Medina had tied the set for the last time at 19-19 after back-to-back spiking kills by Elle Gross who had 18 kills on the evening.

Medina’s last lead came at 16-14 on a service ace by Evie Schultz. The Mustangs pulled even at 17-17 on a kill by Devin Griffin who had a total of 13 kills on the evening.

Roy-Hart also got off to a dramatic start in the match by rallying from a 14-5 deficit to win the opening set 25-22. Ciemny served up points 13-18 including 3 service aces and 2 kills by Samantha Albright. Scott later served up an ace for point 24 and Ciemny registered a kill for point 25.

Medina evened the match by taking the second set 25-20.

The Mustangs again jumped out to a big 18-7 lead but this time held on for the win after Roy-Hart rallied back to within 4 at 20-16 and again at 24-20.  Emma Carson served up points 11-15 and Schultz 22-24 for the Mustangs.

Keeping the momentum, Medina then took a 2-1 lead in the match by winning the third set in overtime 26-24.

Breaking away from a 24-24 tie the Mustangs regained the lead for good as Gross polished off point 25 with a kill.  Carson then scored up the set winner.

However, Roy-Hart rebounded to reknot the match at 2-2 by taking the fourth set 25-19 as Connolly had a big run of 8 straight service points (11-18) and Ava Brigham served up the final five (21-25) registering aces for points 23, 24 and 25.

That set the stage for the decisive fifth set which saw the last momentum surge belong to the Lady Rams which closed out the set and the match with a clutch 6-1 edge in points.

(Click here to see Roy-Hart clinch the fifth set and win the match.)

Roy-Hart is now 2-1 and Medina 0-3 in N-O action.

Albion, Akron also win in five
Five set matches proved to be the rule in N-O matches this evening as Albion (1-2) outlasted host Newfane (1-2) 17-25, 25-18, 25-9, 24-26 and 25-14 and Akron (3-0) rallied past Wilson (2-1) 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-16.

No details or statistics were reported from either match.

Medina’s Elle Gross spikes over Roy-Hartt’s Maddie Ciemny

Jumping out to a 2-0 half-time advantage, Wilson went on defeat visiting Albion 3-2 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Leia Cloy, Skylar Munnikhuysen and Maddie Miller took turns scoring the goals for Wilson which upped its advantage to 3-0 in the second half.

Abby Scanlan scored off an assist from Mariah Plain and Claire Squicciarini scored unassisted for Albion.

Wilson is now 2-1 and Albion 1-1 in N-O action.

In the other games, Akron (3-0) blanked Barker (0-4) 8-0 as Kara Sequin led a parade of six scorers with 3 goals and Roy-Hart (2-0) downed Newfane (1-3) 2-1 on goals by Kara Choate and Nadia White.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Ciara Gregoire, at right, works to move the ball up field as Jenelle Kieffer defends for Akron. The action took place during the host Lady Raiders win over the Lady Tigers this afternoon.

The number of undefeated Niagara-Orleans League field hockey teams was reduced to two this afternoon as defending champion Barker shutout visiting Akron 3-0.

The win keeps Barker tied for first place at 3-0 with Roy-Hart which downed Newfane 3-1 as Akron slips into the runner-up spot at 3-1.

In the other game, Medina evened its record at 2-2 with a 4-0 win at Kenmore (0-4).

Ciara Gregoire scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Barker at 16:45 of the first half on a rebound shot. (Click here to see Ciara Gregoire’s goal.)

Serena Harris doubled the Lady Raiders lead  to 2-0 when she scored with 4:07 remaining in the first half off an assist from Natalie Bruning.

Madison Gancasz later rounded out the Lady Raiders scoring with a goal with 3:30 to go in the second half.

Samantha Choate scored 2 goals and Jenna Gioeli 1 for Roy-Hart.

Lacey Kenward had the 3 goal hat-trick for Medina whose other goal was scored by Micaela Erway. Tessa Pecoraro earned the shutout in goal.

Barker’s Katrina Clare, right,  reaches for the ball as Sophia Jones looks to make the stop for Akron.

Maintaining sole possession of first place defending champion Medina downed host Wilson 232-251 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a 40 as Aidan Paul added a 44 and Trevor Luthart a 47.

Patrick Seeley shot 43 and Nathan Meyers 47 for Wilson.

Medina improves to 4-0 and Wilson slips to 3-2.