Photo by Cheryl Wertman – The Medina duo of Maddie Williams and Devin Griffin go up to try and block during the Mustangs home court sectional loss to Fredonia this evening.

No. 5 seed Fredonia bested host No. 4 Medina 25-14, 19-25, 25-15, 26-24 this evening in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B2 volleyball playoffs.

Maddie Williams had 11 kills and 3 aces, Elle Gross 6 kills and 4 aces, Breanna Islam 5 kills, Devin Griffin 4 kills, Camri King 24 assists and Brandi Guild 10 digs for the Mustangs.

Also in Class B2, No. 2 Springville downed No. 7 Albion in three sets.

Roy-Hart 25-25-25, Lafayette 12-16-17
No. 4 Roy-Hart ousted No. 5 Lafayette 25-12, 25-16, 25-17 in the Class C 1 quarterfinals as Aspen Moore had 20 kills, Kristina Burdick 22 service points, including 3 aces, and 12 assists and Paige Dent 13 assists.

The Lady Rams will face top seed Olmsted in the semis on Monday.

Wilson 25-25-25, Falconer 19-19-15
No. 3 seed Wilson eliminated No. 6 Falconer 25-19, 25-19, 25-15 in the Class C2 quarterfinals as Maddy Seeley had 4 aces, 9 assists and 14 digs, Izzy Dinse 5 kills and 4 blocks, Sarah Nugent 9 kills and Brooke Wisor 13 digs.

Contributed Photo – Looking to claim the playoff title Saturday, the Holley Jr Hawks JV Division football team is shown in action here during last weekend’s JV Division semifinal win over Newfane at Medina’s Vets Park.

Fresh from avenging their lone loss of the season, the Holley Jr Hawks JV Division football team will seek their first playoff championship when they face Batavia in the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) JV Division final at 1 p.m. Saturday at Medina’s Vets Park.

Holley, which brings a 9-1 record into the final edged Newfane 38-35 in the semifinals last Saturday to avenge a 36-35 regular season loss.

Hunter Smith scored 3 touchdowns for the Hawks in the semis as William Kludt and Michael Wells also each scored a TD. Josh Silpoch added three two-point conversions and Smith had a pair of extra points.

The other two playoff finals will have Batavia vs. Newfane in the Mini Division and Batavia vs. Tri Town in the Varsity Division.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Nicole Mrzywka registers a spike during the host Lady Hawks sectional win over Williamson this evening.

Jumping out to a two set lead at the outset, No. 7 Holley went on to defeat visiting No. 10 Williamson 25-17, 25-9, 22-25, 25-20 this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class C2 volleyball playoffs.

Leading 17-14, Holley pulled away in the opening set as Jocelyn Chilton served up points 18-24, including three aces, as AJ Botello had a kill for the set winner. Nicole Mrzywka also had 4 aces and 2 kills in the set for the Lady Hawks.

Mrzywka then served up points 7-12, including three aces, and Botello 17-22, also including three aces, to spark Holley in the second set. Neila Hand registered an ace for the set winner.

AJ Botello serves up a point for Holley.

Williamson stayed in the match by taking the third set as Mackenzie Mangos served up points 18-24 including a pair of aces.

Holley though rebounded to take the fourth set and close out the match.

Trailing 15-17, Holley regained the lead at 18-17 as Rachael Howard served up points 16-18.

Then, leading by a narrow 19-18 margin, Holley got a key run of four straight points by Mrzywka to extend the lead at 23-18. She followed up with a kill for point 24 as the set and match winner came on a side out.

Mrzywka finished with 10 kills and 8 aces and Howard 6 aces.

Holley will next visit No. 2 Warsaw in the quarterfinals at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Kendall 25-25-25, Hinsdale 12-8-15
No. 6 Kendall rolled to a straight set win over No. 11 Hinsdale in a Class C3 opener at Warsaw as  Jessica Coble was 10-10 at the service line with 5 aces, 3 digs, 2 kills and 2 assists and Jenna Regan  went 10-10 from the line with an ace and 5 kills.

Kelly Mayes also had had 5 kills and 4 aces, and Brittney Marks had 6 assists, 3 kills and 2 aces for the Lady Eagles.

Kendall will next travel to CG Finney on Saturday at 2 p.m. for the quarterfinals.

Lyndonville 25-25-25, Dundee 9-18-15

No. 7 Lyndonville defeated No. 10 Dundee in straight sets 25-9, 25-18, 25-15 in a Class D2 opening round match at HAC. No details of the match were reported.

Time changed for Albion match
Albion will visit Springville at 5 p.m. Friday in a Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal match. It was originally scheduled for 6 p.m.

Holley’s Jocelyn Chilton tips the ball over as Williamson’s Madison Weber looks to block.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley and his Purple Eagles teammates will host Cheektowaga in the Section VI Class B semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday.

Taking aim at earning a trip to the finals for the first time in 16 years, top seeded Albion will host No. 4 Cheektowaga in the semifinals of the Section VI Class B playoffs at 7 p.m. Friday.

Albion, which last reached the title contest in 2002, advanced to the semis by defeating No. 8 Lackawanna 34-14 while Cheektowaga romped past No. 5 Dunkirk 40-8.

Quarterback Bryce Pritchard passed for 3 touchdowns, 2 to Nate Moore and 1 to Matt Kovaleski, to lead the Albion offense. Kovaleski also had a key 85 yard kickoff return for a touchdown which helped break the contest open.

Cheektowaga quarterback Keshone Beal likewise had a big game in Cheektowaga’s win as he ran for 4 touchdowns and passed for another.

On the season, Pritchard  has thrown for a total of 10 touchdowns and rushed for 7 more. Brilliance Johnson also has 7 rushing touchdowns and Ugene Harrison 6 while Moore has caught 7 TD passes.

On defense, Ben Restivo leads the Purple Eagles in tackles with 69 while Deyonci Farley has 45, Harrison 42, Jessy Cruz 40, Donamic Farley 37, Brennan Hughes 34 and Moore 33. Jonathan DePuy has registered 6 sacks and Restivo and Hughes 5 each.

This will be the third postseason meetings between the teams. Cheektowaga has won the previous two 10-3 in the 2009 semifinals and 43-18 in the 2011 quarterfinals.  Overall Albion holds a 12-10 lead in the all-time series with Cheektowaga.

The victor will face the winner of the Fredonia (8-0) vs. Pioneer (8-0) semifinal in the championship game.

Class B Consolation Bowl
Medina/Lyndonville/Barker will face a longtime foe in the finals of the Class B Chuck Funke Memorial Consolation Bowl as the Mustangs visit Newfane at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Mustangs defeated Burgard 28-22 and the Panthers downed Iroquois 54-22 in the semifinals.

Both teams bring 4-4 records into the finals.

Quarterback Izaiah Rhim, who has passed for 10 touchdowns and run for 10 more, leads the Mustangs offense. Brian Fry has caught 35 passes for 501 yards and 5 touchdowns while William Braswell has rushed for 392 yards and scored 3 TDs.

Jaden Heers has rushed for 870 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Panthers while Reese Casinelli has 12 catches for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns and Josh Everett 12 for 190 yards and 2 TDs.

This will be the 55th meeting between the teams as the Mustangs hold a 43-9-2 lead over the Panthers. However, Newfane won the most recent meeting by a 34-6 margin last fall.

No. 4 seed Kendall rolled to a 6-0 victory over No. 9 Arkport/Canaseraga in the semifinal round of the Section V Class D1 girls soccer playoffs this evening at Warsaw.

Kendall jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals by Brianna Wakefield and Hailee Mitchell.

The Lady Eagles then broke the contest wide open in the second half on two goals by Mitchell and one each by Wakefield and Grace Levett.

Improving to 13-5, Kendall will next face No. 2 Fillmore in the Class D1 title game on Saturday at a site and time to be determined. Fillmore, which is now 17-1, romped to a 7-0 win over No. 3 Avoca/Bradford in the other semi.

Arkport/Canaseraga advanced to the semis after upsetting top seeded Honeoye 3-0 in the quarterfinals.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Ciara Gregoire tries to knock the ball away from Akron’s Olivia Diebel during the Lady Raiders overtime sectional win over the Lady Tigers this evening at Clarence High.

Rebounding from a 2-0 half-time deficit, top seeded Barker battled back to nip Niagara-Orleans League rival No. 4 Akron 3-2 in overtime this evening in the Section VI Class C field hockey semifinals at Clarence High School.

Barker will now face No 3 Eden for the Class C title on November 1.  Eden blanked No. 2 Roy-Hart 2-0 in the other semifinal.

Akron’s Alexis Bell battles with Barker’s Erin Costello for control of the ball.

Akron jumped out to the 2-0 lead as Sophia Jones scored with 19:15 remaining and Alexis Bell with 3:11 to go in the opening half.

Barker though came battling back as Rachel Hurtgam first cut the deficit in half with a goal 8 minutes into the second half and and then also netted the equalizer with just 11:47 remaining.

Akron had a flurry of corner opportunities in the final four minutes but could not dent the Barker net.

That set the stage for the 7 on 7 10 minute sudden death overtime period and it didn’t take long for Barker to score the game winner as Ciara Gregoire tallied just 2:15 into the extra period.

The teams had split a pair of 2-1 meetings during the N-O season.

Eden 2, Roy-Hart 0
A goal by Kelsey Pressing just 5:36 into the first half proved to be the game winner for Eden.

It stayed a tight 1-0 game until the final minute when Pressing scored the clincher for the Lady Raiders.

Roy-Hart hit the post with one shot late in the first half and then put steady pressure on throughout the second half, including three corner opportunities, but could not dent the Eden goal.

Roy-Hart’s Sam Choate works the ball up field against Eden defender Dani Thompson.

Roy-Hart’s Abby Ander brings the ball up field as Madison Brown follows the play.

No. 7 seed Albion outlasted visiting No. 10 Newfane 20-25, 25-16, 25-20, 18-25, 25-18 this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 volleyball playoffs.

Ella Knaak registered clutch ace serves to win four of the final five points in the decisive fifth set for the Purple Eagles.

Sierra Newton had 9 kills, 7 aces and 13 digs, Natalie Lathrop 10 kills and 6 digs, Breanda Johnson 19 assists, Isabella Gibbs 8 aces and 7 digs, Logan Conlon 11 digs, Emani Poole 5 aces and Knaak 7 aces for the Purple Eagles.

Mckenzie Perry had 9 blocks and 8 kills and Faith Morgan 12 kills for Newfane.

The teams also split a pair of 3-2 decisions during the Niagara-Orleans League season.

Albion next visits No. 2 Springville in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Friday.

Also in Class B2 Friday, No. 4 Medina will host No. 5 Fredonia and in Class C1 No. 4 Roy-Hart entertains No. 5 Lafayette, both at 6 p.m.

No. 4 seed Kendall will take on No. 9 Arkport/Canaseraga in the Section V Class D1 girls soccer semifinals this evening at 6:30 at Warsaw. The game had originally been scheduled to be played at Perry.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 3 Avoca/Bradford (15-2) vs. No. 2 Fillmore (16-1) semi in the championship game on Saturday at a time and place to be determined.

Kendall (12-5) advanced by downing No. 5 Alfred-Almond 4-1 in the quarterfinals while Arkport/Canaserage upset top seeded Honeoye 3-0.