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Albion girls upend top seed E.A. in B1 semis
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman, who netted both goals, winds up to take a shot as Kate Rachwal defends for East Aurora. The action took place during the Purple Eagles sectional semifinal victory over the top seeded Lady Blue Devils this evening at Williamsville East.
A goal in each half provided enough offense and the defense did the rest registering a shutout as No. 4 seed Albion upended top seeded East Aurora 2-0 in the Section VI Class B1 girls soccer semifinals this evening at Williamsville East High School.
The victory propels undefeated (17-0-1) Albion into the B1 championship game for the second year in a row. The Purple Eagles, who dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to Newfane in their first ever title appearance last fall, will face No. 7 Olean in the title game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Williamsville East. Olean downed No. 6 Alden 2-1 in the other semifinal.
Brylie Hapeman scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Albion at 15:56 of the first half off an assist from Abbie Pappalardo.
“That was a real big one. It changed the game,” said Albion Coach Maggie Orbaker. “It was a real game changer.”
It remained a tight 1-0 game until late in the second half when Hapeman netted a huge insurance goal, her 15th tally of the season, as Leah Pritchard earned the assist.
Albion goalie Sydney Mulka, who made 6 saves including a couple of key stops in the second half, and her defensive mates did the rest blanking East Aurora which brought a 14-2 record into the semis. The Purple Eagles defensive unit includes Paige Derisley, Pritchard, Aly Knaak, Alexis Bentley, Myra Reyes-Rosario. Alexis Creasey and Sarah Gregori.
“Our defense was just awesome,” said Orbaker. “They marked up very well. It was just an all around great team effort. And the nicest thing is they have fun.”
The Purple Eagles 17 wins ties a school single season record matching the victory totals earned during both the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
In a Class B2 semifinal, No. 2 Allegany-Limestone downed No. 3 Akron 4-0.
Albion’s Mariah Plain tries to send the ball up field as Ellie George defends for East Aurora.
Albion’s Abby Scanlan looks to keep the ball away from East Aurora’s Page Hazen.
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Marion ousts Holley girls in Class C2 semi
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Sarah Harrington, who had the Lady Hawks lone goal, works to keep the ball away from Marion’s Abigail DeFisher. The action took place during Holley’s semifinal sectional loss to the Black Knights this evening at Webster Thomas.
An early two goal scoring burst ignited undefeated (18-0) top seeded Marion to a 6-1 victory over No. 4 Holley in the Section V Class C2 girls soccer semifinals this evening at Webster Thomas High School.
Scarlett Keppen scored twice just four and 11 minutes into the game to give Marion the quick lead.
Holley did cut the deficit to 2-1 when Sarah Harrington scored with 20:55 to go in the half but the Lady Hawks could not find the net again.
Marion answered with a burst of three goals in the final 10 minutes of the half, two by Chloe DeLyser, to open up a commanding 5-1 lead at the break. DeLyser also had the Black Knights lone second half tally to increase her state single season goal scoring record total to 78.
Holley finishes the season at 10-6-3.
Holley’s Halee Passarell works the ball up field as Chloe DeLyser defends for Marion.
Albion spikers to host sectional opener
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Breanda Johnson and her Purple Eagles teammates will begin sectional competition at home Wednesday against Newfane.
Section VI Class B2 volleyball playoff competition will begin on Wednesday as No. 7 seed Albion hosts Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 10 Newfane at 6 p.m.
The Purple Eagles and Lady Panthers split a pair of 3-2 matches during the N-O season.
The victor will play at No. 2 Springville on Friday.
Medina, which is seeded No. 4 in Class B2, will host No. 5 Fredonia in a quarterfinal round match at 6 p.m. Friday.
Class C1 quarterfinal matches on Friday will have No. 4 Roy-Hart hosting No. 5 Lafayette and N-O champion No. 3 Akron entertaining No. 6 Southwestern both at 6 p.m.
In Class C2, No. 3 seed Wilson will host No. 6 Falconer in a quarterfinal match at 6 p.m. Friday.
Section V Playoffs
Section V pre quarterfinal matches on Thursday will have No. 10 Williamson at No. 7 Holley in Class C2 at 6 p.m.; No. 7 Lyndonville vs. No. 10 Dundee in Class D2 at HAC at 5:30 p.m. and No. 11 Hinsdale vs. No. 6 Kendall in Class D3 at Warsaw at 6:30 p.m.
Hearts open up lead in Euchre League
Sacred Heart used the combination of a 42-28 win over JR Wilson with Legion’s 38-32 loss to Vets Club Monday to open up a 10 point lead in the Medina Euchre League standings.
Sacred Heart is now 153-127, Legion 143-137, Vets Club 135-145 and JR Wilson 129-151.
League competition continues on October 29 with Legion at Sacred Heart and Vets Club at JR Wilson.
Section VI looks at adding 8 man football
Section VI officials took the first step today towards possibly adding 8 man football in 2019 as representatives from over two dozen school districts attended an informational meeting.
Represtentatives from both Section III (Syracuse area) and Section V (Rochester area), which both fielded 8 man football leagues this season, attended the meeting and gave presentations on how the 8 man game has developed in their sections.
Section III had two six team 8 man divisions this season and Section V had four 8 man teams including Holley and Oakfield-Alabama/Elba. In all there were 29 schools playing 8 man football across the state this season.
Switching to the 8 man game has helped smaller (Class C and D) sized districts, who are struggling with low numbers of participants, keep playing football.
“Our numbers at the varsity football level are low so we are looking at our options for the future,” said Roy-Hart Athletic Director John Grzymala who attended the session. “Either going to modified in grades 7-9 and varsity in 10-12 or going to 8 man are possible options and we’re exploring all of our options.”
Grzymala, noted that the issue of 8 man will now be discussed at the Section VI Executive Council meeting in November.
Barker and Roy-Hart win field hockey sectional openers; Akron trims Medina
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Bsrker’s Brianna Bachman reaches to get control of the ball as Newfane’s McKayla Austin moves in. The action took place during the host Lady Raiders sectional win over the Lady Panthers this afternoon.
Top seeded Niagara-Orleans League champion Barker and No. 2 Roy-Hart both scored home field shutout victories this afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs.
Barker blanked N-O foe No. 8 Newfane 5-0 and Roy-Hart bested No. 7 Holland 4-0.
In another quarterfinal, No. 4 Akron trimmed N-O rival No. 5 Medina 2-1 at Vets Park.
Barker’s Madison Gancasz winds up to drive the ball as Newfane defender Madison Klumpp moves in.
Barker will next face Akron in the semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Clarence while Roy-Hart will take No. 3 Eden, a 5-0 victor over No. 6 Wilson, in the second half of the semifinal doubleheader at 7:30 p.m.
Barker 5, Newfane 0
A quick goal in the first two minutes by Katrina Clare ignited Barker to the win over Newfane.
The Lady Raiders opened up a 3-0 lead by half-time on another goal by Clare and one by Emily Wagner.
Clare completed her three goal hat-trick in the second half as Miya Goodale netted the Lady Raiders other goal.
Barker downed Newfane twice during the N-O season but had to go into overtime to win the second meeting.
Roy-Hart 4, Holland 0
Roy-Hart jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals by Lexie Lovewell and McKenzie Rothwell.
Ashley Hill then netted a pair of second half goals to put a lock on the Lady Rams victory.
Akron 2, Medina 1
Breaking away from a 0-0 deadlock, Akron scored twice in the first 10 minutes to the second half on goals by Madison Brege and Alexis Bell to key the narrow win over Medina.
Medina did make the finish interesting as Lacey Kenward scored with 9:36 still to play but the Mustangs could not net the equalizer.
Akron and Medina split a pair of regular season N-O League meetings.
Roy-Hart’s Lexie Lovewell brings the ball up field as Lindsey Robertson moves in to defend for Holland.
Roy-Hart’s Ashley Hill reaches back for the ball as her teammates Lexie Lovwell and Miah Glena move in and goalie Abby Neitch and Regina Izydorczak defend for Holland.
Akron’s Sophia Jones and Medina’s Jessica Granchelli work for control of the ball in front of the net.
Medina’s Abi Neuman looks to stop the advance of Akron’s Jordan Nadler.
Albion, Holley and Kendall set for girls soccer sectional semifinal contests
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Olivia Radford and her Lady Hawks teammates will compete in the Section V Class C2 semifinals on Tuesday against top seeded Marion. Albion and Kendall have also advanced to the sectional semifinals.
Top seeded foes will provide the opposition for both Albion and Holley in the semifinals round of the girls soccer sectionals on Tuesday.
Undefeated Niagara-Orleans League champion No. 4 seed Albion (16-0-1) will face No. 1 East Aurora (14-2-1) in the Section VI Class B1 semifinals at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Williamsville East.
No. 4 seed Holley (10-5-3) will take on undefeated (17-0) No. 1 Marion in a Section V Class C2 semi at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Webster Thomas.
Kendall (12-5), which is ironically also a No. 4 seed, will face No. 9 Arkport-Canaseraga (7-9) in a Section V Class D1 semifinal at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Perry.
The N-O League will also be represented in the Section VI Class B2 semis as No. 3 Akron faces No. 2 Allegany-Limestone at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Williamsville East.
Albion downed Alden 2-1 in last year’s B1 semifinal to advance to the sectional finals for the first time in program history where the Purple Eagles dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to N-O foe Newfane.
The Purple Eagles have been sparked offensively by the duo of Abby Scanlan with 17 goals and 6 assists and Brylie Hapeman with 13 goals and 17 assists. In all a total of 10 players have contributed goals to the Albion attack including Lexi Wolck (7), Mariah Plain (4), Kendall Derisley (4), Claire Squicciarini (3), Sarah Gregori (3), Alexis Bentley (2), Nicole Creasey (1) and Abbie Pappalardo (1).
Sydney Mulka, who has made 139 saves in goal and has a goals against average of 0.875, anchors the Albion defense which also features defenders Paige Derisley, Leah Pritchard, Aly Knaak, Mayra Reyes-Roserio, Bentley and Gregori.
East Aurora is led offensively by the duo of Katherine Jancerski with 20 goals and 10 assists and Katie Kivari with 20 goals and 11 assists.
The sectional meeting will be the second between Albion and East Aurora. The Purple Eagles dropped a narrow 2-1 to the Lady Blue Devils in the 2016 quarterfinal.
Holley, which has advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 2009, has been led offensively by Hailee Passarell with 14 goals and 5 assists and Olivia Radford with 9 goals and 4 assists.
Marion has registered 14 shutouts in 17 games and has allowed a total of only 5 goals.
Kendall, which has advanced to the semis for the fifth straight year, is sparked on offense by Halee Mitchell with 21 goals, Grace Levett with 10 and Alezya Brown with 9.
Arkport-Canaseraga gained a spot in the semis by upsetting top seeded Honeoye 3-0.
Akron has been led offensively by the trio of Jenna Robnett (17 goals, 12 assists), Natalie Karmazyn (16 goals, 2 assists) and Kara Sequin (15 goals, 8 assists).
Albion teams bow in youth football semis
Saturday’s semifinal round of the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) playoffs at Medina’s Vets Park was a tough one for the three Albion teams.
Albion lost 21-6 to Newfane in the Mini Division, 20-6 to Batavia in the JV Division and 34-0 to Batavia in the Varsity Division.
Noah Harrison had 176 yards rushing, 1 touchdown and 12 tackles for Albion in the Mini Division game.
Makyell Walker had 120 yard rushing and a touchdown and Jared Ostrander 8 tackles for Albion in the JV games.
The matchups for next Saturday’s championship games will have Batavia vs. Newfane in the Mini Division, Batavia vs. Holley in the JV Division and Batavia vs. Tri Town in the Varsity Division.
Holley nipped Newfane 38-35 in the JV Division semis avenging a 36-35 regular season loss.
Tri-County hockey team tunes up with win
The Tri-County Midget hockey team tuned up for the upcoming season by scoring an 8-2 scrimmage game win over Webster today at Brockport.
Tri-County jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead on two goals by Chase Froman and one by Matt Neilson.
Second period goals by Jake Esposito, Aaron Shefflin and Froman upped the advantage to 6-1.
In the third period goals by Patrick Ricker and Neilson capped off the Tri-County scoring parade.
In all a total of seven Orleans County players are on the Tri-County roster this eason including Froman, Ricker, Esposito, John Pilon, Max and James Hapeman and Grant Moy.
Tri-County is scheduled to open the regular season against Canandaigua on November 10.
Field hockey sectionals begin Monday; soccer and football semis are also on tap this week
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina and Akron, which split a pair of regular season meetings, will meet in the opening round of the Class C playoffs on Monday afternoon at Vets Park. Medina’s Guin Schalck and Akron’s Olivia Diebel are shown here in action during the earlier season meeting at Vets.
Opening round games in the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs on Monday will begin a busy week of high school postseason competition.
Those quarterfinal match ups will have No. 5 seed Medina (7-5) hosting No. 4 Akron (8-4) at Vets Park at 4:30 p.m., No. 8 Newfane (1-11) at No. 1 Barker (11-1) at 3:30 p.m., No. 7 Holland (4-12) at No. 2 Roy-Hart (10-2) at 3 p.m. and No. 6 Wilson (4-8) at No. 3 Eden (9-5-2) at 6 p.m.
Medina and Akron split a pair of games during the Niagara-Orleans League season. Medina won the first meeting at Akron 2-1 and Akron took the rematch at Medina 2-1.
Akron is the defending Section VI Class C champion having downed Barker 2-1 in last year’s title contest.
Barker defeated Newfane twice in route to claiming the N-O title but the Lady Raiders got a scare in the second meeting nipping the Lady Panthers 3-2 in overtime.
The semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at Clarence High School.
Girls Soccer Sectionals
Unbeaten (16-0-1) No. 4 Albion will take on top seeded East Aurora (14-2-1) in the semifinals of the Section VI Class B1 playoffs at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Williamsville East.
No. 3 Akron (11-6) will face No. 2 Allegany-Limestone (14-2) in a Class B2 semi at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Williamsville East.
No. 4 Holley (10-5-3) will take on undefeated (17-0) top seed Marion in a Section V Class C2 semi at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Webster Thomas.
Kendall (12-5), which is also a No. 4 seed. will face No. 9 Arkport/Canaseraga (7-9) in a Class D1 semi at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Perry. Arkport/Canaseraga upset top seeded Honeoye 3-0 in the quarterfinals while Kendall ousted No. 5 Alfred-Almond 4-1.
Football
Undefeated (8-0) top seed Albion will host No. 4 Cheektowaga 7-1) in a Section VI Class B semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday. Cheektowaga belted No. 5 Dunkirk 40-8 in the quarterfinals while Albion ousted No. 8 Lackawanna 34-14.
Medina/Lyndonville/Barker will visit Newfane in the Class B Chuck Funke Memorial Consolation Bowl title game at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Panthers romped past Iroquois 54-22 in the semifinals while the Mustangs downed Burgard 28-22.
Cross-Country
The N-O boys and girls cross-country championships will be decided at the annual All-League meet on Saturday at Lakeside Beach State Park at 10 a.m.
The Newfane boys are girls teams are both undefeated at 6-0 while the Wilson boys and Akron girls are both at 5-1.
