Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Grace Levett (17) tries to get around Alfred-Almond’s Lindsey Allen to get to the ball as Logan Brown of A-A and Alezya Brown of Kendall move in. The action took place during Kendall’s home field sectional victory this evening.

Taking charge with a burst of three unanswered second half goals, No. 4 seed Kendall posted a 4-1 victory over visiting No. 5 Alfred-Almond this evening in the quarterfinal round of the Section V Class D1 girls soccer playoffs.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Kendall moved on top to stay when Lizzy Woodams scored on a rebound shot just 7:34 into the second half.

Kendall’s T’Mia Kitchings slides to take the ball away from Maeve Looney of A-A.

The Lady Eagles then opened up a little breathing room when Hailee Mitchell scored on a penalty kick with 15:12 remaining.

Kendall finally put a lock on the win when Grace Robinson scored off a turnover with just 8:36 to go.

Alfred-Almond did jump out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Maeve Looney 17 minutes into the first half.

However, Kendall answered right back when Grace Levett scored off an assist from Madison Jacob just seven minutes later at 18:30 to knot the contest at 1-1.

The Lady Eagles then kept the momentum by outscoring Alfred-Almond 3-0 in the second half to pull away to the victory.

Katherine Pearson made 3 saves in goal for the Lady Eagles.

Improving to 12-5, Kendall next faces the winner of the No. 9 Arkport-Canaseraga vs. No. 1 Honeoye game in the D1 semifinals on Wednesday.

Alfred-Almond finishes the season at 10-5.

Section V Class C1 Boys Soccer

Sodus 3, Holley 0

No. 3 Sodus blanked visiting No. 6 Holley 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the Section V Class C1 boys soccer playoffs.  The Hawks finish the season at 10-6-2.

Kendall scored a straight set 25-17, 25-23, 25-22 victory over Northstar this evening in a non league volleyball match as the Lady Eagles finish the regular season at 13-7.

Jenna Regan had 8 kills, 4 aces, 4 digs and a block and Kelly Mayes added 7 kills, 5 aces, 3 digs and a block for Kendall.

The Lady Eagles also had Brittney Marks with 11 assists, 8 digs, 2 aces, and 2 kills; Autumn Woodward  13 digs, and 4 aces and Jess Coble was 11-11 from the service line with an ace, 11 digs, 4 assists and a kill.

Pembroke 16-25-25-22-25, Albion: 25-12-14-15-22
In another non league match, Pembroke bested Albion in five set as Amanda Knauss had 8 aces and 4 kills and Mackenzie Jurek 2 kills,  aces and 25 digs.

Wilson 25-25-25, Medina 22-18-15
Wilson downed Medina in three sets to close out the Niagara-Orleans League season.

Izzy Dinse had 8 klls and 6 blocks, Maddy Seeley 17 assists and Brooke Wisor 20 digs for Wilson which finishes the N-O season at 6-4.

Camri King had 6 kills and Elle Gross and Maddie Williams 5 each for Medina which winds up at 4-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Matt Kovaleski returns a kickoff for a touchdown which helped break the sectional game against visiting Lackawanna wide open this evening.

Scoring in every quarter, top seeded Albion posted a 34-14 victory over visiting No. 8 Lackawanna this evening in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B playoffs.

Quarterback Bryce Pritchard threw three touchdown passes, two to Nate Moore and one to Matt Kovaleski to lead the Purple Eagles attack which also included a touchdown run by Michael DiCureia and a long kickoff return for a TD by Kovaleski which helped break the contest open.

The victory advances Albion to a semifinal round home field meeting with No. 4 Cheektowaga at 7 p.m. next Friday. Cheektowaga ousted No. 5 Dunkirk 40-8.

Albion took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter as Pritchard hooked up with Kovaleski for a 10 yard touchdown pass with 2:21 to go in the quarter. Alex Rustay added the first of his four extra point kicks. Pritchard completed 21 yard passes to both Kevin Hillman and Ugene Harrison to highlight the drive.

Albion’s Michael DiCureia gains yardage as De’Marion Johnson tries to make the tackle for Lackawanna.

Lackawanna did cut the deficit to 7-6 on a 1 yard touchdown run by quarterback Jeremiah Caviness with 8:39 to go in the second quarter.

However, Albion got that one back just 12 seconds later as Kovaleski raced 85 yards with the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to quickly put the Purple Eagles up 14-6.

Albion boosted its advantage to 21-6 at the half as Moore hauled in a 15 yard touchdown pass from Pritchard with only 37 seconds to go. The Pritchard to Moore combination also clicked for a big 35 yard pass completion to key the drive.

Lackawanna did close the gap to 21-14 at the outset of the second half as De’Marion Johnson returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown.

However, just as was the case after Lackawanna’s first score, Albion answered right back with a touchdown to regain control.

This time is was an 18 yard Pritchard to Moore scoring pass with 8:32 to go in the period which upped the lead to 28-14. Runs of 15 yards by Brilliance Johnson and 12 by Deyonci Farley highlighted the drive.

Albion put a firm lock on the victory when DiCureia scored on a 2 yard run with 4:34 to go in the fourth quarter to make it 34-14. He helped set up that tally himself with a 22 yard run down to the 2.

The Purple Eagles defense shut the Steelers down in the second half as Ben Restivo and Farley had a key sack and Moore an interception.

Albion, which had defeated Lackawnna 43-8 during the B2 Division season, stays unbeaten at 8-0 while the Steelers wind up at 4-4.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 50, Holley 0
Building up a 30-0 half-time advantage, undefeated (6-0) Oakfield-Alabama/Elba went on to down visiting Holley 50-0 this evening in an 8 man contest.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman -Albion’s Paige Derisley works to keep the ball away from Springville’s Hannah Goetz during the host Purple Eagles sectional win this evening.

A late two goal scoring burst earned No. 4 seed Albion a 3-1 victory over visiting No. 5 Springville this evening in a Section VI Class B1 quarterfinal soccer clash of unbeatens.

The victory advances Albion to a semifinal meeting against top seeded East Aurora at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Williamsville East. East Aurora downed No. 9 Newfane 4-1.

Albion’s Lexi Wolck heads the ball forward.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Albion regained the lead for good when Claire Squicciarini scored what proved to be the game winning goal off an assist from Abby Scanlan with 17:17 remaining.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the victory when Scanlan scored with 3:19 remaining from Brylie Hapeman.

Albion had grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Kendall Derisley scored just 8 minutes into the first half off an assist from Hapeman.

However, Springville rallied into a tie when Hannah Goetz scored at 25:06 of the second half.

Albion though took less than eight minutes to regain the lead for good as a nice centering kick by Scanlan set up Squiccirini for what proved to be the game winning goal.

Albion improves to 16-0-1 while Springville suffers its first loss of the season and finishes at 12-1-3.

Section V Class C2
Holley 1, Letchworth 0
No. 4 seed Holley edged past visiting No. 12 Letchworth 1-0 in the Class C2 quarterfinals on a second half goal by Halee Passarell.

Section V Class B1
Hornell 1, Lyndonville/Medina 0
Top seeded Hornell trimmed visiting No. 8 Lyndonville/Medina 1-0 on a second half goal off a corner kick.

Section VI Class B2
Akron 5, Wilson 3 OT
Akron outlasted Niagara-Orleans League foe Wilson 5-3 in overtime in a Class B2 quarterfinal as Kara Sequin scored 4 goals, including both overtime tallies, and Natalie Karmazyn netted 1.

Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 2 goals for Wilson.

Legion defeated Vets Club 42-28 Monday to move into a tie for the Medina Euchre League lead with Sacred Heart which downed JR Wilson 40-30.

Legion and Sacred Heart are now both 111-99 on the young season while JR Wilson is 101-109 and Vets Club 97-113.

League competition continues on October 22 with Sacred Heart at JR Wilson and Legion at Vets Club.

Kendall closed out the Genesee Region League volleyball season with a straight set 25-17, 25-16, 25-18 victory over visiting Alexander this evening.

Brittney Marks and Anna Oakley each went 19-19 from the service line with 6 and 2 aces respectively  to set the pace for Kendall. Marks also added 16 digs, 7 assists and 5 kills.

Kelly Mayes and Jenna Regan each contributed 5 kills and 2 blocks for the Lady Eagles. Regan added 8 digs while Autumn Woodward had 14 digs and 3 kills.

Wilson 22-25-25-25, Lyndonville 25-17-20-14
Wilson bested visiting Lyndonville in four sets 22-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-14 in a non league match as Sarah Nugent had 7 blocks and 5 kills, Izzy Dinse 4 blocks and 5 kills and Brooke Wisor 14 digs.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Senior quarterback Izaiah Rhim led Medina/Lyndonville/Barker to a Class B Consolation Bowl semifinal win over Burgard this evening at Riverside High in Buffalo.

Snapping a four game losing streak, Medina/Lyndonville/Barker won a 28-22 see-saw battle over Burgard in the semifinals of the Class B Chuck Funke Memorial Bowl this evening at Riverside High in Buffalo.

Senior quarterback/defensive back Izaiah Rhim accounted for all four touchdowns for the Mustangs which will take a 4-4 record into next Thursday’s B Bowl final against the winner of Saturday’s Iroquois vs. Newfane game.

The Mustangs jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on a 1 yard touchdown run by Rhim and the first of four extra point kicks by Matt Hess.

Burgard though rebounded into a 14-7 lead at the end of the opening quarter after scoring on a 67 yard kickoff return and a 6 yard pass play.

However, the Mustangs answered back with a pair of second quarter touchdowns by Rhim on a 25 yard interception return and a 13 yard run to regain a 21-14 lead at the half.

The Bulldogs scored the lone touchdown of the third quarter to regain what proved to be their last lead at 22-21.

The Mustangs regained the lead for good as Rhim scored what proved to be the game winning touchdown on a 2 yard run with 7 minutes to go in the final period. It was the 10th rushing TD of the season for Rhim who has now accounted for 21 of the Mustangs 25 touchdowns this season (10 rushing, 10 passing and 1 interception return).

The defense then preserved the win on a huge recovery of a Burgard fumble by Tyler Chinn at the Mustangs 7 yard line with 3 minutes to go.

Allegany-Limestone 42, Roy-Hart 22

Allegany-Limestone defeated Roy-Hart 42-22 in a match-up game at the AdPro Center.

Quarterback Charlie Brigham threw touchdown passes to Gavyn Boyle, Mike Huntington and Mark Sanders for Roy-Hart.

Third seeded Lackawanna edged past visiting No. 6 Albion 2-1 in double overtime this afternoon in a Section VI Class B1 boys soccer quarterfinal round playoff game.

Albion rallied to tie the game at 1-1 as Harrison Brown scored with just 1:15 remaining in regulation time off an assist from Sam Sanchez.

However, Lackawanna claimed the victory when the Steelers scored off a free kick at 3:45 of the second 10 minute overtime period.

Albion finishes the season at 10-7-1.

In another B1 quarterfinal, top seeded East Aurora downed No. 8 Newfane 7-1.

In Class B2 quarterfinal competition No. 1 Olmstead ousted No. 9 Akron and No. 5 Lafayette eliminated No. 4 Wilson by the identical score of 1-0.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Ciara Gregoire and her Lady Raider teammates have earned the No. 1 seed for the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs.

The postseason pairings were officially announced this afternoon and Niagara-Orleans League champion Barker has earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs.

Barker claimed its 18th N-O championship by nipping Roy-Hart 1-0 in a regular season ending clash of co-leaders on Tuesday to earn the top seed. The Lady Raiders finished the N-O season at 11-1 while the Lady Rams, which are seeded No. 2 for the sectionals, wind up at 10-2.

Barker will host No. 8 Newfane (1-11) in the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m. October 22. The Lady Raiders had to go into overtime to edge past the upset minded Lady Panther 3-2 in a late season N-O meeting.

Roy-Hart will host No. 7 Holland (4-12) at 3 p.m. on the 22nd.

The other quarterfinals on October 22 will have No. 5 Medina (7-5) vs. No. 4 Akron (8-4) at 4:30 p.m. at Medina’s Vets Park and No. 6 Wilson (4-8) at No. 3 Eden (9-5-2) at 6 p.m.

The semifinals are scheduled for 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. on October 24 at Clarence High School.

Last year Akron edged Barker 2-1 in the Class C finals.