Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kayden Servais scored the lone goal for Holley in the Hawks home field sectional win over North Rose-Wolcott this evening.

A lone first half goal proved to be just enough to earn No. 6 seed Holley a 1-0 victory over visiting No. 11 North Rose-Wolcott this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class C1 boys soccer playoffs.

Kayden Servais scored the decisive goal for the Hawks off an assist from Matt Wilson.

Improving to 10-5 -2, Holley next faces the winner of the No. 14 Pavilion/York vs. No. 3 Sodus game in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Girls Soccer
Roy-Hart bows, Newfane wins
In a Section VI Class B2 opening round game No. 9 Eden nipped host No. 8 Roy-Hart 1-0 in sudden death overtime on a goal by Alli Jacobs.

In a Class B1 opener, No. 9 Newfane downed host No. 8 Tonawanda 4-1 as Rachel Chunco had 3 goals and Lila Maurer 1.  Taylor Heschke and Sarah Milczarski both had a pair of assists.

The Lady Panthers next visit top seeded East Aurora on Friday.

In Class C, No. 3 Holland blanked visiting No. 14 Barker 4-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s duo of Camri King (20) and Breanna Islam (6) go up to block a spike attempt by Nia Stevens of Tapestry during the Mustangs home court win this evening.

Roaring out to a big early lead in the opening set, Medina went on to defeat visiting Tapestry 25-6, 25-17, 25-17 this evening in a non league volleyball match.

Kendall likewise romped to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-17 victory over Rochester Prep in another non league match.

Kharise Johnson served up the first 11 points in a row to quickly put Medina in command in the opening set. She registered 4 aces during that run which also included kills by Camri King and Elle Gross. Maddie Williams served up the final 3 points of the set.

Kharise Johnson served Medina out to a big lead in the opening set.

Williams then had 4 kills and 2 aces to highlight Medina’s second set win which also saw Brandi Guild serve up points 2-5 and Jordan Lugo 7-10 for an early 10-1 Mustangs lead.

Medina closed out the victory with a third set win as Guild served up points 2-4 and 16-19 registering a total of 3 aces.

Williams, who served up an ace for the set and match winning point, finished with 6 kills and 3 aces while Johnson had 5 aces, Guild 4 aces and 1 kill, Breanna Islam 3 aces and 2 kills, King 2 aces and 1 kill, Gross 2 kills and 1 ace Ayzha Pitts 1 ace.

Medina closes out the regular season by hosting Wilson in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up match on Friday.

Kendall 25-25-25, Rochester Prep 13-10-17
Brittney Marks had 6 aces, 2 kills, 3 digs and 2 assists and Kelly Mayes 7 kills and 2 aces to lead Kendall to the straight set win over Rochester Prep.

Field Hockey
Roy-Hart 4, Buffalo Seminary
Roy-Hart blanked visiting Buffalo Seminary 4-0 to finish the regular season with a 14-2 overall record.

Lexie Lovewell, Danielle Kozma, Jenna Gioeli and Ellory Brown took turns scoring goals for Roy-Hart as Abby Ander, Ashley Hill and Sam Choate all contributed assists.

Newfane’s boys and girls cross-country teams both scored key victories today in a home tri-meet to finish the regular Niagara-Orleans League season at 6-0.

In the boys meet, Newfane defeated Wilson 18-45 and Akron 18-43. Wilson bested Akron 24-32. Wilson finishes the regular season at 5-1 and Akron at 3-3. Robert Stevenson finished first and Austin Burkard second to lead the Panthers.

In the girls meet, Newfane defeated Akron 17-41 and Wilson 15-50. Akron also downed Wilson 15-44. Akron finishes at 5-1 and Wilson 0-6. Newfane’s Kim Goerss won the race as her teammates Vanessa Burkard and Lydia Chunco placed second and third.

In the other tri-meet Barker’s boys and girls teams both scored a sweep to finish the regular season at 4-2.

In the boys meet, Barker defeated Medina 15-48 and Roy-Hart 25-33. Roy-Hart downed Medina 17-41.  Roy-Hart finishes at 2-4 and Medina 1-5. Barker’s Peter DiLorenzo won the race with the Roy-Hart duo of  Ozzy Moore and Will Rickard second and third. Barker’s duo of Nick Gurvara and Dominic Clementi rounded out the top five..

In the girls meet, Barker defeated Medina 15-46 and Roy-Hart 22-35. Roy-Hart also bested Medina 22-35. Roy-Hart finishes at 2-4 and Medina 1-5.  Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard won the race followed by the Barker trio of Lydia Samson, Haleigh Mason and Gabby Baker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Madison Gancasz battles for control of the ball with Roy-Hart’s Lexie Lovewell during the host Lady Raiders league title clinching win over the Lady Rams this afternoon.

A lone early second half goal proved to be just enough to earn Barker a 1-0 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this afternoon to capture the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey championship.

Barker, which shared the N-O title with Akron last year, and Roy-Hart entered the regular season finale with identical 10-1 league records.

Kaedynce Schumacher scored the goal for Barker just 2:15 into the second half.

Paige Sandolfini earned the shutout in goal for Barker making 2 saves. Madison Gancasz and Schumacher also both had defensive saves for the Lady Raiders.

Medina 2, Wilson 0
Sarah Cochrane and Mary Flores each scored a goal, both of assists from Lacey Kenward, to lead Medina to a 2-0 win over host Wilson.

Alissa Blount and Tessa Pecoraro shared in earning the shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 7-5 and Wilson at 4-8.

Newfane 2, Kenmore 0

Newfane blanked Kenmore 2-0 as both teams finish the N-O season at 1-11.

Roy-Hart’s Ashley Hill tries to tip the ball away from Barker’s Natalie Bruning.

Avenging an earlier season loss, Medina bested host Albion 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

Kharisa Johnson scored 18 points from the service line, including 7 aces, to lead the way for Medina. She scored points 14-24 in the first set and points 6-9 and 22-23 in the third set.

Maddie Williams also had 9 kills, Elle Gross 5 and Camri King 11 assists for the Mustangs.

Medina is now 4-5 and Albion 2-8 in N-O action.

Wilson 25-25-27, Newfane 18-21-25
Wilson downed rival Newfane in straight sets as Anna Stevenson had 4 aces and 7 assists, Sarah Nugent 6 kills and Jenn Myers 5 aces and 3 kills.

Wilson is now 5-4 and Newfane 1-9.

Lyndonville 25-25-25, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 21-8-12

Alecia Hinkson had 8 kills, 8 aces and 13 digs, Hannah Despard 8 digs and Natalie Ostrowski 9 aces and 9 assists to lead Lyndonville to a straight set victory over Oakfield-Alabama/Elba in a Genesee Region League match.

Akron 25-25-19-22-25, Roy-Hart 23-19-25-25-18

Akron outlasted host Roy-Hart in five sets to repeat as N-O volleyball champions. The Lady Tigers finish the league season at 9-1 and the Lady Rams at 8-2.

Darion Jonathan had 22 kills and 6 aces and Helena Hill 18 kills ad 3 aces for Akron which took 9 of the last 10 points in the decisive set to claim the victory and the title.

Aspen Moore had 37 kills for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Thomas Hollenbeck leaps over the Dunkirk goalie during the Purple Eagles home field sectional win this evening.

A quick two goal scoring burst early in the first half keyed No. 6 seed Albion to a 4-0 victory over visiting No. 11 Dunkirk this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 boys soccer playoffs.

Harrison Brown scored off an assist from Nate Scanlan and then Scanlan tallied from Kendyll Hadick to give the Purple Eagles a quick 2-0 lead before the game was 15 minutes old.

Hadick upped the Albion lead to 3-0 before halftime as Scanlan again earned the assist.

Thomas Hollenbeck scored Albion’s lone second half again off an assist from Scanlan.

Omar Peterson and Angel Colon shared in earning the shutout in goal for the Purple Eagles.

Albion next visits No. 3 Lackawanna in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

In the other Class B1 openers No. 7 City Honors defeated No. 10 Medina/Lyndonville 5-1 and No. 8 Newfane downed No. 9 Alden 3-1. Kody Leno scored the Mustangs lone goal off an assist from Nate Dillenbeck.

Class B2
In Class B2 opening round games No. 4 Wilson blanked No. 13 Burgard 3-0, No. 10 Eden shutout No. 7 Roy-Hart 3-0 and No. 9 Akron downed No. 8 DaVinci 6-1

Class D1
In a Section V Class D1 game, No. 7 Alfred-Almond nipped No. 10 Kendall 1-0 at Perry on a first half goal off a corner kick. Mason Kuhn made 13 saves in goal for Kendall.

Albion’s Nate Scanlan works around a Dunkirk defender.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis, shown here driving in for a shot, scored four goals to help Lyndonville/Medina blank Geneva 6-0 at Kendall this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class B1 soccer playoffs.

Lyndonville/Medina made a successful debut in the Section V Class B1 girls soccer playoffs as the No. 8 seed Lady Tigers shutout No. 9 Geneva 6-0 this evening at Kendall.

Lyndonville/Medina built up a 2-0 lead in the first half as Olivia Carter scored on a direct kick and Ella Lewis tallied off an assist from Carter.

Ella Lewis then netted three more goals in the second half, two off assists from her sister Anna and the other from Ashley Howell.

Hannah Hamilton netted the Lady Tigers final goal off an assist from Carter.

Lyndonville/Medina next visits top seeded Hornell on Friday evening.

Class C2
Holley 5 Cuba-Rushford 0
In a Class C2 first round contest No,4 Holley blanked No. 13 Cuba-Rushford 5-0 at Caledonia-Mumford.

Halee Passarell scored three goals for Holley as Rachel Killian and Janne Grasshoff each added one.

Kayleigh Neale had two assists for the Lady Hawks as Killian and Julia Smith each had one.

Selena Austin works the ball up field for Lyndonville/Medina.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Mary Flores drives the ball up field during the Mustangs non league win over Buffalo Seminary this afternoon at Vets Park.

Medina notched field hockey victory No. 10 on the season by blanking Buffalo Seminary 5-0 this afternoon in a non league game at Vets Park.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals by Abi Neuman and Lacey Kenward.

Two goals by Libby Cook and one by Mary Flores in the second half capped off the win as Medina completed the sweep of a home-and-home season series over Buffalo Seminary.

Medina, which caps off the regular season with a Niagara-Orleans League contest at Wilson on Tuesday, improves to 10-5 overall (6-5 in N-O games).

Girls Volleyball
Kendall 25-25-25, RAC 2-7-20
Kendall romped to a three set victory over Rochester Academy Charter 25-2, 25-7, 25-20 in a non league volleyball match.

Kelly Mayes had 5 kills and went 12 of 12 from the service line with 8 aces for Kendall as Brittney Marks had 7 assists, 5 aces and 2 digs, Harley Faro 5 aces, Jenna Regan 4 aces, Anna Oakley 3 aces and Olivia Caldwell 2 aces.

In another non league match, Northstar defeated visiting Lyndonville 25-22, 25-22, 25-19.