Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Harrison Brown kicks the ball away from Medina/Lyndonville’s Casey Winiecki. Moving in on the play are Nate Dillenbeck for the Mustangs and Payton Lake for the Purple Eagles. The action took place during Albion’ s home field Senior Night win this evening.

Albion closed out the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer season with a 3-0 home field Senior Night victory over rival Medina/Lyndonville this evening.

Spencer Lombard scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Albion with 8:37 remaining in the first half off an assist from Evan Van Ameron.

The Purple Eagles put pressure on the Medina net throughout the second half and finally broke the contest open with a quick late two goal scoring burst.

Kendyll Hadick scored with 13:30 remaining to make it 2-0 and then assisted on a goal by Angel Rosario just two minutes later at 11:11 to put a lock on the victory.

Angel Colon earned the shutout in goal for the Purple Eagles.

Albion winds up the N-O season at 6-3-1 and Medina/Lyndonvile at 1-8-1.

Roy-Hart 1, Akron 0
Roy-Hart (5-4-1) nipped Akron (2-6-2) 1-0 on a first half goal by Trent Choate off an assist from Aidan Bligh as Colby Hancok earned the shutout in goal.

In the other N-O finale, Newfane (5-3-2) blanked rival Wilson (7-2-1) 5-0.

In a non league game, Avon blanked Kendall 3-0.

Albion’s Dylan Fox puts a shot on goal as Jack Whipple comes in to defend for the Mustangs.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Nate Sherman works to get the ball away from Albion’s Evan Van Ameron.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Sarah Cochrane scores Medina’s lone goal in the Mustangs 2-1 field hockey loss to Akron at Vets Park this afternoon. The Akron defender is Madison Brege.

Avenging an earlier season shutout loss at home (2-0), Akron downed Medina 2-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Vets Park this afternoon.

In other N-O action, Roy-Hart and Barker both scored victories to remain deadlocked for first place at 10-1 heading into next Tuesday’s key league finale showdown at Barker. Roy-Hart blanked Wilson (4-7) 8-0 and Barker nipped upset minded Newfane (0-11) 3-2 in overtime.

Akron built up a 2-0 lead as Sophia Jones scored with 9:22 to go in the first half and Alexis Bell tallied with 16:15 to go in the second half.

Medina did cut the deficit in half when Sarah Cochrane scored with 8:45 remaining but the Mustangs could not net the qualifier.

Akron finishes the N-O season at 8-4 while Medina slips to 6-5 heading into next Tuesday’s league finale at Wilson.

Roy-Hart 8, Wilson 0
Sam Choate scored 3 goals and McKennzie Rothwell 2 to lead the way for Roy-Hart as Miah Glena, Ashley Hill and Danielle Kozma each chipped in with 1.

Barker 3, Newfane 2 OT
Barker survived the upset as Katrina Clare tied the game at 2-2 with just 1:30 remaining in the second half and then netted the game winner at 6:11 of the overtime period.

Newfane built up a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals by Alissa Zwelling and Ashlee Kettle.

Barker got back into the game on a goal by Kaedynce Schumacher 10 minutes into the second half.

Girls Volleyball
Wilson 25-25-25, Albion 15-17-19
Maddy Seeley had 25 assists and Brooke Wisor 16 digs and 5 aces to lead Wilson (4-4) to a three set N-O volleyball win over Albion (2-7).

Pembroke 25-25-25-20-25, Holley 13-22-27-25-11

Casey Wurtz had 9 kills and Taylor Dorman 9 aces to lead Pembroke to a five set Genesee Region League win over Holley.

Medina’s Libby Cook tries to advance the ball as Alexandra Roland defends for Akron.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kaitlyn Kinter looks to keep the ball away from Barker’s Kate Babcock during the host Purple Eagles win over the Lady Raiders this evening.

Getting goal production from six different players, Albion capped off a perfect 10-0 Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer championship campaign with a 7-0 Senior Night victory over visiting Barker this evening.

Albion built up a commanding 5-0 lead in the first half on 2 goals by Alexis Bentley and 1 each by Abby Scanlan, Brylie Hapeman and Kendall Derisley.

Mariah Plain, Paige Derisley, Kendall Derisley, Lexi Wolck and Nicolina Creasey took turns earning assists on those tallies.

The Purple Eagles closed out the win on second half goals by Wolck, off an assist from Alexis Creasey, and by Abbie Pappalardo, from Claire Squicciarini.

Albion, which is now 15-0 overall, closes out the regular season with a non league game against Keshequa at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Genesee Community College.

Albion’s Alexis Bentley works to get by Barker’s Lisbet Lopez Paz.

Akron 2, Roy-Hart 1
Akron  needed 2 late goals to edge past host Roy-Hart 2-1 this evening in another N-O finale.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second half as Kara Choate scored off an assist from Mackenzie White.

However, Akron answered right back with a tying goal by Kara Sequin.

The Lady Tigers then claimed the win when Jenna Robnett scored with just two and a half minutes remaining.

Akron winds up the N-O season at 8-2 and Roy-Hart at 3-7.

Boys Soccer
Byron-Bergen/Elba 2, Holley 1
A pair of first half goals scored in a span of just five minutes, keyed Byron-Bergen /Elba to a 2-1 win over visiting Holley in a Genesee Region League game.

Matt Skehan scored Holley’s lone goal on a penalty kick in the second half.

Albion’s Chantel VanDeGenachte works to advance the ball up field towards teammate Lexi Wolck as Kaitlyn Rounds defends for Barker.

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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Camri King spikes as Amaya Gunther and Alexandra Vurraro defend at the net for Byron-Bergen during the visiting Lady Bees win over the Mustangs this evening. The Mustangs wore pink uniforms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Byron-Bergen topped host Medina 25-12, 25-9, 21-25, 30-28 in a non league girls volleyball match this evening.

Hannah VanSkiver served up the final two points of Byron-Bergen’s fourth set overtime win registering an ace for the deciding point.

Madison Farnsworth, who led the Lady Bees at the net, got off to a quick start registering 5 kills in the opening set. She also had 2 aces which keyed an early service run of points 5-9 vaulting the Lady Bees out to a 9-2 lead.

Back-to-back aces by VanSkiver helped up the lead to 15-4.

Farnsworth finished with 18 kills, 5 aces and 20 digs, VanSkiver 4 aces and 2 kills, Abby Vurraro 23 assists and 2 aces and Lexi Vurraro 21 assists and 2 aces.

Camri King had 8 kills, 3 blocks and 9 assists on the evening for Medina as Maddie Williams had 8 kills and Elle Gross 4 and 2 blocks.

Lyndonville 25-23-25-25, Kendall 19-25-8-16
Lyndonville bested host Kendall 25-19, 23-25, 25-8, 25-16 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls volleyball match.

Alecia Hinkson had 11 kills, 5 aces and 8 digs, Carlie Russo 9 kills and 2 blocks, Natalie Ostrowski 20 assists, Hannah Despard 18 digs and Cassidy Boyce 5 aces and 5 kills to lead the way for Lyndonville.

Jenna Regan had 5 kills, Brittney Marks 8 assists and 13 digs and Kelly Mayes 3 blocks for Kendall.

Byron-Bergen’s Madison Farnsworth spikes over Medina’s Maddie Williams as Hannah Catalino looks on.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Olivia Carter scored a pair of goals in Lyndonville/Medina’s win at Attica this afternoon.

Three first half goals powered Lyndonville/Medina to a 3-1 victory over host Attica this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Olivia Carter scored the first and third goals for the Lady Tigers and Ella Lewis the second.

The opening goal by Carter came on a direct kick. Brianna McMullen and Alana Drewery then took turn assisting on the final two tallies.

In other G-R action, Kendall avenged an early season overtime loss by downing visiting Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 5-1.

Grace Levett and Brianna Wakefield both scored in the first half to put Kendall on top to stay.

Hailee Mitchell then netted 2 goals and Lizzy Woodams one in the second half to put a lock on the victory for the Lady Eagles.

Kendall improves to 10-2 in the league and 11-4 overall.

Wheatland-Chili improved to 13-0 in G-R competition with a 3-0 win at Holley.

Girls Volleyball

Attica 25-25-25, Lyndonville 19-23-18

Alecia Hinkson had 8 kills, 3 blocks and 5 digs, Natalie Ostrowski 8 assists and Hannah Despard 11 digs for Lyndonville in the three set G-R volleyball loss at Attica.

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Roy-Hart edged past host Akron 1-0 this afternoon to remain tied for the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey lead at 9-1 with Barker which blanked Kenmore 7-0.

RayLynn Chraston scored the lone goal for Roy-Hart in the first minute and a half off an assist from Sam Choate.

Lady Rams goalie Jamie Bower and her defensive mates made the lone tally hold up for the key win as Akron drops to 7-4.

Emily Wagner scored 3 goals and Natalie Bruning 2 to set the pace for Barker which also got goals from Lena Fazzolari and Katrina Clare. Bruning also had a pair of assists.

In the other N-O game, Wilson improved to 4-6 with a 1-0 win over rival Newfane (0-10) on a goal by Ivy Montgomery.

In a non league game, Medina blanked Sacred Heart 6-0 as Guin Schalck and Mary Flores both had 2 goals and Lacey Kenward and Micaela Erway 1 each.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Runners from the Albion, Medina and Newfane girls cross country teams take off at the start of the race today in Albion. Newfane’s Kim Goerss, right center, won the race and Newfane won the team competition.

Both schools came away with a win as Albion and Medina split in a Niagara-Orleans League cross-country tri-meet this afternoon at Albion.

Albion won the girls race 20-35 and Medina took the boys race 26-33.

Newfane scored a sweep on the day defeating Albion 17-46 and Medina 15-50 in the boys race and Albion 22-36 and Medina 16-47 in the girls competition. Both Panther teams improve to 4-0.

The top four finishers in the boys race include Newfane’s Rob Stevenson in first, followed by Newfane’s Austin Burkard and Alan Lingle, and Albion’s Reuben Rivers in fourth.

The Albion girls are now 3-3 ad the boys 0-6 while both Medina teams are 1-3.

Newfane’s Rob Stevenson won the boys race in 18:22. A trio of his Panther teammates including Austin Burkard, Alan Lingle and Nick Baes finished 2-3-5 as Albion’s Reuben Rivers took fourth.

In the girls’ race, Newfane’s Kim Goerss crossed the finish line first in 20:38. Her teammates Vanessa Burkard and Lydia Chunco placed third and fifth.

Albion had Alanna Holman finish second and Mallory Adams fourth.

The Wilson boys stayed unbeaten at 4-0 with a 23-32 win over Barker (2-3).

The Lakemen were led by the 1-3-3 finish of William Schwarzmueller (17:23), Alex Martinez and John Mote.

Barker’s Peter DiLorenzo placed second and Dominic Clementi fifth.

In the girls race, Barker evened its record at 2-2 with a 16-41 win over Wilson (0-4).

The Lady Raiders had the top four finishers in Gabby Baker (22:22), Lydia Samson, Haleigh Mason and Serena Harris as Wilson’s Cassidy Wagner placed fifth.

The Akron boys improved to 3-1 with a 25-32 win over Roy-Hart (1-3) as Casey Zuba placed first in 18:00. The Tigers also had Zach Sanford third ad Nate Chubb fourth.

Roy-Hart’s Ozzy Moore took second and Will Rickard fifth.

The Akron girls stayed unbeaten at 4-0 with a 21-40 win per Roy-Hart (1-3) behind the 2-3-4-5 finish of Lauren Wagner, Maddy Jimerson, Kalea Szczygielski and Kayla Murray.

Roy-Hart’s Anna Rickard won the race in 21:09.

Wilson edged past visiting Albion 2-1 this afternoon to lock up outright possession of the Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer championship.

Wilson improves to 7-1-1 while runner-up Albion slips to 5-3-1.

Taylor Carmer and Alexander Chiappone scored goals in the first half for Wilson.

Albion briefly tied that game at 1-1 as Sam Sanchez scored off an assist from Thomas Hollenbeck.

In other N-O action, Medina/Lyndonville dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to host Akron and Roy-Hart (4-4-1) battled to a 1-1 overtime tie with visiting Newfane (4-3-2).

Nate Dillenbeck scored both goals for Medina/Lyndonville off assists from Jonathan Pietrafesa and Nate Sherman.

The Mustangs led 1-0 but Akron scored the first three goals of the second half to take charge.

Akron is now 2-5-2 and Medina/Lyndonville 1-7-1 in N-O action.

Medina/Lyndonville visits Albion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to close out the N-O season.

Jacob Higgins scored Roy-Hart’s goal in the first half and Jarrett Gilson tallied for Newfane in the second half on a penalty kick.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Kohl Morgan puts a shot on goal as goalie Hunter Menze and Hayden VanDusen come out to defend for Kendall. The action took place during the host Hawks win over the rival Eagles this afternoon.

Completing a home and home season series sweep, Holley downed rival Kendall 6-1 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League boys soccer make-up game at Holley.

Holley, which also scored a 4-2 win earlier in the season at Kendall, moved on top to stay when Matt Wilson scored just 9:45 into the opening half off an assist from Erik Balys.

The Hawks took a 2-0 lead at the half as Kayden Servais scored with 8:38 to go as Balys again earned the assist.

Holley then broke the game wide open by scoring two quick goals in the first four minutes of the second half.

First Servais scored at 38:53 on a long kick and then Kohl Morgan tallied at 36:51 off a corner kick by Wilson.

Wilson later upped the Hawks lead to 5-0 when he scored on a line drive shot at the 18:56 mark.

Kendall’s line goal was scored by Jacob Esposito with 4:36 remaining off an assist from Brian Gonzalez.

Holley’s Malachi Rowcliffe rounded out the scoring when he tallied with 2:53 remaining off an assist from Brad Kingdollar.

Holley improves to 5-2 in the league and 8-4-2 overall while Kendall slips to 1-7, 2-13.

Holley next visits Byron-Bergen/Elba on Wednesday while Kendall travels to Avon on Thursday.

Holley’s Matt Wilson and Kendall’s John Rath battle for control of the ball.

Holley’s Karl Biedlingmaier and Kendall’s Tristyn Moyer work to gain control of the ball.