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.

Sacred Heart downed Vets Club 41-29 Monday to move into a share of the Medina Euchre League lead with Jr. Wilson which dropped a 38-32 decision to Legion.

Sacred Heart and JR Wilson are now both 71-69 while Vets Club and Legion are both at 69-71 in the tight early season title race.

Those deadlocks will likely be broken when league competition continues on October 15 with JR Wilson at Sacred Heart and Vets Club at Legion

Beginning a busy regular season ending stretch of three games in four days, Kendall dropped a narrow 1-0 decision to host Northstar this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game.

Northstar netted the game winner in the first half as Kendall drops to 2-12 overall.

Kendall next visits rival Holley at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Eagles then visit Avon in a non league contest on Thursday to close out the regular season.

Girls Soccer
Akron 5, Wilson 0
Akron bested host Wilson for the second time in a week by the identical 5-0 margin in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer make-up game.

Natalie Karmazyn scored 2 goals and Danielle Robinson, Jenna Robnett and Kara Sequin each added 1 to lead the way for Akron. Robnett also had 3 assists.

Megan Sheehan earned the shutout in goal.

Akron improves to 7-2 and Wilson slips to 5-4 in N-O competition.

Albion scored a pair of victories over Roy-Hart Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action.

Albion won the JV Division game 38-0 o and the Varsity Division contest 34-0.

In the JV game Makyell Walker rushed for 136 yards and 4 touchdowns.  Nate Gibson, who threw for 131 yards, hit Raekwan Riley on a pair of touchdown passes.  Jairo Chavez added 23 yards rushing and Ethan Cornick 18.

On defense, Walker had 9 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries. Kwame Riley 8 tackles, Wesley Olles 6, Raekwan Riley 6 tackles and a interception.  Owen Miller had a sack.

In the Varsity Division game, Shakarion Drisdom had 104 yards passing including 2 touchdown passes to Sh’kwe Riley.  Aquil Gaffney and Auston Johnson also both had touchdown runs.  Riley also returned an interception for a touchdown.

Albion won the Mini Division game by forfeit.

Roaring out to a 4-0 lead in the first half, Holley went on to defeat host Wheatland-Chili 6-1 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Matt Wilson spearheaded the Holley attack with 4 goals and 1 assist.

Karl Biedlingmaier added 1 goal and 1 assist, Nate Nothnagle 1 goal and Brad Kingdollar and Kohl Morgan 1 assist each for the Hawks.

Holley, which next hosts rival Kendall at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, improves to 4-2 in the league and 7-4-2 overall.

Lackawanna scored in the final half minute to nip visiting Medina/Lyndonville/Barker 28-26 this afternoon knocking the Mustangs out of the B2 Division title race.

Trailing 26-20, Lackawanna claimed the win by scoring with just 28 seconds remaining as quarterback Jeremiah Caviness passed 20 yards for a touchdown and also for the deciding two-point conversion.

The Mustangs had taken the 26-20 lead on a 12 yard touchdown run by William Braswell with just 1:51 remaining. A fumble recovery by Bobby Geiger at the Steelers 45 set up that opportunity.

Medina/Lyndonville/Barker also got off to a fast start jumping out to an early 12-0 lead on a 5 yard touchdown run by quarterback Izaiah Rhim with three minutes to go in the first quarter and a 5 yard TD run by Braswell four minutes into the second period.

A fumble recovery by Chaise Prest set up the first score and an 80 yard interception return by Brian Fry set up the second. Fry also had another interception late in the third quarter and Tyler Chinn one to end the first half.

The Mustangs increased the lead to 20-6 at the half as Rhim hooked up with Chinn for a 30 yard touchdown pass with just 49 seconds to go as Braswell added the two-point conversion.

However, Lackawanna battled back to knot the contest at 20-20 with a 10 yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter an a 4 yard TD run with 5:33 to go in the fourth.

The loss drops the Mustangs to 2-2 in the division and 3-3 heading into next Friday’s B2 finale against undefeated (4-0, 6-0) rival Albon at Vets Park.

Lackawanna improves to 3-1 in the division. The Steelers can earn a share of the B2 title with a victory over Olean (3-1) next weekend and a Mustangs win over Albion.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Leah Pritchard keeps the ball away from Wilson’s Lilly O’Lay during the Purple Eagles key win over the host Lakewomen this morning.

Putting a firm lock on outright possession of the league title, Albion downed host Wilson 4-1 this morning in a key late season Niagara-Orleans girls soccer game.

Albion, which last captured the N-O crown in 2008, holds a two game lead over runner-up Akron with just one league game remaining.

The Purple Eagles stay perfect at 9-0 (14-0 overall) while Akron is now 6-2 after downing Barker (0-9) 8-0 this morning. The loss drops Wilson into third place at 5-3.

“Before the season one of the girls’ goals was to win the league so this is a big one for them,” said Albion Coach Maggie Orbaker. “They just work so hard and never give up.”

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Albion grabbed a 2-0 lead with a quick two goal scoring burst late in the first half.  Brylie Hapeman scored on a breakaway  off an assist from Abby Scanlan with 14 minutes to go. Mariah Plain then scored on a direct kick just two minutes later.

Wilson, which had a goal disallowed right at the buzzer to end the first half, did cut the deficit to 2-1 just seven minutes into the second half on a tally by Kassidy Sidote.

However, Albion got that one right back just a couple of minutes later when Scanlan scored off an assist from Hapeman.

Purple Eagles goalie Sydney Mulka then made a big leaping save to prevent another Wilson tally. She had three big saves in the second half and two more in the opening half.

Albion finally put a lock on the win when Scanlan scored with just 13 minutes to go off an assist from Plain to make it 4-1.

Albion will close out the N-O season at home on Wednesday against Barker.

Akron 8, Barker 0

In Akron’s victory, Jenna Robnett scored 4 goals and Kara Sequin 2 for the Lady Tigers.

Roy-Hart 3, Newfane 1

Maddie Fry scored 2 goals and Meghan Washington 1 as Roy-Hart (3-6) downed Newfane (3-6) 3-1. Fry and Kara Choate each had an assist.

Boys Soccer
Byron-Bergen 3, Albion 1

Nate Scanlan scored off an assist from Kendyll Hadick for Albion’s lone goal in a 3-1 non league loss to visiting Byron-Bergen.

Albion players celebrate the victory which clinches sole possession of the N-O title for the Purple Eagles.

Albion’s Alyson Knaak battles for control of the ball with Wilson’s Leia Cloy.