A big second half rally fell short as Roy-Hart dropped a 42-34 decision to visiting JFK this evening in a C North Division Homecoming game.

JFK built up a commanding 42-6 advantage at the half.

Quarterback Charlie Brigham threw 4 touchdown passes covering 40 and 25 yards to Mark Sanders, 65 to Gavyn Boyle and 20 to Charlie Bruning to lead the Roy-Hart attack. Sanders also ran 3 yards for another touchdown.  Ian Whitford and Andrew Corser also had 2 point conversions.

Boyle and Mike Huntington recovered on-side kicks to help key the Rams rally.

Marcus Whitman 56, Holley 6
Racing out to a commanding 30-0 half-time advantage, Marcus Whitman went on to defeat visiting Holley 56-6 in an 8 man football game and avenge a season opening 58-52 loss to the Hawks.

Cody Tanis hooked up with Dalton Moyer for a 62 yard touchdown pass for Holley’s lone touchdown.

Kendall blanked host Alexander 5-0 and Holley shutout visiting Lyndonville/Medina 2-0 today in Genesee Region League girls soccer action.

Hailee Mitchell scored the three goal hat-trick to lead the way for Kendall as Alezya Brown and Grace Levett each added a goal.

Brown, Madison Jacob, T’Mia Kitchings and Lizzy Woodams all chipped in with assists for the Lady Eagles which led 3-0 at the half.

Katherine Pearson made 3 saves to earn the shutout in goal for Kendall which improves to 9-2 in the league and 10-4 overall.

Halee Passarell scored from Kayleigh Neale and Julia Smith off an assist from Passarell to lead the Holley offense.

Sarah Klatt earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks which improve to 6-2-3 in the league and 8-3-3 overall.

Field Hockey
Medina 5, Kenmore 2
Libby Cook and Micaela Erway both scored 2 goals and Sarah Cochrane 1 for Medina which improves to 6-4 with the 5-2 Niagara-Orleans League win at Kenmore which drops to 1-9.

Volleyball
Albion 18-25-22-25-25, Newfane 25-16-25-16-9
Albion outlasted host Newfane in five sets to improve to 2-6 in N-O volleyball action.

Emani Poole had 5 aces and 2 kills, Sierra Newton 6 aces and 5 kills, Natalie Lathrop 10 kills and 3 aces, Breanda Johnson 20 assists, Isabella Gibbs 5 aces and Logan Conlon 11 digs to lead the way for the Purple Eagles.

Albion’s Ryan Croft picks up yardage during the Purple Eagles romp over visiting Iroquois this evening.

Exploding out to a commanding 36 point half-time advantage, Albion went on to thump visiting Iroquois 56-20 this evening in an interdivisional football game.

Deyonci Farley and Isaiah Callicutt both scored two touchdowns; Bryce Pritchard, Brilliance Johnson, Nate Moore and Thomas Furmanski each added one and Alex Rustay made good on all eight of his extra point kick attempts as the Purple Eagles improve to 6-0 on the season.

Albion jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead in the first three minutes as Callicutt scored on a 3 yard run, a tally set up by a 31 yard run by Johnson.

Iroquois did cut the deficit to 7-6 as Cory Day returned the ensuing kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown but the Chiefs would get no closer.

Albion got that one back on a 48 yard touchdown pass from Pritchard to Moore with 3:15 to go in the opening quarter for a 14-6 lead.

The Purple Eagles lead increased to 21-6 in the opening two minutes of the second quarter on a 26 yard touchdown run by Farley, a score set up by a 24 yard run by Pritchard.

Iroquois did drive inside the Albion 30 after a 45 yard run by Day but the Purple Eagles defense rose to the occasion as Brennan Hughes and Jon DePuy combined for a key fourth down sack to stay the advance.

The Albion offense then broke the contest wide open by scoring three quick touchdowns in a span of six minutes.

Johnson ignited that flurry with a 12 yard touchdown run as a 49 yard pass completion from Pritchard to Matt Kovaleski set up the opportunity.

Callicutt then scored on a 5 yard run after the Chiefs gambled and lost on a fourth down try from their own 10 yard line.

Pritchard capped off that scoring burst with  13 yard TD run with just 23 seconds to go upping the Albion advantage to 42-6 at the half. A 33 yard pass completion from Pritchard to Kovaleski keyed that drive.

Farley also scored on a 35 yard run in the third quarter and Furmanski on an 8 yard carry in the final stanza to round out the Purple Eagles scoring parade. A 35 yard run by Callucutt set up the first score and a 25 yard Furmanski to Colton Howell pass completion set up the second one.

Iroquois scored two touchdowns in the final quarter on a 15 yard run by Day and a 29 yard pass from quarterback Ethan Herbold to John Bool.

Albion next visits rival Medina next Friday night in a B2 Division game toy close out the regular season.

Albion’s Jon DePuy tackles Iroquois quarterback Ethan Herbold.

Albion receiver Matt Kovaleski looks in a pass that had been tipped by Iroquois defender Cory Day.

Albion’s Colton Howell picks up yardage against Iroquois defender Ryan Current after making a catch.

Holley downed host Roy-Hart 3-1 this evening in a non league boys soccer game as the Hawks improve to 6-4-2.

Matt Wilson scored all three goals for Holley off assists from Erik Balys, John Mounts and Kayden Servais.

In another non league game, LeRoy blanked visiting Medina/Lyndonville 7-0.

In a Genesee Region League game, Pembroke bested visiting Kendall 3-0 as all the scoring took place in the second half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aspen Moore tips the ball over the hands of Medina defenders Elle Gross and Maddie Williams during the Lady Rams win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Roy-Hart bested host rival Medina 25-18, 20-25, 25-11, 25-22 this evening to improve to 7-1 and stay even with defending champion Akron (7-1)  in the Niagara-Orleans League volleyball title race.

Aspen Moore spearheaded the Roy-Hart attack with 14 spiking kills for points.

Camri King led Medina at the net with 9 kills and Brandi Guild paced the Mustangs at the service line with 5 aces.

Roy-Hart took the opening set as Moore had 5 kills and a block for points while Kristina Burdick served up points 4-7 and 20-23 including 4 aces.

Medina battled back to knot the match by taking the second set as Elle Gross served up the final four points including an ace. A kill by King ignited that run.

However, Roy-Hart answered the challenge and regained the lead in the match for good by taking the third set as Moore had 4 kills and a block, Ella Brown 2 blocks and Emilia Peracciny served up the final 3 points including an ace. Moore also served up points 8-10 and Marissa Scott 15-17 to help the Lady Rams build up a 17-8 lead.

The Lady Rams then closed out the win by taking the fourth set as Moore had 3 kills and an ace and Alyssa Kubas 3 kills including for points 23 and 24.

The loss drops Medina to 3-5.

Kendall 25-25-25, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 12-23-13

Brittney Marks had 8 kills and 6 assists, Kelly Mayes 5 kills and 4 aces and Anna Oakley 5 aces and 1 kill to lead the way for Kendall in the Genesee Region League win.

Brianna Smith had 5 kills and Leah Bezon 4 kills for OAE.

Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Holley 15-11-18

Madison Farnsworth had 11 kills and 5 aces, Abby Vurraro 5 aces and Cynthia Morse 3 kills and 3 aces for Byron-Bergen which improves to 10-1 in the G-R League and 12-1 overall.

Nicole Mrzywka had 5 blocks, 2 aces and 1 kill and Jade Hoffarth 4 kills and 1 ace for Holley.

Medina’s Camri King reaches to block a tip by Roy-Hart’s Kristina Burdick.

Roy-Hart’s Alyssa Kubas tips the ball over the Medina duo of Elle Gross and Ayzha Pitts.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Katrina Clare works to get the ball by Akron’s Sophia Jones during the Lady Raiders key home field win this afternoon.

Avenging an earlier season 2-1 overtime loss, Barker edged past rival Akron by the identical margin of 2-1 this afternoon in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey match-up of defending co-champions.

The victory keeps Barker tied for first place at 8-1 with Roy-Hart which blanked Newfane 6-0 as Akron drops two games off the pace at 7-3.

Barker grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first half as Katrina Clare scored at 14:23 off an assist from Rachel Hurtgam.

Akron, which was unable to capitalize on a 7-1 advantage in corner opportunities in the first half, finally took advantage of their first corner of the second half as Sophia Jones tallied at 23:13 to knot the contest.

Barker though answered right back seven minutes later when Emily Wagner scored what proved to be the game winning goal at 15:46 during a pileup in front of the Akron cage.

Paige Sandolfini came up with several key saves in goal for Barker as a total of 11 corner opportunities helped Akron keep good pressure on..

In Roy-Hart’s win Ashley Hill scored 2 goals for the Lady Rams as Jenna Gioeli, Stephanie Flowers, Sam Choate and Justine Laverty each netted 1. Hill and Lexie Lovewell both chipped in with a pair of assists.

Jamie Bower earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Rams.

Roy-Hart next visits Akron next Tuesday. The Lady Rams will also visit Barker in the league finale on October 16.

The Medina at Kenmore game was rescheduled for Friday.

In a non league game, Wilson blanked Nichols 2-0 on goals by Emily Mucio and Olivia Mocarski.

Barker’s Ella Fox tries to keep the ball away from Akron’s Olivia Diebel.

Scoring twice in each half, Kendall defeated Pembroke 4-1 Wednesday in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Kendall took a 2-1 lead in the first half on goals by Alezya Brown and Brianna Wakefield, a tally off an assist from Hailee Mitchell.

The Lady Eagles then locked up the win with second half goals by Grace Levett, off an assist from Mitchell, and by Mitchell.

Kendall improves to 8-2 in the league and 9-4 overall.

In another G-R game Wheatland-Chili scored 3 goals in each half to down visiting Lyndonville/Medina 6-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jordan Lugo registers a spike for Medina during the Mustangs home court win over Newfane this evening.

Rebounding from an opening set loss, Medina battled back to defeat visiting Newfane 23-25, 25-9, 25-15, 25-15 in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening.

Medina pulled even by taking the second set 25-9 as Elle Gross served up four straight aces to close it out.

Earlier in the set Maddie Williams scored points 5-9, Camri King 11-13 and Ayzha Pitts 17-19, each with two aces.

Keeping the momentum the Mustangs then took the lead for good by capturing the third set 25-15 as Devin Griffin served up points 12-17 for a 17-7 lead and Williams closed it out by scoring points 23-25.

Medina then capped off the match with another 25-15 win in the fourth set as Gross sparked that victory by serving up points 1-8.

Gross finished with 5 aces and 6 kills, King 5 kills and 2 aces, Williams 5 aces and 3 kills, Jordan Lugo 2 kills and Brandi Guild 10 digs.

Medina is now 3-4 in N-O action and Newfane 1-5.

Roy-Hart 25-29-25, Wilson 17-27-19
Roy-Hart scored a straight set win over Wilson to improve to 6-1 and maintain a share of the N-O lead.

Aspen Moore had 23 kills and 5 aces, Ella Brown 5 blocks and 3 kills, Kristina Burdick 12 assists and Paige Dent 15 assists and 10 service points to lead the way for the Lady Rams.

The loss drops Wilson to 3-3.

Lyndonville 25-25-25, Holley 16-11-17
Lyndonville bested host Holley in three straight sets in a Genesee Region League match as Alecia Hinkson had 7 kills and 4 aces and Natalie Ostrowski 3 aces and 8 assists.

Pembroke 17-25-21-25-25, Kendall 25-21-25-19-17
Pembroke outlasted Kendall in five sets in another G-R match as Dakari Moss had 17 kills and 8 aces and Mackenzie Jurek 10 aces and 2 kills.

Jenna Regan had 11 kills and Brittney Marks 12 assists and 19 digs for Kendall.

Medina’s Camri King dives for a ball as Maddie Williams and Kharise Johnson move in.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Evan Horn of Medina/Lyndonville battles with Roy-Hart’s Aidan Bligh for control of the ball during the Rams win over the host Mustangs this evening at Vets Park.

Roy-Hart rallied for a pair of unanswered second half goals to edge past Medina/Lyndonville 3-2 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Vets Park.

Trailing 2-1, Roy-Hart pulled pulled even just seven minutes into the second half as Noah Hardy scored off an assist from Ethan Lindke.

The Rams then got the game winner when Aidan Bligh broke in clean to score with just 12:32 remaining.

Roy-Hart also grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first half as Jacob Fritton scored off an assist from Jose Campos.

Medina/Lydonville though answered with a pair of goals by Nate Dillenbeck, off assists from Evan Horn and Casey Winiecki, to take a 2-1 lead at the half.

The Rams are now 4-4 in N-O action while the Mustangs slip to 1-6-1.

Albion 2, Newfane 0
Avenging an 8-3 home field loss last week, Albion posted a 2-0 victory at Newfane this afternoon on first half goals by Sam Sanchez, from Nate Scanlan, and by Kendyll Hadick off an assist from Angel Rosario.

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

With the win Albion improves to 5-2-1 in the league and takes over sole possession of second place as Newfane slips to 4-3-1.

Wilson 6, Akron 1
Front-running Wilson improved it’s N-O record to 6-1-1 with a 6-1 victory over Akron (1-5-2) as Taylor Carmer led the way with 3 goals.

Roy-Hart’s Ethan Lindke looks to get around Medina/Lyndonville defender Jack Whipple.

Medina earned first place honors at today’s annual All-League tournament to lock up a second straight Niagara-Orleans championship.

The Mustangs posted a score of 438 at Willowbrook followed by Akron 521, Barker 523, Wilson 535, Albion 585, Newfane 598 and Roy-Hart 606.

The Mustangs, which went 11-0-1 during the regular season, finish the season with 29 points followed by Akron 26, Wilson 19, Abion 14, Barker 12, Newfane 5 and Roy-Hart 0.

Medina’s Ian Wagner repeated as the tourney’s individual champion with a round of 72 to finish four shots ahead of his Mustangs teammate Melanie Green.

Barker’s Jake Harris shot 84, Medina’s Aiden Paul 89 and Albion’s Patrick Ricker 94 to round out the top five finishers.

In the girls tournament Wilson’s Lillie Sanborn finished first followed by the Roy-Hart duo of McCarthy Lang and Alison Davis.