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A special gift at Kendall’s Homecoming
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Saturday’s annual Homecoming celebration at Kendall was a special one for members of the Eagles Class of 1988 as they donated three picnic tables to the school in memory of a trio of their deceased classmates – Pat Regan, Mike Hart and Kevin Banker. Their names are engraved on the tables. Shown here seated at the table at the left are the family of Kevin Banker including Heather Banker, Sharon Bennett, Urb Bennett, Meghan Snyder, Libby Snyder, Laura Snyder, Rebecca Banker and Bradley Snyder along with members of the Class of 1988 including Connie Herring, Patricia Urguhart, Doug Urguhart, Chris Stock, Michelle Barrett and Mark Porter. Seated at the table at the right are the family of Pat Regan including Rosanne Regan, Heather Regan, Jenna Regan, Britney Regan, Kailie Regan and Marie Tisack along with the following members of the Class of 1988 Members of the class of 1988 Connie Herring, Patricia Urquhart, Doug Urguhart, Chris Stock, Michelle Barrett and Mark Porter. Editor’s Note: This article was updated to correct the last names for four of people in the photo.
A closeup view of the plaques honoring the deceased members of the Kendall Class of 1988.
Albion, Oakfield/Elba split in youth football
Contributed Photo – Aquil Gaffney throws a pass for the Albion Varsity Divison squad against Oakfield/Elba.
Albion blanked Oakfield/Elba 19-0 in the JV Division of the Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) Saturday.
A huge day on the ground from Makyell Walker helped Albion stay in a tie for 1st place. Walker had 236 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns on carries of 42, 49 and 91 yards.
On defense Walker, Wesley Olles and Raekwan Riley both had 9 tackles, Jairo Chavez 8 and Kwame Riley 7. Nate Gibson and William Farnsworth had fumble recoveries.
In the Varsity Division game, Oakfield /Elba downed Albion 45-13.
Shakarion Drisdom had 46 yards rushing and Jacob Hughson 35, also had a 65 yard kickoff return for a touchdown for Albion. Drisdom also had a TD pass to Sh’kwe Riley.
On defense Aquil Gaffney led the team with 5 tackles.
Local runners compete at McQuaid; Newfane boys and girls take 2nd
Photos by Tom Rivers: Robert Stevenson of Newfane was 20th overall out of 353 runners with a time of 16:43 during one of the races at the McQuaid Invitational. Austin Burkard of Newfane was close behind in 22nd place with 16:50.
ROCHESTER – All of the cross country teams in Orleans County and the Niagara-Orleans League competed at the prestigious McQuaid Invitational today, with an estimated 7,000 runners at Genesee Valley Park.
• Barker was third out of 23 teams in Girls Unseeded Varsity A-3 (smallest schools), behind first place Harley-Allendale-Columbia, 85; and Silver Creek, 105. Barker had a score of 132. Barker’s top runner was Gabrielle Baker in 25th place out of 265 with a time of 20:35.
Alanna Holman of Albion came in 5th, the highest finish at McQuaid for a Niagara-Orleans runner.
Kendall also competed but didn’t have a full team. Emma Allen finished in 54th place as Kendall’s first runner with a time of 21:38.
• Barker, with a score of 382, was 8th out of 48 teams in Boys Unseeded Varsity A-3 (Smallest Schools). Maple Grove was the winner with 103. Oakfield-Alabama was second at 153. Barker was led by the 15th place finish of Peter DiLorenzo at 16:54. Zack Hall of Oakfield-Alabama/Elba won the race in 15:59, out of 364 runners.
Kendall fielded a team and came in 47th with a score of 1,265. Riley Hirschman was Kendall’s top runner and 210th overall with a time of 20:07.
Holley didn’t have a full team. Dylan Clemons was Holley’s first finisher with a time of 18:26, good for 86th place.
• Several Niagara-Orleans school competed in the Unseeded Varsity A-2 division of small schools. There were 39 schools in the girls race, with Akron in sixth at 265, Albion 10th at 291, Roy-Hart 17th with 444, Medina in 27th at 690, Wilson at 29th at 706.
Albion and the N-O League runners in the race were led by the fifth place finish of Alanna Holman (19:12), while Anna Rickard led Roy-Hart at 13th (19:27), Lauren Wagner of Akron was 19th (19:47), Sabrina Quiros of Medina was 108th (22:00), and Kylee Healy was Wilson’s first finisher and 104th overall with a time of 21:57. There were 365 runners in the race.
• In the boys small school race, Newfane with a score of 191 was second out of 47 teams, behind only Falconer. Wilson was 8th at 367, while Roy-Hart was 22nd with 619, Akron was 23rd at 634, and Medina was 43rd at 1,131. Albion didn’t have a full team.
The top finishers for each school include William Schwarzmueller of Wilson at 13th (16:32), Robert Stevenson of Newfane at 20th (16:43), Ozzy Moore of Roy-Hart at 30th (17:06), Casey Zuba of Akron was 43rd (17:20), Reuben Rivers of Albion was 53rd (17:31) and Cameron Castanon of Medina was 97th (18:02).
• The Newfane girls compete in the Girls Seeded Varsity A race of small schools. Newfane was second out of 16 teams with a score of 115. That was behind only Maple Grove at 80. Kim Goerss of Newfane was seventh overall out of 160 with a time of 18:49.
Ozzy Moore, center, was Roy-Hart’s fastest runner with a time of 17:06, good for 30th place out of 353 runners in the Boys Unseeded small schools race.
Lady Hawks roll on with Homecoming win
Surging Holley celebrated Homecoming by making it five wins in a row as the Lady Hawks blanked visiting Attica 2-0 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.
Both of the Lady Hawks goals came in the first half as Abigail Williams scored just two minutes in off an assist from Olivia Radford and Halee Passarell tallied at the 19 minute mark from Janne Grasshoff.
Sarah Klatt earned the shutout n goal.
With the victory Holley improves to 5-2-2 in the league and 7-3-2 overall.
Lady Raiders complete Pa. field hockey trip
Contributed Photos – Barker’s Rachel Hurtgam drives the ball up field during the Lady Raiders narrow 2-1 loss at Upper St. Clair, Pa. this morning.
Barker dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to host Upper St. Clair this morning as the Lady Raiders completed their two day, two game field hockey trip to Pennsylvania.
Katrina Clare scored the lone goal for Barker off an assist from Ella Gooding.
Barker also dropped the trip’s opener by an identical 2-1 margin at Mt. Lebanon on Friday.
Wilson 6, Sacred Heart 0
In another non league game, Wilson blanked Sacred Heart 6-0 as Anna Meyers scored 3 goals, Hannah Day 2 and Ivy Montgomery 1. Sierra Shepard earned the shutout in goal.
Ciara Gregoire carries the ball up field for Barker against Upper St. Clair.
Byron-Bergen shutsout Lyndonville/Medina
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville/Medina’s Lily Joe Carpenter tries to go around Byron-Bergen defender Lizzie Donnelly during this morning’s Homecoming game at Lyndonville.
A quick two goal scoring burst late in the first half keyed Byron-Bergen to a 4-0 victory over Lyndonville/Medina this morning in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game at Lyndonville.
Breaking away from a 0-0 deadlock, Byron-Bergen got goals from Miriam Tardy at the 15 and 13 minute marks of the opening half to spoil the Lady Tigers Homecoming celebration.
Lyndonville/Medina’s Alana Drewery tries to kick the ball away from Byron-Bergen’s Kelsey Fuller.
Eagles and Mustangs both romp; Hawks bow in boys soccer Homecoming games
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Nathan Nothnagle deflects a kick by Dominick Walton of Warsaw/Letchworth as Eric Woodworth looks on during the host Hawks Homecoming loss this afternoon.
Kendall romped to an 8-0 win over visiting Pavilion/York and Medina/Lyndonville raced to a 9-0 victory over visiting Rochester Academy Charter in non league Homecoming boys soccer games this afternoon.
In another Homecoming contest, Holley dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to visiting Warsaw/Letchworth.
John Rath scored two goals to lead a parade of seven different Kendall scorers which also included Jacob Esposito, Nate Warters, Ryan Barrett, Brian Gonzalez, Mickey Gardner and Dale Steffen.
The Eagles led 5-0 at the half.
Hunter Menze registered the shutout in goal.
Medina/Lyndonville likewise got goal production from seven different players including two each from Nate Sherman and Devin Rounds and once each by Nate Dillenbeck, Evan Silversmith, Caelan Holland, Oskar Heinsler and Casey Winiecki.
Ray Paull and Noah Heinsler shared in earning the shutout in goal.
Warsaw/Letchworth scored with 17 minutes to go in the second half to snap a 1-1 deadlock and claim the win over Holley.
The Warsaw/Letchworth goals were scored by Cedric Aschwanden and Ethan Grover.
Holley had tied the game on a goal by Matt Wilson assisted by Nathan Nothnagle.
Holley’s Erick Balys tries to send the ball up field away from Warsaw/Letchworth’s Fritz Blaskovits.
Quick goal sparks Kendall girls to win
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Alezya Brown works around Notre Dame defender Judah MacDonald during the host Lady Eagles Homecoming victory this morning.
A lightning quick goal in the opening seconds ignited Kendall to a 3-0 Homecoming win over Notre Dame this morning in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.
Grace Levett scored just 22 seconds into the game to put Kendall on top to stay.
Brianna Wakefield doubled the Lady Eagles lead with a goal 10 minutes later.
Hailee Mitchell rounded out the Kendall scoring with a goal with 14 minutes to go in the second half.
Katherine Pearson made 3 saves to earn the shutout in goal.
The Lady Eagles improve to 7-2 in the league and 8-4 overall.
Kendall’s Abbi Jenks goes for the ball against Notre Dame’s Zoe Seniuk.
Fast start powers OAE gridders past Holley
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Eli Stanton breaks through for a big gain as the Oakfield-Alabama/Elba trio of Nick Wissinger, Ty Kornow and Ty Mott converge to make the tackle. The action took place during OAE’s win over the host Hawks this afternoon.
Oakfield-Alabama/Elba erupted for four quick touchdowns in just five minutes late in the opening quarter to key a 64-6 romp over host Holley this afternoon in an 8 man football game.
Trailing 6-0, OAE in rapid succession got touchdowns on a 9 yard run by Gage Dieterie, an 80 yard punt return by Ty Mott, a fumble recovery in the Holley end zone and an 18 yard run by Dillon Colton between the 6:27 and 1:55 marks to take charge by a 28-6 margin.
The OAE advantage jumped to 42-6 at the half on second quarter touchdown runs of 84 yards by Colton and 38 yards by Mott.
The lead ballooned to 56-6 at the three-quarter mark afer TD runs of 30 yards by Dieterie and 16 yards by Mott.
Holley did grab a 6-0 lead at the outset on a 45 yard touchdown run on fourth down by Jacob Affronti. He also had runs of 10 and 11 yards to help key the drive.
OAE stays unbeaten at 3-0 while Holley slips to 1-2.
Running backs Jacob Affronti and Dalton Moyer lead Holley onto the field for today’s Homecoming game..
Maritime tops Mustangs for first win
First year team Maritime/Health Sciences earned its first ever victory by downing visiting Medina/Lyndonville/Barker 42-22 this afternoon in an interdivisional game.
The Mustangs did jump out to an early 7-0 lead but Maritime returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown and the host school was off and rolling.
Maritime led 16-7 after one quarter and 22-7 at the half.
Mustangs quarterback Izaiah Rhim hooked up with Brian Fry for two touchdown passes covering 3 and 12 yards. Fry had a total of 13 catches for 173 yards.
William Braswell scored the Mustangs other touchdown on a 6 yard run.
Now at 3-2 overall, Medina/Lyndonville/Barker next visits Lackawanna next Saturday in a key B2 Division contest.
