Clinching at least a tie for a second straight division title, undefeated (4-0, 5-0) Albion downed host Springville (0-4, 0-5) 28-14 this evening in a B2 Division contest.

Albion jumped out to a 14-0 first half lead as Ugene Harrison scored on a 48 yard pass reception from quarterback Bryce Pritchard in the first quarter and on a 15 yard run in the second period. Alex Rustay added both extra point kicks.

The Purple Eagles made it 21-0 in the third quarter on a 20 yard touchdown pass from Pritchard to Kevin Hillman.

Springville did cut the deficit to 21-14 in the final quarter but the Albion defense came up with a huge turnover on a pass interception by Matt Kovaleski with two minutes remaining.

The Purple Eagles offense then put a firm lock on the victory as Isaiah Callicutt scored on a 12 yard TD run.  Rustay again added the PAT kicks after both second half scores.

Akron 27, Roy-Hart 18
Akron downed visiting Roy-Hart 27-18 in a C North Division game.

Brandon Orr, Nick Wood and Timothy Longwell scored touchdowns for Akron.

Roy-Hart quarterback Charlie Brigham ran for one touchdown and also completed TD passes of 35 yards to Mike Huntington and 15 yards to Charlie Bruning.

Akron led 14-6 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman breaks in to score the winning goal during this evening’s key Niagara-Orleans League victory over visiting Akron.

A goal with just four minutes remaining earned Albion a narrow 2-1 victory over visiting Akron this evening keeping the undefeated Purple Eagles in sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer lead at 7-0 (12-0 overall).

Brylie Hapeman broke in clean to score with only 4:31 to go to snap a 1-1 deadlock and earn Albion the key victory.

Akron, which slips to 4-2, had a chance to take the lead on a penalty kick opportunity with 14:53 remaining but the shot sailed high over the crossbar.

The Lady Tigers did capitalize on a penalty kick goal by Jenna Robnett to take a 1-0 lead with 22:37 remaining in the first half.

However, Albion battled back to knot the contest on a goal by Abby Scanlan with 31:19 remaining in the second half off a nifty centering pass from Hapeman.

Purple Eagles goalie Sydney Mulka made three big saves in the second half to keep Akron off the scoreboard setting the stage for Hapeman’s clutch game winning breakaway goal in the final four minutes.

Wilson stayed just a game off the pace at 5-1 by blanking visiting Roy-Hart (1-6) 2-0 on goals by Kassidy Sidote and Lilly O’Lay.

Albion’s Abby Scanlan works to get by Akron defender Morgan Wdowka.

Albion’s Mariah Plain and Akron’s Mindy Doktor scramble to go after the ball.

Lyndonville bested visiting Northstar 25-21, 15-25, 25-23, 25-13 in a non league girls volleyball match this evening.

Hannah Despard had 22 dig and 2 aces, Alecia Hinkson 8 kills, 4 aces and 4 blocks and Riley Schmitt 7 kills and 2 blocks to lead the way for Lyndonville.

Field Hockey
Mt. Lebanon, Pa. 2, Barker 1
Mt. Lebanon, Pa. rallied for two goals in the final 10 minutes of the first half to edge past visiting Barker 2-1 this afternoon in a non league field hockey game.

Barker took an early lead as Kaedynce Schumacher off as assist from Ciara Gregoire.

Barker next visits Upper St. Clair, Pa. on Saturday.

Akron 6, Wilson 0
Akron (6-2) blanked Wilson (3-5) 6-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League makeup game as Olivia Diebel and Alexis Bell each scored 2 goals and Lacey Berghorn and Jordan Nadler 1 each.

Improving to 5-1, Roy-Hart downed visiting Albion (1-5) 25-17, 25-15, 25-14 this evening in  a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

Aspen Moore had 17 kills and 11 service points including 3 aces, Kristina Burdick 12 points (7 aces) and 13 assists, Emilia Peracciny 3 aces, Paige Dent 2 aces and 8 assists and Alyssa Kubas 5 kills to lead the way for Roy-Hart.

In another N-O match, Wilson bested visiting Medina 25-16, 25-23, 25-20 as Anna Frerichs had 17 digs and 5 aces, Izzy Dinse 7 kills and 3 aces and Jenn Myers 4 aces and 2 kills.

Je’ne Brown had 7 kills, Camri King 6 kills and 5 aces, Maddy Williams 4 kills and Elle Gross 5 aces for Medina.

This was the final league match for Je’ne Brown, who is Medina’s spiking leader and a returning first team All-League honoree, and her sister Divere who are moving to Arizona next week.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Olivia Radford tries to shoot against Kendall defenders Olivia Reed and Julie Coble during the host Lady Hawks win over the rival Lady Eagles this evening.

In a wild finish which saw a total of four goals scored in the final 11 minutes, Holley downed rival Kendall 4-2 in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game this evening at Holley.

Holley built up a 2-0 first half lead as Halee Passarell scored with 23:21 remaining and then Julia Smith tallied on a direct kick at the 12:41 mark.

The score remained the same until Kendall put together a late second half surge to suddenly pull even. Lizzy Woodams scored with just 11 minutes to go to ignite that Lady Eagles surge and Grace Levett followed up with a tally at the 7:38 mark to knot the contest.

However, Holley quickly answered that challenge as Oliva Radford scored just 41 second later off an assist from Rachel Killian to put the Lady Hawks back on top to stay at 3-2.

The Lady Hawks finally put a lock on the victory when Radford scored again with only 1:55 remaining to make the final 4-2.

Holley, which has now won 4 in a row overall improves to 4-2-2 in the league while Kendall slips to 6-2.

In another G-R contest, host Alexander scored in the final minute to nip Lyndonville/Medina 1-0.

Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell battles for the ball with Holley’s Allison Lyndaker.

Holley’s Janne Grasshoff works to keep Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell off the ball as Sarah Harrington moves in.

The Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer title race tightened up considerably this evening as Albion blanked Akron 4-0, Roy-Hart upended front-running Wilson 3-1 and Newfane shutout Medina/Lyndonville 4-0.

Those results leave Wilson at 5-1-1 and just a game ahead of Albion and Newfane, both at 4-2-1. Roy-Hart improves to 3-4 while Akron is 1-4-2 and Medina/Lyndonville 1-5-1.

Spencer Lombard, Tre Yaskulski, Leonel Rosario and Sam Sanchez took turns scoring the goals for Albion which led 3-0 at the half.

Noah Hardy scored 2 goals and Aidan Bligh 1 to lead Roy-Hart to the victory.

Trevor Heschke scored 3 goals and Garrett Gilson had 3 assists to spark Newfane.

Golf
Barker 270, Roy-Hart 301
Barker’s Jake Harris took medalist honors with a 41 in the Raiders 270-301 N-O League golf win over Roy-Hart at Shelridge.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Abby Ander tries to get by Medina’s Abi Neuman as Micaela Erway follows the play. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the visiting Mustangs this afternoon.

A lone first half goal proved to be just enough as Roy-Hart edged past visiting Medina 1-0 this afternoon to grab a narrow lead in the Niagara-Orleans League field hockey title race.

The victory boots Roy-Hart’s record to 7-1 and gives the Lady Rams a half game lead over 6-1 Barker.

Lexie Lovewell scored the lone goal for Roy-Hart  midway through the first half off an assist from Miah Glena. The tally came on the third of the Lady Rams six first half corner opportunities.

Roy-Hart goalie Jamie Bower then made 5 saves in the second half to preserve the narrow win.

The loss drops Medina to 4-4.

In other N-O action, Akron (5-2) blanked Newfane (0-7) 8-0 as Olivia Diebel had 5 goals, Alexis Bell 2 and Lacey Berghorn 1. Wilson (3-4) also trimmed Kenmore (1-7) 2-1 on goals by Anna Meyers and Ivy Montgomery.

Medina’s Grace Cook battles for the ball with Roy-Hart’s Miah Glena as Mary Flores moves in for the Mustangs.

Roy-Hart’s Stephanie Flowers taps the ball up field as her teammate RayLynn Chraston and Medina’s Guin Schalak follow.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Kelly Mayes spikes as Holley’s Nicole Mrzywka goes up for the block try. The action took place during the Lady Eagles win over the host Lady Hawks this evening.

A big come-from-behind win in the third set capped off Kendall’s 25-22, 25-16, 25-22 victory over rival Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match at Holley.

Trailing by as much as 17-8, Kendall battled back to take the decisive third set and the match as a four point run of service points by Jenna Regan (10-13) ignited the comeback. A kill by Kelly Mayes capped off that run.

Another kill followed by two aces, all by Mayes, pulled the Lady Eagles to within two at 20-18.

Kendall then moved on top to stay at 24-21 as Jessica Coble served up points 20-24, a run highlighted by a pair of kills by Regan.

The Lady Eagles then got the winning point on a side out.

Kendall also got off to a quick start taking a 15-10 lead midway through the opening set s Brittney Marks served up points 2-6 and Regan chipped in with three kills.

Holley did rally back into a 22-22 tie as AJ Botello served up points 14-17 and Nicole Mrzywka 21-22.

Kendall though answered the challenge as Autumn Woodward served up the final two points to compete the 25-22 win.

The second set followed a similar pattern as Kendall jumped out to leads of 11-5, 18-10 and 21-12.

Anna Oakley served up points 3-6 and Marks 16-18. Oakley also registered aces for points 20 and 21.  Mayes helped to cap off the 25-16 win as she served points 23-24 registering an ace for 23 and Marks added a kill for 24.

Holley though battled back into the match by building up the 17-8 lead midway through the third set.

Jade Hoffarth served up aces for the first four points to ignite that Lady Hawks rally s Rachael Howard scored points 11-13 (2 aces) and Ava Parr 15-16, both of which were aces.

However, Kendall rebounded to take 17 of the next 22 points to win the set and the match.  Regan and Mayes both hd two kills and Oakley one to highlight that rally which also featured key runs of service points by Regan (10-13) and Coble (20-24).

Regan finished with 8 kills and 6 digs, Marks 4 kills and 2 aces, Mayes 6 kilsl and 3 aces and Harley Faro 9 digs for Kendall.

Hoffarth had 6 aces and 5 digs, Mrzywka 3 kills and 5 digs and Chilton 2 kills and 8 digs for Holley.

Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Lyndonville 9-20-12
Byron-Bergen improved to 6-1 in the league with a straight set win over visiting Lyndonville as Madison Farnsworth had 8 kills and 3 aces, Abby Vurraro 3 aces and 9 digs and Lexi Vurraro 4 kills and 13 assists.

Hannah Despard had 18 digs and went 10 for 10 from the service line for Lyndonville.

Holley’s Jade Hoffarth dives for a return as Jocelyn Chilton moves in.

Kendall’s Brittney Marks spikes against the Holley duo of Jade Hoffarth and AJ Botello.

Medina and Albion both scored golf victories this afternoon to cap off the Niagara-Orleans League regular season.

Medina completed a near perfect 11-0-1 campaign with a 231-253 win over Wilson (8-4).

The Mustangs duo of Ian Wagner and Trevor Luthart shared medalist honors with the Lakemen’s Patrick Seeley with rounds of 41.

Aiden Paul added a 47 and Dylan Lonnen a 49 for Medina.

Albion finished at 6-6 with a narrow 247-249 win over Barker as Patrick Ricker shot 40, Nick Perry 43 and Andrew Caldwell 48.

Jake Harris took medalist honors with a 38 for Barker which also got rounds of 49 from Noah Costich and Shane Gerhardt.

The N-O championship will now be determined at the annual All-League tournament next Tuesday.

Boys Soccer
Wheatland-Chili 2, Kendall 0
A goal in each half earned Wheatland-Chili a 2-0 win over visiting Kendall this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.