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Key N-O field test this week for Roy-Hart in field hockey and Medina in volleyball
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s McKenzie Rothwell, shown here in action against Akron’s Alexandra Roland during last week’s key win, and her Lady Rams teammates face another key home matchup against Barker this Thursday.
Looking to maintain sole possession of first place, undefeated (4-0) Roy-Hart will host defending co-champion Barker (3-1) on Thursday in a key Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.
Last week, Roy-Hart handed defending co-champion Akron (4-1) its first loss of the season. Akron will visit Medina (2-2) on Tuesday in another key contest.
In N-O girls volleyball, the last two undefeated teams will clash on Monday as Medina (2-0) hosts defending champion Akron (3-0). The Mustangs will also host rival Albion and Akron will entertain Roy-Hart (2-1) in key matches on Wednesday.
On the football field undefeated Albion and Medina/Roy-Hart/Barker will both be at home Friday for B2 Division contests. The 3-0 Purple Eagles will host Depew (0-3) at 7 p.m. while the Mustangs will entertain Olean (2-1) at 7:30 p.m.
Also on the gridiron on Saturday, Roy-Hart will visit Cleve Hill at 2 p.m. in a C North Division game and Holley will travel to CG Finney at 4 p.m. for an 8 man contest.
Weekly Schedule
Monday
Girls Soccer: Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at Lyndonville/Medina, 4:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Holley, Kendall at Attica, 6:30 p.m.; Lockport at Albion, 6:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Akron at Medina, Wilson at Albion, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball: Lyndonville/Medina at St. Francis, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Newfane at Albion, Akron at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Boys Soccer: Albion at Medina/Lyndonville, Roy-Hart at Akron, Newfane at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, Pembroke at Kendall, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Roy-Hart at Sweet Home, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Medina at Akron, Newfane at Barker, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Kendall at Alexander, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Girls Soccer: Kendall at Lyndonville/Medina, Albion at Barker, Roy-Hart at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; Holley at Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Albion at Medina, Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Medina at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Newfane, Akron at Barker, 4 p.m.
Thursday
Boys Soccer: Roy-Hart at Kendall, Byron-Bergen/Elba at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Field Hockey: Wilson at Medina, Barker at Roy-Hart, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Notre Dame ay Lyndonville, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba at Holley, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Football: Depew at Albion, 7 p.m.; Olean at Medina/Lyndonville/Barker, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Wilson at Medina/Lyndonville, Akron at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Kendall at HAC, 4:30 p.m.; Alexander at Holley, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball: Newfane at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.
Golf: Albion at Akron, Wilson at Roy-Hart, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Football: Roy-Hart at Cleve Hill, 2 p.m.; Holley at CG Finney, 4 p.m.
Boys Soccer: Medina at Global Concepts, 10 a.m.; Holley at Geneseo, Kendall at Keshequa, 6:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Notre Dame at Lyndonville/Medina, 10 a.m. at Medina; Akron at Newfane, Barker at Wilson, 10 a.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, 5 p.m.
N-O Standings
Boys Soccer: Wilson 3-0-1, Newfane 2-1-0, Roy-Hart 2-2-0, Albion 1-1-1, Medina/Lyndonville 1-2-1, Akron 0-3-1
Girls Soccer: Albion 4-0, Wilson 2-1, Akron 2-1, Newfane 2-2, Roy-Hart 1-3, Barker 0-4
Field Hockey: Roy-Hart 4-0, Akron 4-1, Barker 3-1, Medina 2-2, Wilson 2-2, Kenmore 1-5, Newfane 0-5
Girls Volleyball: Akron 3-0, Medina 2-0, Roy-Hart 2-1, Newfane 1-2, Wilson 0-2, Albion 0-3
Golf: Medina 7-0-1, Akron 6-1-1, Albion 4-3, Wilson 4-3, Barker 3-4, Newfane 1-7, Roy-Hart 0-7
Section VI B2 Football
Albion 2-0, 3-0; Medina 2-0, 3-0; Olean 2-1; Lackawanna 1-1, 2-1; Springville 0-2, 0-3; Depew 0-3, 0-3
Albion youth gridders take 2 from Newfane
Contributed Photo – Shakarion Drisdom picks up yardage for the Albion Varsity Division team during Saturday’s win over visiting Newfane.
Albion took two out of three games from visiting Newfane Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) competition.
Albion won 15-0 in the JV Division and 43-6 in the Varsity Division. Newfane won the Mini Division contest 16-14.
In the Mini Division battle of the unbeatens, Newfane held on with a big PAT stop for the 1narrow win.
Noah Harrison 73 yards rushing and a 74 yard touchdown reception from Roman Manella and Jayovanni Ostrander 45 yards rushing including a 30 yard TD for Albion.
Harrison led the defense with 15 tackles as Mason Snook and Ostrander had 3 each.
The Albion JV Division squad came up with a huge game from the defense to beat previously unbeaten Newfane as Kwame Riley started the scoring with a 70 yard pick 6. He also added 11 tackles on the day. Raekwan Riley had 7 tackles, Jairo Chavez and Makyell Walker 6 each. Luke Bell had a sack.
Walker also had 122 yards rushing and a 47 yard TD and Chavez 17 yards rushing.
In the Varsity Division contest, Shakarion Drisdom ran for 107 yards and also passed for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns for Albion. Aquil Gaffney and Sh’kwe Riley hauled in the touchdowns. Riley added 65 yards and 2 TD’S on the ground as well. Bryden McMurray had 2 PAT receptions and Seth Krenning 1. Krenning also ran a PAT in.
On defense, Jacob Hughson had 11 tackles and McMurray 7. Riley had a 35 yard interception return for a TD. Jonathan Eibl had a sack, McMurray an interception and Mark McCualey 2 interceptions.
Mustangs post win over Lancers
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville/Barker’s William Braswell goes over the tackle attempt of Lew-Port’s Cooper Krawczyk during the Mustangs win over the Lancers this evening at Vets Park.
Moving on top to stay with a pair of second quarter touchdowns, Medina/Lyndonville/Barker went on to defeat Lew-Port 28-13 this evening in an interdivisional game at Vets Park.
Breaking away from a 7-7 deadlock, the Mustangs moved out to a 21-7 halftime advantage as quarterback Izaiah Rhim completed touchdown passes of 24 yards to Brian Fry and 21 yards to Tyler Chinn. Rhim also hooked up with Chinn for a 27 yard TD pass in the first quarter.
Rhim tacked on an insurance touchdown with a 19 yard run late in the third period upping the Mustangs lead to 28-7 as Matt Hess tacked on his fourth extra point kick of the night. William Braswell had a 17 yard run and a 17 yard pass reception from Rhim to key that drive.
Defensively, the Mustangs got big second quarter sacks by Emmanuel Taylor and the duo of Blaire Prest and Riley Black as Rickie Pitts made a key breakup of a fourth down Lancers pass.
In the second half the Mustangs defense got a big sack from Colby Petrie in the third quarter and a fumble recovery by Black in the final stanza.
Lew-Port scored in the first quarter on a 27 yard JP Stewart to John Wendt pass and in the fourth quarter on a 1 yard Frank Previte run.
The Mustangs, which next host Olean on Friday in a B2 contest, improve to 3-0 while the Lancers slip to 0-3.
The Mustangs Colby Petrie sacks Lew-Port JP Stewart as Cam Babcock moves in.
Big first quarter keys Purple Eagles romp
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nate Moore makes a catch against Burgard defender Sonny Hollingsworth during the Purple Eagles win over the visiting Bulldogs this evening.
A big four touchdown first quarter scoring burst keyed Albion to a 39-12 victory over visiting Burgard this evening in an interdivisional game.
Quarterback Bryce Pritchard sparked Albion’s fast start running for 2 touchdowns on carries of 29 and 3 yards and completing a 37 yard TD pass to Nate Moore. Isaiah Callicutt added a 4 yard touchdown run to complete that barrage. A 24 yard Pritchard to Kevin Hillman pass completion keyed that drive.
Pritchard, who was 8 of 10 for 191 yards on the evening, also hooked up with Moore for a long 89 yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. Moore had 4 catches for 132 yards.
Thomas Furmanski scored on a 1 yard run in the fourth quarter to round out the Purple Eagles scoring parade.
Defensively, for Albion, Ben Restivo had 7 tackles and Donamic Farley and Ugene Harrison both had 6.
Now at 3-0, Albion next hosts Depew on Friday in a B2 Division game.
Albion quarterback Bryce Pritchard races toward the goal line for a touchdown.
Kendall spikers top RAC; Medina places second at Starpoint Tournament
Improving to 4-1, Kendall defeated Rochester Academy Charter 25-10, 25-3, 25-9 this afternoon in a non league volleyball match.
Jessica Coble and Anna Oakley both had 8 aces for the Lady Eagles as Kelly Mayes added 4 kills and 2 digs and Olivia Caldwell was 9 for 9 from the service line with 4 aces.
Medina is second at Starpoint Tourney
Medina dropped a 25-10, 25-19 decision to Wilson this afternoon in the Gold Division championship match at the Starpoint Tournament.
Medina defeated Akron 30-18 and Wilson downed Starpoint 30-21 in the semifinals.
Medina’s Je’ne Brown, Wilson’s Madelyn Seeley, Akron’s Chooch Jonathan and Roy-Hart’s Aspen Moore all made the All-Tournament team.
Brown had 19 kills, Maddie Williams and Elle Gross 10 and Devin Griffin 8 on the day for Medina. Camri King added 10 aces and Brandi Guild 6.
Akron girls trim Lyndonville/Medina
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis of Lyndonville/Medina (2) battles for control of the ball with Akron’s Morgan Wdowka during the Lady Tigers 1-0 non league loss to Akron this morning at Vets Park. Jenna Robnett scored the game’s lone goal for Akron on a penalty kick early in the second half. In another non league game, Roy-Hart downed Attica 5-3 as Kara Choate had 2 goals and Meghan Washington, Maddie Fry and Nadia White 1 each. In a Genesee Region League game, Wheatland-Chili downed Holley 3-1 as Kayleigh Neale scored the lone goal for the Lady Hawks..
Albion booters down Kendall
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Spencer Lombard tries to get the ball past Kendall goalie Mason Kuhn as Mickey Gardner and Hayden VanDusen move in to help for the Eagles defense.
Jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first half, Albion went on to defeat Kendall 4-2 this morning in a non league boys soccer game.
The Purple Eagles took the opening half lead as Spencer Lombard scored off an assist from Nate Scanlan and then Kendyll Hadick tallied from Thomas Hollenbeck.
Kendall did cut the deficit to 2-1 midway through the second half on an own goal but Albion got that one right back when Scanlan scored with 11:58 remaining.
However, Kendall made the finish exciting as Nate Warters tallied with 5:45 remaining to cut the Eagles deficit to 3-2.
The Purple Eagles though finally put a lock on the win when Hildreth scored with just 18 seconds remaining.
Albion is now 4-3 and Kendall 0-5.
Kendall’s Hayden VanDusen looks to go up field as Alex Gibson defends for Albion.
Holley wins thriller in 8 man football debut
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Jacob Affronti goes around end for one of his four touchdowns during the victory over visiting Marcus Whitman this afternoon in the Hawks 8 man football debut.
Eight man football is famous for wide open, high scoring action and Holley’s debut into the sport certainly lived up to that billing this afternoon as the Hawks scored a wild 58-52 victory over visiting Marcus Whitman.
Two long touchdown runs by Cody Tanis in the final four minutes ended up providing the margin of victory for Holley in the see-saw contest on a sizzling afternoon.
“Unbelievable,” said Hawks Coach Wil Prince of the wild contest.
Setting the tone for the high scoring affair, Marcus Whitman grabbed an 18-16 lead at the end of the first quarter on three touchdowns by quarterback Seth Benedict on runs of 7 and 23 yards and a 65 yard interception return.
The Holley duo of Richard Webster and Mason Neale tackle Marcus Whitman quarterback Seth Benedict.
Holley answered with touchdown runs of 16 yards by Jacob Affronti and 50 yards by Dalton Moyer to stay close.
The Hawks then rallied into a 36-30 halftime advantage as Affronti had a huge second quarter with long touchdown runs of 50, 74 and 35 yards.
Neither team could find the end zone in the third quarter but the Holley defense did come up with a huge play to keep Marcus Whitman from scoring as Jamel Hildreth recovered a fumble in the Hawks end zone after a long Wildcats pass completion.
The lead then sea-sawed back-and-fourth four times in the wild fourth quarter.
First, Marcus Whitman went up 40-36 on a 16 yard touchdown run by Dylan Howell and a two-point conversion carry by Benedict.
However, the Wildcats lead lasted only 16 seconds as Hildreth returned the ensuing kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown to put the Hawks back on top 42-40 with 10:54 to go.
Big plays continued to be the order of the day as Marcus Whitman answered with a 77 yard touchdown run by Austin Webster with 5:38 to go to regain a 46-42 lead.
Once again though Holley answered right back, this time with a clutch 38 yard touchdown run by Tanis on a fourth down and one play with 3:45 remaining. Hildreth tacked on the two point conversion as the Hawks regained the lead for good at 50-46.
The Hawks then got what proved to be a huge touchdown when Tanis broke loose up the middle for a 62 yard touchdown scamper with 1:32 remaining. Hildreth again added the two-point conversion upping the lead to 58-46.
The score indeed proved to be a huge one as Christian Daniels returned the ensuing kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown for Marcus Whitman pulling the Wildcats back to within six at 58-52 with 1:10 still remaining.
However, Holley survived the challenge as the Hawks successfully covered the ensuing kickoff and then ran two plays to kill the final minute and preserve their historic first 8 man football victory.
Holley next visits CG Finney next Saturday afternoon.
Holley’s Matt Hahn is tackled after returning a kickoff.
Fast start powers Black Knights past Rams
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Mark Sanders returns an interception for a touchdown during the Rams loss to visiting SilverCreek/Forestville this evening.
A big turnover aided 24 point first quarter scoring burst keyed Silver Creek/Forestville to a 36-12 victory over host Roy-Hart this evening in a Class C North Division game.
Two big turnovers, a 50 yard interception return for a touchdown by Macadam Gadewoltz and a fumble recovery deep in Roy-Hart territory which set up a 3 yard TD run by Angel Caraballo, helped the Black Knights jump out to a commanding 24-0 lead. Gadewoltz also caught a 15 yard TD pass from quarterback Austin Rott for the big quarter’s other tally.
The Black Knights upped the lead to 36-0 in the third quarter on touchdown runs of 1 yard by Kaleb Hycner and 7 yards by Caraballo.
Roy-Hart got on the scoreboard with 1:39 remaining in the third quarter on an 85 yard interception return for a touchdown by Mark Sanders.
The Rams other touchdown came on a 22 yard pass from quarterback Charlie Brigham to Charlie Bruning with 3:54 to go in the fourth quarter.
Roy-Hart had one drive stopped on downs at the Black Knights 4 late in the second quarter and another halted on downs at the visitors 23 midway through the final stanza.
Defensively, Lance Krieger had a fumble recovery for Roy-Hart and on special teams Austin Kelly blocked a punt.
Silver Creek/Forestville is now 2-1 and Roy-Hart 0-3.
Rams quarterback Charlie Brigham looks for room to run.
Holley booters blank Pembroke to go to 5-0
Holley blanked host Pembroke 3-0 this evening to improve to 2-0 in Genesee Region League boys soccer action and 5-0 overall.
John Mounts scored 2 goals and Matt Wilson 1 to lead the Hawks attack.
Pavilion 2, Medina/Lyndonville 1
Andrew Houseman scored late in the second half off an assist from Kody Leno for Medina/Lyndonville in a 2-1 non league loss at Pavilion.
Golf
Medina 223, Newfane 281
Defending champion Medina improved to 7-0-1 in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition with a 223-281 win over Newfane which slips to 1-7.
Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a 35 as Melanie Green added a 39 and Aiden Paul a 45.
Girls Volleyball
Kendall 25-25-25, Rochester Prep 20-5-11
Jenna Regan had 9 kills and 7 aces, Kelly Mayes 5 kills and 2 aces, Jessica Coble 7 digs and 3 aces and Brittney Marks 9 assists and 3 kills to lead Kendall to a straight set 25-20, 25-5, 25-11 non league win over Rochester Prep.
