Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s John Mounts works for control of the ball against Batavia’s Garrick Havens during the host Hawks win over the Blue Devils this evening.

Rebounding from an early 1-0 deficit, Holley rallied to defeat visiting Batavia 3-1 this evening in the Hawks non league season opening boys soccer game.

Batavia jumped out to the 1-0 lead when Matt Grover scored with 23 minutes to go in the first half.

Holley though battled back to knot the contest with just six seconds remaining in the opening half when Kohl Morgan scored off an assist from Matt Wilson.

Keeping the momentum, Holley then controlled play through most of the second half scoring a pair of unanswered goals to clam the victory.

The Hawks took the lead for good when Erik Balys scored with 8:40 remaining off a scramble as Wilson again earned the assist.

John Mounts then capped off the victory for Holley when he scored with only 39 seconds remaining.

Defensively, Brett Baxter made a couple of key saves in goal for the Hawks in the second half.

Holley next opens the Genesee Region League season at Pembroke on Thursday.

Kohl Morgan advances the ball up field for Holley against Batavia defenders Josh Wells and Leo Huang.

Holley goalie Brett Baxter makes a key save in the second half.

Contributed Photo – Jason Hellwig

Medina High graduate Jason Hellwig scored a touchdown for The College at Brockport in the Golden Eagles 56-7 season opening win over Hobart Saturday.

Playing some wildcat quarterback and some wide receiver, Hellwig, who is a junior, scored on a 2 yard touchdown run in the first quarter to put Brockport up 21-0.

He finished with 17 yards rushing, 8 yards receiving and 3 of 3 passing for 30 yards.

Roy-Hart graduate Salvatore Gioeli also cracked the two-deep lineup for his first career game. He is listed as second team at right guard.

Contributed Photo – Makyell Walker scored a last minute touchdown to earn Albion a JV Division win over Akron Saturday.

Albion scored a triple header victory over visiting Akron Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) competition winning in the Mini Division 34-0, the JV Division 6-0 and the Varsity Division 38-13.

In the Mini Division game, Roman Manella had 183 yards passing and 3 touchdowns, 2 to Noah Harrison and 1 to Jonah Elsenhemer. Harrison, who had 163 yards receiving, also rushed for 115 yards including a 55 yard TD carry. Jayoanni Ostrander had 62 yards rushing including a 9 yard TD. Garret Jones added an extra point run.

On defense, Jaxon Lynch had 4 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries, Harrison 5 tackles and Mason Snook 3 tackles and a sack.

In the JV Division, Makyell Walker had 82 yards rushing including a 6 yard touchdown run with just 30 seconds remaining to give Albion the narrow win.  Kwame Riley had 33 yards receiving and Peyton Robinson 29 yards on receptions from Nate Gibson.

On defense, Gibson, who sealed the game with an interception, also had a fumble recovery and Wesley Olles had 4 tackles.

In the Varsity Division contest, Sh’kwe Riley had 239 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns. He also threw a 21 yard TD pass to Kaiden Yeargin. Jacob Hughson added a 60 yard TD run and Seth Krenning  an extra point reception from Shakarion Drisdom.

Defensively, Riley had 6 tackles and Yeargin 4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Mickey Gardner, who scored Kendall’s lone goal in this afternoon’s loss to visiting Mt. Morris, here works to drive the ball up field.

A lightning quick three goal scoring burst late in the first half keyed Mt. Morris to a 7-1 victory over host Kendall this afternoon in the Eagles non league season opening boys soccer game.

Kendall did grab a 1-0 lead as Mickey Gardner scored on a header off a direct kick by Nate Warters with 15:50 to go in the opening half.

However, Mt. Morris answered right back with a burst of three straight goals, two by Steven Soto and one by Collin Young, between the 13 and 10 minute marks to take charge.

The Blue Devils made it 4-1 before the half on another tally by Soto and then netted three unanswered goals in the second half by Ryan Morgan, Dylan Cicero and Joey Pagano.

Medina/Lyndonville 1, Newfane 0
Medina/Lyndonville evened its Niagara-Orleans League record at 1-1 by nipping host Newfane 1-0 as Nate Dillenbeck scored off an assist from Casey Winiecki in the first half.

Ray Paull earned the shutout in goal as Nate Sherman, Evan Horn, Jack Whipple, Jonathan Pietrafesa and Noah Heinsler anchored the Mustangs defense.

Newfane is also 1-1.

Albion 5, Akron 3

Nate Scanlan had 2 goals and 2 assists to lead the way for Albion in the 5-3 win at Akron as Sam Sanchez, Angel Rosario and Harrison Brown each chipped in with a goal.

Albion jumped out to a 3-1 first half lead as Scanlan scored from Kendyll Hadick and then assisted on the goals by Sanchez and Rosario.

In the second half for the Purple Eagles Brown scored from Hadick and Scanlan from Rosario.

Albion is now 2-0 and Akron 0-2 in N-O competition.

Wilson 2, Roy-Hart 0
Taylor Carmer and Benjamin Lyman scored the goals for Wilson in the 2-0 win over Roy-Hart. The Lakemen are now 2-0 in N-O action and the Rams 1-1.

Nate Warters works the ball up field for Kendall.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba edged past visiting Kendall 4-3 in overtime this afternoon to open the Genesee Region League girls soccer season.

Isabella Riner scored the game winner for the Lady Hornets with two minutes to go in the second 10 minute overtime period. It was her second goal of the game.

The teams had traded goals three times during regulation time.

Alezya Brown scored all 3 Kendall goals as Lizzy Woodhams picked up the assist on the first two tallies.

Holley Tournament
Greece Olympia nipped Holley 1-0 in the championship game of the Lady Hawks Tournament.

In the consolation game, Midlakes shutout Roy-Hart 3-0.

Newfane 8, Barker 0
Newfane blanked Barker 8-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League game as Taylor Heschke had 4 goals and 2 assists, Rachel Chunco 2 goals, Madalyn Traverse a goal and 3 assists and Lila Maura a goal.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina/Lyndonville/Barker quarterback Izaiah Rhim breaks loose to score the winning touchdown in the victory over Depew at Vets Park this evening as Zach Johnson blocks.

Two long touchdown runs by quarterback Izaiah Rhim, along with a pair of extra point kicks by Matt Hess, provided just enough offense as Medina/Lyndonville/Barker came from behind twice to edge past Depew 14-12 this evening in the B2 Division season opener at Vets Park.

Matt Hess kicks the second of his two extra points for the Mustangs.

Depew jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead as quarterback Joe Pagano scored on a two-yard run just 2:22 into the first quarter.

However, the Mustangs battled back to take a 7-6 lead as Rhim scored on a 58 yard run in the opening minute of the second quarter and Hess tacked on the all important extra point.

The Wildcats capitalized on a botched Mustangs punt attempt to regain a 12-7 lead on a 7 yard touchdown run by Alex Neu  late in the second quarter.

The Mustangs though again rebounded to retake the lead for good at 14-12 on a 53 yard touchdown run by Rhim with 7:37 to go in the fourth quarter. Hess again added the extra point kick.

The Mustangs defense then came up with a big stop forcing a Depew punt and the offense did the rest running on all but the last 48 seconds. A big 38 yard run by Brian Fry down to the Wildcats 5 yard line highlighted that late drive which stalled out on downs at the Depew 1 after a pair of 5 yard penalties stymied the advance.

Medina next visits Springville next Friday night.

William Braswell picks up yardage for the Mustangs as Sean Miller comes in to defend for Depew.

Exploding out to a commanding 30-0 halftime advantage, Albion went on to defeat host Olean 37-6 this evening in the B2 Division season opener.

Albion jumped out to a 13-0 first quarter lead on touchdown runs of 29 yards by Brilliance Johnson and 12 yards by Ugene Harrison along with an extra point kick by Alex Rustay.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles upped the advantage to 30-0 at the half on second quarter touchdown runs of 2 yards by Michael DiCureia and 7 yards by Johnson along with a 14 yard field goal and two extra point kicks by Rustay.

Nate Moore scored Albion’s lone second half touchdown on a 24 yard pass interception return. It was his second interception of the evening as Matt Kovaleski and Tyray White each had 1.

Harrison and Jessy Cruz led the Purple Eagles defense with 9 tackles each.

Albion quarterback Bryce Prtichard completed 12 of 19 passes for 222 yards as Matt Kovaleski hauled in 7 of the aerials for 129 yards.

Albion next hosts Lackawanna next Friday evening.

Gowanda/Pine Valley 38, Roy-Hart 7
Building up a 20-0 halftime lead, Gowanda/Pine Valley went on to defeat host Roy-Hart 38-7 in a season opening C North Division game.

Gavyn Boyle scored Roy-Hart’s lone touchdown on a 5 yard pass reception from quarterback Charlie Brigham as Charlie Bruning added the extra point kick.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Alexis Creasey brings the ball up field against Akron defenders Julia George (19) and Danielle Bellis (9) during the Purple Eagles key win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

A quick two goal scoring burst in the first eight minutes ignited Albion to a 4-1 victory over host Akron this afternoon in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Abby Scanlan scored just 1:43 in and Brylie Hapeman followed up with a tally six minutes later, off an assist from Kendall Derisley, to give Albion the quick 2-0 lead.

Albion’s Abby Scanlan goes high to try and stop a pass by Akron’s Morgan Wdowka.

The Purple Eagles upped the advantage to 3-0 before halftime as Scanlan scored again at the 19 minute mark, again off an assist from Kendall Derisley.

Akron cut the deficit to 3-1 when Jenna Robnett scored 15 minutes into the second half but the Lady Tigers would get no closer.

Albion got that one back when Kendall Derisley scored with 12 minutes remaining to make it 4-1 and put a lock on the Purple Eagles victory.

Sydney Mulka made no less that 10 key saves in goal for Albion with 8 of them coming in the second half when Akron turned up the offensive pressure.

The Purple Eagles defense was anchored by Paige Derisley, Aly Knaak, Sarah Gregori and Leah Pritchard.

Albion improves to 2-0 in N-O action while Akron slips to 1-1.

The Purple Eagles next compete in the Kendall Tournament on September 6 and 8 facing the host Lady Eagles in the opening round.

Albion’s Kendall Derisley battles with Akron’s Danielle Robinson for control of the ball.

Completing a 3-0 week, Medina downed Newfane 212-360 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this morning at Shelridge.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 39 for Medina which improves to 3-0-1.

Aidan Paul added a 40, Melanie Geen a 43 and Trevor Lthart and Dylan Lonnen 45’s for the Mustangs.

The loss drops Newfane to 0-4.