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Barker field hockey and Roy-Hart boys soccer teams win season openers
The Barker field hockey and Roy-Hart boys soccer varsity teams both opened the season on a high note today with non league victories.
Barker edged Pioneer 1-0 in the Western New York Field Hockey Pre Season Showcase at Starpoint.
Brooke Weber scored the game’s lone goal for the Lady Bulldogs.
Barker will begin Niagara-Orleans League competition on September 10 against Wilson.
Roy-Hart downed host CSAT 4-1 as Michael Fuller scored 3 goals and Ethan Brown 1.
The Rams will next visit Niagara Falls on Friday for a non league contest. The Rams will begin N-O competition on September 9 at Akron.
Senior quartet leads Kendall spikers
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Kendall into the upcoming Genesee Region League volleyball season will be this quartet of seniors including Irelynn Maloney, Emma Minster, Maya Tater and Rylan Clark. Coach Tige Noni’s Lady Eagles returnees also include juniors Makayla Bentley and Riley Kinser and sophomore Kayla Minster. Kendall will visit Newfane for a non league match on Thursday before opening the G-R campaign at home against Notre Dame on September 8.
Merged Roy-Hart/Medina girls varsity soccer team preps for first N-O League season
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Roy-Hart/Medina team into the upcoming season will be this quartet of team captains. From left are Lilly Maynard from Medina along with the Roy-Hart trio of Courtney Aquilina, Maria Trombley and Addison Carr.
Finishing in the runner-up spot last fall the now merged Roy-Hart/Medina girls soccer team returns a good nucleus with which to again challenge for top Niagara-Orleans League honors.
Low participation numbers over the last couple of years has caused Medina to join with Roy-Hart.
Roy-Hart’s veteran group is led by a quartet of N-O All-League honorees including seniors Maria Trombley, who was a first team honoree and goalie Courtney Aquilina who was a second team selection along with juniors forward Ruth Walker who earned first team honors and Josephine Silsby who was an Honorable Mention pick.
The Lady Rms returnees also include seniors Maizie Cilliberto, Kenney Boyle and Addison Carr along with junior Julia Verratti.
Medina’s group is led by seniors Lilly Maynard and Alexa Demmer.
Roy-Hart/Medina will open the season by competing in the Tonawanda Tournament this Friday and Saturday facing the host school in the first round. The Lady Rams will then open the N-O season at home against Akron on September 9.
Hawks open with win over Purple Eagles
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley bested visiting Albion 6-0 in a season opening non league boys soccer game this evening. Here Holley’s Cameron Kelley works to get the ball away from Albion’s Garret Jones. Jayden Rivera and Mason Merle each scored two goals for the Hawks as Chase Kempa and Cooper Wolf both had one. Tarek Garrett added three assists as Wolf, Kempa and Matt Armstrong each had one.
Albion’s Landon Graybill goes between Holley defenders Chase Kempa and Garrett Tarek.
Albion downs Holley in volleyball opener
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion downed host Holley 25-19, 25-14, 27-25 in a non league season opening volleyball match this evening. Here Albion’s Charlotte Pike sets up Melia Prince for a spike attempt. Pike had 11 assists and 6 aces on the evening as Jillian LeBaron had 5 kills and Prince 5 kills and 4 aces.
Holley’s Autumn Bradley returns a serve between Kylie Allport (4) and Madison Bonacci (14). Brianna Pellegrino had 6 aces and 5 kills, Desiree McCormick 4 assists and Bradley 5 defensive digs.
Albion and Barker golfers win N-O openers
Balanced scoring earned Albion a 235-269 win over Wilson in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League golf match at Hickory Ridge this morning.
Albion had four players in the 40’s as Gavin Boyce shot 43, Owen Spencer 46, Drew Pritchard 47 and Viktor Snyder 49.
Wilson’s Ben Meyers took medalist honors with a 39.
Barker 250, Akron 252
Barker edged Akron 250-252 in an N-O opener on Monday as Hudson Prynn took medalist honors with a 40.
Albion/Medina OC Rivals varsity football team will debut Thursday evening at Akron
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jayzon Wills and his Albion/Medina OC Rivals teammates will make their debut at Akron on Thursday evening.
It is the start of a new era!
Now teammates after 125 years as rivals on the football field, members of the fledgling Albion/Medina OC Rivals varsity team will begin their historic debut season at 7 p.m. Thursday against Akron on Akron’s old football field.
The game was originally scheduled to be played on Akron’s new turf field but the facility is not completed.
“It’s super exciting,” said Rivals Head Coach Eric Valley. “Everyone has been eager to learn and to help each other. It’s a great opportunity for us to go out and compete together.”
Offensively the OC Rivals will have Preston Woodworth at quarterback backed up by Boe Preston with Elijah Doxey, Jayzon Wills and Jaxson Lynch working at the running back spots; Noah Harrison, Hadrian Batista. Rocco Sidari and Malik Lamar manning the wide receiver spots and Jack Conn at tight end.
Upfront the Rivals will be looking to Jackson Snook, Logan Kast, Nate Surdel, Ryan Frentz, Matthew Jacobs, Cole Herman, TJ Champney and Jayden Travis.
Newfane at Barker/Roy-Hart
Barker/Roy-Hart will host Newfane in an interdivisional opener at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Panthers handed the Bulls their only regular season loss in last year’s opener at Newfane.
The Bulls offense will include veterans Max Townsend at quarterback, Owen Maedl at running back, Ashton Ark and Carter DerSarkissian at wide receiver and RJ Townsend, Jakob West, Logan Flint and John Brigham up front.
Holley/Lyndonville at South Seneca
Holley/Lyndonville will visit South Seneca at 1 p.m. Saturday in a non league contest.
Lady Eagles will have early G-R soccer opener
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Kendall girls varsity soccer team into Wednesday’s Genesee Region League home opener against Pembroke will be this group of returnees. In front are Addison Kludt, Haley Ball, Sophia Picardo and Payton Vogt. In back are Brynn Hardenbrook, Ryleigh Denning, Izzy D’Agostino and Jersie Drake.
A late schedule change will have Kendall making an early Genesee Region League girls soccer season opener as the Lady Eagles will host Pembroke at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Kendall captured the G-R title last fall with an 11-0 record and finished with a 17-2 overall record.
The Lady Eagles are led by a trio of G-R All-Stars including seniors Addison Kludt and Sophia Picardo and junior Ryleigh Denning along with a quintet of Honorable Mention selections including senior Haley Ball along with juniors Brynn Hardenbrook and Izzy D’Agostino and freshman Jersie Drake.
Denning had 28 goals last season, Picardo 16 goals and 23 assists and Drake 10 goals and 8 assists.
New Coach Nino Pilato’s Lady Eagles also return experience in senior Payton Vogt, sophomore Ella Cole and freshman Adrianna D’Agostino.
Kendall’s graduation losses included G-R All-Star Stella Kwiatek along with Honorable Mention selections Brooke Rodas and Alea Barrett.
Mustangs eye rebound N-O volleyball season
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Nine returnees provide plenty of experience as the Medina varsity volleyball team looks to bounce back from last fall’s 0-10 Niagara-Orleans League season. The Mustangs returnees include, in front, Caliyah St. Louis, Grace Goodrich, Samantha Heschke and Maddy Watts. In back are Raelynn Baker, Teagan Balaban, Payton Denniston, Maya Anderson and Cassidy Janas. All are seniors except Denniston who is a junior and St. Louis who is a sophomore. Anderson earned second team N-O All-League honors last fall while Heschke was an Honorable Mention selection. The Mustangs will tune-up for the N-O home opener on September 9 against Newfane by visiting Alden on Thursday.
Trio of All-League honorees leads Rams
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Looking to rebound from last fall’s 0-10 Niagara-Orleans campaign, the Roy-Hart boys varsity soccer squad is led by this trio of All-League honorees. From left are junior Michael Fuller who was a second team honoree along with Honorable Mention selections junior Will Bundrock and senior Ethan Brown. The Rams also return experience in seniors Amaan Chowdhury, Chris McOmber and Andrii Mikulskyi; juniors Jayden Colon and Lucaiah Seib and sophomores Jack Trombley and Devin Waters. The Rams will begin tuning up for the N-O opener at Akron on September 9 by visiting CSAT on Wednesday.
