Photo by Mike Wertman – Holley is represented on the Genesee Region League girls All-Star soccer team by Madison Papaj and Halee Passarell.

Holley’s duo of senior goalie Madison Papaj and freshman midfielder Halee Passarell along with Kendall senior midfielder Taylor ReQua have earned Genesee Region League girls soccer All-Star honors.

Papaj, a three-time G-R All-Star, made a total of 120 saves on the season and had a goals against average of 1.631.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Taylor ReQua is a repeat G-R All-Star.

Passarell led the Lady Hawks in scoring with 6 goals and 2 assists.

ReQua, a five year varsity player and a four-time G-R All-Star, led Kendall in scoring with 18 goals and 11 assists. She finishes with career totals of 71 goals and 65 assists.

Holley also had two Honorable Mention selections in defenders Abby Williams, a junior, and Olivia Radford, a sophomore.

Kendall forward Michela Hanlon and defender Lyndsay Wright, both seniors, also both earned Honorable Mention. Hanlon had 14 goals and 4 assists.

Byron-Bergen led the All-Star team with six honorees including forwards Miriam Tardy and Kelsey Fuller, midfielders Makenzie Muoio and Leah Thompson and defenders Jeanne Denson and Morgan Fuller.

Wheatland-Chili placed the quintet of forward Nivah Rosado, midfielders Cassie Parker and Hannah Callaghan along with defenders Abbey Callaghan and Julia Nolan.

Pembroke is represented by four players including forward Serene Calderon, midfielder Bethany Zwolinski, defender Grace Krizen and goalie Jessie Weaver.

Rounding out the All-Star team are forward Callie McCulley and defender Morgan Rhodes from Notre Dame and defender Lakin Woodward from Oakfield-Alabama/Elba.

Contributed Photos – Lyndonville’s fall varsity sports award recipients include, from left, Norman McDonald, Hannah Despard, Natalie Ostrowski, Matthew Hess, Miranda Lembcke, Alecia Hinkson, Paige Gardner, Christian Hahn, Christopher Goyette, Mason Pecoraro, Tanner Burt-Hodgins, and Luke Isaacson. 

Awards were recently presented to Lyndonville’s varsity and JV fall sports athletes.

In girls varsity volleyball, Alecia Hinkson received the Most Valuable Player and Outstanding Offensive Player awards. She was also recognized as a Genesee Region League All-Star. Miranda Lembcke earned the Most Improved Player award, Natalie Ostrowski the Tough As Nails award, Hannah Despard the Defensive Player award and Carli Russo and Paige Gardner the Coaches Award.

For the merged (Lyndonville/Medina) boys varsity volleyball team, Mason Pecoraro received the Most Valuable Player award, Steven Kage the Most Improved Player award, Taner Burt-Hodgins the Rookie of the Year award, Luke Isaacson the Unsung Hero award, Christopher Goyette the Coaches award and Christian Hahn the Players Player award,

The merged (Medina/Lyndonville) boys varsity soccer team had Norman McDonald receive the Most Improved Player award and Matthew Hess the Outstanding Defensive Player award.

The award recipients for the JV girls soccer team included Ella Lewis (Most Valuable Player), Erin Kiefer (Unsung Hero) and Megan Krisher (Most Improved Player).

The JV boys soccer honorees included Nathan Dillenbeck (Outstanding Offensive Player), Jack Whipple (Oustanding Defensive Player) and Russell Stephens and Jacob Corser (Co-Most Improved Player).

The honorees for the girls JV volleyball team included Emma Maynard (Most Valuable Player), Lorelei Dillenbeck (Coaches Award) and Tessa Heideman (Most Improved).

The Tigers JV award recipients include, from left, Lorelei Dillenbeck, Emma Maynard, Megan Krisher, Erin Keiffer, Ella Lewis, Jack Whipple, Nathan Dillenbeck, Russell Stephens, and Jacob Corser.

Regaining the lead for good with two late second period goals, defending champion Monroe County went on to defeat the Tri County midget hockey team 7-4 on Saturday.

Tri County jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by Matt Neilson just 20 seconds into the first period.

Monroe County went up 2-1 but Tri County retied the contest at 2-2 in the second period on a goal by David Archibald but could not regain the lead.

Monroe County answered with a pair of goals before the period ended and then tallied the first three goals of the third period to open up a commanding 7-2 lead.

Tri County scored the game’s final two goals on tallies by Patrick Ricker and Tucker Trask.

Now at 0-2, Tri County next faces Perinton next Sunday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley is represented on the Genesee Region League All-Star soccer team by goalie Patrick Bower and forward John Mounts.

Holley and Kendall have both placed two players on the Genesee Region League All-Star boys soccer team.

Holley is represented by senior goalie Patrick Bower and junior forward John Mounts.

Kendall has placed senior defender Jeremy Browe and junior forward Nate Warters.

Bower made 81 saves and had a goals against average of 0.951 while Mounts scored a team leading 11 goals and added 2 assists for the Hawks.

Warters led Kendall with 18 goals and 5 assists while Browe, who helped to anchor the Eagles defense, had 3 assists.

Holley also had q quartet of Honorable Mention selections including forward Matt Wilson and defenders Erik Balys, Matt Skehan and Kory Puente, all juniors.

Kendall’s Honorable Mention selections include senior midfielder Miguel Aguirre, senior forward Chris Butlin and junior midfielder Mickey Gardner.

Forward Nate Warters, left, and defender Jeremy Browe represent Kendall on the G-R All-Star team.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – In one of several recent big post season match ups between Niagara-Orleans League teams, Newfane nipped Albion for the Class B-1 girls soccer title. Action here from that title contest at Williamsville North has Albion’s Lexi Wolck and Newfane’s Kayleigh Daniels racing for the ball.

A strong run in postseason competition capped off a banner fall season for Niagara-Orleans schools led by Newfane which swept to league boys and girls championships in both soccer and cross-country.

The N-O titles were the third straight for both the Panthers boys soccer and girls cross-country teams and the second in a row for the girls soccer squad.

Keeping the momentum from 12-0 N-O campaigns, the Panthers cross-county teams both went on to claim Section VI Class C titles to advance to next weekend’s state championships.

The Lady Panthers soccer team also went on to claim a Section VI Class B title by downing a pair of N-O foes. Newfane first nipped Albion 1-0 for the B-1 title and then edged Akron 2-1 for the overall B crown and a berth in the state playoffs. The Lady Panthers were downed by Aquinas 2-0 in the Far West Regionals.

In fact, the Section VI Class B-1, B-2 girls soccer doubleheader was an historic one for the N-O League which had all four teams in the competition as Akron downed Wilson 3-0 for the B-2 crown.

The Newfane football squad also enjoyed its best season in over 20 years going 6-1 during the regular season to earn its first sectional berth since 1993. The Panthers dropped a narrow 18-15 decision to Maryvale in the quarterfinals.

Akron’s girls teams had a big fall season overall also capturing both the N-O volleyball and field hockey championships. The title was the third in a row for the Lady Tigers field hockey team, which shared the crown with rival Barker, and the second in a row for the volleyball team.

The Lady Tigers field hockey team went on to first win the Section VI Class C title for the second time in three years with a 2-1 win over Barker and then to claim the Far West Regional title by blitzing East Rochester 7-0 to earn a spot in text weekend’s state semifinals for the first time since 1995.

The Albion girls soccer team also enjoyed a history making season by reaching the sectional finals for the first time in the program’s history.  The Purple Eagles scored consecutive sectional wins over rival Medina/Lyndonville (1-0 in overtime), top seeded City Honors (3-1) and then Alden (2-1) in the semifinals before being nipped by N-O foe Newfane 1-0 in the B-1 championship game.

The Albion football squad also had a big season claiming a share of the Class B-2 Division title with Dunkirk at 4-1 to earn a spot in the sectional playoffs for the first time since 2011. The division title was also the first for Albion since 2006. However, the Purple Eagles were bested by Dunkirk for the second time in three weeks 25-7 in the sectional quarterfinals.

The Medina golf team compiled a perfect 12-0 record to claim its first N-O title since 2007.

The Mustangs volleyball team also came up big in the postseason advancing to the sectional finals for the first time since 1995. Medina bested N-O fie Newfane in the semifinals before bowing to Alden in the B-2 finals, both four set matches.

Rebounding from an opening set loss, undefeated (19-0) Byron-Bergen rallied to defeat Geneseo 14-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-19 in the Section V Class C2 volleyball championship match Friday evening.

Lauren Burke had 10 kills, 10 assists, 6 aces and 3 digs; Madison Farnsworth 9 kills and 7 digs; Annabella Vurraro 18 digs and 2 aces; Catherine Brumsted 11 assists, 4 aces and 3 kills and Quinn Chapell 6 kills, 3 digs and 1 block to lead the way for Byron-Bergen.

Farnsworth and Vurraro were both named to the All-Tournament team.

In the Section VI Class C1 final, Eden defeated Akron in four sets 25-18, 16-25, 25-10,25-7.

Girls Soccer Sectionals
Aquinas scored a pair of second half goals to down Newfane 2-0 in the girls soccer Class B Far West Regional Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Abby Stone scores the first of her three goals during the Lady Tgiers Far West Regional victory over East Rochester this afternoon at Williamsville North.

A lightning quick three goal scoring burst late in the first half keyed Akron to a 7-0 victory over East Rochester in the Class C Far West Regional field hockey game this afternoon at Williamsville North.

Leading by a narrow 1-0 margin, Akron broke the contest wide open with the decisive scoring burst ignited by a goal by Alexis Bell with 13:18 remaining in the first half off an assist from Abby Stone.

Rebecca Breymeier followed up with two quick goals, at the 12:08 and 10:20 marks, the later off an assist from Bell to quickly make it 4-0.

Akron’s Rebecca Breymeier celebrates after scoring the first of her two goals.

The Akron advantage soared to 5-0 at the half as Lydia Blueye tallied with 2:40 remaining.

However, it was East Rochester which had the momentum at the outset. The Lady Bombers had three corner opportunities in the first two minutes but the Akron defense weathered that flurry.

Akron got rolling just six minutes later when Stone scored what proved to be the game winner at the 22:20 mark.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Tigers then got three corner opportunities of their own capitalizing on the third with Bell’s goal which ignited the decisive three goal uprising.

Stone also scored Akron’s two second half goals.

Akron next faces the winner of the Whitney Point (Section IV) vs. Roundout Valley (Section IX) regional in the state Class C semifinals next Saturday at Vestal High School near Binghamton.

The appearance in the state semis will be the first for Akron since 1995 when the Lady Tigers also bested East Rochester 2-0 in the Far West Regional.

Akron’s last appearance in the regional was in 2015 when the Lady Tigers dropped a narrow 2-1 decision to East Rochester.

Akron’s Lydia Blueye punches the ball past East Rochester goalie Kate Case for a goal.

Akron’s Alexis Bell, who scored the game’s second goal, sends the ball toward the goal as Emily Brock defends for East Rochester.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Holley’s football All-Stars include Camron Labarge, Matt Hahn, Glenn Thrower and Jacob Norman.

A quartet of Holley players have earned league All-Star football honors.

The Hawks foursome includes senior running back/defensive back Camron Labarge, senior offensive/defensive lineman Glenn Thrower, junior offensive lineman/linebacker Matt Hahn and sophomore offensive/defensive lineman Jacob Norman.

Labarge rushed for 979 yards this season and scored a total of 10 touchdowns (8 rushing and 2 on punt returns). On defense he made 32 tackles and had 3 interceptions.

Thrower made 61 tackles and had 3 sacks while Hahn 57 tackles and 6 sacks.

The Hawks also had a trio of players earn Honorable Mention including senior quarterback/defensive back Jeremy Mallett, senior running back/linebacker/kicker Ryan Andrews and senior running back/defensive back Nicholas Schutz.