Rallying from an early two set deficit, Lyndonville battled back to edge past host Kendall in a marathon five set Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening 18-25, 22-25, 28-26, 25-23, 25-23.

Alecia Hinkson had 9 kills, 5 aces, 2 blocks and 15 digs, Natalie Ostrowski 9 assists and 8 digs, Carlie Russo 6 kills and Hannah Despard 6 aces and 20 digs to lead the way for Lyndonville which used an overtime 28-26 win in the third set to get back in the match.

Jenna Regan had 15 kills and 7 digs, Sunni Brice 17 digs and 12 assists and Jessia Coble 2 kills and 18 digs for Kendall.

Medina 25-25-25, Tapestry 16-16-21.
Medina scored a straight set 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 non league victory over visiting Tapestry as Divere Brown had 6 aces and 10 assists, Je’ne Brown 6 kills, Kharsie Johnson 7 aces and 5 assists, Breanna Islam 5 kills and 3 aces, Camri King 4 kills and Faith Henning 3 aces.

Byron-Bergen 23-25-25-25, Attica 25-19-10-20

Undefeated (13-0, 16-0) Byron-Bergen downed Attica (10-3, 11-6) in four sets in another G-R match as Lauren Burke had 12 aces and 10 kills and Quinn Chapell 6 aces and 2 kills. Hailey Hardie had 3 kills and 2 aces for Attica.

Boys Sectional Soccer
The Niagara-Orleans League went 1-3 today in Section VI boys soccer playoff action.

N-O champion No. 2 seed Newfane romped past No. 7 Oracle 8-1 in a B-! quarterfinal as Jarrett Gilson had 3 goals, Trevor Moreland 2 goals and 4 assists, Max Weber 1 goal and 3 assists, Mateo May 1 goal and 1 assist and Nick Connolly 1 goal. The Panthers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 11 minutes.

In Class B-2, No. 4 Olmsted outlasted No. 5 Roy-Hart 6-4, No. 6 Riverside upended No. 3 Wilson 1-0 and No. 2 Southwestern blanked No. 10 Akron 6-0.

Jamasen Johnson and Noah Kindron each scored a pair of goals and Aidan Bligh had 2 assists for Roy-Hart which trailed by a narrow 2-1 margin at the half but could not pull even.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – It was post season Bowl game action at Vets Park this evening as Medina/Lyndonville nipped Alden. Here Mustangs back Chaise Prest leads Brian Fry up field.

Surviving a big scare down the stretch, Medina/Lyndonville held on to nip Alden 24-21 in the semifinal round of the Class B Chuck Funke Memorial Bowl this evening at Vets Park.

Up 24-0 early in the third quarter, Medina/Lyndonville saw Alden come storming back to slice the deficit to just three at 24-21.  The Bulldogs then had what would have been the winning touchdown nullified by a penalty in the final seconds as the drive ended on downs at the Mustangs 6 yard line.

The win advances the Mustangs to the Class B Bowl final next Thursday at Pioneer against Olean which defeated Burgard 36-24 in the other semifinal.

Mason Lewis intercepts a pass for the Mustangs which was intended for the Bulldogs Riley Pastuszynski.

Medina grabbed a quick 8-0 lead in the first two and a half minutes on a 16 yard touchdown run by Jalin Cooper who set up the scoring opportunity himself by returning the opening kickoff 59 yards to the Alden 36. Quarterback Izaiah Rhim added the two-point conversion pass to Brian Fry.

The Mustangs doubled their advantage to 16-0 midway through the second quarter on a 16 yrd touchdown run by William Braswell and a two-point conversion run by Cooper.  A long 52 yard pass completion from Rhim to Fry keyed that drive which also included a 15 yard Rhim to DaRon Bellan completion.

The Medina/Lyndonville defense then came up with a big play to stop a late Alden scoring threat as Mason Lewis had an interception at the Mustangs 16 yard line.

The Mustangs defense also came up with a huge play in the first two minutes of the third quarter as Cooper knocked the ball loose from Alden quarterback Bryan Cybulski and Fry scooped up the fumble and raced 45 yards into the end zone for a touchdown. Rhim tacked on the two-point conversion pass to Lewis upping the lead to 24-0.

However, Alden came storming back with three touchdowns before the third quarter ended on a pair of 5 yard runs by Brandon Windnagle and a 30  yard scoring run by Cybulski to close to within three at 24-21.  A big 63 yard pass completion from Cybulski to Christian Snell set up the  first score and a short punt, which gave the Bulldogs possession at the Mustangs 30 yard line, set up the second.

Keeping the momentum, Alden drove inside the Medina 35 early in the fourth quarter but the Mustangs defense stopped that advance as Blaire Prest registered a key sack for a big 14 yard loss.

Alden though did mount one last big scoring threat as runs by Colin Skowronski of 14, 9 and 7 yards and by Cybulski of 11 helped to move the Bulldogs to a first down at the Medina 7 yard line in the final minute. However, a penalty wiped out an Alden touchdown and the Mustangs defense stopped the next three plays to preserve the narrow win.

The Mustangs improve to 5-3 while the Bulldogs slip to 2-6.

Medina/Lyndonville’s William Braswell breaks through the line for a touchdown.

The pairings have been announced for the Section VI Class C field hockey playoffs which begin on Monday.

Akron and Barker, which shared the Niagara-Orleans League championship at 11-1, are seeded No. 1 and No. 2 respectively as the result of a coin flip.  Likewise Medina and Wilson, which finished with identical 5-7 N-O records, are seeded No. 5 and No. 6 respectively as the result of a coin flip.

Monday’s quarterfinal match ups will have No. 5 Medina at No. 4 Holland (7-8-1) and No. 6 Wilson at No. 3 Roy-Hart (8-4) both at 3 p.m. No. 7 Eden (5-10-1) will face No. 2 Barker at 6:30 p.m. at Medina’s Vets Park.

The semifinals will be on Wednesday with the Medina/Holland winner facing top seeded Akron and the Wilson/Roy-Hart winner taking on the Eden/Barker winner.

Barker is the defending Class C champion as the Lady Raiders nipped Akron 1-0 in a shootout in last year’s title contest.

The Medina JV football team, led by head coach Gordy Luthart, wrapped up their season with a 50-24 victory over Alden Wednesday evening to finish the season at 6-2, while going 5-0 in the class B3 division.

Emmanual Taylor powered the Mustangs offense against Alden with 4 touchdowns and 356 total offensive yards (286 rushing, 70 receiving).

Jarin Rhim completed 10 of 15 passes including a touchdown to Tyler Chinn.

Christian Drisdom and Jacob Golding each added a rushing touchdown.

Taylor, Donovan Alexander, Bobby Geiger, and Dontea Rhim each ran for a two point conversion.

Jarin Rhim finished with a solid season at quarterback, replacing starter Brian Fry after he was called up to varsity before the third game. In six games, Rhim completed 57 of 109 passes for 903 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Tyler Chinn was the team’s top receiving target, totaling 31 catches for 562 yards and 11 touchdowns. Emmanual Taylor added 25 receptions for 442 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Bobby Geiger and Taylor led the Mustangs rushing attack on the season. Geiger ran for 557 yards and Taylor 465 yards. They finished with 6 rushing touchdowns each.

The Mustangs defense was led by Geiger with 38 tackles, 5 sacks, and 5 fumble recoveries. Colby Petrie added 36, Mario Fidanza 34, Rodney Davis 29, Jacob Golding 29, and Taylor 27.

Tyler Chinn also intercepted 3 passes and recovered 3 fumbles, one of which he returned for a touchdown.

The JV Mustangs roster included sophomores Donovan Alexander, Riley Black, Mario Fidanza, Bobby Geiger, Jacob Golding, Nathan Neace, Lincoln Pace, Colby Petrie, David Wiley; freshman Mike Bitsas, Jason Cecchini, Tyler Chinn, Rodney Davis, Christian Drisdom, Carson Dusett, Matt Henning, Conner McNeil, Robert Morehouse, Austin Mosher, Matthew Nichols, Mark Reigle, Dontea Rhim, Jack Rutkowski, Mitchell Silversmith, Tasker Taylor, Avery Wilcox; eighth graders Joe Cecchini, Iverson Poole, Jarin Rhim, Emmanual Taylor; and seventh grader Chris Johnson.

Tuning up for next week’s sectional competition, Medina defeated Buffalo Seminary 4-1 this afternoon in a non league field hockey game at Vets Park.

Megan Showler, Lydia Battaglia, Lacey Kenward and Brandi Guild took turns scoring goals for Medina which led 3-0 at the half.

The Mustangs improve to 6-7-1.

Four long touchdown drives earned Roy-Hart/Barker a 28-14 victory over East Aurora/Holland in a season ending match-up football game this evening at Middleport.

Trailing 7-0, Roy-Hart/Barker rallied to take the lead for good with an 80 yard first quarter drive capped off by a 2-yard touchdown run by Aaron Curry. Malik Smith tacked on the go-ahead two-point conversion.

The Roy-Hart/Barker defense then came up with a big play just before half-time to keep the lead as Logan Morgan intercepted an East Aurora/Holland pass near the goaline.

Still leading by a narrow 8-7 margin, Roy-Hart/Barker opened up a little breaking room in the third quarter with a 75 yard drive capped off by an 8-yard TD run by Smith. Jon Huntington added the two-point conversion carry.

Smith then capped off a pair of long 65 and 80 yard fourth quarter drives with touchdown runs of 2 and 4 yards to up the lead to 28-7 and put a lock on the victory.  A big 55 yard pass completion from quarterback Charlie Brigham to Charlie Bruning set up the final TD.

Smith finished with a total of 186 yards rushing and Curry 104 yards.

Roy-Hart/Barker finishes the season at 2-6 and East Aurora/Holland at 0-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Natalie DiCureia kicks the ball away from Medina/Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis during the host Purple Eagles overtime sectional win over the Mustangs this evening.

When Albion and Medina/Lyndonville have met in girls soccer competition this season overtime has been the rule and this evening’s sectional contest at Albion was no exception.

A lone goal late in the first of the two 10 minute overtime periods proved to be all of the scoring as Albion nipped Medina/Lyndonville 1-0 in the pre quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B1 playoffs.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Stacy Buckland sends the ball up field as Elisabeth Baker defends for Albion.

Elisabeth Baker scored the Purple Eagles lone goal on a penalty kick with 2:22 remaining in the first overtime.

Both teams just missed on good scoring opportunities during regulation time.

Medina/Lyndonville had a goal disallowed on an offsides call in the final 20 seconds of the first half.  Albion then just missed on a great scoring opportunity in the final seconds of the second half as Mustangs goalie Kaya Bloom made a diving save.

Sydney Mulka earned the shutout in goal for Albion.

“Especially in the second half we started passing the ball very well and there was a lot of good teamwork,” said Albion Coach Maggie Orbaker. “They never gave up and that has been the theme of the season.”

Improving to 9-6-2, Albion will next visit top seeded City Honors in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Medina/Lyndonville finishes the season at 5-11-1.

Albion’s Mariah Plain works to keep the ball away from the Medina/Lyndonville duo of Haylee Seefeldt and Alisha Scroger.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Ashley Howell tries to control the ball against Albion’s Claire Squicciarini.

A quick goal in the first two minutes sparked No. 4 Kendall to a 4-0 victory over visiting No. 13 Pavilion this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class D-1 girls soccer playoffs.

Michela Hanlon scored the early goal off an assist from Taylor ReQua to get Kendall off and running.

The Lady Eagles doubled their advantage before half-time as Madison Jacob scored at the 20 minute mark from Kayla Summers.

Kendall then put a firm lock on the victory with a pair of second half goals by ReQua 10 minutes in and by Abby Jenks nine minutes later off an assist from Hanlon.

Hannah Ulmen earned the shutout in goal making 3 saves.

Improving to 13-4, Kendall will next face  No. 12 Bishop Kearney, a 2-1 winner over No. 5 Naples, in the quarterfinals on Saturday. The Lady Eagles nipped Kearney 1-0 early in the season in the Kendall Tournament.