The Albion Varsity Division squad completed a 9-0 regular season with a 36-0 win over Newfane Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action.

Jahmeek Riley returned an interception for a touchdown on the first play of the game,  He also added a fumble recovery and 4 tackles on the day.  Javon Jones also had a interception for a touchdown.

On offense,  Amari Jones had 2 td passes of 62 yards to Braxton Zarpentine and 20 yards to Jacob Hughson.   Sh’kwe Riley had a 50 yard td run.

Mini Division
Newfane 33, Albion 0
Noah Harrison had 6 carries for 42 yards and Nate Gibson had 5 carries for 17 yards for Albion.

On defense Gibson 6 tackles,  Harrison 5 and Wes Olles 4.  Mason Snook and Jaxon Lynch each had a fumble recovery.

JV Division
Newfane 41, Albion 12
Makyell Walker had 86 yards rushing including a 34 yd touchdown run for Albion.  Xavier Byrd added 43 yards rushing and Auston Johnson 23.  Walker also returned a kickoff 67 yards for a TD.

On defense Kwame and Raekwan Railey each had 4 tackles,  Dylan Narbaugh added 2 sacks and Collin Webb 1.

The Albion JV football team was able to complete a 7-0 regular season by defeating Medina 32-0 at Vets Park on Saturday.

Tyray White ran for two touchdowns, while Deyonci Farley ran for one, and quarterback Thomas Furmanski threw a touchdown to Anthony Freeman.

The Purple Eagles scored a touchdown and two-point conversion in each quarter.

Tyler Chinn led the limited Mustangs offense on the day with 70 receiving yards.

Bobby Geiger came up with two fumble recoveries to lead the Mustangs defense.

Mario Fidanza and Emmanual Taylor each made 6 tackles.

Albion will face Akron on Thursday night, while the Mustangs, now at 5-2, will travel to Alden for a rematch with the JV Bulldogs on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

The Mustangs won the previous matchup 32-12.

No. 8 seed Albion will host rival No. 9 Medina/Lyndonville in the opening round of the Section VI Class B-1 girls soccer playoffs at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The two teams battled to a pair of overtime contests during the just completed Niagara-Orleans League season.  The Purple Eagles nipped the Mustangs 3-2 in the first meeting while the teams battled to a 3-3 tie in the second.

The Purple Eagles bring an 8-6-2 record into the sectionals while the Mustangs are 4-10-2.
The winner will visit top seeded City Honors on Friday.

N-O champion Newfane is seeded No. 2 and will host the winner of the opening round No. 10 Dunkirk vs. No. 7 Springville contest on Friday.

Class B-2 quarterfinal round action on Friday will have No. 5 Eden (4-9-2) at No. 4 Wilson (9-6-1), No. 6 Roy-Hart (5-11) at No. 3 Southwestern (13-3) and No. 7 JFK (2-9-1) at No. 2 Akron (10-4).

In Section V girls playoff action No. 4 Kendall (12-4) will host No. 13 Pavilion (5-11) at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Class D-1. The victor will face the winner of the No. 12 Bishop Kearney (8-7-1) vs. No. 5 Naples (13-3) contest on Saturday.  In Class C-1, No. 11 Holley (7-8-1) visits No. 6 Pembroke (10-6) at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

In Section V boys playoff competition in Class D-1 No. 11 Kendall will visit No. 6 Fillmore at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victor will face the winner of the No. 14 Dundee vs. No. 3 Mt. Morris contest on Friday. In Class C-1, Holley is seeded No. 3 and will host the winner of the No. 11 East Rochester vs. No. 6 Pembroke game on Saturday.

In Section VI Class B-1 boys action Tuesday, No. 11 Medina/Lyndonville visits No. 6 Alden at 3:30 p.m.. and No. 9 Albion travels to No. 8 Tonawanda at 5 p.m. Newfane is the No. 2 seed. In Class B-2 on Tuesday, No. 5 Roy-Hart hosts No. 12 Middle Early College at 6:30 p.m. and No. 10 Akron visits No. 7 Salamanca at 3:30 p.m. Wilson is the No. 3 seed.

Lyndonville/Medina lost 25-20, 25-15, 25-13 to Pavilion and 20-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-19 to Wayne in boys volleyball action today at Lyndonville.

Mason Pecoraro had 3 kills and 3 aces, Christian Hahn 5 kills and 4 blocks and Chris Goyette 2 aces and 2 kills for Lyndonville/Medina against Pavilion.

Pecoraro then had 4 kills and 2 aces, Hahn 3 kills and Steven Kage 3 aces and 2 kills against Wayne.

Medina competes in NYT tourney
The Medina girls volleyball squad competed in the North Tonawanda Tournament as Je’ne Brown had 25 kills on the day, Maddie Williams 20 kills, Elle Gross 5 aces, Faith Henning 5 aces, Camri King 5 kills, Grace Masse 7 kills and 25 assists and Alyssa Beyer 21 digs.

In the round-robin portion of the tourney, Medina split with Maryvale and Starpoint and lost to Kenmore West.  The Mustangs then lost to Amherst 30-26 in the semifinals of the Bronze Division.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Camron Labarge looks for running room as Pembroke defenders Chris Good and Damien Ramirez move in to make the tackle. The action took place during the Hawks loss to the visiting Dragons this afternoon.

A three game winning streak came to an end as Holley dropped a 42-18 decision to visiting Pembroke in the regular season ending football game for both teams this afternoon.

Pembroke took the lead for good by driving 59 yards on the opening drive which was capped off by a 5-yard touchdown run by Zach von Kramer who rushed for over 300 yards and four TDs on the day. A 26 yard pass completion from quarterback Reid Miano to Jacob Miller sparked that drive.  Miller tacked on the first of his six straight extra point kicks.

Pembroke assistant Coach Dick Diminuco, who served for 30 years as Albion’s head coach from 1979-2008, talks with Dragons quarterback Reid Miano.

The Dragons defense then came up with a huge play as Jarrod Carrow recovered a Holley fumble and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown to quickly make it 14-0 with 4:14 still to go in the opening quarter.

The Pembroke defense also stopped another Holley scoring threat on a pass interception by Miller near the Dragons goal line as the opening quarter ended.

The Dragons increased their lead to 21-0 at the half as von Kramer broke loose for an 86 yard touchdown run with 3:50 to go in the second quarter.

Pembroke’s advantage ballooned to 35-0 midday through the third quarter after the Dragons scored two lightning quick touchdowns with a span of just 23 seconds on an 18 yard pass from Miano to Carrow and a 46 yard run by von Kramer which came on just the second snap after Pembroke successfully recovered an onside kick.

Von Kramer also scored the Dragons final touchdown on a 29 yard run early in the final quarter.

Holley got on the scoreboard late in the third quarter as Camron Labarge scored on an 8 yard run, a tally he helped set up himself with a big 36 yard run.

The Hawks also scored twice in the final period on a 2-yard run by quarterback Jeremy Mallett and a 19 yard pass from Labarge to Jamel Hildreth. Labarge had a 12 yard run and Mallett a 10 yard pass completion to Andrews on the first drive while Labarge had pickups of 20 and 10 on the second.

Pembroke finishes the regular season at 4-1 in the league and 6-1 overall while Holley winds up at 2-3, 3-4.

Holley’s Ryan Andrews runs down the sideline as Trent Smith tries to make the tackle for Pembroke.

Kendall outlasted rival Holley in a five set Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, 20-25, 25-15.

Jenna Regan had 16 spiking kills and 6 aces, Sunni Brice 6 aces, 2 kills and 10 digs, Ashley Kingsbury 7 aces and 2 kills and Harley Faro 12 digs for Kednall which improves to 7-9.

Megan Donohue had 6 aces, Ava Kohut 5 aces and 4 kills and Jessica Sedore 1 ace and 1 kill for Holley.

In another G-R match, Attica bested Lyndonville in four sets 25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 27-25.

Alecia Hinkson had 6 kills, 3 aces and 15 digs, Natalie Ostrowski 10 assists and 2 aces, Carlie Russo 5 blocks and 3 kills and Hannah Despard 20 digs for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell readies to put a shot on goal as Claire Squicciarini comes in to defend for Albion during the visiting Eagles win this afternoon.

Avenging an early season tournament loss, Kendall blanked host Albion 2-0 this afternoon in a non league girls soccer game.

Kendall’s Brianna Wakefield battles with Albion’s Elisabeth Baker for control of the ball.

Taylor ReQua scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Kendall just seven minutes into the first half off an assist from Michela Hanlon.

The Lady Eagles then got a big insurance goal in the first 10 minutes of the second half as Hailee Mitchell scored off an assist from Megan Hardenbrook.

Albion had downed Kendall 2-1 in the semifinals of the Lady Eagles season opening tournament.

Kendall finishes the regular season at 12-4 and Albion at 8-6-2.

Holley 3, Lima Chrisitian 0
Holley got goals from Sarah Harrington, Julia Smith and Halee Passarell to blank Lima Christian 3-0 in a non league game.

Maddie Papaj earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks.

Maryvale 4, Medina/Lyndonville 1
Haylee Seefeldt scored the lone goal for Medina/Lyndonville in the Mustangs 4-1 non league loss to Maryvale this afternoon at Vets Park.

Albion’s Catherine Wolck sends the ball by Kendall defender Lyndsay Wright.