Photos by Cheryl Wertman – In a crowd, Albion’s Elisabeth Baker heads the ball during the Purple Eagles overtime tie with host Medina/Lyndonville this morning. Also in on the action are Mayra Reyes-Rosario and Natalie DiCureia for Albion and Brianna McMullen for Medina/Lyndonville.

Rallying from an early 2-0 deficit, Medina/Lyndonville battled back to earn a 3-3 double overtime tie with visiting Albion this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Albion jumped out to the early lead on a pair of goals by Brylie Hapeman.

Medina/Lyndonville did cut the deficit to 2-1 at the half on a goal by Olivia Carter but Albion got that one right back early in the second half on a tally by Elisabeth Baker to regain a 3-1 advantage.

However, the Mustangs came rallying back. First a goal by Brianna McMullen cut the deficit to 3-2 and then Carter tallied on a free kick with 12 minutes remaining to knot the contest.

Neither team could find the net in the two 10 minute overtime periods.

Albion, which won the earlier season meeting 3-2, also in overtime, finishes the N-O campaign at 6-4-2 while Medina/Lyndonville is 3-7-1 with one game remaining at Wilson on Wednesday.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Olivia Carter battles for control of the ball with Albion’s Yololt Rosario.

A goal late in the first half earned Wilson a 1-0 victory over host Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game Friday afternoon.

Alexander Chiappone scored the lone goal for the Lakemen with three and a half minutes remaining in the first half.

Wilson is now 5-3-1 and Albion 3-6 in N-O competition.

Girls Volleyball
Newfane 25-25-25, Albion 14-19-19
Breanda Johnson had 14 assists and Sara Hillman 8 digs for Albion in the Purple Eagles three set loss to Newfane Friday evening in an N-O volleyball match.

Newfane is now 2-6 and Albion 0-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion quarterback Bryce Pritchard breaks loose for a 75 yard touchdown run in the first two minutes of the game at Dunkirk as Marauder defenders Brian Cox and Darnell Butts pursue. The Purple Eagles dropped a 18-15 decision to the Marauders in the contest for the B-2 Division title.

A late comeback bid fell just short as Albion dropped a narrow 18-15 decision to host Dunkirk Friday night in a key clash of unbeatens to claim the B-2 Division title.

Trailing 18-7, Albion got right back into the game when Ugene Harrison scored on a 14 yard run and Demetrius Gardner added the two-point conversion carry with 8:40  remaining to slice the deficit to 18-15.

A big 41 yard pass completion from quarterback Bryce Pritchard to JaQuess Harrison highlighted that quick four play scoring drive.

Rising to the occasion the Purple Eagles defense then came up with a big stop near midfield forcing a Dunkirk punt with 5:48 still to go.

Taking over at their own 12, the Purple Eagles offense moved out to the 40 as Ugene Harrison and Gardner alternated toting the ball.

Albion’s Demetius Gardner tries to go around Dunkirk defender Malique Carter.

Pritchard then completed a pass to Ugene Harrison who broke loose and raced into the end zone for what would have been the go-ahead touchdown. However, the tally was wiped out by a penalty though Albion did pick up 18 on the play down to the Dunkirk 44. It was the second time on the evening that the Purple Eagles had a TD wiped out by a penalty.

Runs of 9 and 6 yards by Brilliance Johnson helped Albion drive to the Dunkirk 25 where the Marauders defense stiffened and the drive and the Purple Eagles comeback hopes ended with 1:02 remaining.

Albion had jumped out to a lightning quick 7-0 lead at the outset as Pritchard rolled out and unable to find a receiver sprinted around his left end and down the far sideline for 75 yards and a touchdown just 1:18 into the game. Justin Robinson added the extra point kick.

Dunkirk though answered right back with back-to-back long ground oriented scoring drives both capped off by 1-yard touchdown runs by quarterback Jaziah Rivera to give the Marauders a 12-7 lead at the half.

Quantavis Kleckley had runs of 11, 16 and 12 yards to key the first scoring drive and of 18 and 22 on the second.

Albion did drive deep into Dunkirk territory just before half-time as Pritchard had pass completions of 13 yards to Tim Wells and 18 to Ugene Harrison.

However, the Purple Eagles hopes of grabbing the lead where dashed as a penalty wiped out a touchdown run by Pritchard.

The Purple Eagles defense came up with a huge turnover midway through the third quarter when Johnson recovered a Dunkirk fumble at the Albion 5 yard line.

Bolstered by that turnover, the Albion offense then put together a long 18 play drive which finally stalled out at the Dunkirk 18 after a big loss on a sack.

The Dunkirk offense then wasted little time in scoring what proved to be the game winning touchdown driving 73 yards on just three plays. Kleckley carried the ball on each of those plays for gains of 10, 27 and then 36 for the TD and an 18-7 lead with 10:14 to go in the final period.

That set the stage for Albion’s comeback bid which fell just short on fourth down deep in Dunkirk territory with just over a minute to go.

Dunkirk improves to 4-0 in the division and 6-0 overall.

Albion finished the B-2 Division season at 4-1 and is now 5-1 overall.

The Purple Eagles will close out the regular season by hosting rival Medina/Lyndonville next Friday night.

Albion’s Ugene Harrison carries through the line to score the Purple Eagles second touchdown.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Quarterback Izaiah Rhim sparked Medina/Lyndonville past host Alden this evening.

Exploding for 8 touchdowns and nearly 600 yards in offense, Medina/Lyndonville roared to a wild 58-34 victory over host Alden this evening in a B-3 Division football game.

Quarterback Izaish Rhim accounted for 7 touchdowns to lead the Mustangs high scoring attack.

Rhim, who had a hand in 52 of the Mustangs points had 197 yards passing, including 4 touchdowns, and 145 yards rushing, including 3 TDs.

Medina/Lyndonville held a narrow 8-7 lead at the end of the first period on a 2-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion carry by Rhim.

The Mustangs then erupted for 5 touchdowns in a wild sea-saw second quarter including scoring passes by Rhim of 5 yards to Mason Lewis, 18 yards to William Braswell and 83 yards to Jalin Cooper. He also ran for a pair of two-point conversions and passed to Lewis for another.

Braswell, who had a total of 187 yards rushing on the night, also had a 22-yard touchdown run and Rhim a 13 yard TD carry during that stretch which saw the Mustangs outpoint the Bulldogs 36-20 to open up a 44-27 advantage at the half.  Cooper had an interception to set up one of those tallies.

Rhim had an 8-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and a 19 yard scoring pass to Brian Fry in the final stanza and added a two-point conversion pass to Matt Saj, to round out the Mustangs point parade.

Christian Snell and Brandon Windnagle each scored a pair of touchdowns for Alden.

Medina/Lyndonville  finishes the B-3 campaign at 3-2 and improves to 4-2 overall as the Mustangs keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

The Bulldogs slip to 2-3, 2-4

Lyndonville/Medina outlasted the Rochester School of the Arts in a five set marathon 25-23, 18-25, 25-16, 13-25, 15-9 today in a boys volleyball match.

Steven Kage served up the final six points in a row in the decisive fifth set to lock up the win.

Mason Pecoraro had 5 kills and 4 assists, Luke Isaacson 3 kills and 2 assists, Bryce Seddon 5 kills, Christian Hahn 6 kills, 3 aces and 2 blocks and Kage 2 kills and 2 blocks for Lyndonville/Medina.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Meghan Washington, who scored the lone goal, looks to move the ball up field against a trio of Medina/Lyndonville defenders including Brianna McMullen, Melanie Hibbard and Olivia Carter.

One hundred minutes of soccer netted just one goal as Roy-Hart edged past Medina/Lyndonville 1-0 in double overtime this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game at Gasport.

Meghan Washington scored the lone goal for the Lady Rams with 8:30 remaining in the second 10 minute overtime period.

Roy-Hart is now 3-8 and Medina/Lyndonville 3-7 in N-O action.

Medina/Lyndonville next hosts Albion at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Boys Soccer

Medina/Lyndonville 2, Oracle 2

Medina/Lyndonville scored with just 10 seconds remaining on a tally by Nate Sherman, off an assist from Trevor Hare, to earn a 2-2 tie with host Oracle in a non league game.

Owen Frasier scored the Mustangs other goal in the first half off an assist from Matt Hess.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Alisha Scroger and Roy-Hart’s Josephine Capen battle for control of the ball.

Holley edged past Pembroke 2-1 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls soccer game.

Madison St. John scored off an assist from Allison Lyndaker and Julia Smith scored from Sarah Harrington to earn the Lady Hawks the victory.

Maddie Papaj made three saves in goal for Holley.

Lyndonville downed Pembroke 25-15, 25-19, 23-25, 27-25 this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Alecia Hinkson had 10 spiking kills, 4 service aces and 11 digs; Natalie Ostrowski 5 aces and 10 assists; Carlie Russo 8 kills and Hannah Despard  21 digs to lead the way for Lyndonville.

Makenzie Jenks had 10 digs and 6 kills and Casey Wertz 4 kills for Pembroke.

Holley 25-19-25-25, W-C 19-25-18-23

Allison Howard had 4 aces 2 kills ad 11 digs; Jessica Sedore 5 assists, 2 kills and 4 digs; Cory Spychalski 4 assists, 3 aces and 2 blocks and Kelsie Johnstone 2 aces, 5 kills and 5 digs to lead Holley to a four set G-R victory over Wheatland-Chili.

In another G-R match, undefeated Byron-Bergen downed Kendall 25-11, 25-13, 25-15 as Madison Farnsworth had 5 kills and 2 aces and Lauren Burke and Catherine Brumsted both added 9 aces and 8 kills.

Sunni Brice had 2 aces, 9 digs and 2 assists and Jenna Regan 4 kill and 5 digs for Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Natalie Menz drives by Medina defender Lydia Battaglia during the Lady Raiders win over the Mustangs this afternoon at Vets Park.

Barker’s Lena Fazzolari reaches for the ball as Hannah Mahnke defends for Medina.

Maintaining a share of first place, Barker defeated Medina 5-1 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Vets Park.

Barker improves to 8-1 with the win to remain deadlocked for first place with defending champion Akron, a 5-0 winner over Kenmore (1-8).

Roy-Hart stayed just a game off the pace at 8-2 with a 2-0 win over Newfane (0-10).

Barker built up a 3-0 lead in the first half on two goals by Lena Fazzolari and one by Katrina Clare, all in the final 11 minutes.

The Lady Raiders upped the advantage to 5-0 in the second half on goals by Ciara Gregoire and Natalie Menz.

The Medina goal was scored by Guin Schalck on a penalty stroke.

The loss drops Medina to 4-6.

Rebecca Breymeier and Abby Stone each scored two goals and Alexis Bell one to lead Akron past Kenmore.

Lexi Lovewell had a goal and an assist and Delaney Draper a goal for Roy-Hart as Jamie Bower earned the shutout.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman delivers a centering pass as Wilson defender Melanie Gray and goalie Emily Kelly defend. The action took place during the Purple Eagles win over visiting Wilson this afternoon.

Albion’s Catherine Wolck heads the ball up field.

A quick goal in the first three minutes ignited Albion to a 2-1 win over visiting Wilson this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Brylie Hapeman scored just 2:38 into the game off an assist from Claire Squicciarini to give Albion the lead for good.

That duo then reversed roles later in the half as Squicciarini scored from Hapeman with nine minutes remaining to give the Purple Eagles a 2-0 lead at the half.

Emily Kelly scored for Wilson in the second half.

Albion is now 6-4-1 and Wilson 7-4-0 in N-O action.

Akron 9, Barker 0

Kara Sequin had 3 goals and 5 assists and Jenna Robnett 3 goals to lead Akron (9-2) to a 9-0 win over Barker (0-11).