The Medina Mustangs JV squad improved to 4-1 by defeating the host Roy-Hart/Barker Rams 32-16 this morning,.

Emmanual Taylor and Bobby Geiger had big days to pace the Mustangs offense.

Taylor scored three touchdowns, two coming on passes from quarterback Jarin Rhim, with a third on the ground and also ran for a two point conversion. Taylor finished with 114 rushing yards and 92 receiving yards.

Geiger ran for two touchdowns and rolled up 145 yards on the ground.

The Mustangs defense did its part as well, forcing seven turnovers in the game.

Tyler Chinn intercepted two passes and Colby Petrie picked off one.

Geiger recovered two fumbles while Jacob Golding and Mario Fidanza each recovered one.

The JV Mustangs will host their first home game of the season next Saturday at Vets Park against Alden at 10 a.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Mason Pecoraro goes up to block a tip for Lyndonville/Medina during this evenings’ five set loss to Sodus at Medina.

Lyndonville/ Medina dropped a sea-saw five set decision to visiting Sodus 23-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-17, 15-13 this evening a in a boys volleyball match at Medina.

Mason Pecoraro had 15 spiking kills, 6 assists and 4 blocks, Luke Isaacson 6 aces, Christian Hahn 3 kills, Chris Goyette 5 assists and 2 kills, Bryce Seddon 3 kills and Jack Masse 3 aces for Lyndonville/Medina.

Girls Volleyball
Alexander 25-25-24-25, Lyndonville 18-20-26-23
Alecia Hinkson had 5 kills and 16 digs and Cassie Maynard 7 aces for Lyndonvillr in the four set Genesee Region League loss to Alexander.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 25-25-25, Holley 12-11-19
McKayla Hilchey had 5 kills and 4 aces, Brianna Smith 4 aces and 6 kills and Kylie Schlagenhauf 3 kills, 2 aces and a string of 10 straight service points to lead Oakfield-Alabama/Elba.

Ava Kohut had 2 aces, 2 kills and 6 digs for Holley.

Christian Hahn sets for Lyndonville/Medina as Chris Goyette readies to receive the ball.

Making it two wins in a row, Holley defeated host York/Pavilion 34-22 this evening in a Livingston County League football game.

Holley rebounded from an early touchdown deficit to take a 14-13 lead at the half on touchdown runs by quarterback Jeremy Mallett of 12 and 1 yards.

The host Golden Knights had scored on the game’s first play from scrimmage.

The Hawks then broke the game open in the third quarter with three unanswered touchdowns on runs of 41 and 22 yards by Jacob Affronti and of 12 yards by Camron Labarge.

In all the Hawks gained over 300 yards on the ground behind the offensive line blocking of Jake Norman, Glenn Thrower, Nate Towne, Hunter McClean and Brandon Dillenbeck.

Now at 2-3, Holley next visits Oakfield-Alabama/Elba next Saturday afternoon at Elba.

Both the Medina/Lyndonville boys and girls varsity soccer teams scored shutout victories this afternoon.

Getting goals from nine different players the boys squad downed Global Concepts 9-0 in a non league game at Vets Park.

Alex Allis, Trevor Hare, Ethan Leonard, Nate Sherman, Kane Flynn, Trenton Jones, Caelan Holland, Renee Masters and Chase Woodward all took turns scoring goals for the Mustangs

The  girls team blanked host Barker 2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League game on first half goals by Alexis Adams and Anna Lewis.

The Mustangs are now 3-5 and the Lady Raiders 0-9 in N-O action.

In another N-O girls contest, Newfane (8-1-1) shutout Albion (4-4-1) 4-0 as Emily Foltz scored two goals and Megan Mietlicki and Sarah Miczarski one each.  Madalyn Traverse made 10 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Also in the N-O, Wilson improved to 6-3 by downing Roy-Hart (2-7) 3-0.

In a Genesee Region League girls contest, Holley blanked Attica 2-0 on goals by Julia Smith and Kayleigh Neale. Maddie Papaj made 2 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Field Hockey
Roy-Hart 5, Wilson 1
Roy-Hart defeated host Wilson 5-1 to improve to 6-2 in N-O field hockey competition as Kateline Corra had two goals and Samanatha Choate, Sydney Newton and Delaney Draper one each.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s JaQuess Harrison breaks loose for a 90 yard kickoff return igniting the Purple Eagles to a win over visiting Olean this evening.

Staying perfect at 5-0, Albion defeated visiting Olean 25-14 this evening in a B-2 Division game.

A big 90 yard kickoff return for a touchdown ignited the Purple Eagles.

Olean jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as a one yard touchdown run by Dylan Vincent capped off a 13 play drive.

However, Albion got that one right back as JaQuess Harrison returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and Justin Robinson added the tying extra point kick.

The Purple Eagles then scored twice in the second quarter to take the lead for good on a nine yard touchdown run by Ugene Harrison and a 10 yard TD pass completion from quarterback Bryce Pritchard to JaQuess Harrison.

Demetrius Gardner rounded out the Albion scoring with an eight yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Ugene Harrison and Ben Restivo each made 11 tackles and Gardner 6 to lead the Albion defense.  Harrison also had an interception and Restivo a sack.

Albion next visits Dunkirk in a key clash for the B-2 Division title next Friday.

Albion defenders Donamic Farley and Ben Restivo combine to sack Olean quarterback Luke Chapman.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jalin Cooper breaks loose for a long touchdown run for Medina/Lyndonville during this evening’s Homecoming win over Roy-Hart/Barker at Vets Park.

Snapping a two game losing streak, Medina/Lyndonville celebrated Homecoming by scoring a 40-14 victory over Roy-Hart/Barker in a B-3 Division game this evening at Vets Park.

Quarterback Izaiah Rhim ran for two touchdowns and passed to Brian Fry for another and wide receiver Jalin Cooper ran for one touchdown and returned a kickoff for another to spark Medina/Lyndonville which improves to 2-2 in the division and 3-2 overall.

Malik Smith ran for one touchdown and quarterback Charlie Bruning passed to Aaron Curry for another for Roy-Hart/Barker which slips to 1-2, 1-4.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Justice Hughes tackles Roy-Hart/Barker’s Aaron Curry.

Roy-Hart/Barker did jump out to an early 8-0 lead on a 14 yard touchdown run and two-point conversion carry by Smith.

However, Medina/Lyndonville pulled even before the end of the opening quarter on a five-yard Rhim to Fry touchdown pass and a two-point conversion carry by Rhim.

The Mustangs then moved on top to stay with a pair of unanswered second quarter touchdowns to open up a 24-8 half-time advantage.

First Cooper scored on a 42 yard run and then Rhim tallied on a 24 yard carry. The two-point conversions came on carries by Rhim and William Braswell.

Roy-Hart/Barker did cut the deficit to 24-14 with 9:10 to go in the fourth quarter on a 21 yard Bruning to Curry TD pass but could get no closer.

The Mustangs got that one right back with interest as Cooper returned the ensuing kickoff 79 yards for a touchdown and Rhim added the two-point conversion to make it 32-14.

Medina/Lyndonville then capped off the win with a 65 yard touchdown run by Rhim with 5:47 remaining.

Fumble recoveries by Elijah Sones and Abi Cruz-Robb and a forced fumble by Jorge Phillips highlighted the efforts by the Mustangs defensive unit whose leading tackler was Mason Lewis with 18.
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The Mustangs next visit Alden next Friday.

Roy-Hart/Barker quarterback Charlie Bruning gets away from Medina/Lyndonville defender Chris Clark.

William Braswell breaks through the line for a good gain for the Mustangs.

Gavin Samanka picks up yardage for Roy-Hart/Barker as Medina/Lyndonville defenders Elijah Sones and Jorge Phillips pursue.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aspen Moore tips the ball over the net as Taylor Walczak defends for Albion. The action took place during the Lady Rams win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Improving to 3-2, Roy-Hart scored a straight set 25-19, 25-17, 25-12 win over host Albion this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

Trailing 12-11, Roy-Hart moved on top to stay in the opening set as Skyler Christopher served up five points in a row (12-16), a run which featured a pair of spiking kills and a block by Aspen Moore.

A three point run of points by Natalie Lathrop rallied Albion back to within one at 18-17 but the Purple Eagles could not pull even.

Paige Dent makes a set for Roy-Hart.

A four point run of service points by Paige Dent upped the Roy-Hart lead to 23-17 and Christopher polished off the set for the Lady Rams with a kill for the final point.

An early four point run of points by Carly Eldridge (4-7), a run which included a pair of aces, put Roy-Hart on top to stay in the second set.

Olivia Vorholzer upped the Lady Rams lead to 19-11 by serving up points 16-19.

Albion pulled back to within four at 19-15 as Caitlynn Snook served up points 13-15 but the Purple Eagles would get no closer.

Christopher closed out the set for Roy-Hart by registering a kill for point 24 and then serving up point 25.

Christopher then had a big run of 9 straight service points (7-15) to put Roy-Hart in command by a 15-4 margin in the third set, a run which featured 3 aces. She also registered a kill for the set and match winning point.

Albion is now 0-5.

Akron 25-25-25, Medina 22-9-17
Maddie Williams had 5 kills and 11 digs, Alyssa Beyer 12 digs, Je’ne Brown 7 kills, Grace Masse 16 assists and 3 aces and Elle Gross 3 aces for Medina (2-3) in the three set loss at front-running (5-0) Akron.

Wilson 25-25-25, Newfane 13-19-18
Rachel Blasius had 7 kills and 7 digs and Brooke Weiser 3 aces and 6 digs to lead Wilson (4-1) to a straight set win over rival Newfane (1-4).

Albion’s Natalie Lathrop bumps a service return.

Staying within a game of the top spot, Roy-Hart shutout Wilson 2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Gasport.

Jamasen Johnson scored a goal in each half for the Rams as Jose Campos and Andrew Srock earned the assists.

Kodey Hayes made 6 saves to earn the shutout in goal.

Roy-Hart improves to 6-2 while Wilson slips to 3-3-1.

Newfane 5, Albion 1
Front-running defending champion Newfane used a quick two goal scoring burst late in the first half to key a 5-1 win over Albion.

Albion jumped out to a 1-0 lead as Spencer Lombard scored off an assist from Noah Goudreau.

However, Newfane answered back with goals by Mateo May and Trevor Moreland to take the lead for good by a 2-1 margin at the half.

May then locked up the win for the Panthers by tallying three unanswered goals in the second half.

Moreland also had 3 assists and May 1.

Newfane is now 7-1 and Albion 2-5 in N-O action.

G-R League
Attica edged past visiting Kendall and Byron-Bergen nipped host Holley by the identical 1-0 score in  Genesee Region League games.

Girls Soccer
Akron 7, Barker 0
Kara Sequin and Jenna Robnett each scored a pair of goals to lead Akron (8-1) to a 7-0 win over Bakrer (0-9) as Amanda Swader, Maggie Leeds and Caeley Hursch each netted 1.

Avenging an earlier season loss, Wilson bested Albion 218-245 in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon.

Nate Fox took medalist honors with a 34 for Wilson as Patrick Seeley added a 41 and Josh and Nick Seider both chipped in with rounds of 46.

Patrick Ricker shot 44 and Nick Penna 45 for Albion.

Albion finishes the regular season at 9-3 and Wilson at 7-3-2.

Akron (6-4-2) bested Newfane (1-10-1) 247-292 as Stephen Wagner had a 43 and Brennan Murty 46.

Roy-Hart (3-8-1) trimmed Barker (1-11) 262-268 as Murphy Lang had a 43 and Madigan Lang 44.

Jake Harris also had a 44 for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Libby Cook takes a shot on goal as Emma Epstein defends for Kenmore during the Mustangs win at Vets Park this afternoon.

Regaining the .500 mark at 4-4, Medina blanked Kenmore (1-7) 2-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game at Vets Park.

Libby Cook scored what proved to be the game winner for Medina off an assist from Guin Schalck with 12 minutes to go in the first half.

Schalck then tallied an insurance goal just five minutes into the second half.

Alissa Blount earned the shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

Barker 5, Newfane 0
Barker improved to 6-1 with a 5-0 win over Newfane (0-8).

Katrina Clare had the three goal hat-trick to lead the way for Barker which also got goals from Rachel Hurtgam and Sarah Mason.

Jillian Moeller, Natalie Menz and Ciara Gregoire each had an assist.

Cara Fox and Paige Sandolfini shared in earning the shutout in goal.

Barker led 2-0 at the half on goals by Clare and Hurtgam.

Medina’s Sarah Cochrane dodges to keep the ball away from Kenmore defender Hannah Munley.