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Wall of Fame inducts three new members in Medina

Contributed Photo – Medina’s John “Pinky” Loughlin Memorial Football Wall of Fame added three new members Friday night in ceremonies prior to the start of the Mustangs game against Lackawanna at Vets Park. The new inductees include, from left, Brian Fry (Class of 1987), Richard “Dick” Miller (Class of 1962) and Charlie Pettit (Class of 1970). The Wall of Fame is named in memory of Loughlin, who coached the Mustangs for nearly a quarter of a century from 1955-78. Miller, a three year starter for Coach Loughlin during the 1959-61 seasons, went on to star at the University of Rochester on the offensive and defensive lines earning All East Honorable Mention. Pettit, likewise a three year starter for Coach Loughlin during the 1967-69 seasons, earned first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honors during both his junior and senior years. He went on to play football at Cornell University. Fry, a two-year varsity starter during the 1985-86 seasons earned All-League honors his senior year. Also a two-time first team N-O All-League pitcher in baseball he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds and played or two years in the Reds organization.
Holley booters earn split on Homecoming

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Nathan Nothnagle battles for control of the ball with Wilson Magnet’s Abdoul Juma during this evening’s Homecoming victory by the Hawks as John Mounts follows the play.
Building up a 3-0 half-time advantage, the Holley boys soccer team went on to score a 4-0 non league Homecoming victory over Wilson Magnet this evening.
John Mounts scored 2 goals and Matt Wilson 1 in the opening half for the Hawks s Erick Balys tallied in the second half.
Mounts, Nathan Nothnagle and Kohl Morgan all had assists for the Hawks.
The girls Homecoming contest saw Kendall defeat Holley 3-0.
Two quick goals just 30 seconds apart early in the second half by Michela Hanlon, off an assist from Madison Jacob, and by Taylor ReQua keyed Kendall to the win.
Brooke Lawson netted the Lady Eagles final goal off an assist from Brianna Wakefield.
Hannah Ulmen made 8 saves to earn the shutout in goal for the Lady Eagles.
Roy-Hart 2, Barker 0
Goals by Sophia LaPort and Kara Choate lifted Roy-Hart (2-5) to a 2-0 victory over Barker (0-7) in a Niagara-Orleans League girls game. Reanna Perkins earned the shutout in goal for the Lady Rams.
Wilson 2, Newfane 1
Wilson (3-2-1) upended defending champion Newfane (5-1) 2-1 on a pair of goals by Alexander Chiappone in a key N-O boys contest.
MST Prep 4, Medina/Lyndonville 2
Jumping out to a 2-0 lead, MST Prep went on to defeat Medina/Lyndonville 4-2 in a non league boys game at Lyndonville.
Trenton Jones scored off an assist from Ethan Leonard and Evan Silversmith tallied from Chase Stinson for the Medina/Lyndonville goals.

Holley’s Sal Solis goes for the ball as Zero Htoo comes in to defend for Wilson Magnet.
Medina golfers clinch tie for N-O title
Staying perfect at 11-0, Medina defeated Barker 238-272 this afternoon to clinch at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League golf championship.
Aidan Paul shot 41, Trevor Luthart 45, Jake Bensley 47 and Toby Kiebala 49 for Medina.
Jake Harris took medalist honors with a 40 for Barker which is now 1-9.
Medina closes out the N-O season with a key match at runner-up Albion on Tuesday.
Albion stayed in the title hunt by downing Akron 226-244 to improve to 9-1.
Nick Penna took medalist honors for Albion with a 38 as Patrick Ricker and Victor Benjovsky both shot 43 and Nick Perry 49.
Stephen Wagner had a 46 for Akron which is now 5-4-2.
Wilson defeated Roy-Hart 238-268 in the other match as Nate Fox took medalist honors with a 41 and Patrick Seeley added a 42.
Murphy Lang and Madigan Lang both shot 43 for Roy-Hart.
Wilson is now 5-3-2 and Roy-Hart 1-8-1.
Girls Volleyball
Medina 21-25-25-25, Newfane 25-15-23-16
Medina rebounded from an opening set loss to defeat host Newfane 21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-16 this evening in an N-O volleyball match.
Grace Masse had an ace for the final point in the third set for the Mustangs as Divere Brown polished off the match winning point in the final set.
Je’ne Brown had 14 kills for the Mustangs as Elle Gross had 6 and Maddie Williams 4. Masse and Gross both had 4 aces and Faith Henning and Leah Sheelar 2 each.
Medina is now 3-2 and Newfane 1-4.
Roy-Hart 30-22-20-25-29, Wilson 28-25-25-10-27
Roy-Hart (3-2) outlasted Wilson (3-2) in a five set marathon as Aspen Moore had 22 kills and 5 blocks, Olivia Vorholtzer 10 kills and 2 aces, Skyler Christopher 10 kills and 6 aces, Jessi Wood 7 kills and 4 aces and Allison Dudek 10 straight service points in the fourth set.
Boys Volleyball
Midlakes 25-25-25, Lyndonville/Medina 16-14-15
Lyndonville/Medina dropped a straight set 25-16, 25-14, 25-15 decision at Midlakes in a boys volleyball match Thursday.
Christian Hahn had 6 kills for Lyndonville/Medina as Chris Goyette and Mason Pecoraro both added 2.
Purple Eagles romp to Homecoming win

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Ugene Harrison runs for a quick touchdown in the opening minute sparking the Purple Eagles to a big Homecoming win over Roy-Hart/Barker this evening.
A lightning quick touchdown in the opening minute ignited Albion to a 58-6 Homecoming victory over visiting Roy-Hart/Barker this evening.
Ugene Harrison scored on a 49 yard touchdown run just 47 seconds into the game and Albion was off and rolling as Justin Robinson added the first of his five extra point kicks.

Demetrius Gardner picked up yardage for the Purple Eagles.
The Purple Eagles upped the lead to 13-0 on 14 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryce Pritchard to JaQuess Harrison with 5:38 remaining in the opening quarter.
Roy-Hart/Barker did cut the deficit to 13-6 on a 24 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Charlie Bruning to Aaron Curry in the opening minute of the second quarter but could not find the end zone again.
Albion broke the game wide open in the second quarter with three long touchdown plays including scoring runs of 58 yards by Brilliance Johnson and 53 yards by Pritchard along with a 54 yard punt return by JaQuess Harrison.
Robinson tacked on a 27 yard field goal as the Purple Eagles enjoyed a commanding 37-6 lead at the half.
In the second half Albion got touchdown runs on 2 yards by Demetrius Gardner and of 5 and 46 yards by Antonio Vallejo-Miller.
Vallejo-Miller finished with 93 yards rushing, Pritchard 91 and Johnson 80.
On defense, Ugene Harrison led the Purple Eagles with 11 while Gardner and Jessy Cruz both had 8.
Albion stays unbeaten at 4-0 while Roy-Hart/Barker slips to 1-3.

Justin Robinson kicks one of five extra points for Albion.

Albion’s JaQuess Harrison breaks away from Roy-Hart/Barker defender Aaron Curry.

Roy-Hart/Barker’s Aaron Curry leaps over Albion defender Jessy Cruz as Sam Gioeli blocks.

Roy-Hart/Barker quarterback Charlie Bruning looks for running room.
Steelers use fast start to down Mustangs

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jalin Cooper stretches for a two point conversion pass for Medina/Lyndonville during the Mustangs loss to Lackawanna this evening at Vets Park. Noble Smith tries to make the tackle for the Steelers.
Unable to overcome an early 20-0 deficit, Medina/Lyndonville dropped a 28-8 decision to Lackawanna this evening in a B-3 Division game at Vets Park.
Undefeated (3-0, 4-0) Lackawanna jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead on touchdown runs of 10 yards by Jakwon Ingram and 2 yards by Khalil Norton.

The Mustangs Mason Lewis looks to get away from the tackle of the Steelers Carlton Threeths.
The Steelers upped the advantage to 20-0 three minutes into the second quarter on a 27 yard touchdown run by Norton.
Medina/Lyndonville did cut the deficit to 20-8 on a 7 yard touchdown pass from Izaiah Rhim to Jalin Cooper with five minutes to go in the half. Rhim also hooked up with Cooper for the two-point conversion pass.
However, Medina/Lyndonville could not find the end zone again.
Earlier in the first quarter the Mustangs did get to the Lackawanna 25 after 54 yard pass completion from Rhim to Mason Lewis but had the drive stall out on downs as a bad snap on fourth down resulted in a 16 yard loss.
Lackawanna upped the lead to 28-8 on a 27 yard touchdown run by Northon with 1:35 remaining in the third period. That Steelers score was set up by the first of Noble Smith’s 2 pass interceptions in a span of just 21 seconds.
The Mustangs failed to get inside the Steelers 30 yard line in the second half.
The loss drops Medina/Lyndonville to 1-2 in the division and 2-2 overall.
Mustangs romp to JV win over Steelers
The JV Mustangs put together a dominating performance on Thursday night to defeat host Lackawanna 50-8.
Tyler Chinn started the scoring for the Mustangs after picking up a fumble forced by Colby Petrie in the first quarter and racing 60 yards to the end zone. Chinn also caught the 2 point conversion pass from Emmanual Taylor as the Mustangs took an 8-0 lead and never looked back.
Jarin Rhim passed for 262 yards and 4 touchdowns with 3 of those passes going to Chinn and the other to Emmanual Taylor.
Rhim also threw two point conversion passes to Taylor and Joe Cecchini.
Chinn finished with 162 receiving yards for the game and Taylor 87.
Amir Barulich was the Mustangs leading rusher totaling 56 yards, while Jacob Golding added 52 rushing yards and a touchdown, and Bobby Geiger contributed 44 yards and a touchdown. Christian Drisdom added a two point conversion run.
The Mustangs defense was equally dominating allowing Lackawanna just 64 yards of total offense for the game.
Geiger made 6 tackles including 2 sacks and Taylor had 5 tackles and 1 sack.
Now 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the division, the JV Mustangs are next in action on Saturday, September 30th against Roy-Hart/Barker. The game will take place at Roy-Hart High School at 10 a.m.
Rams top Mustangs; Purple Eagles best Tigers

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jamasen Johnson scores Roy-Hart’s first goal as Evan Horn defends for Medina/Lyndonville. The action took place during the Rams win over the Mustangs this evening at Gasport.
Staying within a game of the top spot, Roy-Hart blanked Medina/Lyndonville 3-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game this evening at Gasport.
Jamasen Johnson scored what proved to be the game winner for Roy-Hart with 18 minutes to go in the first half off an assist from Patrick Sheelar.

Medina/Lyndonville’s Brandon Heschke knocks the ball way from Roy-Hart’s Ethan Lindke.
The Rams then put a lock on the victory with a pair of late second half goals as Johnson scored again off an assist from Jacob Higgins and Noah Kindron tallied from Aidan Bligh.
Those tallies came in the final 10 minutes after the Mustangs had a shot bounce off the crossbar that would have tied the contest.
The victory boosts Roy-Hart’s N-O record to 5-1 while Medina/Lyndonville drops to 1-5.
The Rams next host a key contest against undefeated (5-0) defending champion Newfane at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Gasport .
Albion 2, Akron 0
Albion scored a goal in each half to blank host Akron 2-0 in an N-O makeup game.
Noah Goudreau scored what proved to be the game winner for Albion at the 28 minutes mark of the first half off an assist from Leonel Rosario.
The Purple Eagles then got an insurance tally when Tom Hollenback scored just 1:06 into the second half off an asset from Nate Scanlan.
Devin Gaylord made 3 saves to earn the shutout in goal.
Albion in now 2-3 and Akron 0-4-1 in N-O action.

Ethan Leonard of Medina/Lyndonville battles for control of the ball with Roy-Hart’s Jose Campos.
Wilson girls down Medina/Lyndonville

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Haylee Seefeldt tries to control the ball for Medina/Lyndonville between Wilson defenders Hannah Darlak and Grace Gerber during the Mustangs loss to the Lakewomen this afternoon at Lyndonville.
Improving to 5-2, Wilson shutout Medina/Lyndonville 2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this afternoon at Lyndonville.
Julia Seider scored what proved to be the game winner in the first half for Wilson and Lilly O’Lay added an insurance tally in the second half.
Medina/Lyndonville is now 2-4 in N-O action.
Girls Volleyball
Kendall defeated visiting Rochester Academy Charter 25-18, 25-15, 25-9 this evening in a non league volleyball match.
Kelly Mayes had 7 kills and 3 aces for Kendall as Sunni Brice and Anna Oakley both added 5 aces and 2 kills and Ashley Kingsbury went 12 for 12 at the service line including 3 aces.
In an N-O match, Akron defeated Albion 25-9, 25-13, 25-15.

Anna Lewis of Medina/Lyndonville splits between Wilson defenders Julia Seider and Sarah Lewis.
Wilson tops Medina in field hockey; Akron scores key victory over Roy-Hart; Barker wins

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Sarah Cochrane brings the ball up field as Madison Goodnight defends for Wilson. The action took place during the Mustangs loss to the Lakewomen this afternoon at Vets Park
Two quick early goals proved to be just enough to earn Wilson a 2-1 victory over Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Guin Schalck scores on a penalty shot for the Medina goal.
Hannah Day and Olivia Mitchell scored in the first 10 minutes for Wilson which improves to 3-3.
Gwin Schalck scored on a penalty stroke in the first half for Medina which slips to 2-4.
Akron 3, Roy-Hart 2 OT
Undefeated (6-0) defending champion Akron maintained sole possession of first place by nipping visiting Roy-Hart (4-2) 3-2 in overtime this afternoon in a key N-O game.
Abby Stone scored the game winner for Akron with two minutes to go in the extra 10 minute period.
Akron also got off to a fast start jumping out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Rebecca Breymeier and Alexis Bell.
However, Roy-Hart battled back to knot the contest before half-time on goals by Lexi Lovewell and Danielle Kozma.
Barker 5, Kenmore 0
Ciara Gregoire and Casey A’Hearn each scored a pair of goals an Madison Gancasz one to lead Barker (5-1) to a 5-0 win over host Kenmore (1-5). Natalie Menz added a pair of assists.
Albion golfers post win over Roy-Hart
Staying in the thick of the title chase, Albion defeated Roy-Hart 238-277 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Shelridge.
The victory boosts Albion’s record to 8-1 and keeps the Purple Eagles within a match of undefeated (10-0) front-running Medina.
Nick Penna took medalist honors with a 41 for Albion.
The Purple Eagles balanced scoring also had Patrick Ricker with a 45, Victor Benjovsky 46 and Nick Perry and Andrew Caldwell 49.
Murphy Lang shot 43 and Madigan Lang 46 for Roy-Hart, which slips to 1-7-1.





