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Medina, Albion golfers post N-O wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 September 2017 at 11:06 pm

Medina defeated Newfane 217-304 at Oak Run and Albion bested Barker 229-281 at Niagara-Orleans Country Club in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition this afternoon.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors with a 32 for Medina as Aidan Paul added a 42, Trevor Luthart 43 and Andrew Fuller 47.

The Mustangs stay perfect a 8-0 while Newfane slips to 1-6-1.

Albion improved to 6-1 as Nick Penna shot 42, Patrick Ricker 43, Victor Benjovsky 44 and Nick Pery 44.

Barker’s Jake Harris earned medalist honors with a 40.

In the other much Wilson and Akron split a pair of points.

Wilson’s Nate Fox and Akron’s Brennan Murty shared medalist honors with rounds of 41.

Field Hockey 

Barker 3, Mt. Lebanon, Pa. 2 OT

Barker scored on a penalty stroke goal by Natalie Menz to nip host Mt. Lebanon, Pa. 3-2 this evening.

The Lady Raiders goals in regulation time were scored by Menz and Rachel Hurtgam.

Roy-Hart/Barker scores late TD for first win

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 September 2017 at 11:04 pm

Roy-Hart/Barker scored a touchdown with a minute and a half to go to edge past Tonawanda 28-20 this evening in a B-3 Division game at Middleport.

Quarterback Charlie Bruning scored the game winning touchdown on a 1 yard run, a tally he set up with a 49 yard pass completion to Aaron Curry. Malik Smith tacked on the two-point conversion carry.

Smith also scored twice in the first half on a 62 yard pass reception from Bruning and a 47 yard interception return.

However,Tonawanda held a 14-12 lead at the half.

Roy-Hart/Barker regained a 20-14 lead in the third quarter on a 1 yard touchdown run by Bruning and a two-point conversion pass completion from Bruning to Smith.

Tonawanda though retied the contest one more time at 20-20 before Roy-Hart/Barker pulled out the win in the final minute and a half.

Roy-Hart/Barker is now 1-2 and Tonawanda 0-3.

Boys Soccer
Roy-Hart 2, Depew 2
Roy-Hart rallied for a pair of second half goals to earn a 2-2 non league tie with Depew.

Andrew Srock scored both goals for the Rams as he netted the equalizer in the final two minutes.

Purple Eagles win with second half rally

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 September 2017 at 10:59 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ugene Harrison had a big night on both sides of the ball for Albion this evening in a 20-12 victory over Fredonia/Westfiedl/Brocton at Brocton.

Rallying from a 12-6 half-time deficit, Albion battled back to defeat Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton in a B-2 Division game at Brocton this evening.

Albion knotted the contest at 12-12 on a 26 yard touchdown run by Ugene Harrison in the third quarter.

The Purple Eagles then scored the game winner on an 8 yard TD pass from quarterback Bryce Pritchard to Nate Moore in the final period.  Harrison added the two-point conversion carry to make it 20-12.

Harrison also scored the Purple Eagles first touchdown on a 13 yard run in the opening quarter.

However, Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton rebounded to grab what proved to be a brief 12-6 lead at the half.

Harrison finished with a total of 174 yards rushing. He also led the Purple Eagles defense with 12 tackles.

Albion stays perfect at 3-0 in the division while Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton slips to 0-2, 1-2 overall.

Alexander 44, Holley 6
Jumping out to a 21-0 half-time advantage, Alexander went on to defeat visiting Holley 44-6 this evening in a Livingston County League Division 4 game.

Camron LaBarge scored Holley’s touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 7 yard run.

Lyndonville/Medina spikers earn first win

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 15 September 2017 at 9:39 am

The Lyndonville/Medina boys volleyball team earned its first win of the young season by defeating host Sodus 25-20, 25-13, 25-15 Thursday evening.

Mason Pecoraro had 7 kills, 4 assists and 3 aces; Luke Isaacson 7 kills and 8 assists; Steven Kage 3 kills and 2 aces and Christian Hahn 5 kills, 2 aces and 2 blocks to lead the way.

In the first match, Lyndonville/Medina lost to Wayne 25-21, 25-11, 25-17.

Isaacson had 6 assists and 3 kills, Kage 4 blocks, Pecoraro 6 kills, Hahn 4 kills and Bryce Seddon 2 kills in that match.

Wilson spikers outlast Medina

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 14 September 2017 at 10:00 pm

A pair of overtime sets highlighted the action as Wilson outlasted visiting Medina 26-28, 30-28, 25-21, 25-10 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

Jenny Meyers had 7 klls, 6 digs, 3 blocks and 3 aces; Rachel Blasius 5 kills, 8 aces and 2 digs and Izzy Dinse 6 blocks and 2 kills to lead the way for Wilson which improves to 3-0.

Je’ne Brown had 12 kills, Camri King 4 kills, Elle Gross 5 aces and Grace Masse 17 assists for Medina which slips to 1-2.

Newfane 25-25-25, Albion 22-18-14
Faith Morgan had 4 kills and 4 aces, Erin Harrington 5 kills, Bailey Boyer 5 aces and 14 digs and Mackenzie Perry 3 blocks to lead Newfane (1-2) past Albion (0-3).

Caitlynn Snook had 5 kills, 2 aces and 4 digs for Albion.

Akron 25-25-25, Roy-Hart 19-10-11
Defending champion Akron stayed perfect at 3-0 with a straight set 25-19, 25-10, 25-11 victory over Roy-Hart (1-2).

Field Hockey
Akron 7, Newfane 0
Alexis Bells had 3 goals and Abby Stone, Rebecca Breymeier, Kayla Wdowka and Courtney Johnt 1 each to lead Akron (4-0) to a 7-0 N-O win over Newfane (0-5).

Wilson 2, Kenmore 0
Maddie Mocarski and Elizabeth Soles each scored a goal to lead Wilson (2-2) to a 2-0 victory over Kenmore (0-4).

Albion girls nip Medina/Lyndonville in OT

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 14 September 2017 at 9:44 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman tries to go around Medina/Lyndonville defenders Olivia Carter and Ashley Howell during the Purple Eagles overtime win over the Mustangs this evening.

Albion edged past visiting Medina/Lyndonville 3-2 in overtime this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Claire Squicciarini scored what proved to be the game winner three minutes into the first of two 10 minute overtime periods as Albion regains the .500 mark at 2-2-1 in N-O competition.

Albion’s Kendall Derisley battles for control of the ball with Medina/Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis.

Albion also got off to a quick start as Brylie Hapeman scored just 11 minutes into the first half.

Medina/Lyndonville though came battling back to first tie the contest on a goal by Destiny Satkowski with five minutes to join the first half and then to take a 2-1 lead on a goal by Olivia Carter with 18 minutes remaining in the second half.

However, Albion answered right back with a goal by Hapeman just three minutes later to knot the contest at 2-2 and end up forcing overtime.

It was a costly loss for Medina/Lyndonville, which slips to 2-3 in N-O action as Satkowski, the Mustangs leading scorer, was injured early in the second overtime period.

Newfane 2, Akron 0
Goals by Emily Foltz and Kayleigh Daniels late in the second half earned Newfane (3-0-1) a key 2-0 victory over Akron (3-1) vaulting the Lady Panthers into the N-O lead.

Wilson 3, Barker 1
Emily Kelly, Chaylee Wilson and Melanie Gay scored the goals as Wilson (3-1) downed Barker (0-4) 3-1.

Kendall 7, Northstar 0
Megan Hardenbrook and Hailee Mitchell both scored a pair of goals as Lyndsay Wright, Hannah Ulmen and Taylor ReQua each netted one to lead Kendall to a 7-0 non league win over host Northstar.

Brianna Wakefield and Madison Jacob both added a pair of assists for the Lady Eagles which improve to 5-1.

Boys Soccer
Byron-Bergen/Elba, 4 Kendall 0
Byron-Bergen/Elba blanked host Kendall 4-0 in a Genesee Region League game.

Sarah Gregori of Albion and Stacy Buckland of Medina/Lyndonville go after the ball.

Mustangs get in first practice on new turf

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 14 September 2017 at 5:53 pm

Photo by Mike Wertman – The Medina/Lyndonville varsity football team got in its first practice session on the new artificial turf at Veterans Memorial Park this afternoon in preparation for Friday’s home opener. The Mustangs will host long time foe Newfane at 7:30 p.m. in a B-3 Division contest.

Mustangs to host long time foe Panthers to open new look Veterans Memorial Park

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 14 September 2017 at 9:55 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jorge Phillips, shown here making a tackle in last week’s win at Tonawanda, and his Medina/Lyndonville teammates will host Newfane at 7:30 p.m. Friday to open renovated Veterans Memorial Park.

A long time foe will provide the opposition as Medina/Lyndonville celebrates the reopening of renovated Veterans Memorial Park by hosting Newfane at 7:30 p.m. Friday for a B-3 Division football game.

The summer long Phase 1 of the two-year renovation project has included the installation of a new artificial turf surface completely covering the football, baseball and softball portions of the field and a large new video scoreboard.  Because of the renovations all of the bleacher seating will now be on the south side of the field.

Friday’s meeting will be the 54th in the series between the Mustangs and Panthers which began in 1954. The Mustangs hold a 43-8-2 lead in the series.

Both teams are looking to keep the momentum from victories last weekend, Medina/Lyndonville 26-15 over Tonawanda and Newfane 48-18 over Lew-Port.

“I’ve been very impressed with what I’ve seen of Newfane so far. They are very physical and very athletic across the board,” said Mustangs Coach Eric Valley. “We’ve got to play solid defense because they have shown they can score plenty of points. And offensively we’ve got to have a good balance between the run and the pass to keep them on their toes.”

Now at 2-0, the Mustangs are led offensively by quarterback Izaiah Rhim who has passed for 6 touchdowns and run for 2 more.  Brendan Luthart and Mason Lewis both have a pair of TD receptions while Jalin Cooper and DaRon Bellan each have 1.  William Braswell has led the Mustangs ground attack with 3 touchdowns.

The Panthers offense has been sparked by quarterback Brandon Gross who passed for 3 touchdowns and ran for 2 more against Lew-Port and Chad Dunbar who had 3 scores, 2 rushing and 1 receiving.

Albion will make the long trek to Brocton to face the tri school team of Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton in a B-2 Division game at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Purple Eagles are 2-0 after putting together a big four touchdown second half scoring burst to erase a 7-0 deficit and defeat host Depew 28-7.

Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton is 1-1 after losing to Olean 28-13 last week.

It will be Albion’s first meeting against Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton. However Albion has met and defeated Fredonia twice previously 21-7 in 2001 and 21-0 in 2002.

Quarterback Bryce Pritchard, who has thrown 2 touchdown passes, both to Nate Moore, and run for 1 score leads the Albion offense. Ugene Harrison has added 4 rushing touchdowns and Brilliance Johnson 2.

Roy-Hart/Barker will host Tonawanda at 7 p.m. Friday in a B-3 Division matchup of teams both looking to snap season opening two game losing streaks.  Roy-Hart/Barker lost 41-18 to Alden and Tonawanda 26-15 to Medina/Lyndonville last weekend.

The meeting will be the third ever between the teams.  Roy-Hart/Barker won 26-21 in 2014 and Tonawanda 40-20 in 2015.

Friday’s other B-3 contest is a big one as Alden (2-0, 2-0) visits Lackawanna (1-0, 2-0).

Holley will likewise to looking to gain that first win of the young season as the 0-2 Hawks visit 2-0 Alexander at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a Livingston County League game.  The Trojans blanked Pembroke 34-0 last weekend while the Hawks dropped a 35-0 decision to Attica.

Alexander holds an 11-3 lead in the series with Holley.

Standings
B-2 Division: Albion 2-0, 2-0; Dunkirk 2-0, 2-0; Olean 1-0, 2-0; Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton 0-1, 1-1; Depew 0-2, 0-2; Sprngville 0-2, 0-2.

B-3 Division: Alden 2-, 2-0; Medina/Lyndonville 1-0, 2-0; Lackawanna 1-0, 2-0; Newfane 0-1, 1-1; Roy-Hart/Barker 0-1, 0-2; Tonawanda 0-2, 0-2.

Livingston League Division 4: Alexander 2-0, Attica 1-1, Notre Dame 1-1, Pembroke 1-1, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 1-1, Geneseo 1-1, Holley 0-2, York/Pavilion 0-2.

Lyndonville spikers down W-C

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 13 September 2017 at 9:00 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Carlie Russo spikes for Lyndonville during this evening’s win over visiting Wheatland-Chili.

Alecia Hinkson goes up to block a return for the Lady Tigers.

Everyone in the lineup got a chance to contribute to the victory as Lyndonville downed visiting Wheatland-Chili 25-12, 25-16, 25-18 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls volleyball match.

Alecia Hinkson had 6 spiking kills and 2 service aces, Natalie Ostrowski 6 aces and 4 assists, Miranda Lembcke 2 kills and Ritajane Isaacson 2 kills for the Lady Tigers.

Now at 2-3, Lyndonville next hosts Rochester Prep at 5 p.m. Friday in a non league match.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba 25-19-25-25, Kendall 20-25-22-22
Jenna Regan had 9 kills, 4 aces and 4 digs; Brittney Marks 9 digs, 3 aces, 4 kills and 6 assists and Harley Faro 13 digs for Kendall in the four set G-R loss to Oakfield-Alabama/Elba.

Field Hockey
Medina 3, Sacred Heart 3 OT
Medina battled to a 3-3 overtime tie at Sacred Heart this afternoon in a non league field hockey game.

Guin Schalck scored 2 goals and Grace Flores 1 for Medina.

Roy-Hart blanks Medina/Lyndonville

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 13 September 2017 at 7:58 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Cory Bricourt slides to kick the ball towards the net as Owen Frasier and Jonathan Pietrafesa defend for Medina/Lyndonville. The action took place during the Rams win over the Mustangs this afternoon at Lyndonville.

Staying within a game of the top spot, Roy-Hart shutout Medina/Lyndonville 3-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game at Lyndonville.

The victory boosts Roy-Hart’s N-O record to 3-1 and keeps the Rams within a game of undefeated (4-0) defending champion Newfane.

Noah Kindron scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Roy-Hart with 18 minutes to go in the first half off an assist from Andrew Srock.

Roy-Hart opened up a little breathing room when Aaron Miller scored 12 minutes into the second half.

The Rams then put a lock on the victory when Aidan Bligh tallied with 13 minutes remaining.

Jamasen Johnson earned the assist on both of those second half goals.

The loss drops Medina/Lyndonville to 1-2.

Wilson 2, Albion 1 OT

Wilson (1-2-1) edged past visiting Albion (0-3) 2-1 in overtime in the other N-O contest.

Matt Couturier scored the game winner in OT for Wilson.

Kendyll Hadick scored for Albion in the second half to knot the contest at 1-1.

Girls Soccer

Byron-Bergen 4, Holley 0

All of the scoring came in the second half as Byron-Bergen downed Holley 4-0 in a Genesee Region League game.

Roy-Hart’s Aidan Bligh and Medina/Lyndonville’s Evan Horn battle for control of the ball.