Starting the second half of the season, Medina downed Akron 205-247 this afternoon at DanDee Farms as the Mustangs stay perfect at 7-0 in Niagara-Orleans League golf competition.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a 34.

The Mustnags balanced scoring also had Trevor Luthart with a 40, Jake Bensley and Andrew Fuller 43 and Aidan Paul 45.

Brennan Murty had a 40 for Akron which is now 3-3-1.

Barker 264, Newfane 276

Barker snapped a season long six match losing streak by downing Newfane 264-276.

Jake Harris took medalist honors for Barker with a 42 as Tyler Wagner led Newfane with a 48.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Je’ne Brown spikes the match winning point over the outstretched hands of Roy-Hart’s Aspen Moore during the Mustangs five set win over the visiting Lady Rams this evening.

Rallying from a two sets to one deficit, Medina battled back to outlast visiting Roy-Hart in a marathon five set Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match this evening 25-22, 16-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-21.

Trailing 21-19 in the decisive fifth set, Medina got 6 straight clutch service points from Ellie Gross to claim the wild victory. Je’ne Beown polished off 3 of the points with spiking kills including the match winner. Maddie Williams also had a key spike for point 24.

In all there were 8 ties and 4 lead changes in the fifth set.

Roy-Hart’s last lead at 21-18 came after a pair of service points by Skyler Christopher the first of which was polished off by a kill by Aspen Moore.

Medina’s Grace Masse sets the ball as Skyler Christopher gets set to make a return for Roy-Hart.

Brown finished with a total of 18 kills, Williams 8 and Camri King 7 as Grace Masse added 27 assists and Gross 2 aces.

Moore had 10 kills and 4 blocks and Christopher 9 kills and 1 block for Roy-Hart.

Medina also got off to a quick start taking the opening set as Alyssa Beyer served up the final 4 points.

However, Roy-Hart answered right back to take the net two sets and grab a 2-1 lead in the match.

Olivia Vorholzer served up the final 4 points of the second set for the Lady Rams including a pair of aces. Moore also had a key 4 point run of service points (15-18), including 2 aces, which helped put Roy-Hart on top to stay at 20-9.

Christopher then served up 5 straight points midway through the third set to put the Lady Rams on top to stay at 13-4, a run which included 2 kills and a block by Moore.  Back-to-back aces by Moore then upped the lead to 16-5.

Medina did battle back to within two at 18-16 as Gross served up points 8-12 and Williams 14-16, a run which included 2 kills by Brown. However the Mustangs could get no closer.

A 4 point run of service points by Jessi Wood (20-23) gave Roy-Hart a little breathing room at 23-16 and a kills by Moore polished off the set winning point.

Medina though rebounded to even the match by taking the fourth set as Faith Henning served up points 21-24 and Brown registered a kill for the set winner.

The Mustangs then kept the momentum by winning a wild sea-saw battle in the decisive fifth set which saw Brown registered 7 kills, Williams 2 and Gross 2.

Medina and Roy-Hart are now both 1-1 in N-O action.

Wilson 25-25-25, Albion 11-16-17
Wilson improved to 2-0 with a 25-11, 25-16, 26=5-17 win over visiting Albion (0-2) as Izzy Dinse had 6 kills and 5 blocks and Jenny Meyers 5 kills, 4 assists and 3 aces.

Boys Volleyball
Cardinal O’Hara 25-25-25, Lyndonville/Medina 6-12-18
Mason Pecoraro had 5 kills and 2 blocks, Chris Goyette 3 aces, 3 kills and 4 assists and Luke Isaacson 3 kills and 2 aces for Lyndonville/Medina in the three set loss to Cardinal O’Hara.

Roy-Hart’s Jessi Wood spikes as Elle Gross looks to block for Medina.

Finishing the first half of the season at 5-1, Albion downed defending champion Wilson 227-248 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Hickory Ridge.

Nick Penna took medalist honors for Albion with a 40.  The Purple Eagles also had Nick Perry with a 42, Andrew Caldwell 47 and Victor Benjovsky 48.

Nate Fox shot 42 and Patrick Seeley 46 for Wilson which slips to 3-2-1.

A quick two goal scoring burst in the second half keyed Newfane to a 5-3 victory over Medina/Lyndonville in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game this afternoon at Lyndonville.

Kayleigh Daniels scored 3 goals and Emily Foltz 2 for Newfane which snapped a 2-2 tie in the second half with that key scoring burst.

Destiny Satkowski scored Medina’s 3 goals off assists from Anna Lewis, Olivia Carter and Ashlee Howell.

Satkowski now holds school career records for most points (156) and goals (71).

Newfane is now 2-0-1 and Medina/Lyndonville 2-2 in N-O action.

Scoring twice in each half, Kendall posted a 4-1 victory over visiting Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game.

Brahayan Gonzalez scored twice in the first half to give Kendall a 2-1 lead at the break.

The Eagles then locked up the win on second half goals by Nate Warters and John Rath.  Warters also had a pair of assists on the day.

Hunter Menze earned the win in goal for Kendall which is now 1-1 in the league and 2-2 overall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Rachel Hurtgam looks to score around Medina defender Grace Flores and goalie Alissa Blount during the Lady Raiders win over the visiting Mustangs this afternoon.

A quick two goal scoring spurt early in the second half keyed Barker to a 5-1 victory over visiting Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Leading by a narrow 1-0 margin, Barker pulled away on goals by Natalie Menz and Katrina Clare in the first nine minutes of the second half.

Goals by Rachel Hurtgam and Haleigh Mason then rounded out the Lady Raiders scoring.

A goal by Lena Fazzolari gave Barker the 1-0 lead in the first half.

Alexis Maines scored the Medina goal off an assist from Libby Cook.

Barker is now 2-1 and Medina 2-2 in N-O action.

In the other N-O games, front-running Roy-Hart (4-0) blanked Newfane (0-4) 7-0 and Akron (3-0) downed Kenmore (0-3) 6-0.

Ashley Hill, Kate Corra and Lexi Lovewell each scored 2 goals and Jayden Townsend 1 for Roy-Hart.

Alexis Bell scored a pair of goals to lead Akron.

Medina’s Hannah Mahnke works to gain control of the ball from Barker’s Lena Fazzolari.

Kendall came battling back from a 2-0 set deficit to defeat Wheatland-Chili 20-25, 20-25, 25-11, 26-24, 25-12 this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Leading the way for the Lady Eagles were Jenna Regan with 14 kills, 3 digs and 5 aces; Brittney Marks  11 assists, 8 digs, 5 kills and 3 aces; Sunni Brice had 10 assists, 5 digs and 5 aces and Jessica Coble  5 aces, 7 digs and 5 kills.

Lyndonville 25-23-24-27-25, Alexander 21-25-26-25-21

In a wild five set G-R match which featured a pair of overtime sets, Lyndonville outlasted Alexander 25-21, 23-25, 24-26, 27-25, 25-21.

Alecia Hinkson had 3 aces and 7 kills, Paige Gardner 5 aces and 12 assists, Cassie Maynard 10 kills and Hananh Despard 18 digs for Lyndonville.

Jora Kusmierski had 19 assists and Ava Brown 10 digs for Alexander.

Snapping a season long five match winless streak, Roy-Hart defeated Barker 253-275 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon at Niagara Orleans Country Club.

Murphy Lang shot 43 and Madigan Lang 44 to lead the way for Roy-Hart which is now 1-4-1.

Jake Harris shared medalist honors for Barker (0-6) with a 43.

Akron 235, Newfane 284
Brennan Murty and Stephen Wagner shared medalist honors with identical rounds of 44 to lead Akron past visiting Newfane 235-284 and DanDee Farms.