Kendall posted a 3-0 victory over host Caledonia-Mumford this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game.

Brahayn Gonzalez scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Kendall in the first half off an assist from Nate Warters.

Warters then netted a pair of insurance goals for the Eagles in the second half off assists from Miguel Aguirre.

Hunter Menze made 5 saves to earn the shutout in goal for Kendall which is now 1-2.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman -Holley’s Jacob Affronti tries to get out of a tackle by Attica’s Clayton Thompson during the Hawks loss to the visiting Blue Devils this afternoon.

A quick two touchdown scoring burst in the first five and a half minutes ignited Attica to a 35-0 victory over host Holley this afternoon in a Livingston County League football game.

Mason Compton scored on touchdown runs of 26 and 15 yards and Dawson Nelson added the first two of his five extra point kicks to give Attica a 14-0 lead before the game was six minutes old.

Holley’s Matt Hahn tackles Attica’s Mason Compton who scored the Blue Devils first two touchdowns.

The Blue Devils increased the lead to 21-0 at the half when quarterback Edward Strzelec scored on a 6 yard run with just 1:38 remaining in the second quarter.

Attica capped off the win with second half touchdown runs of 59 yards by Mike Donohue with 3:38 remaining in the third quarter and of 2 yards by Seth Chilano with 4 minutes to go in the final period, a tally he set up himself with a 39 yard run on the previous snap.

Holley, which failed to cross midfield on six possessions in the first half, could get no closer than the Attica 25 in the second half.

A 25 yard run by Jacob Affronti, which helped Holley reach the Attica 40 early in the third quarter, was the Hawks biggest gain of the day.

Defensively, for the Hawks, Jeremy Mallett had an interception near the Hawks goal line to stop a Blue Devils drive just before half-time.

Attica is now 1-1 and Holley 0-2.

The Hawks next visit Alexander on Friday.  Alexander improved to 2-0 with a 34-0 win over Pembroke on Friday.

Taking over sole possession of first place, Medina defeated Albion 221-254 at Shelridge this afternoon in a key mid season Niagara-Orleans League golf match.

Ian Wagner took medalist honors for Medina with a 37. Andrew Fuller added a 42, Aidan Paul 44 and Jake Bensley for the Mustangs.

Nick Penna led Albion with a 42.

Medina is now 6-0 and Albion 4-1.

Roy-Hart split a pair of points with Newfane as Murphy Lang took medalist honors for the Rams with a 41.

In the other match, Wilson defeated Barker 246-278.

Nate Fox earned medalist honors with a 42 and Patrick Seeley added a 44 for Wilson while Jake Harris led Barker with a 47.

Getting goal production from eight different players, Albion romped to an 11-0 victory over Vertus Charter this evening in the opening round of the Byron-Bergen boys soccer tournament.

Leonel Rosario, Kendyll Hadick and Spencer Lombard each scored two goals to spearhead the Albion attack which also included tallies by Noel Vasquez, Brad Sanford, Alex Rustay, Noah Goudreau and Thomas Hollenbeck.. Preston Flugel chipped in with 4 assists.

Now at 2-1 overall, Albion will play in the championship at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Holley 5, University Prep 3
John Mounts scored 3 goals and Matt Wilson 2 to spark Holley to a 5-3 non league win over visiting University Prep.

Girls Soccer
Akron 1, Wilson 0
Kara Sequin scored the lone goal for Akron and Laurie Poeller made 12 saves in the net to key the Lady Tigers to a 1-0 win over Wilson in a Niagara-Orleans League contest.

Volleyball
Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Albion 14-16-16
Lauren Burke had 8 kills, 2 aces and 12 assists and Madison Farnsworth 12 kills to lead Byron-Bergen to a straight set non league win over Albion.

Natalie Lathrop had 4 kills and 7 digs, Caitlynn Snook 3 kills and 2 aces and Taylor Walczek 4 blocks and 3 kills for Albion.

Trailing 7-0 at the half, Albion rallied with a big four touchdown second half scoring burst to defeat host Depew 28-7 this evening in a B-2 Division game.

Albion pulled even at 7-7 on the opening play of the second half as Ugene Harrison broke loose for a 60 yard touchdown run and Justin Robinson added the first of his four extra point kicks.

The Purple Eagles finally took the lead for the first time at 14-7 early in the final period on a two yard touchdown run by quarterback Bryce Pritchard.

Albion then put a lock on the victory with a pair of long touchdown runs first of 51 yards by Ugene Harrison and then of 60 yards by Brilliance Johnson.

The Purple Eagles defense was led by Ben Restivo with 9 tackles, Demetrius Gardner 8 and JaQuess Harrison 7 and an interception.

Albion improves to 2-0 in the division while Depew slips to 0-2.

The Purple Eagles next face Fredonia/Westfield/Brockton next Friday at Brocton in another B-2 contest.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – DaRon Bellan hauls in a touchdown pass for Medina/Lyndonville’s first score in the win at Tonawanda this evening.

Having to twice answer a touchdown with a touchdown in the second half to regain a double digit lead, Medina/Lyndonville edged past host Tonawanda 26-15 this evening in the Mustangs B-3 Division opener.

Tonawanda twice sliced the Medina/Lyndonville lead to just five points down the stretch, first at 14-9 after a 12 yard touchdown run by Noah Ray with 7:31 remaining in the third quarter and then at 20-15 after a 10 yard TD run by Quintern Brader with 11:05 to go in the final period.

Mustangs running back William Braswell looks for an opening.

However, both times the Mustangs answered right back with clutch long touchdown runs by quarterback Izaiah Rhim, the first of 45 yards to 3:20 to go in the third quarter to make it 20-9 and the second of 35 yards to make it 26-15 with 9:58 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Despite several lost fumbles, Medina/Lyndonville had jumped out to a 14-2 lead at the half on a 32- yard Rhim to DaRon Bellan and two-point conversion carry by William Braswell with 9:01 to go in the first quarter and a 13 yard TD carry by Braswell with 4:18 remaining in the second period.

The Mustangs defensive unit came up big in the first half to stop five Tonawanda drives into Medina/Lyndonville territory.  A fumble recovery by Rhim along with interceptions by Brendan Luthart and Mason Lewis stymied three of those Warrior threats. Jorge Phillips and Elijah Sones also had key tackles for losses which helped to halt drives during that stretch.

Rhim finished with 113 yards rushing and Braswell 104.

On defense, Ian Joseph had 12 tackles and a sack and Justice Hughes 2 sacks.

Medina, which next hosts Newfane next Friday to open the renovated Veterans Memorial Park, is now 2-0 while Tonawanda slips to 0-2.

Mustangs quarterback Izaiah Rhim runs for his second touchdown.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba earned an overtime win in the decisive fifth set to outlast visiting Lyndonville 23-25, 25-7, 25-17, 23-25, 26-24 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls volleyball match.

Makayla Hilchey had 8 service aces, 9 spiking kills, 3 blocks and 8 digs; Justina Pruski 7 aces, 3 kills and 18 assists and Brianna Smith 6 aces, 9 kills, 3 blocks and 4 digs to lead the Lady Hornets.

Skyler Lear had 4 aces, 6 kills and 10 digs; Alecia Hinkson 5 kills, 3 aces and 13 digs; Hannah Despard 3 aces and 25 digs and Natalie Ostrowski 6 assists for Lyndonville.

Building up a 20-6 half-time advantage, Alden went on to defeat visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 41-18 this evening in a rare Thursday night B-3 Division football game.

Alden quarterback Bryan Cybulski ran for two touchdowns and passed to Christian Snell for two more scores as Colin Skowronski added another TD for the Bulldogs.

Roy-Hart/Barker did cut the deficit to 15-6 at one point in the first half as a 90 yard kickoff return by Malik Smith set up a 6 yard touchdown run by Patrick Dwyer but could get no closer.

Roy-Hart/Barker’s other touchdowns in the second half came on runs of 1 yard by Charlie Bruning and 5 yards by Smith who had a total of 193 yards on the evening.

Alden is now 2-0 and Roy-Hart/Barker 0-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Elisabeth Baker tries to keep the ball away from Kendall’s Brianna Wakefield. The action took place during this evening’s Kendall Tournament semifinal game which was won by Albion 2-1.

Albion scored a goal in each half to defeat the host Lady Eagles 2-1 this evening in the opening round of the Kendall girls soccer tournament.

Albion jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first half on a goal by Brylie Hapeman.

Kendall answered right back with the equalizer just five minutes later when Taylor ReQua tallied on a direct kick but the Lady Eagles couldn’t find the net again.

Hapeman later scored the game winner for the Purple Eagles 15 minutes into the second half.

Albion now faces York in the championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday while Kendall takes on Bishop Kearney in the consolation contest at 1 p.m.

York defeated Kearney 7-1 in the other semifinal.

Pembroke 1, Holley 0
Pembroke edged past Holley 1-0 in a Genesee Region League game on a first half goal by Montana Dieter.

Maddie Papaj made 7 saves in goal for Holley which also got a strong defensive game from Olivia Radford.

Kendall’s Taylor ReQua drives against Albion defenders Paige Derisley and Natalie DiCureia.