A come-from-behind overtime win in the opening set keyed Attica to a 26-24, 25-14, 25-17 victory over host Albion this evening in a season opening non league girls volleyball match.

Albion jumped out to a 12-4 lead in the opening set but Attica rallied back with a 22-12 scoring edge to claim the key opening set.

Caitlynn Snook had 6 service aces, 5 spiking kills and 6 digs to lead the way for Albion as Natalie Lathrop added 4 kills and 6 digs, Haley Smith 6 kills and Bri Johnson 12 assists.

Albion next host Alexander on Friday in another non league match.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Getting set to lead Roy-Hart into this week’s season opening Holley Tournament is this group of Ram veterans. In front are Tyler Choate, Aaron Miller, Jamasen Johnson and Andrew Srock. In back are Patrick Sheeler, Steven Schumacher, Noah Kindron and Kodey Hayes.

Prepping for the Niagara-Orleans League campaign, Roy-Hart will open the boys soccer season by competing in the round robin Holley Tournament tomorrow and Wednesday.

Roy-Hart, which will open the N-O season at defending champion Newfane on Saturday, will face Batavia in the tourney opener tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. and Holley on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Holley will then face Batavia on Friday. The tourney became a three team round-robin event when Rochester Academy Charter dropped out.

The Rams are led by a group of eight returning regulars, all seniors, including forwards Steven Schumacher, Noah Kindron and Jamasen Johnson along with defenders Patrick Sheeler, Tyler Choate, Aaron Miller, Andrew Srock and goalie Kodey Hayes.

Johnson was a first team N-O All-League honoree last season while Sheeler received Honorable Mention.

The Roy-Hart lineup also includes seniors Evan Berkemeir (midfield) and Jon Huntington (forward) along with juniors Ethan Lindke (midfield), Jose Campos (midfield) and Jacob Fritton (midfield), sophomore Matt Scott (midfield) and Aidan Bligh (forward).

“We’ve got a pretty solid lineup throughout and I think we’ll be very competitive,” said Coach Greg Martillotta. “We’ve got a lot of quality numbers and they’ve worked hard in the off season so that should be a recipe for a successful season.”

Schedule
August: 29 – vs. Batavia at Holley Tournament, 4:30 p.m.; 30 – vs. Holley at Holley Tournament, 6:30 p.m.

September: 1 – at Holley Tournament; 2 – at Newfane, 10 a.m.; 5 – Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.; 7 – at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; 11 – Albion, 6:30 p.m.; 13 – at Medina/Lyndonville, 4:30 p.m.; 15 – Depew, 4:30 p.m.; 19 – at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; 21 – Medina/Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.; 25 – Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; 28 – Wilson, 6:30 p.m.

October: 2 – Holley, 6:30 p.m.; 4 – at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; 10 – CCA, 6 p.m.; 12 – Akron, 6:30 p.m.

Registering identical team scores Albion and Medina both posted victories this morning in Niagara-Orleans League golf action.

Albion defeated Newfane 228-287 at Hickory Ridge and Medina downed Wilson 228-260 at Willowbrook as both teams improve to 3-0.

Nick Penna earned medalist honors for Albion with a 36. Patrick Ricker added a 42 and Nick Perry 46 for the Purple Eagles.

Ian Wagner shot 37 to earn medalist honors for Medina as Andrew Fuller had a 45, Aidan Paul 47 and Jake Bensley 49.

Wilson’s Nate Fox shared medalist honors with a 37 and Patrick Seeley added a 43.

In the girls competition, Medina’s Melanie Green led the way with a 42.

In the other N-O match, Akron downed Roy-Hart 248-268 at Shelridge.

Brennan Murty shot 47 and Stephen Wagner 48 for Akron.

Madigan Lang took medalist honors for Roy-Hart with a 42 and Murphy Lang added a 45.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Anchoring the lineup for the Medina/Lyndonville boys varsity soccer team this season will be this group of returnees. In front are Trenton Jones and Matt Hess. In back are Andrew Houseman, Ethan Leonard, Nate Sherman and Alex Allis.

Having lost 16 seniors to graduation the Medina/Lyndonville boys soccer team is in a bit of a rebuilding mode heading into Thursday’s Niagara-Orleans League season opener at Akron.

Midfielders Ethan Leonard, a senior, and Matt Hess a junior, head the Mustangs veteran group which also includes seniors Alex Allis (forward), Trevor Hare (midfield), Trenton Jones (forward), Connor Miller (midfield), Owen Frasier (defender), Norm McDonald (defender), junior Andrew Houseman (midfield) and sophomore Nate Sherman (midfield).

Leonard earned first team N-O All-League honors last season and Hess received Honorable Mention.

The Mustangs roster also includes senior Renee Masters (defender); juniors Ray Paull (goalie), Evan Silversmith (defender), Jon Pietrafesa (defender), Caelin Holland (midfield), Kody Leno (midfield), Noah Heinsler (defender), Brandon Heschke (defender), Chase Stinson (midfield), Mark MacDonald (midfield), Chase Woodward (defender); sophomore Evan Horn (defender) and freshman AJ Seefeldt.

“We’ve got a lot of young talent they are just inexperienced and that is the biggest issue,” said Coach Steve Luksch. “We’ve got a lot of new guys so we’re working to get better as the season goes on. The inexperience is the big thing.”

The Mustangs graduation losses include forward Kristian Snyder, who set a team record with 27 goals last season.

Medina/Lyndonville went 4-6 in the league and 12-7 overall last season.

Schedule
August: 31 – at Akron, 4:30 p.m.

September: 1 – Oracle, 4:30 p.m. at Lyndonville; 5 – at Tonawanda, 5 p.m.; 11 – at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; 13 – Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m. at Lyndonville; 16 – at Albion, 10 a.m.; 19 – Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; 21 – at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; 22 – MST Prep, 4:15 p.m.; 25 – Akron, 4:45 p.m.; 26 – Keshequa, 4:30 p.m.; 29 – Global Concepts, 4:30 p.m.

October: 4 – Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; 5 – at Oracle, 4:45 p.m.; 10 – Albion, 4:30 p.m.; 12 – at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Leading the Holley girls varsity soccer team into the up coming season will be this large group of returnees. In front are Haylee Passarell, Lexi Milazzo, Maddie Papaj, Olivia Radford and Julia Smith. In back are Rachel Killian, Sarah Harrington, Kayleigh Neale, Abby Williams Peyton Sargent and Khiva Huxhold.

Looking to rebound from last year’s two win campaign, the Holley girls varsity soccer team returns a large contingent of 11 regulars.

That veteran group includes seniors Maddie Papaj (goalie), Lexi Milazzo (defender) and Khiva Huxhold (defender); juniors Julia Smith (defender), Abby Williams (midfield/forward) and Peyton Sargent (midfield/forward); sophomores Rachel Killian (defender), Olivia Radford (defender) and Sarah Harrington (midfield/forward) and freshmen Kayleigh Neale (midfield/forward) and Haylee Passarell (midfield/forward).

“We’ve got a lot back but we’re still going to be young,” said Coach Renee Wolf. “I think we’ll do better this season.”

The Lady Hawks will host their annual tournament on August 31 and September 2 to open the season. They will face Greece Olympia in the opening round.

Schedule
August: 31 – vs. Greece Olympia in Holley Tournament, 6:30 p.m.

September: 2 – Holley Tournament; 5 – Attica, 6:30 p.m.; 7 – Pembroke, 6:30 p.m.; 9 – at Wheatland-Chli, 6:30 p.m.; 11 – Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.; 13 – Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.; 16 – Alexander, 6:30 p.m.; 22 – Kendall, 6:30 p.m.; 25 – Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, 6:30 p.m.; 27 – Wheatland-Chili, 6:30 p.m.; 29 – at Attica, 4:30 p.m.

October: 3 – at World of Inquiry, 4:30 p.m.; 5 – at Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.; 11 – at Byron-Bergen, 6:30 p.m.; 13 – Lima Christian, 6:30 p.m.

Medina scored a tripleheader sweep over host Akron Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Assoacition (NOFA) competition.

The Medina Colts won 22-6, the Broncos 39-0 and the Stallions 32-19.

Christian Moss rushed for 2 touchdowns and Trey Shine caught 1 TD pass and had a total of 130 yards receiving for the Colts. Preston Woodworth completed 10 of 13 passes for 162 yards and one TD.

On defense for the Colts, Elijah Doxey had two rumble recoveries and Mackoy Hall one.

Julian Woodworth had 164 yards rushing and a TD and 17 yards receiving with 1 TD for the Broncos.  Justin Pitts added 54 yards rushing and a TD and Amari Soule 53 yards and a TD. Brody Fry and Liam Castricone each also scored a TD.  Cole Callard had one passing TD.

On defense, Soule led the way with 6 tackles while Castricone had 4, Logan Gray  2 and an interception and Kaedon Cleveland an interception.

Xander Payne threw 4 touchdown passes to Lavvon Guy, Anthony Monell, Trenton Muck and Izell Satkowsk to lead the Stallions. Hayden Woodroe added a rushing TD and caught at 2 point conversion.

Defensively Noah Skinner, Rashawn Bloom, Cayden Lilleby and Brandon Collins had multiple tackles.

Albion varsity squad downs Batavia
Amari Jones had a pair of 2 yard touchdown runs and a 2 yard TD pass to Javon Jones to lead the Albion varsity squad to a 33-6 win over host Batavia. Jahmeek Riley added 35 yards rushing and Amilcar Morales-Aguliar 22 yards.

The Albion defense also contributed a pair of touchdowns on a 47 yard fumble recovery return by Sh’kwe Riley and a 54 yard interception return by Javon Jones. Jabari Johnson chipped in with a pair of sacks.

Batavia defeated Albion in the other two games winning the Mini contest 34-0 and the JV 21-0.

Noah Harrison had 5 tackles and a fumble recovery and Nate Gibson 3 tackles for the Albion Mini squad. Harrison also had 18 yards rushing and 15 receiving from Gibson.

Colin Webb had 7 tackles for the Albion JV team as Kawame Riley had 6, Xavier Byrd 5 and Dylan Narburgh and Jared Ostrander 4 each.  Byrd also had 19 yards rushing, James Trembley 10 and Seth Krenning 22 receiving.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Leading the Roy-Hart girls varsity soccer team this season will be tri-captains Sophia LaPort, Josephine Capen and Maddie Fry.

Taking aim at rebounding from a 3-9 league record last fall, the Roy-Hart girls varsity soccer team returns a large veteran group heading into Tuesday’s Niagara-Orleans home opener against Barker.

Senior defender Kayla Brown and junior midfielder Maddie Fry, who both earned second team N-O All-League honors, and senior midfielder Ellie Todd, an Honorable Mention selection, head the Lady Rams veteran contingent which also includes seniors Sophia LaPort, Josephine Capen and Maddy Glena; juniors Taylor Rhinehart, Emily Metz and Meghan Washington along with freshmen Christina DiBenedetto, May Quinn and Clara Jones.

The Lady Rams youthful squad is also looking to freshmen McKenzie White and Hanna Willard along with eighth graders Kara Choate and Reanna Perkins.

“We’ve got a young team but we’ve got a lot of good returning kids and a lot of good young talent,” said Coach Rich Jennings.

Schedule
August: 29 – Barker, 4:30 p.m.; 30 – Pembroke, 4:30 p.m.

September: 1 – at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; 5 – at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; 11 – at Medina, 4:30 p.m.; 14 – at Sweet Home, 4:30 p.m.; 16 – CCA – 10:30 a.m.; 18 – Albion, 6:30 p.m.; 20 – at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; 23 – at Barker, 4:30 p.m.; 26 – Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; 29 – Wilson, 6:30 p.m.

October: 3 – at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; 5 – Medina, 6:30 p.m.; 10 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 6:30 p.m.; 11 – Akron, 6:45 p.m.

Jumping out to a big first half lead, Starpoint went on to defeat Medina/Lyndonville 5-0 this evening in the championship game of the Tonawanda girls soccer tournament.

Medina/Lyndonville, which played without three starters, was unable to rebound from a 4-0 half-time deficit.

The Mustangs had defeated City Honors 6-4 on Friday to advance to the finals.

Now at 1-1, the Mustangs will open Niagara-Orleans League competition at Akron on Friday.

Photo by Mike Wertman – New Barker girls varsity soccer Coach Tyler Evans meets here with several of the Lady Raiders veteran players including Mallory Gross, Bailey Forton, Marisa Jowdy, Alexis Stratton, Shelby Ewald, Kylie Miller and Abby Harris.

Medina High graduate Tyler Evans takes over the coaching helm for the Barker girls varsity soccer team this season as the Lady Raiders prep for Tuesday’s Niagara-Orleans League opener at Roy-Hart.

Senior goalie Kylie Miller heads the Lady Raiders veteran contingent which also includes seniors Mallory Gross, Bailey Forton, Marisa Jowdy, Alexis Stratton, Abby Harris and junior Shelby Ewald. Miller and Gross both earned N-O All-League Honorable Mention last season.

“We’ve got a good group and they are working hard,” said Evans. “We’re looking to get better with every game.”

Interestingly, Evans takes over the Lady Raiders helm from another Medina grad, Brooke (Jablonski) Beatty, who is now teaching at Albion.

Schedule
August: 29 – at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.

September: 1 – at Albion, 4:30 p.m.; 5 vs. Medina, 4:30 p.m. at Lyndonville; 7 – at CSAT, 4:30 p.m.; 9 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 10 a.m.; 11 – at Akron, 4:30 p.m.; 14 – Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; 18 – at Wilson, 4:30 p.m.; 20 – Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; 22 – Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.; 26 – Albion, 4:30 p.m.; 29 – Medina, 4:30 p.m.

October: 5 – Akron, 4:30 p.m.; 10 – CCA, 4:30 p.m.; 11 – at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; 13 – CSAT, 4:30 p.m.