Lyndonville and Barker merge for boys soccer

Already merged for girls soccer, Lyndonville and Barker will now also be merged for boys soccer this coming fall season.

Lyndonville currently fields modified and varsity boys soccer teams while Barker does not have a boys soccer program.

“I think it is a positive,” said Lyndonville Athletic Director Jim Zeliff. ” We have a great working relationship with Barker and I think it helps us both. We have a solid program and this will give us some depth and stability for the future and it gives the Barker kids who want to play soccer an opportunity to do so.”

“Our goal is to have JV as well as modified and varsity teams and this gives us a chance to have all three levels,”Zeliff added. “I think it is important to have that middle level as it is easier for a player to move up from JV to varsity than to try and make the jump from modified to varsity.”

The new merged Lyndonville/Barker boys team will compete in the Genesee Region League and Section V for the playoffs.

The merged Barker/Lyndonville girls team competes in the Niagara-Orleans League and Section V.

The girls squad plays some of its games at both Barker and Lyndonville and that is also expected to be the case for the boys squad.