Medina/Lyndonville U17 rallies for tie
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Da’Ron Bellan advances the ball upfield for the Medina/Lyndonville U17 team during Wednesday evening’s tie game with the Cheektowaga Storm at Lyndonville.
Battling back after giving up two quick goals in the first five minutes, the Medina/Lyndonville U17 team rallied to earn a 3-3 tie with the Cheektowaga Storm in a Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League game at Lyndonville Wednesday evening.
Medina/Lyndonville got it’s first goal halfway through the opening half on a set piece by Elian Gonzalez to cut the deficit to 2-1 at halftime.
Andrew Houseman then tied at 2-2 with a goal just minutes into the second half.
However, Cheektowaga answered to regain the lead 3-2 with a goal with 10 minutes left in the game.
Devin Rounds then made some key saves for Medina/Lyndonville to keep it at 3-2.
Finally, Matt Hess scored the game tying goal for Medina/Lyndonville on a 30 yard shot with only seconds left on the clock.
u19 Division
Medina/Lyndonville lost 4-0 to the host KenTon Americans in a U19 Division contest.
