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RBM club hockey team scores first win
The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team traveled to Olean Saturday and returned with its first victory of the young season by a 6-0 score.
Taking a 1-0 lead in the first on a goal by Jackson Hauser (Barker) with an assist from Sean Mettler (Roy-Hart), RBM increased their lead to 3-0 at the end of two periods.
Cameron Bryer (Wilson) scored from Austin Woodward (Wilson) and Hauser added an unassisted goal.
In the third, Hauser completed the hat trick from Mettler, Bryer got his second of the game, and Mettler scored unassisted.
Noah Orenz got the shutout in goal.
Champion Lady Rams have All-League trio
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s first team All-League honorees include, from left, Allie Trombley, Kaitlin Mettler and Kaylie Churchill.
Champion Roy-Hart is represented by a trio of players on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League girls soccer squad.
Roy-Hart has placed seniors Kaitlin Mettler and Allie Trombley, who are both repeat selections, along with junior Kaylie Churchill.
Mettler had a league high 36 goals and 10 assists, Trombley 5 goals and 7 assists and Churchill 5 goals and 9 assists.
Albion’s All-League honorees Cami London, left, and Kenzie Snook.
Runner-up Wilson is likewise represented by three player including freshman Addison Elia, a repeat honoree who has been named N-O Player of the Year, along with senior McKenzie Elia and junior Rowan Simpson.
Addison Elia scored 24 goals and added 7 assists.
Albion has placed the senior duo of Cami London and Kenzie Snook. London, a repeat selection, had 25 goals and 5 assists.
Akron is represented by seniors Aleyna Susfolk (8 goals, 5 assists) and Ella Liss (5 goals, 2 assists).
Completing the first team is the Newfane duo of senior Anna Chunco (16 goals, 5 assists) and junior Stephanie Chunco (4 goals, 9 assists).
Roy-Hart also has a trio of second team honorees including senior Ali Ausman and sophmores Maria Trombley and Courtney Aquilina.
Akron likewise has three second team selections in seniors Avery Wolfe, Maddie Hillman and Gracie Leiker.
Albion has placed seniors Rori Higgins and Olivia Brooks.
Newfane is represented by senior Kameryn Boyer and junior Journee Hughey.
Contributed Photos – Wilson’s first team selections, from left, Addison Elia, McKenzie Elia and Rowan Simpson.
Completing the second team are Medina senior Honesty Hill and Wilson senior Emily Phillips.
Players receiving Honorable Mention are as follows, listed by school:
Akron – Abby Gerstung, Naomi Romesser.
Albion – Julia Button, Ava Woolston and Kailee Anstey.
Medina – Alexa Demmer.
Newfane – Paige Miller and Jade Jerge.
Roy-Hart – Macie Sidor, Alexis Capen and Addie Carr.
Wilson – Lilly Gurski, Brook Urban and Grace Smith.
Contributed Photos – Akron’s first team honorees Ella Liss and Aleyna Susfolk and Newfane’s selections Anna Chunco and Stephanie Chunco.
Newfane duo named N-O Runners of the Year
Photos by Tom Rivers – Newfane’s duo of senior Liam Betteridge, left, and seventh grader Eden Hillman have been named the Niagara-Orleans Leauge’s Cross-Country Runners of the Year. Betteridge went undefeated in N-O competition and won the All-League meet. He was the N-O League’s only state qualifying boy at the sectionals. Hillman won the N-O All-League meet and had the fastest time among all N-O runners at the sectionals. She was the fastest 7th grade runner among all classes in Section VI and was the top N-O runner at the McQuaid Invitational.
N-O honors All-League Field Hockey team
Contributed Photos – Akron’s first team All-League honorees, from left, Madison Gates, Marissa Brege and Madigan Regan.
All seven schools are represented on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League field hockey squad.
Undefeated (12-0) champion Akron leads the way with three selections including junior Marissa Brege and sophomores Madigan Regan and Madison Gates. Brege is a repeat honoree who had a 0.25 goals against average this season.
Runner-up Barker has placed the duo of senior Madilyn Detschner and junior Madelina Pavlock who are both repeat selections. Pavlock had 15 goals and 9 assists.
Barker’s first team honorees Madilyn Detschner, left, and Madelina Pavlock
Roy-Hart likewise has two honorees in junior Dillan Santella and sophomore Adella Dukes who scored 16 goals.
Rounding out the first team are Medina junior Penelope Schalck, Wilson junior Mackenzie Hardy, Newfane senior Kyra Austin and Kenmore junior Zoey Dettbarn.
Schalck, who has been selected N-O Player of the Year, scored 20 goals and added 11 assists. She is a repeat selection as are Austin and Dettbarn.
Akron likewise has a trio of second team honorees including senior Julia Klodzinski, junior Morgan Tomporowski and sophomore Alexis Salmon.
Barker is represented by the junior duo of Kaylee Stoll and Jordyn Kinne.
Roy-Hart has placed juniors Alayna Kowalski and Brooke Zglinicki.
Completing the second team are Medina senior Sophia Goyette, Wilson junior Ruby Narehood, Newfane junior Nattalie Johnson and Kenmore sophomore Mackenzie Kumrow.
First team honorees , from left, Penelope Schalck (Medina), Adella Dukes (Roy-Hart) and Dillan Santella (Roy-Hart).
The players who have earned Honorable Mention as as follows, listed by school:
Akron – Ava Fox and Mackenzie Tomporowski.
Barker – Hailey Dodge and Ella Taylor.
Roy-Hart – Savannah Newton, Olivia Marsillo and Mackenzie Landers.
Medina – Emiliana Batista, Maggie Lonnen, Sophia Castricone and Tatianna Maxon.
Wilson – Rayn Cooper and Reese Kepner.
Newfane – Gabby Ross, Ella Tower and Roxy Smith.
Kenmore – Annmarie Toukatly, Chloe Gallant, Bridget Pengelly and Alexis Casselman.
First team honorees, from left, Kyra Austin (Newfane), Mackenzie Hardy (Wilson) and Zoey Dettbarn (Kenmore).
Holley bows in state football quarterfinals
Jumping out to a 16-0 first quarter lead, Frankfort-Schuyler went on to defeat Holley 52-14 in the quarterfinal round of the state 8 Man Division football playoffs this evening at Frankfort-Schuyler.
All of Holley’s scoring came in the fourth quarter on a pair of touchdown passes from quarterback Destin Kuyal to Vinny Golisano covering 14 and 54 yards and a two-point conversion run by Hunter Jewell-Smith.
Kuyal finished with 130 yards passing and Jewell-Smith 125 yards rushing.
The host Maroon Knights led 38-0 after three quarters.
Undefeated (11-0) Frankfort-Schuyler advances to the state semifinals against the winner of Saturday’s regional between Pembroke and Frewsburg.
The Hawks, which gained a spot in the state playoffs as a wildcard entry, finish the season at 6-5.
Kendall, Holley have All-Tourney honorees
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s All-Tournament honorees, from left, Brooke Rodas, Sophia Picardo and Addison Kludt.
Holley’s All-Tournament honorees Zoey Wolf, left, and Alivia Wolf.
Three Kendall and two Holley players have earned spots on the Section V girls soccer All-Tournament teams.
In Class C2, Kendall is represented by junior Brooke Rodas and sophomores Sophia Picardo and Addison Kludt.
Rodas made 37 saves and had a 0.44 goals against average on the season while Picardo had 17 goals and 27 assists and Kludt 1 goal and 4 assists.
In Class C1, Holley has placed seniors Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf.
Alivia Wolf had 17 goals and 13 assists on the season and Zoey Wolf 5 goals and 3 assists.
Kendall advanced to the C2 finals and Holley to the C1 semifinals where the Lady Eagles and Lady Hawks both dropped narrow 1-0 decisions.
RBM bows in hockey season opener
The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team opened their season at Riverside Rink against Buffalo on Wednesday and came away losing 8-1.
Sean Mettler (Roy-Hart) gave RBM a shortlived lead in the first unassisted at the 4:29 mark.
Buffalo tied the score a minute later and the period ended 1-1.
Buffalo went on to score three goals in the second and four in the third period.
RBM’s next game is at Olean on Saturday at 10 a.m. against the home team 0-1 Arrows.
6 players earn Sectional All-Tourney honors
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Local Section V All-Tournament team honorees, from left, Jesus Rosario-Reyes (Lyndonville), Pablo Rosario-Reyes (Kendall) and Chris Mosier (Holley).
Six local players have earned spots on the Section V boys soccer All Tournament teams.
Holley is represented on the Class C1 team by senior Chris Mosier who had 25 goals and 5 assists this season.
Champion Kendall has placed four players on the Class C2 team including seniors Colby Hughes (8 goals, 13 assists) and William Kludt (8 goals, 1 assist) along with juniors Pablo Rosario-Reyes (29 goals, 24 assists) and Jonny Conte (84 saves and a 0.58 goals against average).
Rosario-Reyes has also been named Class C2 Player of the Year and Eagles mentor Rich Esposito has been honored as C2 Coach of the Year,
Lyndonville is represented on the Class D team by sophomore Jesus Rosario-Reyes.
Kendall’s All-Tournament honorees also include, from left, Colby Hughes, William Kludt and Jonny Conte.
Another strong finishing round for Green
Contributed Photo – Melanie Green
For the second week in a row Medina’s Melanie Green has put together a strong final round to earn a top 10 finish at a NXXT Women’s Pro Tour Golf Tournament.
Green posted a 3 under par round of 69 on Wednesday to finish in a tie for 8th place at the NXXT championship at Rio Pinar at Orlando, Florida.
She registered 4 birdies on her final round to finish the tournament with a 1 under par 215 total. She opened the three day, 54 hole event with rounds of 74 and 72.
Next, Green will continue her quest to earn an LPGA Tour Card by competing in the Q-School’s Final Stage Tournament in early December in Mobile, Alabama.
Kendall has G-R volleyball All-Star
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lia Larson
Kendall senior Lia Larson has been named to the Genesee Region League All-Star volleyball team.
Kendall senior Ella Christ has received Honorable Mention as has the Lyndonville duo of senior Addison Dillenbeck and freshman Hannah Fox.
G-R champion Byron-Bergen has a trio of All-Star honorees including seniors Lily Stalica, Olivia Senf and Peyton Goodenbery.
Runner-up Notre Dame and third place finisher Pembroke also both have three All-Stars. Notre Dame has placed juniors CJ Campagna, Gianna Falleti and Lyllian Miller. Pembroke is represented by senior Reagan Schneider, who earned G-R Player of the Year honors, junior Onolee Easterbrook and freshman Juliana Cleveland.
Rounding out the All-Star team are Senior Emily Pietrzkowski from Alexander, seniors Morgan Borycki and Nalani Mercado from Attica, senior Alexa Ocamo from Elba and seniors Jessica Sosnowski and Cara Williams from Oakfield-Alabama.
Also earning Honorable Mention were Sydney Dunden from Alexander, Carlene Domes from Attica, Noel Dorman and Rayne Sheard from Byron-Bergen, Sydney Reilly from Elba, Jordan Dwyer and Kaitlin Kratz from Notre Dame, Cali Cramer and Allison Williams from Oakfield-Alabama, Brianna Reynolds from Pembroke and Jamie Crawford from Wheatland-Chili.
Holley gets Wild Card berth to state playoffs
It has been a very unusual and surprising Good News – Bad News week for the Holley varsity football team.
The Good News is that Holley as received a Wild Card berth to the state 8 Man Division football playoffs despite having lost 52-16 to Pembroke in the Section V title game last weekend.
The Bad News is that the Hawks opponent will be undefeated (10-0) Section III champion Frankfort-Schuyler which in notching those 10 wins has scored 70 plus points 3 times, 60 plus points twice and 50 plus points 4 times.
Since only six of the state’s 11 sections have teams playing 8 man football two wild card spots need to be filled in order to have a complete 8 team field for the state quarterfinals.
Those wild card spots are rotated among the six sections and this year Section V has one of them which has vaulted Holley into the states despite coming off a playoff loss.
It certainly is a most unusual way of putting together a playoff field. In a normal playoff the team that wins advances and the team that loses is eliminated. There are no second chances except in this case there are for the two wild card teams.
And the Hawks, which bring a 6-4 record into the states, will be playing on Frankfort-Schuyler’s home field at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The victor will then face the winner of the Pembroke vs. Frewsburg quarterfinal in the state semifinal on November 29. Holley also lost to Pembroke during the regular season by a score of 66-26.
The other Wild Card team is Moravia (8-2) from Section IV which will face Sullivan West from Section IX in the quarterfinals. The other quarterfinal will have Tupper Lake (Section X) vs. Charles O. Dickerson (Section IV).
All-WNY and All-State honors for N-O duo
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Two Niagara-Orleans League players – Medina senior Cole Callard, left, and Wilson senior Keegan Herrmann – have been named to both the All-Western New York and All-State soccer teams. Callard, a three-time first team N-O All-League selection scored a school record 44 goals this season and added 20 assists. He finishes his varsity career with a school record 98 goals. Herrmann, a four-time first team N–O All-League honorees, had 26 goals and 21 assists this season. Both players have earned N-O Player of the Year honors.
RBM club hockey team opens season Wed.
The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina (RBM) Club Hockey team will begin its 9th season of Western New York League competition on Wednesday facing Buffalo at the Riverside Arena at 8 p.m.
Coaches Jason Kuchey and Jake Harris have a major rebuilding job on their hands as no less than 12 players are gone from last season; 11 who graduated and their top scorer who moved on to a higher level of play. That leaves 7 returning players: Austin Woodworth and Cameron Bryer of Wilson, John Peracciny, Gavin Ickowski and Sean Mettler of Roy-Hart, Jackson Hauser of Barker and Goalie Jordan Johnson of Medina.
After Wednesday’s game, the team will travel to Olean on Saturday at 10 a.m. RBM is scheduled for their home opener in Lockport on Saturday, November 30th at 7 p.m. against Lancaster.
Winter high school sports practice begins
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – It’s been a busy day for area basketball courts, pools and wrestling mats as practice got underway for high school Winter sports season teams. Here Albion’s Luke Bell and Kwame Riley meet at the hoop during the varsity Purple Eagles practice. Albion will open the season with a non league home game against LeRoy on December 3.
Medina wrestlers here go through a drill as the Mustangs prepare for their Niagara-Orleans League home opener against rival Albion on December 4.
Mettler will play soccer at Daemen University
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart senior Kaitlin Mettler has signed to continue her education and her soccer career at Daemen University. A four-time first team Niagara-Orleans All-League selection and a two-time All-State honoree, she scored 36 goals this season and finished her four year varsity career with a total of 96 goals.
