Tune-up action for this Friday’s season opener shifted into high gear Saturday morning as Medina hosted Wilson, Lew-Port and Alden in a rainy four-way scrimmage at Vets Park.
“I was pretty pleased wit the way things went,” said Medina head coach Eric Valley whose Mustangs visit Cheektowaga at 7 p.m. Friday in the B North Division opener.
“Defensively we had kids flying to the ball and offensively we threw the ball pretty well,” said Valley whose offense is led by senior quarterback Levi Pace, a three-year starter.
The Medina scrimmage had a little additional local interest as Alden is being coached Dick Diminuco who retired as Albion’s football coach and athletic director after last season, which was his 30th at the Purple Eagles helm.
“It’s certainly been an interesting experience after having been in one spot so long,” Diminuco said of his new post at Alden. “It’s fun though. The kids are great, they’re working hard and the administration has been very supportive.”
Albion, under new head coach Tony Osburn, hosted Batavia in a rain soaked session held on the Purple Eagles practice field.
“We got a lot of experience with wet ball hand-offs from the center to the quarterback and the quarterback to the backs so we won’t have to work on that this week,” said Osburn of the soggy playing conditions. “We realty couldn’t execute everything we wanted to with the weather.”
Albion will host Amherst at 7:30 p.m. Friday in an interdivisional opener.
In other scrimmages, Holley traveled to East Rochester and Roy-Hart, under new head coach Chris Smith, was at Barker along with Newfane and Elba/Byron-Bergen in a four-way scrimmage.
Holley will visit Barker at 1:30 p.m. Saturday to open the Genesee Region League season while Roy-Hart travels to Gowanda at 7:30 p.m. Friday for a Class C contest.
High School Sports
September 3, 2009
FOOTBALL: Action is tune-up for Friday’s opener.
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- FOOTBALL: Hawks look to rebound in year two. Last fall’s return to varsity football competition after a year’s absence proved to be a long one for Holley as the Hawks struggled through an 0-8 learning campaign.
- VOLLEYBALL: Purple Eagles host Medina tonight. Long runs of service points to open games one and three and to finish game two keyed Albion to a 25-15, 25-10, 25-23 season opening non- league victory over Oakfield-Alabama on Wednesday.
- FOOTBALL: Albion squads gain split. The Medina LOYAL Colts, Broncos and Stallions all scored victories over host Bar/Lyn squads Saturday to open the Niagara Orleans Football Association season.
- FOOTBALL: Roy-Hart faces Gowanda Friday Chris Smith takes over the football coaching helm at Roy-Hart which is getting set to open the Class C Division season at 7 p.m., Friday against Gowanda in game to be played at Silver Creek.
- FIELD HOCKEY: Lady Rams have new coach. Roy-Hart alum Colleen Albee takes over the coaching reins at Roy-Hart which begins a very challenging Niagara-Orleans League schedule by visiting defending champion Barker on Tuesday and then hosting last fall’s runner-up Akron on Sept. 10.
- FOOTBALL: Action is tune-up for Friday’s opener. Tune-up action for this Friday’s season opener shifted into high gear Saturday morning as Medina hosted Wilson, Lew-Port and Alden in a rainy four-way scrimmage at Vets Park.
- SOCCER: Albion seeks 7th straight title Bolstered by a strong nucleus of 11 returnees, including five All-League honorees, the Albion High School girls varsity soccer squad is aiming to make a strong run at capturing a record seventh straight Niagara-Orleans championship this season.
- FOOTBALL: Tigers ground attack derails Diesel OLEAN — Unleashing a punishing ground attack, the Lyndonville Tigers rolled to a 31-0 victory over the Southern Tier Diesel on Friday night to clinch the Northeast Football Alliance regular season championship at 9-1.
- SOFTBALL: Second game will decide Div. 3 title Orleans Vets came up with the defense in the eighth inning and the offense in the ninth to defeat Mark’s Pizzeria 8-5 this past week in the opening game of the Medina Men’s Softball League Division 2 playoff title series.
- BASEBALL: Jr. Wilson/VFW tops Cambria 5-1. Improving to 8-3, the front-running Jr. Wilson/VFW Eagles defeated Cambria 5-1 Thursday in a Lockport ‘A’ League game.
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