Batavia Boys Varsity Soccer lost 5-3 at HFL on Friday night.
Batavia was ahead 2-1 for most of the game but gave up late goals.
Owen Halpin (#2) had 2 goals (PK and an assist by Alex Bartz #15) and Andrew Childs (#22) had one goal (assisted by Dima Havens (#18)). Goalkeeper Jack Pickard (#16) had another outstanding performance with 13 saves.
Submitted by Coach Graham Halpin
Pembroke beat Lyndonville on Saturday in girls soccer 40-2.
All four goals were scored by senior captain Karli Houseknecht.
The Batavia Boys soccer team fell to 2-2 on the season with a 1-0 loss on Tuesday to Greece Odyssey.
Greece Odyssey scored the winning goal with two minutes left in the contest.
Goalkeeper Jack Pickard had 15 saves.
The Byron-Bergen Bees beat the Batavia Blue Devils at Van Detta Stadium in boys soccer on Saturday, 4-2.
Goals for Byron-Bergen:
Goals for Batavia:
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more, click here.
The Pembroke girls soccer team once again came from behind and won in overtime 4-3, this time beating Eastride.
Head coach April Meier provided the scoring summary:
Notable Defensive plays made by: Ameilia Berghorn, Isabel Breeden and Emma Groff
The Batavia boys soccer team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 5-0 win on Wednesday over East/LAFYM/SWN/NE N Douglass.
Owen Halpin led the way with a hat trick with Alex Bartz and Dima Havens also scoring.
Both of Batavia's wins have been shutouts led by goalkeeper Jack Pickard and the defensive line of Ryan Dillon, Hunter Mileham, Rashawd Christie, and Trevor Tryon.
Photo and info submitted by Graham Halpin, Batavia Boys Soccer Varsity Coach
Pembroke pulled out a 4-3 OT win in overtime in girls soccer at home on Tuesday night.
Attica Goals:
The Dragon's goalkeeper, Arianna Hale, made 12 saves.
Leaders on defense were Ameilia Berghorn, Isabel Breeden, and Emma Groff, who all contributed multiple stops and a strong defensive line, said Head Coach April Meier.
Photos by Kristine Groves
The Batavia Boys Varsity Soccer team beat Holley in their first game of the season.
Goals were scored by Dima Havens, with an assist from Owen Halpin, and Matthew Wittmeyer, assisted by Dima Havens.
"A fantastic performance by the defense led by Ryan Dillon while with Jack Pickard earned a shutout," said Head Coach Graham Halpin.
Rochester-based Flower City Union, a professional soccer team, played its second game of the season at Van Detta Stadium on Thursday, losing to LA Force 3-0.
The team is now 3-11 on the season. The team is in fourth in the National Independent Soccer Association, Group A Division.
It travels the region, playing home games at different venues, in order to build a larger local fan base.
Top Photo: Midfielder Alex Ainscough.
Photos by Philip Casper.
Defender Andriy Demydiv
Midfielder Alex Ainscough
Midfielder Alex Ainscough
Midfielder Lukas Fernandes
Forward Andre Deas
Flower City Union, a professional soccer team in Rochester playing its inaugural season, is coming to Batavia on May at 7:30 p.m. for a game against California United Strikers.
The teams are part of the National Independent Soccer Association, a third division professional soccer league. The team is partly fan-owned.
"This is very cool to have this game in Batavia," said Michael Bromley, athletic director for Batavia City Schools.
The game will be played at Van Detta Stadium.
The price of the game is $10. Tickets can be purchased at tickets.flowercityunion.com.
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The Byron-Bergen Lady Bees lost 2-0 to Carle Place of Section VIII in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C girls soccer tournament this morning at Homer High School.
While a defeat at this stage of the season could be especially disappointing, Coach Wayne Hill said his squad, which features several talented underclasswomen, already is thinking about what it needs to do to get back to the state Final Four next year.
“The girls are already talking about it,” Hill said by telephone as the team traveled back home. “I can tell you what their goal is for next year: They want to be back here.”
Hill said his girls know that they have to get stronger, physically – something that revealed itself in today’s match.
“They (Carle Place) played more aggressive than we did. And, as a result, we didn't have time to settle the ball and play our kind of game,” he said. “So that's an improvement we're going to have to make for next year.”
He said the Frogs, 9-4-1, took B-B’s leading scorer, eighth-grader Mia Gray, out of her game and, generally, took the Bees out of their rhythm.
“They were man-marking her (Gray) the whole game, and made it really tough for us,” he said.
Senior Alexandra Feit scored both goals for Carle Place – one in each half.
The Bees, 19-4, had a couple of scoring opportunities in the first half, Hill said.
“We brought the ball down the sideline -- one down the left side and one down the right side. And both crosses were great, but there wasn't anybody waiting for the ball in the middle.”
They had another great chance in the second half but, again, failed to convert.
Hill said that B-B goalkeeper Brooke Jarkiewicz made 15 saves while the Carle Place goalie, Jenna Lenihan, had three or four saves.
Looking ahead, Hill said the focus will be on adding power to match the team’s speed and quickness.
“Well, we've been saying that all year that the kids have to get in the weight room,” he said. “They just need to get bigger and stronger. The ball touches are great. Speed is great. We’ve just got to learn to be a little more physical.”
Carle Place moves into Sunday’s Championship game against the winner of this afternoon’s game between AuSable Valley (Section VII) vs. Notre Dame (Section IV).
Previously: Byron-Bergen girls soccer team competing for New York State Class C championship this weekend
Byron-Bergen Central School sports fans are abuzz these days thanks to the exploits of the Lady Bees girls soccer team that will compete in this weekend’s New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C tournament.
Coach Wayne Hill’s team has advanced to the state’s Final Four by virtue of its three most recent post-season victories:
The Lady Bees, 19-3, will be riding that momentum into a 10 a.m. Saturday battle against Carle Place (Long Island) of Section VIII. The game will be played at Homer High School.
The winner will play for the state title at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at SUNY Cortland versus either AuSable Valley or Elmira Notre Dame.
“This is the farthest a Byron-Bergen team has ever gone,” Hill said, adding that the sectional crown is the school's first since 2013. “We never made it past regionals before. So, this in unchartered territory for us.”
Hill took over as varsity coach in 2015 after serving as an assistant in Batavia and has built a powerhouse squad led by eighth-grader Mia Gray, an elite talent who earned Genesee Region Player of the Year honors with league-leading 27 goals and 18 assists.
“She drives the team,” Hill said, speaking of Gray. “She’s a fantastic young player who is incredibly gifted with the ball. She never turns it over. She sees the field very, very well – and she’s an exceptional dribbler, passer, shooter and defender.”
Gray has plenty of support, Hill was quick to add, in sophomores Mackenzie Hagen (21 goals) and Emma Starowitz (14 goals and 11 assists), junior defensive standout Ava Wagoner and eighth grader Elizabeth Starowitz -- a jayvee call-up who scored her first varsity goal in the 3-2 win over Warsaw.
In the victory over Frewsburg, freshman Ava Gray (Mia’s sister) scored on a penalty kick late in the first half for the game’s lone goal. Ava Gray has six goals this season.
And there’s senior goalkeeper Brooke Jarkiewicz who has given up only 12 goals in 22 games while making 109 saves.
Statistically, the Lady Bees have dominated, scoring 80 goals in their 22 games while allowing 12 goals. Their three losses were by 1-0 scores.
Other members of the team are seniors Hallie Wade, Sasha Schramm, Alayna Streeter, Emma Will and Mikaylah Pocock; juniors Julia Will, Emma Dormann, Grace Capostagno, Kendall Phillips and Stella Briggs; sophomores Megan Zwerka-Snyder, Victoria Rogoyski and Novalee Pocock; freshman Ashley Schlenker-Stephens, and eighth graders Grace Diquattro and Megan Jarkiewicz.
Gina Gray, Grace Campbell and Luke Audsley are the assistant coaches.
With so many players set to return for at least a couple more seasons – plus strong modified and junior varsity programs – the future looks bright for B-B girls soccer.
“We are going to be good for a while,” Hill said.
Submitted photo: Byron-Bergen varsity girls soccer team gather for a team picture following their Far West Regional victory over Frewsburg.
For the third straight year Batavia boys Varsity soccer took on Livonia in the Sec V B1 playoffs and for the third straight year they fell to them, tonight with a score of 3 to 1. Batavia did put up a fight controlling the ball for some stints during the game. They did only managed only 5 shots on goal to Livonia's 21.
Batavia's defense was very busy with 12 saves for the evening. Livonia kept the pressure up on the defense scoring quickly at the beginning of both periods.
Congratulations to the Batavia Boys Varsity soccer team for a winning season.
The Oakfield-Alabama/Elba girls soccer team ran into a great goalie for Canisteo-Greenwood in their final game of the season leading to a 4-2 loss in a shootout.
The Hornets finish 9-7-1.
Goalie Lily Davis made three saves.
The CG goalie made 32.
Christina Bartholomew and Macy Altamirano made their kicks in the shootout.
Head Coach David Carpino said, "We dominated play and possession but ran into a solid goal keep and hit posts and just couldn't put one in."
Photos by Kristin Smith.
Oakfield-Alabama's girls' soccer team beat Wheatland-Chili on a foggy night in Oakfield 3-1.
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more, click here.
The Pembroke Dragons won their homecoming game in soccer on Saturday night, 3-2 over Akron in double overtime. Jonathan Suro scored the winning goal.
Photo and info submitted by Mary Friedmann
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In a week where the Alfred University women’s soccer team went 1-0-2 in non-conference action to open the 2021 season, the Saxon defense kept defensive pressure off of their keeper and that was in large part thanks to Katline Cartwright (Le Roy, NY/Le Roy).
On Monday, in an official announcement by Associate Commissioner, Joe Venniro, Cartwright joined Hartwick goalie, Sara Staup as the Co-Defensive Players of the Week. Cartwright was also named the Saxon of the Week along with Alfred University football’s Jeremiah Young (Buffalo, NY/Canisius).
Cartwright anchored a defense as the center defender who had two shutouts in a week, going 1-0-2. Over the weekend she led a defense that only allowed seven shots on goal in two games. Cartwright was vital in preventing numerous dangerous goal-scoring opportunities from the opponents.
Cartwright and the Saxons will next head to SUNY Brockport on Wednesday, September 8 for a 4:00 p.m. start before playing in their first home game on Saturday, September 11 at 6:00 p.m. versus Kings College (PA).
The facility manager for the Batavia Soccer Park on Bank Street Road said that he is pleasantly surprised over the number of teams signed up to compete in the 2021 edition of the annual Empire Cup & College Showcase.
About 90 boys teams and 70 girls teams will make their way to the 16-field soccer complex over the next two weekends. That is about 40-percent less than usual, but a positive sign when considering the tournament was canceled last year.
“It’s definitely a better turnout that I expected, which is great. That leads me to believe that things are opening up again, including sports,” said Michael Henderson, of Fairport, coordinator of this and other activities at the park, which is owned and maintained by CY Farms and Batavia Turf.
Henderson, a teacher at Northeast College Preparatory High in Rochester, said teams from all over New York, plus Connecticut and Western Pennsylvania have entered. Competition will take place in age groups starting at 10 years old, all the way up to 19 years old.
The first weekend (May 8-9) is for the boys and the second weekend (May 15-16) is for the girls. Games are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Henderson said the schedule is “pretty active,” with 12 to 13 games going on at once. Each team will play a minimum of three games.
“We’re careful, however, working with the New York State Governor’s Office, to make sure we follow the (COVID-19) guidelines,” he said. “Unfortunately, we won’t have any teams from Canada, which usually sends a large amount, due to travel restrictions.”
In its sixth year, the Empire Cup & College Showcase features clubs at different levels of play – some Elite or Premier as well as strong travel league teams, Henderson said. Youth in the 15-19 age groups will have more than family watching them as the tournament serves as a venue for college coaches to see potential recruits.
Henderson called the tournament – one of several on the soccer park’s schedule this season – “an economic kick to the area.”
“We always give a heads-up to our local restaurants because if we don’t they will be inundated,” he said. “A group of 15 to 20 kids coming into eat, it fills you up fast. Also, we contract with local hotels and try to keep it within the Batavia area.”
He credited the staff at Batavia Turf and CY Farms for continuing to do “an amazing job” for the community.
“For the local people, if you have a couple kids in the family, you can go to one place to watch them play rather than running all over the city to watch them,” he said. “It’s an awesome park.”
The park, located across the road from Cornerstone Church, hosts the Rochester District Youth Soccer League, which includes teams from Batavia, Le Roy, Pavilion and other Western New York communities.
For more about the Empire Cup & College Showcase and other information, go to www.bataviasoccerpark.com.
From Jim Dillon:
Batavia Soccer Club has extended their online registration until April 18. It has been a difficult year and many people didn't receive notification of the online registration in the manner that they have in the past.
Registration is open for the U6 (players turning 5 or 6 in 2021), U8 (players turning 7 or 8 in 2021) and U10 (players turning 9 or 10 in 2021).
Detailed information on these programs can be found at BataviaSoccerClub.com.
We want to make sure that every interested family has an opportunity to register. Please feel free to contact us through our website or Facebook page with any questions.
Please click on this link to sign up and please share. Thank you!
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