All League meets will cap N-O swim season

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 27 January 2025 at 9:39 am

The Niagara-Orleans League swim season will conclude this week with the annual All League meets.

Akron will host the boys All-League meet on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and Newfane will host the girls All League meet on Thursday at 5 p.m.

The boys’ meet will have two returning champions in the Newfane duo of Noah Kneeland who captured both the 500 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke at last year’s All League meet, and Dylan Lamont who won the 200 Individual Medley.

The girls’ meet will have a quartet of defending champions. That foursome includes Albion’s Keira Sidari who won both the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Akron’s Audrey Garverick who doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free, along with the Newfane duo of Lauren Enderton who won the 100 Backstroke, and Kimberly Schmitt who took the 100 Breaststroke.

The N-O girls teams will then face the Genesee Region League girls squads in the annual cross-over meet at Gates-Chili on Friday at 6 p.m.

The regular season saw the Newfane boys team go undefeated at 8-0 to capture the Panthers first title while Roy-Hart/Barker and Newfane shared the girls title at 7-1.

The title is the third straight for the Roy-Hart/Barker girls and the first for the Newfane girls since the 2016-17 season.

The Newfane boys completed an undefeated season by downing Akron 116-47 in a make up meet on Friday. The Panthers had Kneeland double in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Lamont in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke.

The Newfane girls earned a share of the title by downing Akron 103-65 Friday. The Lady Panthers had a trio of individual event double winners in Enderton (200 Free, 100 Backstroke), Schmitt (50 Free, 100 Breaststroke) and Avery Stevenson (200 Individual Medley, 100 Free).

Final N-O Standings
Boys: Newfane 8-0, Roy-Hart/Barker 5-3, Medina 4-4, Albion 2-6, Akron 1-7.
Girls: Roy-Hart/Barker 7-1, Newfane 7-1, Akron 4-4, Albion 2-6, Medina 0-8