Kendall surges past Lyndonville

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 10 January 2023 at 9:45 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Louie Conte puts up a shot over Lyndonville’s Jacob Pitcher as Trenton Muck and Kevin Travis move in during the Eagles win over the host Tigers this evening.

A big second period scoring surge keyed Kendall to an 82-42 win over host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Leading by a narrow 12-8 margin after the opening period, Kendall erupted for a 27-6 second quarter uprising to race away to a commanding 25 point, 39-14, half-time advantage.

Louie Conte, who scored 10 in the opening period, added 10 more to lead the Eagles second quarter uprising which also included 6 by both Austin Werth and Jacek Kwiatkowski, 3 by Zach Barrett and 2 by Hunter Richards.

Keeping the momentum, the Eagles extended their lead to 32, 59-27, at the end of the third quarter.

Barrett hit two threes in the period as Devin Edick, Conte and Kwiatkowski each added 4 points.

Conte finished with a game high 29 as Kwiatkowski added 15, Barrett 14, Werth 9, Edick 8, Richards 4, James Swift 2 and Noah Clark 1.

Ian Mank led Lyndonville with 15 as Jacob Wilson added 8, Trenton Muck 7, Mason Nicholson 6, Justin Higgins 3 and Kevin Travis 1.

In another G-R game, Notre Dame downed Holley 84-50.

In a G-R girls contest, Oakfield-Alabama bested Holley 60-15.

Lyndonville’s Mason Nicholson takes a shot as Kendall’s Austin Werth tries for a block.

Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck (11) and Justin Higgins (12) try to take the ball away from Kendall’s James Swift.