Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina is represented on the first team of the Hub All-Area squad by the duo of Maddie Williams, left, and Je’ne Brown.

Four schools are represented on the first team of the fourth annual OrleansHub All-Area girls basketball squad.

The Medina sophomore duo of Je’ne Brown and Maddie Williams heads the first team which also includes Albion senior Chanyce Powell, Lyndonville senior Aubrey Lewis and Kendall junior Taylor ReQua.

Albion’s Chanyce Powell

Powell is a four-time first team honoree while Brown and Lewis are both repeat selections.

Brown scored a Medina school record 427 points on the season for a 19.4 per game average. She finished the season with a double-double by also grabbing off a team high 252 rebounds (11.4 ave.).

Williams scored 257 points (11.6 ave.) including a school record 54 in a win over Holley highlighted by a state record 16 three’s. She also had 119 rebounds, 88 steals and 70 assists.

Powell, a four year starter who surpassed the 1,000 point career milestone early in the season, finished with 239 points (14.9 ave.) despite missing five games due to a foot injury. She also pulled down 115 rebounds.

Lewis, a four year varsity starter, scored 231 points (11.5 ave.) and also had 125 rebounds, 80 steals and 60 assists.

ReQua, a three year varsity regular, led Kendall in scoring with 175 points (8.3 ave.) and rebounding with 165. She also had 87 steals and 61 assists.

Earning second team honors is the quintet of Lyndonville senior Makenzie Muck, Albion senior Emily Blanchard, Kendall senior Lizzie Rath, Roy-Hart junior Ellie Todd and Medina senior Molley Gross.

Muck scored 179 points (9.9 ave.) and grabbed off 226 rebounds while Rath had 149 points, 138 rebounds, 70 assists and 63 steals; Blanchard 167 points (9/8 ave.), 77 rebounds, 29 steals and 20 assists;Gross 139 points and 142 rebounds and Todd 202 points, 93 rebounds, 35 steals and 28 assists.

Kendall’s Taylor ReQua, left, and Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis.

The 18th annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League Exceptional Senior girl-boy basketball doubleheader, which was slated to be played this evening, has been rescheduled for this coming Tuesday at Medina.

The girls game will start at 5 p.m. to be followed by the boys contest.

The games were postponed because Medina and several other area school districts were closed today as the area continues to have power restored following Wednesday’s severe wind storm.

Last year the N-O won the boys game for the fourth year in a row by a score of 73-67 while the G-R took the girls contest for the second time in three years by a narrow 40-39 margin.

The N-O holds leads of 12-5 in the boys’ series and 11-6 in the girls’ series.

Contributed Photo – Brooke Targus

Barker High graduate Brooke Targus recently helped the Cazenovia swim team capture a third straight Northeastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) championship.

At the title deciding conference championship meet, Targus placed second in the 400 Individual Medley, third in the 200 Butterfly, fourth in the 200 IM and was also a member of the 200 Medley Relay team which took third.

Cazenovia won the meet and the title by scoring a total of 703 points to easily best second place Cedar Crest College which finished with 463.

Targus, who is a junior, is majoring in Criminal Justice and Psychology.

The Gold Force Wrestling Club Tournament will still take place on Saturday, at the Holley Elementary School.

Weigh ins will be today from 5:00 to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the school.

Age groups consist of ages 5 through 13 along with a high school division.  There will be 9 mats available.  There are no weight classes.  Weight classes will be grouped in a round robin fashion.

Any questions or for more information contact John J. Grillo at 585-281-4554 or jgrillo3@hotmail.com.

Friday’s scheduled 18th annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League Exceptional Senior girl-boy basketball doubleheader, which was to be played at Medina, has been postponed as the Medina schools will be closed on Friday.

In announcing the postponement, Medina Athletic Director Eric Valley noted that the two leagues are looking to try and reschedule the doubleheader for next week.

The Medina, Barker and Holley schools will all be closed on Friday as the area continues to get power restored following Wednesday’s severe wind storm.

Medina High graduates Blade Garlow and Kyle Barna each scored the three goal hat-trick to spark the Pfeiffer University lacrosse team to an 11-8 win over Walsh on Wednesday.

Garlow scored twice and Barna once in the opening period to help Pfeiffer grab a 4-3 lead.

Barna added solo goals in the second and fourth periods and Garlow in the third to help lock up the win.

Holley will host the annual Gold Force Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

The tournament, which is open to wrestlers 5 years old up to seniors in high school, will be held at the Holley Elementary School.

Weigh-ins for all wrestlers will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday and from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

The top four finishers in each age/weight group will receive awards and certificates.

Certified Section V officials will be used for the tournament.

For further information or questions contact John Grillo at jgrillo3@hotmail.com.

Photo by Mike Wertman – The annual coaches All-Orleans County wrestling team includes, in front, Tristyn Moyer (Holley-Kendall), Travis Wiseman (Medina), Jayden Pieniaszek (Holley-Kendall), Colby Petrie (Medina), Chase Stinson (Lyndonville) and Reese Ledford (Lyndonville). In the middle row are Jeremy Browe (Holley-Kendall), Blake Aina (Albion), Dustin Joy (Lyndonville), Erik Balys (Holley-Kendall), Preston Flugel (Albion) and Jeff Gress Jr. (Lyndonville). In the back row are Frankie Carrasquillo (Lyndonville), Donamic Farley (Albion), Ben Restivo (Albion), Braxton Leary-Hart (Holley-Kendall), Dylan Spellan (Holley-Kendall) and Dustin Hinckley (Lyndonville). Missing from the photo is Tim Wells (Albion).

A trio of state championship meet participants from Lyndonville including Jeff Gress Jr. (126), Dustin Joy (145) and Dustin Hinckley (160), all seniors, head the annual All-Orleans County wrestling team as selected by the coaches.

Gress, who placed fourth at the state championships, went 50-9 on the season capturing a Section V Class B title and finishing second at the Section V championships.

Hinckley, who won a Class B title and placed section at the Section V championships, went 38-7 on the season.

Joy, who was second at the Class B meet and third at the sectionals, was 49-7.

Lyndonville is also represented on the All-County team by senior Frankie Carrasquillo (285), who placed second at Class B and went 37-11; junior Reese Ledford (120), who went 31-16 and sophomore Chase Stinson (113) who placed second at Class B and was 35-17.

Holley also has six All-County grapplers including senior Braxton Leary-Hart (182) who went 34-9, juniors Dylan Spellan (170) 30-12 and Jeremy Browe (152) 29-9, sophomore Erik Balys (145) 30-14 and freshmen Jayden Pieniaszek (106) 39-5 and Tristyn Moyer (99) 38-7.

Leary-Hart, Browe and Balys all placed second at the Section V Class BB tourney while Pieniaszek took a third.

Albion is represented by the quintet of senior Blake Aina (152), juniors Preston Flugel (132) and Tim Wells (138) and sophomores Ben Restivo (182) and Donamic Farley (195).

Aina, who went 26-5 won both Niagara-Orleans All-League Tournament and Section VI Class B tourney titles and placed fourth at he Section VI championships.

Flugel, who was 28-8, placed second at the N-O tournament, won a class B title and took a third at the sectionals.

Wells, who went 17-11, took first place honors at the N-O tourney.

Farley, who was 19-13, placed third at the N-O tournament and fourth at the Class B tourney.

Restivo, who was 15-13 placed third at the Class B tourney.

Medina has placed the freshman duo of Colby Petrie (113) and Travis Wiseman (99).

Petrie ,who went 33-8, won an N-O tournament title, placed second at the Section VI Class C tourney and third at the sectional championships.

Wiseman, who was 12-10, placed second at the N-O tournament and fourth at the Class C tourney.

Four other wrestlers have earned Honorable Mention on the all-County squad including the Holley-Kendall trio of senior Chad Miller, junior Brandon Gardner and sophomore  Eli Stanton along with Medina senior Da’Jan Brown.

Jumping out to an early lead, Fredonia went on to defeat Wilson 53-47 for the Section VI Class B girls basketball championship and a berth in the upcoming state playoffs this evening at Buffalo State College.

Hannah Cybart scored a game high 27 points to spark the attack for Fredonia which held leads of 17-10 after one period, 30-25 at the half and 45-31 at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson did rally to outscore Fredonia 16-8 in the final period but the comeback bid fell short.

Rachel Senek scored 25, including 16 of 16 from the free throw line, to lead the way for Wilson as Kayla Neumann added 9.

Wilson advanced to the Class B state qualifier by capturing the B2 title with a 60-33 victory over Medina while Fredonia claimed the B1 crown with a 54-49 win over Depew.

It marked the third straight year that Fredonia has ousted Wilson in sectional competition. The previous two years Fredonia bested Wilson in the B2 semifinals.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Chase Hall and Kendall’s Daniela Volkmar will be among the competitors for the annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League Exceptional Senior basketball doubleheader on Friday at Medina.

The rosters have been announced for the 18th annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League Exceptional Senior girl-boy basketball doubleheader which will be held on Friday evening at Medina.

The girls game is scheduled for 5 p.m. and the boys contest for 6:45 p.m.

The G-R girls squad, which includes the local quartet of  Aubrey Lewis and Mckenzie Muck from Lyndonvile along with Lizzie Rath and Daniela Volkmar from Kendall also has Hannah Bowen from Notre Dame, Tatiana Draper, Carly Bogue and Meaghan Kogut from Elba, Hannah Scarborough and Riley D’Alba from Oakfield-Alabama, Marissa Scharlau from Alexander, Alyssa Meyer and Emily Stenson from Attica and Hailey Hubbard and Karson Richenberg from Byron-Bergen.

The N-O girls lineup includes Chanyce Powell, Emily Blanchard, Sierra Chudy and Nikki Eldred from Albion, Emily Kams and Molley Gross from Medina, Emily Annable and Lydia Dewart from Barker, Olivia Littman from Newfane and Jen Darlak, Kayla Neumann and Rachel Senek from Wilson.

The local trio of Eric Neace and Corey Hydock from Lyndonville and Brandon Miller from Kendall head the G-R boys squad which also includes Reice Woodward from Oakfield-Alabama, Ryan Cansdale from Pembroke, Dustin Schmieder and Matt Genaway from Alexander, Owen Thompson from Attica, Tucker Bezon, Shane O’Hollaran, Jordan Miller and Henry Pflaumer from Elba and Brian Burke and Colin Noeth from Byron-Bergen.

The lineup for the N-O boys squad includes Kory Reynolds, Lamar Chambers and Chase Hall  from Albion, Nate Luckman, Eddie Wasnock and Jake Arnold from Barker, Conor Seeley, Jonah Miller and Justin Daul from Wilson, Caleb Russell and Albert Kramp from Newfane, DJ Davis and Brendan Hess from Roy-Hart, Austin Ladd from Akron and Tyrellis Atkins from Medina.

The N-O holds a 12-5 lead in the boys series and an 11-6 advantage in the girls series.

Last year the N-O won the boys game 73-67 to make it four wins in a row while the G-R captured the girls contest for the second time in the last three years by a narrow score of 40-39.