Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Matt Hess tries to drive around Wheatland-Chili defender Joe Bordonard during the host Tigers Genesee Region League win this evening.

Lyndonville’s Richard Forder puts up a shot over W-C defenders Brandon Krull (22) and Adam Lund (24).

Jumping out to a 16 point first quarter lead, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Wheatland-Chili 60-34 this evening to close out the Genesee Region League season.

Corey Hydock hit four threes to help spark Lyndonville out to a 22-6 first period lead.

The Tigers boosted the advantage to 21, 36-14, at the half as Jacob Hoffee and Josh Tombari both scored 4 and Hydock and Eric Neace 3 in the second period.

Keeping the momentum, Lyndonville maintained a 22 point, 47-25, lead at the three-quarter mark after getting 5 from Neace and 3 from both Hoffee and Dylan Nicholson in the third period.

W-C did pull to within 13, 47-34, early in the final period after a burst of three threes by Joe Bordonard but would get no closer.

The Tigers answered with a jumper by Hess, a three by Hydock and two free throws by Neace to quickly regain a 20 point, 54-34 advantage. Threes by Brody Brown and Luke Isaacson then capped off the win as the Tigers finish the regular season at 6-8 in the league and 9-11 overall.

Building up a commanding 25 point half-time advantage, Medina went on to defeat host Akron 70-31 this evening to complete a perfect 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League championship season.

The N-O title was the second in a row for Medina but was the Mustangs first undefeated league campaign since the 1988-89 championship squad went 14-0.

Jalin Cooper scored 19, Johnny Salone 18 and Mason Lewis 13 to spearhead the Medina offense as Vincent Montague added 6, Tryellis Atkins, Brendan Luthart and Jorge Phillips 4 and Izaiah Rhim 2.

Salone scored 10 quick points and Lewis 6 in the opening period to spark Medina out to a 20-4 lead.

Cooper then tallied 6 and Lewis 5 in the second quarter as the Medina advantage soared to 37-12 at the half.

Medina, which finishes the regular season with a 16-4 overall record, enjoyed a 58-22 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Akron winds up the N-O season at 1-11.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Molley Gross puts up a shot over Akron defender Ellie Leeds during the Mustangs home court win over the Lady Tigers this evening.

Surviving a late rash of turnovers, Medina trimmed visiting Akron 50-46 this evening to close out the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball season.

Je’ne Brown scored 20, Molley Gross 15 and Maddie Williams 10 to lead the way for Medina which finishes the N-O season tied for second place with Newfane at 8-4. Emily Kams added 3 and Maddie Winters 2 for the Mustangs. Winters also grabbed off 12 rebounds, Brown 10 and Gross 7.

Medina’s Maddie Williams looks to drive around Akron defender Neely Abrams.

Chooch Jonathan had 14 to lead Akron which finishes at 5-7. Helena Hill added 7, Neely Abrams 6, Ellie Leeds and Jenna Robnett 4 and Skylar Jonathan 2 for the Lady Tigers.

Medina grabbed a slender 13-12 lead at the end of a sea-saw first period which saw six lead changes.

Brown then erupted for 11 points and Williams added a jumper and a three in the second period to help the Mustangs maintain a 31-27 lead at the half. Jessie Jonathan tallied 9 in the period to keep Akron close.

Akron rallied back into a 33-33 tie midway through the third period after consecutive baskets by Hill, Abrams and Robnett.

However, Medina answered with a quick 11-0 run to regain the lead for good at 44-33. Gross led that uprising with 6 points on a jumper, layup and rebound bucket as Williams added a three and Brown a rebound bucket.

Gross had a total of 9 in the period which finished with the Mustangs up by 8, 45-37.

Akron again came battling back cutting the deficit to three, 45-42, midway through the final period after back-to-back baskets by Abrams.

Brown though countered with a key burst of five straight points to put the Mustangs up by 8, 50-42, with three minutes remaining.

A rash of turnovers then almost proved fatal to the Mustangs as Akron capitalized on a couple of those miscues to cut the deficit to 50-46 after tallies by Chooch Jonathan and Hill but the Lady Tigers could get no closer.

Newfane 43, Niagara-Wheatfield 33

Emily Foltz scored 16 and Paige Emborsky 10 to spark Newfane to a 43-33 win over Niagara-Wheatfield in the non league regular season finale.

The Lady Panthers led 18-11 at the half.

In a down to the wire thriller, Wilson edged past host Albion 54-52 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Two free throws by Connor Seeley with nine seconds remaining provided the margin of victory for Wilson but the outcome wasn’t decided until a last second Albion shot rimmed out.

Wilson jumped out to an 18-9 first period lead but Albion came battling back to cut the deficit to 26-21 a the half and then to move into a 42-39 lead at the three-quarter mark. Kory Reynolds scored 8 and Chase Hall 4 for the Purple Eagles in the third period as Tommy Mattison and Liam Ward both chipped in with a three.

However, Wilson answered with a 15-10 fourth quarter scoring edge, including 11 by Steve Frerichs, to claim the narrow win.

Jonah Miller finished with 16, Frerichs 11, Justin Daul 11 and Seeley 8 for Wilson which improves to 7-4.

Reynolds finished with 12, Mattison 9, Hall and Lamar Chambers 8,  Ward 6 and Tanner Ferris 4 for Albion which finishes the N-O season at 3-9.

Newfane 73, Akron 36

Newfane raced out to a commanding 43-20 half-time advantage in route to posting a 73-36 win over Akron.

Caleb Russell scored 16, Max Weber 14, Chad Dunbar 12 and Sam Kline 11 for the Panthers.

Newfane is now 9-2 and Akron 1-10 in N-O action.

Snapping a four game losing streak, Medina got point production from 10 players in posting a 65-23 victory over visiting Barker this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League contest.

In other N-O action, Wilson trimmed visiting Albion 47-40 to close out an eighth straight title campaign and Newfane bested Akron 61-42.

Je’ne Brown took game high scoring honors with 22 to lead Medina as Maddie Williams had 10, Kayla Cuadra 8, Katie Bilicki 6, Emily Kams 5, Sarah Cochrane and Kharise Johnson 4, Maddie Winters, Molley Gross and Hannah Sones 2 each.

Serena Harris led Barker with 10 as Emily Annable added 8, Lydia Dewart 3 and Kylie Annable 2.

Medina raced out to a 23-4 first quarter advantage and went on to hold leads of 42-7 at the half and 59-17 at the three-quarter mark.

Medina is now 7-4 and Barker 1-10 in N-O action.

The Mustangs will host Akron at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to close out the league season.

Wilson 47, Albion 40
Leading by a narrow 20-17 margin at the half, Wilson put together a big 20-12 third period scoring surge to key the 47-40 victory over visiting Albion and cap off an 11-1 N-O title campaign.

Rachel Senek scored 12 to lead that decisive surge for Wislon which opened up a 40-29 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Senek, who topped the 1,000 point career scoring mark in the first period, finished with a game high 21.

Caitlyn Snook scored 12 and Chanyce Powell 10 to lead Albion which finishes the N-O season at 7-5.

Newfane 61, Akron 42
Paige Emborsky scored 20 and Emily Foltz 15 to lead Newfane (8-4) to a 61-42 victory over Akron (5-6).

Newfane led 15-6 after one quarter and 31-22 at the half.

Kendall 50, Rochester Prep 25
Elizabeth Rath scored 14 points to spark an 18-4 third period scoring surge which keyed Kendall to a 50-25 non league win over Rochester Presp.

Daniela Volkmar added 12, Taylor ReQua 8 and Emily Mattle 5 for the Eagles which led 18-13 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brendan Luthart puts up a shot as Nate Luckman (4) and Jacob Arnold (3) defend for Barker. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Raiders this evening.

Putting a lock on outright possession of a second straight Niagara-Orleans League championship, Medina posted an 80-42 victory over host Barker this evening.

Jalin Cooper scored 23, Johnny Salone 18, Brendan Luthart 13 and Izaiah Rhim 11 to lead the attack for Medina which improves to 11-0 in the league and 15-4 overall. Mason Lewis added 5, Vincent Montague 4, Tyrellis Atkins 3, Michael Cardone 2 and Tyler Howard 1 for the Mustangs.

Medina’s Michael Cardone looks to pass as Evan Ecker defends for Barker.

Nate Luckman paced Barker with 19 as Jacob Arnold added 5, Eddie Wasnock and Evan Ecker 4, Ryan Voss and Austin Sullivan 3 and Shawn Callaghan and Malik Smith 2.

Barker pulled even at 16-16 early in the second period after a three-point play by Luckman but Medina answered with a key 13-1 run and the Mustangs were never headed.

Salone had a layup and a three-point play, Cooper a pair of layups, Montague a layup and Luthart a bucket during that run as the Mustangs opened up a 29-17 advantage.

Cooper had a total of 8 and Salone 7 in the period which ended with the Mustangs up by a dozen at 35-23.

The Mustangs then broke the contest wide open by exploding for a 16-0 scoring burst over the first three minutes of the third period to open up a commanding 28 point, 51-23, advantage. A slam dunk by Cooper, along with a steal and layup by Salone, highlighted that uprising. Rhim and Cooper both had a total of 6 and Salone 4 during that key stretch.

In all, Medina outpointed Barker 27-9 in the deceive period to extend the advantage to 30, 62-32, at the three-quarter mark. Cooper tallied 8, Rhim and Salone 6 each and Luthart 5 during that uprising.

Medina held a slender 14-13 lead at the end of the first period as Luckman tallied 8, including a pair of threes, to keep Barker close.

Medina will now close out the N-O campaign at Akron at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Barker, which is now 4-7 in N-O action, will wrap up the N-O season at home Thursday against Roy-Hart.

Medina also defeated Barker in the JV game 52-44 as Brian Fry scored 22 and Tyler Chinn 12.

Barker’s Malik Smith tries to drive around Medina defender Johnny Salone.

Barker’s Austin Sullivan puts up a shot over Medina defender Izaiah Rhim.

Legion combined a 41-29 win over JR Wilson with runner-up Sacred Heart’s 35-35 tie with Vets Club Monday to double its Medina Euchre League lead.

Now up by 12 points, Legion is 693-637 on the season, Sacred Heart 681-649, JR Wilson 659-671 and Vets Club 627-703.

League competition continues on February 20 with Legion at Sacred Heart and Vets Club at JR Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Isaiah Flow puts up a shot as Lonnie Watkins of RCMCS tries to block during the Hawks loss to the visiting Royals this evening.

Holley’s Patrick Bower grabs a rebound from RCMCS’s Angel Vazquez.

Capitalizing on a rash of turnovers, Rochester Career Mentoring Charter School romped to an 88-58 victory over host Holley this evening in a non league game.

Setting the tone for the evening RCMCS took advantage of a number of turnovers to jump out to a 22-13 first period lead. Jhyte Griffin scored 11, including two threes, to lead the Royals quick start.

Holley used some sharp 15 of 18 free throw shooting in the second quarter to stay within 9, 45-36, at the half. Patrick Bower went 7 of 8 and Andrew Moseman 4 of 4 from the line during that stretch for the Hawks which also had Isaiah Flow score a total of 9 points, including 3 from the foul line.

A jumper and a layup off a steal by Derek McArthur kept Holley within 9, 49-40, early in the third period but the Hawks could get no closer.

The Royals answered with a decisive turnover aided 16-0 run to pull away for good by 25 at 65-40.

Griffin and Glenn Walker both tallied 9 and Lonnie Watkins 6 for RCMCS in the period which ended with the Royals in command by 27, 73-46.

Griffin finished with a game high 27, Walker 20 and Watkins 18 as the Royals improve to 4-10.

Flow had 19 and Bower 18 to lead the way for Holley as McArthur, Andrew Moseman and Ryan Andrews each added 4. Mike Passarell and Dalton Major 3, Brandon Dillenbeck 2 and Nick Schutz 1.

Holley, which slips to 0-19, next hosts Pembroke Wednesday to close out the Genesee Region League season.

Pavilion 53, Kendall 43
Jumping out to a 22-9 first period lead, Pavilion went on to defeat visiting Kendall 53-43 in a non league contest.

Hunter Seaman scored 15 and Luke Milligan 13 for Pavilion which closed the opening period with a 13-0 run to break away from an early 9-9 tie.

Pavilion went on to hold leads of 29-22 at the half and 41-31 at the three-quarter mark.

John Rath scored 22, including 6 threes, for Kendall as Brandon Miller had 6 points, 12 rebounds and 7 blocks.

Kendall next hosts Notre Dame on Wednesday to close out the G-R campaign.

Girls Basketball
Lyndonville, Kendall bow in G-R games
Makenzie Muck scored 19 for Lyndonville in a 79-30 Genesee Region League loss at Wheatland-Chili which made good on 11 threes.

Notre Dame downed visiting Kendall 43-23 in another G-R contest.

The Holley Youth Wrestling Club will begin its season on Monday, February 27, at the Holley Elementary School Intermediate Gym, for any Holley Central School District students in grades K-8. The Holley wrestling coaching staff along with several Holley Club Coaches and members of the high school team will be assisting.

Registration will be held on the 27th, from 5:45 – 6:00pm. Students in grades K-8 will register and practice in the Holley Intermediate Gym. All parents must attend registration to fill out the proper information needed. Practice will start that evening immediately following registration for each group.

Basic wrestling techniques, drills, intra-contests, physical fitness, fun, sportsmanship, and participation will all be taught and stressed at each session. The club will meet every Monday and Tuesday evening through the month of March.

The Medina 2 team opened its Kenan Indoor Soccer League season with a 7-4 victory over Roy-Hart MP Construction this weekend.

Nick Guay spearheaded the Medina 2 attack with 6 goals and Caelan Holland added 1.

Matt Hess scored 2 goals for MP Construction as Jamasen Johnson and Andrew Srock both added 1.

The Medina 1 team lost 6-2 to Mullane Motors as Kevin Capstick and Jonathan Pietrafesa each scored a goal.

Medina 1 is now 1-1.