In a near instant replay of their recent success at the Niagara-Orleans All-League meet, Barker captured first place honors in five events at the Section VI Class C boys swim championships held today at Newfane.

Barker’s quartet of Collin Webb, Collin Stevener, Adam Wagner and Andrew Jenks won both the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:32.55) and the 400 Freestyle Relay (3:29.97).

Webb was also an individual event double winner taking both the 50 Free (:22.24) and 100 Free (:48.72) while Jenks added a victory in the 100 Butterfly (:59.61).

Host Newfane had a double winner in Andrew Hamelink who captured both the 200 Individual Medley (2:05.24) and the 100 Breaststroke (1:01.20).

The Panthers also had Thomas Schultz place second in the 500 Free and Zach Lundy second in the 100 Backstroke.

Roy-Hart’s Tanner Rees placed second in the 100 Breaststroke while Nate Mikol placed third in the 100 Free and fifth in the 50 Free. Mikol and Rees also teamed up with Jack Daly and Elliot Spitzer to place second in the 400 Free Relay.

Roy-Hart placed third in the team competition while Barker was fourth, Newfane fifth and Medina eighth. Panama took top team honors.

Regaining the .500 mark at 8-8, Kendall posted a 51-37 victory over visiting Rochester Academy Charter this evening in a non league game.

Taylor ReQua scored 16 and Daniela Volkmar 15, on five threes, to lead the Kendall attack as Lizzie Rath added 8, Lyndsay Wright 5, Racghael Bukatis and Kacey Menge 3 and Jenna Regan 1.

Wright also had 11 rebounds while ReQua had 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.

Uo 24-19 at the half and 37-35 at the three-quarter mark, Kendall used a 14-2 fourth quarter scoring edge to lock up the victory.

In Genesee Region League action Notre Dame downed host Lyndonville 40-20. Makenzie Muck scored 8 and Aubrey Lewis and Abi Rodequez 4 each for the host Lady Tigers.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper goes up for a layup against Roy-Hart defender DJ Davis during the Mustangs home court win over the Rams this evening.

Getting point production from 11 players, front-running Medina rolled to a 73-45 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening to improve to 8-0 in Niagara-Orleans League competition.

Jalln Cooper scored 21 and Izaiah Rhim 15 to lead the Medina attack as Mason Lewis and Johnny Salone both added 8, Tyrellis Atkins 5, Vincent Montague 4, Alex Allis and Brendan Luthart 3 and Trenton Jones, Michael Cardone and Jorge Phillips 2.

Jacob Bruning scored 16, Brendon Hess 12, DJ Davis 11, Matt Borel 4 and Noah Kindron 2 for Roy-Hart which slips to 3- 6 in N-O competition.

Noah Kindron puts up a shot for Roy-Hart.

Medina jumped out to a 13-4 first period lead on two buckets by Cooper along with one each by Rhim, Atkins, Salone and Luthart.

The Mustangs then put together a 26-18 second period scoring edge to extend the advantage to 17, 39-22, at the half. Cooper tallied 9 including a slam dunk, Lewis 8, including a pair of threes, and Rhim 4 to spearhead that uprising.

Roy-Hart did cut the deficit a bit to 12, 43-31, after opening the third period with a 9-4 run including a three and a two by Davis along with buckets by Bruning and Borel, but the Rams would get no closer.

Medina answered with an 8-2 run to close the period highlighted by back-to-back baskets off turnovers by Salone and Rhim, to move back out to an 18 point, 51-33, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

The Mustangs closed out the win with a 22-12 fourth quarter surge as Rhim had three baskets and Cooper and Salone two each.

Medina next hosts Wilson and Roy-Hart entertains Albion next Tuesday.

Medina also defeated Roy-Hart in the JV game 53-38 as Emmanual Taylor scored 15. Daemon Shatara 13, Nate Sherman 9, Brian Fry 8 and Tyler Chinn 7.  Reed Albee scored 14 for Roy-Hart.

Wilson 67, Barker 67
Wilson improved to 6-3 by downing visiting Barker (4-4) 67-60 as Connor Seeley scored 20, Steve Frerichs 13 and Nate Fox 11.

Nate Luckman scored 21, Edie Wasnock 19 and Jake Arnold 10 for Barker.

Trailing 38-33 at the half, Wilson used a 15-4 third period scoring edge to key the win.

Medina’s Izaiah Rhim drives by Roy-Hart defenders Cameron Meadows (3) and DJ Davis (5).

Roy-Hart’s Paul Ragonese puts up a shot against Medina defender Izaiah Rhim.

Roaring out to a 14-0 lead at the outset, Lyndonville avenged an earlier season 21 point (53-32) home court loss by besting host Notre Dame 69-50 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Jacob Hoffee scored a game high 23 ponts to lead the way for Lyndonville as Corey Hydock added 15, Eric Neace 14, Zach Johnson 10 and Nathan Poler 8.

“It’s a huge win for us,” said Lyndonville Coach Lee Dillenbeck. “They just played fantastic right from the opening tip.”

Jake Wetherwax led Notre Dame with 16.

Hydock scored 10 and Johnson 4 in the opening quarter which finished with Lyndonville up 19-5.

The Tigers maintained a 34-22 half-time advantage as Neace tallied 7 in the second period.

Hoffee netted 10 in the third period which helped keep Lyndonville up 52-38 at the three-quarter mark.

Hoffee then scored 9 and Poler 5 in the final stanza to help lock up the win for Lyndonville which improves to 5-7 in the league and 8-9 overall.

Oakfield-Alabama 78, Holley 44
Building up a 40-19 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Holley 78-44 in another G-R contest.

Reice Woodward scored 20, Tyler Ohlson 17 and Ryan Douglas 16 to lead the Hornets.

Patrick Bower scored 13, Andrew Moseman 8 and Dylan Hillabush and Ryan Andrews 6 for Holley. Bower also had 11 rebounds and Derek McArthur 14.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Meghan Washington puts up a shot as Medina’s Maddie Winters tries to block. R-H’s Skyler Christopher tries to block out. The action took place during the host Lady Rams upset win over the league leading Mustangs.

Gaining that elusive first league victory of the season in impressive fashion, Roy-Hart shocked visiting Medina 54-52 this evening knocking the Niagara-Orleans leading Mustangs from the ranks of the unbeaten.

Ava Bligh scored 12 of her 15 points and Meghan Washington 8 of her 9 in the sea-saw fourth quarter to earn Roy-Hart its first N-O win after 8 losses. Bligh hit 6 free throws in the final two minutes to help clinch the win.

Ellie Todd also scored 15 and Maddy Fry 11 for the Lady Rams as Skyler Christopher and Delaney Draper each chipped in with 2.

“I’ve known all season that they could play like this they just had to put a whole game together,” said Roy-Hart Coach Grace Swick. “It’s a great win and hopefully will build some confidence heading into the rest of the season.”

Je’ne Brown took game high scoring honors with 16 for Medina which slips to 6-1 in N-O action. Maddie Williams added 9, Molley Gross 8, Maddie Winters 7 and Kayla Cuadra and Emily Kams 6 for the Mustangs.

Medina’s Molley Gross puts a shot up over Roy-Hart defender Delaney Draper.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 14-9 lead at the end of a sea-saw first quarter which saw 3 ties and 5 lead changes. Todd tallied 9 to lead the Lady Rams in the early going.

Plagued by a total of 21 turnovers in the first half, Medina fell behind by 10, 20-10, midway through the second period as Christopher, Bligh and Fry took turns scoring for Roy-Hart.

After a layup by Winters snapped a 6 minute long Medina field goal drought, the Mustangs added a layup by Cuadra and a three-point play by Brown to cut the deficit to five, 22-17, at the half.

Back-to-back threes by Kams then put Medina up 23-22 at the outset of what proved to be a sea-saw third period which included 3 ties and as many lead changes.

Medina emerged with a slender 33-32 lead at the thee-quarter mark after a rebound bucket by Cuadra with 6 seconds to go.

However, Roy-Hart quickly regained a 36-33 lead at the outset of the decisive final period on a jumper by Washington and a rebound basket by Bligh and the sea-saw battle was on again.

In all there were no less than 4 ties and 6 lead changes down the stretch.

The sea-saw battle saw Medina go up 39-38 on two threes by Williams, Roy-Hart 41-39 on a jumper by Bligh, Medina 45-41 on a layup by Gross and 2 free throws by Brown and Roy-Hart 46-45 on a layup by Bligh.

Medina’s last lead came at 47-46 on a layup by Winters with just over two minutes to go.

Roy-Hart answered with 5 free throws, 3 by Bligh and 2 by Washington, to regain the lead for good at 51-47 with 44 seconds remaining.

A jumper by Gross pulled Medina back to within two, 51-49, with 30 seconds to go but Bligh got those points right back for Roy-Hart 5 seconds later with a pair of clutch free throws for a 53-49 Lady Rams lead.

A three-point play by Brown pulled Medina back to within one, 53-51, at the 16 second mark but the Mustangs would get no closer.

Bligh tacked on a free throw for the Lady Rams with 6 seconds to go and then came up with a big steal to seal the upset victory.

Roy-Hart’s Maddie Fry tries to drive by Medina defender Kayla Cuadra.

Wilson 51, Barker 17
Defending champion Wilson took over the N-O lead at 9-1 by downing Barker 51-17 as Rachel Senek led the way with 17.

Akron 57, Albion 48
Leading by a narrow 25-23 margin at the half, Akron used a 15-10 third period scoring edge to key a 57-48 win over Albion.

Helena Hill scored 20 for Akron which led 40-33 at the three-quarter mark.

Emily Blanchard scored 11, Caitlynn Snook 10 and Sierra Chudy 9 for Albion which again played without scoring and rebounding leader Chanyce Powell..

Akron is now 4-5 and Albion 4-4.

Medina’s Je’ne Brown looks to put up a shot between Roy-Hart defenders Delaney Draper and Maddy Glena.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lyndsay Wright (00) grabs a rebound in a crowd which includes her teammate Jenna Regan (14) and the Lyndonville duo of Anna Lewis (13) and Makenzie Muck (33) during the Lady Eagles come-from-behind win over the visiting Lady Tigers this evening.

Rebounding from an ice cold shooting first half, Kendall rallied down the stretch to edge past visiting Lyndonville 34-31 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Blanked from the field in the first quarter and trailing by as many as 14 midway through the second period, Kendall rallied back to within four at the three-quarter mark and then used a 9-2 fourth period scoring edge to claim the win.

Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis tries to go by Kendall defender Lizzie Rath.

Down by 10, 20-10, at the half, Kendall got back in the game by outscoring Lyndonville 15-9 in the third quarter.

Two baskets by Lizzie Rath and a three by Daniela Volkmar highlighted that rally which also included buckets by Lyndsay Wright, Kacey Menge and Rachael Bakutis as the Lady Eagles sliced the deficit to four, 29-25.

Keeping the momentum, Kendall then rallied into the lead for the first time at 33-30 with 2:45 remaining on back-to-back threes by Bakutis for what proved to be the margin of victory.

Lyndonville, which was blanked from the field in the decisive final period, managed just two free throws during that stretch.

However, the Lady Tigers did get off to a strong start jumping out to an 11-1 first period lead on a three and a layup by Aubrey Lewis along wit baskets by Alecia Hinkson, Makenzie Muck and Grace Hayes.

Lyndonville built the lead to 14, 18-4, midway through the second period after a three-point play and a jumper by Aubrey Lewis and a basket by Hinkson.

However, Kendall which finally ended a game opening 10 minute long field goal drought on a three by Voelkmar, used late two late baskets by Rath and one by Jenna Regan to stay within 10 at the half.

The Lady Eagles then outscored the Lady Tigers 24-11 in the second half to claim the win.

Volkmar finished with 12 points and Rath 10 as Taylor ReQua and Regan both had 3 and Wright, Menge and Bakutis 2.

Aubrey Lewis took game high honors for Lyndonville with 16 as Hinkson added 7, Muck, Hayes and Kennedy Clark 2 and Miranda Lembcke and Anna Lewis 1.

Kendall improves to 4-7 in the league and 7-8 overall while Lyndonville slips to 1-10, 2-14.

In one other G-R game, Alexander defeated host Holley 61-18.

Kendall’s Emily Mattle puts up a shot against Lyndonville defenders Miranda Lembcke (12) and Makenzie Muck (33).

Lyndonville’s Abi Rodriguez looks to pass as Lyndsay Wright defends for Kendall.

Holley-Kendall closed out regular season by scoring a pair of non league wrestling wins this evening at Holley by scores of 72-18 over Wilson Magnet and 46-28 over Brighton.

Jayden Pieniaszek, Dawson Custer, Jeremy Browe, Braxton Leary-Hart, Nate Silversmith and Chad Miller all scored pins for the Hawks against Wilson Magnet. Miller had the fastest fall of the evening in just 16 seconds.

James Sharp then had a pin for the Hawks against Brighton as Eli Stanton added a decision win.

Holley-Kendall next competes in the Section V Class BB tournement this weekend at Byron-Bergen.

Trailing 25-24 at the half, Newfane used a 15-6 third period scoring surge to key a 54-35 victory over visiting Albion this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball lame.

Paige Emborsky scored 15 points, Emily Foltz 12 and Olivia Littman 7 along with 12 rebounds to spark Newfane which regains the .500 mark at 4-4.

Emily Blanchard scored 14 and Caitlynn Snook 12 for Albion (4-3) which played without season long scoring and rebounding leader Chanyce Powell who has a foot injury.

Albion grabbed the 25-24 half-time lead on a late three by Nicole Eldred.

Wilson 64, Roy-Hart 34
Defending champion Wilson improved to 7-1 by downing Roy-Hart (0-7) 64-34 as Rachel Senek had 28 points and 10 rebounds and Kayla Neumann 10 points and 7 steals.

In one other N-O game, Akron (3-4) bested Barker (1-6) 46-27.

Lydia Dewart scored 12 for Barker.

Getting back on the winning track, Barker defeated host Akron 66-43 this evening to improve to 4-3 in Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball competition.

In other N-O action, Newfane (7-1) defeated Albion (1-8) 64-42 and Wilson (5-3) downed Roy-Hart (3-5) 60-36.

Nate Luckman poured in a game high 29 points to lead the way for Barker as Eddie Wasnock added 18 and Malik Smith 10. Wasnock also had 11 rebounds and Luckman 8 assists.

Mason Schultz scored 12 for Akron which slips to 1-8.

Barker jumped out to a 23-14 first period lead as Luckman scored 17 during that stretch.

The Raiders went on to hold leads of 35-23 at the half and 49-28 at the three-quarter mark.

Newfane 64, Albion 42
Kyle DeVoogel and Max Weber each scored 18 to lead Newfane past Albion 64-42. Weber also had 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 7 steals.

Leading 31-19 at the half, the Panthers used a 22-8 third period surge to lock up the win as DeVoogel hit two threes.

Kory Reynolds had 23 points and 14 rebounds for Albion.

Wilson 60, Roy-Hart 36
Leading by a narrow 24-22 margin at the half, Wilson used a 25-12 third period scoring edge to key the 60-36 win over Roy-Hart. Connor Seeley had two threes and Justin Daul a pair of baskets to lead that uprising.

Seeley finished with 19, Daul 14 and Nate Fox 10.

DJ Davis scored 14 and Jacob Bruning 9 for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Eric Neace puts up a layup against Kendall defenders Mason Kuhn (22) and James Longrod (24).

Putting together a strong stretch run, Lyndonville posted a 59-46 victory over visiting Kendall this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Breaking away from a 38-38 tie early in the final period, Lyndonville erupted with a 18-6 scoring burst to break the contest open.

Eric Neace had two jumpers and a layup, Zach Johnson a rebound basket and a layup and Jacob Hoffee a three and a jumper during that decisive uprising which vaulted the Tigers out to a commanding 56-44 lead with 1:15 remaining.

Lyndonville’s Corey Hydock looks to drive against Kendall defender Collin Lewis.

Neace, Johnson and Corey Hydock each finished with 15 and Johnson 11 for the Tigers as Nathan Poler added 2 and Josh Tombari 1.

James Longrod scored 17, Nate Warters 11, Collin Lewis 10 and John Rath and Mickey Gardner 4 for Kendall which played without season long scoring and rebounding leader Brandon Miller who is out with an injury.

Kendall jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead at the outset on threes by Longrod and Warters. Layups by Longrod and Gardner kept the Eagles up 12-9 at the end of the period.

Trailing 19-15, Lyndonville put together a 12-0 run in the second period on three baskets by Hydock, one each by Hoffee and Johnson and two free throws by Neace for a 27-19 lead. The Tigers were up 27-21 at the half.

However, Kendall battled back with a 13-2 run in the third period on a three and a layup by Lewis, a jumper and layup by Longrod and buckets by Gardner and Warters to regain a 34-31 lead.

Lyndonville though answered with a 5-2 run to close the period and rally into a 36-36 tie at the three-quarter mark on a layup by Johnson.

The teams then traded baskets at the outset of the final period before the Tigers put together their decisive 18-6 stretch run uprising.

Lyndonville is now 4-7 in the league and 7-9 overall while Kendall is 2-8, 3-13.

Alexander 63, Holley 37
Building up a 29-15 half-time advantage, Alexander went on to post a 63-37 G-R win over visiting Holley.

Matt Genaway and Chris McClinic each scored 14 to set the pace for Alexander.

Andrew Moseman scored 11 and Dalton Major 8 for Holley.

Kendall’s Nate Warters goes up for a layup against Lyndonville defender Corey Hydock.

Kendall’s Mickey Gardner puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Zach Johnson.