Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Johnny Salone puts up a shot past Orchard Park defender Dave Morris during the Mustangs non league win over the visiting Quakers this evening.

A fourth quarter scoring burst keyed Medina to a 75-66 victory over visiting Orchard Park this evening in a non league basketball game.

Jalin Cooper and Johnny Salone each scored 8 of their game high 24 points to key a decisive 22-14 fourth quarter surge as Medina improves to 10-4 on the season.

Izaiah Rhim added 13 for the Mustangs as Mason Lewis had 7, Vincent Montague 5 and Tyrellis Atkins 2.

Dylan Anderson scored 17, Dan Anderson 16 and Dave Morris 13 for Class AA Orchard Park which slips to 6-7.

Medina’s Mason Lewis drives up court against Orchard Park defender Tristan Lancaster.

Leading by a slender one point, 57-56, margin early in the final period, Medina went on a 14-4 scoring spurt to pull away to an 11 point, 71-60 lead with 2:20 remaining.

Cooper had a layup off a turnover and three free throws, Salone a layup and a free throw, Atkins a layup off a turnover and Lewis and Rhim layups during that key run.

The Quakers did cut the deficit to five, 71-66, but the Mustangs answered with back-to-back layups by Salone in the final 35 seconds to put a firm lock on the victory.

Orchard Park grabbed a 20-16 lead at the end of the opening period as Dylan Anderson and Morris both had 7 in the early going. Eight points by Cooper, along with 4 each by Salone and Rhim, kept Medina close.

Medina took the lead for the first time at 24-22 early in the second period after an 8-0 run on a three and a jumper by Lewis and a three by Montague.

Orchard Park though answered with a 6-0 run to regain a 28-24 lead and went on to hold a narrow 36-34 advantage at the half.

Medina regained the lead at 44-42 midway through the third quarter after a 7-0 run on a three-point play by Salone, two free throws by Cooper and a layup off a steal by Rhim. A late dunk by Salone and three-point play by Rhim kept the Mustangs up by one, 53-52, at the three-quarter mark.

Back-to-back layups by Cooper upped the Medina lead to five, 57-52, at the outset of the final period.
Orchard Park did pull back to within one, 57-56, after buckets by Morris and Dan Anderson but the Quakers would not regain the lead.

Medina answered with what proved to be a decisive 14-4 run to regain the upper hand for good.

The Mustangs next host Buffalo Science at 7 p.m. Monday.

Brendan Luthart puts up a shot for Medina as Dylan Anderson tries for the block for Orchard Park.

Pulling away down the stretch, Rochester Academy Charter posted an 80-70 victory over host Kendall this afternoon in a non league boys basketball game.

Leading by a narrow two point, 53-51, margin at the three-quarter mark, RAC outpointed Kendall 27-19 in the final stanza to claim the win.

Jevonny Brown led RAC with a game high 21 points as Eric Kalumbwe added 14 and Damien Grant 13. Kalumbwe and Grant also both grabbed off 12 rebounds.

Brandon Miller scored 19 to lead Kendall as Mickey Gardner had 17, Nate Warters 14 and Collin Lewis 9. Miller also had 5 blocks, 4 rebounds and 4 assists; Gardner 5 rebounds and 3 blocks; Waters 5 assists and John Rath 6 assists.

Miller scored 10 quick points in the opening quarter to help Kendall grab a 20-18 lead.

Gardner later tallied 10 in the third period to help the Eagles stay within two, 53-51, heading into the final period.

RAC held a slender 34-33 lead at the half.

Kendall next visits Lyndonville at 7 p.m. Tuesday for a Genesee Region League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The individual weight class champions from today’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament held at Medina meet here with Gross family members including Mrs. Gary (Barbara) Gross along with their sons Eric, who is Medina’s wrestling coach, and Craig, who is the head wrestling coach at Hilton.. In the front row are Travis Wiseman (Medina), Colby Petrie (Medina), Reese Ledford (Lyndonville), Jake Bensley (Medina) and Preston Flugel (Albion). In the middle row are Tim Wells (Albion), Ugene Harrison (Albion), Blake Aina (Albion), Dustin Hinkley (Lyndonville) and Elijah Sones (Medina). In the back row are Craig Gross, Mrs. Gary (Barbara) Gross, Ben Restivo (Albion), Donamic Farley (Albion), Matt Lange (Wilson), Lait Alsous (Lew-Port) and Eric Gross.

It was the day of the Purple Eagle and the Mustang at the annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament hosted by Medina today.

The Albion Purple Eagles led the parade to the victory podium with six individual weight class champions while the host Medina Mustangs had four winners.

Capturing top honors for Albion were Preston Flugel (132), Tim Wells (138), Ugene Harrison (145), Blake Aina (152), Ben Restivo (182) and Donamic Farley (195). Aina and Wells both went 4-0 while Fluegel, Harrison and Restivo were all 3-0.

Medina’s champions included Travis Wiseman (106), Colby Petrie (113), Jake Bensley (126) and Elijah Sones (170). Petrie went 5-0 for the tournament while Bensley was 4-0 and Sones 3-0.

Lyndonville had a pair of champions in Reese Ledford (120) and Dustin Hinkley (160) who were both 4-0.

Rounding out the list of champions were Matt Lange (220) from Wilson who went 3-0 and Lait Alsous (285) from Lew-Port who was 5-0.

Albion’s Hunter Albright in route to scoring a narrow decision win over Antonio Farruggia of Holley-Kendall.

Medina’s Da’John Brown has the upper hand here of Holley-Kendall’s Chad Miller.

Lyndonville’s Dustin Hinkley works against Cody Fouts of Lew-Port.

Nate Schoonover of Holley-Kendall works toward a win over Josh Lougen of Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Makenzie Muck puts up a shot against Attica defenders Taylor Gadd (24) and Kacey Pearce (25) during the host Lady Tigers narrow loss to the visiting Blue Devils this evening.

A furious second half rally fell just short as Lyndonville dropped a narrow 43-37 decision to visiting Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Blanked from the field in the first quarter and able to score only one basket in the second period, Lyndonville fell behind by 19, 23-4, at the half.

However, the Lady Tigers came storming back to outscore the Blue Devils 21-10 in the third period to get right back in the game trailing by only 8, 33-25, at the three-quarter mark.

Aubrey Lewis scored 6 points and Makenzie Muck 5 to lead that surge which also included threes by Abi Rodriguez and Stacey Buckland along with a layup by Anna Lewis and a jumper by Alecia Hinkson.

Lyndonville’s Abi Rodriguez brings the ball up court against Attica defender Aubrey Santoro.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Tigers then outscored the Blue Devils 12-3 over the first four minutes of the final period to rally into what proved to be their only lead of 37-36 on a three-point play by Muck who scored 10 during that run.

However, Lyndonville could not score again as Attica used a 7-0 run over the final four minutes to claim the narrow win. Back-to-back baskets by Emily Weber put the Lady Blue Devils back on top to stay and three free throws by Emily Stenson helped lock up the win.

Alyssa Meyer scored 14 and Weber 10 to lead Attica as Taylor Gadd added 6, Kacey Pearce and Emma Krotczyk 4, Stenson 3 and Aubrey Santoro 2.

Muck took game high honors for Lyndonville with 16 as Rodriguez had 7, Aubrey Lewis 6, Buckland 3, Anna Lewis and Hinkson 2 and Grace Hayes 1.

Newfane 51, Roy-Hart 29
Regaining the .500 mark in Niagara-Orleans League competition at 4-4, Newfane downed Roy-Hart 51-29 as Emily Foltz scored 12, Paige Emborsky 11 and Olivia Littman 10.

Meghan Washington had a game high 17 for Roy-Hart which slips to 0-7.

Wilson 64, Akron 48
Kayla Neumann scored 15 and Rachel Senek 14 to lead defending champion Wilson (7-1) to a 64-48 win over Akron (2-5).

Contributed Photo – All six schools were represented on the victory platform at the annual Niagara-Orleans girls All-League Individual Swim Championships held today at Newfane. The winners included Lauren Gaughran, Alexandria Martin, Annemarie Aber and Meghan Mietlicki from Newfane; Kayla Hagen, Emily DiMayo, Alex Hill and Jenna Heiser from Roy-Hart along with Hannah Heil (Medina), Michaela Pantano (Albion) and Julia Diebel (Akron).

Regular season champion Newfane took first place in four events to lead the way at today’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League girls Individual swim championships held at Newfane which saw each school capture at least one event.

Newfane’s quartet of Lauren Gaughran, Alexandria Martin, Annemarie Aber and Meghan Mietlicki won both the 200 Freestyle Relay in 1:49.21 and the 400 Free Relay in 4:00.65.

Gaughran was also an individual event double winner taking the 200 Free in 2:08.2 and the 500 Free in 5:45.29.

Barker’s Sara Gendrue was also a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley in 2:28.8 and the 100 Breaststroke in 1:12.82.

Medina’s Hannah Heil captured the 50 Free in :26.54, Albion’s Michaela Pantano the 100 Butterfly in 1:06.18 and Akron’s Julia Diebel the 100 Backstroke in 1:03.95.

Roy-Hart’s foursome of Kayla Hagen, Emily DiMayo, Alex Hill and Jenna Heiser won the meet opening 200 Medley Relay in 2:01.47.

Hagen also placed second in the 100 Backstroke and DiMayo in the 100 Breaststroke as did Diebel in the IM, Aber in the Butterfly, Mietlicki in the 100 Free, Madison Harris (Akron) in the 200 Free, Elizabeth Furmanski (Albion) in the 50 Free and Alexis Cramer (Akron) in the 500 Free.

A 10 point second period scoring edge keyed Attica to a 58-40 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Leading 15-11 after one period, Attica outpointed Lyndonville 15-5 in the second period to open up a 30-16 half-time advantage.

Owen Thompson scored 17 of his game high 25 points in the first half to spark the Blue Devils which also got 12 points each on the evening from Dawson Nelson and Tyler Meyer.

Eric Neace scored 10, Corey Hydock and Zach Johnson 9 and Jacob Hoffee 8 for the Tigers.

Lyndonville, which is now 3-7 in G-R action, trailed 45-28 after three quarters.

Alexander 66, Kendall 34
Hot long range shooting in the first half sparked Alexander to a 66-34 G-R win over visiting Kendall.

Hitting five early threes, Alexander jumped out to a 26-12 first quarter lead. The Trojans added three more threes in the second period to extend the advantage to 42-20 at the half.

Chris McClinic scored 12 to lead Alexander’s balanced attack.

Brandon Miller had 15 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks and John Rath 7 points and 7 rebounds for Kendall.

Holley vs. Wheatland-Chili
The Holley at Wheatland-Chili game was postponed until January 30.

Girls Basketball
Medina vs. Albion postponed
Friday’s scheduled Medina at Albion Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game has been postponed until February 9.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Dustin Joy works toward an exciting overtime win over Akron’s Johnathan Fiebelkorn during the Tigers non league home match loss this evening.

Lyndonville’s Frankie Carrasquillo in route to scoring a pin over Akron’s Sabastian Grou.

Six forfeit losses proved to be the difference as Lyndonville dropped a 45-30 non league decision to visiting Akron this evening despite winning six of the eight bouts that were decided on the mat.

Lyndonville jumped out to an early 18-6 lead after consecutive pins by Chase Stinson (113) in 2:30, Reese Ledford (120) in a lightning quick 9 seconds and Jeff Gress Jr. (126) in 1:16.

Two forfeit wins briefly pulled Akron even at 18-18 but Lyndonville regained a 21-18 lead after a narrow 2-1 overtime decision win by Dustin Joy (145).

A decision win by Dustin Hinkley (160) kept Lyndonville up 24-21 but the next four bouts and the victory belonged to Akron.

A quick 29 second pin by Jacob Sarow (170) put Akron back on top to stay at 27-24. Three straight forfeit wins, at 182, 195 and 220, then boosted the visitors advantage to 45-24 with just one bout remaining.

Lyndonville closed out the match on a high note as Frankie Carrasquillo (285) registered a quick pin in 1:08.

Lyndonville’s Dustin Hinkley works toward a decision win over Akron’s Robbie PeQueen.

Contributed Photo – A dozen swimmers shared in earning first place honors at today’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League meet at Akron. The winners included Andrew Jenks, Collin Stevener, Collin Webb and Adam Wagner from Barker; Thomas Furmanski, Matt Kovaleski, Sam Sanchez and Carlitos Sanchez from Albion; Andrew Hamelink and Thomas Schultz from Newfane and Tanner Rees and Elliot Spitzer from Roy-Hart.

Barker captured first place honors in five events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League boys individual swim championship meet this evening at Akron.

The Raiders quartet of Andrew Jenks, Collin Stevener, Adam Wagner and Collin Webb teamed up to win both the 200 Freestyle Relay in 1:34.25 and the 400 Freestyle Relay in 3:30.67.

Webb was also an individual event double winner as he successfully defended his N-O titles in both the 50 Free (:22.69) and 100 Free (:50.07) while Jenks also captured the 100 Butterfly (:58.27).

Newfane’s Andrew Hamelink was also a double winner as he repeated as both the 200 Individual Medley (2:09.92) and 100 Breaststroke (1:01.59) champion.

The Panthers also had Thomas Schultz win the 500 Free in 5:25.74.

Roy-Hart had a pair of individual event winners as Tanner Rees captured the 200 Free (1:54.98) and Elliot Spitzer the 100 Backstroke (1:02.58).

Albion captured the meet opening 200 Medley Relay in 1:48.98 with the foursome of Thomas Furmanski, Matt Kovaleski, Sam Sanchez and Carlitos Sanchez.

Kovaleski also placed second in the 100 Butterfly, Rees in the 100 Breaststroke and Schultz in the 200 Free.

The other individual event second place finishers included Roy-Hart’s Nate Mikol in the 50 Free and 100 Free, Albion’s Harrison Brown in the 200 IM, Medina’s Daniel Heil in the 100 Backstroke and Roy-Hart’s Madigan Lang in the 500 Free.

The annual girls All-League meet will be held at at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Newfane.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker/Roy-Hart’s TJ Alford works toward a decision win over Brandon Fox of St. Francis during this evenings non league match at Middleport.

Barker/Roy-Hart’s Ben Schwab in route to scoring an overtime decision win over St. Francis’ Kieron Yearwood.

Five pins and three forfeits keyed St. Francis to a 52-28 non league victory over Barker/Roy-Hart this evening in a non league wrestling match at Middleport.

Dominic Thomas (145), Charlie Roth (170), Nolan Thomas (182), Logan Lanck (99) and Matt Haywood (120) all registered pins for the Red Raiders which also got a major decision win from Connor Miller (152).

Pins by Tyler Choate (160) and Nick Fazzolari (195) set the pace for Roy-Hart which also got a major decision win by Brent Bachman (132) and decision wins by TJ Alford (126) and Ben Schwab (220).

Barker/Roy-Hart pulled even at 28-28 after a 47 second pin by Fazzolari, an overtime decision win by Schwab and a forfeit win at 285.

However, St. Francis took the next three bouts on a first period pin by Lanck followed by forfeit wins at 106 and 113 to lock up the win.