Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s place finishers at the Alexander Tournament included, from left, Frankie Carrasquillo, Jeff Gress Jr. and Chase Stinson. The Tigers also had Dustin Hinkley and Dustin Joy place at the NCCC Tourney.

It was a very busy but successful day for the Lyndonville wrestling squad as the Tigers had grapplers place high at both the NCCC Officials Tournament and the Alexander Tournament.

At NCCC, Dustin Hinkley (160) went 4-1 and placed second and Dustin Joy (145) went 3-3 and took fifth for Lyndonville.

At Alexander, Chase Stinson and Frankie Carrasquillo both placed second and Jeff Gress Jr. third for the Tigers. Stinson went 3-2 on the day while Carrasquillo was 3-1 and Gress 4-1.

Lyndonville next hosts Alexander Tuesday in a Genesee Region League match.

Also at NCCC , Medina’s Colby Petrie (113) placed fifth going 6-2 for the tournament.

Contributed Photo – Chris Johnson puts up a shot for Medina as Alex Benz (2) looks on.

The Medina youth basketball team, made up of local 5th and 6th graders, opened their season with a victory this afternoon against Roy-Hart.

Lavonn Guy led the scoring for Medina tallying 14 points.

Chris Johnson added 10 points, Justin Pitts 8, Aiden Pitts 7, Hassan Barulich 6, Dominick Callara 5, Alex Benz 2 and Amari Soule 2.

Medina is next in action on Saturday at 8:45 a.m. in Akron.

Roy-Hart scored a sweep over host Barker this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up swim meet.

The defending champion Roy-Hart boys squad posted a 94-75 win as Tanner Rees was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly.

Collin Webb won both the 50 Free and 100 Free for Barker.

The Channel Cats stay perfect at 6-0 while the Raiders slip to 3-3.

Completing the sweep, Roy-Hart won the girls meet by a nearly identical score of 95-75 as Kayla Hagen doubled in the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke and Alexis Hill in the 200 IM and 100 Butterfly.

Barker likewise had a pair of double winners as Sara Gendrue took the 200 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Natalie Menz the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Roy-Hart is now 4-2 and Barker 3-3.

Contributed Photos – Medina/Lyndonville’s All-State honorees include, from left, Tyler Howard, Jalin Cooper and Dawson Joy.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s All-State honoree Tommy Mattison.

A quartet of local players have earned spots on the All-State Class B football squad.

B East Division champion Medina/Lyndonville has placed senior linebacker Dawson Joy on the second team, junior all purpose player Jalin Cooper on the third team and senior lineman Tyler Howard on the fourth team.

Albion is represented by senior running back Tommy Mattison on the third team.

Joy made 78 tackles on the season and also had 4 sacks and 3 fumble recoveries and Howard 79 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

Cooper had 1,213 all purpose yards and 16 touchdowns. The versatile receiver had 403 yards rushing with 7 touchdowns, 339 yards receiving with 6 TDs, 247 yards in kickoff returns and 224 yards in punt returns.

Mattison led the Purple Eagles with 1,086 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns.

The Class C All-State team included Akron offensive lineman Austin Ladd on the first team and linebacker Jake Sarow on the second team while Wilson placed quarterback Justin Daul on the third team.

Coming from behind in the second half, Pembroke edged past visiting Lyndonville 44-43 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lyndonville grabbed leads of 10-2 after one quarter and 19-9 at the half but Pembroke came battling back to take a 29-28 lead after three-quarters and then hold onto the slender one point lead at the finish.

Mackenna Johnson scored 18 for Pembroke while Aubrey Lewis tallied 13, Makenzie Muck 10 and Alecia Hinskon 8 for Lyndonville.

Oakfield-Alabama 36, Kendall 23
Leading by a narrow 24-21 margin with three minutes to go, undefeated (8-0) Oakfield-Alabama closed with a 12-2 run to down Kendall 36-23 in another G-R contest.

A jumper by Lizzie Rath had pulled Kendall to within three at 24-21.

Makayla Hilchey led Oakfield-Aalbama with 15.

Rath finished with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists for Kendall as Taylor ReQua had 4 points and 4 steal

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Je’ne Brown goes up for a layup against Roy-Hart defender Ava Bligh during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lady Rams this evening.

Steadily pulling away, Medina rolled to a 57-29 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

In other N-O action, Albion pulled away in the second half to down host Akron 55-30 and Wilson bested Barker 61-15..

Roy-Hart’s Meghan Washington puts up a shot against Medina defender Maddie Winters.

Je’ne Brown scored a game high 25 points to lead the way for Medina as Maddie Williams added 10, Maddie Winters and Emily Kams 6, Kayla Cuadra 4 and Molley Gross and Hannah Sones 3. Brown also grabbed off 11 rebounds while Winters and Gross both had 10.

Delaney Draper led Roy-Hart with 9 as Skyler Christopher had 6, Ava Bligh 5, Ellie Todd 3, Maddie Fry and Alyssa Hess 2 and Meghan Washington and Lexie Lovewell 1.

Medina jumped out to a 9-0 lead at the outset as Brown tallied 6 quick points on a layup, a rebound and a fast break layup.

Up 13-7 at the end of the opening period, the Mustangs also got off to a fast start in the second quarter with an 8-0 run for a 14 point, 21-7, lead. Brown had two layups and Winters a rebound bucket during that stretch.

Brown, Kams and Williams each had a pair of buckets in the period which finished with the Mustangs up by 13, 28-15.

Medina then put a firm lock on the win by outscoring R-H 20-10 in the third period to stretch the advantage to 23, 48-25. Brown tallied 9 and Winters 4 in the stanza.

Medina is now 2-0 and Roy-Hart 0-3 in N-O action.

Albion 55, Akron 30
Leading by a narrow 27-21 mark at the half, Albion used a big 15-2 third period scoring surge to key a 55-30 victory over Akron.

Chanyce Powell scored 7 of her game high 18 points during that decisive run. She also had 11 rebounds and 8 steals on the evening.

Emily Blanchard added 15 points for the Purple Eagles which also got 9 rebounds each from Caitlynn Snook and Brylie Hapeman.

Wilson 61, Barker 15
Kayla Newumann scored 21 and Rachael Senek 18 to spark defending champion Wilson (4-0) to a 61-15 win over Barker (0-2).

Medina’s Maddie Williams puts up a three-point attempt against Roy-Hart defender Ellie Todd.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jack Hill in action in the 400 Free Relay during the Seahorses win over visiting Newfane this afternoon.

Medina earned a split with visiting Newfane this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet.

Depth proved to be the difference for the Medina boys as the Seahorses claimed a 90-78 win despite taking first place in only one of 11 events.

The Seahorses lone win was earned by the 200 freestyle relay quartet of Ray Paull, Hunter Heil, Dawson Brown and Kevin Capstick.

Newfane had a quartet of individual event double winners including Thomas Schultz (200 Free, 500 Free), Nicholas Connolly (200 Individual Medley, 100 Breaststroke), Andrew Hamelink (50 Free, 100 Butterfly) and Zachary Lundy (100 Free, 100 Backstroke). Lundy, Hamelink and Jericho Adams were also members of the winning 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle relays.

Medina regains the .500 mark at 3-3 while Newfane slips to 1-5.

Martha Gardner competes in the 100 Breaststroke for Medina during this afternoon’s loss to defending champion Newfane.

The defending champion Newfane girls stayed undefeated at 6-0 by posting a 107-63 win.

Megan Mietlicki doubled in the Individual Medley and 100 Free for the Lady Panthers which also got wins from Lauren Gaughran (200 Free), Annemarie Aber (Butterfly), Alexandria Martin (500 Free), Lauren Seymour (100 Backstroke) and Erin Harrington (100 Breaststroke). Mietlicki was also a member of the winning 200 medley and 400 free relay teams.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free for Medina and also teamed up with Alyssa Beyer, Brianna McMullen and Brooklyn Brown to take the 200 Free Relay.

Medina is now 1-5.

Albion, Barker split
The Albion boys squad nipped host Barker 86-84 to improve to 5-1.

Sam Sanchez doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly for the Purple Eagles.

Andrew Jenks doubled in the IM and 500 Free and Collin Webb in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke for Barker which is now 3-2.

The Barker girls improved to 3-2 with a 110-60 win over Albion (0-6) as Sara Gendrue doubled in the IM and 100 Breaststroke.

Liz Furmanski took both the 100 Free and 200 Free for Albion.

Roy-Hart sweeps Akron
The defending champion Roy-Hart boys squad stayed unbeaten at 5-0 with a 119-50 victory over Akron as Nate Mikoll doubled in the 100 Free and 200 free and Tanner Rees in the IM and 100 Breaststroke.

The Roy-Hart girls edged past Akron 88-82 as Kayla Hagan doubled in the 100 Free and IM and Emily and Holly DiMayo finished 1-2 in the 100 Breaststroke.

Roy-Hart is now 3-2 and Akron 4-2.

Seven forfeit wins helped Holley-Kendall post a 54-30 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League match.

Jeremy Browe and Braxton Leary-Hart both registered pins for Holley-Kendall.

Chase Stinson and Frankie Carrasquillo both notched pins for Lyndonville as Jeff Gress Jr. had a technical fall victory and Reece Ledford and Dustin Joy decision wins.

Breaking away from a 20-20 halftime deadlock, Pembroke used a 21-14 third period scoring edge to key a 55-42 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Regon League game.

Zach VonKramer scored 10 of his 14 points to lead that key surge for the Dragons.

Zach Johnson scored 15 and Eric Neace 11 on the evening for Lyndonville as Corey Hydock and Jacob Hoffee both added 8.

Oakfield-Alabama likewise used a big 20-5 third period scoring edge to erase a 27-26 halftime deficit and key a 62-47 win over Kendall.

Reice Woodward scored 12 of his game high 26 points to lead that key uprising by the Hornets.

Brandon Miller scored 14, John Rath 11 and Ben Frasch 8 for Kendall. Miller also grabbed off 13 rebounds while had 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

In another G-R contest, Elba bested Holley 85-39 as Tucker Bezon scored 10 of his game high 20 points in the opening period to spark the Lancers out to a 27-16 lead.

Dylan Hillabush scored 12 and Andrew Moseman 8 for Holley as Derek McArthur added 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

A dramatic three point shot at the buzzer capped off a big fourth quarter rally as Barker nipped visiting Wilson 56-54 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Jake Arnold hit the clutch three at the buzzer to earn the thrilling victory for the Raiders which trailed by 9 with three minutes to go.

Trailing 31-25 at the half, Barker cut the deficit to 4, 42-38, at the three-quarter mark and then used an 18-12 scoring edge down the stretch to rally for the win.

Arnold also had a pair of key layups off steals and Nate Luckman two big threes to help highlight the late surge while Austin Sullivan hit a pair of big threes in the third period.

Luckman finished with 21, Arnold 16 and Eddie Wasnock 14.

Barker is now 2-0 and Wilson 2-1 in N-O competition.

Albion 53, Akron 36
A 28-15 scoring edge over the middle two quarters keyed Albion to a 53-36 win over visiting Akron.

Breaking away from a 9-9 deadlock, Albion outscored Akron 14-9 in the second period to grab a 23-18 lead at the half as Chase Hall and JaQuess Harrison both tallied 6.

The Purple Eagles then used a 14-6 third period scoring edge to extend the lead to 37-24 at the three-quarter mark. Hall and Kory Reynolds both netted 5 and Harrison 4 during that stretch.

Hall finished with a game high 18 points as Harrison added 12 and Reynolds 9. Reynolds also grabbed off 9 rebounds while Meach Gardner had 7 and Harrison 5 steals.

Mason Schutlz led Akron with 10 points.

Albion is now 1-2 and Akron 0-3 in N-O action.
Girls Basketball
Newfane 64, Niagara Catholic 13

Romping out to a 31-6 halftime advantage, Newfane went on to defeat Niagara Catholic 64-13 in a non league game as Paige Emborsky soared 15, Makenzie Perry 13 and Emily Foltz 10.