Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alyssa Beyer competes in the 400 Feestyle Relay during this afternoon’s home meet against Akron. Both teams emerged with a win as Medina took the boys meet and Akron the girls competition.

Ray Paull competes in the 100 Breaststroke for Medina.

Taking first place in 8 of 11 events, Medina defeated visiting Akron 116-53 this afternoon to regain the .500 mark at 2-2 in Niagara-Orleans League boys swim competition.

Mason Pecoraro was a double winner in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke and Kristian Snyder took both the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Seahorses as Jack Hill added a win in the 100 Free.

The Seahorses also swept all three relay events as Daniel Heil, Ray Paull, Powell Stephens and Hill teamed up to take the 200 Medley; Hill, Daniel Heil, Hunter Heil and Pecoraro the 200 Free and Kevin Capstick, Stephens, Xander Payne and Paull the 400 Free.

The loss drops Akron to 0-4.

Akron earned a split on the day by winning the girls competition 113-57 to improve to 3-1.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free and also teamed up with Olivia Carter, Martha Gardner and Brooklyn Brown to take the 200 Medley Relay for Medina which slips to 1-3.

Barker, Newfane split
Barker defeated Newfane 95-70 to improve to 2-1 in N-O boys swim action.

Andrew Jenks doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Collin Webb in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Barker.

Drew Hamelink won both the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke for Newfane which slips to 1-3.

Defending champion Newfane won the girls meet 103-62 to stay perfect at 4-0.

Lauren Gaughran was a double winner for Newfane in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

Sara Gendrue took both the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke for Barker which is now 1-2.

Roy-Hart sweeps Albion
The defending champion Roy-Hart boys team downed host Albion 55-39 to go to 3-0 as Nate Mikoll doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Matt Kovaeski won both the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly for Albion which is now 3-1.

The Roy-Hart girls improved to 2-1 by besting Albion (0-4) 72-24 as Kayla Hagen doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Jeff Gress Jr. works toward a decision win over Barker/Roy-Hart’s Brent Bachman during this evening’s non league wrestling match at Roy-Hart.

Karson Grover of Barker/Roy-Hart in route to scoring a narrow one point decision win over Lyndonville’s Chris Clark.

Five forfeit wins, good for a total of 30 points, keyed Barker/Roy-Hart to a 36-26 win over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a non league wrestling match.

TJ Alvord (126) and Karson Grover (182) scored decision wins for Barker/Roy-Hart.

Lyndonville, which took four of the six bouts that were decided on the mat, got a first period pin by Dustin Joy (152), a third period pin by Frankie Carrasquillo (285), a technical fall victory by Chase Stnson (120) and a decision win by Jeff Gress Jr.

The match also saw three double forfeits and Lyndonville get one forfeit win.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jalin Cooper scores 34 to lead Medina past Elba.

Regaining the .500 mark at 3-3, Medina knocked host Elba from the ranks of the unbeaten by posting a 62-50 victory this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Jalin Cooper poured in a career high 34 points to spearhead the Medina offense as Johnny Salone tallied 15, Izaiah Rhim 7, Tryellis Atkins 4 and Vincent Montague 2.

Collin O’Hallaran scored 16 to lead Elba which is now 4-1.

Trailing 18-14 after one period, Medina used a 16-10 second period scoring edge to rally into a 30-28 half-time advantage. Cooper scored 7 and Salone 5 to lead that rally.

Cooper then erupted for 14 points to lead a 20-12 third period surge which upped the Mustangs lead to 50-40 at the three-quarter mark.

The Mustangs then outpointed the Lancers 12-10 down the stretch to lock up the win,

Medina also defeated Elba in the JV game 61-44 as Brian Fry scored 17 and Nate Sherman, Nasir Shine and Emmanuel Taylor 11 each.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Chanyce Powell goes up between Newfane defenders Alexa Littman (23) and Megan Knoll (10) during the Purple Eagles come-from-behind win over the visiting Lady Panthers this evening.

Rebounding from an 11 point deficit early in the final period, Albion put together a big stretch run rally to nip visiting Newfane 49-47 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Trailing 44-33 two minutes into the final period, Albion put together a huge 14-0 scoring burst to key the comeback.

A jumper by Sierra Newton followed by layups by Chanyce Powell, off a steal, and Sierra Chudy ignited the Purple Eagles big rally which was capped off by back-to-back threes by Janae Doty, which knotted the contest at 44-44 with 2:45 remaining, and by Emily Blanchard, which put Albion up 47-44 with 1:45 remaining.

Albion’s Janae Doty puts up a shot.

Newfane did answer right back with a three by Paige Emborsky to reknot the contest at 47-47 with 1:37 remaining but the Lady Panthers could not score again.

A free throw but Powell with 14 seconds remaining, which put Albion back not top to stay at 48-47, proved to be the game winner as Elisabeth Baker tacked on another foul shot with 8 seconds to go.

Powell finished with 15 to lead the Purple Eagles as Doty had 9, Chudy 7, Blanchard 5, Newton 4, Caitlynn Snook 3, Brylie Hapeman and Nicole Eldred 2 and Natalie DiCureia and Baker 1 each.

Emborsky took game high honors with 22 and Emily Foltz tallied 17 to pace Newfane as Alexa Littman added 4 and Olivia Littman and Megan Knoll 2 each.

Albion jumped out to an 11-8 first period lead as Powell scored 5.

The Purple Eagles maintained a slender 21-19 lead at the half on late free throws by Chudy and Snook.

However, Newfane put together a big 21-12 third period scoring surge to rally into a 40-33 advantage at the three-quarter mark. Emborsky scored 12, including two threes, and Foltz 7, including a three, to spearhead that uprising.

The Lady Panthers upped the advantage to 11, 44-33, at the outset of the final period on two free throws and a layup by Foltz.

Albion though came battling back with the decisive 14-0 scoring burst to reclaim the lead and the win.

Albion is now 1-1 and Newfane 1-2 in N-O action.

Wheatland-Chili 47, Lyndonville 33
Trailing 29-28 at the three-quarter mark, Wheatland-Chili rallied with big 19-4 fourth period scoring surge to down host Lyndonville 47-33 in a Genesee Region League game.

Aubry Lewis scored 12, Makenzie Muck 10 and Alecia Hinkson 7 for Lyndonville which led 20-17 at the half. Muck also grabbed off 18 rebounds.

Notre Dame 53, Kendall 20

Callie McCulley scored 12, Morgan Rhodes 11 and Margaret Sutherland 10 to lead Notre Dame past host Kendall 53-20 in another G-R contest.

Taylor ReQua had 9 points to lead Kendall.

Albion’s Sierra Newton goes up for a shot as Alexa Littman defends for Newfane.

A total of 10 forfeits made for a quick evening as Albion downed visiting Lyndonville 42-34 this evening in a non league wrestling match.

Ben Restivo registered a pin for Albion.

Dustin Joy, Jeff Gress Jr. and Frankie Carrasquillo all had pins for Lyndonville which also got a major decision win from Dustin Hinkley.

In one Niagara-Orleans League match, Newfane downed Akron 47-34.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Corey Hydock puts up a shot between Notre Dame defenders Ryan Moffat (4) and Nico Zambito (12) during the Tigers loss to the visiting Irish this evening.

Unable to rebound from an ice cold shooting first quarter, Lyndonville dropped a 53-32 decision to visiting Notre Dame this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Able to click on only 3 of 24 first quarter field goal attempts, Lyndonville fell behind by 14, 21-7, as Notre Dame hit five threes in the early going including three by Ryan Moffat.

Notre Dame, which hit a total of 10 threes on the evening, increased the advantage to 17, 32-15, at the half and to 22, 42-20, at the three-quarter mark as a rash of turnovers combined with cold shooting plagued the Tigers.

Lyndonville’s Eric Neace tries to drive by Notre Dame defender Nico Zambito.

Moffat finished with a game high 19 points as Nico Zambito added 8 and Wilson Lugo and Brendin Klotzback 7, Jake Wetherwax 5, Anthony Gugino 3 and Jordan Wetherwax and Jordan Lyons 2 each for the Irish.

Eric Neace led Lyndonville with 13 as Jacob Hoffee added 7, Nathan Poler and Matt Hess 4, Zach Johnson 2 and Dylan Nicholson 2 each.

The loss drops the Tigers to 0-2 in the league and 3-2 overall.

The Tigers played without their scoring leader, Eddie Schildt, who injured a knee in last Friday’s game against Elba.

LeRoy 58, Albion 50 OT
Host LeRoy outscored Albion 13-5 in the overtime period to claim a 58-50 non league victory.

Albion outscored LeRoy 20-16 in the final period to send the contest into overtime as Kory Reynolds and Liam Ward both scored 5 and Tommy Mattison 4 during that stretch.

LeRoy led 19-16 at the half and 29025 at the three-quarter mark.

Reynolds, Mattison and Jacob Buzard each scored 10 points, Ward 7 and Chase Hall 6 for the Purple Eagles.

Byron-Bergen 67, Barker 49
Byron-Bergen jumped out to a 35-17 half-time advantage in route to posting a 67-49 non league win over visiting Byron-Bergen.

Nate Luckman scored 18 ad Evan Ecker 11 for Barker while Brandon Burke took game high honors for B-B with 19.

Newfane 68, Roy-Hart 44
Kyle DeVoogel scored a game high 25 points, Caleb Russell 15 and Brandon Gross 11 to lead Newfane to a 68-44  over visiting Roy-Hart in the Niagara-Orleans League opener for both teams.

Jacob Bruning scored 17 and Brendon Hess 16 for Roy-Hart which trailed 16-7 after one quarer and 36-19 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Emily DiMayo heads toward a win in the 100 Breaststroke during the Channel Cats win over visiting Medina today.

Daniel Heil in route to a win for Medina in the 100 Backstroke.

Roy-Hart swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet.

The Channel Cats won the boys meet 103.5-65.5 and the girls competition 112-60.

Tanner Rees was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Nate Mikoll in the 50 Free and 100 Free to lead the Channel Cats which also got wins from Jack Daly in the 200 Free and Madigan Lang in the 500 Free.

Jack Hill won the 100 Butterfly and Daniel Heil the 100 Backstroke for Medina.

Defending champion Roy-Hart is now 2-0 and Medina 1-2.

The Roy-Hart girls were likewise led by a pair of individual event double winners as Alex Hill took the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Kayla Hagen the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke. The Channel Cats also had Alex Fox win the 200 Individual Medley, Amanda Hill the 50 Free, Sandy Sparks the 500 Free and Emily DiMayo the 100 Breaststroke.

Roy-Hart is now 1-1 and Medina 1-2.

Albion, Newfane split
Albion defeated Newfane 59-35 in the boys meet as Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly. Carlitos Sanchez also took the 100 Free and Harrison Brown the 500 Free for the Purple Eagles.

Andrew Hamelink was a double winner for Newfane in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke.

Albion improves to 3-0 and Newfane slips to 1-2.

Newfane earned a split on the day by taking the girls meet 64-30 as Annmarie Aber doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly.

Liz Furmanski doubled for Albion in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Free.

Newfane is now 3-0 and Albion 0-3.

Barker splits with Akron
The Barker boys squad defeated Akron 111-55 as Andrew Jenks doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free, Collin Webb in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Collin Stevener in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke.

Barker is now 1-1 and Akron 0-3.

Akron downed Barker 109-61 in the girls meet as Julia Diebel doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Mindy Doktor in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Akron improves to 2-1 and Barker slips to 1-1.

Legion saw its Medina Euchre League lead shrink to just four points Monday as the result of a 37-33 loss to JR Wilson combined with runner-up Sacred Heart’s 42-28 victory over Vets Club.

Legion is now 406-364 on the season followed closely by Sacred Heart at 402-368. JR Wilson is 381-389 and Vets Club 351-419.

League competition resumes on December 26 with Legion at JR Wilson and Sacred Heart at Vets Club.

Jumping out to a 15 point first quarter lead, Pembroke went on to defeat visiting Holley 68-40 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Pembroke grabbed a 22-7 first period advantage and built the lead to a commanding 25 point, 44-19, margin by half-time.

Reid Miano took game high scoring honors with 16 and Ryan Cansdale netted 11 to lead the Dragons.

Dylan Hillabush scored 11 and Ryan Moseman 7 for Holley which slips to 0-3 in the league and 0-5 overall.

Wrestling
McQuaid 49, Medina 30
A pin by Elijah Sones was the lone win on the mat for Medina in the 49-30 non league loss at McQuaid. The Mustangs other 24 points came on four forfeit wins.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kharise Johnson puts up a shot against Lyndonville defenders  Aubrey Lewis (21) and Miranda Lembcke (12) as her teammate Je’ne Brown watches the play. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Lady Tigers this evening.

Medina’s Je’ne Brown puts up a shot for two of her game high 32 points.

Steadily pulling away, Medina defeated host Lyndonville 62-39 this evening in a non league girls basketball game boosting the Mustangs record to 6-0.

Je’ne Brown poured in a game high 32 points and Maddie Williams tallied 19 to lead the way for Medina as Kayla Cuadra added 4, Molley Gross 3 and Faith Henning and Kharise Johnson 2 each. Brown also had 18 rebounds and 4 blocks and Williams 10 steals and 5 rebounds.

Aubrey Lewis led Lyndonville with 13 as Makenzie Muck added 9, Alecia Hinkson 6, Miranda Lembcke 4, Stacey Buckland 3 and Abi Rodriguez and Anna Lewis 2 each.

Leading all the way, Medina jumped out to a 13-6 first period lead as Brown had a pair of rebound baskets and a layup and Williams two threes.

A quick six point scoring burst by Brown at the outset of the second quarter on a layup off a steal, a rebound and another layup, ignited a 19-9 run which also included two layups off steals by Cuadra and a three by Williams as the Mustangs opened up a 17 point, 32-15, half-time advantage.

Medina upped the lead to 22, 48-26, at the three-quarter mark as Brown had three layups and a rebound bucket and Williams two more threes.

Medina next hosts Elba at 7 p.m. Thursday in another non legue contest.

Lyndonville, which is now 0-6, hosts Wheatland-Chili at 7 p.m. Wedensday in a Genesee Region League game.

Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis drives against Medina defender Maddie Williams.