Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Emily Kams, left, and Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis, right, and their teammates will host local foes early this week as the Mustangs entertain Holley and the Lady Tigers will host Kendall.

Holley will visit Medina on Monday and Lyndonville will host Kendall Wednesday to highlight the upcoming week of local girls basketball competition.

Medina is 2-0 on the young season while Kendall is 1-1 and Lyndonville and Holley 0-2.

In local boys basketball matchups, Lyndonville will host Roy-Hart on Tuesday and Holley will visit Roy-Hart on Friday in the opening round of the Rams Tournament.

The contest with R-H will be Lyndonville’s season opener while Holley will visit Alexander Monday in a season opening Genesee Region League game.

The season’s first Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game will have Barker hosting Akron on Tuesday. Barker is 2-0 to date against non league foes.

N-O wrestling competition begins Wednesday with defending champion Newfane at Albion, Akron at Medina and Wilson at Barker/Roy-Hart.
Week’s Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball: Alexander ar Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Alden at Roy-Hart, Tonawanda at Barker, Lyndonville at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Holley at Medina, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball: Medina at Tapestry, 6 p.m.; Akron at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Batavia at Albion, 7 p.m.
Swimming: Medina at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Wheatland-Chili, Barker at Byron-Bergen, Roy-Hart at Alexander, 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball: Kendall at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Akron at Medina, Wilson at Barker/Roy-Hart, Newfane at Albion, Brighton at Holley, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Swimming: Notre Dame at Roy-Hart, 4:30 p.m.
Wrestling: North Tonawanda at Medina ,6 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball: Burgard at Medina, Notre Dame at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Akron at Lyndonville, Maryvale at Albion, Holley at Roy-Hart (Roy-Hart Tournament), 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Rochester Academy Charter at Kendall, 5:15 p.m.; Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.

Swimming: Oakfield-Alabama at Medina, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday
Boys Basketball: Roy-Hart Tournament
Swimming: Albion at Spencerport, 11 a.m.
Wrestling: Lyndonville at Churchville-Chili Tournament, Holley at Springville Duals, Medina at Batavia Tournament, Albion and Barker/Roy-Hart at Depew Duals.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman –  Medina/Lyndonville’s Lucas Porter, left, has been named to the third team and Jalin Cooper, right, to the second team of the All-Western New York football squad.

Five local players have earned spots on the annual All-Western New York football squad.

Undefeated (5-0) B East Division champion Medina/Lyndonville has placed junior receiver Jalin Cooper on the second team and senior defensive back Lucas Porter on the third team as senior running back Jake Cotter and senior lineman Tyler Howard both received Honorable Mention.

Albion senior running back Tommy Mattison also earned Honorable Mention.

Cooper had a team leading total of 1,213 all purpose yards and 16 touchdownson the season. He had 403 yards rushing with 7 TDs and 339 yards receiving with 6 TDs.

Porter had a team leading 6 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries and 55 tackles.

Howard was in on a team leading 79 tackles and also had 5.5 sacks.

Cotter had a total of 1,129 all purpose yards including 829 rushing and 8 touchdowns. On defense, he had 4 sacks.

Mattison, who was named the B East Offensive Player of the Year, rushed for 1,086 yards and scored 12 touchdowns. He also had 31 tackles on defense.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley/Kendall’s Nate Schoonmaker works toward a pin over Campbell-Savona’s Will Aumick during today’s Hawks Team Tournament.

Greece took top honors at the annual Holley/Kendall Team Tournament today going 5-0.

Eastridge placed second at 4-1 and Holley/Kendall third at 3-2 as North Rose-Wolcott went 2-3, Canisius 1-4 and Campbell-Savona 0-5.

Holley/Kendall defeated Campbell-Savona 60-21, North Rose-Wolcott 61-26 and Canisius 54-29 but lost to Greece 49-33 and Eastridge 37-36.

Tristyn Moyer went 5-0 for Holley/Kendall as Jayden Pieniaszek, Dalton Moyer, Braxton Leary-Hart, David Farruggia, Nate Schoonmaker and Chad Miller were all 4-1, Brandon Gardner and Nate Silversmith 3-2 and Dylan Spellan 2-2.

Tristyn Moyer, Pieniaszek, Dalton Moyer and Leary-Hart were all named to the All-Tournament team.

Tonawanda Duals
Reese Ledford and Jeff Gress Jr. both went 6-1 and Chase Stinson 5-2 for Lyndonville at the Tonawnada Duals.

In the team competition, Lyndonville went 0-7 losing 55-24 to Tonawanda, 39-27 to West Seneca West, 60-30 to Starpoint, 66-23 to Newfane, 74-12 to Clarence, 51-18 to Niagara Falls and 48-24 to Amherst.

Byron-Bergen Tournament
Medina’s Colby Petrie (113) placed second for Medina at the Byron-Bergen Tournament. In the JV competition for the Mustangs, DaRon Bellan placed first and Travis Wiseman fourth.

Holley’s Brandon Gardner works for a win over Jon Holmes of Campbell-Savona.

Jumping out to a 25-15 half-time advantage, Tonawanda went on to defeat Lyndonville 47-32 this afternoon in the consolation game of the Roy-Hart Tournament.

Haley Schoelerman scored a game high 19 points and Alicia Farrell added 14 to lead the way for Tonawnada.

Aubrey Lewis scored 9, Abi Rodriguez and Anna Lewis 8, Makenzie Muck 5 and Alecia Hinklson 2 for Lyndonville.

Muck, who was named to the All-Tournament team, also grabbed off 17 rebounds.

In the championship game, Oakfield-Alabama downed Roy-Hart 67-30.

Meghan Washington scored 8 points and Ellie Todd and Reilly Albee both added 6 for Roy-Hart which trailed 34-11 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Je’ne Brown, who earned MVP honors, drives by Kendall’s Jenna Regan during the Mustangs tournament title win over the host Lady Eagles this afternoon.

Pulling away down the stretch, Medina downed the host Lady Eagles 44-33 this afternoon in the championship game of the Kendall Tournament.

Leading by a narrow 34-30 margin, Medina outscored Kendall 10-3 in the final quarter on a rebound bucket and a layup by Je’ne Brown, a jumper and a rebound basket by Kayla Cuadra and a jumper by Molley Gross to lock up the win and the title.

Brown, who earned the tourney’s MVP award, finished with game high totals of 25 points and 16 rebounds.

Cuadra added 8 points, Gross 4, Emily Kams 3 and Maddie Winters and Maddie Williams 2 each for the Mustangs. Williams, who was named to the All-Tournament team, also had 10 rebounds and 5 steals while Cuadra had 6 rebounds.

Taylor ReQua led Kendall with 15 points as Lizzie Rath and Jenna Regan both had 4, Daniela Volkmar and Lizzie Sutphen 3 and Kacey Menge and Rachael Bukatis 2. ReQua and Rath were both named to the All-Tournament team.

Kendall’s Lizzie Rath,at left, drives to the basket. At the right Medina’s Maddie Williams takes a shot.

Medina jumped out to a 9-4 led at the outset as Brown scored 6 early points on three layups.

However, setting a pattern that held up for most of the game, Kendall answered with a 7-2 run to close the period knotting the contest at 11-11.

The Lady Eagles then grabbed what proved to be their only lead at 13-12 on a layup by ReQua to open the second quarter.

The Mustangs answered right back with a 10-0 run which included a layp off a steal by Williams, a layup and a three point play by Brown and a jumper by Cuadra to go up 22-13.

Kendall though cut the deficit to 22-18 at the half on a three by Volkmar and a rebound bucket by Regan.

A rebound basket by Brown and a jumper by Gross upped the Medina lead to 8 at 26-18 at the outset of the third period but again Kendall came battling back.

A burst of 8 straight points by ReQua on two threes and a jumped pulled by Lady Eagles back to within two at 30-28.

Rebound baskets by Cuadra and Brown though helped the Mustangs hold a slender 34-30 lead at the three-quarter mark.

The Mustangs then finally pulled away for good using a 10-3 fourth quarter scoring edge to clam the win and improve to 2-0 on the young season.

In the consolation game, Northeast of Rochester defeated Holley. Angela Weaver represented Holley on the All-Tournament team.

Kendall’s Taylor ReQua tries to shoot against a block attempt by Medina defender Maddie Winters.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Leading Holley into the upcoming basketball season is this senior quartet of Chris Balys, Derek McArthur, Isiah Flow and Dylan Hillabush.

Looking to rebound from last year’s 2-12 Genesee Region League campaign, Holley is anchored by the returning senior foursome of Dylan Hillabush, Derek McArthur, Chris Balys and Isaih Flow.

The Hawks are also counting on juniors Patrick Bower and Andrew Moseman who are up from the JV ranks.

“We’ve got a pretty good nucleus back,” said Coach Matt Hennard. “We’ve got a large group of juniors so we are significantly deeper this year. A big key will be how our younger players make the transition to the varsity level.”

Holley will open the G-R campaign at home on Monday against Alexander. The Hawks will also participate in the Roy-Hart Tournament on December 9 and 10 and host their own tourney on December 29 and 30.

Holley’s Schedule
Dec. 5 – Alexander, 7 p.m.
Dec. 9 and 10 – at Roy-Hart Tournament (vs. R-H in first round at 7 p.m.)
Dec. 13 – at Attica, 7 p.m.
Dec. 15 – Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 – at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
Dec. 29 and 30 Holley Tournament (vs. Geneseo in first round at 7 p.m.)
Jan. 5 – at Elba, 7 p.m.
Jan. 9 – Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Jan. 11 – Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Jan. 13 – at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Jan. 18 – Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Jan. 20 – Rochester Career Mentoring Charter, 7 p.m.
Jan. 26 – at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
Jan. 31 – at Alexander, 7 p.m.
Feb 2 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Feb. 8 – Attica, 7 p.m.
Feb. 10 – at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 – Pembroke, 7 p.m.

Albion swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Notre Dame this evening in a non league swim meet.

The Purple Eagles won the boys meet 68-25 and the girls competition 60-33.

Matt Kovaleski won the 100 Butterfly, Sam Sanchez the 200 Individual Medley and Carlitos Sanchez the 50 Free to lead the Albioin boys squad.

The Purple Eagles girls team was sparked by a trio of individual event double winners as Elizabeth Furmanski took the 50 Free and 100 Free, Michaela Pantano the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Rylie Lear the 200 Free and 500 Free.

The Albion boys are now 2-0 and the girls 1-1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Shawn Callaghan puts up a shot between Kendall defenders Brandon Miller (23) and Nate Warters (11) during the host Raiders non league win over the Eagles this evening.

Barker’s Nate Luckman scores his school record 106th career three pointer over Kendall defender Collion Lewis.

Pulling away with a late second quarter scoring burst, Barker went on to defeat visiting Kendall 77-41 this evening in a non league contest.

Leading by a narrow 16-13 margin, Barker put together a key 11-0 run on a layup off a turnover by Malik Smith, a rebound bucket by Kyle Moeller, a bucket and free throw by Eddie Wasnock along with two free throws each by Shawn Callaghan and Austin Sullivan which keyed the Raiders out to a 27-15 half-time advantage.

Keeping the momentum, the Raiders then used a 22-12 third period scoring edge to open up a 22 point, 49-27, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Nate Luckman had 8, Sullivan 5 and Smith 3 to lead that uprising by the Raiders.

Luckman also tallied 12 and Jacob Arnold 7 in the final stanza as the Raiders closed out the win with a 28-14 scoring surge.

“We played a great second half,” said Barker Coach Don Baker. “Our defensive pressure really turned the game for us.”

Luckman finished with a game high 23 points, including five three’s. His first three late in the opening period was the 106th of his varsity career which set a new Barker school record. He also had 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Wasnock added 13, Sullivan and  Arnold 11, Smith 7, Devon Mangan and Moeller 4 and Callaghan and Evan Ecker 2. Wasnock also had 10 rebounds and Arnold 5 steals.

Brandon Miller led Kendall with 11 as Hunter Menza added 9, Collin Lewis 7, Mickey Gardner 5, James Longrod 4, Nate Warters 3 and Keaton Freitag 2.

Barker is now 2-0 and Kendall 0-2.

Kendall’s Brandon Miller goes up for a layup as Kyle Moeller defends for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Maddy Glena grabs a rebound from Lyndonville’s Makenzie Muck during the host Lady Rams tournament win this evening.

Making new Coach Grace Swick’s debut a successful one, the host Lady Rams downed Lyndonville 42-34 this evening in the semifinals of the season opening Roy-Hart Tournament.

Ava Bligh scored 10 points, Ellie Todd and Delaney Draper 9, Skyler Christopher 6, Meghan Washington 4, Ashley Hill 3 and Maddy Glena 1 for Roy-Hart which will face Oakfield-Alabama in the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Anna Lewis scored 8, Aubrey Lewis and Makenzie Muck 7, Alecia Hinkson 6, Abi Rodriguez 4 and Miranda Lembcke 2 for Lyndonville which faces Tonawanda in the consolation game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Roy-Hart’s Meghan Washington drives against Lyndonville defender Miranda Lembcke.

Up 7-5 after one quarter, Roy-Hart extended its lead to 10, 20-10, at the half as Todd scored 6 points in the second period.

Lyndonville did cut the deficit to four, 28-24, at the three-quarter mark as Lembcke, Aubrey Lewis, Hinkson and Muck all had baskets in the third period.

Baskets by Anna Lewis then pulled Lyndonville to with two twice early in the final period, at 28-26 and again at 30-28, but the Lady Tigers could not pull even.

Two more buckets by Anna Lewis kept Lyndonville within three at 35-32 but Roy-Hart answered with a key 7-0 run on tallies by Bligh, Todd, Draper and Christopher to move out to a 42-32 lead and put a lock on the victory.
Elba 39, Albion 36
A dozen made free throws in the fourth quarter helped host Elba earn a narrow 39-36 non league win over Albion.

Emily Reynolds scored 14 and Madison Howard 8 to set the pace for Elba which led 21-14 at the half.

Chanyce Powell took game high scoring honors with 16 for Albion as Emily Blanchard had 8, Nicole Eldred and Janae Doty 3 and Elisabeth Baker, Sierra Chudy and Caitlynn Snook 2.

Powell scored 7 in the third quarter to lead a 12-4 Albion scoring burst which rallied the Purple Eagles into a 26-25 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Tallies by Powell, Blanchard and Baker helped increase the Purple Eagles lead to 5ive, 34-29, in the final period but the Lady Lancers used accuracy from the free throw line to rally for the win.

Lyndonville’s Makenzie Muck drives to the basket by Roy-Hart’s Delaney Draper (30) and Ellie Todd (3).

Jumping out to a 28-11 half-time advantage, Williamsville North went on to defeat Medina 47-35 this evening in the Cataract Classic at Niagara Falls High School.

Jalin Cooper paced Medina with 18 points, 16 of which came in the second half.

Brendan Luthart added 5, Tryellis Atkins and Johnny Salone 4 and Mason Lewis and Izaiah Rhim 2 in what was the season opener for the Mustangs.

Medina next visits Tapestry High of Buffalo on Tuesday in another non league game.

Pembroke 52, Albion 31

Racing out to a 26-3 half-time lead, host Pembroke went on to defeat Albion 52-31 in a non league game.

Miano Reid and Ryan Cansdale both scored 13 and Zach Von Kramer 11 to lead the Dragons.

Kory Reynolds and Liam Ward both scored 10 for Albion. Reynolds also grabbed off 20 rebounds.

Gowanda 74, Roy-Hart 44

Jacob Bruning scored 14 and Cam Meadows 11 for Roy-Hart in a 74-44 non league season opening loss at Gowanda which led by 20 at the half.