Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nick Hinkson drives in for a layup against Kendall defenders Jake Ramsdell (22) and James Longrod (24) during the Tigers win over the host Eagles this evening.

Pulling away with a big third period scoring surge, Lyndonville went on to defeat host Kendall 65-52 this evening to stay in the thick of the Genesee Region League Division 2 title race.

Nick Hinkson scored 21, Eric Neace 15, Eddie Schildt 14 and Corey Hydock 9 for Lyndonville which improves to 10-2 in the league and 14-4 overall.

Jacob Ramsdell and Brandon Miller both scored 12, Colton Breslawski 9 and Nick Manners 7 for Kendall which slips to 2-11, 3-15.

Lyndonville’s Corey Hydock drives by Kendall defender Collin Lewis.

Trailing 16-11 after one period, Kendall closed the gap to just two, 27-25, late in the second quarter after a three by Collin Lewis and a layup by Ramsdell.

Lyndonville though opened up a little breathing room as Hydock hit a three to close the period and give the Tigers a 30-25 lead at the break.

Hinkson netted 9 in the second period for the Tigers while Ramsdell had 6 for the Eagles.

Kendall’s Nick Manners looks to shoot over Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt.

Lyndonville then finally broke the contest open by outscoring Kendall 23-12 in the third period as the Tigers running game shifted into high gear..

Hinkson and Neace both scored 8 to lead that uprising which vaulted the Tigers out to an 18 point, 53-37, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Lyndonville next hosts Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Thursday in another key G-R Division 2 contest. Notre Dame dropped a 43-26 decision to Division 2 front-runner Elba this evening. Lyndonville will then host Elba in the regular season finale on February 9.

Kendall’s James Longrod puts up a three over Lyndonville defender Jacob Hoffee.

Alexander 49, Holley 39
Trailing 17-14 at the half, Alexander used a 13-8 third period scoring edge to key a 49-39 G-R win over Holley.

Derek McArthur scored 16 for Holley as Zach Vaccarelli and Chris Balys both added 8. Vaccarelli also grabbed off 11 rebounds and Dylan Hillabush 10.

Contributed Photo – These 11 swimmers each earned at least one first place finish at today’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Girls Individual Swim Championships. They include Lauren Seymour, Allie DeBiase, Lydia Gaughan, Meghan Mietlicki and Ally Martin from Newfane; Mireia Coll-Vincent, Sara Gendrue, Emma Jenks and Natalie Menz from Barker; Emma Gardner from Medina and Julia Diebel from Akron.

Regular season team champion Newfane took first place honors in 7 of 11 events at today’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Girls Individual Swim Championships.

Lydia Gaughran doubled in the 200 Freestyle (2:09.87) and 500 Free (5:48.86) and Allie DeBiase in the 200 Individual Medley (2:2582) and 100 Breaststroke (1:13.28) to lead the way for Newfane as Meghan Mietlicki added a win in the 100 Free (:59.47).

Gaughran, DeBiase and Mietlicki also teamed up with Lauren Seymour to win the 200 Medley Relay (2:00.0) and with Ally Martin to take the 400 Free Relay (4:03.02.

Medina’s Emma Gardner was also a double winner in the 50 Free (:26.63) and the 100 Butterfly (1:07.25).

Akron’s Julia Diebel won the 100 Backstroke (1:06.61).

Barker took the 200 Free Relay in 1:47.99 with the foursome of Mireia Coll-Vincent, Sara Gendrue, Emma Jenks and Natalie Menz. Menz also placed second in the 50 Free as did Gendrue in the 100 Breaststroke.

Contrbuted Photo – Kendall’s Sammy Conte works toward a win at the Webster Tournament.

Enjoying a very succesful day, over a dozen members of the Kendall Youth Wrestling Club placed at the Webster Tournament on Sunday.

Andrew D’Agostino, CJ Agostino, Jonny Conte, Bruce Rasmusson, James Fox and Aro Kruger all earned second place finishes for Kendall.

Jeffery Moynihan-Eichas placed third while Sammy Conte, Jonny Soule, Dennis Mathis, Hunter Smith and Thomas Rice all earned fourth place finishes and Brendan Eichas fifth.

Contributed Photo

Eight Medina Youth Wrestling program grapplers competed in, and placed at, the Lew-Port Tournament on Sunday. The competitors and their place finishes included, in front from left, Stetson Hall (5th), Mackoy Hall (3rd) and Cole Herman (5th). In back are Oliver Wilson (3rd), Sam Kingsbury (1st), Xander Payne (4th), Rashawn Bloom (2nd) and Joel Slack (2nd). Kingsbury went 4-0 on the day. “Most of the boys wrestled in their first tournament and it is always exciting to see what they take from the practice room and apply to a match at this level,” said Coach Jamie Duffina. “They all did very well.”

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Justin Heschke and Akron’s Weylon Abrams battle for a rebound during the Rams win over the host Tigers this evening.

Staying in the title chase, Roy-Hart rolled to a 56-32 victory over host Akron this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game as 10 threes spearheaded the Rams attack.

Improving to 9-2 with the victory, Roy-Hart stays two games behind undefeated (10-0) Medina which visits third place Wilson (6-4) Tuesday.

The Rams have three N-O games remaining and the Mustangs four, including the Wilson contest.

Andy Xapsos scored a game high 18 points to lead a parade of 10 Roy-Hart point getters.

Chris Anderson and Cameron Meadows both added 6, Jacob Bruning and Matt Borel 5, Justin Heschke and Paul Ragonese 4, Austin Dodge and DJ Davis 3 and Tim Moriarity 2.

Owen Hill scored 8 and Gates Abrams 6 for Akron which slips to 0-11. Derek Holtz and Austin Ladd both added 5, Lee Abrams 4 and Ryan Akin and Weylon Abrams 2 for the Tigers.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 13-7 first quarter lead on three baskets from close range by Anderson along with a three by Xapsos and a rebound bucket by Heschke.

The Rams upped the advantage to 28-15 at the half as Xapsos, Bruning and Davis all hit threes in the second quarter and Heschke and Bruning chipped in with rebound baskets.

Roy-Hart’s Matt Borel puts up a shot ahead of Akron defender Lee Abrams.

Xapsos had two more threes in the third period as Borel and Dodge each added one as the Rams doubled the score on the Tigers by a 44-22 margin at the three-quarter mark.

Roy-Hart next hosts Newfane and Akron entertains CSAT on Thursday.

N-O Standings:

Medina 10-0, Roy-Hart 9-2, Wilson 6-4, Newfane 5-5, Albion 4-6, Barker 4-6, CSAT 3-7, Akron 0-11.

Tuesday’s Games: Medina at Wilson, 6 p.m.;  Albion at Barker, Newfane at CSAT, 6:30 p.m.

Getting point production from seven different players, Kendall posted a 36-22 victory over host Rochester Academy Charter this evening in a non league game.

Taylor ReQua scored 11 and Taylor Rutland 8 to set the pace for Kendall which led 10-9 after one period, 17-13 at the half and 22-20 at the three-quarter mark.

Lizzie Rath added 5, Bridget Miller and Bailee Nelson 4 and Maya Rutland and Lyndsay Wright 2 for the Lady Eagles which used a big 14-2 fourth quarter scoring edge to put a lock on the win.

Kendall, which next hosts Elba on Friday, improves to 6-11.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – With the title races in the stretch run Medina’s Jalin Cooper, left, and Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt will help lead their respective teams into a pair of key contests this coming week.

Looking to claim the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball title for the first time in seven years, Medina faces a pair of key contests this coming week.

Currently at 10-0 and in first place by two games, Medina , which last captured the N-O crown during the 2008-09 season, visits Wilson (6-4) on Tuesday and then hosts rival Albion (4-6) on Thursday.

Wilson has won three in a row and four of the last six since dropping a 63-33 decision at Medina the first week of January.

Battling to stay in the N-O title hunt, runner-up Roy-Hart (8-2) will visit Akron (0-10) on Tuesday and host Newfane (5-5) on Thursday.

Streaking Lyndonville, which is battling to claim the Genesee Region League Division 2 title, visits Kendall on Tuesday and then hosts Notre Dame on Thursday.

The Tigers, who are currently chasing Elba (16-1 overall) in the race for the Division 2 title, defeated Kendall 77-42 but lost to Notre Dame 92-79 in December. The Tigers will host Elba to close out the regular season on February 9.

Lyndonville, which has won eight games in a row is currently at 9-2 in the league and 13-4 overall.

The Medina girls will also visit rival Albion on Friday in a matchup of teams both currently at 5-5 in N-O action.

The annual N-O girls All-League individual swim championships will be held at Newfane on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

The Week’s Schedule

Monday
Girls Basketball – Kendall at Rochester Academy Charter, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball– Albion at Barker, Medina at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Newfane at CSAT, Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Alexander at Holley, Lyndonville at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Akron at Roy-Hart, 6 p.m.; Wilson at Medina, CSAT at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Barker at Albion, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Girls All-League Meet at Newfane, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball – Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Lyndonville at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Newfane at Roy-Hart, 6 p.m.; Albion at Medina, Wilson at Barker, CSAT at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.

Friday
Girls Basketball – Barker at Wilson, Akron at CSAT, 6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Medina at Albion, Attica at Holley, Elba at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Swimming – N-O vs. G-R girls meet at Gates-Chili, 6 p.m.

N-O Standings

Boys Basketball: Medina 10-0, Roy-Hart 8-2, Wilson 6-4, Newfane 5-5, Albion 4-6, Barker 4-6, CSAT 3-7, Akron 0-10.
Girls Basketball: Wilson 11-0, Newfane 9-2, CSAT 6-4, Albion 5-5, Medina 5-5, Barker 3-7, Roy-Hart 1-9, Akron 1-9.

The Medina youth basketball team defeated Barker today to improve to 5-0 on the season.

The high scoring duo of Jarin Rhim and Emmanual Taylor led the way for Medina, each netting 24 points. Aiden Pitts added 10, Chris Johnson 9, Lavonn Guy 6, and Robert Arnold 2.

Medina is next in action on at 2 p.m. February 6 at home against Newfane.

Contributed Photos – Albion’s duo of Blake Aina and Preston Flugel, in front, along with the Medina trio of Colby Petrie, Joe Velez and Chaise Prest all captured titles this afternoon at the annual Niagara-Orleans League Wrestling Tournament held at Wilson.

Medina had a trio of individual weight class champions and Albion two at the annual Niagara-Orleans League Wrestling Tournament held today at Wilson.

Joe Velez (126), who earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler Award, heads the Medina trio which also includes Colby Petrie (106) and Chaise Prest (113).

Velez, a repeat champion, edged past Akron’s Johnny Fieblekorn 3-1 in his title match while Petrie nipped Newfane’s Ryan Nugent 1-0. Prest was the only competitor in his weight class.

Albion’s duo of Preston Flugel (120) and Blake Aina (138) both repeated as N-O champions. Flugel decisioned Newfane’s Nick Voelker 9-5 in his title bout while Aina blanked Newfane’s Julian Nixon 7-0.

Newfane, which captured the team title to lock up a third straight N-O title, led the way with five champions including Andrew Lucinski (99), Charlie Johnston (132), Paul Dunbar (145), Adam Nowicki (152) and Jake Kubala (182). Dunbar, Nowicki and Kubala are all repeat champions.

Medina’s Joe Velez earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler Award.

In the title bouts, Lucinski pinned his Newfane teammate Luke Tice in 3:17, Johnston decisioned Brent Bachman of Barker/Roy-Hart 8-1, Dunbar pinned Andrew Schafer of Barker/Roy-Hart in 1:47, Nowicki decisioned Robbie PeQueen of Akron 13-4 and Kubala scored a 15-0 technical fall win over Wilson’s Aaron Weich.

Newfane, which went 5-0 during the dual meet portion of the season, won the tournament with 292 points. Akron edged out Barker/Roy-Hart for second place 191.5-191.0.  Albion finished fourth at 106 followed by Medina 91 and Wilson 66.

Barker/Roy-Hart had a trio of champions including Cameron Swick (160), Sam Dauphin (220) and Kirk Fay (285).

In the title matches, Swick pinned Akron’s Brady Jenson in 3:45, Dauphin decisioned Akron’s Caleb Cray 5-1 and Fay pinned Medina’s D’John Brown in 3:50.

Rounding out the group of 15 champions were Akron’s Ethan PeQueen (170) and Wilson’s Matt Morgan (195).

The 15 league champions include, in front, Preston Flugel (Albion), Chaise Prest (Medina), Colby Petrie (Medina and Andrew Lucinski (Newfane. In the middle row are Joe Velez (Medina), Charlie Johnston (Newfane), Paul Dunbar (Newfane), Adam Nowicki (Newfane) and Blake Aina (Albion). In the back row are Cameron Swick (Barker/Roy-Hart), Jake Kubala (Newfane), Ethan PeQueen (Akron), Matt Morgan (Wilson), Sam Dauphin (Barker/R-H) and Kirk Fay (Barker/R-H).

In the finals, PeQueen scored a 16-1 technical fall win over Newfane’s Tyler Skidmore and Morgan nipped Newfane’s Chris Johnston 5-3 in overtime.

Albion had a trio of third place finishers in Jacob Delamarter (99), Cade Aina (120) and Tim Drake (195).

Lyndonville trio places at Lew-Port Tournament

Lyndonville had a trio of place finishers at the Lew-Port Tournament.

In earning first place finishes for the Tigers, Tom Follman went 4-0 at 152 and Dustin Joy 3-0 at 138.

The Tigers also had Dustin Hinkley place third going 3-1 at 160.

Holley matmen compete at Avoca Tourney

Patrick Purtell went 3-1 with two pins while Dalton Moyer and Erik Balys were both 3-2 with two pins and Robert Towsley 2-3 for Holley at the Avoca Tournament.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jared Zinkievich tries to put up a shot as Akron’s Gates Abrams tries for the block during the Mustangs home court win over the Tigers this afternoon.

Steadily pulling away, Medina romped to a 63-33 victory over visiting Akron this afternoon in a makeup game to improve to 10-0 and maintain a two game lead in the Niagara-Orleans League title race.

Jalin Cooper scored 18, Justin Morgan 14 and Tyler Ames 13 to lead the balanced attack for Medina as Daryl Haynes added 9, Dylan Lewis 3 and Mason Lewis, Brad McPherson and Tyrellis Atkins 2 each.

Gates Abrams took game high scoring honors with 23 for Akron which drops to 0-10.

Leading by a narrow 6-4 margin, Medina began to pull away by closing the opening quarter with a 14-5 run.

Back-to-back threes by Morgan and Dylan Lewis ignited that uprising. Ames followed up with three straight baskets on two layups and a rebound bucket as he Mustangs opened up a 20-9 lead.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs opened the second quarter with a 13-4 run to stretch the advantage to 20 at 33-13.

Haynes tallied 7 on a 3, a layup off a steal and a layup, and Cooper 6, on two rebound baskets and a jumper off a turnover, during that run as the Mustnags went on to hold a 21 point, 39-18, advantage at the half.

The Mustangs stretched the lead to 31, 57-26, at the three-quarter mark as Cooper and Morgan both scored 6 and Ames 4 in the third period.

Medina next visits Wilson on Tuesday.

Medina’s Johnny Salone tries to save the ball from going out of bounds.

CSAT 56, Albion 47

Snapping a four game losing streak, CSAT downed visiting Albion 56-47 this afternoon in another N-O League make-up contest.

Shaun Wilson took game high scoring honors with 21 for CSAT which held leads of 15-7 after one quarter, 26-22 at the half and 43-36 at the three-quarter mark.

Tommy Mattison scored 14 and Jacob Buzard 10 for Albion as Kory Reynolds added 7 and Brady Meakin and Tyler Rotoli 5 each.

CSAT is now 3-7 and Albion 4-6 in N-O competition.

N-O Standings

Medina 10-0, Roy-Hart 8-2, Wilson 6-4, Newfane 5-5, Albion 4-6, Barker 4-6, CSAT 3-7, Akron 0-10.

Notre Dame 76, Kendall 56

Jumping out to a 21-13 first quarter lead, Notre Dame went on to defeat visiting Kendall 76-56 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League game.

Luca Zambito scored 25 and Tyler Prospero 15 to set the pace for Notre Dame.

Colton Breslawski scored 15, Jacob Ramsdell and Brandon Miller 10 and John Rath and Nathan Warters 8 for Kendall.

Attica 77, Holley 44

Roaring out to a 44-15 half-time advantage, Attica went on tot defeat visiting Holley 77-44 this afternoon in a G-R contest.

Colden George poured in a game high 33 points and Owen Thompson added 17 to lead the way for Attica.

Nick Passarell led Holley with 19 as Zach Vacarrelli added 8 and Isiah Flow 6.