Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Corey Hydock (34) pulls down a rebound against Barker’s Derek Uschold during the Tigers win over the visiting Raiders this evening.

Improving to 13-4 overall on the season, Lyndonville posted a 70-54 victory over visiting Barker this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Nick Hinkson scored 18, Eddie Schildt 16 and Eric Neace 15 to spearhead the attack for Lyndonville as Hunter Ottaviano added 9 and Corey Hydock and Jacob Hoffee 6 each.

Nate Luckman took game high scoring honors with 19 for Barker as Michael Snell added 13, Jacob Arnold 9, Kyle Secore 5, Devon Mangan and Ryan Voss 3 and Shawn Callaghan 2.

Lyndonville’s Ken Kalson puts up a shot against Barker defender Ryan Voss.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 20-6 first quarter lead as Hinkson and Schildt both tallied 7, Neace 4 and Ottaviano 2.

The Tigers maintained a 15 point, 37-22, advantage at the half as Hinkson had a three and a rebound bucket and Schildt a pair of layups to lead the way in the second quarter.

Barker’s Nate Luckman puts up a shot as Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt tries for a block.

The Tigers advantage jumped to 22, 59-37, at the three-quarter make as Neace had 6 in the third period while Hydock added a 3 and a layup off a steal and Ottaviano a three.

Lyndonville next visits Kendall in a Genesee Region League game and Barker hosts Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League contest on Tuesday.

In one G-R contest this evening Pembroke downed Holley 51-19. Nick Passarell scored 10 and Derek McArthur 7 for the Hawks.

Barker’s Jacob Arnold tries to drive on Lyndonville defender Hunter Ottaviano.

Newfane used an 11-4 scoring edge in overtime to outlast visiting Albion 50-43 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Albion sent the contest into overtime when Emily Blanchard hit a three with just seven seconds remaining to knot the contest at 39-39.

Keeping the momentum, Albion then grabbed a 43-39 lead at the outset of the overtime period on a pair of baskets by Chanyce Powell.

However, Newfane answered back with a victory clinching 11–0 run. Baskets by Olivia Littman, Paige Emborsky and Katie Kneeland rallied the Lady Panthers into the lead for good and three free throws by Emily Foltz then put a lock on the win.

Emborsky finished with a game high 23 points as Littman tallied 12 and Foltz 9.

Powell scored 21 and Blanchard 8 for Albion.

Newfane improves to 9-2 in N-O action and Albion slips to 5-5.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kayla Cuadra puts up a shot against Global Concepts defender Toni McCutcheon during the Mustangs home court victory this evening.

Racing out to a 20-5 lead at the outset, Medina rolled to a 68-40 victory over visiting Global Concepts this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Je’ne Brown scored 14 and Kayla Cuadra 11 to lead the balanced attack for Medina as Emily Kams, Holly Heil and Maddie Williams 9 each, Maddy Winters 6, Molley Gross 5, Davina Birch 3 and Allison Bensley 2.

TeaLaya Huff took game high scoring honors for Global with 21.

Kams scored 7 on a three, a layup off a turnover and a rebound bucket, Brown 6 on two layups ad a rebound basket, Winters 4 on a rebound and a jumper and Williams a 3 to spark Medina out to a 20-7 first quarter lead.

The Mustangs maintained comfortable leads of 36-19 at the half and 51-24 at the three-quarter mark to improve to 9-7 on the season.

Medina’s Maddie Williams drives around Global defender Imani Alexander.

Contributed Photo – These 11 swimmers all had a hand in winning at least one event at today’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Boys Individual Swim Championships. They include Collin Stevener, Ian Goodlander, Andrew Jenks and Collin Webb from Barker; Mason Sparks, Nathan Mikoll, Elliott Spitzer and Tanner Rees from Roy-Hart; Andrew Hamelink and Thomas Schultz from Newfane and Chase Pecoraro from Medina.

Barker swimmers took first place honors in five of 11 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Boys Individual Swim Championships held this evening at Akron.

The Raiders quartet of Collin Stevener, Ian Goodlander, Andrew Jenks and Collin Webb won both the 200 Medley Relay (1:50.25) and the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:34.17).

Webb also took first place honors in both the 50 Free (:22.56) and 100 Free (:49.98) while Stevener also won the 100 Butterfly (1:03.63).

Jenks also took a second in the 500 Free for the Raiders.

Roy-Hart’s quartet of Mason Sparks, Nathan Mikoll, Elliott Spitzer and Tanner Rees took top honors in the 400 Free Relay (3:32.32).

Sparks also won the 200 Free (1:59.44).

Rees placed second in both the Individual Medley and Breaststroke for the Channel Cats as did Spitzer in the 100 Free.

Newfane’s Andrew Hamelink was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley (2:05.85) and the 100 Breaststroke (1:00.72) while his Panthers teammate Thomas Schultz won the 500 Free (5:30.25).

Medina’s Chase Pecoraro won the 100 Backstroke (1:00.72) and placed second in the 50 Free. The Seahorses in fact went 1-2 in the Backstroke as Daniel Heil placed second.

Medina High graduate Alba Perez led the way on the boards for Niagara County Community College as the Lady Thunderwolves bested Genesee Community College 78-61 this evening to improve to 4-1 in the league and 23-2 overall.

Perez grabbed off a game high 9 rebounds and also scored 12 points.

Alliyah Gillespie and Jenna Faulkner led the NCCC offense with 14 points each.

Regaining the .500 mark at 5-5, Newfane downed host Albion 58-48 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Kyle DeVoogel and Max Weber each scored 16 to lead Newfane’s balanced attack as Chad Gilson chipped in with 13 and Nick Schultz 10.

Tommy Mattison scored 16 and Manwell Taylor 13 for Albion which slips to 4-5 in N-O action.

Newfane jumped out to an 18-9 first period lead as Weber tallied 5 and DeVoogel and Gilson 4 each.

The Panthers maintained a 30-24 lead at the half and then used a 17-9 third period scoring edge to extend the advantage to 47-33 at the three-quarter mark.

DeVoogel tallied 7 and Weber and Gilson both added 4 to lead the Panthers in the third period.

Wilson 56, Akron 28

Alex Fox, Andrew Eames and Jonah Miller each scored 12 and Ryan Bradley 7 to spark Wilson to a 56-28 victory over Akron as the Lakemen improve to 6-4 in N-O action.

Wilson took charge early jumping out to a 20-6 first period lead as Miller tallied 9, Eames 6 and Fox 5.

The Lakemen went on to hold leads of 32-10 at the half and 41-15 after three-quarters.

N-O Standings

Medina 9-0, Roy-Hart 8-2, Wilson 6-4, Newfane 5-5, Albion 4-5, Barker 4-6, CSAT 2-7, Akron 0-9.

Wrestling

Cheektowaga 66, Medina 26

Medina dropped a 66-26 non league decision at Cheektowaga.

Charles Beach had a pin for Medina as Ian Joseph and Colby Petrie both earned decision wins.

Rebounding from an 8-0 first quarter deficit, Kendall battled back to defeat host Lyndonville 32-29 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lizzie Rath scored 11 to lead the way for Kendall as Taylor ReQua added 6, Maya Rutland 5, Taylor Rutland 4 and Lindsey Williams and Daniela Volkmar 3 each.

The Lady Eagles rallied into leads of 14-10 at the half and 23-16 at the three-quarter mark.

Aubrey Lewis took game high scoring honors with 19 and Makenzie Muck added 8 for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Daryl Haynes drives against Roy-Hart defender Tim Moriarity during the Mustangs key win over the visiting Rams this evening

Coming from way, way back, Medina rallied to nip visiting Roy-Hart 73-62 this evening to open up a two game lead in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball title race.

Trailing by as many as 18 midway through the second quarter, Medina first cut the deficit to 10 at the half, then rallied into a one point lead at the three-quarter mark and finally used a 26-16 fourth period scoring edge to lock up the key win.

Improving to 9-0 with the victory, Medina moves two games ahead in the all important loss column over runner-up Roy-Hart which slips to 8-2.

Jalin Cooper scored 26 and Justin Morgan 18 to spearhead the attack for Medina as Dylan Lewis netted 11, Daryl Haynes 9, Tyler Ames 8 and Jared Zinkievich 1.

Andy Xapsos took game high scoring honors for Roy-Hart with 27 as Chris Anderson added 11, Ben Maynard 9, Justin Hescke 5, Brendon Hess 4 and Jacob Bruning and Tim Moriarity 3 each.

Roy-Hart’s Chris Anderson puts up a shot as Medina’s Tyler Ames tries for the block.

Medina jumped out to a 10-5 lead at the outset as Cooper hit four quick baskets.

However, Roy-Hart answered right back with a big 15-0 scoring burst including nine by Maynard on a three, two layups and a jumper along with a pair of buckets by Xapsos which propelled the Rams out to a 20-13 lead at the end of the period.

Keeping the momentum, Roy-Hart opened the second period with s 13-2 run, including a three by Xapsos and two baskets by Hess, to extend the lead to 18, 33-15.

Medina though came battling back.

Ignited by back-to-back threes by Lewis, the Mustangs closed the period with an 11-3 run to cut the deficit to 10, 36-26, at the half.

Back-to-back jumpers by Lewis and Morgan then pulled Medina to within six, 36-30, at the outset of the third period.

Three baskets by Anderson then off set three tallies by Cooper keeping Roy-Hart up by eight, 46-38, late in the period.

Medina though closed the period with a key 9-0 run capped off by a three-point play by Cooper and a three off a turnover by Lewis to rally into the lead for good by a narrow 47-46 margin at the three-quarter mark.

Medina’s Dylan Lewis puts up a three over Roy-Hart defenders Justin Heschke (15) and Andy Xapsos.

Again the Mustangs kept the momentum opening the decisive final period with an 11-4 run to extend the lead to eight, 58-50, with 3:50 remaining.

A three by Morgan ignited that surge which also included three straight baskets by Cooper and a pair of free throws by Ames.

Back-to-back baskets by Hayes followed by a pair of free throws by Cooper boosted the Mustangs advantage to 11, 65-54, with just 1:12 remaining.

Morgan then made 7 free throws in the final 1:09 to put a lock on the Mustangs big come-from-behind victory.

Medina next hosts Akron in a make-up game at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Roy-Hart’s Justin Heschke gets fouled by Medina’s Jalin Cooper as Tyler Ames also defends.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Skyler Christopher and Medina’s Je’ne Brown battle for a rebound along with the Lady Rams Ava Bligh and the Mustangs Molley Gross.

Trailing after each of the first three quarters, Medina put together a big stretch run to best host Roy-Hart 55-47 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Down 29-24 at the half, Medina closed the deficit to just one, 40-39, at the three-quarter mark as Je’ne Brown scored 8 and Maddy Winters 5 to lead the Mustangs in the third period.

Keeping the momentum, Medina then outscored Roy-Hart 16-7 in the decisive final period to claim the win as Winters tallied 6 and Brown 4 to lead that rally.

Brown finished with a total of 17 points and Winters 14 as Maddie Williams added 10, Holly Heil and Molley Gross 4, Kayla Cuadra 3 and Allison Bensley 2.

Ellie Todd took game high scoring honors for Roy-Hart with 19 as Ava Bligh and Skyler Christopher both added 10, Rachael Rausch 4 and Delaney Draper and Maddy Glena 2.

Medina improves to 5-5 in N-O action while Roy-Hart slips to 1-9.

Medina’s Molley Gross puts up a shot over Roy-Hart defender Rachael Rausch.

Wilson 62, Akron 41

Up 38-15 at the half, undefeated (11-0) Wilson went on to best Akron (1-9) 62-41 as Kayla Neumann and Rachel Senek both scored 17 and Serina Jaeger 8.

Neumann also had 7 steals and 7 rebounds, Senek 8 assists and 10 rebounds and Jaeger 10 rebounds.

CSAT 42, Barker 22

CSAT built up a 24-11 half-time advantage and went on to defeat Barker 42-22.

Surenaty Davis-Patterson scored 14 and Kirara King 11 to lead CSAT which improves to 6-4.

Lindsey Williams scored 9 and Caitlyn Mason 5 for Barker which slips to 3-7.

N-O Standings

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Eric Neace tries to shoot against Wheatland-Chil defenders Adam Lund (24) and Daniel Cook (12) during the host Tigers win this evening.

Taking charge with a big third quarter scoring burst, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Wheatland-Chili 58-39 this evening to make it seven straight Genesee Region League victories.

Up by nine, 28-19, at the half, Lyndonville put together a big 17-5 scoring run over the first six minutes of the third period to break the contest open.

Nick Hinkson hit back-to-back threes to highlight that decisive uprising which also included a three by Jacob Hoffee along with two layups and a jumper by Eddie Schildt upping the Tigers advantage to 21 at 45-24.

Lyndonville maintained a 17 point, 47-30, lead at the three-quarter mark and quickly upped the advantage to 52-34 early in the final period after a layup by Hunter Ottaviano and a three by Hoffee.

Hoffee finished with 13, Schildt 12 and Hinkson 11 to lead Lyndonville’s balanced attack as Corey Hydock added 8, Eric Neace and Ottaviano 5 and Zach Johnson and Ken Kalson 2.

Justin McLendon took game high honors for W-C with 16.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 14-8 first quarter lead as Hydock hit two threes, Schildt netted a pair of baskets from close range and Ottaviano scored on a layup off a turnover.

The Tigers then used an 11-2 run midway through the second period on a jumper and a three by Hoffee, a fast break layup and a rebound basket by Hinkson and a layup by Neace to stay up by nine, 28-19, at the half.

Lyndonville’s Jacob Hoffee drives to the basket by W-C defender Mikal Thompson.

Improving to 9-2 in the league and 12-4 overall, Lyndonville next hosts Barker in a non league contest at 7 p.m. Friday.

Oakfield-Alabama 89, Kendall 60

Leading by a narrow 15-14 margin after one quarter, Oakfield-Alabama used a 23-10 second period scoring edge to key an 89-60 G-R victory over host Kendall.

Jake Mandel scored 21 and Tyler Ohlson 17 to lead the way for the Hornets as Trey Nadolinski added 13 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 steals.

Jake Ramsdell had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 blocks and Nick Manners 11 points and 8 rebounds for Kendall which trailed 38-24 at the half and 67-43 after three-quarters.

Kendall next visits Notre Dame at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.