Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Abi Rodriguez drives against Oakfield-Alabama defender Lauren Reding during the host Lady Tigers loss to the Lady Hornets this evening.

Jumping out to a 13-2 first period lead, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat host Lyndonville 42-24 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Brianna Smith scored 9 points to lead a parade of 10 scorers for the Lady Hornets which went on to hold leads of 20-7 at the half and 34-14 after three quarters.

Aubrey Lewis led Lyndonville with 12 as Jasmine Plummer added 6, Makenzie Muck 5 and Anna Lewis 1.

Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis tries to shoot around Oakfield-Alabama defender Hannah LaGrou.

Attica 29, Kendall 25
Breaking away from a 19-19 deadlock after three quarters, Attica used a 10-6 scoring edge down the stretch to edge past host Kendall 29-25.

Kendall, which trailed 13-12 at the half, did take a 19-15 lead late in the third period after a thee by Taylor ReQua.

Elizabeth Rath scored 8 on the evening for Kendall as Taylor Rutland and Lyndsay Wright both netted 6.

Six forfeit wins, worth a total of 36 points, keyed Eastridge to a 52-30 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a non league wrestling match.

Lyndonville’s 30 points came via pins by Dustin Joy, Tom Follman, Dustin Hinkley, Chase Stinson and Jeff Gress Jr.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Maddie Winters battles for a rebound with the Barker duo of Kylie Miller (32) and Rebecca Stoloski (13) during the Mustangs win over the host Lady Raiders this evening.

Jumping out to a big first quarter lead, Medina had to turn back comeback bids by host Barker in each of the last three periods to earn a narrow 52-47 victory this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Je’ne Brown poured in a game high 28 points and also grabbed off 13 rebounds and Molley Gross had 16 points and 9 rebounds to lead the way for Medina which improves to 4-5 in N-O action. Emily Kams added 5, Allison Bensley 2 and Maddie Winters 1.

Lindsey Williams scored 16, Lydia Dewart 9, Haley Brown 7 and Caitlyn Mason and Kylie Miller 6 each for Barker which slips to 3-6.

Medina roared out to a 14 point, 19-5, first period advantage as Brown tallied 10 on four layups and a pair of free throws and Gross 7 on a three, a layup and a rebound bucket.

Medna’s Je’ne Brown grabs a rebound as Medina’s Molley Gross and Barker’s Courtney Bodine are also in on the play.

However, Barker answered back with a 14-4 second period scoring edge to rally back to within four, 23-19, at the half. Dewart had a pair of buckets, Williams a three and Miller and Courtney Bodine baskets for the Lady Raiders during that stretch.

Medina did pull back out to a 10 point, 32-22, advantage early in the third period after a three by Kams and a rebound basket by Gross.

Barker though again came battling back to close to within five, 39-34, at the three-quarter mark. A pair of layups off steals by Mason keyed that rally which also included a pair of inside baskets by Dewart.

Barker’s Caitlyn Mason looks to shoot over Medina’s Maddie Winters.

The teams then traded tallies for most of the final period as Brown came up big inside for Medina with three rebound buckets and a layup to help keep the Mustangs up by at least five. The layup, in fact, gave Medina a seven point, 49-42 lead with just 55 seconds to go.

Mason, Miller and Williams all had baskets for Barker down the stretch but the closest the Lady Raiders could get was four, 49-45, with only 26 seconds to go.

Barker’s Haley Brown looks to pass as Kayla Cuadra defends for Medina.

Highly ranked (No. 2) and undefeated Monroe Community College defeated Niagara Community College 74-59 this evening in a key women’s basketball game.

Medina High graduate Alba Perez led NCCC with 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Peyton Butts added 14 points and 6 rebounds for the Thunderwolves which are now 21-2 on the season.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Joe Velez and his Mustang teammates will host the Gary Gross Memorial Tournament on Saturday.

Six area teams will be competing in Medina’s second annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

Albion, Churchville-Chili, Wilson, Newfane ‘B’ and Lockport ‘B’ will join the host Mustangs in the field for the team tournament which is named in honor of Medina Coach Eric Gross’s father Gary who was a long-time, very avid supporter of the Mustangs wrestling program.

Competition is scheduled to get begin at 9 a.m. with the last of the five rounds expected to get underway around 3 p.m.

Medina is slated to face Albion in the second round at approximately 10:15.

The tournament’s schedule by round is as follows:

Round 1 – Medina vs. Wilson, Albion vs. Lockport ‘B’, Newfane ‘B’ vs. Churchville-Chili.

Round 2 – Medina vs. Albion, Newfane vs. Lockport, Churchville-Chili vs. Wilson.

Round 3 – Medina vs. Newfane, Albion vs. Wilson, Lockport vs. Churchville-Chili.

Round 4 – Medina vs. Churchville-Chili, Lockport vs. Wilson, Albion vs. Newfane.

Round 5 – Medina vs. Lockport, Wilson vs. Newfane, Albion vs. Churchville-Chili.

Contributed Photo – Ed Urbanik

Long time Lyndonville baseball enthusiast Ed Urbanik got the diamond season off to an early start this past weekend when he helped hurl the Orange County, California based Team Victory to the championship in a tournament at Palm Springs, California.

Urbanik pitched the opening game of the tourney hurling Team Victory to an 8-1 win over Dodgertown.

Team Victory ended up tied with Dodgertown and The Beach Boys after the round robin portion of the tourney. Based on runs allowed Team Victory earned the number one seed for the finals.

Team Victory and The Beach Boys squared off in the title contest with Victory winning 10-7 as Urbanik came in to pitch after an injury to the starting pitcher to earn the save allowing no runs.

Lyndonville used a fast start and a strong finish to earn a 69-60 victory over host Byron-Bergen this evening in a Genesee Region League contest.

Eddie Schildt poured in 26 points, Corey Hydock 21, Nick Hinkson 13, Eric Neace 7 and Jacob Hoffee 2 for Lyndonville which improves to 8-2 in G-R action and 11-4 overall.

Brandon Burke scored 24 and Collin Noeth 19 for Byron-Bergen.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 20-17 first period lead as Hydock tallied 10, including two threes, and Schildt 5.

However, Byron-Bergen answered with a 16-5 second period scoring surge to rally into a 33-25 lead at the half.

Lyndonville though got right back into the game by putting together an 18-11 third period scoring edge to close to within one at 44-43. Schildt tallied 9, Hydock 5 and Hinkson 4 to key that Tigers rally.

Keeping the momentum, Lyndonville then outscored the Bees 26-16 in the final period to rally for the win. Schildt scored 8, Hinkson and Hydock 6 and Neace 4 to lead the Tigers balanced attack during that stretch.

Hinkson had a key steal and basket to put Lyndonville up by three and a three by Hydock with 1:20 to go boosted the Tigers advantage to eight. Hinkson then made four clutch free throws to lock up the win.

“We really responded well,” said Lyndonville Coach Lee Dillenbeck. “We played good defense and we spread out the scoring.”

Pembroke 49, Kendall 45
Pembroke used a big third period scoring surge to key a 49-45 victory over host Kendall.

Trailing 27-16 at the half, Pembroke used a big 17-6 scoring edge in the decisive third period to rally into a 33-33 tie. The Dragons then outscored the Eagles 16-12 down the stretch to claim the win.

Zack VonKramer led Pembroke with a game high 19 points.

Jacob Ramsdell scored 15 and Nick Manners 11 to pace Kendall. Manners also had 7 rebounds and Ramsdell 6 rebounds and 6 blocks.

Kendall jumped out to leads of 20-5 after one quarter and 27-16 at the half as Ramdell tallied 13 and Brandon Miller 8 during that stretch.

Notre Dame 68, Holley 36
A big third period scoring burst likewise keyed host Notre Dame to a 68-36 victory over Holley.

Holley opened the third period with a 5-0 run on a layup by Isiah Flow and a three by Nick Passarell to cut the Notre Dame lead to eight at 33-25.

However, Notre Dame answered with a press aided 21-2 run to close the period and regain control. Tyler Prospero, who had a game high 23 points on the night, hit three threes to lead that Irish uprising.

Passarell scored 15 and Dylan Hillabush 13 for Holley which trailed 17-5 after one period and 33-20 at the half. Passarell also had 7 rebounds and 5 assists and Derek McArthur 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley Coach John Grillo gives encouragement to Eli Stanton before the opening bout of this evening’s match at Lyndonville. Grillo earned his milestone 700th career win as the Hawks downed the Tigers.

Holley downed host Lyndonville 54-35 in a Genesee Region League match this evening earning Hawks long-time Coach John Grillo his milestone and state record 700th career victory.

“Everyone of the student/athlete wrestlers I’ve had over the years all mean a lot to me,” said Grillo who has guided the Hawks to some 20 G-R and a dozen Section V titles over the past three decades.

“I really want to thank the school administrations for believing in me,” added Grillo who also cited the importance of his assistant coaches to him over the years. “I’ve been able to surround myself with some great coaches and when you have good people like that arounf you success is going to come.”

Grillo’s career total of 700 wins surpasses the old state mark of 675 held by Joe Bena according to the New York State Sports Writers Association records. Bena, who is retired, coached a number of schools in Sections 2 and 9 including Newburgh.

Holley’s Patrick Purtell works toward a win over Alex Doran.

Patrick Purtell (160) registered a second period pin for Holley’s lone win on the mat as the Hawks other 48 points came via eight forfeit wins.

With the victory Holley concludes the G-R season at 5-1.

Lyndonville took the other five matches decided on the mat on four pins and a technical fall.

The Tigers got pins by Reese Ledford (106) in 3:40, Jeff Gress Jr. (120) in 2:28, Garren Bayne (126) in 3:59 and Dustin Joy (138) in 1:40 as Tom Follman (152) had the technical fall win by a score of 16-1.

Lyndonville’s Tom Follman works for a takedown against Dalton Moyer.

Jeff Gress Jr. of Lyndonville in route to a win over Eli Stanton.

Medina girls edge Roy-Hart; Albion splits with Akron

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Patrick Sheeler, shown here in route to a win in the 200 Individual Medley, and his Channel Cat teammates locked up outright possession of a 10th straight Niagara-Orleans League title with a win over visiting Medina this afternoon.

Registering a 98th straight league win, the Roy-Hart boys swim team locked up out right possession of a 10th straight Niagara-Orleans championship with a 121-48 victory over visiting Medina this afternoon.

Nathan Mikoll doubled in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Free and Tanner Rees in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke to lead the way for Roy-Hart which also had Mason Sparks win the 200 Free, Patrick Sheelar the 200 Individual Medley and Elliott Spitzer the 500 Free.

Daniel Heil won the 100 Backstroke for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 8-0 and Medina 4-4.

The Medina girls nipped Roy-Hart 86-84 as Emma Gardner doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly and Hannah Heil won the 100 Free.

Gardner and Heil also teamed up with Olivia Carter and Haylee Cogovan to win the 200 Medley Relay and with Andrea Toussaint and Cogovan to take the 200 Free Relay.

Kayla Hagan was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke as Alex Hill won the 200 Free, Emily DiMayo the Individual Medley and Holly DiMayo the 100 Breaststroke.

Medina is now 2-6 and Roy-Hart 3-5.

Newfane sweeps Barker

Newfane defeated Barker 89-77 in the boys meet and 101-69 in the girls competition.

Thomas Schultz was a double winner for the Newfane boys in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

The undefeated (8-0) Newfane girls squad was led by double winners Lauren Gaughran (200 Free and 500 Free) and Allie DeBiase (Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke.

Albion splits with Akron

Getting individual event wins from six different swimmers, the Albion boys downed host Akron 102-66.

The Purple Eagles got wins from Harrison Brown (Individual Medley), Tyler Kast (50 Free), Sam Sanchez (100 Butterfly), Devin Olles (100 Free), Carlitos Sanchez (500 Free) and Matt Kovaleski (100 Backstroke).

The Akron girls defeated Albion 124-42.

N-O Standings

Boys – Roy-Hart 8-0, Albion 5-3, Medna 4-4, Newfane 4-4, Barker 3-5, Akron 0-8
Girls – Newfane 8-0, Akron 7-1, Barker 4-4, Roy-Hart 3-5, Medina 2-6, Albion 0-8

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s D’John Brown works toward a win over Roy-Hart’s Kirk Fay during the Mustang loss to the visiting Rams this evening.

Seven pins sparked Roy-Hart to a 53-36 victory over host Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Dan Wheeler (132), Brent Bachman (138), Ryan Ulrich (152), Brent Gardner (160), Elijah Eaton (170), Aiden Mikoll (182) and Nick Fazzolari (195) all registered pins for Roy-Hart which also got a technical fall victory by Tyler Choate (145).

Charles Beach (220) and D’John Brown (285) both notched pins for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 4-2 and Medina 1-4 in N-O action.

Albion 48, Wilson 24
Pins by Sam Slick (170) in 1:43, Ricky Monroe (132) in 1:32 and Blake Aina (145) in 3:45 highlighted Albion’s 48-24 victory over Wilson.

The Purple Eagles also got decision wins by Tim Drake (195) and Preston Flugel (120).

Wilson got pins from Matt Morgan (220), Matt Lange (285) and Claytin Taylor (152).

Albion is now 3-2 and Wilson 0-5.

Newfane 66, Akron 14
Newfane completed a 5-0 regular season by downing Akron (2-3) 66-14 as Jake Kubala, Dan Hummer, Nick Voelker, Charlie Johnstone, Julian Nixon, Paul Dunbar and Adam Nowicki all registered pins.