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Albion swimmers split with Akron

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 January 2025 at 9:06 pm

Albion and Akron split in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening at Akron.

Albion won the boys’ meet 84-60 and Akron took the girls’ competition 98-64.

Justin Kania doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Free and Matthew Kania in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Albion boys as Leo Bolton added a win in the 200 Individual Medley.

Logan Meyers doubled in the 100 Butterfly and 500 Free for Akron.

Albion and Akron are now both 1-3.

Audrey Garverick won both the 200 Free and 500 Free for the Akron girls.

Willow Gaines doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Keira Sidari in the Butterfly and Backstroke for Albion.

Akron is now 2-2 and Albion 1-3.

Newfane sweeps Medina
Newfane swept visiting Medina winning the boys’ meet 88-76 and the girls’ 122-41.

Dmitri Young doubled in the 200 Free and Butterfly and Noah Kneeland in the IM and Backstroke to lead the Newfane boys as Dylan Lamont also took the Breaststroke.

For Medina, Bradley Goyette won the 500 Free, Jackson Reese the 50 Free and Bryson Ford the 100 Free.

Newfane is now 5-0 and Medina 1-4.

Kimberly Schmitt doubled in the 50 Free and Breaststroke to pace the Newfane girls as Avery Stevenson took the IM, Lydia Lamont the Butterfly, Sara Klinger the 100 Free and Lauren Enderton the Backstroke.

Madeline Mark won both the 200 Free and 500 Free for Medina.

Newfane is now 4-1 and Medina 0-5.

Four Medina and two Holley players receive All State football honors

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 9 January 2025 at 9:46 am

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s All State football honorees Cole Callard, left, and Brody Fry.

Four Medina and two Holley players have earned All State football honors.

In Class C, Medina has placed senior defensive lineman Brody Fry on the first team, junior running back Christian Moss and junior defensive back Kolton Fletcher on the second team and senior kicker Cole Callard on the third team.

Fry led Medina in tackles with 143 including 93 solo. He also had 2 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and an interception.

Moss led the Mustangs ground attack with 1,850 yards rushing and 25 touchdowns. He also caught 11 passes for 202 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Fletcher made 60 tackles and had 4 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries. On offense, he caught 14 passes for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Callard was near perfect in the kicking department as he made good on 48 of 50 extra point attempts and on 6 of 7 field goal tries with the longest being from 42 yards. He was also recently named to the All State soccer squad after he scored a school record 44 goals this past season and finished his varsity career with a school record 98 goals.

Medina’s All State honorees Kolton Fletcher, left, and Christian Moss.

Holley’s senior passing combination of quarterback Destin Kuyal and receiver Vinny Golisano has earned Honorable Mention on the All State 8 Man squad.

Kuyal passed for 1,380 yards and 27 touchdowns and also ran for 8 touchdowns. Golisano had 980 yards receiving and 19 touchdowns.

Akron senior lineman Alex Schrock has been named to the Class C first team and senior linebacker Brayden Lamont to the second team. Newfane senior linebacker Ayden Buttery has been named to the Class C third team.

Akron senior quarterback Coy Patterson and Newfane junior quarterback Mac Capen have both received Honorable Mention.

Pembroke has two 8 Man All-State first team selections in senior quarterback Caleb Felski and senior lineman Octavius Martin.

The Dragons also have two Honorable Mention selections in Jacob Johnson and Hayden Williams.

Holley’s All State honorees quarterback Destin Kuyal, left, and wide receiver Vinny Golisano.

Lady Tigers score win over Lady Eagles

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 January 2025 at 10:16 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lilly Raduns battles for a rebound with Kendall’s Ava LaMay during the Lady Tigers home court win this evening.

Building up a 16 point half-time advantage, Lyndonville went on to down visiting Kendall 44-30 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Addison Dillenbeck scored a game high 23 points and Isabella Groves had 11 to lead the way for Lyndonville. Lilly Raduns and Hannah Fox both added 3 and Alexa Robinson 2.

Brooke Rodas and Izzy D’Agostino both had 6, Addison Kludt and Ava LaMay 5. Sophia Picardo and Alea Barrett 3 and Mia Price 2 for Kendall.

Lyndonville grabbed a 16-8 first period lead as Groves hit two threes and Dillenbeck had a three and a two.

The Lady Tigers doubled their advantage to 16. 27-11, at the half as Groves and Dillenbeck both had a pair of baskets and Raduns one in the second quarter.

Lyndonville maintained a 15 point, 35-20, lead at the three-quarter mark as Dillenbeck had three baskets in the third period. Dillenbeck tacked on 7 more points in the final period to help the Lady Tigers close out the win.

Attica 34. Albion 33
Attica scored a free throw with no time showing on the clock to nip visiting Albion 34-33 in a non league game this evening.

Cami London scored 11 to lead Albion as Melia Prince had 6 and Kenzi Snook and Aaliyah Jones 4 each.

Lyndonville’s Alexa Robinson works to drive past Kendall’s Brooke Rodas.

Kendall’s Stella Kwiatek goes up for a rebound against Lyndonville’s Hannah Fox.

Wilson matmen rally to down Medina

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 January 2025 at 10:02 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Raduns in action against Wilson’s Cristofano Intericsano during the Mustangs home mat loss to the Lakemen this evening.

Taking six of the last seven bouts, Wilson rallied to down host Medina 42-21 in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening.

Trailing 17-12, Wilson used the combination of pins by Hamza Merrick (285) and Roman Zarbo (101) along with decision wins by Cristofano Interisano (170) and Dominic Lopez (215) and a forfeit to rally for the victory.

Tyler Goff-Brown (128) also registered a pin for the Lakemen early in the match.

The Mustangs got pins from Luke Duffina (131) in 28 seconds and Austin Seefeldt (152) in 3:10 along with a technical fall win by Reece Senske (124) and a decision win by Brody Fry (190).

Wilson is now 3-1 and Medina 0-4 in N-O action.

Medina’s Ethan Carson battles with Wilson’s Hamza Merrick in the 285 lb. bout.

Roy-Hart/Barker 50, Akron 20
Billy Jaques, Ely Brownlee, Joey Jopp and Luke Fay all notched pins for Roy-Hart/Barker in the 50-20 win over Akron. Ronan Klug added a technical fall win and Max Hickman a decision win.

Roy-Hart/Barker is now 2-1 and Akron 2-2.

Newfane 43, Albion 26
Defending champion Newfane downed Albion 43-26 as Aidan Gillings (152), Colin Doxey (170) and Alexa Doxey (138) all had pins and Rian Czaja (116) and Ryley Mahoney (131) technical fall wins.

Albion got pins from Noah Marat (160), Stryker Sanders (108) and Alakai Colmenero (124) along with major decision wins by Jaxon Lynch (145) and Justin Mengs (101).

Newfane is now 3-0 and Albion 1-3.

Barker tops Alden in non league contest

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 January 2025 at 9:40 pm

Barker bested host Alden 55-42 in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Anthony Taliaferro scored 15, Logan Murrell 13 and Owen Harris 10 to lead the way for Barker as JJ Prynn added 7, Donovan Hefferon 6 and Isaac Monaco 4. Monaco also grabbed off a dozen rebounds.

Barker led 28-16 at the half.

Lyndonville wrestlers win a thriller

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 January 2025 at 9:37 pm

In a sea-saw down to the wire thriller, Lyndonville nipped host Alexander 36-35 in a Genesee Region League wrestling match this evening.

Trailing 35-33, Lyndonville pulled out the narrow victory on a 10-7 decision win by Greyson Romano (215) in the final bout.

Lyndonville had jumped out to as much as a 27-12 lead after a pin by Michael Alexander, an overtime decision win by Ty Holmes and three forfeit wins.

However, Alexander answered with a pin, a technical fall win and a forfeit to rally into a 29-27 lead.

Lyndonville regained what proved to be a brief 33-29 lead on a first period pin by Jesus Rosario-Reyes but Alexander answered right back with a pin to regain a 35-33 lead.

That set the stage for the Tigers dramatic decision win by Romano in the final bout to earn the victory.

Byron-Bergen 38, Holley-Kendall 31
Trailing 31-17, host Byron-Bergen rallied to take the final four bouts on pins by Parker Moore (138) and Roman Smith (160), a decision win by Brendin Galves (152) and a forfeit to down Holley-Kendall 38-31 in the other G-R match.

Holley had pins by Hunter Jewell-Smith (285) and Jayden Rivera (101) along with a major decision win by Isaac Bartlett (108), a decision win by Hunter Pachia (116) and two forfeits to build up the 31-17 advantage.

Roy-Hart/Barker matmen edge Holley-Kendall

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 January 2025 at 11:14 am

Roy-Hart/Barker edged past Holley-Kendall 38-35 in a non league wrestling match Tuesday evening at Kendall.

Lucas Kimber (116). Ely Brownlee (124). Luke Fay (138) and Max Hickman (145) all registered pins for Roy-Hart/Barker which also got technical fall wins from Dean Kirsch (170) and Ronan Klug (190) along with a major decision win by Joey Jopp (131).

Holley-Kendall got pins from Isaac Bartlett (108), Will Kruger (152), Carter McGrain (160), Jared Ostrander (215) and Hunter Jewell-Smith (285) and a technical fall win by Jayden Rivera (101).

Both teams will be in action again this evening at 6 as Holley-Kendall visits Byron-Bergen for a Genesee Region League match and Roy-Hart/Barker travels to Akron for a Niagara-Orleans League match.

Roy-Hart/Barker and Newfane swimmers split in key N-O League meet

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 January 2025 at 9:40 pm

Roy-Hart/Barker and Newfane split in a key Niagara-Orleans League swim clash of unbeatens this evening.

Newfane won the boys’ meet 100-66 and Roy-Hart/Barker took the girls’ competition 86-84.

A win by the foursome of Madelina Pavlock, Maria Trombley, Abigail Glyshaw and Ava Achtyle in the meet ending 400 Freestyle Relay earned the Roy-Hart/Barker girls the narrow win.

Glyshaw also won both the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Trombley the 500 Free.

Avery Stevenson won both the 50 Free and 100 Free and Lauren Enderton the 200 Free and 100 Backstroke for the Newfane girls as Kimberly Schmitt took the 100 Breaststroke.

Noah Kneeland doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Breaststroke, Dmitri Young in the IM and 500 Free and Dylan Lamont in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke for the Newfane boys squad.

N-O Standings
Boys – Newfane 4-0, Roy-Hart/Barker 3-1, Akron 1-2, Medina 1-3, Albion 0-3
Girls – Roy-Hart/Barker 4-0, Newfane 3-1, Akron 1-2, Albion 1-2, Medina 0-4

Akron girls score key win over Roy-Hart

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 January 2025 at 9:19 pm

Taking over sole possession of first place, Akron scored a 66-36 win over visiting Roy-Hart in a key Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Akron stays perfect at 5-0 with in the while Roy-Hart slips to 2-1.

Lexie Ground scored 16 and Abby Gerstung and Olivia Novak both tallied 15 to lead the way for Akron.

Adella Dukes paced Roy-Hart with 13 as Courtney Aquilina and Brooke Corser both had 6.

Leading by narrow margins of 24-20 at the half and 38-30 after three quarters, Akron locked up the win by outpointing Roy-Hart 28-6 in the final stanza. Ground scored 7, Gerstung 6 and Novak 4 during that key stretch.

In the other N-O games, Wilson downed Albion 46-28 and Newfane defeated Medina 56-34.

Emily Phillips scored 13, Kairi Beck 12 and Isabella Thrush 8 to lead Wilson’s balanced attack.

Julia Knight scored 8, Cami London 7 and Kenzi Snook 6 to lead Albion.

Anna Chunco scored a game high 19 points to lead Newfane as Kameryn Boyer added 12 and Bailee Patcyk 10.

Honesty Hill scored 13 and Alexa Demmer 9 to pace Medina.

N-O Standings: Akron 5-0, Newfane 3-1, Roy-Hart 2-1, Wilson 2-2, Albion 1-3, Barker 0-3, Medina 0-3.

Holley trims N.D; Kendall downs Lyndonville

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 January 2025 at 9:09 pm

Scoring road victories, Holley edged past Notre Dame 64-60 and Kendall topped Lyndonville 59-44 in Genesee Region League boys basketball games this evening.

Destin Kuyal scored 24, Vinny Golisano 16 and Avante Walker 15 to lead the way for Holley.

Will Kruger scored 17 and  Noah Morehouse and Vinnie D’Agostino both tallied 10 to pace Kendall.

Lane Woodworth took game high honors with 18 and Atticus Mank added 9 for Lyndonville.