Barker snapped a season opening four game losing streak by downing Cleveland Hill 36-29 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Jordyn Kinne had 10 points, Alina Riches 8, Hailey Dodge 7 and Elise Monaco 6 to lead Barker. Monaco also had 8 rebounds, Kinne and Riches 7 and Dodge 6.

Wheatland-Chili 45, Lyndonville 41
Wheatland-Chili edged past visiting Lyndonville 45-41 in a Genesee Region League game as Vanessa Guerrero had 17 and Ashanti Caten 11. Guerrero had 5 threes including 3 in the first quarter when W-C jumped out to a 15-6 lead.

Isabella Groves scored 20 and Addison Dillenbeck 11 for Lyndonville. Groves scored 9 in the third period and 5 in the fourth.

W-C led 21-17 at the half and 39-34 after three quarters.

Elba 58, Kendall 35
Building up a 34-16 half-time advantage, Elba went on to down host Kendall 58-35 in a G-R contest.

Mia Price scored 10 and Alea Barrett and Ava LaMay 7 each for Kendall.

Akron 49, Albion 32
Abby Gerstung scored 19 and Lexie Ground 16 to lead Akron to a 49-32 win over Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Melia Prince scored 9, Kenzie Snook 7 and Aaliyah Jones 5 for Albion.

Byron-Bergen nipped visiting Holley 58-55 this evening to improve to 2-1 in Genesee Region League boys basketball competition.

Noah Clare scored 10 points in the decisive final period to help Byron-Bergen claim the narrow win.

The Bees led 26-20 at the half and 39-34 after three quarters. Holley pulled to within two at 57-55 in the final minute but could not pull even.

Vinny Golisano scored 22 and Destin Kuyal 16 to lead the Hawks which are also 2-1 in G-R action. Kuyal tallied 10 and Golisano 6 in the final period to keep the Hawks right in the contest.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Destin Kuyal

Six Holley football players have been named to the Section V 8 Man Division All-Star first team.

Senior linebacker/quarterback Destin Kuyal, who has been named the 8 Man Division Defensive Player of the Year heads the Hawks contingent.

Kuyal passed for 1,380 yards and 27 touchdowns and also ran for 8 touchdowns.

The Hawks All-Stars also includes the senior wide receiver trio of Vinny Golisano, Mason Moyer and Jacob Pitcher along with senior running back Hunter Jewell-Smith and junior two-way lineman Kevin Robinson.

Golisano, who had 980 yards receiving and 19 touchdown receptions, played in the secondary on defense as did Moyer. Pitcher played linebacker and Jewell-Smith on the line on defense. On offense, Jewell-Smith had 750 yards rushing and 7 touchdowns.

The 8 Man Division’s Offensive Player of the Year was Pembroke running back Caleb Felski.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Local All State soccer players include, from left, Sophia Picardo (Kendall), Kaitlin Mettler (Roy-Hart) and Zoey Wolf (Holley).

A trio of local players have earned spots on the All State girls soccer squad.

Holley senior Zoey Wolf has been named to the Class C second team. A defender, she had 5 goals and 3 assists for the Lady Hawks this season.

Kendall sophomore Sophia Picardo has been named to the Class C third team. A midfielder, she had 17 goals and 27 assist this season for the Lady Eagles.

Roy-Hart senior Kaitlin Mettler has been named to the Class B third team. A forward, she had 36 goals and 10 assists for the Lady Rams.

Wilson freshman Addison Elia, who had 24 goals and 7 assists, was named to the Class C second team.

Akron senior defender Aleyna Susfolk was named to the Class B fourth team.

State Class C champion Byron-Bergen had a total of four players earn All-State honors.

Junior midfielder Mia Gray who has been named state Class C Player of the Year, heads that quartet. A first team All-State honoree she had 40 goals and 25 assists on the season.

The Lady Bees also placed senior goalie Natalie Prinzi on the first team, junior Elizabeth Starowitz on the second team and junior Grace DiQuatro on the third team.

Monday
Boys Basketball – Holley at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Holley at School of the Arts, 5:30 p.m.; Albion at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Elba at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Albion at Depew, Wilson at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Alexander at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Roy-Hart at Cheektowaga, Cleve Hill at Barker, 6:30 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart/Barker at Albion, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – Akron at Wilson, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball – Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Byron-Bergen at Holley, Kendall at Alexander, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart/Barker at Albion, Newfane at Wilson, Lyndonville vs. Holley-Kendall at Kendall, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, LeRoy at Holley, 7 p.m.; Orchard Park at Albion, 7:30 p.m.
Swimming – Newfane at Albion, Roy-Hart/Barker at Akron, 5 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Barker, Akron at Wilson, 6:30 p.m.; Pembroke at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Medina at Roy-Hart, Barker at Newfane, Wilson at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Attica at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Lyndonville at Langley, Virginia Tournament

Saturday
Boys Basketball – Medina at Dunkirk, 12:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Albion, 1:30 p.m.
Wrestling – Holley-Kendall and Roy-Hart/Barker at NCCC Tournament

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Luke Duffina scores an early round win over Jackson Frey from Alden at today’s Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament in Lyndonville.

Medina had a trio of champions crowned today at Lyndonville’s annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament.

Reece Senske won at 116, Luke Duffina at 131 and Austin Seefeldt a 160 for the Mustangs which also had Brody Fry finish second at 190.

Senske pinned Brody Shaffer from Warsaw in 1:22 in his title bout. He advanced with a 17-0 technical fall win in the quarterfinals and a pin of 4:15 in the semis.

Duffina scored an 11-0 major decision win over Blade Surowiec from Wayne in the finals. He scored quick pins of 1:17 in the quarterfinals and 1:20 in the semis to gain a spot in the title bout.

Seefeldt likewise posted a major decision win of 16-5 in his title bout over Logan Lafferty from Warsaw. He reached the finals with pins of 3:47 in the quarterfinals and 1:18 in the semis.

Fry notched three pins to reach the finals.

Albion’s Stryker Sanders went 5-0 to win the championship at 101. He registered three pins in times of 42 seconds, 53 seconds and 1 minute and also had a technical fall win and a major decision victory.

The Purple Eagles also had Jaxon Lynch place second at 145 and Noah Marat fourth at 160.

For Holley-Kendall, Will Kruger placed third at 152, Carson Cody fourth at 101, Parker Denning fourth at 131 and Brenden Eichas fourth at 124.

Host Lyndonville had Ty Holmes finish second at 124, Ben Doolan second at 170 and Shannon Withey third at 145.

Lyndonville’s Chanse Amsdill has the upper hand here over Holley-Kendall’s Isaac Bartlett.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jayzon Wills goes in for a layup against West Seneca East defender Brady Murdoch during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Trojans this afternoon.

A fourth quarter comeback bid fell short as Medina dropped a 73-64 decision to visiting West Seneca East in a non league game this afternoon.

Trailing by 17, 53-36, Medina got back into the game by opening the final period with a 16-4 run to cut the deficit to five, 57-52, with 4:30 remaining.

Two threes by Jerrell Nealy ignited that rally which also included a two and a three by Kolton Fletcher.

However, East answered right back with a pair of slam dunks by Craig Leslie, the second coming off a turnover, which triggered an 8-0 run vaulting the Trojans back out to a 13 point, 65-52 lead.

The Mustangs did rally back to within six twice, first a 67-61 after a basket by Christian Moss and a three by Preston Woodworth, and again at 70-64 after another three by Woodworth, but could get no closer.

Leslie finished with a game high 27 to lead the Trojans as Brady Murdoch added 20 and Maxwel Czora 15.

Nealy led Medina with 23 as Fletcher added 12, Moss 11 and Woodworth and Jayzon Wills 9 each.

Medina grabbed a 17-14 first quarter lead but East opened the second period with a big 14-0 run to take an 11 point, 28-17 advantage. Two threes by Czora sparked that uprising.

The Mustangs though answered back with an 11-0 run on buckets by Fletcher, Wills, Nealy and Moss and a three by Woodworth to pull even at 28-28.

Medina would not regain the lead though as East reclaimed a 33-28 half-time advantage after a three and a layup off a steal both by Leslie.

The Trojans then used a 20-8 third period scoring edge to move out to a 17 point, 53-36 lead and the Mustangs could get no closer than 5 down the stretch.

Medina will next host Roy-Hart on Friday in the Mustangs Niagara-Orleans League opener.

Allegany-Limestone 70, Barker 39
Jumping out to a 22-3 first quarter lead Allegany-Limestone went on to down host Barker 70-39 in a non league game this afternoon.

Owen Harris scored 16 and Logan Murrell 10 to lead Barker.

Medina’s Preston Woodworth drives around East’s Maxwel Czora.

Emerging victorious in an early season rivalry meeting, Holley downed host Kendall 45-37 in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Destin Kuyal scored a game high 22 points to lead Holley as Vinny Golisano netted 12 and Avante Walker 7. Kuyal scored 7 in the third quarter and 10 in the fourth to help the Hawks lock up the win.

William Kludt scored 11 and Charlie D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino 7 each for Kendall.

Holley led 23-13 at the half and 32-23 after three quarters.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Dan Aquilina grabs a rebound ahead of the Allegany-Limestone duo of Caleb Strade and Gavin Straub during the host Rams loss to Gators this evening.

Highlighted by a barrage of nine threes, Allegany-Limestone roared out to a commanding 28 point half-time advantage in route to posting a 64-49 win over host Roy-Hart in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Building up leads of 25-8 after the first quarter and 41-13 half the half, the Gators were led by Carson Kwiatkwski who poured in 21 points including five threes and Collin Forrest who hit three threes during that stretch.

Kwiatkowski finished with a game high 30 points and Forrest 11.

Dan Aquilina led Roy-Hart with 19.

Allegany-Limestone will next play at Barker at noon on Saturday.

Albion evened its Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball record at 1-1 by downing defending co-champion Newfane 53-48 this evening at Newfane.

Nate Gibson scored 13 to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Tyler Cody and Wesley Olles both tallied 12 and Kyle Radder 11.

Akron 74, Barker 48
Defending co-champion Akron improved to 2-0 in N-O action with a 74-48 win over Barker.

Blake Gerstung scored 24, including seven threes, to lead the way for Akron as Ben Gerstung added 14 and Derren Brooks 9.

Logan Murrell scored 17, Owen Harris 14 and Anthony Taliaferro 11 for Barker.

N-O Girls Basketball
Newfane 52, Albion 42
Anna Chunco scored 17 and Kameryn Boyer 14 to lead Newfane past Albion 52-42. The Lady Panthers had a total of 25 steals.

Kenzi Snook scored 10, Melia Prince 9 and Julia Knight and Cami London 8 each for Albion.

Akron 54, Barker 30
Elise Monaco scored 12 and Jordan Kinne 10 for Barker in the 54-30 loss to Akron.