Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s veteran quintet includes Lilly Raduns, Alexa Robinson, Addison Dillenbeck, Isabella Groves and Hannah Fox.

Anchored by a group of five returnees, Lyndonville will open Genesee Region League girls basketball competition by hosting Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Lady Tigers veteran quintet includes senior Addison Dillenbeck, juniors Isabella Groves and Lilly Raduns, sophomore Hannah Fox and freshman Alexa Robinson.

Lyndonville’s underclassmen dominated lineup also includes juniors Rylan Townsend, Emily Dill, Brooke Robinson and sophomore Annalee Clark.

The Lady Tigers, which will then host Albion in a non league contest at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, went 4-10 in G-R action and 9-12 overall last season.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s first team honoree Luke Bell.

Albion has placed a total of six players on the B3 Division All-Star football squad.

Senior two-way lineman Luke Bell has been named to the first team. A three year varsity player, Bell made 50 tackles this season, including 39 solo, and had 1 sack.

Senior defensive lineman Seth Krenning has been selected to the second team. Also a three-year varsity player, he led the Purple Eagles in tackles with 54, including 44 solo, and had 6 sacks.

The Purple Eagles also had four Honorable Mention selections.

Those honorees included junior linebackers Kaiden Froman and Nate Gibson, sophomore offensive lineman Jackson Snook and sophomore wide receiver Noah Harrison.

Pulling away in the third quarter, Maryvale went on to down visiting Medina 71-58 this evening in the Mustangs non league season opener.

Leading by a narrow 32-29 margin at the half, the Flyers outscored the Mustangs 22-13 in the third period to open up a 54-42 advantage.

Jerrell Nealy and Preston Woodworth each scored 21 points to lead Medina. Briley Allen and Jimmy Dieter both added 6 and Gordon Young 4. Nealy also grabbed off 8 rebounds and Cole Callard 7.

Medina next visits Dunkirk on Friday for another non league contest. The Mustangs home opener will be next Monday against Lancaster.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jaxon Lynch works toward a technical fall win over Medina’s Roaman Maksimchuk during the Purple Eagles league opening win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Putting last year’s 0-5 league record in the rear view mirror, Albion opened Niagara-Orleans wrestling competition on a high note with a 41-30 victory over rival Medina this evening at Medina.

Pins by Justin Mengs (101), Jayeden Whitney (138), Kaiser Allport (145) and a technical fall win by Jaxon Lynch (152) highlighted the victory for the Purple Eagles.

Brody Fry (285), Reece Senske (124), Luke Duffina (131) and Austin Seefeldt (160) all notched pins for the Mustangs in the sea-saw contest which saw three ties and as many lead changes.

Medina grabbed a 12-0 lead at the outset on a forfeit win and a first period pin by Fry.

Albion though answered back with a first period pin by Mengs and a pair of forfeit wins to take an 18-12 lead.

Medina countered with back-to-back pins by Senske, in 3:16, and Duffina, in 17 seconds, to regain the lead for what proved to be the last time at 24-18.

The Purple Eagles again answered back this time by taking five of the final six bouts to rally for the victory.

Back-to-back pins by Whitney, in 25 seconds, and Allport, in 5:06, put Albion back on top to stay at 30-24.

Lynch’s technical fall win then gave Albion a little breathing room at 35-24 and one point decision wins by Noah Marat (170) and David Rosario (190) then closed out the Purple Eagles victory.

A first period pin by Seefeldt (160) was Medina’s lone win over the final six bouts.

Albion and Medina will next both be competing in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

Albion’s Kaiser Allport in route to scoring a pin over Medina’s Nolan Stanton.

Medina’s Reece Senske works toward a pin over Albion’s Corbin Piccirilli.

Medina’s Austin Seefeldt in route to earning a pin over Albion’s Cencere Lowe.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Holley-Kendall wrestling squad this season will be this veteran quartet. In front are Parker Denning and Brenden Eichas. In back are Hunter Jewell-Smith and Will Kruger.

It will be a busy season opening stretch of dual matches and tournaments for the Holley-Kendall wrestling team over the next 10 days.

Holley-Kendall will open the season with a match at Pavilion-York at 6 p.m. Thursday and then participate in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

Next week, Holley-Kendall will host Medina at Holley on December 12 and then compete in the Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville on Dec. 14.

Seniors Hunter Jewell-Smith and Will Kruger along with sophomores Parker Denning and Brenden Eichas lead the way for Holley-Kendall. Jewell-Smith, who competed in the state tournament last year, went 40-7 while Kruger was 30-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Holley is this veteran trio of Zoey Wolf, Alexis VanAmeron and Alivia Wolf.

Both teams are led by a trio of veterans as Holley and Medina will meet in the first round of the season opening Kendall girls basketball tournament at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Albion will face Kendall in the second game as the consolation and championshi games are scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

Holley is led by seniors Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf and junior Alexis VanAmeron. The Lady Hawks are also looking to junior Ella Turpyn, sophomore Desiree McCormack and freshman Hanna Ostrom.

Medina is paced by the threesome of senior Honesty Hill, junior Ariel Smith and sophomore Alexa Demmer.

Following the tournament Holley will begin Genesee Region League competition at home against Alexander on December 10 while Medina will open Niagara-Orleans League action at Roy-Hart on Dec. 20.

Medina is paced by this veteran trio of Alexa Demmer, Honesty Hill and Ariel Smith.

Pembroke swept visiting Medina and Byron-Bergen swept visiting Roy-Hart/Barker in non league season opening swim meets today.

Pembroke downed Medina 63-30 in the boys’ meet and 51-35 in the girls’ competition.

Bryson Ford was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Jackson Reese doubled in the 100 Free and 500 Free for the Medina boys.

Madison Watts won the 50 Free and Malloree Rinker the 500 Free for the Medina girls.

Byron-Bergen downed Roy-Hart/Barker 48-36 in the boys’ meet and 63-31 in the girls’ competition.

Madelina Pavlock won the 100 Breaststroke for the Roy-Hart/Barker girls.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Seth Krenning, at left, and Kyle Radder battle with LeRoy’s Adam Woodworth for a rebound during this evening’s game at Albion.

Building up a commanding 23 point half-time advantage, LeRoy went on to defeat host Albion 84-41 this evening in the non league season opener for both teams.

Aaric Luce took game high scoring honors with 21 for LeRoy as Jean Agosto and Adam Woodworth both tallied 15 and Jace Jedrewski 10.

Tyler Cody led Albion with 14 as Kyle Radder added 7, Luke Bell and Isaiah Riley 6, Peyton Robinson 4 and Wesley Olles and Nate Gibson 2.

Luce hit four threes and Agosto had 8 points in the opening quarter sparking LeRoy out to a 26-14 lead.

The LeRoy advantage soared to 23, 41-18, at the half and to 30, 62-32, after three quarters. Luce had a three and a four point play in the second quarter while Woodworth had a three and two baskets in the third period.

Albion next visits Palmyra-Macedon on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Roy-Hart and Barker bow

In other non league openers, North Tonawanda downed visiting Roy-Hart 68-41 and Alexander bested host Barker 53-42.

Dan Aquilina scored 18, Erique Powell 9 and Jackson West 6 for Roy-Hart.

Logan Murrell led Barker with 18 as Owen Harris and Anthony Taliaferro both added 8.

Wesley Olles puts up a shot for Albion as Matthew Hockey defends for LeRoy.

Racing out to a 30-8 half-time lead, Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting Alden 55-35 this evening in a season opening non league girls basketball game.

Adella Dukes scored 20 to lead Roy-Hart as Millie Owens added 12, Lila Brigham 8 and Kaitlin Mettler 6.

Roy-Hart next visits JFK on Friday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Getting set to lead the Lady Eagles into this week’s season opening Kendall Tournament is this group of veterans, In front are Stella Kwiatek, Alea Barrett and Sophia Picardo. In back are Lia Larson, Ava LaMay and Addison Kludt. Missing is Brooke Rodas.

The field  includes four Orleans County teams as Kendall will open the season by hosting the Lady Eagles basketball tournament this week.

The opening round will be on Thursday with Holley vs. Medina at 5 p.m. followed by Albion vs. Kendall.

The consolation and championship games will be held on Saturday.

Kendall is led by a group of seven veterans including seniors Ava LaMay and Lia Larson, juniors Alea Barrett, Stella Kwiatek and Brooke Rodas and sophomores Addison Kludt and Sophia Picardo.

The Lady Eagles roster also includes sophomore Mia Price and freshman Isablla D’Agostino.

Kendall will open Genesee Region League competition against Pembroke on December 10.