Claiming a share of a fifth straight league title, Roy-Hart/Barker bested visiting Newfane 109-55 in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans boys swim meet today.

Roy-Hart/Barker and Albion finish the season as N-O co-champions with identical 7-1 records.

Carson Hashem was an individual event double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Roy-Hart/Barker as Nick Armenia won the 100 Butterfly, Garrett Armenia the 500 Free, Sean Labiak the 100 Backstroke and Garrett Glyshaw the 100 Breaststroke.

Newfane got wins from Noah Kneeland in the 200 Free and Dylan Lamont in the 200 Individual Medley.

The Roy-Hart/Barker girls squad completed a 7-0-1 N-O title season, by tying with Newfane 85-85.

Julia Miles won both the 50 Free and 100 Free for Roy-Hart/ Barker as Ava Achtyl took the 500 Free.

Kimberly Schmitt doubled in the 200 Free and Breaststroke for Newfane as Avery Stevenson took the IM, Lydia Lamont the Butterfly and Lauren Enderton the Backstroke.

N-O Boys Basketball
Akron 60, Albion 44
Building up a 37-24 half-time advantage, Akron went on to down visiting Albion 60-44 in an N-O League game this afternoon.

Akron improve to 6-1 and Albion slips to 1-6.

Blake Gerstung scored 10 and Ben Gerstung 8 to lead the balanced attack for Akron which got point production from nine players.

Kyle Radder score 12 and Blake Preston 10 for Albion.

Barker outlasted host Roy-Hart 64-61 in overtime in a Niagara-Orleans League contest this evening.

Owen Harris made two clutch free throws for Barker to knot the score at 59-59 and send the contest into overtime.

The Bulldogs retied the contest at 61-61 in overtime on a pair of free throws by Luey Castro and then claimed the victory on a three by Logan Murrell.

Castro finished with a game high 31 as Donovan Hefferon added 11, Isaac Monaco 9 Aidan Mescall 6, Harris 4 and Murrell 3.

Rem Albee scored 16 and Jackson Webber 15 to lead Roy-Hart.

Both teams are now 2-4 at the halfway point of the N-O season.

Holley 62, Lyndonville 25
Building up a 32-15 half-time advantage, Holley went on to down host Lyndonville 62-25 in a Genesee Region League contest.

Destin Kuyal scored 19 and Vinny Golisano 16 to lead the Hawks.

Jacob Pitcher led the Tigers with 7.

Alexander 80, Kendall 52
Austin Wakefield scored 16, Jacek Kwiatkowski 12 and Hunter Richards 9 to lead Kendall in an 80-52 G-R loss at Alexander.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Justin Pitts scored a game high 24, including this three to close the first half, leading the Mustangs to a 63-54 home court win over Wilson this evening.

Making it three wins in a row, Medina downed visiting Wilson 63-54 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Justin Pitts poured in a season high 24 points, including five threes, to lead the Medina attack. Preston Woodworth added 14, Jerrell Nealy 9, Cole Callard 6, Christian Moss 4 and Elijah Doxey and Alex Benz 3 each.

Blake Martin scored 19 and Aidan Neumann 18 to lead Wilson as Ryan Hough added 8, Brock Lepsch 4, Jack Mahar 3 and Connor Peck 2.

Medina grabbed a 20-16 first quarter lead as Nealy scored 8 and Pitts, Woodworth and Benz all hit threes, the later coming in the final second.

Martin hit two threes and Neumann and Mahar one each during that stretch to keep Wilson close.

The Mustangs increased their lead a bit to 8, 36-28, at the half as Pitts had two threes, Woodworth one and Callard a three-point play in the second stanza. Pitts’ second three came at the buzzer.

The Lakemen did close to within one, 38-37, early in the third period after two threes by Neumann and one by Martin but could get no closer.

The Mustangs answered with a key 12-2 run to close the period and regain an 11 point, 50-39 advantage at the three-quarter mark. Woodworth scored the first eight during that run on two threes and a two and Pitts added the final four on a pair of buckets.

Two more threes by Pitts and one by Callard helped Medina increase its lead to 16, 61-45, with 3:30 remaining in the final period.

Medina improves to 3-2 in N-O action and Wilson slips to 2-4.

Medina’s Preston Woodworth puts up a shot over Wilson defender Blake Martin.

Moving on top to stay in the third quarter, Lyndonville went on to defeat Holley 43-33 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening at Holley.

Breaking away from a 16-26 half-time deadlock, Lyndonville outscored Holley 17-10 in the third period to move out to a 33-26 advantage.

Addison Dillenbeck, Bella Groves and Alexa Robinson all hit threes and Ashlee Stephens had a three-point play to lead the Lady Tigers during that decisive surge. Dillenbeck had a total of 7 points in the period.

A basket by Groves and a three by Dillenbeck quickly upped the Lady Tigers lead to 12, 38-26, at the outset of the final period and the Lady Hawks could get no closer than 8 after that.

Dillenbeck and Stephens both finished with 12 and Groves 10 to lead Lyndonville as Robinson added 7 and Lilly Raduns 2.

Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolfe each scored 11 for Holley as Samantha Bates added 9 and Emma Brady 2.

Wilson 62, Medina 29
League leading defending champion Wilson improved to 6-0 by downing visiting Medina 62-29 in a Niagara-Orleans contest.

Peyton McInnis scored a game high 19, Rian Faery 12 and Bella Thrush 10 to lead a parade of 10 Wilson point getters.

Alexa Demmer scored 11 and Honest Hill 7 for Medina.

Roy-Hart 36, Barker 31
Trailing 28-21, Roy-Hart rallied with a 15-3 fourth quarter scoring surge to down Barker 36-31 in the other N-O contest.

Courtney Aquilina, Adella Dukes and Macie Sidor each scored 7 and Lila Brigham 5 to pace Roy-Hart.

Rachel Sutter led Barker with 9 as Michayla Greene, Hailey Dodge and Keira Dalton each added 6.

Roy-Hart is now 2-3 and Barker 0-6 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Matt Kania won both the 100 Breaststroke and 50 Freestyle to help the Purple Eagles down host Medina today and clinch at least a tie for the Niagara–Orleans League championship.

Clinching at least a tie for the title, Albion downed rival Medina 93-61 in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet this evening at Medina.

Albion, which last claimed the N-O crown during the 2018-19 season, finishes the league campaign at 7-1.

Roy-Hart/Barker, which is currently at 6-1, can claim a share of the title with a win over Newfane in the Channel Cats season finale. That meet was scheduled for today but has been postponed.

The Purple Eagles had a trio of individual event double winners as Finn McCue captured the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly, Mark Ames the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Matt Kania the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke. Joel Slack also scored a win in the 100 Free.

Justin Kania was on all three winning relays for the Purple Eagles while Slack, Matt Kania, McCue and Mason Giattino were each on two.

Medina got a win from Caiden Class in the 500 Free.

The Albion girls completed the sweep by downing Medina 101-62 to finish the season at 6-2.

Keira Sidari was a double winner in the IM and Butterfly and Autumn Flugel in the 50 Free and 100 Free. Mia Olles also won the 200 Free and Willow Gaines the Breaststroke.

Gaines was also on all three winning relays while Maggie Olles, Keira Sidari and Mia Olles were each on two.

For Medina, Madeline Mark won the 500 Free and Madelynn Rutledge the Backstroke.

Albion’s Mia Olles heads to a win in the 200 Freestyle.

In action for Medina are Madeline Mark in the 500 Free and Aidan Papaj in the 100 Free.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brennan Allen works toward a win over Albion’s Noah Marat during the Mustangs victory over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

In a match dominated by forfeits, Medina downed rival Albion 48-24 in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening at Albion.

In all 9 of the 13 scheduled bouts were decided by forfeits. Both teams had four forfeit wins and there was also a double forfeit.

Medina won the four bouts that were decided on the mat on pins by Liam Castricone (131) in 1:24, Brennan Allen in 3:17, Sawyer Kingsbury in 2:47 and Reece Senske on 1:29.

Medina finishes the dual match portion of the N-O season at 4-1 and Albion  at 0-5.

The Roy-Hart vs. Newfane and Akron vs. Wilson matches were postponed due to the weather.

Albion will next host the N-O All-League Tournament on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.

Medina’s Reece Senske in route to earning a win over Albion’s Wesley LeFrois.

Building up an 18 point half-time advantage, Wheatland-Chili went on to defeat Kendall 58-41 in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening at Kendall.

The Wildcats led 15-8 after the first quarter, 32-14 at the half and 48-26 at the three-quarter mark.

Louis Conte scored 16 and Hunter Richards 10 to lead Kendall.

The Lyndonville vs. Pembroke and Holley vs. Elba games were postponed due to the weather.

Staying perfect at 7-0, the defending champion Roy-Hart/Barker girls swim team locked up the Niagara-Orleans League title with a 102-57 victory over visiting Medina this evening.

Madelina Pavlock doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Breaststroke, Ava Achtyl in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free, Sophia Santella in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly and Julia Miles in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke to lead the Channel Cats.

The Roy-Hart/Barker boys squad downed Medina 91-63 to pull into a tie for the N-O lead with Albion at 6-1.

Roy-Hart/Barker will close out the regular N-O season by hosting Newfane on Thursday while Albion visits Medina.

Sean Labiak won both the 200 Free and 500 Free, Nick Armenia the IM and Butterfly and Carson Hashem the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Channel Cats as Garrett Glyshaw added a win in the Breaststoke.

Jackson Reese won the Backstroke for Medina.

In the other N-O meet Akron and Newfane split. Akron won the boys’ meet 77.5-73.5 and Newfane the girls’ competition 95-65.

Individual event double winners included Colten Cleveland (200 Free and 500 Free) and Audrey Garverick (200 Free and 500 Free) for Akron along with Noah Kneeland (50 Free and Breaststroke) and Kimberly Schmitt (IM and Breaststroke) for Newfane.

Pulling away in the second half, Medina downed visiting Barker 48-33 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Leading by a narrow 25-21 margin at the half, Medina outscored Barker 23-12 in the second half to lock up the win.

Alexa Demmer and Iyla Lilleby both scored 12 and Honesty Hill 10 to lead Medina as Ariel Smith added 7, Angel Mulcahy 4 and Nevaeh Moss 3.

Lillia Peace scored 7, Addison Szafranski and Rachel Sutter 6 and Makayla Greene and Kiera Dalton 5 to lead Barker.

Medina is now 1-2 and Barker 0-5 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart 36, Albion 33
Trailing 24-23, Roy-Hart rallied to outscore Albion 13-9 in the final period and claim a narrow 36-33 N-O win.

Adella Dukes scored 8 and Madison DiNieri 7 to lead Roy-Hart’s balanced attack as Madison Hughson took game high honors for Albion with 13.

Roy-Hart is now 1-3 and Albion 2-4 in N-O competition.

Akron 52, Newfane 40
Sloan Jonathan scored 25 to lead Akron to a 52-40 N-O win over Newfane.

Akron is now 5-1 and Newfane 3-2 in N-O action.

G-R Roundup
Pembroke downed Lyndonville 55-46, Elba bested Holley 58-31 and Wheatland-Chili trimmed Kendall 38-32 in Genesee Region League games this evening.

Reagan Schneider scored 18, Peyton Liss 13, Jayden Hootman 11 and Morgan Coniber 10 to lead Pembroke.

Addison Dillenbeck scored a game high 28 and Ashlee Stephens had 13 for Lyndonville.

Sydney Riley scored 29 and Lydia Ross 14 to spark Elba.

Alivia Wolf and Samantha Bates each scored 9 and Zoey Wolf 8 for Holley.

Danielle Offhaus, Brooke Rodas and Stella Kwiatek each scored 6 for Kendall.

Phots by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Moss puts up a shot against Barker defender Isaac Monaco during the Mustangs narrow win over the host Bulldogs this evening.

Six points proved to be the biggest lead for either team as Medina trimmed host Barker 59-55 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Christian Moss poured in 21 points and Jerrell Nealy 20 to spearhead the Medina offense as Cole Callard added 9, Trevon Shine 4, Preston Woodworth 3 and Elijah Doxey 2.

Luey Castro took game high honors with 22 for Barker as Adan Mescall chipped in with 12, Isaac Monaco 9, Logan Murrell and Donovan Hefferon 5 and Owen Harris 2.

That six point lead came at the outset as Barker took a 6-0 advantage on a three-point play by Castro and a three by Murrell.

The Bulldogs went on to hold a 9-7 lead at the end of the low scoring opening period but the Mustangs answered with a 21-16 second quarter scoring edge to rally into a 28-35 lead at the half.

Moss scored 10 and Nealy 9 in the opening half for the Mustangs as Woodworth and Callard both hit threes. Castro paced the Bulldogs during that stretch with 12.

The lead changed hands three times in the third period which finished with Medina maintaining a slender 47-45 advantage.

Moss tallied 7, Callard 6 and Nealy 4 to pace the Mustangs in the third period while Mescall hit three threes to keep the Bulldogs close as Castro added 5 points and Monaco 4.

Another three by Mescall put Barker up 48-47 to open the decisive final period.

The lead then changed hands after each of the next three tallies as baskets by Nealy and Moss put Medina back on top to stay at 53-50 midway through the period.

Moss and Nealy then traded scored with Castro over the next three minutes to keep the Mustang up 57-55.

Free throws in the final 10 seconds by Shine and Nealy then closed out the Mustangs narrow win.

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

Barker’s Luey Castro goes up for a shot against Medina defender Preston Woodworth.

Roy-Hart 66, Albion 60

Rebounding from a 12 point halftime deficit, Roy-Hart rallied to down host Albion 66-60 in an N-O contest.

Trailing 35-23 at the half, Roy-Hart outscored Albion 43-25 in the second half to claim the win.

The Rams rallied to within four, 49-45, after three quarters and then outpointed the Purple Eagles 21-11 in the final stanza to clam the win.

Rem Albee scored 22, Dan Aquilina 19 and Jackson Webber 11 to lead Roy-Hart.

Blake Preston paced Albion with 21 as Seth Krenning added 9 and Kyle Radder and John Eibl 7.

Roy-Hart is now 2-3 and Albion 1-5 in N-O competition.

Newfane 73, Akron 43
Defending champion Newfane rolled to a 30 point, 73-43, victory over Akron in a key midseason battle of the unbeatens to take over the N-O lead.

Newfane is now 5-0 and Akron 5-1.

Landan Braman had 16 to lead a quartet of Newfane players hitting double figures while Blake Gerstung led Akron with 13.

Medina’s Elijah Doxey put up a shot as Isaac Monaco (2) and Owen Harris (1) defend for Barker.