Photo’s by Cheryl Wertman – Holley-Kendall’s Will Kruger works toward a win over Wilson’s David Gurski at Lyndonville’s Fred Large Memorial Tournament today.

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

Reece Senske won at 108 lbs. and Brody Fry at 215 for the Mustangs.

Senske, who had a quick 50 second pin in the semifinals, decisioned Kaleb Beardsley from Pavilion/York 4-0 in the finals.

Fry, who advanced to the finals with two pins and a decision win, edged Dominic Fanaro from Warsaw 4-2 in his title match.

Medina also had Brennan Allen finish second at 160, Sawyer Kingsbury third at 215 and Austin Seefeldt fourth at 152.

Roy-Hart/Barker had a champion at 116 as Lucas Kimber nipped Thomas Crumpler from Niagara Falls 9-8 in the finals. He advanced to the finals with a pair of first period pins.

Joel Hickman (152) and Ronan Klug (170) both finished third and Luke Fay (131) fourth for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Holley-Kendall had Will Kruger (152) and Hunter Jewell-Smith (285) both finish second and Andrew Cole (124) fourth.

Host Lyndonville had Ty Holmes (124) and Sebastian Temich (190) both finish second and Justin Holmes (101) third.

In the girls competition, Holley/Kendall had Makayla Bentley (101) place second and Layla Rasmusson (116) and Leann Clay (124) third.

In the JV competition, Albion’s Jaxon Lynch took first at 138 while second place finishes were earned by Albion’s Wesley LeFrois (116), Lyndonville’s Chanse Amsdill (101) and Holley-Kendall’s Parker Denning (124).

The final varsity team standings had Medina finishing 5th, Roy-Hart/Barker 7th, Lyndonville 8th and Holley-Kendall 9th as Wayne Central took top honors.

Roy-Hart/Barker’s Joel Hickman in route to earning a win over East Rochester’s Stephen Williams.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley/Lyndonville’s Destin Kuyal earns first team Section V All-Star honors.

Holley/Lyndonville has placed four players on the Section V 8 Man Division All-Star football squad.

The Hawks are represented on the first team by junior quarterback/linebacker Destin Kuyal. He rushed for 637 yards and 10 touchdowns and passed for 546 yards and 3 TDs. On defense he made 62 tackles, 7 for losses, and had a fumble recovery.

Holley/Lyndonville is represented on the second team by senior lineman Anthony Falatto, junior running back/defensive lineman Hunter Jewell Smith and junior wide receiver/linebacker Jacob Pitcher.

Undefeated champion Pembroke has placed five players on the first team including seniors Tyson Totten (RB/LB), Jayden Mast (OL/DL) and Jeremy Gabbey (OL) along with juniors Caleb Felski (FB/LB) and Jayden Bridge (OL/DE). Totten was named Offensive Player of the Year.

The Dragons also placed three players on the second team including seniors Ben Steinberg (OL) and Sean Pustulka (DB/K) and junior Octavius Martin (OL/DL).

Cal-Mum/Byron-Bergen placed the senior trio of Damon Linzy (TE/DL), Max Wilson (TE/DL) and Anthony Leach (RB/LB) on the first team and the duo of senior Austin Pittman (QB/DB) and junior Ethan Larzelere (OL/DL) on the second team.

Rounding out the first team are seniors Caden Allen (QB/LB) and Zachary Mitchell (OL/LB) and junior Tavya MacDowell (RB/DE) from Bolivar-Richburg; seniors Micah Harshfield (QB/LB) and Matt Allen (RB/LB) from Red Jacket and sophomores Brennen Geffers (QB/DB) and Trenton Green (WR/DE) from Wellsville. Caden Allen was named Defensive Player of the Year.

Building up leads of 26-10 at the half and 37-21 after three-quarters, Kendall went on to score a 57-48 victory over host Perry in the Eagles non league season opener this evening.

Louie Conte scored 13 and Jacek Kwiatkowski 11 to lead Kendall as Austin Wakefield added 8, Will Kludt 7 and Austin Werth, Hunter Richards and Jonas Rhodes 6 each. Conte also had 9 rebounds and Wakefield 5 assists and 4 steals.

Lancaster 70, Medina 26
Steadily pulling away, Class AAA Lancaster posted a 70-26 win over visiting Class B1 Medina in a non league game.

Jordan Alexander poured in a game high 31 points, including 21 in the first half, to set the pace for Lancaster which led by margins of 17-5 after the first quarter, 34-13 at the half and 59-19 at the three-quarter mark.

Preston Woodworth led Medina with 14 as Christian Moss added 4, Elijah Doxey and Roosevelt Mitchell 3 each and Kaedon Cleveland 2.

Now at 0-2, Medina next visits West Seneca West on Wednesday in another non league contest.

Notre Dame 72, Roy-Hart 56.
Trailing by two, 37-35, at the half, Notre Dame used a big 22-9 third period scoring edge to rally into a 57-46 lead in route to posting a 72-56 non league win over visiting Roy-Hart.

Jaden Sherwood scored 23 and Jay Antinore 11 to lead the way for Notre Dame.

Dan Aqulina scored a game high 25, Rem Albee 10 and Brayden Ricker 7 for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Addison Dillenbeck, left, and Ashlee Stephens led Lyndonville to a road win at Wheatland-Chili this evening.

Holley and Kendall both scored home court non league girls basketball victories this evening.

Holley downed Medina 50-39 and Kendall bested Northstar 48-26.

Lyndonville defeated host Wheatland-Chili 59-37 in a Genesee Region League contest.

Holley 50, Medina 39
Samantha Bates scored 15, Alivia Wolf 11, Emma Brady 9, Jailyn Bishop 8 and Zoey Wolf 7 to lead the balanced attack for Holley.

Iyla Lilleby tallied 15, Honesty Hill 11, Nevaeh Moss 8, Ariel Smith 3 and Adeline Castricone 2 for Medina.

Up 11-7 after the first quarter, Holley extended its lead to 25-13 at the half as Bates hit two threes and Bishop netted a pair of baskets in the second period.

Medina though used a 15-7 third period scoring edge, including 7 by Lilleby and 5 by Moss, to cut the deficit to 32-28 after three quarters.

A three by Smith to open the final period pulled Medina to within one at 32-31 but the Mustangs would get no closer.

Holley answered with decisive 15-0 scoring surge, including 6 by Brady, 5 by Alivia Wolf and 4 by Bates to pull away for good at 47-31.

Kendall 48, Northstar 26
Kendall used a big third period scoring edge to lock up a 48-26 win over Northstar.

Leading 20-12 at the half, Kendall used an 18-10 third period surge to pull away for good. Danielle Offhaus scored 6 and Ava LaMay 4 to lead that uprising.

Offhaus finished with 14, LaMay 9, Alea Barrett 8, Addison Kludt 6, Brooke Rodas 5, Lia Larson 4 and Stella Kwiatek 2 for the Lady Eagles which improve to 5-0 on the young season.

Lyndonville 59, Wheatland-Chili 37
Jumping out to a 24-6 first quarter lead, Lyndonville went on to down Wheatland-Chili 59-37.

Addison Dillenbeck scored 10 and Ashleee Stephens and Bella Groves 6 each to lead the way in the opening quarter for the Lady Tigers which went on to hold leads of 35-17 at the half and 43-29 after three quarters.

Dillenbeck finished with 26, Stephens 19, Groves 8 and Elizabeth Whipple, Lilly Raduns and Brooke Robinson 2 each. Stephens also grabbed off 17 rebounds.

Roy-Hart 37, Maryale 33

Trailing 30-23, Roy-Hart rallied with a big 14-3 fourth quarter scoring surge to down visiting Maryvale 37-33 in a non league game.

Madison DiNeri and Adella Duke each scored 6 to lead the Lady Rams big stretch run rally.

DiNeri finished with 17 and Dukes 11.

Elba 69, Barker 17

Sydney Reilly scored 21 and Lydia Ross 20 to lead Elba to a 69-17 win over Barker whose leading scorer was Keira Dalton with 6.

Albion opened the Niagara-Orleans League swim season with a sweep of host Akron Thursday.

The Purple Eagles won the boys’ meet 84-74 and the girls’ competition 92-64.

Finn McCue captured both the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly for the Albion boys squad which also had Joel Slack win the 100 Free, Mark Ames the 100 Backstroke and Matt Kania the 100 Breaststroke. McCue and Justin Kania were also both on two winning relays.

The Albion girls had a pair of individual event double winners as Keira Sidari took both the 100 Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley and Mia Olles the 200 Free and 100 Free. Maggie Olles also captured the 50 Free and Willow Gaines the 100 Breaststoke. Sidari, Mia Olles and Gaines were each also on two winning relays.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Sawyer Kingsbury works toward a pin over Williamsville South’s Austin Knab during the Mustangs home mat win this evening.

Six second period pins keyed Medina to a 42-20 victory over visiting Williamsville South in a non league wrestling match this evening.

Luke Duffina (131), Liam Castricone (138), Austin Seefeldt (152), Conor Crandall (190), Sawyer Kingsbury (285) and Reece Senske (108) took turns notching the pins for the Mustangs.

Medina will next compete in Lyndonville’s Fred Large Memorial Tournament on Saturday.

Medina’s Reece Senske in route to scoring a pin over Gianni Angelo of Williamsville South.

Wrestlers from 20 area schools will be competing in the annual Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville on Saturday.

The tournament honors the memory of Fred Large who organized the Lyndonville wrestling program during the 1960’s and led the Tigers to a number of Genesee Region League and Section V titles.

Competition in the varsity and JV tourney is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

In addition to the host Tigers the tournament field will include Albion, Medina, Holley-Kendall, Roy-Hart/Barker, Akron, Wilson, Byron-Bergen, Brighton, CSAT, East Rochester, Kenmore West, Lockport, McQuaid, Niagara Falls, North Rose-Wolcott, Pavilion/York, Warsaw, Wayne and Williamson.

Along with honoring the memory of Fred Large, the tournament will also continue a special tradition of holding a Toy and Gift Card Drive to benefit inpatient families on the Oncology floor at Golisano’s Children’s Hospital in Rochester and to raise awareness of childhood cancer.

All toy, gift card and monetary donations made by fans attending the tournament will go directly to those needy families at Golisano’s.

The cause has a special meaning for Lyndonville Co-Coach Joey Suhr whose daughter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2016.

Long range shooting early in the final period helped key Kenmore East to a 50-39 win over visiting Medina in the non league boys basketball season opener for both teams this evening.

Leading by a narrow two point, 31-29, margin, Ken East opened the decisive final period with an 11-3 run, including three key threes, to open up a 10 point, 42-32 lead and Medina could get no closer than five after that.

Preston Woodworth led Medina with 12 as Cole Callard added 9, Jerrell Nealy 7, Justin Pitts 5. Trevon Shine 4 and Elijah Doxey 2.

Ken East jumped out to a 15-6 lead but Medina rallied back to within two once in the second quarter on a basket by Shine and three times in the third period on tallies by Woodworth and Nealy but could never pull even.

Medina next visits Lancaster at 7 p.m. Friday in another non league contest.

Notre Dame 71, Barker 46
Leading 33-21 at the half, Notre Dame used a big 28 point third period scoring surge to lock up a 71-46 non league win over Barker.

Ryan Fitzpatrick scored 20, including three threes in the decisive third period, to lead the way for Notre Dame.

Luey Castro scored 12, Isaac Monaco 11 and Logan Murrell 10 for Barker.

Oakfield-Alabama 58, Holley 57
Oakfield-Alabama nipped host Holley 58-57 on a rare four point play by Gavin Armbrewster at the buzzer.

Vinny Golisano scored 19, Destin Kuyal 13 and Josh Silpoch 9 for Holley.

Holley led 26-23 at the half.

Kendall outlasted visiting Pembroke 48-43 in overtime this evening to open the Genesee Region League girls basketball season.

Danielle Offhaus scored 4 of her 17 points in the overtime period to help Kendall lock up the win.

Ava LaMay added 8, Addison Kludt 7, Stella Kwiatek 6, Alea Barrett and Lia Larson 4 and Brooke Rodas 2 for the Lady Eagles.

Reagan Schneider led Pembroke with 19,

The contest was tied 41-41 at the end of regulation time.

In another G-R contest, Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 47-26.

Lyndonville 45, DeHostos 23
Lyndonville downed visiting DeHostos Charter 45-23 as Addison Dillenbeck and Alexa Robinson each scored 13 and Ashlee Stephens 10.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 21-4 first quarter lead and was up 33-7 at the half. Dillenbeck and Stephens both scored 7 and Robinson 5 in the opening period.

Cleveland Hill 41, Roy-Hart 34
Building up a 27-12 half-time advantage, Cleveland Hill went on to down visiting Roy-Hart 41-34 this evening in a non league contest.

Adella Dukes scored 8, Juliana Terwilliger and Millie Owens 6, Macie Sidor and Madison DiNeri 5 in the season opener for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley-Kendall’s Kohle Pachia in route to scoring a pin over Albion’s Andrew Hill during this evening’s non league match at Albion.

A combination of three pins and five forfeits earned Holley-Kendall a 48-24 win over Albion in a non league wrestling match this evening at Albion.

Kohle Pachia (131), William Kruger (160) and Hunter Jewell Smith (285) registered the pins for Holley-Kendall whose other 30 points came via the five forfeit wins.

Albion’s 24 points came on four pins registered by Wesley LeFrois (116), Jaxon Lynch (138), Noah Harrison (145) and Cencere Lowe (170).

Albion’s Jaxon Lynch works to pin Holley-Kendall’s Ethan Hardenbrook.