Nine local wrestlers earned top four finishes at the Byron-Bergen Varsity Wrestling Tournament today.

Medina had Reece Senske place second at 108 as Conor Crandall (190) and Sawyer Kingsbury (215) both placed third.

For Lyndonville, Ty Holmes (131), Ben Doolan (170) and Sebastian Temish (190) each placed fourth.

For Holley/Kendall, William Kruger took second at 152 and Hunter Jewell-Smith third at 285.

In the girls varsity competition, Makayla Bentley placed third for Holley/Kendall at 100 lbs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Brooke Rodas grabs a rebound as Holley’s Zoey Wolf tries to knock the ball away. The action took place during the host Lady Eagles win over the rival Lady Hawks in the championship game of the Kendall Tournament this afternoon.

Completing a perfect 3-0 opening week, Kendall trimmed rival Holley 40-35 this afternoon in the championship game of the Lady Eagles Tournament.

Danielle Offhaus scored 10 and Alea Barrett 9 to lead Kendall as Addison Kludt added 6 and Ava LaMay, Brooke Rodas and Lia Larson 5 each.

Alivia Wolf took game high scoring honors with 17 and Samantha Bates added 11 to pace Holley as Emma Brady and Jailyn Bishop both had 3 and Zoey Wolf 1.

Holley jumped out to a 15-11 first quarter lead as Alivia Wolf and Bates both hit a pair of threes.

However, the Lady Hawks did not score again from the field until midway through the third quarter.

Kendall took advantage of that drought by rallying into a 25-17 half-time advantage as Kludt and Rodas both hit threes and LaMay had a pair of baskets to key the Lady Eagles big 14-2 second period scoring edge.

Back-to-back baskets by Offhaus upped the Kendall lead to 11 early in the third quarter but Holley rebounded to close the period with a 9-0 run and cut the deficit to just two, 29-27, at the three-quarter mark. Wolf had a three and a two and Bates a basket to lead that rally.

The Lady Hawks though could get no closer as Barrett hit two huge threes to open the final period and give Kendall a little breathing room at 35-27.

Two threes by Alivia Wolf, along with a pair of free throws by Bates, did pull Holley back to within two at 37-35 with 2:50 remaining but the Lady Hawks could not score again.

Kendall finally put a lock on the win on two free throws by Rodas and one by Larson.

Holley’s Samantha Bates puts up a shot as Lia Larson and Ava LaMay (11) defend for Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nevaeh Moss grabs a rebound against Barker’s Keira Dalton during the Mustangs Kendall Tournament consolation game win this afternoon.

Leading from wire to wire, Medina downed Barker 35-30 this afternoon in the consolation game of the Kendall girls basketball tournament.

Nevaeh Moss scored 11 and Honesty Hill 9 to lead the way for Medina as Ariel Smith chipped in with 6, Iyla Lilleby 5 and Angel Mulcahy 4.

Rachel Sutter tallied 11 and Keira Dalton 10 to spark Barker as Cole Carnes added 5 and Addison Szafranski and Lillia Peace 2 each.

Medina grabbed a 7-4 first quarter lead as Mulcahy had a pair of baskets.

The Mustangs went on to maintain leads of 18-12 at the half and 25-19 at the three-quarter mark. Smith had a three in both of the middle two quarters as Hill had a pair of baskets in the second period.

Dalton and Sutter both had a pair of baskets for Barker in the final period but the Lady Bulldogs could get no closer than four.

Moss had three big baskets for the Mustangs down the stretch as Hill added a basket and Lilleby a pair of free throws to help lock up the win.

Medina is now 1-1 and Barker 0-2.

Barker’s Cole Carnes tries to drive by Medina defender Ariel Smith.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Blake Preston tries for a rebound surrounded by the Pal-Mac trio of Carsen Ribstein (0), Camron Quick (1) and Logan Bauer (22). The action took place during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Red Raiders this evening.

Racing out to a commanding 23 point half-time advantage, Palmyra-Macedon went on to defeat host Albion 67-37 this evening in a season opening non league boys basketball game.

Brayden Leo and Carter Young each scored 16 to lead the fast break oriented attack for Pal-Mac which was up 21-10 after the first quarter, 40-17 at the half and 55-30 at the three-quarter mark. Young scored 13 of his points in the first half and Leo tallied all of his in the second half.

Blake Preston shared game high scoring honors with 16 for Albion as Kyle Radder and Xavier Byrd both added 5, Tyler Cody 4, John Eibl 3 and Auston Johnson and Seth Krenning 2 each.

Albion next hosts Midlakes at 7 p.m. Tuesday in another non league contest.

The evening’s other non league contest, Barker at Lyndonville, was postponed.

Albion’s Auston Johnson goes up for a shot against Pal-Mac defenders Brayden Leo (3) and Carter Young (5).

Girls Basketball
LeRoy 66, Albion 19
LeRoy roared out to a 32-9 half-time lead in route to downing visiting Albion 66-19 in a season opening non league girls contest.

Julia Knight scored 6 and Madison Hughson 4 for Albion. Knight also grabbed off 9 rebounds.

Albion next hosts Pembroke in another non league game at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Medina wrestling squad into the upcoming season will be this group of veterans. In front are Sawyer Kingsbury, Brennan Allen, Reese Senske and Liam Castricone. In back are Lukas Grimes, Austin Seefeldt, Conor Crandall, Luke Duffina and Brody Fry.

Medina and Albion will both open the high school wrestling season by competing in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

The Mustangs and Purple Eagles will then also both take part in Lyndonville’s Fred Large Memorial Tournament on December 9. In between the Mustangs will host Williamsville South in a non league dual meet on Dec. 7.

Leading Albion will be veterans Josh Bovenzi, left, and Mason Lynch.

Medina is led by the veteran group of seniors Conor Crandall (215), Sawyer Kingsbury (285) and Liam Castricone (131) along with juniors Brody Fry (215), Reese Senske (116), Austin Seefeldt (152), Lukas Grimes (190), sophomore Luke Duffina (131) and freshman Brennan Allen (160).

Crandall and Kingsbury both captured Niagara-Orleans Tournament titles last year while Fry, Seefeldt and Duffina each placed second.

Albion is led by the senior duo of Josh Bovenzi (170) and Mason Lynch (285). Lynch placed second at the N-O Tournament,

The Purple Eagles other upperclassmen include senior Andrew Hill (138) along with juniors Dillon DiGuilio (285), Cencere Lowe (160) and Noah Marat (160).

Both teams will open N-O competition on Dec. 13 as Medina visits defending champion Newfane and Albion travels to Akron. The Mustangs finished in the runner-up spot at 4-1 last year behind the 5-0 Panthers.

Holley defeated Barker 45-24 and host Kendall downed Medina 43-13 this evening in the opening round of the Lady Eagles girls basketball tournament.

Holley will now face Kendall in the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday. Barker will take on Medina in the consolation game at 2 p.m.

Alivia Wolf scored 14, Zoey Wolf 7 and Samantha Bates and Jailyn Bishop 6 each to spark Holley. Bates also had 10 steals as Alivia and Zoey Wolf each had 8.

Kiera Dalton scored 9 to lead Barker.

Ava LaMay scored 15, Danielle Offhaus 9 and Brooke Rodas 7 to lead the way for Kendall which held a 21-2 lead at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Bella Groves drives by Elba’s Kennedy Augello as Addison Dillenbeck sets a pick during the host Lady Tigers loss to the Lady Lancers this evening.

Led by a trio of double figure scorers, Elba downed host Lyndonville 55-36 this evening in the Genesee Region League girls basketball season opener.

Sydney Reilly scored a game high 17, Lydia Ross 15 and Mariah Ognibene 10 for Elba as Madalyn Hall added 8, Brea Smith 3 and Ava Burzek 2.

Addison Dillenbeck led Lyndonville with 12. Ashlee Stephens added 6, Bella Groves 5, Alexa Robinson and Lilly Raduns 4, Katelynn Breeze 3 and Kayli Miller 2 for the Lady Tigers.

Trailing 12-10 after the first quarter, Lyndonville pulled even three times early in the second period but could not take the lead. Elba answered with a key 9-0 run to close the period and regain the lead for good by a 25-16 margin at the half. The Lady Lancers upped the advantage to 14, 46-32, at the three-quarter mark.

Lyndonville’s Alexa Robinson puts up a shot as Elba’s Sydney Reilly attempts to block.

Roy-Hart/Barker and Albion both scored a pair of non league victories on the road this evening to open the local swim season.

Roy-Hart/Barker defeated Wheatland-Chili 91-49 in the boys’ meet and 94-43 in the girls’ competition.

The Channel Cats had a trio of individual event double winners as Carson Hashem took the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly, Julia Miles the 50 Free and 100 Free and Madelina Pavlock the 200 Free and 100 Backstroke.

Albion bested Oakfield-Alabama 57-20 in the boys’ meet and 54-36 in the girls’. The Purple Eagles got double win efforts from Finn McCue and Kiera Sidari.

Medina was defeated at Pembroke losing the boys’ meet 55-37 and the girls’ 49-40. The Seahorses had Caiden Class win both the 200 Free and 500 Free and Madelynn Rutledge the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Lyndonville into the upcoming wrestling season will be this group of veterans. In front are Shannon Withey and Ty Holmes. In back are Patrick Hargrave, Sebastian Temich and Brody Hazel.

Anchored by a nucleus of five returning place finishers, Lyndonville will begin prepping to defend its Section V Class B3 wrestling title by competing in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

The Tigers veteran quintet includes seniors Sebastian Temich (190) and Patrick Hargravs (215), junior Ty Holmes (131) and freshmen Brody Hazel (145) and Shannon Withey (138).

Temich, who had 37 regular season wins, and Holmes both earned first place finishes at the Section V B3 Tournament while Hazel placed fourth, Hargrave fifth and Withey sixth.

The Tigers graduation losses included B3 champion Payton Grabowski and runners-up Christian Garver, Sam Doolan and Chyenne Tackley.

The B-B Tourney begins a busy month of December for the Tigers who are co-coached by Joey Suhr and Jim Zeliff.

The Tigers will next host their own Fred Large Memorial Tournament on Dec. 9 and then visit Albion on Dec. 14, compete in the NCCC Tournament on Dec. 15 and 16, host Pavilion/York on Dec. 21 and take part in the Bolivar-Richburg Tournament on Dec. 28 and 29.

The annual Kendall girls basketball tournament will get underway on Thursday with Barker vs. Holley at 5 p.m. and Medina vs. the host Lady Eagles at 7 p.m.

The consolation and championship games are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday.

Also Thursday evening, Lyndonville will host Elba at 7 p.m. in a Genesee Region League girls basketball opener.

In non league boys basketball action on Friday, Lyndonville will host Barker at 6:30 p.m. and Albion will entertain Palmyra-Macedon at 7 p.m.

Also on Friday a non league girls basketball game will have Albion at LeRoy at 7 p.m.

Cal-Mum 68, Lyndonville 25
Roaring out to a 30-4 first quarter lead, Caledonia-Mumford went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 68-25 in a season opening non league boys basketball game this evening.

Jacob Pitcher scored 10, Colton Smith 7, Justin Higgins 6 and Dan Berry 2 for Lyndonville which trailed 48-7 at the half and 63-15 after three quarters.