Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Medina High graduate and University of South Florida junior Melanie Green has scored top 10 finishes in each of the Bulls four tournaments to date this season.

In the season opener, Green finished sixth at the FAU Paradise Invitational with a 6 under par total of 210 on rounds of 66-72-72. USF finished tied for fifth as a team.

Green tied for fifth at The Show in Las Vegas with a 213 total on rounds of 73-71-69. The USF squad finished ninth.

Green also tied for fifth at the Trinity Forest Invitational hosted by SMU at Dallas with a 4 under par total of 212 on rounds of 73-71-68. The USF team finished in third place.

This weekend Green tied for ninth at the storm shortened Valspar Augusta Invitational played at the Forest Hills Golf Course in Augusta, Ga.. She had a two under par total of 142 on rounds of 71-71. The USF team finished sixth.

Contributed Photos – Ryan Mettler and Reanna Perkins

Roy-Hart graduates Ryan Mettler and Reanna Perkins are both off to busy freshman seasons on the collegiate diamonds.

Mettler has played both second base and in the outfield for the Finger Lakes Community College baseball team which is off to a 6-0 start during a season opening trip to Florida.

Majoring in Kinesiology and Human Performance, he is hitting .667 after going 6 of 9 at the plate with 2 doubles and 6 runs batted in.

Perkins has started at shortstop in eight games for the St. Bonaventure University softball team during its season opening trip to Hawaii.

Majoring in Health Science, she drove in the Bonnies lone run in a 1-0 victory over Pacific.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jamel Johnson Jr. drives to the basket ahead of Pembroke’s Cayden Pfalzer during this evening’s Exceptional Seniors games at Medina.

Pulling away with a big second quarter scoring surge, the Genesee Region League completed a sweep by defeating the Niagara-Orleans League 97-74 in the 22nd Exceptional Senior boys basketball game this evening at Medina.

Up by a narrow three point, 21-18, margin after the first quarter, the G-R romped in the second period outpointing the N-O 35-14 to race out to a 24 point, 56-32, half-time advantage. Cayden Pfalzer (Pembroke) scored 14 and Brayden Smith (Oakfield-Alabama) 7 to spearhead that decisive uprising.

The G-R maintained a commanding 22 point, 74-52, advantage at the end of the third quarter.

Pfalzer finished with a game high 21, Smith 17, Terrance Bayly-Henshaw (Wheatland-Chili) 13 and Gianni Ferrara (Byron-Bergen) 10 to lead the way for the G-R. Noah Currier (Oakfield-Alabama) added 8, David Brumsted (Byron-Bergen) 7, Connor Scott (Elba) 6, Kyle Porter (Oakfield-Alabama) and Jon Suro (Pembroke) 5 each, Mason Nicholson (Lyndonville) 3 and Trenton Muck (Lyndonville) 2.

Jamel Johnson Jr. (Roy-Hart) led the N-O with 17 as Aidan Voss (Barker) added 14, Matt Fox (Wilson) 10, Nate Beyer (Roy-Hart) 9, Aquil Gaffney (Albion) and Evan Myers (Newfane) 7 each, Brad Cantrell (Barker) and Drew Romesser (Akron) 3 and Mike Bubar (Wilson) and Logan Wolfe (Wilson) 2. Albion was also represented by Javon Jones and Medina by Aiden Pitts.

Medina’s Aiden Pitts goes high to grab a rebound away from Pembroke’s Jon Suro.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand puts up a shots against Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck during this evening’s Exceptional Senior games at Medina.

Building up a commanding 20 point half-time advantage the Genesee Region League went on to down the Niagara-Orleans League 65-42 in the 22nd Exceptional Seniors girls basketball game this evening at Medina.

Leading by only five, 16-11, at the end of the opening period, the G-R outscored the N-O 24-9 in the decisive second quarter to open up a 40-20 half-time advantage. Lorelei Dillenbeck (Lyndonville) scored 6, Isabel Breeden (Pembroke) 5 and Haley Shaffer (Lyndonville) and Amelia McCulley (Notre Dame) 4 each to lead that surge.

The G-R maintained a 20 point, 52-32, lead at the three-quarter mark.

Breeden finished with 10 and McCulley and Dillenbeck 9 each to lead a parade of 12 G-R scorers. Dayi Cabballero (Byron-Bergen) added 8, Melanie Pohl (Alexander) 6, Karli Houseknecht (Pembroke), Shaffer and Avelin Tomidy (Notre Dame) 4, Ava Wagoner (Byron-Bergen), Kendall Phillips (Byron-Bergen) and Maggie Monachino (Notre Dame) 3 and Lauren Nelson (Wheatland-Chili) 2.

Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand scored a game high 16 to lead the N-O squad as S’koi Sanders (Albion) added 6, Melanie Holtz (Akron) 5, Stella Poler (Medina) and Juliana Buscarino (Roy-Hart) 4, Makenna Elsenheimer (Roy-Hart) 3 and Alexis Cacciatore (Roy-Hart) and Lilah Frerichs (Wilson) 2 each.

Albion’s S’koi Sanders drives against Alexander’s Parker Wolfley.

The Section V football schedule released on Thursday has Holley opening the 8 Man Division season at home against C.G. Finney.

The Hawks other home games will be against Red Jacket on Week 3, Wellsville on Week 4 and Pembroke on Week 7.

Holley’s road games will be at Pembroke on Week 2, at Boliver-Richburg on Week 5, at Finney on Week 6 and at Red Jacket on Week 8.

The times and dates for the games will be announced later.

Since the 8 Man Division has only six teams this year each team will be playing three of its five opponents twice.