Local Sports
Akron senior caps career in record fashion

Contributed Photo – Capping off her varsity career on a high note, Akron senior TigerShark Mayah Harris captured the only first place for the Niagara-Orleans League at the Genesee Region League vs. N-O Crossover meet held this past Friday as she broke her own school record for the 100 Breaststroke clocking in at 1:11.85. She is pictured here with her four first-place patches from the N-O All League meet (100 Butterfly, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay) and the first-place patch from the crossover meet.
Banes host 13th scholarship bowling tourney

Contributed Photos – A total of 45 bowlers competed in the 13th annual Keith Bane Jr Memorial Scholarship Bowling Tournament today at Medina Lanes. Bruce Seefeldt took first place honors with an 808 series. Andy Ritz placed second with a 799 series and Paul Kelly third with a 768 series. From left are Ritz, Seefeldt and Kelly. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward a scholarship for Lyndonville High graduating seniors.

On hand for the tournament were members of the Bane family including, from left, Keith Bane III, Donna Bane, Connie Bane Heschke and Sue Bane Seefeldt.
Kendall youth wrestler earns 100th win

Contributed Photo – It was a special weekend for Kendall Youth Wrestling Club member Jeffrey Lutes who earned his milestone 100th victory in youth wrestling during competition at the Rush Henrietta Wrestle Fest tournament.
Tiger wrestlers celebrate B3 sectional title

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville wrestlers and coaches celebrate capturing the Section V Class B3 title on the Tigers home mat Saturday. Shown here, starting in front, are Greyson Romano, Ben Doolan Coach Joe Suhr, Shannon Withey, Trenton Muck, Sam Doolan, Josh Woodward, Chyenne Tackley, Coach Jim Zeliff, Coach Devon Joy, Allan Heideman, Alex Farrell, Justin Holmes, Payton Grabowski, Christian Garver, Brody Hazel, Ty Holmes, Sebastian Temich, Patrick Hargrave and Bryson Hazel (on Patrick’s shoulders). The Tigers garnered 215 points on the day to claim top honors in the 15 team field. Ty Holmes, Temich and Grabowski all earned first place finishes. Grabowski’s day included earning his milestone 100th career victory. Also advancing to next weekend’s Section V state qualifier were Garver, Tackley and Sam Doolan who each placed second, Brody Hazel and Muck who placed fourth, Farrell, Hargrave and Heideman who took fifth and Withey who took sixth. Coaches Suhr and Zeliff also earned Coach of the Year honors.
Weekly H.S. sports schedule
Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball – HAC at Holley, Kendall at Attica, 7 p.m.
Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Albion at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Medina at Barker, Akron at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Holley at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Barker at Medina, Wilson at Albion, Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Girls Basketball – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Attica at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Thursday
Boys Basketball – Kendall at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Akron at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, Albion at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion, Wilson at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Perry, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Kendall at Holley, 7 p.m.
Saturday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart vs. Starpoint at NCCC, 11:30 a.m.
Girls Basketball – Medina at Lyndonville, 11:30 a.m.
Wrestling – Section VI state qualifier at Lake Shore; Section V state qualifier at SUNY Brockport
N-O Basketball Standings
Boys – Newfane 9-0, Albion 6-3, Roy-Hart 5-4, Akron 4-4, Wilson 3-5, Barker 2-7, Medina 1-7
Girls – Wilson 8-0, Akron 7-1, Albion 5-4, Newfane 4-5, Medina 2-6, Barker 2-7, Roy-Hart 2-7
Host Lyndonville reigns at the Section V Class B3 wrestling Tournament
Host Lyndonville had a huge day at the Section V Class B3 wrestling tournament today.
The Tigers captured the team championship and also advanced 12 wrestlers to next Saturday’s Section V state qualifier tournament..
Lyndonville garnered 215 points to claim the team title as South Seneca finished second with 180.5 points and Bolivar-Richburg third with 172.
The Tigers had a trio of individual weight class champions including Ty Holmes (118), Sebastian Temich (152) and Payton Grabowski (172).
In their title bouts, Holmes had a 18-7 major decision over Maddox Regatuso from Perry, Temisch a 12-4 major decision over Jackson Peet from Cal-Mum and Grabowski a pin of 5:16 over David Debadts from Warsaw.
The Tigers also had Christian Garver (110), Cheyenne Tackley (189) and Sam Doolan (285) second, Brody Hazel (126) and Trenton Muck (189) fourth, Alex Farrell (138), Patrick Hargrave (160) and Allan Heideman (215) fifth and Shannon Withey (118) sixth.
Class B2 Tournament
Holley-Kendall had the trio of Bruce Rasmusson (118), William Kruger (132) and Hunter Smith (285) place third at the Section V Class B2 tourney held at Canisteo-Greenwood.
7 Mustangs place at C-D wrestling tourney
Seven Medina wrestlers placed at the Section VI Class C-D wrestling tournament held at Southwestern today.
Dominick Callara captured the 110 lb. title to lead Medina’s contingent. He decisioned Kenji Walter of Southwestern 9-5 in the finals after advancing with a pin in the quarterfinals and a decision in the semis.
The Mustangs also had Sawyer Kingsbury (215) place second, Reece Senske (102) and Conor Crandall (189) third, Luke Duffina (110) and Brody Fry (189) fourth and Austin Seefeldt (152) sixth.
Roy-Hart/Barker had Quinn Brown (152) place second, Lucas Kimber (102) and Luke Fay (126) fourth, Ronan Klug (160) fifth and Jaeydon Robinson (172) sixth.
Newfane had a pair of champions in Jakob Lucinski (102) and Aidan Gillings (132) while Wilson’s Hamza Merrick won at 285.
In the Class B tournament held at CSAT, Albion had Josh Bovenzi (145) place fourth and Brydon McMurray (132) and David Rosario (160) sixth.
The top five finishers in each weight class advance to next Saturday’s Section VI Division II state qualifier.
Second half rally lifts Medina past CCA
Rebounding from a 10 point half-time deficit, Medina rallied to defeat host Central Christian Academy 62-57 in a non league game this afternoon.
Aiden Pitts scored 22 to lead Medina as Roosevelt Mitchell added 11, Jerrell Nealy 10, Cayden Lilleby 6, Cole Callard and Justin Pitts 5, Christian Moss 2 and Jason Beyer 1.
Trailing 37-27 at the half, Medina put together a big 19-7 third period scoring edge to key the win. Six players contributed to that rally, including 6 by Nealy, as the Mustangs rallied into a 46-44 lead at the three-quarter mark.
Aiden Pitts then scored 10 in the final stanza to lead a 16-13 Mustangs scoring edge to close out the win.
Medina next visits Barker on Tuesday in a Niagara-Orleans League contest.
Lady Rams down Purple Eagles

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Makenna Elsenheimer puts up a shot over Albion defenders Skoi Sanders Smith and Julia Knight during the Lady Rams home court win this evening.
Avenging an earlier season 32-26 road loss, Roy-Hart bested visiting Albion 41-32 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.
Juliana Buscarino scored 15 and Kaitlin Mettler 12 to lead the way for Roy-Hart as Makenna Elsenheimer added 8, Alexis Cacciatore 4 and Lila Brigham 2.
Madison Hughson had 13 to pace Albion as Skoi Sanders Smith added 6, Julia Knight 4, Madison Lebaron 3 and Daci Doward, Taylor LeFrois and Kenzi Snook 2 each.
Roy-Hart jumped out to a 9-2 first quarter lead as Mettler tallied 5.
Buscarino and Elsenheimer both had a pair of baskets in the second period to help the Lady Rams up the lead for 12, 23-11, at the half.
Roy-Hart then extended its advantage to 21, 39-18, at the three-quarter mark as Buscarino had 9 in the third period including a pair of threes.
Roy-Hart is now 2-7 and Albion 5-4 in N-O action.
Akron 42, Barker 33
Building up a 26-14 half-time advantage, Akron went on to down Barker 43-33.
Sloan Jonathan scored 13, Melanie Holtz 9 and Emma Gerstung 8 for Akron which improves to 7-1 in N-O action.
Mia Herman scored 11 and Cole Carnes 8 for Barker which is now 2-7.
Wilson 55, Newfane 23
Front-running Wilson improved to 8-0 with a 55-23 win over rival Newfane which slips to 4-5.
Peyton McInnis scored 21, including six threes, and Cait Cliff added 11 to lead Wilson.

Albion’s Julia Knight reaches for a rebound against Roy-Hart’s Alexis Cacciatore.
W-C scores win over Lyndonville
Opening up a 43-26 half-time lead, Wheatland-Chili went on to down visiting Lyndonvile 82-58 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.
Terry Bayly-Henshaw scored 36 and Leighton Williams 22 to spark W-C.
Trenton Muck scored 19, Mason Nicholson 17, Jake Wilson 9 and Ian Mank 8 for Lyndonville.





