A bowler for 10 years John Ross from Middleport has come close to rolling a perfect game a few times in the past only to come up just short- that was until Sunday.

Ross rolled his memorable first 300 game while competing in the Sunday Rolloffs League at Medina Lanes.

“I’ve had 298 and 299 games so I’ve been there more than a handful of times but never finished it until Sunday,” he said.

“The first ball in the tenth was the most nerve racking so making that helped that the pressure off a little,” he added noting that the suspense did build a little when his ball got stuck before his final shot.

Ross also has an 800 series to his credit.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball – Kendall at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Albion at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Akron at Medina, Albion at Barker, Newfane at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Alexander at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Alexander at Holley, 5:30 p.m.; Medina at Akron, Barker at Albion, Roy-Hart at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Oakfield-Alabama at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Albion, Barker at Akron, Wilson at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, 6 p.m.; Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Pembroke at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, 6 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Newfane at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, Akron at Barker, 6:30 p.m.
Swimming – N-O vs. G-R girls meet at Gates-Chili, 6 p.m.

Saturday
Wrestling – Section V Class B3 Tournament at Lyndonville

N-O Basketball Standings
Boys – Newfane 7-0, Albion 5-2, Akron 4-2, Roy-Hart 4-3, Wilson 3-4, Barker 1-6, Medina 1-5
Girls – Wilson 7-0, Akron 5-1, Albion 4-3, Newfane 3-4, Barker 2-5, Medina 2-5, Roy-Hart 1-6

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Riley Tower works against Fredonia’s Dom Collazo in a first round match at Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament today.

Host Medina had eight place finishers at today’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament.

Reece Senske won at 102 for the Mustangs which also had Conor Crandall (189) and Sawyer Kingsbury (215) place second, Dominick Callara (110) and Austin Seefeldt (152) third and Luke Duffina (118), Liam Castricone (126) and Breydin McEwen (285) fourth. Senske decisioned James Chase from Avon/Geneseo 5-0 in the finals.

Lyndonville had a trio of champions in Ben Doolan (145), Sebastian Temich (152) and Patrick Hargrave (160). Doolan decisioned Zach Bridenbaker from Grand Island 7-4 in his title bout. Temisch and Hargraves both went 3-0 in the round robin competition in their respective weight classes.

The Tigers also had Ty Holmes (118) place third as Christian Garver (110) and Alex Farrell (132)  fourth.

Holley-Kendall had Hunter Smith take the 285 lb. title by pinning Chis Howatt from Pioneer in 5:43 in the finals.

Holley-Kendall also had Bruce Rasmusson (118) and Noah Morehouse (160) place second, and Hunter Conner (145) and Mikey Schoonmaker (172) fourth.

Albion had Josh Bovenzi (145) place third and Mason Lynch (215) fourth.

Pioneer won the team title with 132.5 points as Spencerport (125.5), Byron-Bergen (118), Medina (117) and Lyndonville (87.5) rounded out the top five in the 11 team event.

Lyndonville’s Justin Holmes battles against Holley-Kendall’s Andrew Cole.

Lyndonville’s Raymond Borok goes up against Byron-Bergen’s Zack Brookhart.

Lyndonville put together a big fourth quarter scoring surge to down Holley 42-29 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Trailing 27-24 at the end of the third period, Lyndonville rallied to outscore Holley 18-2 in the decisive final period to claim the win as Addison Dillenbeck scored 7, Lorelei Dillenbeck 5, Haley Shaffer 4 and Ashlee Stephens 2.

Holley trailed 22-15 at the half but the Lady Hawks rallied with an 12-2 third period scoring edge, including 7 by Sam Bates, to rally into a 27-24 lead.

Lorelei Dillenbeck finished with 14 and Addison Dillenbeck 12 to lead the Lady Tigers as Shaffer had 6, Stephens and Bella Groves 4 each and Shelby Boring 2.

Bates took game high honors with 16 for the Lady Hawks as Alivia Wolf had 6, Zoey Wolf 3 and Jailyn Bishop and Leigha Walker 2 each.

In another G-R contest, Byron-Bergen downed Kendall 56-21.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Amari Jones makes a pass as Roosevelt Mitchell (55) and Jerrell Nealy (35) defend for Medina during the host Purple Eagles win over the  rival Mustangs this evening.

Jumping out to a 15-0 lead at the outset, Albion rolled to a 66-46 victory over visiting rival Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Threes by Amari Jones, Dylan Narburgh and Blake Preston highlighted the big opening period which finished with the Purple Eagles up by 17, 19-2.

Amari Jones, Narburgh and Preston each tacked on another three in the second period as the Purple Eagles maintained a 17 point, 32-15 half-time advantage.

Albion extended the lead to 23, 51-28, at the end of the third period which featured two threes by Amari Jones, one by Preston and a pair of baskets by Nick Harling.

Amari Jones finished with 14, Aquil Gaffney 12, Preston 9, Narburgh 8, Javon Jones, John Eible and Sh’kwe Riley 6 each and Harling 5.

Aiden Pitts led Medina with a game high 17 as Jerrell Nealy added 10, Roosevelt Mitchell 9, Cole Callard 6 and Justin Pitts and Jack Cecchini 2 each.

Albion is now 5-2 and Medina 1-6 in N-O action.

Wilson 46, Roy-Hart 43
Blake Martin scored 21, Matt Stolzenberg 8 and Matt Fox 7 to lead Wilson to a 46-43 win over Roy-Hart.

Jamel Johnson Jr. tallied 14 and Dan Aquilina 11.

Roy-Hart led 9-6 after the opening period but Wilson rallied into leads of 18-12 at the half and 34-24 at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson is now 3-4 and Roy-Hart 4-3 in league competition.

Newfane 59, Barker 52
Frontrunning Newfane trimmed visiting Barker 59-52 to improve to 7-0 in N-O action.

Nate Snow scored 13 of his 16 points, including three threes and four free throws, to lead the way for Newfane in the decisive final period.

Landon Braman added 14 and Evan Myers and Ben Dickinson 10 each on the night for the Panthers.

Aidan Mescall scored 19, Aidan Voss 11 and Luey Castro 10 to pace Barker. Mescall scored 8 in the third period and Voss 9 in the fourth as the Raiders rallied from a 35-23 half-time deficit to pull even with the Panthers in both of those quarters.

Albion’s Aquil Gaffney tries to put up a shot as Medina’s Aiden Pitts (3) and Jerrell (35) try to block.

Medina’s Aiden Pitts goes in for a layup as Javon Jones defends for Albion.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand puts up a shot as Albion’s Skoi Sanders Smith tries for a block during the Mustangs home court win over the rival Purple Eagles this evening.

Avenging an early season two point (44-42) loss, Medina downed visiting rival Albion 43-23 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Rylee VanNostrand poured in 35 points to lead the way for Medina. She scored 6 of Medina’s 8 first quarter points, all 11 in the second period, 8 of 10 in the third and 8 of 10 in the fourth.

The Mustangs led 10-8 after the first period, 23-10 at the half and 33-14 at the three-quarter mark.

Honesty Hill added 6 and Stella Poler 2 for Medina.

Madison Hughson led Albion with 13 as Skoi Sanders Smith had 3 and Anna Zaczek and Paige Newton 2 each.

In the other N-O games, Wilson defeated Roy-Hart 39-21 and Newfane downed Barker 36-23.

Anna Chunco scored 14 and Mallory Schultz 11 to lead Newfane and Rachel Sutter tallied 11 for Barker.

N-O Standings: Wilson 7-0, Akron 5-1, Albion 4-3, Newfane 3-4, Barker 2-5, Medina 2-5, Roy-Hart 1-6.

Albion’s Madison Hughson puts up a shot against Medina defenders Rylee VanNostrand (3) and Stella Poler (4).

Byron-Bergen edged past Lyndonville 34-31 in a Genesee Region League wrestling match this evening.

The Bees locked up the victory on a narrow 1-0 decision win by Solomon Smith in the final bout.

Payton Grabowski, Christian Garver and Ty Holmes all registered pins for Lyndonville which also got decision wins by Sabastian Temich and Sam Doolan.

Kendall scored a 39-31 overtime victory over Wheatland-Chili in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Ava LaMay scored a basket for Kendall with just two seconds to go in regulation time to send the cotnest into overtime.

Stella Kwiatek and Taigan Guerrero then both hit threes and Danielle Offhaus had a basket in the overtime period to earn the win for the Lady Eagles.

Offhaus finished with 11 points, Brooke Rodas 10 and LaMay and Guerrero 6 each. Offhaus also grabbed off 10 rebounds and Rodas 8.

In a battle between two teams seeking that elusive first win of the season, Holley nipped visiting Lyndonville 45-41 this evening in a Genesee Region League contest.

Joe Silpoch scored 12, Destin Kuyal 10 and Ben Cox 9 to spark Holley which led 25-13 at the half and 34-29 after three quarters.

Mason Nicholson scored 16, Trenton Muck 10, Kevin Travis 8 and Ian Mank 7 for Lyndonville.