Host Akron captured first place honors in 6 of 11 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League girls swim meet this evening.

Audrey Garverick was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley (2:38.21) and 500 Freestyle (6:12.13) and Mayah Harris took both the 100 Butterfly (1:09.78) and 100 Breaststroke (1:14.29) to lead the way for Akron.

Garverick and Harris also teamed up with Kaila Szczygielski and Megan Gates to win both the 200 Medley Relay (2:09.59) and the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:54.23).

Julia Miles was a double winner for Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville in the 50 Free (:27.48) and 100 Free (1:00.48).

Medina’s Maddy Satkowski won the 200 Free (2:21.04) and Newfane’s Lauren Enderton took the 100 Backstroke (1:14.87).

Albion won the 400 Freestyle Relay in 4:14.85 with the foursome of Keira Sidari, Maggie Olles, Mia Olles and Willow Gaines.

Nearly dozen teams will be competing in Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

The tournament honors the memory of Medina Coach Eric Gross’ father, Gary, who was a long time supporter and booster of the Mustangs wrestling program.

In addition to the host Mustangs, the tournament field will also include Albion, Holley-Kendall, Lyndonville, Byron-Bergen, Avon/Geneseo, Bloomfield, Fredonia, Grand Island, Pioneer and Spencerport.

Contributed Photo – The Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville swim squad celebrates a big day at today’s All-League meet at Newfane.

Regular season champion Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville took first place honors in five events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League boys swim meet held this evening at Newfane.

Andrew Ossont was an individual event double winner for the Channel Cats in the 50 Freestyle (:22.95) and the 100 Breaststroke (1:04.60) as Sean Labiak took the 200 Free (1:57.61).

The Channel Cats also captured both the 200 Medley Relay with Max Stern, Ossont, Zack Walker and Carson Hashem (1:51.76) and the 400 Free Relay with Ossont, Evan Gerdes, Stern and Labiak (3:42.43).

Albion had Dallas Ecker capture the 100 Butterfly (:59.23) and Finn McCue the 100 Free (:53.31). Ecker and McCue also teamed up with Mason Giatino and Justin Kania to win the 200 Free Relay (1:39.30).

Host Newfane had Noah Kneeland win both the 200 Individual Medley (2:11.91) and the 500 Free (5:18.65) and Elijah Thompson take the 100 Backstroke (:58.83).

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville claimed top team honors with 421 points followed by Akron 345, Albion 298, Newfane 286 and Medina 176.

Albion downed visiting Akron 60-56 this evening to move into a tie for second place in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball standings with Roy-Hart at 4-2.

Javon Jones scored 15 and Amari Jones, Blake Preston and Aquil Gaffney 12 each to lead the way for the Purple Eagles. Gaffney had two clutch free throws to put Albion up 60-54.

Blake Gerstung led Akron with 17.

Up by a narrow 30-29 margin at the half, Albion used a 14-7 third period scoring edge to open up a 44-36 advantage heading into the final period. Javon Jones netted 6 during that stretch.

Akron is now 3-3.

Newfane 61, Medina 31
Racing out to a commanding 38-10 halftime advantage, front-running Newfane went on to down visiting Medina 61-31 to finish the first half of the N-O season at 6-0.

Evan Myers scored 15 and Landon Braman 10 to lead Newfane.

Aiden Pitts scored 9 and Roosevelt Mitchell 7 for Medina which slips to 1-5.

Wilson 52, Barker 49
Logan Wolfe scored 12, Matt Fox 11 and Mike Bubar 10 to lead Wilson to the narrow 52-49 win over Barker which had Brad Cantrell with 20 and Aidan Mescall 15.

Wilson led 27-17 at the half and 37-28 at the three-quarter mark.

The Lakemen are now 2-4 and the Raiders 1-5.

Pavilion 67, Lyndonville 50
Leading by a narrow 47-45 margin after three quarters, Pavilion outscored visiting Lyndonville 20-5 in the final period to claim a 67-50 non league win.

Landen Stoddard scored 19 and Zach Tillotson 18 to lead Pavilion while Mason Nicholson tallied 19 and Trenton Muck 10 for Lyndonville.

Warsaw 75, Kendall 67
Warsaw bested visiting Kendall 75-67 in a non league game as Quinton Librock led the way with 20.

Jacek Kwiatkowski scored 17, Devin Edick 16, Hunter Richards 14 and Zach Barrett 12 for Kendall.

Medina downed Holley-Kendall in a non league wrestling match this evening at Kendall.

Reece Senske, Luke Duffina and Brennan Allen all registered pins and Sawyer Kingsbury had a major decision win for Medina which also got 18 points via three forfeit wins.

Ethan Hardenbrook had a decision win for Holley-Kendall which also picked up 30 points via five forfeit wins.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Honesty Hill puts up a shot as Newfane’s Sienna Bowers attempts to block during the Mustangs home court loss to the Lady Panthers this evening.

In a tight stretch run battle, Newfane edged past host Medina 59-56 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Breaking away from a 40-40 deadlock, Newfane opened leads of 46-40 and 54-46 over the first six minutes of the final period. Sienna Bowers scored 6 and Anna Chunco 4 for the Lady Panthers during that stretch.

Medina though came battling back to slice the deficit to just one at 57-56 with 23 seconds to go after a 10-3 run which included threes by Rylee VanNostrand and Stella Poler and a bucket by Honesty Hill. VanNostrand, whose three made it 57-56, scored 11 in the final stanza.

However, Newfane held on as two clutch free throws by Chunco with 14 seconds to go closed out the 59-56 win.

Chunco finished with 29, Mallory Schultz 13 and Bowers 10.

VanNostrand scored 26 and Hill 15 to lead Medina.

Newfane led 18-10 after the first period and 25-23 at the half. Medina rallied into a 38-38 tie at the three-quarter mark after late baskets by Angel Mulcahy, Hill and VanNostrand.

Newfane is now 2-4 and Medina 1-5 in N-O action.

Akron 61, Albion 40
Roaring out to a 34-8 halftime lead Akron went on to down visiting Albion 61-40 as Ashlee Henning scored 18 and Melanie Holtz 11 to lead the way.

Skoi Sanders Smith tallied 9 and Madison Hughson 8 for Albion.

Akron is now 5-1 and Albion 4-2.

Wilson 55, Barker 28
Defending champion Wilson finished the first half of the N-O season at 6-0 with a 55-28 win over Barker as Peyton McInnis scored 21 and Rian Faery 15.

Cole Carnes, Rachel Sutter and Anna Bowerman each scored 6 for Barker which trailed 41-13 at the half.

Roy-Hart 50, CSAT 46
Roy-Hart trimmed CSAT 50-46 in a non league game as Lila Brigham scored 12, Alexis Cacciatore 11 and Juliana Buscarino and Kaitlin Mettler 8 each.

Attica 31, Holley 27
Attica edged Holley 31-27 in a Genesee Region League contest as Madison Robinson led the way with 11.

Alivia Wolf paced Holley with 17.

The Niagara-Orleans boys and girls basketball season will reach the halfway mark on Tuesday.

In the boys’ competition, undefeated (5-0) Newfane holds a two game lead in the loss column over Roy-Hart (4-2), Akron (3-2) and Albion (3-2). The Panthers will host Medina on Tuesday while Albion will entertain Akron.

In the girls’ competition, undefeated (5-0) defending champion Wilson holds a one game lead over Albion and Akron, both at 4-1. Akron will host Albion in a key contest Tuesday.

Weekly Schedule
Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Barker at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Medina at Newfane, Akron at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Pavilion, Kendall at Warsaw, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Newfane at Medina, Albion at Akron, Wilson at Barker, CSAT at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Attica at Holley, 7 p.m.
Swimming – N-O boys All-League meet at Newfane, 6 p.m.
Wrestling – Medina vs. Holley-Kendall at Kendall, 6 p.m.

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

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Lyndonville at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Albion at Medina, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Byron-Bergen at Lyndonville, Holley-Kendall at Alexander, 6 p.m.
Swimming – N-O girls All-League meet at Newfane, 6 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Medina at Albion, Barker at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Holley at Lyndonville, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Holley-Kendall at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.

Saturday
Wrestling – Medina’s Gary Gross Memorial Tournament, 9 a.m.

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