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Mustangs have a trio of N-O wrestling champs

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 21 January 2023 at 6:21 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Sawyer Kingsbury works toward a win over Albion’s Mason Lynch in the 215 title bout at today’s Niagara-Orleans All-League Tournament at Albion.

Medina had a trio of individual weight class champions at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Wrestling Tournament held today at Albion.

Medina’s Sawyer Kingsbury claimed the 215 title with a second period pin over Albion’s Mason Lynch.

The Mustangs other two title matches were both all Medina matchups. In those bouts Dominick Callara decisioned Luke Duffins 19-7 at 110 and Conor Crandall edged Brody Fry 1-0 at 189.

Newfane closed out an N-O title campaign by garnering five individual winners including Jakob Lucinski (102), Aden Harris (118), Ayden Buttery (132), Miguel Salas (138) and Aiden Gillings (145). Lucinski, Buttery, Salas and Gillings all won by pin and Harris by decision.

Wilson had a trio of champions including Jacob Stephenson, Ben Wortkoetter (172) and William Wortkoetter (285).

Roy-Hart/Barker had a pair of champions in Luke Fay (126) and Quinn Brown (152). Fay won by major decision and Brown by decision.

Newfane, which went 5-0 during the dual match portion of the N-O season, took top team honors today with 193 points. Wilson was second with 148.5 followed by Medina 131.5, Roy-Hart/Barker 122,5, Akron 64 and Albion 54.

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Medina’s Dominick Callara downed his teammate Luke Duffina in the 110 final.

Medina’s Conor Crandall nipped his Mustangs teammate Brody Fry in the 189 title bout.

Tigers go 3-2 at the “Battle in the Ville”

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 21 January 2023 at 6:01 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Allan Heideman works against CSAT’s Nathan Rodriguez during today’s “Battle in the Ville” duals .

The host Tigers went 3-2 at Lyndonville’s annual “Battle in the Ville” Duals wrestling tourney today.

The Tigers defeated CSAT 50-21, St. Mary’s of Lancaster 72-0 and Rush-Henrietta 48-18 but lost to Webster Schroeder 39-33 and Pittsford 48-21.

Pittsford captured the tourney title by going 5-0 as Schroeder was 4-1, Lyndonville 3-2, Rush-Henrietta 2-3. CSAT 1-4 and St. Mary’s 0-5.

Christian Garver (110), Sebastian Temich (152) and Payton Grabowski (172) all went 5-0 on the day for Lyndonville as Patrick Hargrave (160) and Sam Doolan (285)  both had four wins and Shannon Withey (118), Brody Hazel (126), Ty Holmes (132) and Alex Farrell (138) three each.

Temich registered 4 pins, Farrell, Hargrave and Grabowski 3 and Garver 2.

Lyndonville’s Sam Doolan (285) works for a win over CSAT”s Dayshawn Barnes.

Tigers and Eagles bow in G-R road contests

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 20 January 2023 at 9:35 pm

Lyndonville and Kendall both bowed in Genesee Region League road contests this evening.

Pembroke downed Lyndonville 82-31 to improve to 12-1 and Wheatland-Chili bested Kendall 56-41.

Tyson Totten scored 18 and Cayden Pfalzer an Owen Hootman both added 11 for Pembroke which led 39-11 at the half.

Mason Nicholson scored 19 and Ian Mank 7 to lead the Tigers.

Paris Willianms scored 21 and Terry Bayly-Henshaw 17 to pace W-C which had a 33-24 half-time advantage.

Louie Conte scored 10, Zach Barrett 8 and Jacek Kwiatkowski 7 for the Eagles.

In another G-R game, Elba defeated Holley 74-45.

Lady Raiders edge past Lady Rams

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 20 January 2023 at 9:33 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Mia Herman tries for a layup as Roy-Hart’s Madison Dinieri defends during the Lady Raiders win over the host Lady Rams this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a third quarter scoring surge, Barker held off a late Roy-Hart comeback to earn a narrow 47-44 win in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening at Middleport.

Breaking away from a 27-27 tie, Barker put together a 15-8 run to close the third period and take the lead for good by a 42-35 margin. Mia Herman scored 5, Keira Dalton 4 and Anna Bowerman, Cole Carnes and Rachel Sutter 2 each during that stretch.

The Lady Raiders increased the lead to 11, 47-36, midway through the final period on a five point run of points by Herman.

However, Roy-Hart came battling back. The Lady Rams scored the next eight points, including 6 by Kaitlin Mettler and 2 by Juliana Terwilliger, to slice the deficit to 47-44 but could get no closer.

Herman finished with a game high 17 points to lead Barker as Bowerman had 9, Carnes 8, Sutter 6, Dalton 4 and Addison Szafranski 3.

Mettler led Roy-Hart with 10 as Terwilliger added 7 and Alexis Cacciatore, Mckenna Elsenheimer and Madison Dinieri 6 each, Juliana Buscarino 5, Lila Brigham 3 and Ada Livergood 1.

Barker led 13-10 after the first quarter and 22-21 at the half on a late basket by Sutter.

Barker is now 2-3 and Roy-Hart 1-5 in N-O action.

In the other N-O games, front-running Wilson (5-0) downed visiting Medina (1-4) 59-22 and runner-up Akron (4-1) topped Newfane (1-4) 57-33.

Rian Faery took game high honors for Wilson with 25 as Lilah Frerichs added 11 and Peyton McInnis 10.

Rylee VanNostrand scored 9 and Stella Poler and Honesty Hill 5 each for Medina.

Roy-Hart’s Lila Brigham shoots from long range against Barker defenders Anna Bowerman (24) and Rachel Sutter (23).

“Battle in the Ville” and N-O All League wrestling tournaments on Saturday

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 20 January 2023 at 8:22 am

Saturday will be a big wrestling day both at Lyndonville and Albion.

Lyndonville will host the annual “Battle in the Ville” Duals Tournament.

The host Tigers will face Pittsford at 9 a.m., St. Mary’s of Lancaster at 10:30 a.m., CSAT at noon, Webster Schroeder at 1:30 p.m. and Rush-Henrietta at 3 p.m.

Albion will host the annual Niagara-Orleans All League Tournament beginning at 10 a.m.

Newfane, which has captured the N-O title the last eight years in a row, posted a 5-0 record during the regular season while Medina went 4-1, Wilson 3-2, Roy-Hart 2-5, Albion 1-4 and Akron 0-5.

Alexander 39, Lyndonville 27
Alexander downed host Lyndonville 39-27 in a Genesee Region League wrestling match Thursday evening.

Max Heckman, Carson Lear, Benjamin Merrill and Kaden Lyons all had pins for the Trojans.

Brody Hazel, Payton Grabowski, Allan Heideman and Sam Doolan all registered pins and Christian Garver had a decision win for the Tigers.

Channel Cats claim N-O swim championships

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 19 January 2023 at 9:52 pm

Contributed Photo – Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville swimmers celebrate capturing both the Niagara-Orleans League boys and girls swim titles today with wins at Akron.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville teams both scored road victories over runner-up Akron this evening to capture the Niagara-Orleans League swim championships.

The RBL girls squad completed a perfect 8-0 championship season with a 102-66 victory.

Julia Miles was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Channel Cats as Abigail Glyshaw took the 200 Free and Ava Actyl the 100 Backstroke.

Mayah Harris doubled in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke and Audrey Garverick took both the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free for Akron which finishes at 6-2.

The RBL boys squad downed Akron 97-72 to complete a 7-1 title season.

Andres Ossont took both the 50 Free and Breaststroke and Sean Labiak the 200 Free and Backstroke for the Channel Cats.

Aiden Polkowski doubled in the IM and 100 Free and Dawson Stone took the Butterfly and Colton Cleveland the 500 Free for Akron which finishes at 6-2.

Albion sweeps Newfane
Albion capped off the N-O regular season with a sweep of Newfane. The Purple Eagles won the boys’ meet 52-41 and the girls’ competition 51-43.

Dallas Ecker won the Butterfly, Finn McCue the 100 and Justin Kania the 500 Free for the Albion boys squad which finishes at 3-5.

Elijah Thompson doubled in the 50 Free and Backstroke and Noah Kneeland won both the IM and Breaststroke and Daenon Kopp took the 200 Free for Newfane which winds up at 4-4.

Willow Gaines won the Breaststroke, Mia Olles the 200 Free, Maggie Olles the 50 Free and Julia Fuller the 500 Free for the Albion girls squad which finishes at 3-5.

Avery Stevenson won both the IM and 500 Free, Kimberly Schmitt the Butterfly and Lauren Enderton the Backstroke for Newfane which winds up at 2-6.

Lyndonville girls down Pembroke

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 19 January 2023 at 9:30 pm

Notching victory No. 10, Lyndonville bested Pembroke 52-42 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Addison Dillenbeck and Haley Shaffer both scored 15 to lead the way for Lyndonville as Lorelei Dillenbeck added 8, Ashlee Stephens 6 and Shelby Boring and Bella Groves 4 each.

Isabel Breeden led Pembroke with 15.

The Lady Tigers led 12-8 after the first period, 26-13 at the half and 37-26 after three quarters.

Lyndonville is now 10-4 and Pembroke 4-10.

Elba 57, Holley 40.
Haile Deville scored 14 and Marish Ognibene 12 to lead Elba to the 57-40 G-R win over Holley.

Sam Bates scored 16 and Alivia Wolf 13 for Holley.

N-O Wrestling
Wilson 52, Albion 15
Josh Bovenzi and Mason Lynch both had pins and Bryden McMurray a decision win for Albion in the Purple Eagles Niagara-Orleans League loss to Wilson.

Wilson finishes the regular season at 3-2 and Albion 1-4.

Albion next hosts the N-O All-League Tournament on Saturday.

Mustangs surge in second half to down Lakemen; Rams post win over Raiders

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 19 January 2023 at 9:14 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Aiden Pitts put up a baseline shot over Wilson’s Matt Fox during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lakemen this evening.

Rebounding from a dismal 13 point first half, Medina got rolling offensively in the third quarter to key a 55-47 win over visiting Wilson in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Trailing 20-13 at the half, the Mustangs rallied with a big 21-7 third period scoring edge to take the lead for good by a 34-27 margin at the three-quarter mark,

Back-to-back threes by Aiden Pitts and Justin Pitts to open the third period ignited the uprising. Cole Callard and Aiden Pitts followed up with layups to cap a 10-0 run which vaulted the Mustangs into the lead for the first time at 23-20.

Aiden Pitts had a total of 10 points, including a pair of threes, and Justin Pitts hit two threes in the decisive period.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs extended the lead to 12, 45-33, midway through the final period after a three by Cayden Lilleby and baskets by Roosevelt Mitchell and Jerrell Nealy.

Wilson did cut the deficit to six three times in the final three minutes at 47-41, 50-44 and 53-47 after threes by Jack Mahar, Mike Bubar and Logan Wolfe but the Lakemen could get no closer.

The Mustangs locked up the win at the foul line as Justin Pitts had 5 free throws, Aiden Pitts 2 and Lilleby 1 in the final 1:05.

Aiden Pitts finished with a game high 21, Lilleby and Justin Pitts 11 each, Mitchell and Jason Beyer 4 and Callard and Nealy 2.

Wolfe scored 15 and Bubar 14 to lead Wilson as Mahar added 6, Matt Fox 5, John Ernest 4, Blake Martin 2 and Charles Clemente 1.

Medina and Wilson are now both 1-4 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart 63, Barker 52
Improving to 4-2 Roy-Hart downed host Barker 63-52 in another N-O contest.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored a game high 27 as Rem Albee and Jayden Swygert both added 10 to lead Roy-Hart..

Aidan Voss scored 19, Luey Castro 14 and Brad Cantrell 11 for Barker which slips to 1-4.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 26-16 first quarter lead as Johnson Jr. tallied 13 during that stretch.

Swygert and Jackson Webber then both hit a pair of threes in the second quarter to help keep the Rams up 36-30 at the half.

Barker stayed within six, 50-44, heading into the final period but the Rams got five free throws each from Albee and Johnson Jr. down the stretch to help lock up the win.

Newfane 66, Akron 54
Opening up a two game lead, undefeated Newfane (5-0) downed runner-up Akron (3-2) 66-54 as Ben Dickinson led the Panthers with 15.

Medina’s Justin Pitts puts up a shot as John Ernest defends for Wilson.

Medina grads reunite at college swim meet

Contributed Story Posted 19 January 2023 at 9:53 am

Contributed Photo – Medina grads, from left, Ashton Laird, Ray Paull and Hannah Heil.

Three Medina High grads competed against each other in a college swim meet hosted by Buffalo State this week.

Hannah Heil, a Buffalo State junior, placed first in the women’s 200 Medley Relay, 50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle.

Ray Paull, senior at SUNY Oswego, finished first in the men’s 200 Medley Relay, second in the 100 Breaststroke and third in the 200 Individual Medley.

Ashton Laird, a junior at Medaille University, finished third in the women’s 100 Backstroke, and fourth in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke.

In addition, Barker graduate Alex Jenks, an SUNY Oswego junior, placed first in the men’s 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle Relays, and third in the 100 Freestyle.

Blue Devils roar past Tigers

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 January 2023 at 8:13 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Dan Berry puts up a shot as Levi Pearl defends for Attica during the host Tigers loss to the Blue Devils this evening.

Roaring out to a commanding 22 point first quarter lead, Attica went on to defeat host Lyndonville 93-45 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Cole Harding scored 13 and Jack Janes 12, on four threes, to spark Attica out to a 33-11 first quarter lead.

Janes hit three more threes in the second period and Harding added 6 points as the Blue Devils advantage soared to 35, 56-21, at the half.

Harding tacked on 8 and Janes 7 in the third period which finished with the Blue Devils up by 43 at 72-29.

Janes finshed with 33, including nine threes, and Harding 29.

Mason Nicholson led Lyndonville 18 as Trenton Muck had 7, Jacob Pitcher 6, Ian Mank 4 and Kevin Travis, Jake Wilson, Colton Smith and Bradley Jisa 2 each.

Notre Dame 71, Kendall 55
A big scoring burst to close the first half keyed Notre Dame to a 71-55 win over host Kendall in a G-R contest.

Leading by a slender 29-26 margin, Notre Dame closed the first half with a big 17-0 run to open up a 46-26 advantage at half-time.

Jaden Sherwood led the Irish with a game high 20.

Kendall had five players in double figures as Louie Conte tallied 12, Zach Barrett 11 and Devin Edick, Austin Werth and Jacek Kwiatkowski 10 each.