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.

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.

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville scored a Senior Night sweep over visiting Albion on Tuesday evening.

The RBL boys team downed Albion 99-67 to remain tied for first place with Akron at 6-1. RBL will visit Akron in a key regular season finale on Thursday.

The Channel Cats had a trio of individual event double winners as Andrew Ossont took the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke, Sean Labiak the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Evan Gerdes the 200 Free and 500 Free. Max Stern also captured the 100 Free.

Dallas Ecker won the 100 Butterfly for Albion which is now 2-5.

The BBL girls team bested Albion 96-74 to clinch at least a tie for the title. The Channel Cats remain undefeated at 7-0 heading into Thursday’s regular season finale at Akron which is now 6-1.

Julia Miles doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free, Nadia White took both the 500 Free and Breaststroke an Ava Achtyl won the Backstroke for the Channel Cats.

Keira Sidari won both the IM and Butterfly and Mia Olles took the 200 Free for Albion which is now 2-5.

Akron swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening.

The TigerSharks downed the Seahorses 103-41 in the boys’ meet and 91-69 in the girls’ competition..

Aiden Polkowski was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke and Colton Cleveland won both the 500 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Akron boys squad which improves to 6-1.

Henry Rigerman won the 100 Free for Medina which is now 0-8.

The Akron girls were led by a trio of individual event double winners as Audrey Garverick took the 200 Free and 500 Free, Avery Haak the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Mayah Harris the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke.

Maddy Satkowski was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

The Akron girls are now 6-1 and Medina 1-7.

Lyndonville defeated Attica 39-29 and Holley downed Wheatland-Chili 37-24 in Genesee Region League girls basketball games this evening.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 13, Addison Dillenbeck 11, Ashlee Stephens 6, Shelby Boring 5 and Haley Shaffer 4 for Lyndonville which led 16-13 at the half and 20-29 at the three-quarter mark. Stephens also grabbed off 9 rebounds and Shaffer had 6 steals.

Alivia Wolf scored 18, including 5 threes, and Samantha Bates 8 to pace Holley which led 20-4 at the half.

In another G-R contest, Notre Dame downed Kendall 59-15 as Amelia McCulley scored 33.

Medina and Albion both scored home court Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball victories this evening. The Mustangs downed Roy-Hart 49-39 and the Purple Eagles bested Newfane 44-38.

Rylee VanNostrand scored a game high 29 points and Stella Poler added 14 to lead the way for Medina which led 19-17 at the half and 35-27 after three quarters.

Alexis Cacciatore scored 12 and Juliana Buscarino and Lila Brigham both netted 8 for Roy-Hart.

Medina is now 1-3 and Roy-Hart 1-4 in N-O action.

Madison Hughson scored 19, Skoi Sanders Smith 8 and Madison Lebaron 6 for Albion.

Anna Chunco scored 19 and Sienna Bowers 16 for Newfane.

Albion is now 4-1 and Newfane 1-3.

In the other N-O contest, defending champion Wilson jumped out to leads of 18-6 after one period and 26-8 at the half in route to posting a 58-34 win over Akron to stay undefeated at 4-0 in N-O competition.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jamel Johnson Jr. puts up a shot as Medina’s Aiden Pitts tries to block during the host Rams win over the Mustangs this evening.

Steadily pulling away, Roy-Hart posted a 57-39 win over visiting Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Jamel Johnson Jr. poured in a game high 27 points to led the way for Roy-Hart which improves to 3-2 in N-O action. Rem Albee added 10, Jayden Swygert 7, Justin Terwilliger 5, Dan Aquilina and Jackson Webber 3 and Nate Beyer 2 for the Rams.

Aiden Pitts scored 14 and Roosevelt Mitchell 13 to pace Medina as Justin Pitts added 7 and Cole Callard 5.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 16-12 lead at the end of the first quarter as Albee tallied 8, including two threes, and Johnson Jr. hit a three at the buzzer.

Johnson Jr. then scored 10 in the second period to help up the Roy-Hart lead to nine, 32-23, at the half and 10 more in the third quarter to boost the Rams advantage to 16, 48-32, at the three-quarter mark.

Medina is now 0-4 in N-O action.

Newfane 74, Albion 46
Taking charge with a big third quarter scoring burst, Newfane downed visiting Albion 74-46 to improve to 4-0 in N-O competition.

Leading 38-28 at the half, Newfane broke the game open by outpointing Albion 25-10 in the third period to pull away to a 63-39 advantage.

Nate Snow scored 18 and Evan Myers 16 to pace the Panthers.

Aquil Gaffney tallied 13 and Javon Jones and Amari Jones each had 11 for Albion which is now 3-2 in N-O competition.

Akron 45, Wilson 36
Trailing 22-15 at the half, Akron rallied with a big 19-2 third quarter scoring surge to key a 45-36 win over Wilson.

Akron is now 3-1 and Wilson 1-3 in N-O action.

Medina’s Cayden Lilleby floats a shot over Roy-Hart defender Dan Aquilina.

Contributed Photo – Tournament Director Tom Allis, left, congratulates Rob Manners on his victory in the Medina Lanes New Year’s Day Eliminator.

Rob Manners of Rochester rolled a 265 game with handicap in the four-person finals to win the Medina Lanes New Year’s Day Eliminator Tournament.

The right-hander rolled 238 scratch and, with his 27 pins handicap, edged Rick Daniels of Albion by 10 pins for the $400 first prize.

Daniels, who rolled 206 scratch plus 49 pins handicap for 255, earned $200.

Scott Gibson of Oakfield placed third (232 game with handicap) and Frank Jarkiewicz of Byron finished fourth (206 game with handicap), winning $100 each.

Finishing in fifth through eighth place, good for $50 apiece, were Samantha Hyde, Mickey Hyde and Tom Rohl, all of Le Roy, and Ed Toscano of Rochester.

The tournament drew 36 entrants.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Devin Edick tries for a layup as Seth Patterson defends for Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter school during this afternoon’s game won by the visiting Hornets.

In a sea-saw battle down the stretch, Eugenia Maria de Hostos Charter School from Rochester nipped host Kendall 55-52 in a non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

There were four ties and five lead changes in the decisive fourth quarter which concluded with the Hornets claiming the narrow win on a three by Sheltere Matos-Cox with 3.5 seconds to go to snap a 52-52 deadlock.

Kendall had tied the game at 52-52 on a pair of free throws by Hunter Richards with 45 seconds remaining.

Lavante Brown finished with 16 and Knekose Mack 14 to lead the Hornets.

Devin Edick scored a game high 21, including five threes, to pace Kendall as Jacek Kwiatkowski added 10,, Zach Barrett 9, Louie Conte and Austin Werth and Richards 3.

Back-to-back threes by Edick and Barrett capped off a 13-5 first period scoring edge for Kendall which also included a pair of baskets by Kwiatkowski.

The Eagles maintained slender leads of 24-22 at the half and 39-38 at the three-quarter mark. Barrett scored 6 in the second period while Edick had 5 and Conte and Kwiatkowski 4 each in the third.

That set the stage for the back and forth fourth period which saw Brown and Mack each tally 6 for the Hornets and Edick 8, including two threes, for the Eagles.

Kendall’s Austin Werth puts up a shot over Shaltere Matos-Cox of de Hostos.