Five pins sparked Medina to a 45-30 victory over host Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this morning.

Reece Senske, Dominick Callara, Liam Castricone, Austin Seefeldt and Sawyer Kingsbury all registered pins for the Mustangs which also got a decision win by Conor Crandall and two forfeit wins.

Medina finishes the dual match prottion of the Niagara-Orleans League season at 4-1 and Akron at 0-5.

The N-O League Tournament will be at Albion on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.

Weekly  Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball – DeHostos Charter at Kendall, 2 p.m.
Wrestling – Medina at Akron, 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Tonawanda at Barker, 5:30 p.m.; Akron at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, Albion at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Roy-Hart at Medina, Newfane at Albion, Wilson at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Attica, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, Kendall at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Akron, Albion at Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – Holley-Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Attica at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, Notre Dame at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Roy-Hart/Barker at Newfane, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Wilson at Medina, Roy-Hart at Barker, Newfane at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Pembroke at Lyndonville, Holley at Elba, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Newfane at Albion, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville at Akron, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – Alexander at Lyndonville, Wilson at Albion, 6 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Lyndonville at Pembroke, Elba at Holley, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Medina at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Barker at Roy-Hart, Akron at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Wrestling – Lyndonville Tournament, 9 a.m.; N-O All-League Tournament at Albion, 10 a.m.; Holley-Kendall at Perry Tournament

Contributed Photo – Earning top three finishes at today’s Lockport Wrestling Tournament were, from left, Sawyer Kingsbury (Medina), Payton Grabowski (Lyndonville) and Conor Crandall (Medina).

Lyndonville and Medina both had top three place finishers at the Lockport Wrestling Tournament which concluded this afternoon.

Lyndonville’s Payton Grabowski took first place honors at 172. He rallied from a 5-1 third period deficit to score a pin in 4:30 over Starpoint’s Phil Pinnell. He advanced to the finals by scoring  a 15-0 technical fall win in the opening round, a 51 second pin in the quarterfinals  and a 5-2 decision win in the semifinals.

Medina’s Conor Crandall placed second at 189 as he dropped a narrow 3-2 decision in the title bout to John Fike of Niagara-Wheatfield. He scored an 8-2 decision win in the quarterfinals and had a pin of 4:46 in the semifinals.

Medina’s Sawyer Kingsbury placed third at 215 as he decisioned Jack Coughlin from St. Francis 6-0 in the bout for third and fourth place. He opened the tourney with  a pair of pins and then lost in the semifinals by a major decision.

The Mustangs also had Reece Senske place fifth at 102.

Roy-Hart/Barker had Quinn Brown place second at 112, Roman Klug third at 160 and Dan Moore 6th at 215.

Improving to 10-1, Oakfield-Alabama downed visiting Lyndonvile 49-40 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Leading by a narrow 35-33 margin at the three-quarter mark, the Lady Hornets outscored the Lady Tigers 16-5 in the decisive final period to claim the win.

Caitlin Ryan scored 6 of her 16 points and Alea Groff 6 of her 10 in the decisive final period for the Lady Hornets.

Addie Dillenbeck scored 18, Lorelei Dillenbeck 9 and Ashlee Stephens 8 to lead Lyndonville. Lorelei Dillenbeck also grabbed off 9 rebounds and Stephens 8.

Addie Dillenbeck scored 9 and Lorelei Dillenbeck 5 in the third period to pull the Lady Tigers within two at 35-33 after Lyndonville had trailed 22-17 at the half.

Lyndonville is now 8-4.

In another G-R contest, Elba downed Kendall 47-12.

It was the night for overtime action in the Niagara-Orleans League as Wilson also trimmed host Albion 58-53 in OT.

Albion sent the contest into overtime deadlocked at 49-49 on a three by Blake Preston in the final two seconds.

However, Wilson outpointed Albion 9-4 in the extra period to claim the win as Mike Bubar led the way with 4 including a pair of clutch free throws.

Bubar finished with 13, Blake Martin 12, Logan Wolfe 11 and Matt Stolzenberg 9 to lead the Lakemen.

Amari Jones tallied 16, Preston 13 and Javon Jones 12 to pace the Purple Eagles.

Albion led 23-22 at the half and the contest was tied 35-35 at the three-quarter mark.

Albion is now 3-1 and Wilson 1-2 in N-O competition.

Roy-Hart 75, Akron 61
Roy-Hart regained the .500 mark at 2-2 in N-O action by notching a 75-61 win at Akron which slips to 2-1.

Breaking away from a 34-34 half-time deadlock, Roy-Hart outscored Akron 23-8 in the decisive third period to open up a 57-42 lead. Jamel Johnson Jr. scored 13 and Rem Albee 5 to lead that Rams uprising.

Albee then tallied 7 and Johnson Jr. 6 in the final period to keep the Rams in control.

Johnson Jr. finished with a game high 31 and Albee 12. Dan Aquilina added 10 and Justin Terwilliger and Jayden Swygert 6 each.

Ben Gerstung scored 18 and Trace Hill 14 for the Tigers.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Brad Cantrell puts up a shot against Medina defender Cayden Lilleby during the Raiders overtime win over the Mustangs this evening.

In an overtime thriller, Barker edged past host Medina 72-69 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Medina sent the contest into overtime deadlocked at 66-66 as Justin Pitts scored on a layup with just a second to go.

Brad Cantrell provided the margin of victory for Barker as he hit two big threes to account for all of the Raiders scoring in the overtime period.

Medina did answer Cantrell’s first three with a basket by Aidan Pitts to pull to within one at 69-68. However, Cantrell answered right back with his second and game winning three as the Mustangs managed only one more point the rest of the overtime session.

Cantrell finished with a game high 27 points as Luey Castro added 17, Aidan Voss 9, Cameron Hefferon 8, Wyatt Sherman 5, Aidan Mescall 4 and Mason Allee Castro 2.

Justin Pitts scored 17, Aiden Pitts 15 and Roosevelt Mitchell 12 to lead Medina as Cole Callard added 9 and Jerrell Nealy and Cayden Lilleby 8.

Barker jumped out to a 10 point, 22-12 first quarter lead a Hefferon scored 8 and Cantrell 6.

The Raiders maintained a seven point, 43-36, lead at the half as Luey Castro tallied 8 in the second period. Justin Pitts netted 9, Mitchell 7 and Callard 6 on two threes in the period to keep Medina close.

Medina came rallying back in the third quarter outscoring Barker 19-10 to grab a slender 55-53 lead. Callard, Justin Pitts and Aiden Pitts each hit a three and Nealy and Lilleby both chipped in with 4 points during that rally.

Two more threes by Aiden Pitts helped keep Medina up by five, 64-59 late in the fourth quarter.

Barker though came storming back rattling off seven straight points in the final minute to regain a 66-64 lead with 18 seconds to go. Back-to-back layups off steals by Cantrell highlighted that Raiders rally which also included a layup by Mescall and a free throw by Cantrell.

That set the stage first for Justin Pitts’ last second layup for the Mustangs to force overtime and then for Cantrell’s decisive two threes for the Raiders in the overtime period.

Barker is now 1-3 and Medina 0-4 in N-O action.

Barker’s Luey Castro grabs a rebound away from Medina’s Jerrell Nealy.

Medina’s Roosevelt Mitchell puts up a shot over Barkers Cameron Hefferon.

Completing a 2-0 road win week, Kendall trimmed host Elba 57-52 in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Louie Conte scored 16, Jacek Kwiatkowski 13, Devin Edick 10, Austin Werth 10 and Zach Barrett 8 for Kendall. Kwiatkowski scored 7 in the final period to help the Eagles lock up the win.

Nick Scott scored 15 and Angelo Penna 14 to pace Elba.

Kendall led by margins of 15-10 after the first quarter, 27-16 at the half and 41-36 after three quarters.

Kendall next hosts EMHCS of Rochester at 2 p.m. Monday in a non league Martin Luther King Jr. Day contest.

Oakfield-Alabama 87, Lyndonville 32
Up 42-18 at the half, Oakfield-Alabama went on to down Lyndonville 87-32 in another G-R contest.

Kyle Porter scored 21, Brayden Smith 15 and Colton Yasses 12 to lead the Hornets.

Mason Nicholson scored 13, Ian Mank 8 and Trenton Muck 6 for the Tigers.

Maritime 65, Medina 33
Medina dropped a 65-33 decision to WNY Maritime in a non league game played at Villa Maria College.

Jamanye Corbett scored 14 and D’Man Brooker 10 to pace Maritime.

Jerrell Nealy scored 10, Aiden Pitts 8, Justin Pitts 6 and Roosevelt Mitchell 6 for Medina.

Up by only seven, 20-13, at the half, Maritime used a 22-10 third period scoring advantage to pull away to a commanding 42-23 advantage heading into the final quarter.

Medina next hosts Barker at 6:30 p.m. Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Kaitlin Mettler drives to the basket as Sloan Jonathan (33) and Kaylee Orr (20) defend for Akron during the host Lady Rams loss to the Lady Tigers this evening.

A big fourth quarter scoring burst rallied Akron for a 38-35 win over host Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Trailing 30-26, Akron rattled off 12 straight points to regain the lead for good at 38-30.

Sloan Jonathan scored 4 points, Katie Leeds and Gracie Leiker 3 and Ashlee Henning 2 during that clutch Lady Tigers rally.

Roy-Hart scored the game’s final five points but could not pull even as a long distance shot at the buzzer was off target.

Leeds finished with 15 to lead Akron as Melanie Holtz added 8, Jonathan and Isabella Jones 4, Leiker 3 and Rachel Dugan and Henning 2.

Kaitlin Mettler took game high honors with 18 for Roy-Hart as Lila Brigham netted 8, Alexis Cacciatore 6 and Juliana Buscarino 3.

Akron improves to 3-0 to stay tied for the N-O lead with defending champion Wilson which downed Albion 55-17.

Wilson held leads of 20-2 after the first quarter and 32-4 at the half. Taylor LeFrois led Albion with 7.

The loss drops Roy-Hart to 1-3.

Barker 40, Medina 28
Snapping a season opening three league game losing streak, Barker bested visiting Medina 40-28.

Cole Carnes scored 11, Mia Herman 8 and Lillia Peace 7 to spark Barker which held leads of 9-8 after the first quarter, 20-14 at the half and 28-22 at the three-quarter mark.

Rylee VanNostrand scored 18 and Stella Poler 8 for Medina which slips to 0-3 in N-O action.

Akron’s Ashlee Henning grabs a rebound from Roy-Hart’s Juliana Terwilliger

Newfane swept visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening winning the boys’ competition 77-48 and the girls’ 84-73.

Akron likewise swept visiting Albion taking the boy’s meet 102-65 and the girls’ 84-82.

Noah Kneeland was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Alex Ostrozinski took both the 100 Butterfly and 500 Freestyle for the Newfane boys which also had Elijah Thompson win the 100 Backstroke and Daenon Kopp the 100 Free.

Caiden Class won the 50 Free for Medina.

Newfane is now 4-3 and Medina 0-7.

Avery Stevenson doubled in the 50 Free and Butterfly for the Newfane girls which also had Kimberly Schmitt take the 100 Free, Ella Tower the IM and Emma Niver the 500 Free.

Medina got wins from Maddy Satkowski in the 200 Free, Madelynn Rutledge in the Backstroke and Iyla Lilleby in the Breaststroke.

Newfane is now 2-5 and Medina 1-6.

Aiden Polkowski doubled in the IM and Breaststroke, Colton Cleveland in the 200 Free and 500 Free and James Ground in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Akron boys which also had Dawson Stone win the Backstroke.

Dallas Ecker won the Butterfly for Albion.

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

The Akron girls likewise had a trio of individual event double winners as Mayah Harris took the Butterfly and Breaststroke, Kaila Szczygielski the 50 Free and 100 Free and Audrey Garverick the IM and Backstroke. Avery Haak also took the 500 Free.

Mia Olles won the 200 Free for Albion.

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

Improving to 8-3, Lyndonville downed host Kendall 35-27 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball gamet this evening.

Ashlee Stephens scored a game high 15 points to lead Lyndonville. Addison Dillenbeck added 9, Shelby Boring 6, Haley Shaffer 3 and Lorelei Dillenbeck 2 for the Lady Tigers.

Lauren Pilon, Brooke Rodas and Taigan Guerrero each tallied 6, Ava LaMay 5 and Stella Kwiatek 4 for Kendall.

Lyndonville held leads of 12-4 after the first period, 17-13 at the half and 23-19 after three quarters.

The Lady Tigers then put a lock on the win by outpointing the Lady Eagles 12-8 in the final period as Stephens and Addison Dillenbeck both scored 4 and Boring and Lorelei Dillenbeck 2.

Notre Dame 47, Holley 32
Leading by a narrow 22-16 margin at the half, Notre Dame outscored Holley 25-16 in the second half to claim a 47-32 G-R victory.

Amelia McCulley scored a game high 20 points and Avelin Tomidy 8 to lead Notre Dame.

Sam Bates tallied 13, Alivia Wolf 8 and Jailyn Bishop 7 to pace Holley.