Five first period pins sparked Albion to a 36-26 victory over visiting Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening.

Josh Bovenzi, Joe Schoeberlein, Bryden McMurray, Mason Lynch and David Stritzinger all notched pins for the Purple Eagles which also got decision wins by Andrew Uderitz and Alonzo Figueroa-Fuentes.

Albion is now 1-3 and Akron 0-3 in N-O action.

In another N-O match, Wilson downed visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 36-28.

Roy-Hart/Barker is now 2-2 and Wilson 1-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brody Fry works toward a pin over Newfane’s Aiden Perry during this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League match on the Mustangs mat.

Seven forfeit wins, worth a total of 42 points, keyed Newfane to a 54-21 victory over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening.

Adam Harris (126) and Jakob Lucinski (102) had pins for defending champion Newfane which improves to 4-0.

Austin Seefeldt (160) and Brody Fry (215) both registered pins and Sawyer Kingsbury (285) had a decision win for Medina which is now 3-1.

Medina’s Sawyer Kingsbury in route to scoring a decision win over Newfane’s Khalil Golden.

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville scored a sweep over visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening.

The Channel Cats won the boys’ meet 79-47 and the girls’ competition 85-54.

Sean Labiak was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly for the RBL boys’ squad as Andrew Ossont took the 50 Free, Max Stern the 100 Breaststroke, Carson Hashem the 200 Free and Evan Gerdes the 100 Free.

Caiden Class won the 500 Free and Jackson Moreland the 100 Backstroke for Medina.

RBL is now 5-1 and Medina 0-6.

Abigail Glyshaw took both the 200 Free and 500 Free for the RBL girls as Alexis Seib won the IM, Maria Trombley the 50 Free, Julia Miles the 100 Free and Cora Lennon the Butterfly.

Madelynn Rutledge took the 100 Backstroke and Iyla Lilleby the 100 Breaststroke for Medina.

RBL stays undefeated at 6-0 and Medina slips to 1-5.

Akron sweep Newfane
The Akron boys’ and girl’s teams both bested Newfane to improve to 4-1. The boys’ won 96-71 and the girls’ 91-74.

Aiden Polkowski won both the 200 Free and Butterfly for the Akron boys as Dawson Stone took the 50 Free and Colton Cleveland the 500 Free.

Noah Kneeland doubled in the IM and Breaststroke and Elijah Thompson in the 100 Free and Backstroke for Newfane which is now 3-3.

Audrey Garverick doubled in the IM and Backstroke, Kaila Szczygielski in the 50 Free and 500 Free and Mayah Harris in the Butterfly and Breaststroke for the Akron girls as Megan Gates took the 100 Free.

Kimberly Schmitt took the 200 Free for Newfane which slips to 1-5.

Albion bested visiting Roy-Hart 32-26 this evening to improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball competition.

Madison Hughson scored 11 and Paige Newton and Julia Knight both added 6 for Albion which held leads of 9-3 after the first quarter, 11-8 at the half and 21-14 at the three-quarter mark. Hughson also had 7 steals and Olivia Krenning 6 assists.

Kaitlin Mettler led Roy-Hart with 8.

In another N-O contest, defending champion Wilson downed rival Newfane 58-34.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Louie Conte puts up a shot over Lyndonville’s Jacob Pitcher as Trenton Muck and Kevin Travis move in during the Eagles win over the host Tigers this evening.

A big second period scoring surge keyed Kendall to an 82-42 win over host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Leading by a narrow 12-8 margin after the opening period, Kendall erupted for a 27-6 second quarter uprising to race away to a commanding 25 point, 39-14, half-time advantage.

Louie Conte, who scored 10 in the opening period, added 10 more to lead the Eagles second quarter uprising which also included 6 by both Austin Werth and Jacek Kwiatkowski, 3 by Zach Barrett and 2 by Hunter Richards.

Keeping the momentum, the Eagles extended their lead to 32, 59-27, at the end of the third quarter.

Barrett hit two threes in the period as Devin Edick, Conte and Kwiatkowski each added 4 points.

Conte finished with a game high 29 as Kwiatkowski added 15, Barrett 14, Werth 9, Edick 8, Richards 4, James Swift 2 and Noah Clark 1.

Ian Mank led Lyndonville with 15 as Jacob Wilson added 8, Trenton Muck 7, Mason Nicholson 6, Justin Higgins 3 and Kevin Travis 1.

In another G-R game, Notre Dame downed Holley 84-50.

In a G-R girls contest, Oakfield-Alabama bested Holley 60-15.

Lyndonville’s Mason Nicholson takes a shot as Kendall’s Austin Werth tries for a block.

Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck (11) and Justin Higgins (12) try to take the ball away from Kendall’s James Swift.

Albion outlasted host Roy-Hart 79-73 in overtime in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball thriller this evening.

Albion sent the contest into overtime deadlocked at 67-67 as Javon Jones scored on a layup with only two seconds remaining.

The Purple Eagles then outscored the Rams 12-6 in the overtime period as Amari Jones scored 5 and Javon Jones and Blake Preston both scored on layups.

Roy-Hart led by 11, 39-28, at the half but Albion came battling back with a 24-15 third period scoring edge to slice the deficit to just two, 54-52, heading into the final period.

Javon Jones scored 7 and Amari Jones and Sh’kwe Riley both added 6 to lead the big Purple Eagles rally.

Javon Jones finished with 16 to lead a quintet of Purple Eagle double figure scorers as Preston had 15, Amari Jones 14, Riley 12 and Aquil Gaffney 11.

Jamel Johnson Jr. took game high scoring honors for Roy-Hart with 37 as Nate Beyer had 12.

Albion improves to 3-0 in N-O action and Roy-Hart slips to 1-2.

Akron 69, Barker 47
Ben Gerstung scored 19, Donny Kreher 12 and Trace Hill and Bral Abrams 11 each to lead Akron to a 69-47 N-O win over Barker.

Brad Cantrell scored 116 and Luey Castro and Aidan Mecall both chipped in with 11 for Barker.

Akron is now 2-0 and Barker 0-3 in N-O action.

In another N-O game, Newfane defeated rival Wilson 60-45 to improve to 3-0.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Cheyenne Tackley works toward a pin over Alexander’s Nick Marzolf during the Tigers loss to the visiting Trojans this evening.

Unable to overcome a huge 33 point deficit, Lyndonville dropped a 39-30 decision to visiting Alexander this evening in the quarterfinals of the Section V small schools team tournament.

Taking 9 of the first 10 bouts, Alexander build up an unbeatable 39-6 advantage.

Lyndonville took the final four bouts on pins by Cheyenne Tackley (189), Allan Heideman (215) and Sam Doolan (285) and an injury default win by Payton Grabowski.

Kendall downed Pembroke 31-25 in a Genesee Region League girl basketball game this evening.

Brooke Rodas scored 10 points and Ava LaMay 8 to lead the way for Kendall. Taigan Guerrero and Daniella Offhaus both chipped in with  5, Stella Kwiatek 2 and Mary Jones . Guerrero’s 5 points all came in the decisive fourth quarter.

LaMay and Offhaus both grabbed off 10 rebounds as Rodas and Guerrero each had 5.

Karli Houseknecht led Pembroke with 10.

Kendall is now 3-6 and Pembroke 4-5.

Weekly Schedule
Today
Girls Basketball – Kendall at Pembroke, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Newfane at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, Akron at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Lyndonville, Holley at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Roy-Hart at Albion, Barker at Akron, Wilson at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville, Akron at Newfane, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – Alexander at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball – Lyndonville at Kendall, Notre Dame at Holley, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Newfane at Medina, Akron at Albion, Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Medina vs. Maritime at Villa Maria College, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Kendall at Elba, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Albion at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Medina at Barker, Akron at Roy-Hart; 6:30 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Newfane, Albion at Akron, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – Lyndonville at Albion, 6 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Barker at Medina, Wilson at Albion, Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Elba at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Medina and Lyndonville at Lockport Tournament

Saturday
Wrestling – Medina and Lyndonville at Lockport Tournament; Holley-Kendall at Pavilion Tournament