Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Julia Fuller in route to a win in the 500 Freestyle during the host Purple Eagles victory over Medina this evening.

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

Albion won the boys’ meet 61-30 and the girls’ competition 60-34

Dallas Ecker was a double winner in the 200 Indivdual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Finn McCue took both the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly for the Albion boys’ squad which also had Mason Giattino win the 100 Free.

Caden Class won both the 200 Free and 500 Free and Jackson Moreland took the 100 Backstroke for Medina.

The Albion boys are now 2-3 and Medina 0-5.

Kiera Sidari doubled in the IM and Butterfly for the Albion girls as Maggie Olles took the 50 Free, Mia Olles the 100 Free, Julia Fuller the 500 Free and Willow Gaines the Breaststroke.

Maddy Satkowski won the 200 Free and Maddy Rutledge the 100 backstroke for Medina.

The Albion girls are now 2-3 and Medina 1-4.

Medina’s Jackson Moreland heads toward a win in the 100 Backstroke.

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville sweeps Newfane
Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville likewise swept to a doubleheader victory over Newfane winning the boys’ met 90-70 and the girls’ competition 108-60.

Sean Labiak doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Backstroke and Andrew Ossont took both the 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the RBL boys squad which also had Zackary Walker win the 100 Butterfly..

Newfane’s Noah Kneeland doubled in the IM and 500 Free and Elijah Thompson took the 50 Free.

The RBL boys are now 4-1 and Newfane 3-2.

Julia Miles won both the 200 Free and 100 Free and Alexis Seib doubled in the IM and 500 Free for the RBL girls which also had Nadia White win the 100 Breaststroke.

Avery Stevenson doubled in the 50 Free and Butterfly for Newfane.

The RBL girls are now 5-0 and Newfane 1-4.

Six pins keyed Lyndonville to a 48-23 win over host Holley-Kendall in a Genesee Region League wrestling match this evening.

Shannon Withey (118), Brody Hazel (126), Alex Farrell (138), Sam Doolan (285), Sebastian Temich (152) and Payton Grabowski (172) all registered pins for Lyndonville which also got decision wins from Christian Garver (110) and Ben Doolan (145).

Will Kruger (132), Shawn McAllister (160) and Ryan Blodgett (215) all had pins and Jacob Abrams (102) a technical fall win for Holley-Kendall

Boys Basketball
Wheatland-Chili 81, Lyndonville 41
Wheatland-Chili building up a 37-16 half-time advantage, Wheatland-Chili went on to defeat host Lyndonville 81-41 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Terry Bayly-Henshaw scored a game high 24 points to lead W-C while Mason Nicholson had 14 and Ian Mank 9 to pace Lyndonville.

Pembroke 75, Kendall 55
Improving to 7-1, Pembroke topped Kendall 75-55 in a G-R contest as Cayden Pfalzer scored 27 and Tyson Totten 22.

Devin Edick netted 24 and Louie Conte 13 for Kendall.

In another G-R contest, Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 73-29.

Girls Basketball
Wilson 58, Roy-Hart 21
Wilson opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League title with a 58-21 win over visiting Roy-Hart.

The Lakewomen led 35-12 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Sawyer Kingsbury works toward a pin over Wilson’s Dominick Lopez during the Mustangs home mat victory over the Lakemen.

Capturing 8 of the 9 bouts that were decided on the mat, Medina downed visiting Wilson 44-24 this evening to improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League wrestling competition.

The Mustangs jumped out to a commanding 31-6 lead on first period pins by Luke Duffina (110), Corde Robinson (132) and Brennan Allen (138) along with a major decision win by Liam Castricone (132) and a decision win by Dominick Callara (118).

A major decision win by Austin Seefeldt (152) upped the Mustangs advantage to 35-12.

The Mustangs then closed out the victory on a decision win by Conor Crandall (189) and a first period pin by Sawyer Kingsbury (215).

David Gurski (145) scored a second period pin for Wilson whose other 18 points came via three forfeit wins.

Wilson is now 0-2.

Roy-Hart/Barker 33, Albion 27
Pins by Luke Fay (126), Joel Hickman (138) and Ronan Klug (172) along with a decision win by Quinn Brown (152) highlighted Roy-Hart/Barker’s 33-27 home mat N-O win over Albion.

David Rosario (160) had a pin and Bryden McMurray (132) a decision win for Albion.

Roy-Hart/Barker is now 1-1 and Albion 0-3 in N-O action.

Medina’s Corde Robinson in route to scoring a pin over Wilson’s Parker Selbert.

Medina’s Austin Seefeldt works for a major decision win over Wilson’s Tom Mulholland.

Roy-Hart opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball title with a 52-34 victory over visiting Wilson this evening.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored a game high 23 points to lead the way for Roy-Hart as Rem Albee had 13 and Dan Aquilina 8.

Logan Wolfe led the Lakemen with 12.

The Rams steadily pulled away leading by margins of 18-8 after the first quarter, 32-17 at the half and 42-27 at the three-quarter mark. Albee scored 8 in the first quarter while Johnson had 7 in the second and 7 in the fourth.

Newfane 64, Barker 61
Newfane used a 16-11 fourth quarter scoring edge to nip host Barker 64-61 in another N-O opener.

Ben Dickinson had a key run of six straight points in the final period to rally Newfane from a one point deficit into a five point lead.

Dickinson finished with 19, Nate Snow 14 and Landon Braman 12 for the Panthers.

Luey Castro scored 19, Aidan Mescall 15 and Aidan Voss 14 for Barker.

Albion nipped visiting rival Medina 44-42 in the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball season opener this evening.

Madison Hughson scored 21 to lead Albion as Julia Knight added 7 and Kenzi Snook and Skoi Sanders Smith 5 each. Hughson scored 9 in the third quarter and 8 in the fourth period which also included a key basket by Madison Lebaron which helped lock up the win.

Rylee VanNostrand led Medina with 22 as Honesty Hill and Stella Poler both had 5.

The contest was deadlocked at 20-20 at halftime and Albion held a 32-26 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

In the other N-O opener, Newfane downed Barker 45-26.

Lyndonville 44, Wheatland-Chili 23
Improving to 7-2, Lyndonville posted a 44-23 win over visiting Wheatland-Chili in a Genesee Region League game.

Lyndonville held leads of 14-2 after one quarter, 20-8 at the half and 36-12 after three quarters.

Addison Dillenbeck scored 13, Haley Shaffer 9 and Shelby Boring and Lorelei Dillenbeck 7 each to lead the way for Lyndonville.

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

RBL won the boys meet 87-82 leaving both teams at 3-1 in the N-O title race.

Andrew Ossont was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke and Sean Labiak took both the 200 Free and 500 Free for the Channel Cats.

Aiden Polkowski doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Free and Dawson Stone in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke for the TigerSharks.

RBL also took the girls meet 101-67 to stay unbeaten at 4-0 as Akron slips to 3-1.

Julia Miles won both the 50 Free and 100 Free for RBL as Ava Achtyl took the 200 Free, Abigail Glyshaw the 500 Free and Nadia White the Breaststroke.

Audrey Garverick doubled in the IM and Backstroke for Akron as Mayah Harris took the Butterfly.

Albion splits with Newfane
The Albion girls downed Newfane 90-79 to snap a season opening three meet losing streak.

Mia Olles doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Free for Albion as Keira Sidari took the IM and Willow Gaines the Breaststroke.

Avery Stevenson won the Butterfly, Kimberly Schmitt the 500 and Kaia Farley the Backstroke for Newfane.

The Newfane boys improved to 3-1 by nipping Albion 78-76 as Daenon Kopp doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Noah Kneeland in the IM and Breaststroke and Eijah Thompson in the 100 Free and Backstroke.

Finn McCue won the 50 Free and Dallas Ecker in Butterfly for Albion which is now 1-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Blake Preston puts up a shot over Medina defenders Cole Callard (4) and Aiden Pitts (3) during the Purple Eagles league opening win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Pulling away in the third quarter, Albion rolled to a 67-38 victory over rival Medina in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season opener this evening on the Medina court.

Leading by a narrow six point, 30-24, margin at the half, Albion erupted with a 21-6 third period scoring burst to break the contest wide open.

Amari Jones scored 8, including two threes, and Javon Jones and Blake Preston both had 4 to lead that uprising as the Purple Eagles took command by a 51-30, margin at the three-quarter mark.

Albion led by as many as 35, 66-31 midway through the final quarter.

Amari Jones finished with a game high 20 points, including six threes, as Preston netted 15, including three threes, Aquil Gaffney 10, Javon Jones 8, Nick Harling and Dylan Narburgh 4, Sh’Kwe Riley 3, John Eibl 2 and Nick Radder 1.

Aiden Pitts led Medina with 11 as Justin Pitts had 8, Jerrell Nealy 6, Roosevelt Mitchell, Cole Callard and Jason Beyer 4 each and Cayden Lilleby 1.

Neely scored 6 in the opening period to help Medina take a 12-8 lead.

However, Albion answered with s 22-12 second period scoring edge to take the lead for good by a 30-24 margin at the half. Two late threes by Amari Jones and one by Preston helped cap off that key Purple Eagles surge.

Albion next hosts Barker and Medina visits Akron at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Medina’s Roosevelt Mitchell grabs a rebound from the Albion duo of Blake Preston (10) and Dylan Narburgh (4).

Albion’s Sh’kwe Riley and Medina’s Aiden Pitts battle for a rebound.

Following a month of non league tune-up contests in December, the Niagara-Orleans League basketball season will begin on Tuesday.

In boys basketball, Medina will host rival Albion, defending champion Roy-Hart will host Wilson and Newfane will visit Barker all at 6:30 p.m.

In girls basketball, Medina will travel to Albion and Barker will visit Newfane at 6:30 p.m. Defending champion Wilson will host Roy-Hart at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Weekly Schedule
Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Albion at Medina, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Barker, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Medina at Albion, Barker at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Albion at Newfane, Akron at Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville, 5 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Pembroke at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6 p.m.
Wrestling – Lyndonville at Holley-Kendall, Wilson at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart/Barker, Newfane at Akron, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Girls Basketball – Lyndonville at Alexander, Byron-Bergen at Holley, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Albion at Medina, Newfane at Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville, 5 p.m.

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

Saturday
Girls Basketball – Perry at Holley, 3:30 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion senior quarterback Amari Jones, who earned first team All Western New York honors, breaks loose for a big gain during the Purple Eagles narrow win over rival Medina as Chris Johnson pursues for the Mustangs.

Albion rallied for a touchdown in the final minute to edge past visiting arch rival Medina 26-20 to highlight what was a very successful football season for both the Purple Eagles and Mustangs.

Trailing 20-18, Albion claimed the thrilling win on a one yard touchdown run by Javon Jones and a two-point conversion carry by quarterback Amari Jones with just 48 seconds to go as the Purple Eagles avenged an equally close 30-28 loss the year before.

Medina had jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead on a pair of touchdowns by Noah Skinner but Albion battled back to grab an 18-14 lead in the third quarter as Amari Jones ran for one touchdown and passed to Kwami Riley for another and Javon Jones ran for one.

The sea-saw contest continued as Medina regained a 20-18 lead with six minutes to go in the game on a short TD run by quarterback Aiden Pitts.

That set the stage for the Purple Eagles dramatic last minute game winning score.

The victory was the sixth in a row for Albion which rebounded from an 0-2 start to the season.

Medina brought a 7-0 record into the contest as the Mustangs claimed a third straight C North Division title with a 5-0 mark.

Both teams qualified for the sectionals as Albion was nipped by Pioneer 7-6 in the Class B quarterfinals and Medina dropped a narrow 29-22 decision to Fredonia in the Class C semifinals.

Roy-Hart soccer teams claim 3rd straight N-O title – Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The Roy-Hart boys soccer team posted a perfect 10-0 record to capture a third straight N-O League championship. The Rams were led by a quartet of first team All-League honorees including forward Peter Martillotta (40 goals), midfielders Rem Albee and Aiden Guild and defender Landen Guild. The Roy-Hart girls earned a share of a third straight N-O title by finishing the season deadlocked with Wilson at 9-1. A late season 3-1 win over Wilson earned the Lady Rams a share of the crown. The Lady Rams were likewise led by a quartet of first team All-League selections including Kaitlin Mettler (30 goals), Grace Parker, Nadia White and Amelia Konstanty. Shown here in action are Martillotta and Mettler both earned All-WNY and All State honors.

Lady Hawks enjoy banner season – Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Boasting an underclassmen dominated lineup, the Holley girls soccer team captured the Genesee Region League Division 1 title with an 11-1-1 record and went on to score three sectional wins before dropping a 3-1 decision to Gananda in the Class C1 championship game. Finishing with a 16-3-1 record, the Lady Hawks were led by a quintet of G-R All-Stars including juniors Samantha Bates, Bella Thom and Emma Brady along with sophomores Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf. Three other juniors Jailyn Bishop, Layne Walker and Leigha Walker all earned Honorable Mention. Bates is shown here during the Lady Hawks sectional semifinal win over Geneseo.