Building up a 17 point halftime advantage, Albion went on to defeat host Midlakes 56-49 in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Blake Preston scored 11 and Javon Jones 8 in the first half as the Purple Eagles took a 35-18 lead.

Preston finished with 15 and Jones 11.

Now at 1-4, Albion next visits LeRoy in another non league game on Thursday.

Cleveland Hill 58, Barker 52
Cleveland Hill trimmed host Barker 58-52 in a non league game.

Aidan Mescall scored 18, Brad Cantrell 17 and Aidan Voss 10 for Barker.

Trailing 16-5 after the opening quarter, Barker got back into the game by outscoring Cleve Hill 21-12 in the second period to cut the deficit to two, 28-26, at the half. Mescall scored 11 and Cantrell 6.

Cleve Hill led 46-42 after three quarters.

Barker next hosts Holley on Thursday in another non league contest.

Byron-Bergen 79, Lyndonville 46
Up 28-7 after one quarter and 55-29 at the half, undefeated (7-0) Byron-Bergen went on to down visiting Lyndonville 79-46 in a Genesee Region League game.

Davis Brumsted scored 17 and Broedyn Chambry 14 to lead the way for Byron-Bergen.

Mason Nicholson led Lyndonville with a game high 24 as Ian Mank and Jimmy Poler each had 6.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Shelby Boring puts up a shot against Emmi Veras of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School during the host Lady Tigers non league win this evening.

Racing out to a commanding 24 point first quarter lead, Lyndonville went on to post a 63-25 victory over visiting Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School from Rochester in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Addison Dillenbeck scored 9, Ashlee Stephens 8, Lorelei Dillenbeck 5 and Haley Shaffer and Annabelle Follman 2 each in the decisive opening period as the Lady Tigers grabbed a 26-2 lead.

Shaffer, Follman and Madison Davis then each had 4 points and Hannah Fox hit a three in the second quarter to help Lyndonville extend the advantage to 31, 41-10, at the half.

Lyndonville, which improves to 4-2, led 54-13 after three quarters.

Addison Dillenbeck finished with 14, Stephens 12, Lorelei Dillenbeck and Follman 8, Shaffer and Davis 6, Fox 5 and Shelby Boring 4. Stephens also had 9 rebounds and 5 steals, Shaffer 10 assists and 7 rebounds and Addison Dillenbeck 7 rebounds.

Emmi Veras led de Hostos with 12 points.

Kendall 39, Medina 23
Kendall bested visiting Medina 39-23 in a non league contest as Taigan Guerrero had 14, Ava LaMay 7 and Mary Jones and Lauren Pilon 4 each. LaMay also grabbed off 10 rebounds..

Rylee VanNostrand scored 15 and Stella Poler 6 for Medina.

Oakfield-Alabama 54, Albion 32
Oakfield-Alabama topped Albion 54-32 in a non league contest.

Makena Reding scored a game high 16 points to pace O-A which led 41-7 at the half.

Madison Hughson led Albion with 8.

Alexander 39, Holley 18

In a Genesee Region League game, Alexander defeated Holley 39-18.

Alyssa Kramer led Alexander with 18 and Alivia Wolf was high scorer for Holley with 11.

Weekly High School Sports Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball – Holley at Alexander, 5:30 p.m.; Cleveland Hill at Barker, 6 p.m.; Albion at Midlakes, 7
Girls Basketball – DeHostas Charter at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.; Alexander at Holley, Medina at Kendall, Albion at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Akron, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville at Albion, 5 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball – Holley at Medina, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Byron-Bergen, Oakfield-Alabama at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Medina at Albion, Akron at Roy-Hart/Barker, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Holley at Barker, 6 p.m.; Pavilion at Lyndonville, Albion at LeRoy, 7 pm.
Girls Basketball – Barker at Holley, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Newfane at Akron, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – Wilson at Lyndonville, Albion at Holley-Kendall, 6 p.m.

Several local wrestlers placed at the third annual Linda Knuutila Memorial Tournament held Friday and today at Niagara County Community College.

Medina’s Dominick Callara placed second at 110 as an injury prevented him from competing in the title match.

Lyndonville had Sam Doolan place fifth at 285. Sebastian Temich sixth at 160 and Christian Garver (118) and Payton Grabowski (189) both finished seventh.

Roy-Hart/Barker had Quinn Brown (152) place seventh and Dan Moore (215) eighth.

In the girls’ division, Lyndonville had Rylie Redmond (235) place second and Safia Delobbe-Scott (138) sixth.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cole Callard goes up for a shot as Vinny Golisano defends for Holley during the Mustangs non league win over the visiting Hawks this afternoon.

A big late third quarter scoring burst keyed Medina to a 71-50 victory over visiting Holley in a non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

Leading by a narrow two point, 34-32, margin, Medina put exploded for a decisive 16-3 run to break the contest open.

Aiden Pitts had a three and a three-point play, Jerrell Nealy a pair of layups, Justin Pitts a three and a fast break layup during that uprising which propelled the Mustangs out to a commanding 50-35 lead.

Holley’s Destin Kuyal tries to drive by Medina’s Jerrell Nealy with Joe Silpoch as a pick.

Medina led by 12, 51-39, at the three-quarter mark. The visiting Hawks could get no closer in the final period as the Mustangs closed with a 20-11 scoring edge down the stretch to improve to 2-2 on the young season.

Nealy finished with a game high 22 points as Justin Pitts added 14, Aiden Pitts 12, Cole Callard 9, Cayden Lilleby 7, Jason Beyer 4 and Roosevelt Mitchell 3.

Destin Kuyal scored 15, Vinny Golisano 14 and Joe Silpoch 11 to lead Holley as Ben Cox added 5, Eli Lang 3 and Carter McGwire 2.

Nealy scored 8 in the opening quarter to help Medina grab a 16-10 lead. Trailing 10-8, the Mustangs closed the period with an 8-0 run on tallies by Nealy, Lilleby and Mitchell.

The Mustangs maintained a six point, 27-21, lead at the half on a late three by Callard.

Another three and a jumper by Callard helped Medina open with an 11 point, 34-23, lead early in the third period.

Holley though came battling back as a three-point play by Cox followed by back-to-back threes by Kuyal rallied the Hawks back to within two, 34-32.

However, the Hawks could get no closer as the Mustangs answered back with the decisive 16-3 scoring surge, to pull away for good.

Holley, which next hosts Alexander in a Genesee Region League game on Monday, slips to 0-4.

Medina will next compete in the Batavia Lions Club Tournament at Genesee Community College on December 27.

Medina’s Jerrell Nealy drives between Holley defenders Vinny Golisano and Joe Silpoch.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Mason Nicholson goes in for a layup as Nicholas Scott defends for Elba. The Action took place during the Lancers win over the host Tigers this evening.

Jumping out to a 10-0 lead at the outset, Elba went on to defeat host Lyndonville 56-30 in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Angelo Penna scored a game high 25 points, Connor Scott 14 and Ashton Bezon 12 to lead the way for Elba which improves to 1-1 in the league and 3-2 overall.

Mason Nicholson tallied 9, Jimmy Poler 6, Trenton Muck and Jacob Wilson 5, Colton Smith 3 and Ian Mank 2 for Lyndonville which slips to 0-2, 0-4.

Penna scored 8 in the opening quarter to help Elba grab a 12-5 lead.

The Lancers extended the lead a bit to 10 at 26-16 at the half as Penna scored 6 and Scott and Bezon 4 each in the second period.

Elba then broke the contest wide open by outpointing the Tigers 21-5 in the third quarter to race away to a commanding 47-21 advantage at the three-quarter mark. Penna and Bezon both netted 6 and Scott 5 to lead that Lancers uprising.

Alexander 46, Kendall 43
Trailing 33-29 after three quarters, Alexander rallied with a 17-10 fourth period scoring edge to nip Kendall 46-43 in a G-R game.

Jacek Kwiatkowski and Austin Werth both scored 10 for Kendall which led 23-20 at the half.

Attica 75, Holley 43

Building up a 37-25 halftime advantage, Attica went on to down Holley 75-43 in another G-R contest.

Destin Kuyal led Holley with 18.

The Hawks next visit Medina at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in a non league contest.

Elba’s Angelo Penna puts up a shot as Kevin Travis defends for Lyndonville.

A key 12-0 run sparked Barker to a 21-15 win over visiting Tonawanda in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Anna Bowerman scored 6 and Cole Carnes, Rachel Sutter and Kiera Dalton 5 each to lead the way for Barker.

Elba 66, Lyndonville 33

Moving out to a 17-4 first quarter lead, Elba went on to down visiting Lyndonville 66-33 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Sydney Reilly scored 21, Kennedy Augello 18 and Lydia Ross 11 to spark Elba which went on to lead by margins of 31-14 at the half and 48-27 after three quarters.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 15, Addison Dillenbeck 8, Ashlee Stephens 6 and Shelby Boring 4 for Lyndonville. Stephens also grabbed off 12 rebounds and Lorelei Dillenbeck 11.

Elba is now 2-0 in the league and 2-1 overall while Lyndonville is 0-2, 3-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cayden Lilleby tries for a scoop shot as Josh Prude defends for West Seneca East during the Mustangs win over the visiting Trojans this evening.

Putting together a clutch late scoring spurt, Medina nipped visiting West Seneca East 55-54 in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Trailing by five, 52-47, Medina rallied with an 8-2 scoring run to close the game and snap a brief season opening two game losing streak.

A layup by Aiden Pitts followed by a layup  off a steal and a rebound bucket, both by Jerrell Nealy, pulled Medina to within one at 54-53 with 56 seconds to go.

Nealy then scored what proved to be the game winning basket on a jumper with 17 seconds remaining for a 55-54 Medina lead.

The Mustangs defense then came up huge holding the Trojans without a shot over the final seconds to preserve the narrow victory.

Nealy finished with a game high 22 points as Cayden Lilleby added 11, Aiden Pitts 9, Justin Pitts 7, Roosevelt Mitchell 4 and Cole Callard 2.

Daniel Gospodarski and Devin Madding both scored 15 and Brian Kabel 12 for the Trojans.

Medina grabbed a 14-11 first period lead by closing with a 7-0 run on two baskets by Mitchell followed by a three by Justin Pitts.

The Trojans answered with an 18-12 scoring edge in the second period to grab a 29-26 lead at the half and maintained a 44-39 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

However, the Mustangs rallied with a 16-10 scoring edge in the final period, including 8 by Nealy, to claim the win.

Medina next hosts Holley at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in another non league contest.

Medina’s Aiden Pitts puts up a shot over West Seneca East defender Daniel Gospodarski.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Maddy Satkowski heads to a win in the 200 Freestyle during the Seahorses home meet against Newfane this afternoon.

Newfane swept to a pair of victories over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening.

The Panthers won the boys’ meet 90-51 and the girls’ competition 90-68.

Bryson Ford in action for Medina in the 200 Medley Relay.

Eli Thompson was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke and Noah Kneeland took both the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke to lead the way for the Newfane boys which also had Daenon Kopp win the 200 Free and Dimitri Young the 100 Butterfly.

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

The Newfane boys are now 2-0 and Medina 0-3.

Kim Schmitt won both the IM and Backstroke and Avery Stevenson doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly to spark the Newfane girls which also had Sam Harmon win the 100 Free and Lydia Lamont the 100 Breaststroke.

Maddy Satkowski won the 200 Free and Madeline Mark the 500 Free for the Seahorses.

The Newfane girls are now 1-1 and Medina 1-2.

In another N-O meet, Akron swept Albion winning in the boys’ competition 53-40 and the girls’ 48-45.

Caiden Class scores a win in the 500 Free for Medina.