Medina will open the home portion of its boys basketball season with a busy slate of three games this coming week. The Mustangs will host Maritime at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, West Seneca East at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Holley at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Kendall will host rival Holley in girls basketball on Monday and boys basketball on Wednesday, both at 7 p.m.

Niagara-Orleans League wrestling competition gets underway this week as Medina hosts Roy-Hart/Barker at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Albion visits Newfane and Akron travel to Wilson at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The weekly schedule

Monday
Boys Basketball – Oakfield-Alabama at Albion, Byron-Bergen at Barker, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Holley at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Maritime at Medina, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lyndonville at Barker, 6:30 p.m.
Swimming – Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville at Medina, 5 p.m.
Wrestling – CSAT at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Holley at Kendall, Albion at Spencerport, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Park at Roy-Hart, 6 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Albion, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Roy-Hart/Barker at Medina, McQuaid at Holley-Kendall, Lyndonville at Pavilion, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – West Seneca East at Medina, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Attica at Holley, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Newfane at Medina, Akron at Albion ,5 p.m.
Wrestling – Albion at Newfane, Akron at Wilson, 6 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Tonawanda at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Elba at Lyndonville, Attica at Holley, Kendall at Alexander, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Tonawanda at Barker, 5 p.m.; Lyndonville at Elba, Alexander at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Saturday
Boys Basketball – Holley at Medina, 12:30 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lucas Powley works against Omarion Lebron of East Rochester during early round action at today’s fifth annual Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville.

Medina had a pair individual weight class winners today at Lyndonville’s fifth annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament.

Reece Senske won at 102 and Dominick Callara at 110 for Medina.

Senske decisioned Lucas Kimber (Roy-Hart/Barker) 8-6 in the finals after scoring a second period pin in the semifinals.

Callara, who earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award for the lighter weights, pinned Layton McDonald (North Rose-Wolcott) in 5:58 in his title match after registering a first period fall in the semis.

The Mustangs also had Sawyer Kingsbury place second at 214, Luke Duffina third at 110 and Conor Crandall third at 189.

Holley-Kendall had Bruce Rasmusson capture the 118 lb. title with a 4-2 decision win over Victor Cusatis (Wilson). He advanced with a technical fall win in the quarterfinals and a second period pin in the semis.

Holley-Kendall also had Will Kruger place second at 132.

Host Lyndonville got second place finishes from Payton Grabowski (189) and Sam Doolan (285) and thirds from Christian Garver (118) and Sebastian Temich (160).

Roy-Hart/Barker had Quinn Brown take the 152 lb. title with an 8-6 decision win over Aidan Lestrange (Wayne). RHB also had Dan Moore place third at 215.

Albion had Josh Bovenzi place third at 145.

Wilson had a pair of champions in Jacob Stephens at 160 and Breckyn Schultz at 215 while Byron-Bergen/Elba had Malachi Smith take the 189 lb. title.

Wayne won the team title as Wilson, Medina, Byron-Bergen/Elba, North Rose-Wolcott, Lyndonville, Roy-Hart/Barker and Holley-Kendall rounded out the top eight.

In the girls’ tourney, Lyndonville’s Safia Delobbe-Scott placed third in the 126-138 bracket.

In the JV tourney Corde Robinson won at 126 and Brennan Allen at 138 for Medina, Ethan Hardenbrook at 132 for Holley-Kendall and David Rosario at 160 for Albion.

Albion’s Alonzo Figueroa-Fuentes competes against Lyndonville’s Brody Hazel.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jamel Johnson Jr. tries to drive through Notre Dame defenders Jaden Sherwood (23) and Ryan Fitzpatrick (2) during the host Rams win over the Irish this afternoon.

There was no need for a shot clock in this one as Roy-Hart bested visiting Notre Dame 57-44 as fast break action dominated in the non league contest.

Jamel Johnson Jr. took game high scoring honors for Roy-Hart with 21. Rem Albee added 12, Nate Beyer 10, Justin Terwilliger 8 and Dan Aquilina 6 for the Rams.

Ryan Fitzpatrick scored 13 to lead Notre Dame as Jordan Welker, Jaden Sherwood and Jay Antinore each chipped in with 8.

Roy-Hart grabbed a narrow 14-13 lead at the end of the first period as Johnson Jr. had 8 in the early going.

The Rams then opened up an 11 point, 30-19, lead at the half after outscoring the Irish 16-6 in the second period. Terwilliger scored 8, including a pair of threes, and Johnson Jr. and Aquilina both added 4.

Roy-Hart maintained an 11 point, 41-30, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Johnson Jr. tallied 9 in the third period.

Notre Dame could get no closer than seven in the final period as Albee scored 10, including 4 of 5 from the free throw line, and Beyer went 4 for 4 at the line to keep Roy-Hart in charge.

Notre Dame, which is now 3-1, was hurt by 11 of 28 shooting from the free throw line.

Now at 2-2, Roy-Hart next visits Cleveland Hill for a non league game on Tuesday.

Mt. Morris 68, Holley 49

Vinny Golisano scored 22 and Destin Kuyal 18 for host Holley in the Hawks non league season opening 68-49 loss to Mt. Morris this afternoon.

Roy-Hart’s Nate Beyer grabs a rebound from Notre Dame’s Jay Antinore.

Steadily pulling away, Elba downed visiting Albion 60-45 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

The Lancers led 12-10 after one quarter, 30-20 at the half and 46-32 at the three-quarter mark.

Connor Scott spearheaded the Elba attack with 30 points, 23 of which came in the first half.

Aquil Gaffney scored 19 and Blake Preston 23, including four threes, for Albion.

The Purple Eagles next host Oakfield-Alabama in a non league game at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Jumping out to leads of 24-15 after one quarter and 39-18 at the half, Notre Dame went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 61-28 this evening in the Genesee Region League girls basketball opener for both teams.

Amelia McCulley scored 29, including 16 in the opening quarter, Avelin Tomidy 12 and Emma Sisson 11 for Notre Dame.

Addison Dillenbeck scored 13, including 9 in the first quarter, Lorelei Dillenbeck 7, Haley Shaffer 6 and Shelby Boring 2 for Lyndonville. Ashlee Stephens grabbed off 12 rebounds and Lorelei Dillenbeck 10 for the Lady Tigers.

Pembroke 60, Holley 34
Building up a 35-17 halftime advantage, Pembroke went on to down visiting Holey 60-34 in another G-R opener.

Olivia Breedon scored 23 and Karli Houseknecht 16 for Pembroke. Breedon also had 8 rebounds, Carly Cerasani 7 and Houseknect 6. Houseknect also had 8 steals.

Alivia Wolf tallied 8, Layne Walker 7 and Jailyn Bishop 5. Bishop also had 6 rebounds.

Maryvale 31, Roy-Hart 21
Maryvale bested visiting Roy-Hart 23-21 in a non league contest.

The Fleyrs held leads of 9-7 after the first quarter, 22-13 at the half and 25-19 at the three-quarter mark.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion quarterback Amari Jones has earned first team All Western New York honors.

Albion senior quarterback/defensive back Amari Jones has been named to the first team of the All Western New York football squad.

Jones passed for 1,076 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 612 yards and 7 touchdowns. On defense, he made 53 tackles and had 5 interceptions.

He becomes Albion’s first first team All-WNY honoree since his head Coach David Skrip earned the honor during both his junior and senior years of 2006 and 2007.

Medina has a trio of All-WNY squad honorees as senior two-way lineman Chris Johnson and sophomore kicker Cole Callard have been named to the second team and senior running back/linebacker Noah Skinner to the third team.

Johnson, a three-year two-way starter o the line, who was a finalist for the WNY lineman of the year (Trench Award), made 46 tackles and had 1 sack.

Callard made good on 34 of 37 extra point kick attempts and also handled the punting and kickoff chores.

Skinner rushed for 1,470 yards and 27 touchdowns. On defense, he had a team leading 61 tackles and 2 sacks.

Medina’s All-WNY squad honorees include, from left, Chris Johnson, Cole Callard and Noah Skinner.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Dallas Ecker in route to a win in the Individual Medley during the host Purple Eagles victory over Medina this evening.

Albion and Medina both came away with a victory in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League swim meet at Albion this evening.

Albion won the boys meet 61-30 as Dallas Ecker won both the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly, Finn McCue the 100 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke and Joel Slack the 50 Free.

Caiden Class was a double winner for Medina in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Jackson Moreland took the 100 Backstroke.

Medina won the girls’ meet 51-41 as Madeline Mark won both the Individual Medley and 500 Free, Madison Watts the 50 Free, Penelope Schalck the 100 Free and Madelynn Rutledge the Backstroke.

Gina Sidari won both the 200 Free and Butterfly and Willow Gaines the Breaststroke for Albion.

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville and Newfane split

Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville defeated host Newfane 99-70 in the girls meet as Julia Miles was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Newfane downed RBL 85-77 in the boys meet as Eli Thompson took both the 50 Free and Backstroke.

Medina’s Madeline Mark heads to a win in the Individual Medley during the Seahorses victory over Albion.

A big second quarter scoring burst keyed Barker to a 71-46 victory over host Alden in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Leading 16-9 after the first quarter, Barker broke the game open in the second period out scoring Alden 17-1 to open up a commanding 33-10 halftime advantage as five players contributed to the point production.

Brad Cantrell scored 22 and Luey Castro 20 to lead the way for Barker as Aidan Mescall added 13, Aidan Voss 7, Dawson Donovan 6 and Jordan Leising 3.

The Raiders, which led 50-28 after three quarters, improve to 2-2 heading into Monday’s non league home opener against Byron-Bergen.

Attica 76, Kendall 72 (OT)

Attica outlasted host Kendall 76-72 in overtime this evening in the Genesee Region League season opener for the Eagles.

Trailing by 5 with just 8 seconds remaining in regulation time, Kendall rallied to tie the game at 66-66 and force overtime on a three by Jacek Kwiatkowski and two free throws by Devin Edick.

However, Attica outscored Kendall 10-6 in overtime to claim the win as Cole Harding tallied 6 points.

Harding finished with a game high 33 including 14 in the fourth quarter.

Edick finished with 28, including 6 threes, and Kwiatkowski 22, including 7 threes. to pace Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nevaeh Moss grabs a reound against Kendall’s Taigan Guerreo as Rylee VanNostrand moves in to supprt. The action took place during the Mustangs narrow win over the visiting Lady Eagles this evening.

Avenging a season opening loss (34-24) Medina nipped visiting Kendall 33-31 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Rylee VanNostrand scored the game winner for Medina on a layup off a turnover with 9.5 seconds to go which snapped a 31-31 tie.

VanNostrand finished with a game high 13 points as Stella Poler added 8, Nevaeh Moss and Dani Williams 3 and Honesty Hill, Alaia McGill and Angel Mulchay 2 each.

Taigan Guerrero and Ava LaMay both scored 8 to lead Kendall. Danielle Offhaus added 7, Stella Kwiatek 6 and Mary Jones 2 for the Lady Eagles.

Medina grabbed a slender 8-7 first quarter lead as Poler scored 6,

Kendall rallied into a 16-10 halftime lead and extended the advantage to 11 at 21-10 at the outset of the third period after a three by Kwiatek and a jumper by Guerrero.

However, Medina answered back with a key 14-0 run to close the period to rally back into a 26-21 lead heading into the final period. VanNostrand scored 8 to lead that uprising which also included baskets by Moss and McGill.

Layups by Mulchay and VanNostrand helped keep the Mustangs on top 31-27 with 1:30 remaining.

Kendall though rallied back into a 31-31 tie with 43 seconds to go after a rebound basket by Offhaus and two free throws by LaMay.

That set the stage for Medina to pull out the win on VanNostrand’s late layoff off a turnover as the Mustangs improve to 2-1.

The loss drops Kendall to 1-3.

Barker 45, Buffalo Science 6

Mia Herman scored 12, Kiera Dalton 9 and Addison Szafranski 7 to lead Barker to a 45-6 non league win over host Buffalo Academy of Science.

Kendall’s Brooke Rodas looks to drive around Medina’s Hilda Santiago-Bautista.