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Holley-Kendall matmen top Eastridge

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 December 2022 at 9:16 pm

Holley-Kendall defeated Eastridge 48-27 in a non league wrestling match Tuesday evening.

Frank Golisano (189), Ryan Blodgett (215) and Hunter Smith (285) all scored pins for Holley-Kendall.

Byron-Bergen 51, Albion 24
Byron-Bergen downed visiting Albion 51-24 this evening in a non league match.

Bryden McMurray (138) and Josh Bovenzi (145) notched pins for Albion.

Turnovers stymie Tigers, Mustangs in losses

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 December 2022 at 8:59 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck grabs a rebound against the Notre Dame duo of Bryce Berry (13) and Jay Antinore (3) during the Tigers home court loss to the Irish this evening.

Forcing a rash of turnovers with a very effective pressing defense, Notre Dame rolled to a 76-32 win over host Lyndonville this evening in the Genesee Region League opener for both teams.

Ryan Fitzpatrick scored a game high 19, Jaden Sherwood 15 and Jordan Welker 14 to lead a parade of 11 point getters for Notre Dame.

Trenton Muck scored 16 and Mason Nicholson 9 to lead Lyndonville.

Five straight turnovers to open the game set an ominous tone for the Tigers as the Irish went on to build up leads of 15-6 after the first quarter, 34-12 at the half and 62-24 after three quarters.

Notre Dame is now 3-0 overall and Lyndonville 0-3.

Holland 80, Medina 34
Building up a 31-16 half-time advantage, Holland went on to defeat Medina 80-34 this evening in the Mustangs non league season opener.

Jerrell Nealy and Roosevelt Mitchell both scored 8 and Cayden Lilleby 6 for Medina which likewise was plagued by a rash of nearly two dozen turnovers.

The Mustangs open the home portion of the season next Tuesday with a non league game against Maritime.

Lyndonville’s Ian Mank puts up a shot as Mavrik Hall tries to block for Notre Dame.

Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament to continue special Toy Drive tradition

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 December 2022 at 9:33 am

Wrestlers from 16 schools will be competing in Lyndonville’s 5th annual Fred Large Memorial Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

In addition to honoring the memory of long time Coach Fred Large, who organized the Tigers wrestling program, the tournament will also continue a special tradition of holding a Toy and Gift Card Drive to benefit inpatient families on the Oncology floor at Golisano’s Children’s Hospital in Rochester and to raise awareness of childhood cancer.

All toy, gift card and monetary donations made by fans attending the tournament will go directly to those needy families at Golisano’s.

The cause has a special meaning for Lyndonville Co-Coach Joey Suhr whose daughter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2016.

Along with the Toy Drive, wrestlers who reach the finals will have the option of wearing a cancer awareness singlet which will be in yellow and gray to represent childhood cancer and brain cancer.

The teams participating in the tournament include Albion, Medina, Holley-Kendall, Roy-Hart/Barker, Akron, Wilson, Byron-Bergen/Elba, CSAT, East Rochester, Gilead, North Rose-Wolcott, Pavilion/York, Wayne, Williamson and Warsaw.

Holley to host non league opener Saturday

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 December 2022 at 9:29 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley will begin tuning up for the Genesee Region League basketball season by hosting Mt. Morris in a non league game at noon on Saturday. Helping to lead Holley into the upcoming season is this quartet of veterans including senior Hunter Kennedy, sophomore Destin Kuysl, senior Zach Milner and sophomore Vinny Golisano. The Hawks veterans also include seniors Seth Janus and Joe Silpoch. Holley’s gradation losses from last year’s team which posted a 10-10 regular season record, include Broek Ostrom, Erik Lang, Mason Neale and James Tette. New Coach Ken Radigan’s Hawks will open the G-R season at Kendall on December 14.

Roy-Hart earns first win by downing Maritime

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2022 at 10:11 pm

Roy-Hart earned victory No. 1 on the young season by downing host Maritime 66-59 in a non league contest this evening.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored 22 to lead the way for Roy-Hart as Rem Albee and Jackson Webber both netted 14.

Leading by narrow margins of 33-31 at the half and 49-48 at the three-quarter mark, Roy-Hart closed out the win in the final period as Johnson had 5 points, Webber 4 clutch free throws and Albee a key 3.

Now at 1-2, Roy-Hart next hosts Notre Dame in another non league contest at noon Saturday.

Pal-Mac 59, Albion 29
Jumping out to a 27-9 halftime lead, host Palmyra-Macedon went on to defeat Albion 59-29 in a non league game. Amari Jones led Albion with 14.

Notre Dame 86, Barker 61
Building up a commanding 54-22 halftime advantage, Notre Dame went on to down visiting Barker 86-61 in a non league game. Luey Castro scored 29 and Aidan Mescall 11 for Barker.

RAC 86, Kendall 61
Rochester Academy built up a 51-19 halftime lead in route to posting an 84-47 non league win over host Kendall. Louie Conte scored 10 and Devin Edick 8 for Kendall which next hosts Attica at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Genesee Region League opener.

Medina wrestlers split at Will South

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2022 at 9:17 pm

Medina earned a split in a non league wrestling tri match at Wiliamsville South this evening.

The Mustangs defeated Cheektowags 48-22 but lost to Will South 42-35.

Dominick Callara, Corde Robinson, Liam Castricone, Austin Seefeldt, Conor Crandall and Dawson Carpten all had pins for Medina against Cheektowaga.

Robinson, Seefeldt, Crandall, Reece Senske and Sawyer Kingsbury then all had pins and Callara a technical fall win against Will South.

Medina will next compete in the Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville on Saturday.

Lyndonville tops Albion in non league contest

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2022 at 9:07 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck puts up a shot against Albion defenders Taylor LeFrois (3) and Skoi Sanders Smith (14) during the Lady Tigers home court win this evening.

Leading from wire to wire, Lyndonville rolled to a 47-32 win over visiting Albion in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored a game high 22 points, including five threes, to lead the Lyndonville attack. Addison Dillenbeck added 9, Haley Shaffer, Shelby Boring and Ashlee Stephens 4 each and Bella Groves and Jocelyn Mack 2 each for the Lady Tigers.

Skoi Sanders Smith scored 9 and Madison Hughson 8 to pace Albion as Taylor LeFrois added 6, Kenzi Snook 3 and Olivia Krenning, Julia Knight and Samantha Basinait 2 each.

Baskets by Addison Dillenbeck, Stephens and Lorelei Dillenbeck helped spark Lyndonville out to a 10-4 first quarter lead.

Threes by Lorelei Dillenbeck and Shaffer then highlighted a 14-7 Lyndonville second period scoring edge which upped the lead to 24-11 at the half.

Lorelei Dillenbeck had two threes in the third period to help up the Lady Tigers advantage to 21 at 37-16 at the three-quarter mark. She also had two threes early in the final stanza to help up the Lady Tigers lead to as much as 27, 47-20.

Now at 2-0, Lyndonville next visits Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Friday in the Genesee Region League opener.

Albion, which is 0-2, next hosts Byron-Bergen on December 14.

In a G-R contest, Attica nipped visiting Kendall 30-28.

Alden 42, Roy-Hart 31

Leading by a narrow 15-13 margin at the half, Alden used a 15-4 third quarter scoring edge to key a 42-31 win over Roy-Hart in a non league game this evening. Kaitlin Mettler led Roy-Hart with 16.

Albion’s Taylor LeFrois puts up a shot as Bella Groves (12) and Addison Dillenbeck (4) defend for Lyndonville.

Mustangs face a bit of a rebuilding task

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 5 December 2022 at 10:00 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina veterans Justin Pitts and Cayden Lilleby

Youth and inexperience dominate the roster for Medina as the Mustangs prep to begin the season with a non league game at Holland on Wednesday (6:30 p.m.).

Senior Cayden Lilleby and junior Justin Pitts provide the only real varsity experience for the Mustangs whose graduation losses included Joe Cecchini, Jarin Rhim, David Berry and Anthony Rutty. In addition, two other possible returnees, juniors Kaedon Cleveland and Amari Soule, have opted not to play this year.

The roster for new coach Justin Morgan, who guided the Mustangs JV team last year, also includes senior Aiden Pitts; juniors Roosevelt Mitchell, Jason Beyer, Jack Cecchini, Alex Benz; sophomores Cole Callard and Cam Kenward and freshman Jerrell Nealy.

The Mustangs will host three straight home games – against Maritime on Dec. 13, West Seneca East on Dec. 15 and Holley on Dec, 17 – before participating in the Batavia Lions Club Tournament at GCC on Dec. 27 and 29.

The Niagara-Orleans League opener will be January 3 at home against Albion.

Kendall has non league, G-R games this week

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 5 December 2022 at 9:56 am

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Kendall into this week’s season opening basketball games are veterans senior Devin Edick, junior Louie Conte and senior Zach Barrett. Missing from the photo is junior Jacek Kwiatkowski. Kendall will host Rochester Charter Academy on Tuesday in the non league season opener and then entertain Attica on Thursday in the Genesee Region League opener, both at 7 p.m. With new coach Zach Fame at the helm, the Eagles roster also includes juniors Jimmie Swift, Hunter Richards and Austin Wertth. Kendall’s graduation losses included Braxton Zarpentine, Jeffrey Pratt, Seth Bidwell and Dutch Steffen.

Weekly High School Sports Schedule

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 5 December 2022 at 9:24 am

Weekly High School Sports Schedule

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Maritime, 6:30 p.m.; Albion at Palmyra-Macedon, Barker at Notre Dame, RAC at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Albion at Lyndonville, 6:30 p.m.; Alden at Roy-Hart, Kendall at Attica, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Medina at Williamsville South, Eastridge at Holley-Kendall, 6 p.m.
Swimming – Albion at Byron-Bergen, Medina at Attica, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Medina at Holland, 6:30 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Albion at Byron-Bergen, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Barker at Alden, Attica at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Barker at Buffalo Science, 4:30 p.m.; Kendall at Medina, 6:30 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Albion, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville at Newfane, 5 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Albion at Elba, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball –  Roy-Hart at Maryvale, 6:30 p.m.; Holley at Pembroke, Lyndonville at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Saturday
Boys Basketball – Notre Dame at Roy-Hart, 12 p.m.; Mt. Morris at Holley, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville, 9 a.m.