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Kendall and Lyndonville duos head the Hub’s All Orleans County girls basketball team
Photos by Cheryl Wertmn – Kendall’s All County honorees Alezya Brown, left, and Libby Snyder.
Kendall and Lyndonville have both placed two players on the first team of the Hub’s All Orleans County girls basketball squad.
Kendall is represented by seniors Libby Snyder and Alezya Brown.
Lyndonville has placed seniors Karlee Rounds and Ella Lewis.
Rounding out the first team are Albion senior Abby Scanlan and Medina junior Rylee VanNostrand, who is the team’s sixth man.
Snyder scored 273 points (13.0 average) and had 263 rebounds, 107 blocks, 52 steals and 43 assists.
Brown scored 211 points (9.59 ave.) and had 182 rebounds, 64 steals and 52 asssist.
Lewis scored 286 points and had 109 steals, 103 assists and 98 rebounds. She finished with a career total of 968 points.
Rounds scored 225 points and grabbed off 136 rebounds. She finishes with career totals of 434 points and 317 rebounds.
Scanlan scored 212 points (10.6 ave.) and VanNostrand 189 points (11.0 ave).
Earning Honorable Mention is the quintet of Lyndonville junior Lorelei Dillenbeck, Holley sophomore Samantha Bates, Kendall senior Julia Szczepanski, Albion senior Sydney Mulka and Albion sophomore Madison Hughson.
Lyndonville’s honorees Karlee Rounds, left, and Ella Lewis
Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand, left, and Albion’s Abby Scanlan
Kendall youth wrestlers compete at states
Contributed Photos – The Kendall Youth Wrestling Club had two wrestlers, Jeffery Lutes, left, and Landon Perry, compete in the New York State Tournament this past weekend. Lutes placed second and finishes his first year of wrestling with a 36-8 record. Perry completes his second year with a 22-11 record. Both will be attending the Tournament of Champions in West Virginia later this year. The Kendall Club will be sending a total of 10 wrestlers to compete.
Albion quartet will play college soccer
Contributed Phots – Albion’s college bound soccer players include, from left, Abby Scanlan, Nikki Creasey, Sydney Mulka and Aly Knaak.
A quartet of Albion High and Albion Raptors players will be continuing their soccer careers at the collegiate level.
The senior foursome includes Abby Scanlan, Nikki Creasey, Aly Knaak and Sydney Mulka.
Scanlan will be attending Alfred University majoring in Criminal Justice.
Creasey will major in Speech Pathology at Buffalo State.
Knaak will attend Alfred State and major in Vet Tech.
Mulka will major in Biology at Penn State Harrisburg.
All four players were honored on the Niagara-Orleans All-League squad last fall as Scanlan, Creasey and Mulka were named to the first team and Knaak to the second team.
Roy-Hart and Medina duos head N-O All League boys basketball first team
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s first team N-O All-League honorees Jamel Johnson Jr., left, and Aiden Petrie.
Champion Roy-Hart and Medina have both placed two players on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League boys basketball squad.
Roy-Hart which ended a 26 year drought in capturing the N-O title has placed senior Aiden Petrie and junior Jamel Johnson Jr.
Medina is represented by the senior duo of Jarin Rhim and Joe Cecchini.
Contributed Photo – Evan Myers, Newfane
Rounding out the first team is Newfane junior Evan Myers.
Petrie, who was named N-O Player of the Year, scored 335 points (18.6 average) and had 161 rebounds, 33 steals and 29 assists.
Johnson had 295 points (14.8 ave.), 207 rebounds, 71 steals and 66 assists.
Rhim scored 198 points (10.4 ave.) and had 171 rebounds, 48 assists and 26 steals.
Cecchini had 189 points (9.9 ave.), 104 rebounds, 43 steals and 34 assists.
Myers scored 263 points (13.8 ave.) and had 101 rebounds, 25 steals and 24 assists.
Five schools are represented on the second team including Albion senior Jahmeek Riley, Barker junior Brad Cantrell, Roy-Hart senior Vinny Buscarino, Newfane sophomore Landon Braman and Wilson senior Paul Smith.
The Honorable Mention selections, listed by school included:
Albion – Tyler Gibson (Sr.) and Caleb Fox (Jr.)
Akron – Andrew Romesser (Jr.) and Trace Hill (Soph.)
Barker – Nathan Meza Ray (Sr.)
Newfane – Connor Gunby (Sr.), Brady Harrington (Sr.) and Ben Dickinson (Soph.)
Wilson – Mason Branca (Sr.), Matt Fox (Jr.) and Jake Austin (Soph.)
Medina’s first team honorees Joe Cecchini, left, and Jarin Rhim.
Spring sports practice gets underway
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Spring sports practice got underway this afternoon for area high school baseball, softball, lacrosse, track and tennis teams. Here members of the Medina lacrosse squad go through a drill. The Mustangs will get the season going next week with games at Lockport on March 23 and at home against Salamanca on March 24. The Niagara-Orleans baseball, softball, tennis and track squads will open the league season the first week of April.
Several members of the Lyndonville baseball squad loosen up in the gym. The Tigers baseball and softball squads are scheduled to open the Genesee Region League season on April 7 against Wheatland-Chili
Five teams share in earning first team N-O All-League girls basketball honors
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – First team N–O All=League honorees Abby Scanlan (Albion) and Ava Owens (Roy-Hart).
Five schools are represented on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League girls basketball squad.
That all senior quintet includes Abby Scanlan (Albion), Ava Owens (Roy-Hart), Ella Hill (Akron), Jensen McGhee (Newfane) and Bella Lemke (Wilson).
Scanlan, who has been named N-O Player of the year, scored 212 points for a 10.6 average and had 83 steals.
Owens scored 194 points and had 94 rebounds, Hill 119 points and 122 rebounds, McGhee 274 points and 200 rebounds and Lemke 328 points and 143 rebounds.
N-O champion Wilson placed two players on the second team in the sophomore duo of Peyton McGinnis and Rian Faery.
The second team also includes Roy-Hart senior Claire Halstead, Medina junior Rylee VanNostrand and Newfane senior Ang DiTullio.
Albion senior Sydney Mulka and sophomore Madison Hughson both received Honorable Mention as did Roy-Hart freshman Kaitlin Mettler and the Akron duo of senior Giahna LaFromboise and junior Sophia Jones.
First team honorees, from left, Ella Hill (Akron), Bella Lemke (Wilson) and Jensen McGhee (Newfane).
Orleans U15 FC qualifies for regional
Contributed Photo – The Orleans FC U15 soccer team recently finished second in Rochester’s U18 Youth Futsal League with a 6-2 record to earn a berth in next year’s Atlantic Futsal Regional U16 bracket. In the front row are Dominic Mulka, Pablo Rosario, Adrian Figueroa and Jonnatan Reyes. In the back row are Alonzo Figueroa, Ben O’Connor, Finnegan McCue, Jesus Rosario, Lucas Martin, David Rosario and Coach Angel Rosario.
A special basketball season for the Rams
Contributed Photo – It was a very special season for the Roy-Hart boys basketball team as the Rams ended a 25 year plus long title drought by capturing the Niagara-Orleans League championship with a 10-2 record. It was Roy-Hart’s first N-O title since the 1995-96 season when the Rams shared the crown with Wilson. It was also Roy-Hart’s first outright title since the 1968-69 season when the Rams defeated both Starpoint and Medina in a three-way playoff after the three teams finished the regular season deadlocked at 9-3. The Rams locked up this year’s title by closing the league season with a pair of home court victories. First a 70-52 win over Medina clinched a share of the crown and then a 70-47 victory over Albion locked it up outright. In front are Aiden Petrie, Vinny Buscarino, John Conley, Andrew Waters and Brandan DiNeri. In back are Coach Joe Pawlak, Dom Beyer, Nate Beyer, Bryan Baes, Brandin Masters and Jamel Johnson Jr.
G-R boys complete overtime sweep of N-O
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Noah Poler puts up a shot for the Genesee Region League against Niagara-Orleans League defender Jarin Rhim (Medina) during the annual Exceptional Senior game this evening at Albion.
Completing the sweep, the Genesee Region League boys likewise outlasted the Niagara-Orleans League 86-82 in overtime in the Exceptional Senior game this evening at Albion.
The N-O sent the contest into overtime on late baskets by Jarin Rhim (Medina) and Jahmeek Riley (Albion), the later coming with just four seconds to go knotting the score at 72-72.
The G-R though claimed the win by outscoring the N-O 14-10 in the extra period as Zach Marscelli (Elba) had a two and a three, Gaige Armbrewster (Oakfield-Alabama) a pair of baskets, Kam Cusmano (Oakfield-Alabama) a bucket and CJ Gottler (Elba) his fifth three of the evening.
Aiden Petrie (Roy-Hart) and Connor Gunby (Newfane) both had a pair of baskets for the N-O in the overtime.
The N-O held a slender 21-19 lead at the end of the first period but the G-R rallied into leads of 40-33 at the half and 57-51 at the three-quarter mark.
Gottler scored 11, including three threes, in the first half and Marsceill had a pair of threes in the third period for the G-R.
Vinny Buscarino (Roy-Hart) hit two threes in the opening period for the N-O as Tyler Gibson (Albion) and Brady Harrington Newfane had two baskets each. Harrington also scored 6 in the third and Riley 6 in the fourth.
Gottler finished with a game high 17, Marsceill 14, Armbrewster 11, Kam Cusmano and Aaron Lund (Wheatland-Chili) 9 each and Colin McCulley (Notre Dame) and Cody Henry (Notre Dame) 7 each to set the pace for the G-R.
Buscarino finished with 14, Harrington 12, Gunby 11, Petrie 10, Riley 10, Paul Smith (Wilson) 8, Gibson 7 and Rhim 7 to lead the N-O.
The N-O now holds a 12-9 lead in the series.
Roy-Hart’s Vinny Buscarino drives to the basket for the N-O as Colin McCulley (Notre Dame) defends for the G-R.
G-R girls outlast N-O in OT in Senior game
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Alezya Brown tries to drive to the basket for the Genesee Region League against Niagara-Orleans League defenders Abby Scanlan (Albion) and Ella Hill (Akron) during the Exceptional Senior game this evening at Albion.
Setting the tone for the evening the Genesee Region League outlasted the Niagara-Orleans League 60-55 in overtime in the Exceptional Senior girls basketball game this evening at Albion.
The G-R sent the contest into overtime on a basket by Chase Harding (Attica) with just two seconds to go knotting the score at 51-51.
Keeping the momentum, the G-R then outscored the N-O 9-4 in the four minute overtime period to claim the win.
Ella Lewis (Lyndonville) had a basket and two free throws in the OT for the G-R as Libby Snyder (Kendall) and Laci Sewar (Elba) also had buckets.
The N-O held leads of 15-11 after one period, 28-19 at the half and 43-39 after three-quarters but the G-R came battling back with a 12-8 scoring edge in the final period to force overtime.
Giahna LaFromboise (Akron) scored 6 in both the first and second periods for the N-O while Karlee Rounds (Lyndonville) had 6 in the third and Kelsey Schlagenhauf (Oakfield-Alabama) 5 and Natalie Whitmore (Alexander) 4 each in the fourth for the G-R.
Lewis and Schlagenhauf both finished with 9 to lead a dozen G-R scorers as Dakota Brinkman (Elba) had 8, Whitmore, Snyder and Rounds 6, Maddie Primm (Byron-Bergen) and Alezya Brown (Kendall) 4, Sewar 3, Emma Kramer (Alexander) and Harding 2 and Emily Gadd (Attica) 1.
Lafromboise scored 16 and Ella Hill (Akron) 10 to pace the N-O as Abby Scanlan (Albion) added 8, Claire Halstead (Roy-Hart) and Jensen McGhee (Newfane) 6, Ava Owens (Roy-Hart) 5 and Sydney Mulka (Albion) 4.
It marked the 21st edition of the Exceptional senior game with the N-O now holding a 12-9 lead in the series.
Albion’s Sydney Mulka puts up a shot for the N-O as Kelsey Schlagenhauf (Oakfield-Alabama) defends for the G-R.
