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Lewis, Snyder earn All-Tourney team honors
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis, Lyndonville, left, and Libby Snyder, Kendall.
Kendall’s Libby Snyder and Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis, both seniors, have earned Section V All Tournament team honors.
Snyder was named to the Class C2 All-Tourney team. The Lady Eagles lost 44-40 in the semifinals to Pavilion which went on to defeat Gananda 46-42 in the C2 title contest.
Lewis was named to the Class C3 All-Tourney team. The Lady Tigers lost in the semis 43-23 to York which went on to defeat Dundee-Bradford 42-35 in the Class C3 finals.
This was the 50th annual Section V tournament and interestingly the tourney program listed the All-Star teams from the previous years.
The program shows Kendall with six previous All-Tournament team honorees including Mary Jo Brenner (1983), Karen Gaesser (1984), Connie Warren (1985), Mary Lapinski (1985), Renee Turpyn (1999 and 2000) and Christine Halter (2005).
Lyndonville’s previous All-Tourney honorees include Jill Eppolito (1978), Sara Woodworth (1996 and 1997), Sherri Stephens (1996 and 1998) and Kelsey Traxler (2008).
Holley has been represented on the All Tourney teams by Lauren Logsdon (2002) and Julie Brooks (2009).
Powell sets Brockport triple jump record
Contributed Photo – Chanyce Powell
Albion High grad and SUNY Brockport graduate student Chanyce Powell set a new school record for the Golden Eagles in the Triple Jump at the All Atlantic Region indoor track and field championships held this weekend at Nazareth College.
Powell had a winning leap of 39-11 1/2 to set a new Brockport record and qualify for the NCAA Division III indoor national championships which will be held next weekend at Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Last weekend Powell placed second in the Long Jump at the SUNY Conference championships with a leap of 17-7. She also placed 9th in the Triple Jump.
She is pursuing a degree in Exercise Physiology.
On the collegiate diamonds
There was an interesting matchup of former Niagara-Orleans League baseball foes on the collegiate diamond Saturday.
Wilson High grad Ian Evans pitched the ninth inning of Elon College’s 13-2 win over Toledo giving up only one hit which was interestingly banged out by Medina High grad and Toledo freshman Brian Fry.
Roy-Hart grad Jake Bruning pitched five innings striking out 7 and allowing 6 hits for Niagara University Saturday in the Purple Eagles 4-2 loss to University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Contributed Photo – Medina High grad and Toledo freshman Brian Fry met up with an old Niagara-Orleans League foe this weekend in Wilson grad Ian Evans of Elon College.
Big meet for Lyndonville gymnast
Contributed Photo – Ainsley Vann
Ainsley Vann of Lyndonville had a big day at the Long Island Classic gymnastics competition held on Friday at Hempstead, NY.
Vann, who competes for the Victors Gymnastics Team of Greece, earned first place overall honors as she placed first on Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and All-Around and second on Vault and Floor Exercise in the Level 6 Senior Division.
The Victors’ Level 6 team placed second overall in the team competition.
Lewis selected for McDonald All-Star game
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis
Lyndonville High senior Ella Lewis has been selected to play in the annual Ronald McDonald All-Star game which will be held at 1 p.m. March 26 at Rush-Henrietta High School.
Lewis scored 286 points this season (12.8 average) for the Lady Tigers. She also had 109 steals, 103 assists and 98 rebounds.
Her career stats include 968 points, 288 rebounds, 280 steals and 238 assists.
“Ella had an outstanding career and those stats are amazing considering she missed an entire season her 9th grade year due to her ACL injury. She is an incredible athlete who led her team well as a captain this year. She worked hard each and everyday and we are so thrilled that she was able to get this honor,” said Kate Draper who co-coached the Lady Tigers this season with Lee Dillenbeck.
The G-R wll also be represented at the All-Star game by Oakfield-Alabama senior Kelsey Schlagenhauf.
She scored 226 points this season (10.76 ave.), grabbed off 202 rebounds and had 71 steals and 48 assists.
Pace advances at state swim championships
Contributed Photo – Isaac Pace
Medina High senior Isaac Pace has advanced to the finals in the 100 Breaststroke at the state swim championships being held today and Saturday at Ithaca.
Pace posted a time of 1:00.70 in the 100 Breaststroke in the preliminaries today for a 25th place finish which advances him to Saturday afternoon’s finals. He will be swimming in the first of three finals heats.
Pace qualified for the state meet by posting a school and Niagara-Orleans League record time of 1:00.26 at the Section VI championships where he placed third.
He also competed in the 50 Freestyle today posting a time of :22.38 but did not qualify for the finals. He had placed second in the 50 Free at the Section VI championships.
Modified joining Medina football lineup
A low number of participants is causing the Medina High Athletic Department to make some changes in the lineup of its football teams for the upcoming fall season.
This past season Medina fielded JV and varsity teams. Now the Mustangs will field a varsity team for grades 10-12 and for the first time a modified team for grades 7-9 which will replace the JV squad.
“One of the main reasons Medina is adding modified football is because this is what is happening all around us, in our section and across the state,” said Medina varsity Coach and Athletic Director Eric Valley of the low numbers situation.
“Last year there were 18 class C, Section 6 teams. Of those 18 schools only 3 were able to field a JV team for the season and 14 of the other schools had modified teams (for grades 7-9).” said Valley. “We were low with our JV numbers last year, but several other schools dropped their JV teams so it made it difficult to schedule games against appropriate opponents (schools not two and three times our size).”
“We have been trying to get a modified program up and running for several years, and with the current low numbers we are experiencing we felt it was in the best interest of our program to offer modified for grades 7-9 and varsity for grades 10-12,” he added “If the numbers get better in the future we would consider bringing back a JV team as well.”
Valley noted that Medina’s modified team “will be competing against other schools our size that include grades 7-9. We will be participating in 1 or 2 scrimmages then a 7 game season. The school program will offer off season football workouts, clinics, and strength training year round.”
Valley added that because their seasons run concurrently student-athletes will not be allowed to play both modified for the school and for LOYAL.
“Because of the time demands on these young student athletes, the modified program will not allow LOYAL players to participate in both programs at once,” said Valley. “The LOYAL program has done a great job of preparing our football players in the past, and we hope to continue that relationship. Together we want to provide a positive experience for our community at all levels of Medina Football.”
Unified bowlers repeat as sectional champs
Contributed Photo – The Medina Unified bowling team captured it fifth straight Section VI championship by scoring wins over Starpoint, Akron and Depew in the sectionals at Airport Lanes this week. Medina bowlers had a total pin count of 3,005 for their 3 games of 8 person teams. The Medina squad included, in the front row from left, Coach Jessica Kuzara, Saniyyaha Johnson, Kathleen Klinzing, Anthony Harrington, Gracelin Mahnke, Juliana Allis, Nicholas Baker, Myra Seaman, Grace Goodrich, Brooklyn Seaman, and Steven Cerros-Secore. In the second row are Parker Hiller, Devin Kinne, Trey Kinne, Gunner Pitcher, Teagan Balaban, Lex Gray, Lathan McEwen-Miller, and Jackson Tuohey. In the third row are Michael Merlin, Brandon Bruekner, and Alex Balaban. In back is Ryleigh Culver who had a high score of 208 in the team’s final match. Other leading scorers in the final match included Mahnke (166), Teagan Balaban (150), Brooklyn Seaman (240) and Pitcher (124).
Pavilion rallies to nip Kendall in C2 semi
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Libby Snyder
Rebounding from a 12 point first half, top seeded Pavilion rallied in the second half to edge past No. 4 Kendall 44-40 in the Section V Class C2 semifinals this evening at Honeoye Falls-Lima.
Karlee Zinkievich scored 15 of her game high 19 points and Lauren Kingsley 12 of her 14 in the second half to lead the comeback for Pavilion which will now face No. 6 Gananda in the Class C2 title game on Saturday at Rush Henrietta. Gananda upended No. 2 Clyde-Savannah 55-53 in the other semifinal.
Libby Snyder led Kendall with 17 as T’Mia Kitchings added 9, Kailie Regan 6, Grace Levett and Alezya Brown 3 and Julia Szczepanski 2.
Trailing 19-12 at the half, Pavilion got back in the game by putting together a 10-0 run early in the third period to rally into the lead at 22-21. Back-to-back threes by Paige Landers and Zinkievich ignited that rally.
The lead change was the first of six in the period which ended with Pavilion holding a slender 34-33 lead on a late three by Zinkievicch, her third of the period.
Zinkievich had a total of 11 in the period and Kingsley 8 while Snyder had 6 including two late jumpers which gave the Lady Eagles brief leads of 31-29 and 33-31.
Another jumper by Snyder and a three by Kitchings, her third of the evening, put Kendall back up 38-36 early in the final period.
Pavilion though answered with jumpers by Landers and Kingsley to regain a 40-38 lead.
Kendall did pull even at 40-40 on a jumper by Snyder with 2:48 remaining but the Lady Eagles could not score again as a late rash of turnovers proved costly.
Four clutch free throws by Zinkievich were the only points over the final minute and a half. She first hit two clutch free throws with 1:30 remaining to put Pavilion back on top to stay at 42-40. She then added two big insurance free throws with 26 seconds to go to round out the scoring and close out the win.
Kendall led 8-7 at the end of the first period on a three by Kitchings and a jumper by Snyder.
The Lady Eagles increased their advantage to 19-12 at the half ad Snyder had two baskets and Levett a three in the second period.
However, Pavilion answered back with a big 22-14 third period scoring surge to key the comeback win.
Pavilion advances to the title contest with an 18-2 record while Kendall finishes the season at 16-6.
Knights down Lady Tigers in Class C3 semi
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis puts up a shot between York defenders Cierra Smith (13) and Kaitlyn Holland (15) during this evening’s Section V Class C3 semifinal game at Avon.
Sharp long range shooting in the first half sparked No. 2 seed defending champion York to a 43-23 win over No. 6 Lyndonville in a Section V Class C3 semifinal contest this evening at Avon.
York clicked on seven threes in the first half to build up a 24-11 lead.
Sydnee Emerson and Katelyn Curry each had two threes in the first quarter to help York jump out to a 13-6 lead. Cierra Smith added two threes and Emerson one in the second period to help increase the Knights led to 24-11 at the half.
The Knights maintained a 16 point, 33-17, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Emerson had three baskets and Kaitlyn Holland a three.
Emerson finished with a game high 16, Curry 10, Holland 9 and Smith 8 for York which will now face top seeded Dundee/Bradford in the Class C3 title contest on Saturday.
Karlee Rounds led Lyndonville with 7 as Addison Dillenbeck added 5, Ella Lewis 4, Lorelei Dillenback and Ashlee Stephens 3 and Haley Shaffer 1.
Section VI Class B2
Southwestern 66, Roy-Hart 44
No. 3 seed Southwestern bested No. 10 Roy-Hart 66-44 in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs this evening at Kenmore West.
Leading by just eight, 33-25, at the half, Southwestern used a 21-7 third period scoring edge to open up a commanding 54-32 advantage heading into the final period.
Kaitlin Mettler led Roy-Hart with 13 as Ava Owens added 9, Claire Halstead 6 and Kara Choate and Sydney Rhinehart 5 each.
Lyndonville’s Ashlee Stephens tries to put up a shot as Kaitlyn Holland (15) and Katelyn Curry (54) defend for York.
Sectional semifinals next for Roy-Hart, Lyndonville and Kendall girls teams
Sectional semifinal round playoff competition is up next for the Roy-Hart, Lyndonville and Kendall girls basketball teams.
No. 10 seeded Roy-Hart will take on No. 3 Southwestern in the Section VI Class B2 semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kenmore West.
Roy-Hart advanced by defeating No. 7 Cleveland Hill 43-28 in the opening round and No. 2 Performing Arts 44-30 in the quarterfinals.
Southwestern, which is 14-5, downed No. 11 Fredonia 55-30 in the quarterfinals.
This will be Roy-Hart’s first appearance in the semifinals since 2012 when the Lady Rams dropped a narrow 38-32 decision to Wilson.
The other semifinal will have No. 4 Olmsted vs. No. 1 Eden.
No. 6 seeded Lyndonville will face No. 2 York in the Section V Class C3 semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Avon. This will be the Lady Tigers first appearnace in the semis since 2008.
Lyndonville, which is 14-8, advanced by defeating No. 14 Alfred-Almond 79-16 in the first round and No. 3 HAC 55-41 in the quarterfinals.
York, which is 17-3, downed No. 7 Caledonia-Mumford 49-32 in the quarterfinals.
The other C3 semifinal will have No. 5 Keshequa (16-5) vs. top seeded Dundee/Bradford (20-1).
On Wednesday, No. 4 seed Kendall will face top seeded Pavilion in the Section V Class C2 semifinals at 7:45 p.m. at Honeoye Falls- Lima.
The other C2 semifinal will have No. 6 Gananda vs. No. 2 Clyde-Savannah.
Kendall, which is 16-5, defeated No. 5 Lyons 48-39 in the quarterfinals while Pavilion, which is 17-2, ousted No. 8 Warsaw 46-23.
On Thursday Niagara-Orleans League champion No. 1 seed Wilson will face No. 4 Falconer in the Section VI Class C1 semifinals at Jamestown Community College.
Boys Sectionals
No. 2 seed Newfane (15-6) will face No. 6 Allegany-Limestone (15-7) in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B2 boys basketball playoffs at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at Buffalo State College.
