Notre Dame bested visiting Lyndonville 50-38 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball make-up game.

Emma Sisson scored 15, Lindsay Weidman 12 and Avelin Tomidy 11 to pace Notre Dame which led 14-10 after one period, 30-20 at the half and 37-32 at the three-quarter mark.

Karlee Rounds led Lyndonville with 10 as Ella Lewis and Lorelei Dillenbeck both netted 9.

Notre Dame is now 13-5 and Lyndonville 12-7.

In another G-R contest, Attica nipped host Kendall 47-45.

In a Niagara-Orleans League game, Wilson, which has already locked up the title, downed host Akron 56-42 to improve to 11-0. Bella Lemke led the Lakewomen with 29.

Second place finishes at today’s Section VI Division 2 (small schools) tournament at Jamestown Community College was enough to earn two Medina wrestlers, Dominick Callara (102) and Gavin Ciarfella (126), berths in the upcoming state championships.

Callara rebounded from a pin loss in the finals to score a 7-5 decision win over Newfane’s Braydon Neglia in the bout for second place to advance to the states. Callara had advanced to the finals with a major decision win and a pin.

Ciarfella bounced back from a semifinal round loss to score a pair of consolation wins by a technical fall and a decision. He then decisioned Newfane’s Ayden Buttery 8-3 in the bout for second place to earn his spot in the state meet.

Roy-Hart’s Zach Hill also placed second to advance to the states. He rebounded from a quarterfinal loss to score three straight consolation round victories. He then decisioned Ricky Hess of Iroquois 4-1 in the bout for second place honors.

Albion had a pair of third place finishers in Jr. Morales (138) and Ellwood Hafner (145).

The state championships will be held at Albany on February 25 and 26.

In the Section V Division 2 championships at SUNY Brockport Lyndonville’s Payton Grabowski placed fifth at 172 lb.

Contributed Photo – Isaac Pace

Medina High senior Isaac Pace won the 100 Breaststroke (1:02.21) and placed second in the 100 Freestyle at the Section VI Class C swim championships held this afternoon at Clarence.

Pace, who has posted state qualifying times in both the 50 Free and 100 Free this season, also teamed up with Jaxon Phillips, Xander Payne and Ben Griffin to earn Medina a second place in the 200 Free Relay.

Griffin also placed fourth in the 100 Breaststroke and fifth in the 50 Free and Michael Marker took fifth in the 100 Butterfly.

Roy-Hart’s Andrew Ossont placed second in the 50 Free and third in the 100 Breaststroke.

Barker’s Ryan Santarsiero placed second in the 100 Breaststroke and fourth in the 200 Freestyle.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cayden Lilleby drives to the basket against a trio of Notre Dame players including Colin McCulley (42), Ryan Fitzpatrick (2) and Jordan Welker (0)  during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Irish this afternoon.

A second half comeback bid fell short as Medina dropped a 56-48 decision to visiting Notre Dame this afternoon in a non league boys basketball game.

Trailing by 16, 33-17, at the half, Medina came battling back with a big 21-7 third period scornig surge to slice the deficit to just two, 40-38.

Back-to-back threes by David Berry highlighted that rally which also featured a three and a jumper by Joe Cecchini and a layup and a rebound bucket by Jarin Rhim.

However, the Mustangs could not pull even as Notre Dame opened the decisive final period with an 11-3 run to regain a 10 point, 51-41, lead and Medina could get no closer than five after that.

A three by Colin McCulley and a layup off a turnover by Ryan Fitzpatrick highlighted that Irish scoring spurt.

A three-point play by Anthony Bowman and a basket by Robert Arnold did pull Medina within five, 51-46, with 1:45 remaining but the Irish countered with a layup by Cody Henry.

A layup by Kaedon Cleveland again rallied Medina to within five, 53-48, with 38 seconds to go but two free throws by McCulley and one by Jordan Welker finally put a lock on the win for Notre Dame. McCulley went 6 for 6 from the line in the final period.

Fitzpatrick finished with 15, McCulley and Jimmy Fanara 12 each, Welker 9 and Henry 8 for Notre Dame’s balanced attack.

Bowman scored 12 to lead Medina as Rhim an Cecchini both had 8, Berry and Arnold 7 each, Cayden Lilleby 4 and Cleveland 2.

Up by only two, 15-13, at the end of the first period, Notre Dame used an 18-4 second period scoring surge top open up a 16 point, 33-17, lead at the half. Fitzpatick scored 7 and Fnara and Henry 4 each during that stretch.

Medina did get back in the game by answering with a 21-7 third period scoring edge but the Irish countered with a 16-10 stretch run edge to claim the win.

Notre Dame’s Colin McCulley goes up to block a shot attempt by Medina’s Jarin Rhim.

Building up a 22-7 half-time advantage, Albion went on to defeat visiting Barker 41-19 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Abby Scanlan scored 16, Madison Hughson 10 and Sydney Mulka 8 for Albion which was celebrating Senior Night. Scanlan also had 8 steals, Hughson 6 and Aurora Serafin 3.

Mia Herman and Alyssa Thompson each scored 8 for Barker.

Albion improves to 5-4 and Barker slips to 1-9.

Roy-Hart 49, Akron 46 (OT)

Roy-Hart outlasted visiting Akron 49-46 in overtime as Kaitlin Mettler scored 7, Claire Halstead 3, Ava Owens 2 and Kara Choate 1 in the extra period.

Owens finished with a game high 20, Mettler 11, Halstead 7 and Choate 3.

Sophia Jones scored 16 for Akron.

The contest was deadlocked at 36-36 at the end of regulation time.

Akron is now 6-3 and Roy-Hart 3-6.

Wilson 42, Newfane 23

Putting a lock on the N-O title, defending champion Wilson downed rival Newfane 42-23 as Peyton McInnis scored 16 and Lilah Frerichs 10 to stay unbeaten at 10-0.

N-O Standings: Wilson 10-0, Newfane 7-3, Akron 6-3, Albion 5-4, Roy-Hart 3-6, Medina 1-8, Barker 1-9.

G-R Contests
Elba 51, Lyndonville 35
Karlee Rounds scored 12, Ella Lewis 9 and Ashlee Stephens 6 for Lyndonville in the 51-35 Genesee Region League loss at Elba.

Sydney Riley and Kennedy Augello each scored 15 to pace Elba.

Attica 51,  Holley 27
Tatum Gagne scored 12 and Sam Bates 11 for Holley in the 51-37 G-R loss to Attica which led 25-13 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Shakarion Drisdom drives in for a layup ahead of Barker’s Luey Castro during the Purple Eagles win over the host Raiders this evening.

Completing a home and home series sweep within a span of 48 hours, Albion bested host Barker 71-62 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

In the other N-O games, Roy-Hart downed host Akron 50-46 to improve to 8-2 and maintain a one game lead over 7-3 Newfane which defeated rival Wilson 54-40.

Making it four wins in a row, Albion which also trimmed Barker 51-47 at home on Wednesday, improves to 4-6 in N-O action while Barker is 4-7.

Jahmeek Riley scored 20, Shakarion Drisdom 15 and Caleb Fox 10 to lead the attack for Albion. Tyler Gibson added 9, Javon Jones 6, Ozzie Matos and Jay Ashby 4 and Aquil Gaffney 3 for the Purple Eagles.

Nathan Meza Ray took game high honors with 22 for Barker as Brad Cantrell added 13, Luey Castro 10, Steven Class 9, Aidan Mescall 5 and Aidan Voss 3.

Albion jumped out to a 24-11 first quarter lead as Riley erupted for 14, including five baskets from close range and a three, and Fox hit back-to-back threes.

Barker though came battling back in the second quarter with a 24-16 scoring edge as Cantrell scored 9, including a three and a three-point play, and Meza Ray 7 on a three and four free throws.

However, the Purple Eagles maintained a five point,40-35, lead at the half on a late three by Drisdom and a layup by Ashby. Drisdom had a total of 9 in the period on two threes and a thee-point play.

Meza Ray hit back-to-back threes early in the third period to pull Barker within three, 46-43, but the Raiders could get no closer.

Albion kept a five point, 54-49, lead at the three-quarter mark as Riley scored 6 and Fox 4 in the third period.

The Purple Eagles quickly opened up an 11 point, 60-49, advantage at the outset of the final period on back-to-back layups off turnovers by Drisdom and Jones followed by another layup by Jones.

Barker did pull back to within five, 64-59, on a layup by Cantrell but Albion answered with a layup by Drisdom and two free throws by Gibson to regain a 68-59 lead with just 1:21 remaining. Barker could get no closer tan 8 after that.

Jahmeek Riley puts up a shot for Albion as Aidan Mescall (20) and Steven Class (13) defend for Barker.

Roy-Hart 50, Akron 46
Aidan Petrie scored 20, Brandon DiNeri and Vinny Buscarino 9, Jamel Johnson Jr. 8 and Don Beyer 4 for Roy-Hart while Jack Fowler scored 15 and Trace Hill 9 for Akron.

Trailing 14-12 after one period, Roy-Hart rallied into a 31-24 half-time advantage as Petrie scored 12 and Buscarino 6 in the second period. DiNeri had hit three threes in the opening quarter to keep the Rams close.

N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 8-2, Newfane 7-3, Medina 6-4, Albion 4-6, Barker 4-7, Wilson 4-7, Akron 3-7.

Barker’s Steven Class (13) and Camren Szafranski (15) battle with Albion’s Aquil Gaffney for a rebound.

Lyndonville will be sending a school record 12 wrestlers to the Section V Division 2 (small schools) championships on Saturday at SUNY Brockport.

The top two finishers in each weight class will advance to the state championships at Albany on February 25 and 26.

The Tigers contingent includes Shane Nickerson (102), Christian Garver (110), Brody Hazel (118). Ty Holmes (126), Alex Farrell (132), Noah Neff (138), Sebastian Temich (152), Payton Grabowski (172), Maddox Stirk (189), Hunter Dix (189), Sam Doolan (215) and Patrick Hargrave (285).

Holley-Kendall will be represented at the Section V championships by Parker Denning (102), Brendon Eichas (102), Bruce Rasmusson (110), William Kruger (118), Dylan Clemons (138) and Jorden Ostrander (215).

Medina, Albion and Roy-Hart/Barker wrestlers will be competing in the Section VI Division 2 championships at Jamestown Community College on Saturday with the top two finishers in each weight class advancing to the state championships.

Medina is represented by the quintet of Dominick Callara (102), Reece Senske (102), Rashawn Bloom (118), Gavin Ciarfella (126) and Conor Crandall (160). Callara and Ciarfella have both earned No. 1 seeds.

Albion will have six competitors including Jr. Morales (138), Ellwood Hafner (145), Alex Hafner (152), Blake Stornelli (172), Dayne Aina (189) and Angel Cruz-Cruz (215).

Roy-Hart/Barker is represented by Luke Fay (110), Quinn Brown (145), Ronan Klug (152), Jaeyden Robinson (160), Zach Hill (189), Dan Moore (215) and Andrew Hill (285).

Building up a 36-21 half-time advantage, Holley went on to defeat visiting Attica 71-64 in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Broek Ostrom scored 40, James Tette 16 and Erik Lang 12 for Holley which improves to 8-10.

Cole Harding scored 19 and Adam Bukowski 15 for Attica.

In other G-R action, Alexander nipped visiting Kendall 58-57 and Elba downed host Lyndonville 73-36.

Dylan Pohl scored 17, Trent Woods 12 and Clayton Bezon 11 for Alexander which held narrow leads of 29-28 at the half and 43-41 after three quarters.

Zach Barrett scored 24 and Jacek Kwiatkowski 15 for Kendall.

The Eagles did pull to within one late, first at 56-55 after a three by Braxton Zarpentine and again at 58-57 after two free throws by Kwiatkowski, but could not pull even.

Noah Poler scored 22 for Lyndonville which trailed Elba by margins of 36-13 at the half and 55-23 after three quarters.

Regaining the .500 mark at 4-4, Albion downed host Barker 42-26 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball make-up game this evening.

Madison Hughson scored 19 and Abby Scanlan 16 to lead the way for Albion which had a 26-10 lead at the half. Scanlan scored 11 in the second quarter while Hughson netted 6 in the third and 7 in the fourth.

Alyssa Thompson led Barker with 8.

Albion will now host Barker at 6:30 p.m. Friday.