Lyndonville successfully defended its Genesee Region League wrestling title by defeating Byron-Bergen 37-28 this evening.

Maddox Stirk, Allan Heideman, Sam Doolan, Shayne Nickerson, Christian Garver, Noah Neff, and Sebastian Temich all notched wins for the Tigers which complete a 3-0 G-R championship campaign.

It marks the first time that Lyndonville has repeated as G-R champions since the 1990’s.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Cayden Lilleby drives to the basket against Akron defenders Donny Kreher (3) and Jack Fowler (13) during the Mustangs win over the visiting Tigers this evening.

Moving into a share of first place, defending champion Medina downed visiting Akron 45-35 in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up game this evening.

The victory pulls Medina into a tie for the N-O lead with Roy-Hart at 4-1 as Akron slips to 3-2.

Anthony Bowman scored 13 and Cayden Lilleby 11 to lead the way for Medina in the low scoring contest as Jarin Rhim and Joe Cecchini both had 8 and Amari Soule 5.

Brale Abrams and Andrew Romesser each scored 8 to pace Akron.

Both teams had trouble finding the range, especially through the first three quarters, as Medina held narrow leads of 12-8 after one period, 22-18 at the half and 26-24 after three quarters.

The teams traded scored through the first five minutes of the final period before Medina put together a key 7-0 run on a three and two free throws by Rhim and two free throws by Lilleby to open up a 10 point, 42-32, lead with just 1:35 remaining. Three free throws over the final 1:06 by Bowman then put a lock on the win.

In all the Mustangs outpointed the Tigers 19-11 in the decisive final period as Lilleby scored 7, Rhim and Bowman 5 and Cecchini 2.

The Mustangs will now conclude a busy stretch of three league games in four days by hosting Barker at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

N-O Standings – Medina 4-1, Roy-Hart 4-1, Akron 3-2, Newfane 3-3, Wilson 3-3, Barker 1-4, Albion 0-4

Jarin Rhim goes in for a layup for the Mustangs.

Contributed Photo – Mandy Hill

Roy-Hart senior Mandy Hill set two new league records to highlight the annual Niagara-Orleans Girls Individual Swim Championships which was held this evening at Newfane.

She captured the 50 Freestyle in a time of :24.72  and the 100 Freestyle in :53.91.

Hill also teamed up with Julia Miles, Nadia White and Brooke Livergood to earn Roy-Hart a victory in the 400 Freestyle Relay (4:10.56).

Regular season champion Akron had a pair of individual event double winners.

Mayah Harris took both the 200 Individual Medley (2:33.60) and the 100 Breaststroke (1:14.06) and Shea Masse the 100 Butterfly (1:12.54) and the 100 Backstroke (1:09.02) for the TigerSharks.

Harris and Masse also combined with Kaila Szczygielski and Emma Corbett to win the 200 Medley Relay (2:03.59).

Newfane’s Bridget Martin was also a double winner in the 200 Free (2:14.40) and the 500 Free (6:11.82).

Jumping out to a 14-0 lead at the outset, Elba went on to defeat host Lyndonville 62-51 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Laci Sewar scored 16, Sydney Reilly 13 and Dakota Brinkman 10 to lead the way for Elba which improves to 10-4.

Ella Lewis tallied 17, Karlee Rounds 14 and Lorelei Dillenbeck 11 to pace Lyndonville which is now 9-3.

Brinkman and Adrianna Long both scored a pair of baskets and Sewar and Georgia Luft both hit threes to spark Elba out to a 17-4 first period lead.

The Lady Lancers maintained a 28-17 lead at the half as Reilly had two threes in the second quarter. Rounds tallied 6 and Lewis 5 during that stretch for the Lady Tigers.

Lyndonville did rally back to within five, 33-28, midway through the third period after an 11-2 run but the Lady Tigers could get no closer. Lorelei Dillenbeck hit two threes to highlight that rally.

However, Elba answered with a 14-2 run to close the period and move back out to a 17 point, 47-30, advantage. Sewar and Kennedy Augello both hit two threes to highlight that uprising.

Lyndonville did outpoint Elba 21-15 in the final period, including 8 by Lewis and 6 by Addison Dillenbeck, but the Lady Tigers could get no closer than 8 at 59-51 in the final minute.

Holley 37, Mt. Morris 32

Trailing 27-18, Holley rallied to outscore host Mt. Morris 19-5 in the final period to claim a 37-32 non league win.

Tatum Gagne scored all 13  of her points in the decisive final period for Holley which also got 10 from Sam Bates and 7 from Sara Kingdollar on the evening.

A number of perennial Section V and Section VI powers will headline the field for Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament which will be held Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

The tournament honors the memory of Medina Coach Eric Gross’s father, Gary, who was a long time, very active supporter and booster of the Mustangs wrestling program.

Hilton, Fredonia, Pioneer and Lockport will head the field of teams which, in addition to the host Mustangs, will also include Albion, Roy-Hart/Barker, Lyndonville, Holley-Kendall, Byron-Bergen, Grand Island, Rush-Henrietta and Williamsville South.

Albion snapped a season long three game Niagara-Orleans League losing streak by downing host Roy-Hart 42-30 this evening.

Abby Scanlan scored a game high 22 and Sydney Mulka added 11 to pace Albion which led 19-14 at the half and 29-24 after three quarters.

Ava Owens scored 11 and Claire Halstead 9 for Roy-Hart which is also 1-3 in N-O action.

Newfane 41, Akron 31
Newfane improved to 5-1 in N-O competition by defeating Akron 41-31 as Allison Clark scored 16 and Jensen McGhee 14.

Newfane led 21-16 at the half and 29-24 at the three-quarter mark.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Joe Cecchini puts up a shot against Wilson defender Mason Branca during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lakemen this evening.

Beginning a busy stretch of three league home games in four days, Medina downed visiting Wilson 57-48 in a Niagara-Orleans League contest this evening.

Improving to 3-1 in N-O competition, Medina stays even with Akron, a 34-29 victor over Newfane, for second place and just a half game behind front-running Roy-Hart (4-1) which bested host Albion 66-53.

Medina next hosts Akron in a key make-up game on Thursday and then entertains Barker on Friday.

Joe Cecchini scored a game high 20 points to lead Medina as David Berry added 11, Jarin Rhim 10, Cayden Lilleby 6, Kaedon Cleveland 5, Justin Pitts 3 and Amari Soule 2.

Jake Austin scored 15, Paul Smith 11 and Mike Bubar 10 to lead Wilson which slips to 3-3.

Medina jumped out to a 17-11 first quarter lead a Berry had 6, Lilleby 4 and Cecchini hit the first of his five threes.

A rebound bucket by Rhim and a three by Cecchini upped the Mustangs lead to 11, 22-11, at the outset of the second quarter.

However, the Lakemen countered with a 16-6 run over the rest of the quarter to rally back to within one, 28-27, at the half. Austin scored 9 to lead that rally.

Wilson did rally into the lead twice early in the third quarter but Medina closed the period with an 11-2 highlighted by a pair of threes by Cecchini to regain a 10 point, 44-34, lead heading into the final stanza.

The Lakemen could get no closer than six down the stretch as Rhim scored 7 and Berry 5 to help keep the Mustangs on top.

Roy-Hart 66, Albion 53
Aiden Petrie poured in a game high 32 and Jamel Johnson Jr. tallied 19 to pace league leading Roy-Hart to a 66-53 win over host Albion.

Jahmeek Riley scored 17, Caleb Fox 12 and Shakarion Drisdom 11 for Albion.

Leading by a narrow 29-26 margin at the half, Roy-Hart opened up a 9 point, 43-34, advantage at the three-quarter mark and then used a 23-19 fourth quarter scoring edge to lock up the win. Petrie scored 8 in the third period and 9 in the fourth for the Rams.

N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 4-1, Medina 3-1, Akron 3-1, Newfane 3-3, Wilson 3-3, Barker 1-4, Albion 0-4

David Berry drives to the basket for the Mustangs.

G-R League
Pembroke 65, Holley 33
Leading by a slender 24-20 margin at the half, Pembroke used a 25-5 third period scoring surge to open up a 16 point, 45-29 lead and key a 65-33 Genesee Region League win over host Holley.

Tyson Totten scored 23 and Cayden Pfalzer 21 to lead the way for Pembroke which improves to 10-5.

Erik Lang led Holley with 14.

RAC 92, Lyndonville 30
Noah Poler scored 12 for Lyndonville which dropped a 92-30 decision to visiting Rochester Charter Academy in a non league contest.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Broek Ostrom scores 40 in win for Holley.

Rebounding from a slow start, Holley came on to edge visiting Barker 71-69 in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Broek Ostrom poured in 40 points to lead the Hawks as Vinny Golisano had 10, James Tette 9, Erik Lang 7, Destin Kuyal 3 and Mason Neale 2.

Luey Castro scored 22, Brad Cantrell 19, Nathan Meza Ray 17, Steven Class 4, Aidan Voss 3 and Aidan Mescall and Seth Gerhardt 2 each for the Raiders.

Barker jumped out to a 21-9 first quarter lead as Cantrell scored 10, including two threes, and Meza Ray 6 including a three and a three-point play.

Holley though came battling back with a 25-14 second quarter scoring edge to pull to within one, 35-34, at the half.

Ostrom scored 14, including a pair of threes to lead the uprising which also included 5 by Tette and a three by Kuyal.

Barker maintained a slender one point, 51-50, lead at the three-quarter mark as Castro scored 10 in the third period.

Golisano had a pair of threes and Ostrom a three and a three-point play during that stretch for Holley.

Holley finally rallied into the lead for good by putting together a 17-7 scoring surge to open the final period. Ostrom scored 15 during that key stretch to help the Hawks rally into a 67-58 lead.

Barker though did rally back to within three at 59-66 before Golisano made what proved to be the two game winning free throws with 18 seconds to go for a 71-66 Hawks lead.

Castro scored 12 in the final stanza to keep the visiting Raiders close.

Kendall 51, Perry 42
Host Kendall built up a 16 point half-time advantage in route to posting a 51-42 non league win over visiting Perry.

Jacek Kwiatkowski scored 11 of his 18 points and Jeffrey Pratt 10 of his 12 in the first half to help spark the Eagles out to a 31-15 half-time lead.

Zach Barrett also scored 13 on the evening for Kendall while Braxton Zarpentine grabbed off 13 rebounds and Louie Conte 11.

Alexander 71, Lyndonville 43
Leading by a narrow 21-17 margin at the half, Alexander used a big third quarter scoring surge to key a 71-43 win over visiting Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League game.

The Trojans outpointed the Tigers 25-9 in the decisive third period to open up a commanding 46-26 lead.

Nick Kramer scored 24, Braydon Woods 16, Clayton Bezon 14 and Dylan Pohl 13 for the Trojans.

Noah Poler took game high honors for Lyndonville with 27.

A balanced attack sparked Holley to a 42-23 win over host Barker in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Alivia Wolf had 9 points and Tatum Gagne and Sara Kingdollar 8 each to set the pace for Holley.

Tia Hofforth also had 9 rebounds and Kingdollar 8 for the Lady Hawks.

Alyssa Thompson led Barker with 9 points.

Wilson 64, Medina 30
Defending champion Wilson boosted its Niagara-Orleans League record to 6-0 with a 64-30 win over visiting Medina.

Bella Lemke scored 15, Payton McInnis 13 and and Rian Faery 11 for Wilson which led 35-17 at the half.

Rylee VanNostrand took game high honors with 22 for Medina.