Medina scored a sweep of the three relay events to highlight the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League boys swim championships held this evening at Newfane.

Isaac Pace, Xander Payne, Ben Griffin and Jaxon Phillips teamed up to win both the 200 Free Relay and the 400 Relay events for the Seahorses. The wins both came in school record times of 1:34.38 in the 200 Free and 3:32.85 in the 400 Free. Pace had a state qualfier time of :22.0 for his opening leg of the 200 Free.

Pace, Payne and Griffin also combined with Michael Marker to win the meet opening 200 Medley Relay in a time of 1:48.39.

Pace also won the 100 Breaststroke breaking his own school record with a time of 1:01.29

Barker’s Ryan Santarsiero was a double winner in the 200 Freestyle in 1:55.21 and the 100 Freestyle in :51.13.

Roy-Hart’s Andrew Ossont won the 50 Free in :23.27, Akron’s Aiden Polkowski the 200 Individual Medley in 2:18.58. Newfane’s Ethan Niver the 100 Butterfly in 1:00.22, Newfane’s Noah Kneeland the 500 Free in 5:33.49 and Newfane’s Elijah Thompson the 100 Backstroke in :59.78.

The girls All-League meet will be held on Wednesday at Newfane.

A big third quarter keyed Allegany-Limestone to a 76-54 win over visiting Roy-Hart in a non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

Leading by a narrow 31-29 margin at the half, the Gators outscored the Rams 28-10 in the decisive third quarter.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored 20, Aiden Petrie 13 and Vinny Buscarino 11 for Roy-Hart.

In a key Niagara-Orleans League make-up game, Newfane trimmed rival Wilson 50-45 leaving both teams at 3-2 in league action.

Nate Snow scored 11 and Landon Braman and Evan Myers 10 each to lead the way for Newfane.

In a Genesee Region League girls contest Byron-Bergen defeated Holley 53-20.

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

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s All-Tourney team honorees included Noah Neff, Sebastian Temich, Maddox Stirk, Payton Grabowski and Christian Garver.

Going 5-0 on the day, the host Tigers took top honors at the “Battle in the Ville” Duals Wrestling Tournament held today at Lyndonville.

The Tigers defeated CSAT 69-6, Campbell-Savona 60-18, McQuaid 52-16, Holley-Kendall 47-20 and St. Mary’s, Lancaster 63-12.

St. Mary’s finished in second place at 4-1 and Holley-Kendall third at 3-2.

Holley-Kendall defeated Byron-Bergen 51-12, Eastridge 48-23 and McQuaid 39-19 but lost to St. Mary’s 42-36.

Lyndonville had five wrestlers earn spots on the All-Tournament team including Christian Garver (118), Noah Neff (145), Sebastian Temich (152), Payton Grabowski (172) and Maddox Stirk (189).

Holley-Kendall was represented on the All-Tourney team by Brendon Eichas (102) and Bruce Rasmusson (110).

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Dominick Callara works toward a pin over Roy-Hart/Barker’s Joe Jopp in the 110 lb. title bout at this afternoon’s Niagara-Orleans All-League Tournament at Albion.

Medina had two individual weight class champions crowned at this afternoon’s annual Niagara-Orleans All-League wrestling tournament as host Albion and Roy-Hart /Barker each had one.

Medina had Dominick Callara capture the 110 lb. title and RaShawn Bloom claim the 118 lb. crown.

Callara scored a pin of 3:01 over Joe Jopp of Roy-Hart/Barker in his title bout. He advanced to the finals with a pair of quick sub minute pins of 15 seconds in the quarterfinals and 59 seconds in the semis.

Bloom scored a quick pin of 1:36 in his title match over Aiden Harris of Newfane. He likewise scored a pair of sub minute pins in the earlier rounds of 34 seconds in the quarterfinals and 38 seconds in the semis.

Medina’s RaShawn Bloom battles with Newfane’s Aiden Harris for the 118 lb. title.

Dayne Aina captured the 215 lb. title for Albion as he decisioned Xavior Fitzgibbon of Wilson 9-5 in the finals. He advanced to the finals with three quick pins of 47 seconds in the pre-quarter, 20 seconds in the quarterfinals and 1:01 in the semis.

Brett Ricker of Roy-Hart/Barker won the 160 lb. title with a decision win over Conor Crandall of Medina.

Champion Newfane led the way with six individual weight class winners including Brayden Kellison-Neglia (102), Ayden Buttery (126), Aidan Gillings (138), Adam Huntington (145), Simon Lingle (189) and Charles Larose (285). Gillings earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler award.

Rounding out the list of champions were Jacob Stevenson (152) and Ben Wortkoetter (172) both from Wilson.

Medina also had Reese Senske (102) and Gabe Casanova (285) place second and Noah Skinner (215) third.

Albion had Jr. Morales (138), Ellwood Hafner (134) and Alex Hafner (152) place second and Andrew Uderitz (118), David Rosario (138), Blake Stornelli (160) and Cade Wolcott (172) all place third.

Zach Hill (189) placed second for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Newfane which captured the regular season N-O title with a 5-0 record, took top team honors at the tourney with 202.5 points. Albion was second with 153 followed by Wilson 150, Medina 145, Roy-Hart/Barker 85 and Akron 62.

Albion’s Dayne Aina works toward a win in the 215 title bout over Wilson’ s Xavior Fitzgibbon.

Roy-Hart’s Brett Ricker works toward a win over Medina’s Conor Crandall in the 160 lb. title bout.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Michael Marker heads toward a win in the 100 Butterfly during the host Seahorses key victory over visiting Roy-Hart this afternoon to gain a share of the Niagara-Orleans League boys swim title for the first time.

Making school history, Medina captured a share of its first ever Niagara-Orleans League boys swim championship by scoring a 94-76 home pool win over defending champion Roy-Hart this afternoon.

In avenging an earlier season 89-81 loss at Middleport, Medina finishes in a tie with Roy-Hart for the N-O title at 9-1.

Isaac Pace was an individual event double winner for Medina as he broke his own school record with a winning time of 1:01.02 in the 100 Breaststroke and also captured the 200 Freestyle.

Medina’s Isaac Pace broke his own school record with this win in the 100 Breaststroke.

The Seahorses also had Michael Marker win the 100 Butterfly and Ben Griffin the 100 Freestyle.

Pace, Marker and Griffin also teamed up with Xander Payne to win the meet opening 200 Medley Relay. Pace, Griffin and Payne later combined with Jaxon Phillips to win the meet closing 400 Free Relay.

Sean Labiak was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free.

The Channel Cats also had Andrew Ossont win the 50 Free and Zach Livergood the 100 Backstroke.

Ossont also teamed up with Jacob Hagen, Charles Rickard and Jay Heideman to win the 200 Free Relay.

Roy-Hart did get a split on the day by defeating Medina 110-49 in the girls’ meet.

Mandy Hill doubled in the Butterfly and Breaststroke for Roy-Hart which also had Abigail Glyshaw take the 200 Free, Sophia Santella the IM, Julia Miles the 500 Free and Molly Russell the Backstroke.

Hill, Russell, White, Miles and Brooke Livergood were also each on two winning relays.

Maddy Satkowski was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Newfane sweeps Albion
Newfane capped off the regular season by sweeping Albion taking the boys’ meet 88-74 and the girls’ 102-62
The Newfane boys were led by a trio of individual event double winners including Elijah Thompson (100 Free, Backstroke), Ethan Niver (IM. Butterfly) and Noah Kneeland (500 Free, Breaststroke).

Albion’s Finn McCue won the 50 Free.

The Newfane girls were led by double winners Adoree Naylor (50 Free, 10 Free) and Bridget Martin (200 Free, 500 Free).

Albion’s Willow Gaines took the Breaststroke.

Akron girls lock up title

Putting a lock on outright possession of a second straight N-O title the Akron girls downed Barker 95-49 to finish the season at 9-1.

Mayah Harris doubled in the IM and Breaststroke and Kaila Szczypielski in the 50 Free and Butterfly to lead the TigerSharks.

The Akron boys completed the sweep by topping Barker 111-35 to finish the season at 5-5.

Dawson Stone won both the IM and Backstroke and Aiden Polkowski the 200 Free and 500 Free for Akron while Ryan Santarsiero doubled in the 50 Free and Breaststroke for Barker.

Final N-O Standings
Boys – Medina 9-1, Roy-Hart 9-1, Akron 5-5, Newfane 5-5, Albion 2-8, Barker 0-10
Girls – Akron 9-1, Newfane 8-2, Roy-Hart 7-3, Albion 4-6, Barker 1-9, Medina 1-9

Akron nipped visiting Albion 43-42 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Trailing 25-15 at the half, Albion did battle back into a 40-40 tie in the final minute after a pair of free throws by Ozzie Matos but the Purple Eagles could not gain the lead.

Donny Kreher scored 12 and Andrew Romesser 7 to pace Akron while Jahmeek Riley scored a game high 14 to lead Albion.

Akron is now 2-1 and Albion 0-3 in N-O action.

Notre Dame 83, Kendall 52
Building up a 49-27 half-time lead, Notre Dame went on to defeat visiting Kendall 83-53 in a Genesee Region League contest.

Cody Henry scored 23, Ryan Fitzpatrick 19 and Jordan Welker 17 to lead Notre Dame which improves to 10-3.

Jacek Kwiatkowski scored 20 and grabbed off 10 rebounds and Zach Barrett tallied 14 for Kendall.

Wheatland-Chili 59, Holley 35
Up 30-20 at the half, Wheatlnd-Chili went on to down visiting Holey 59-35 in a G-R game.

Broek Ostrom scored 16 and James Tette 8 for Holley.

Attica 54, Lyndonville 41

Grabbing a 25-18 half-time advantage, Attica went on to best Lyndonville 54-41 in a G-R contest.

Simon Lamparelli led Attica with 13.

Noah Poler scored 15 and Trenton Muck 13 for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Claire Halstead puts up a shot against Medina defender Aleigha Mitchell during the host Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this evening.

Roaring out to an 18-0 lead at the outset, Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting Medina 61-33 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Up 18-4 at the end of the opening period, the Lady Rams went on to hold leads of 35-10 at the half and 47-21 at the three-quarter mar.

Kaitlin Mettler scored 14, Claire Halstead 11 and Kara Choate 10 to lead Roy-Hart.

Rylee VanNostrand scored 13 and Stella Poler 10 to pace Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 1-2 and Medina 0-3 in N-O action.

Akron 41, Albion 39
Trailing 31-25 after three quarters, Akron rallied with a big 16-8 fourth period scoring surge to edge host Albion 41-39 in an N-O contest.

Gihna LaFromboise scored 14 to lead Akron.

Abby Scanlan took game high honors with 17 and Sydney Mulka added 11 for Albion which led 18-15 at the half.

Akron is now 2-1 and Albion 0-3 in league competition.

Newfane 59, Barker 27
Improving to 4-1, Newfane downed Barker (1-3) in an N-O contest.

Jensen McGhee scored 14 and Angelina Ditullo and Allie Szratter both added 9 to lead Newfane.

Kiera Dalton had 8 to lead Barker which slips to 1-3.

N-O Standings: Wilson 5-0, Newfane 4-1, Akron 2-1, Roy-Hart 1-2, Barker 1-3, Albion 0-3, Medina 0-3

Rylee VanNostrand puts up a shot for Medina as Kaitlin Mettler defends for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie is surrounded as he goes up for a shot during this evening’s win over host Medina. In on the play are Jarin Rhim (4) and Anthony Bowman (1) for Medina along with Jamel Johnson Jr. (11) and Vinny Buscarino (21) for the Rams.

Pulling away in the second quarter, Roy-Hart went on to defeat host Medina 56-40 this evening to move into a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead at 3-1 with idle Wilson.

The loss drops defending champion Medina to 2-1 in N-O action.

Aiden Petrie scored a game high 28 points and Jamel Johnson Jr. added 18 to set the pace for Roy-Hart.

Anthony Bowman scored 20 and David Berry 7 to lead Medina.

Roy-Hart grabbed a narrow 14-11 lead at the end of the opening period as Johnson tallied 6 and Petrie 5.

The Rams then used a 15-6 scoring edge in the decisive second period to extend the lead to 29-17 at the half. Petrie netted 7 and Johnson 6 to lead that surge.

Roy-Hart maintained a 13 point, 41-28, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Petrie scored 10 in the third period.

Petrie then tallied 6, Johnson 4 and Vinny Buscarino hit a big 3 in the final stanza to keep Roy-Hart in control as the Mustangs could get no closer than 10.

Newfane 58, Barker 36
In the other N-O contest Newfane downed Barker 58-36 as Landon Braman scored 12 and Evan Myers 11.

Newfane is now 2-2 and Barker 1-4.

Roy-Hart’s Jamel Johnson Jr. drives against Medina defender Justin Pitts.

Medina’s Joe Cecchini (3) and David Berry (23) battle with Roy-Hart’s Brandin Masters for a rebound.