Lyndonville, Kendall and Holley all scored victories in Genesee Region League girls basketball action this evening.

Lyndonville nipped Attica 57-54, Kendall downed Notre Dame 33-19 and Holley topped Wheatland-Chili 36-21.

Trailing 41-34, Lyndonville used a big 23-13 fourth quarter scoring surge to rally past Attica and improve to 9-2.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 10 of her 19 points and Ella Lewis 8 of her 18 to lead the Lady Tigers fourth quarter rally.

Karlee Rounds also had 8, Ashlee Stephens 6, Addison Dillenbeck 4 and Gracie Johnson 2 on the evening for Lyndonville which held a narrow 26-25 lead at the half.

Emily Gersitz took game high honors for Attica with 20.

Tatum Gagne scored 12 and Sam Bates and Alivia Wolf both added 5 to set the pace for Holley which led 22-9 at the half.

Trailing 12-10 at the half, Kendall used a big 15-2 third period scoring burst to key the win over Notre Dame and improve to 11-2 on the season.

Alezya Brown had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Libby Snyder 10 points and 13 rebounds and Julia Szczepanski 6 points and 8 rebounds to lead the way for Kendall.

Avelin Tomidy had 8 points and 10 rebounds for Notre Dame which is now 8-4.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s Alex Farrell rallies to earn a pin during the Tigers victory at Alexander this evening.

Lyndonville rallied to take the final four bouts and nip host Alexander 36-34 in a Genesee Region League wrestling match this evening.

Trailing 34-18, the Tigers rallied to claim the win on a decision win by Payton Grabowski at 180, a forfeit win at 215, a pin by Sam Doolan at 285 and finally a match deciding 5-2 decision win by Christian Garver at 102.

The Tigers also got pins on the evening from both Sebastian Temich (152) and Alex Farrell at 138 who rebounded from a 5-1 deficit to earn the win.

In a Niagara-Orleans League make-up tri-match, Medina defeated Roy-Hart 42-26 and host Akron 48-21 to finish the dual match portion of the league season at 3-2.

Dominick Callara, Gavin Ciarfella, Rashon Bloom, Noah Skinner and Gabe Casanova all registered pins for Medina against Roy-Hart as Brody Fry and Liam Castricone both had decision wins.

Callara, Ciarfella, Bloom and Skinner also all notched pins for the Mustangs in the victory over Akron.

Staying in contention to earn a share of the title, Medina downed visiting Newfane 107-62 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet this afternoon.

Improving to 8-1, Medina stays within a game of undefeated (9-0) defending champion Roy-Hart which defeated Barker 121-30.

Medina now hosts Roy-Hart at 1 p.m. Saturday in the regular season finale needing a win to claim a share of what would be the Seahorses first ever N-O title.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Madelynn Rutledge heads toward a win in the 100 Backstroke during today’s home meet against Newfane.

Isaac Pace was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke and Ben Griffin took the 100 Free for Medina.

The Seahorses also captured all three relays as Pace, Griffin, Michael Marker and Xander Payne won the 200 Medley; Payne, Griffin, Austin Tompkins and Gabe Mark the 200 Free and Mark, Tompkins, Jaxon Phillips and Pace the 400 Free.

Ethan Niver was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Daenon Kopp took both the 200 Free and 500 Free for Newfane which is now 4-5.

Newfane did get a split on the day by winning the girls meet 97-58 as Bridget Martin doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Adoree Nayler in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke.

Maddy Satkowski won the 100 Free and Madelynn Rutledge the 100 Backstroke for Medina.

Newfane is now 7-2 and Medina 1-8.

Roy-Hart sweeps Barker
Roy-Hart defeated Barker 121-30 in the boys’ meet and 120-42 in the girls’ competition.

Zach Livergood was a double winner in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke for the Roy-Hart boys while Ryan Santarsiero took both the 200 Free and Breaststroke for Barker.

The Roy-Hart girls had a trio of individual event double winners as Nadia White took the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly, Molly Russell the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke and Mandy Hill the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Akron downs Albion
The Akron girls clinched at least a tie for the N-O title with s 96-58 win over Albion to improve to 8-1.

Kaila Szczygielski doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free, Shea Masse in the Butterfly and Backstroke and Emma Corbett in the 200 Free and 500 Free to lead the was for the TigerSharks.

The Akron boys completed the sweep by besting Albion 87-80 as Aiden Polkowski took both the IM and Breaststroke and Colton Cleveland the 200 Free and 500 Free.

Finn McCue won both the 50 Free and 100 Free for Albion.

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

Completing a home and home season series sweep, Holley downed visiting Mt. Morris 62-53 in a non league game this evening.

Trailing by 12, 35-23, at the half, Holley came battling back with a big 20-6 third period scoring surge to rally into a 43-41 lead. Broek Ostrom scored 12 to lead that rally.

Keeping the momentum, the Hawks then used a 19-12 fourth period scoring edge to put a lock on the win. Ostrom scored 8, James Tette 6 and Erik Lang 5 during that stretch.

“It was a real team win. They really stepped it up in the second half,” said Hawks Coach Wil Prince who also cited the strong defensive effort of Mason Neale who held Mt. Morris’ Stephen Somers to just two points over the final three periods.

Ostrom finished with a game high 33 and Lang 14.

Somers scored 17 to lead Mt. Morris. He netted 15 in the opening period as the Blue Devils jumped out to a 22-13 lead. However, he tallied only two the rest of the way.

“Mason really did a great job defensively on him,” said Prince.

Elba 62, Kendall 51.

Breaking away from a 27-27 half-time deadlock, Elba used a 17-8 third period scoring edge to key a 62-51 G-R win over Kendall.

Connor Scott scored 20, CJ Cottler 15 and Zach Marsceoill 11 to lead Elba.

Zach Barrett had 17 points, including five threes, along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and Louie Conte 16 points and 8 rebounds to lead Kendall.

Wrestling
Wilson 42, Albion 32
Wilson bested host Albion 42-32 in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Dayne Aina had a pin, Andrew Uderitz a technical fall win and Ellwood Hafner a decision win for the Purple Eagles whose other 18 points came via three forfeits.

Girls Basketball

Defending champion Wilson improved to 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League action by posting a 49-15 win over rival Newfane which slips to 3-1.

Bella Lemke scored 13 and Peyton McInnis 8 to lead Wilson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Mason Nicholson looks to pass as Kameron Cusmano defends for Oakfield-Alabama during the host Tigers loss to the Hornets this evening.

Pulling away in the third quarter, undefeated (11-0) Oakfield-Alabama went on to down host Lyndonville 79-50 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Lyndonville pulled to within 10, 37-27, after a three point play by Noah Poler to open the third quarter.

However, Oakfield-Alabama answered back with decisive 19-2 scoring surge to break the contest wide open. Kameron Cusmano scored 10 to lead that uprising as the Hornets opened up a 21 point, 56-37, lead heading into the final period.

Kameron Cusmano finished with 17, Kaden Cusmano and Gaige Armbrewster 15 each, and Kyle Porter and Aiden Warner 7 each to pace the Hornets.

Poler finished with a game high 21 and Trenton Muck 11 to lead the Tigers.

The Hornets jumped out to a 15-7 first quarter lead and upped the advantge a big to 13, 37-24, at the half.

Kaden Cusmano scored 7, Armbrewster 6 and Porter 5 in the second period for the Hornets while Muck hit two threes and Mason Nicholson one for the Tigers.

Lyndonville’s Jimmy Poler puts up a shot as Oakfield-Alabama’s Kyle Porter (1) tries for a block.

Unable to rebound from a turnover plagued first half, Kendall dropped a 54-42 decision to host Elba in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Elba jumped out to an 18-12 first quarter lead as Hailie Deville scored 6 points and Dakota Brinkman, Kennedy Augello and Sydney Reilly each chipped in with a three.

The Lady Lancers then used a 16-5 second period scoring edge, including 7 by Laci Sewar, to extend the lead to 17, 34-17, at the half.

Elba opened up as much as a 25 point, 42-17, advantage at the outset of the third period after a three-point play by Sewar and a three by Augello.

Kendall did answer back with a 13-0 run to close the period, including 7 by Alezya Brown and 4 by Libby Snyder, to cut the deficit to 12, 42-30, but the Lady Eagles could get no closer.

Elba quickly moved back out to a 15 point, 47-32, lead at the outset of the final period after a five point run by Brinkman, and Kendall could get no closer than 12 after that.

Brinkman finished with a game high 18, Sewar 12, Augello 10 and Deville 8 to lead Elba.

Brown tallied 16 and Snyder 15 to pace Kendall.

Elba improves to 7-4 and Kendall slips to 10-2.

School closings cause many postponements

Another G-R girls game, Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, was postponed as Lyndonville was closed due to Monday’s snowstorm.

School closings also wiped out the Niagara-Orleans League’s entire slate of basketball games and swim meets.

The boys and girls basketball games included Albion vs. Barker, Roy-Hart vs. Akron and Newfane vs. Wilson. The swim meets had Roy-Hart vs. Medina, Albion vs. Newfane and Akron vs. Barker. The Roy-Hart/Barker at Medina make-up wrestling match was also postponed.

Two of the swim meets have been re-scheduled for Saturday with Albion facing Newfane at 10 a.m. and Medina hosting Roy-Hart at 1 p.m.

In addition, Wednesday’s scheduled Akron at Medina N-O wrestling match has been moved to Thursday at Akron at 6 p.m. where it will be a tri-meet with Roy-Hart/Barker.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Austin Tompkins and his Seahorses teammates will host Roy-Hart on Tuesday in a key meet for the Niagara-Orleans League lead.

Looking to end a long title drought, Medina will host Roy-Hart in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Defending champion Roy-Hart brings an 8-0 record into the meet while runner-up Medina is close behind at 7-1 and looking for a win in order to pull into a tie for the league lead.

The regular season will then end on Thursday with Medina hosting Newfane (4-4) and Roy-Hart entertaining Barker (0-8).

Medina is seeking it s first ever N-O boys swim title while Roy-Hart has captured the league crown 13 of the last 15 years.

Last year Medina posted its best ever N-O record at 8-2. The Seahorses only losses were to Roy-Hart, which went 10-0.

This season the Seahorses lone setback was a narrow 89-81 loss to the Channel Cats at Roy-Hart.

The Seahorses have been led by the veteran senior group of Isaac Pace, Michael Marker, Ben Griffin, Xander Payne, Jaxon Phillips, Cole Seefeldt and Austin Tompkins.

The Channel Cats have been sparked by seniors Jacob Hagen, James Heideman, Zach Livergood, Charles Rickard and Chris Ulrich along with juniors Andrew Ossont and Max Stern and freshman Sean Labiak.

The Medina girls squad will host Roy-Hart in the other portion of the meet.

Tuesday’s other N-O meets will have Albion at Newfane and Akron at Barker.

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

Holley and Kendall both dropped narrow home court decisions in boys basketball games today.

Alexander trimmed Holley 59-55 in a Genesee Region League game and Warsaw nipped Kendall 50-48 in a non league contest.

Nick Kramer scored 25 for Alexander which used a 17-4 third period surge to turn a narrow a 36-31 half-time lead into a 53-35 advantage at the three-quarter mark..

Holley did battle back with a big 20-6 fourth quarter scoring burst but could not pull even.

Broek Ostrom, who scored a game high 31 points, netted 16 of  them in the final period to spearhead the Hawks rally despite playing with four personal fouls.

Erik Lang added 8, Destin Kuyal 6, Mason Neale and James Tette 4 each and Joe Silpoch 2 on the day for the Hawks.

Kendall had what would have been a game winning three point shot go in an out at the buzzer as Warsaw held on for the narrow win.

Jake Sawdey scored 18 and Mason McClug 15 for Warsaw which led 38-36 after three quarters.

Zach Barrett scored 16 and Jacek Kwiatkowski 15 for Kendall which held an equally narrow 22-20 lead at the half.

Contributed Photo – Maddox Stirk

Going 5-0 on the day, Lyndonville took top honors at the Caledonia-Mumford Duals Wrestling Tournament today.

Lyndonville defeated Perry 39-29 in the key match. The Tigers also downed Eastridge 57-12, Cal-Mum 54-22, Byron-Bergen 63-12 and Avon/Geneseo 60-16.

Lyndonville’s Maddox Stirk, who went 5-0 including three pins, was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler for the upper weight classes.

Payton Grabowski and Noah Neff also both went 5-0 for the Tigers. Allan Heideman was 3-0 while Sebastian Temich, Christian Garver and Sam Doolan all went 4-1.

Lockport Tournament
Medina’s Gavin Ciarfella took top honors in the 118 lb. bracket at the Lockport Tournament with a 5-2 decision win over Lew-Port’s Caden Barrientos. He advanced to the finals with a pair of second period pins.

In the JV Tournament hosted by Newfane, Conor Crandall (160) and Sawyer Kingsbury (189) both took first place honors for Medina. The Mustangs also had Trenton Morely and Breydin McEwen-Miller place second.