Contributed Photo – Isaac Pace is adding his name to the Medina swim record board after setting a new record time in the 100 Free during this morning’s home pool win over Akron.

Medina split with visiting Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up swim meet this morning.

Medina won the boys’ meet 108-61 and Akron took the girls’ competition 91-46.

Isaac Pace was an individual event double winner for the Medina boys capturing the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Free in a school record time of :50.55.

The Seahorses also had Jaxon Phillips win the 200 Free, Michael Marker the 100 Butterfly and Ben Griffin the 100 Breaststroke.

For Akron, Aiden Polkowski won the 200 Individual Medley, Colton Cleveland the 500 Free and Dawson Stone the 100 Backstroke.

The Seahorses are now 7-1 and the TigerSharks 3-5.

Shae Masse was a double winner for the Akron girls in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly. Emma Corbett won the 50 Free, Emerson Polkowski the 500 Free and Kaila Szczygielski the Backstroke.

Maddy Satkowski won both the 200 Free and 100 Free and Sophia Goyette the 100 Breaststroke for Medina.

Front-running Akron improves to 7-1 and Medina slips to 1-7.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertaman – Medina’s Jarin Rhim grabs a rebound during the Mustangs come-from-behind win over visiting Newfane this evening.

Coming on strong down the stretch, defending champion Medina downed visiting Newfane 47-37 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Breaking away from a 29-29 deadlocked, Medina outscored Newfane 18-8 in the decisive final period to claim the win and improve to 2-0 in N-O action.

Anthony Bowman scored 8 and Joe Cecchini and Jarin Rhim 4 each to lead the Mustangs key stretch run.

Bowman finished with 16, Rhim 14, Cecchini 6, Cayden Lilleby and Robert Arnold 4 and Justin Pitts 3.

Evan Meyers scored 16 and Landen Braman 12 for Newfane which led 11-6 after one period and 20-19 at the half.

Medina edged Newfane 10-9 in the third period to rally into the 29-29 tie. Rhim netted 4 during that stretch.

Newfane is now 1-2.

Medina’s Cayden Lilleby puts up a shot against Newfane defender Brett Bucolo (22).

Wilson 55, Albion 45

Improving to 3-1 in N-O action, Wilson topped visiting Albion 55-45 as Jake Austin scored 13, Matt Fox 11 and Paul Smith 10.

Caleb Fox scored a game high 15 and Javon Jones netted 8 for Albion which is 0-2 in league play.

Wilson held leads of 27-15 at the half and 37-29 after three quarters.

Albion though came battling back down the stretch cutting the deficit to three, 47-44, as Aquil Gaffney scored 5 points and Jones and Fox both hit key threes.

However, Wilson turned back the challenge as 8 late free throws put a lock on the win for the Lakemen.

Akron 60, Barker 54 (OT)
Akron outscored Barker 11-5 in the four minute overtime to claim a 60-54 N-O win.

Trace Hill scored 15, Andrew Romesser 12 and Brodie Hibbard 10 for Akron which led 21-18 at the half.

Barker rallied into a 40-32 lead at the end of the third period but Akron used a 17-9 fourth quarter scoring edge to pull into a 49-49 tie and force overtime.

Akron is now 1-1 and Barker 1-3 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Alezya Brown puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Karlee Rounds during the Lady Eagles win over the host Lady Tigers this evening.

Roaring out to a 20-0 lead in the first five minutes, Kendall went on to defeat host Lyndonville 54-38 in a key Genesee Region League game this evening.

Libby Snyder scored 8 and Alzeya Brown, Emma Allen and T’Mia Kitchings each netted 4 to spark Kendall out to the fast start as Lyndonville struggled through an 0-16 field goal shooting drought during that stretch.

Kendall led 20-4 at the end of the opening period and upped the advantage to 21, 29-8, after opening the second quarter with a 9-4 run including jumpers by Brown and Allen.

Lyndonville did come battling back with a 13-2 run, including 6 by Karlee Rounds and 5 by Gracie Johnson, to cut the deficit to 10, 31-21, but the Lady Tigers could get no closer.

Back-to-back layups by Snyder and Allen to close the period put Kendall back up by 14, 35-21, at the half and the Lady Eagles maintained a 20 point, 49-29, lead at the three-quarter mark. Brown scored 6 and Snyder 4 to lead the Lady Eagles in the third period.

Brown and Snyder both finished with 17 as Allen added 10, Kitchings 6 and Julie Coble and Kailie Regan 2 each.

Rounds took game high honors for Lyndonville with 18 as Ella Lewis had 9, Johnson 8, Ashlee Stephens 2 and Lorelei Dillenbeck 1.

Kendall improves to 10-1 and Lyndonville slips to 8-2.

Lyndonville’s Karlee Rounds puts up a shot as Libby Snyder (10) and Grace Levett (1) defend for Kendall.

Kendall’s Libby Snyder puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Gracie Johnson.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Braxton Zarpentine drives to the basket against Lyndonville defender Trenton Muck during the Eagles narrow win over the host Tigers this evening.

Turning back a fourth quarter challenge, Kendall held on to trim host Lyndonville 62-57 in a Genesee Region League basketball game this evening.

Down by seven at the outset of the final quarter, Lyndonville battled back to within one three times in the final two minutes but could not pull even.

Noah Poler provided the big spark for the Tigers late rally as he scored 15 of his game high 28 points in the final period.

Poler pulled the Tigers within one at 54-53 by hitting a pair of free throws with 2:08 remaining, within one at 56-55 by making a layup at the 1:10 mark and finally within one at 58-57 with a jumper with 20 seconds to go.

However, each time Kendall answered the challenge to maintain the lead. First a bucket by Jeffrey Pratt kept the Eagles up 56-53. Then a basket by Louie Conte made it 58-55. Finally one free throw each by Jacek Kwiatkowski and Pratt and then two by Zach Barrett in the final 16 seconds  put a lock on the Eagles 62-57 win.

Braxton Zarpentine, who fouled out with just over two minutes to play, led Kendall with 20 as Barrett added 17, Kwiatkowski 11, Pratt 7, Conte 5 and Devin Edick 2.

In addition to Noah Poler’s 28, Lyndonville had Roman Heinsler with 15, Trenton Muck 7, Mason Nicholson 3 and Jack Whipple and Jimmy Poler 2 each.

Kendall, which led all the way, was up 12-7 after one period and 34-25 at the half as Zarpentine scored 8 in each of the first two periods. Kwiatkowski added 5 and Barrett 4 in the second period.

Heinsler scored 7 and Noah Poler 5 in the second quarter for Lyndonville.

The Eagles went up by as many as 11, at 41-30 and 44-33, midway through the third period after threes by Barrett and Kwiatkowski.

Lyndonville did cut the deficit a bit to seven, 44-37, at the end of the third period. The Tigers then quickly pulled to within two, 47-45, at the outset of the final period after a rebound bucket and a three-point play by Noah Poler and a three by Heinsler.

It was a tight battle the rest of the way as the teams traded scores for most of the final six minutes.

Barrett scored 6 and Pratt 5 to lead Kendall down the stretch as the Eagles improve to 4-5.

Kendall’s Zach Barrett puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Noah Poler.

Notre Dame 61, Holley 46
Trailing by 18, 39-21, at the half, Holley battled back to within 8 twice in the second half before Notre Dame pulled away from a 61-46 G-R win over the host Hawks.

Ryan Fitzpatrick led the Irish with a game high 25.

Broek Ostrom scored 20, Erik Lang 10 and Mason Neale 8 for Holley.

“I can’t say enough about our kids effort. They really gave it everything they had” said Hawks Coach Wil Prince.

Reversing roles, Poler here puts up a shot against Barrett.

Defending champion Wilson needed overtime to down host Albion 50-43 this evening as the Lakewomen improve to 4-0 in Niagara-Orleans League action.

Deadlocked at 43-43 at the end of regulation time, Wilson claimed the win by outpointing Albion 7-0 in the four minute overtime.

Peyton McInnis scored 5 of her 17 points in the overtime for Wilson which also got 15 on the evening from Bella Lemke.

Madison Hughson scored a game high 20 for Albion as Aurora Serafin added 7 and Abby Scanlan and Sydney Mulka 6 each.

Albion led 19-17 at the half and Wilson 35-27 after three quarters.

Newfane 52, Medina 22
Newfane improved to 3-0 in N-O action by downing visiting Medina 52-22 as Jensen McGhee scored 10 and Sienna Bowers and Angelina Ditullo 8 each.

Stella Poler scored 7 and Lily Carpenter 6 for Medina which trailed 27-12 at he half.

Albion and Medina each came away with a victory in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet at Albion this afternoon.

Improving to 6-1, Medina won the boys’ meet 63-31 as Isaac Pace doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Michael Marker in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke. The Seahorses also had Jaxon Phillips win the 200 Free and Caiden Class the 500 Free.

Finn McCue was a double winner for Albion in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Albion won the girls’ meet 58-30 to regain the .500 mark at 4-4. Julia Fuller took both the IM and Backstroke and Willow Gaines the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Purple Eagles while Maddy Satkowski doubled in the 100 Free and 200 Free for the Seahorses.

The Roy-Hart boys stayed undefeated at 8-0 with a 106-57 win over Akron as Sean Labiak doubled in the IM and Backstroke and Andrew Ossont in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

The Akron girls took a giant step towards repeating as N-O champions by edging Roy-Hart 89-81. The TigerSharks are now 6-1 and the Channel Cats 5-3. Kaila Szczygielski doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Akron as did Mandy Hill in the IM and Butterfly for R-H.

The Newfane girls improved to 6-2 with a 111-43 win over Barker as Adoree Naylor doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free, Bridget Martin in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Kimberly Schmitt in the IM and Breaststroke.

The Newfane boys bested Barker 100-41 to improve to 4-4. Elijah Thompson doubled in the 50 Free and Backstroke for the Panthers as did Ryan Santarsiero in the IM and Breaststroke for the Raiders.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s All State football honorees include, from left, Xander Payne, Noah Skinner and Greg Thompson.

Three  players who helped Medina capture the Section VI Class C title, have been named to the Class C All State football squad.

Jahmeek Riley, Albion

Senior quarterback Xander Payne and junior running back Noah Skinner have both been named to the third team while senior defensive back Greg Thompson received Honorable Mention.

Payne passed for 1,636 yards and a school record 22 touchdowns this past season. He also rushed for 417 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Skinner rushed for 740 yards and 11 touchdowns. On defense, he made 73 tackles and had 6 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries.

Thompson had 5 interceptions and 28 tackles. On offense he caught 24 passes for 494 yards and 6 touchdowns and rushed for 559 yards and 5 TDs.

Albion senior defensive end Jahmeek Riley was named to the Class B All State fifth team. He made 48 tackles and had 3 sacks. On offense he caught 13 passes for 238 yards and 2 touchdowns and also rushed for 2 TDs.

Also on the Class C third team are Wilson linebacker Xavier Fitzgibbon and Akron defensive back Travis Fry. Wilson senior punter Tyler Yousett has also received Honorable Mention.

Albion evened its Niagara-Orleans League wrestling record at 2-2 by downing host Akron 63-12 this evening.

Pins by Aaron Sugar, Andrew Uderitz, Josh Bovenzi and Mason Lynch along with a decision win by Ellwood Hafner keyed the victory for the Purple Eagles.

In the other N-O match Newfane improved to 4-0 by downing rival Wilson 56-12.

Wilson and Akron are now both 1-2 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis puts up a shot against Alexander defender Madison Boyce during the Lady Tigers overtime win over the visiting Lady Trojans this evening.

In an overtime thriller, Lyndonville outlasted visiting Alexander 65-61 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Lyndonville sent the contest into overtime in dramatic fashion as Ella Lewis hit a jumper with just two seconds to go to knot the contest at 56-56.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Tigers then outpointed the Lady Trojans 9-4 in the four minute overtime period to claim the narrow win.

Alexander did take a 58-56 lead at the outset of the overtime period on a pair of free throws by Natalie Whitmore.

However, Lyndonville answered with a key 6-0 run on a layup by Lorelei Dillenbeck, three by Addison Dillenbeck and a free throw by Lewis to regain the lead for good at 62-58 with 50 seconds remaining.

Alexander did slice the deficit to one at 62-61 on a layup by Whitmore but the Lady Trojans could not regain the lead.

The Lady Tigers finally put a lock on the win on one free throw by Addison Dillenbeck with 25 seconds to go and then two free throws by Lewis after she was fouled  on a steal at the 20 second mark.

Lewis finished with 24 to lead Lyndonville as Addison Dillenbeck and Lorelei Dillenbeck both had 14, Karlee Rounds 8, Haley Shaffer 3 and Ashlee Stephens 2.

Whitmore took game high honors for Alexander with 27 as Melanie Pohl had 11 and Alyssa Kramer 9.

Alexander jumped out to leads of 17-9 after one period and 23-18 at the half as Whitmore scored 11 and Pohl 6 during that stretch.

However, Lyndonville came battling back with a big 23-14 third period scoring edge to rally into a 41-37 lead heading into the final quarter.

A 13-4 scoring burst at the outset ignited the key quarter. Lewis scored 9, including a layup off a steal, to spearhead the surge which rallied the Lady Tigers into a 31-27 lead.

Two layups by Lorelei Dillenbeck, along with a three by Rounds and a three point play by Lewis, then helped keep the Lady Tigers up by four, 41-37, heading into the fourth quarter.

There were five ties and two lead changes in the hectic final period.

Alexander moved out to a 54-50 lead with 1:15 remaining sparked by a three by Riley Powell and a jumper by Whitmore.

However, Lyndonville rallied back into a 54-54 tie on a free throw by Rounds and then a three by Lewis with 17 seconds remaining.

Alexander answered right back with a jumper by Whitmore to regain a 56-54 lead with 10 seconds remaining.

That set the stage for Lewis’ clutch jumper with two seconds to go to retie the contest at 56-56 forcing overtime.

Improving to 8-1, Lyndonville next hosts 9-1 Kendall at 7 p.m. Friday.

Kendall 43, RAC 13
Libby Snyder scored 12, Alezya Brown 8, Kailie Regan 5, Emma Allen, Julia Szczepanski and Julie Coble 4 each and Mary Jones, Taigan Guerrero and Lauren Pilon 2 each to lead Kendall to the 43-13 non league win over visiting Rochester Academy Charter.

Snyder also had 10 rebounds and 6 blocks and Regan 8 rebounds.

Lyndonville’s Karlee Rounds puts up a shot as Sam Kabel (40) and Natalie Whitmore (22) defend for Alexander.

Roy-Hart scored a sweep over host Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon.

The Channel Cats won the boys’ meet 67-24 and the girls’ competition 61-31.

Andrew Ossont was a double winner in the 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Zach Livergood in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke for the Roy-Hart boys which stay unbeaten at 7-0.

Mandy Hill doubled in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke and Julia Miles in the 200 Free and 500 Free for the Roy-Hart girls.

The Channel Cats win combined with Akron’s victory over Newfane (94-74) puts the N-O title race in a tight three way battle. Akron is now 5-1 while Roy-Hart and Newfane are both 5-2. Roy-Hart hosts Akron on Thursday.

The Medina boys improved to 5-1 by downing host Barker 112-31.

Jaxon Phillips doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke for the Seahorses as Isaac Pace took the 100 Butterfly, Ben Griffin the 100 Breaststroke, Michael Marker the 200 Individual Medley and Caiden Class the 500 Free.

Ryan Santarsiero was a double winner for Barker in the 200 Free and 100 Free.

The Barker girls downed Medina 80-60.

Emma McGrath doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for Barker as did Maddy Satkowski in the IM and 100 Free for Medina.

In the day’s other meet, Akron swept Newfane winning the boys’ meet 85-69 and the girls’ competition 94-74.

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

Wrestling

Medina 36, Canisius 33

Medina nipped host Canisius 36-33 in a non league match as Dominick Callara and Noah Skinner both registered pins for the Mustangs.

Medina’s scheduled Niagara-Orleans League home match against Roy-Hart on Wednesday has been postponed.