Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Alex Farrell works toward a decision win over Holley-Kendall’s Neeko Caterisano during the Tigers home mat win over the Hawks this evening.

Taking 9 of 13 bouts, Lyndonville opened defense of its Genesee Region League wrestling title with a 45-24 win over visiting Holley-Kendall this evening.

Lyndonville jumped out to an 18-0 lead at the outset on pins by Payton Grabowski (172) and Allen Heideman (215), in just 29 seconds, and a forfeit win.

Holley-Kendall answered with back-to-back pins by Zane Christakes (285) and Brenden Eichas (102) to slice the deficit to six at 18-12.

The back and forth competition continued as the Tigers moved back out to a 27-18 lead after a 46 second pin by Christian Garver (110) and a narrow 2-1 decision win by Ty Holmes (118).

A first period pin by Will Kruger (126) pulled Holley-Kendall back to within nine at 27-18.

Then, after Alex Farrell scored a decision win for Lyndonville at 132, Dylan Clemons registered a quick 21 second pin at (138) to again rally Holley-Kendall back to within just six at 30-24 with three bouts to go.

However, the Tigers turned back the challenge by scoring wins in each of the final three bouts.

Back-to-back pins by Noah Neff (145) and Sebastian Temich (152) upped the lead to 42-24 and put a lock on the victory for the Tigers.

Ben Doolan (160) then capped off the Lyndonville victory with a decision win in the final bout.

Lyndonville’s Ty Holmes in route to scoring a narrow one point decision win over Bruce Rasmusson of Holley-Kendall.

Brenden Eichas of Holley-Kendall works toward a pin over Lyndonville’s Shayne Nickerson.

Moving back into the title race, Roy-Hart nipped visiting Newfane 85-83 in a key Niagara-Orleans League girls swim meet this afternoon.

A win in the final event – the 400 Freestyle Relay – by the quartet of Julia Miles, Molly Russell, Ava Achtyl and Mandy Hill earned Roy-Hart the victory which pulls the Channel Cats to within a game of first place.

In avenging a season opening 95-71 loss at Newfane, Roy-Hart improves to 4-2 while Newfane slips to 5-1.

Hill was also an individual event double winner in the 100 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly.

Bridget Martin doubled for Newfane in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

The Roy-Hart boys completed the sweep by downing Newfane 112-48 to remain undefeated at 6-0.

Andrew Ossont was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the Individual Medley and 100 Free.

Daenon Kopp doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Eli Thompson in the 50 Free and Backstroke.

Albion sweeps Barker
Albion likewise scored a sweep over Barker winning the boys’ meet 84-42 and the girls’ competition 95-72.

Matt Kania was a double winner in the 100 Free and Breaststroke for the Albion boys and Mia Olles took both the 200 Free and 100 Free for the girls.

The Akron vs. Medina meet was postponed as the Akron schools were closed due to the weather.

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

An explosive 30 point first quarter sparked Oakfield-Alabama to a 79-49 win over host Kendall in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Kam Cusmano scored 16, Gaige Armbrewster 15, Jordan Schlagenhauf 12 and Kyle Porter 10 for the Hornets which led 30-12 after one quarter and 45-27 at the half.

Louie Conte scored 10, Zach Barrett and Braxton Zarpentine 9 and Devin Edick and Jacek Kwiatkowski 8 for Kendall.

The Hornets improve to 7-0 and the Eagles slip to 3-4.

Byron-Bergen 70, Lyndonville 26
Up 13-1 after one quarter and 36-10 at the half, Byron-Bergen went on to defeat host Lyndonville 70-26 in a G-R contest.

Noah Poler led Lyndonville with 12 as Roman Heinsler and Trenton Muck both had 4, Mason Nicholson 3, Asa Wooton 2 and Jimmy Poler 1.

Byron-Berge is now 6-3 and Lyndonville 1-6.

The Alexander vs. Holley game was postponed.

Girls Basketball
Wilson 51, Roy-Hart 16

Wilson opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League title with a 51-16 win over Roy-Hart.

Wilson used a 12-2 second quarter scoring edge to open up a 26-10 half-time advantage,

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Angel Cruz Cruz rallies to score a third period pin over Roy-Hart/Barker’s Daniel Moore during the Purple Eagles home mat victory over the Rams this evening.

Building up as much as a 26 point lead, Albion went on to defeat visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 42-31 in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening.

A trio of quick sub minute pins by Alex Hafner (152) in 21 seconds, Andrew Uderitz (118) in 30 seconds and Jr. Morales (138) in 58 seconds highlighted that surge which vaulted the Purple Eagles out to a 36-10 lead.

That key stretch also included a second period pin by Aaron Sugar (102) in 2:19 and a pair of forfeit wins.

Roy-Hart/Barker did rally back to within 11 at 36-25 after pins by Brett Ricker (160) in 1:10 and Jaedyn Robinson (172) in 3:48 and a decision win by Zach Hill (189) but the Rams could get no closer.

Albion ended that rally with a key come-from-behind win by Angel Cruz Cruz (215) who rallied for a pin in 5:17 to up the Purple Eagles lead to 42-25 and put a lock on the victory.

Roy-Hart/Barker also got first period pins by Alex Cowan (132) in 1:21 and Andrew Hill (285) in 1:53 and a major decision win by Joseph Jopp (110).

Albion is now 1-2 and Roy-Hart/Barker 1-1 in N-O action.

Newfane 44, Medina 29

Conor Crandall, Sawyer Kingsbury and Rashawn Bloom all registered pins and Dominick Callara had a technical fall win for Medina in a 44-29 N-O loss at Newfane.

Newfane is now 3-0 and Medina 1-2.

The Akron vs. Wilson match was postponed.

Albion’s Jr. Morales works toward a pin over Roy-Hart/Barker’s Joel Hickman.

Joseph Jopp of Roy-Hart/Barker works toward a pin over Albion’s Shane Daniels.

Lyndonville outlasted host Byron-Bergen 65-62 in double overtime this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball thriller.

The contest was deadlocked 49-49 at the end of regulation time and 54-54 at the end of the first overtime period before Lyndonville bested B-B 11-8 in the second OT period to claim the marathon win and improve to 6-1 on the season.

Addison Dillenbeck had 6 points, Ella Lewis and Lorelei Dillenbeck 4 each and Shelby Boring 2 for the Lady Tigers in the two overtime periods.

Lewis finished the evening with a total of 18, Addison Dillenbeck 15, Karlee Rounds 11, Haley Shaffer 9, Lorelei Dillenbeck 8 and Boring 2 and Gracie Johnson 2 each.

Dayanara Casallero scored 14 and Ava Wagoner, Kendall Phillips and Maddie Pimm 12 each for B-B.

Lyndonville led 35-29 at the half and 45-38 after three- quarters but B-B rallied with an 11-4 scoring edge in the final stanza to knot the contest at 49-49 forcing overtime.

In other G-R action, Oakfield-Alabama handed Kendall its first loss after seven straight season opening wins by a 51-28 score and Alexander downed Holley 44-23.

Improving to 4-1, Medina defeated host Newfane 114-41 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet this afternoon.

Isaac Pace was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke and Michael Marker in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for Medina.

The Seahorses also had Austin Tompkins win the 200 Individual Medley and Xander Payne the 100 Free.

Daenon Kopp won the 200 Free and 500 Free for Newfane.

The Newfane girls stayed unbeaten at 5-0 by downing Medina 115-42 as Adoree Naylor doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Bridget Martin in the 100 Free and 500 Free.

Maddy Satkowski won the 100 Breaststroke for Medina.

Roy-Hart scored a sweep over host Barker winning both the boys and girls meets by the score of 85-45.

The Roy-Hart boys squad stays unbeaten at 5-0 and the girls team improves to 3-2.

Double winners included Roy-Hart’s Mandy Hill (100 Butterfly, 500 Free) and Charles Rickard (50 Free, 500 Free) and Barker’s Ryan Santarsiero (100 Free, 100 Breaststroke).

In the other meet, Akron swept Albion but no details were reported.

Barker rallied in the final quarter to edge past host Medina 46-40 in the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball opener for both teams.

Trailing 36-34, Barker rallied to outscored Medina 12-4 in the decisive final stanza, including 6 by Keira Dalton, to claim the win.

Dalton and Alyssa Thompson both finished with 10 to lead Barker as Mia Herman, Cloey Sanders and Anna Bowerman each added 8 and Hannah Fiacco 2.

Rylee VanNostrand scored 16, Stella Poler 9, Lily Carpenter 7, Iyla Lilleby 6 and Dani Williams 2 for Medina.

Barker led 15-12 after one quarter and 23-21 at the half.

Newfane 44, Albion 27

Jensen McGhee scored 12 and Allison Clark and Allie Szratter 11 to lead Newfane past Albion 44-27 in the other N-O contest.

Abby Scanlan paced Albion with 10.

Newfane led 16-11 at the half and 28-18 after three quarters.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Anthony Bowman puts up a shot against Barker defender Luey Castro during the Mustangs win over the host Raiders this evening.

A big scoring surge to close the third quarter keyed Medina to a 59-37 win over host Barker this evening as the Mustangs opened defense of their Niagara-Orleans League title.

Barker grabbed a 30-28 lead early in the third quarter after back-to-back threes by Nathan Meza Ray.

However, Medina answered back with a huge 20-0 scoring burst to close the period and rally into a commanding 48-30 lead heading into the final period.

A layup by Anthony Bowman followed by back-to-back layups off turnovers by Jarin Rhim ignited that decisive uprising which also included two more baskets by Rhim, one each by Bowman, Cayden Lilleby and Amari Soule and a three by David Berry.

Bowman finished with a game high 22 to lead Medina as Joe Cecchini had 13, Rhim 8, Soule 7, Lilleby 4, Berry 3 and Robert Arnold 2.

Brad Cantrell scored 14 and Meza Ray 12 to pace Barker as Aidan Voss added 4 and Steven Class, Luey Castro and Mason Allee Castro 2 each.

Medina had jumped out to a 13-9 first quarter lead as Bowman had two rebound buckets and a jumper and Soule a layup off a steal and a three.

Barker did rally into a 22-21 lead late in the second period after a 13-4 run including 9 by Cantrell. The Mustangs though regained a slender 23-22 lead at the half on a layup off a turnover by Bowman.

An eight point scoring run by Meza Ray, including a layup and two threes, briefly put the Raiders back on top at 30-28 early in the third period but the rest of the quarter belonged to Medina as the Mustangs big 20-0 scoring surge broke the contest wide open.

Medina next hosts Akron on Friday and Barker visits Wilson on Thursday.

Newfane 47, Albion 44
A three by Nate Snow with 44 seconds to go snapped a 44-44 tie and earned Newfane a 47-44 win at Albion in the N-O opener for both teams.

Ben Dickinson scored 15 and Snow 11 for Newfane.

Aquil Gaffney scored 16 and Shakarion Drisdom 11 for Albion.

Newfane led 9-8 after one quarter and 26-18 at the half. The contest was deadlocked 34-34 at the three-quarter mark.

Brad Cantrell puts up a shot for Barker as Joe Cecchini defends for Medina.

Plagued by turnovers, Medina dropped a 72-52 decision to host Tapestry in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Medina trailed by just one, 15-14, at the end of the opening quarter as Anthony Bowman and David Berry both hit threes and Joe Cecchini had a pair of baskets.

However, Tapestry put together a 20-12 second quarter scoring edge to take the lead for good by a 35-26 margin at the half.

Continuing to capitalize on turnovers, the Thunderhawks extended the lead to 16, 51-35, after three quarters.

Lamar Mathews scored a game high 29 and Niel McClary tallied 16 to lead the way for Tapestry.

Cecchini and Bowman each scored 10, Jarin Rhim 9, Berry 7. Amari Soule and Jared Odita 5, Cayden Lilleby 4 and Kaedon Cleveland 2 for Medina which was playing its first game in 18 days.

Now at 1-4 the Mustangs had recent non league games against Middle Early College and Bennett cancelled due to Covid 19 problems at those two Buffalo schools.

Medina will now begin defense of its Niagara-Orleans League title at Barker at 6 p.m. Tuesday.