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Lyndonville wrestlers romp to non league win
Lyndonville romped to a 61-12 victory over visiting Pavilion/York in a non league wrestling match this evening.
Pins by Sebastian Temich, Austin Schmitt, Maddox Stirk and Sam Doolan led the way for Lyndonville.
The Tigers also got a major decision victory by Noah Neff and a decision win by Ty Holmes.
Channel Cats post key win over Seahorses

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Bryson Costich, left, heads toward a narrow win in the 100 Butterfly over Roy-Hart’s Max Stern during the Seahorses loss to the host Channel Cats this afternoon.
Taking over sole possession of first place two-time defending champion Roy-Hart downed visiting Medina 89-81 in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet this afternoon.
Roy-Hart improves to 4-0 and Medina slips to 3-1.
Sean Labiak was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Freestyle for Roy-Hart as Charles Rickard took the 200 Free and Zach Livergood the 100 Backstroke.
Livergood and Rickard also teamed up with Max Stern and Andrew Ossont to win the 200 Medley Relay. Rickard and Ossont later combined with James Heideman and Jacob Hagen to win the 200 Freestyle Relay.
Issac Pace won both the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for Medina as Xander Payne took the 100 Free and Bryson Costich the 100 Butterfly.
Pace and Payne also teamed up with Ben Griffin and Jaxon Phillips to win the 400 Free Relay.
Breaking away from a 47-47 tie, Roy-Hart rattled off three straight wins by Labiak in the 500 Free, by the 200 Free Relay quartet and by Livergood in the Backstroke to regain the lead for good by 12 points at 76-64 with just two events to go.
Roy-Hart also defeated Medina in the girls’ meet 85-55.
Amanda Hill was a double winner in the 200 Free and 100 Backstroke for Roy-Hart as Julia Miles won the Individual Medley, Nadia White the 50 Free, Ava Achtyl the 500 Free and Molly Russell the 100 Breaststroke.
Maddy Satkowski won the 100 Free for Medina.
Roy-Hart is now 2-2 and Medina 1-3.
In another N-O meet Newfane swept Albion winning the boys’ meet 59-34 and the girls’ 52-31.

Roy-Hart’s Amanda Hill in route to a win in the 200 Freestyle. She also won the 100 Backstroke.
Albion, Medina bow in N-O wrestling matches
Newfane downed host Albion 46-27 and Wilson bested visiting Medina 42-30 in Niagara-Orleans League wrestling matches this evening.
Jakob Lucinski, Aidan Harris, Ayden Buttery, Aidan Gillings and Simon Lingle all registered pins for Newfane.
Alex Hafner and Dayne Aina both had pins and Cade Wolcott a decision win for Albion.
Dominick Callara and Gavin Ciarfella both notched pins for Medina.
CSAT scoring bursts best Lady Rams; Kendall tops Alexander to improve to 7-0

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ava Owens, who scored a game high 22, here puts up a shot against CSAT defenders Ryley Kiebzak (20) and Takyra McCain (23) during the host Lady Rams loss to the Lady Eagles this evening,
Two long scoring runs keyed CSAT to a 43-36 win over host Roy-Hart in a non league girls basketball game this evening.
CSAT jumped out to a 14-4 lead at the outset including 6 by Amiyan Rollerson.
However, Roy-Hart answered back with a big 17-0 run, which first pulled the Lady Rams to within one at the half (14-13) and then into a 21-14 lead midway through the third quarter.
Ava Owens scored 15 to spearhead that big rally. She tallied 9 in the second quarter on two rebound baskets, a three and a jumper and then tallied the first 6 of the second half on three more jumpers.
CSAT though countered with what proved to be a decisive 23-6 run to regain the lead for good by 10 at 37-27 with less than three minutes to go. Back-to-back threes by Monika Allen and Rollerson, which highlighted the rally, put the Lady Eagles back on top to stay at 30-25.
Roy-Hart did rally back to within four, 37-33, with 1:10 to go after back-to-back threes by Owens, but could get no closer.
Owens finished with a game high 22 as Kaitlin Mettler added 6, Juliana Buscarino 4 and Claire Halstead and Alexis Cacciatore 2 each for the Lady Rams.
Allen had 13, Rollerson 9 and Maryya Williams 8 to pace CSAT.
Kendall 41, Alexander 32
Staying unbeaten at 7-0, Kendall downed host Alexander 41-32 in a Genesee Region League game.
Alezya Brown had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Libby Snyder 8 points, 10 rebounds and 5 steals and Julia Szczepanski 4 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks to lead the way for Kendall which held a 25-9 advantage at the half. Brown had four key free throws down the stretch.
Attica 44, Holley 19
Chase Harding scored 10 to lead Attica to a 44-19 G-R win over Holley.
Sam Bates and Harleigh Andrews each scored 6 and Tia Hofforth had 11 rebounds for Holley.
Boys Basketball
City Honors 51, Albion 44
Trailing 25-19 at the half, City Honors used a 15-6 third quarter scoring edge to key a 51-44 win over visiting Albion in a non league contest.
Jahmeek Riley scored 15, Tyler Gibson 13 and Caleb Fox 11 for Albion.
Kendall, Lyndonville bow in G-R contests
Alexander downed host Kendall 55-47 and Elba bested visiting Lyndonville 63-37 in Genesee Region League boys basketball action this evening.
Nick Kramer scored 22 and Braydon Woods 13 for Alexander which used a 15-8 fourth period scoring edge to lock up the win after the Trojans led by a narrow 40-39 margin at the three-quarter mark.
Devin Edick cored 18, Braxton Zarpentine 9 and Jeffrey Pratt and Louie Conte 6 each for Kendall.
CJ Gottler scored 20, Zach Marscell 17 and Angelo Penna 15 for Elba which led 31-17 at the half and 48-24 after three quarters.
Noah Poler and Trenton Muck each scored 13 for Lyndonville.
Wrestling
Wilson 37, Lyndonville 33
Ty Holmes had a pin and Sebastian Temich a decision win for Lyndonville in the narrow 37-33 non league loss to Wilson.
Medina and Albion split in N-O swim meet

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Michael Marker heads toward a win in the backstroke during this afternoon’s home meet against Albion.
Medina and Albion both came away with a victory during a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon at Medina.
Medina captured the boys’ meet 112-45 to stay unbeaten at 3-0.
Albion took the girls’ competition 95-50 to improve to 2-1.
Michael Marker doubled in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke and Isaac Pace in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Freestyle and Jaxon Phillips took the 200 Free to lead the way for the Seahorses. Marker and Bryson Costich were both on the winning 200 Medley and 400 Free Relays.
Finn McCue was a double winner for Albion in the 50 Free and 100 Free as Jeffrey Brown took the 100 Breaststroke.
The Albion girls got individual event wins from five different swimmers as Julia Fuller took the IM, Hannah Pahura the 50 Free, Mia Olles the 100 Free, Clara Bolton the 500 Free and Willow Gaines the 100 Breaststroke.
The Purple Eagles also swept all three relays. Autumn Flugel was a member of all three as Gaines, Pahura and Olles were each on two.
Maddy Satkowski won the 200 Free and Madelynn Rutledge the 100 Backstroke for Medina.
The defending champion Roy-Hart boys stayed even with Medina atop the N-O standings at 3-0 by defeating host Akron 105-63.
Charles Rickard won the 200 Free, Zach Livergood the 50 Free, Andrew Ossont the Breaststroke and Sean Labiak the 500 Free for the Channel Cats.
Akron downed Roy-Hart in the girls meet 87-73.
Amanda Hill was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke.

Albion’s Willow Gaines in route to a win in the 100 Breaststroke.
Rams edge Lakemen in N-O opener

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Vincent Buscarino drives in for a layup against Wilson defender Mason Branca during the Rams Niagara-Orleans League season opening win over the visiting Lakemen this evening.
Leading from wire to wire, Roy-Hart trimmed visiting Wilson 46-41 in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season opener this evening.
Aiden Petrie scored a game high 17, Vincent Buscarino 14 and Nate Beyer 8 to lead the way for Roy-Hart.
Paul Smith tallied 12, Matt Fox 11 and Mike Bubar 9 to set the pace for Wilson.
Roy-Hart jumped out to a 14-8 first quarter lead as Buscarino scored seven on a three, a layup and a jumper and Petrie made a three-point play.
The Rams maintained a 22-15 lead at the half and upped the advantage a bit to nine, 35-26, at the three-quarter mark.
Petrie scored 8 to lead the Rams in the third period while Babar netted 6 to keep the Lakemen close.
Roy-Hart extended the lead to 11, 40-29, early in the final period after a three by Buscarino and a rebound bucket by Petrie.
A layup by Petrie kept the Rams up by 10, 42-32, wih 4:50 remaining but the Lakemen came battling back.
Putting together a 9-2 run including two rebound baskets by Fox and a three-point play by Bubar, the Lakemen sliced the Rams lead to just three, 44-41, with 17 seconds remaining.
However, Roy-Hart turned back the challenge as Buscarino made two clutch free throws with 16 seconds to go to help lock up the narrow win.
Newfane cagers best Lyndonville
Building up s 30-16 half-time advantage, Newfane went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 62-42 in a non league boys bsketball game this evening.
Evan Myers scored 18 and Ben Dickinson 16 to lead the way for the Panthers.
Roman Heinsler scored 19, Trenton Muck 10 and Mason Nicholson 8 for Lyndonville which next visits Elba on Tuesday in a Genesee Region League game.
Byron-Bergen 56, Holley 40
Capitalizing on a rash of turnovers, Byron-Bergen turned a 17-16 first quarter deficit into a 34-25 half-time advantage and the Bees went on to defeat visiting Holley 56-40 in a G-R contest.
Broek Ostrom scored 24 and James Tette 12 for Holley.
Two games postponed
The Medina at Middle Early College game was postponed due to a Covid issue with the Middle Early College team.
The Barker at Tonawanda contest was likewise postponed due to a Covid issue with the Barker team,
Fast start sparks Hornets past Purple Eagles

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Sydney Mulka puts up a shot against Oakfield-Alabama defender Alaina Manges during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Hornets this evening.
Roaring out to a commanding 21-0 first quarter lead, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat host Albion 47-12 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.
Threes by Kelsey Schlagenhauf and Makena Reding along with 9 of 14 free throw shooting highlighted the decisive first quarter for the Hornets which went on to hold leads of 28-4 at the half and 40-7 after three quarters.
Schlagenhauf finished with 11 and Brooke Reding 10 to lead the Hornets as Makena Reding had 8, Caitlin Ryan 6, Alaina Manges 5, Emma Wray 4, Macy Altamirano 2 and Alea Groff 1.
Madison Hughson scored 6, Abby Scanlan 4 and Aurora Serafin and Sydney Mulka 1 for Albion.
Oakfield-Alabama improves to 6-0 and Albion slips to 0-5.
Medina wrestlers down CSAT
Highlighted by five pins, Medina rolled to a 64-6 win over visiting CSAT in a non league wrestling match this evening.
Ethan Page (126), Rashawn Bloom (132), Austin Seefeldt (145), Conor Crandall (160) and Riley Tower (215) all registered pins for Medina.
The Mustangs also got a major decision win by Sawyer Kingsbury (189) along with decision victories by Brody Fry (172) and Bryden McEwen-Miller (285).
Medina next visits Wilson on Wednesday for a Niagara-Orleans League match.





