Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Maddy Satkowski heads toward a win in the 200 Freestyle during this afternoon’s victory over visiting Barker.

Medina and Roy-Hart both swept to home pool doubleheader victories in Niagara-Orleans League swim meets this afternoon.

Medina defeated Barker 112-39 in the boys’ meet and 76-48 in the girls competition.

Roy-Hart downed Albion 117-46 in the boys’ competition and 85-77 in the girls’ meet.

Isaac Pace was a double winner for the Medina boys squad in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke as Ben Griffin took the 200 Individual Medley, Austin Tompkins the 100 Butterfly, Caiden Class the 500 Free and Jaxon Phillips the 100 Backstroke.

Medina’s Isaac Pace works toward a win in the 100 Breaststroke.

The Seahorses also swept all three relays which included contributions from Class, Phillips, Tompkins, Griffin, Gabe Mark, Jackson Moreland, Mason Moreland, Bryson Costich and Henry Rigerman.

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

Medina is now 2-0 and Barker 0-2.

Maddy Satkowski was a double winner for the Medina girls in the 200 Free and 100 Free as Madelynn Rutledge won the 50 Free.

Emma Evans won both the IM and Backstroke for Barker as Shelby Dauphinee took the 500 Free and Emma McGrath the 100 Breaststroke.

Medina is now 1-1 and Barker 0-2.

Andrew Ossont was a double winner for the Roy-Hart boys in the 50 Free and 100 Free while Zach Livergood took the Backstroke, Jacob Hagen the 200 Free, Charles Rickard the Breaststroke, Sean Labiak the IM and Jay Heideman the 500 Free.

Albion’s Dallas Ecker won the Butterfly.

Roy-Hart is now 2-0 and Albion 1-1.

Amanda Hill doubled in the IM and Butterfly and Molly Russell in the 500 Free and Backstroke for the Roy-Hart girls as Nadia White took the Breaststroke.

Mia Olles won both the 200 Free and 100 Free and Autumn Flugel the 50 Free for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart and Albion are now both 1-1.

Emma Evans won both the Backstroke and the 200 Individual Medley for Barker.

Led by a group of six individual weight class champions, the Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy placed sixth at the annual Lumber City Winter Classic Wrestling Tournament in North Tonawanda this past weekend.

The Purple Eagles champions included Camden Holt with one pin and one major decision, Jeremy Lutes with two pins, Kayden Donnelly with two pins, Justin Mengs with one pin and one major decision, Jayden Rivera with one pin, one technical fall and one major decision and Carsyn Mogle with one major decision.

The Purple Eagles also got second place finishes from Paysen Sanders with one pin, Colton Moreland with one pin and one major decision and Kolton Barry with one pin.

Kyle Lutes also placed fourth with one pin and Nathan Lutes fifth.

Kendall edged past visiting Attica 65-61 this evening in a Genesee Region League basketball game.

Jacek Kwiatkowski scored 17, Zach Barrett 14, Louie Conte 11 and Devin Edick 10 to lead the balanced attack for Kendall which is now 1-1 in the league and 2-1 overall.

Cole Harding scored 17 and Simon Lamparelli 16 for Attica which slips to 2-3.

Trailing 14-6 after the first period, Kendall rallied back to within one, 32-31, at the half as Barrett scored 9 and Kwiatkowski 6 on two threes to lead the Eagles second quarter comeback.

Keeping the momentum, Kendall rallied into a 46-39 lead at the three-quarte mark as Braxton Zarpentine had a two and a three in the third period.

Kwiatkowski then scored 8 in the final period including four free throws down the stretch to help the Eagles lock up the win.

Kendall next visits rival Holley at 7 p.m. Friday.

Holley dropped an 87-47 G-R decision at Pembroke.

Broek Ostrom scored 25 for the Hawks.

Up 42-30 at the half, Pembroke used a 22-10 third period scoring edge to break the contest open.

In a non league contest, Notre Dame defeated host Barker 87-67.

Aidan Voss scored 13, Brad Cantrell 12 and Aidan Mescall 10 for Barker.

Six pins, including five of the first period variety, sparked Lyndonville to a 54-10 victory over visiting Eastridge in a non league wrestling match this evening.

Payton Grabowski, Maddox Stirk, Sam Doolan, Christian Garver, Ty Holmes and Sebastian Temich all registered pins for the Tigers which also got decision wins from Austin Schmitt and Noah Neff.

Lyndonville next hosts Akron in another non league match at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Conor Crandall works toward a pin over Albion’s Alex Hafner in the opening bout of the Mustangs win over the visiting Purple Eagles this evening.

Ending a decade long drought, Medina bested visiting rival Albion 46-27 this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League wrestling season opener.

Albion’s Bryce Froman in route to scoring a decision win over Medina’s Brody Fry.

Five pins and a major decision win highlighted the action for Medina which had not defeated Albion on the mat since the 2011-2012 season.

A come-from-behind win by Conor Crandall (160) in the opening bout set the tone for the Mustangs. Trailing 10-3, Crandall rallied to register a pin in 4:28.

Albion did answer with a decision win by Bryce Froman (172) and a forfeit win at 189 to take what proved to be the Purple Eagles only lead at 9-6.

Medina though battled back with first period pins of 1:35 by Sawyer Kingsbury (215) and of 1:41 by Bryden McEwen-Miller (285) to regain the lead for good at 18-9.

Then, following a forfeit win at 102, the Mustangs kept rolling with a first period pin of 1:52 by Liam Castricone (110), a major decision win of 12-1 by Dominick Callara (118) and a first period pin of 1:25 by Rashawn Bloom (126)to open up an unbeatable 40-9 lead.

The final four bouts were all forfeits with three going to Albion (138, 145 and 152) and one to Medina (132).

In the other N-O opener, Newfane defeated Akron 72-6.

Medina’s Bryden McEwen-Miller nears a pin victory over Albion’s Ricky Lilly.

Improving to 5-0, Kendall posted a key Genesee Region League girls basketball win this evening by posting a narrow 30-28 win over host Attica which slips to 4-1.

Libby Snyder had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks and Alezya Brown 11 points and 13 rebounds to lead the way for Kendall which led 26-24 after three quarters after trailing 21-17 at the half.

Roy-Hart 39, Maryvale 36
Gaining win No. 1 on the young season, Roy-Hart nipped visiting Maryvale 39-36 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Makenna Elsenheimer and Kara Choate both made clutch free throws down the stretch to help the Lady Rams lock up the win.

Claire Halstead scored 8 and Choate 7 to lead the Lady Rams as Elsenheimer, Ava Owens, Juliana Buscarino, Kaitlyn Mettler and Julie Terwilliger each chipped in with 4.

Notre Dame 46, Lyndonville 39
Notre Dame trimmed Lyndonville 46-39 in a G-R contest as Maylee Green scored 15, Emma Sisson 12 and Avelin Tomidy 10.

Karlee Rounds scored 11, Lorelei Dillenbeck 9 and Ella Lewis 6 for Lyndonville.

Trailing 22-11 at the half, Lyndonville rallied back to within two, 30-28, after a big 17 point third period which included two threes by Dillenbeck and a pair of baskets by Lewis.

However, Notre Dame turned back the challenging putting together a 16-11 fourth period scoring edge to claim the win. Sisson scored 6, Tomidy 4 and Green hit a three during that key stretch.

Roy-Hart/Barker opened the Niagara-Orleans League wrestling season by downing Wilson 39-31 this evening.

Joey Jopp, Joe Hickman, Max Hickman, Brett Ricker, Chris Graham, Quinn Brown and Zach Hill all scored wins for the Rams.

N-O opening week action continues on Wednesday as Medina hosts Albion and Newfane visits Akron at 6 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Anthony Bowman puts up a shot between Cardinal O’Hara defenders Siamoria Threat and Chris Wright during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Hawks this evening.

Roaring out to a 20 point first quarter lead, Cardinal O’Hara rolled to a 73-41 win over host Medina in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Keiyan Clarke scored 27 and Chris Wright 20 to lead the way for O’Hara which enjoyed commanding leads of 27-7 after one quarter, 42-28 at the half and 58-30 at the three-quarter mark.

Anthony Bowman scored 14, Joe Cecchini 10, Jarin Rhim 8, Cayden Lilleby and Amari Soule 4 and David Berry 1 for Medina which is now 1-2.

The Mustangs next visit West Seneca East Thursday in another non league contest.

Burgard 64, Albion 48

Burgard used a 17-10 fourth quarter scoring edge to lock up a 64-48 win over host Albion in a non league contest.

Jahmeek Riley scored 15, Aquil Gaffney 14 and Shakarim Drisdom 11 for Albion which trailed 32-29 at the half and 47-38 after three quarters.

St. Mary’s 77, Roy-Hart 55

St. Mary’s of Lancaster built up a 43-28 half-time advantage in route to downing visiting Roy-Hart 77-55 in a non league contest.

Vincent Buscarino scored 17, Aiden Petrie 15 and Jamel Johnson Jr. and Brandon DiNeri 9 each for Roy-Hart.

Albion swept to a doubleheader victory over Barker in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon.

Albion won the boys’ meet 66-15 and the girls’ competition 54-31.

Finn McCue was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Dallas Ecker in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for the Albion boys squad.

Willow Gaines won both the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Albion girls.

The Medina boys downed host Akron 112-58.

Isaac Pace doubled in the 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Seahorses as Xander Payne won the 50 Free and Caiden Class the 500 Free.

Pace, Payne, Class, Michael Marker, Ben Griffin, Austin Tompkins, Jaxon Phillips and Gabe Mark all helped the Seahorses capture all three relays.

The defending champion Roy-Hart boys opened with a 91-69 victory at Newfane as Sean Labiak was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free.

Newfane downed Roy-Hart 95-71 in the girls meet as Lauren Enderton took both the Individual Medley and the Backstroke.

Amanda Hill was a double winner for Roy-Hart in the Butterfly and Breaststroke.

In the other girls’ meet Akron downed Medina.

Maddy Satkowski was a double winner for Medina in the 100 Free and 200 Free.

Alexander downed Albion 39-28 in a non league wrestling match Monday.

Ellwood Hafner (145) registered a pin for Albion which also got decision wins by Bryden McMurray (126), Jr. Morales (138) and Cade Wolcott (172).

Albion will next visit Medina at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Niagara-Orleans League season.