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Kendall tennis team improves to 4-0
Kendall edged visiting Attica 3-2 this afternoon to improve to 4-0 in Genesee Region League tennis competition.
Match Summary
1st singles – Jonny Esposito (K) def Jace Antineri (A): 6-1, 6-2
2nd singles – Joe Fagan (K) def Miguel Sebrian (A): 6-4, 6-4
3rd singles – Colton Spink (A) def Mitch Buzard (K): 6-3, 6-3
1st Doubles- Aidan Kwiatkowski/Lucas Barrett (K) def Sam Dunlap/Rocco Soccio (A): 6-1, 6-3
2nd Doubles- Ava Fary/Noah Sabatino (A) def Anthony Seymour/Devin Derosia (K) : 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
N-O Tennis
In Niagara-Orleans League tennis matches Wilson blanked Medina 5-0 and Newfane edged Albion 3-2.
Landon Graybill and Jillian LeBaron scored singles wins for Albion.
Albion sweeps Barker in N-O track

Photos by Tom Rivers: Mia Standish anchors Albion’s 4-by-400 relay team in the final event in today’s track meet versus Barker. Standish was able to come from behind in the race and hold off Barker’s Xyon Weese.
Albion scored a sweep over host Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League track meet this afternoon.
The Purple Eagles won the boys’ meet 80-51 and the girls’ competition 73-64.
A win in the 1600 relay by the foursome of Hannah Olles, Brianna Lewis, Mia Standish and Aubrey Bruning locked up the win for the Albion girls squad which is now 2-1.
Standish was also an individual event double winner in the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.
Hunter Huscher was a double winner in the 100 and 200 for the defending champion Albion boys team which improves to 3-0.
Roy-Hart, Wilson split
Roy-Hart won the girls’ meet 74-62 and Wilson took the boys’ competition 79-56.
Julie Rohde was a triple winner for the Roy-Hart girls in the 800, 1500 and 3000 as Addison Carr doubled in the 100 and 400 and Kylie McOmber in the 100 Hurdles and Triple Jump.
Bella Thrush doubled for Wilson in the 200 and Long Jump.
In the boys’ meet, Wilson’s Ryan Hough was a quadruple winner in the 100, 200, Long Jump and 110 Hurdles and Brock Lepsch a triple winner in the Shotput, Discus and High Jump.
Newfane Akron split
Newfane won the boys meet 92-48 and Akron the girls’ competition 108-33. 92-48
Treagan MacEvoy was a triple winner for the Newfane boys in the 800, 1500 and 3000.
Eden Hillman was a quadruple winner for the Newfane girls in the 1500, 3000, 400 Hurdles and Pole Vault.
Akron’s Madigan Regan was a triple winner in the 100, 200 and 400 as Kylie Karmazyn doubled in the 100 Hurdles and High Jump.

Blake Carnes of Barker took first place in the 400 meter hurdles today, edging Jaxon Lynch of Albion who was second.

Logan Wagner of Barker finished just ahead of Tristian Tilbe of Albion for first place in the 800 meter race today in Barker.
Barker tops Alexander in non league softball
Improving to 6-2, Barker defeated Alexander 8-2 in a non league softball game this afternoon.
Madyson Flint and Peyton Bradley combined to hurl a 3 hitter with 10 strikeouts.
Bradley, Flint, Elise Monaco and Aine Davis each had a pair of hits for the Lady Bulldogs.
Barker took the lead for good with 4 runs in the third inning capped off by RBI doubles by Flint and Bradley. The uprising also included singles by Monaco, Davis and Naomi Bish.
Byron-Bergen 14, Albion 5
Byron-Bergen downed host Albion 14-5 in a non league softball game this afternoon.
McKinley Knight had a two-run double and Leah Pawlak a triple for Albion which also got hits from Aaliyah Jones, Melia Prince and Aubrielle Barry.
Kendall rolls past Byron-Bergen to go to 10-0
A huge 9 run second inning ignited undefeated (10-0) Kendall to a 19-0 romp over Byron-Bergen in a Genesee Region League baseball game this afteroon.
A three-run homer by Jacob Abrams capped off the decisive inning which also included singles by Jonny Conte, Sammy Conte and Abrams.
Jonny Conte finished with 4 hits for the Eagles as Sammy Conte and Vinnie D’Agostino both had 3 and Abrams and CJ D’Agostino 2 each.. Vinnie D’Agostino had a pair of home runs and CJ D’Agostino 1.
Abrams, Vinnie D’Agostino and CJ D’Agostino each had 4 RBIs on the day.
Vinnie D’Agostino went the distance on the mound allowing only 2 hits and striking out 12.
Fast start sparks Roy-Hart past Albion

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Sean Mettler dives into second base avoid the tag by Albion’s Elliott Trapiss in a run down as Viktor Snyder backs up the play.
Moving on top to stay with three quick runs in the first inning, front-running Roy-Hart went on to down Albion 5-1 in a Niagara-Orleans League baseball game this afternoon at Albion.
A two-run double by John Brigham keyed the decisive opening inning up rising for Roy-Hart which improves to 5-0 in N-O action.
Evan Poeller also had a double and Sean Mettler a triple for the Rams.
Jared Hy went the distance on the mound for Roy-Hart scattering 3 hits and striking out 8.
Drew Pritchard and Kaiden Froman combined to hurl a 4 hitter with 8 strikeouts for Albion which slips to 1-3 in N-O action.
Albion next hosts Barker and Roy-Hart visits Newfane at 4:45 p.m. Friday.
N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 5-0, Medina 3-0, Barker 2-3, Akron 1-2, Newfane 1-2, Albion 1-3, Wilson 1-4
CSAT 19, Lyndonville 13
A big 7 run first inning ignited CSAT to a 19-19 non league win at Lyndonville this afternoon.
Devon Babcock had 4 hits for Lyndonville as Shawn Robertson and Atticus Mank both had 2. Mank and Colton Smith had doubles.

Albion second baseman Viktor Snyder tries for a double play as he gets Roy-Hart’s Jared Hy out at second.
Barker downs Albion in N-O tennis
Improving to 2-1, Barker shutout defending champion Albion 5-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match this afternoon.
Daniel Goodwin and Matthew Jordan scored singles wins for Barker which also got victories from the doubles teams of Oscar Dergel – Lucas Nestoros, Aurora Wass – Nick Heideman and Luke Fay – Aaden Munn.
In another N-O match Wilson defeated Roy-Hart 4-1.
Albion and Medina bow in N-O softball

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kaitlin Bennett puts the tag on Wilson’s Lucy Madan at second base during this afternoon’s N-O League game at Albion.
Wilson exploded for a total of 18 runs over the first two innings to key a 25-4 win over host Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League softball game this afternoon.
A two-run single by Lauren Vanderlinden highlighted a 7 run first inning for Wilson which quickly tacked on 11 more in the second.
Albion scored twice in the first sparked by a lead of a triple by Aaliyah Jones.
Akron 15, Medina 1
Leading 3-1, Akron erupted for 12 runs in the fourth inning on 7 walks, 5 singles and an error to lock up the 15-1 N-O win over visiting Medina.
Shannon Esmond had 3 hits and Addison Massaro 2 for Akron as Kenadee Jonathan hurled a 1 hitter with 9 strikeouts in the circle.
Roy-Hart 15, Newfane 5
Roy-Hart improved to 2-1 with a 15-5 N-O win over Newfane which slips to 0-4.
Brooke Corser had a two-run home run and an RBI triple and Grace Pearl a two-run homer to highlight the Roy-Hart attack which also included 3 hits by Peyton May and 2 each by Guiliana Russo and winning pitcher Abby Fox who also had 7 strikeouts in the circle.
Lyndonville rallies to down Attica in G-R softball; Kendall downs Alexander
Lyndonville rallied to down visiting Attica 7-3 and Kendall bested Alexander 11-2 in Genesee Region League softball this afternoon.
Trailing 3-1, Lyndonville battled back to claim the win by scoring 3 times in both the fifth and sixth innings.
RBI singles by Hannah Fox and Rylan Townsend along with an error plated the three runs in the fifth. Winning pitcher Arnie Sturtevant then had an RBI triple in the sixth inning which also included RBI doubles by Brooke Robinson and Isabella Groves.
Sturtevant, who registered 7 strikeouts in the circle, finished with 3 hits and Groves and Townsend both had 2.
The Lady Tigers improve to 3-0.
Kendall 11, Alexander 2
Teagan Shaw had 3 hits and Izzy D’Agostino and Brooke Rodas 2 each to lead Kendall past Alexander 11-2.
Kendall scored 2 quick runs in the first inning on a double by Shaw and a single by Rodas.
Rodas then had a two-run triple and Shaw a two-run double to highlight a 5 run second inning.
D’Agostino later had a two-run single to key a 3 run fifth inning.
Kendall is now 5-2 overall.
Albion and Roy-Hart romp to 10-0 N-O wins
Albion and Roy-Hart both rolled to 10-0 victories in Niagara-Orleans League baseball action this afternoon.
Albion shutout host Barker 10-0 and Roy-Hart downed visiting Newfane 10-0.
Nate Gibson hurled a 2 hit shutout with 13 strikeouts for Albion which scored in each of the five innings of the run rule contest.
Drew Pritchard belted a two-run home run and Kaiden Froman followed up with a two-run single in the second inning to put Albion up 5-0.
Gibson finished with 3 hits as Froman and Pritchard both had 2.
Albion is now 1-2 and Barker 2-3 in N-O action.
Roy-Hart 10, Newfane 0
Evan Poeller pitched a 1 hitter with 10 strikeouts over six innings for Roy-Hart in the run rule contest.
Leading 1-0, Roy-Hart opened up a little breathing room by scoring 3 times in the fifth inning on a hit batter, a bases loaded walk and an RBI single by Hank Snyder. A single by Jared Hy, who had 3 hits on the day, and a pair of walks loaded the bases to set up the threat.
The Rams then locked up the win by scoring 6 runs in the sixth inning highlighted by a two-run single by Isaac Smith and an RBI double by Hy.
Roy-Hart is now 4-0 and Newfane 1-2 in N-O contests.
Akron 7, Wilson 1
Akron scored 4 quick runs in the first inning on a three-run homer by Collin Miller and an RBI double by Jackson Nice to key a 7-1 win over Wilson.
Collin Luck, who banged out 3 hits for the Tigers, also picked up the win on the mound striking out 9.
Akron is now 1-2 and Wilson 1-4 in the league.
N-O players earn All State basketball honors

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Aidan Neumann
A total of seven Niagara-Orleans League players have earned spots on the All State boys basketball squad which was released this week.
Wilson senior Aidan Neumann, who was the N-O Player of the Year, has been named to the Class C first team. He scored 518 points and grabbed off 120 rebounds.
His teammate, Lakemen senior Ryan Hough, has earned Honorable Mention on the Class C squad as has Barker junior Anthony Taliaferro.
Akron has placed three players on the Class B squad.
Tigers junior Derren Brooks, who scored 451 points and pulled down 303 rebounds, has been named to the second team. Senior Ben Gerstung has been named to the 9th team and senior Blake Gerstung to the 10th team.
In addition, Medina senior Jerrell Nealy has earned Honorable Mention on the Class B squad.





