Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley quarterback Destin Kuyal, left, and Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville signal caller Aiden Mescall will lead their teams into key home games on Wednesday.

Battling for a playoff spot Holley faces a pair of key midweek games to close out the 8 Man Football Division regular season.

Currently at 1-2, Holley will host 3-1 Pembroke at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Hawks will then visit 1-2 CG Finney on Tuesday April 20.

Running back Jacob Affronti has rushed for 8 touchdowns and quarterback Destin Kuyal has passed for 3 TDs to date to lead the Holley offense.

The fledgling Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville team likewise faces a pair of key regular season closing wins as the 0-3 Silverbacks seek their first victory.

The Silverbacks will host Finney at 7 p.m. Wednesday and then visit 0-3 South Seneca on April 20.

Quarterback Aidan Mescall has accounted for five touchdowns to lead the Silverbacks.

Wednesday’s other division game will have front-running Red Jacket (4-0) facing South Seneca.

Standings: Red Jacket 4-0, Pembroke 3-1, Perry 3-1, Holley 1-2, Finney 1-2, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 0-3, South Seneca 0-3.

Eleven inductees have been selected to be the inaugural class for the Lyndonville High Athletic Hall of Fame.

Ten individuals and one team comprise the inaugural class which will be inducted in ceremonies on May 16 at the White Birch Golf Course.

The team is the Tigers 2011 baseball squad which captured the Genesee Region League Division II, Section V Class DD and Far West Regional championships and advanced to the state semifinals. The Tigers squad had five G-R All-Stars and Coach Shane Price was honored as G-R and Section V Coach of the Year.

The individual honorees include Coaches Arnie Hartsen, Fred Large and John Hayes along with athletes Jill Eppolito Barden (Class of 1979), Ron Mapes (Class of 1955), Tim Riemer (Class of 1985), Chris Hayes (Class of 1989), Sam Recco (Class of 2012), Tony Recco (Class of 2015), and Special Contributor Maria Quintern.

Hartsen served the school district as a Physical Education teacher, Coach and Athletic Director from 1941-43 and 1946-1976 as he served in the Navy from 1943-46. He guided the Tigers to baseball squad to 13 Genesee-Orleans League titles and four Section V championships (1951, 1953, 1955 and 1959).

Large organized the Lyndonville wrestling program in 1963 and guided the Tigers to 14 league titles and five Section V Class championships. His Tigers squads at one stretch had a 46 match winning streak and overall he had a career record of over 250 wins. He was inducted into the Section V Hall of Fame in 2005.

John Hayes coached baseball at Lyndonville for 24 years and also served as Athletic Director and basketball coach. He guided the Tigers baseball squad to nine G-R League titles and four Section V championships (1982, 1983, 1994, 1996).

Mapes was a multi sport athlete in football (1953-54), basketball (1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55) and baseball (1952-1955). He compiled a 30-3 career record on the mound for the Tigers including a Section V record 8 no hitters. He hurled the Tigers to Section V championships in both 1953 and 1955 and went on to play professional baseball in the New York Yankees organization.

Eppolito likewise was a multi sport athlete in soccer, basketball and track during the early years of the Lady Tigers sports program. In soccer she scored a record 35 goals in 1978 and went on to become a Gold Medalist at the 1978 Empire State Games. In basketball she scored 411 points during the 1977-78 season and 1,037 for her career, which are both school records as is her 45 point game against Notre Dame in 1979. In track she won the Section V Class D title in the 100 Hurdles in 1979.

Riemer also was a multi sport athlete in soccer, basketball and baseball. In soccer he scored 39 goals his senior year and finished with a career total of 46. In basketball he set a Tigers single game scoring record of 46 against Wyoming during the 1984-85 season. He scored 394 points that season and finished with a career total of 975. In baseball hit .462 his senior year and was a two-time G-R All-Star at catcher. He played professional baseball in the Cleveland Indians organization.

Chris Hayes likewise was a three sport standout in soccer, basketball and baseball. He was a two-time G-R All-Star in both soccer and basketball. On the basketball court he scored then school record totals of 478 points in his senior year and 1,012 for his career. In baseball he was a four time G-R All-Star who had three no hitters, seven career shutouts and 32 career victories. He went on to play baseball at the University of Connecticut.

Sam and Tony Recco had the distinction of earning state wrestling titles on the same day in 2012. Both five year varsity wrestlers for the Tigers, Sam compiled a career record of 188-34 and Tony a mark of 196-17. Sam, who also placed sixth at the state championships in 2011, was a two-time Section V champ in 2011 and 2012. Tony, who also placed third at the state championships in 2014 and sixth in 2015, was a three time Section V champion in 2012, 2014 and 2015.

Lyndonville Athletic Director Jim Zeliff states that Quintern “epitomizes the category of “Supporter” as she has attended almost every athletic event and volunteered her time for 30+ years. Her contributions are invaluable to the district athletic programs. She has given back to the district as a shot clock operator and score keeper for over 30 years volunteering for soccer, volleyball, basketball and baseball.”

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s All-County duo of Brian Fry, left, and Tyler Chinn

Five seniors comprise the first team of the Hub’s All-Orleans County boys basketball squad.

Medina, which captured both the Niagara-Orleans League and Section VI Class B2 championships, is represented by Tyler Chinn and Brian Fry.

Albion’s Bailey Blanchard

Chinn, who was named the N-O’s Player of the Year, led Medina in scoring with 267 points (17.8 ave.) and also had 81 assists, 75 rebounds and 71 steals.

Fry, who led the Mustangs in rebounds with 125, scored 205 points (13.6 ave.) and also had 63 assists and 44 steals.

Bailey Blanchard led Albion in both scoring with 212 points (16.3 ave.) and rebounding with 109.

Lyndonville has placed Nathan Dillenbeck and Russell Stephens.

Dillenbeck, who was named Genesee Region League Player of the Year, was the county’s top scorer with 278 points (21.4 ave.) A four-year varsity player he finished with a school career record of 1.156 points including a record 156 threes. He also had 85 rebounds, 27 steals and 16 assists this season.

Stephens scored 178 points (13.7 ave.) and had a team high 140 rebounds along with 32 blocks, 26 assists and 17 steals.

The All-County second team includes seniors Joe Cecchini (Medina), Damion Lattimer (Albion) and Derek Edick (Kendall) along with juniors Broek Ostrom (Holley) and Noah Poler (Lyndonville).

Lyndonville’s first team All-County honorees Nathan Dillenbeck, left, and Russell Stephens.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s All-County duo of Ella Lewis, left, and Lorelei Dillenbeck

The accent is definitely on youth as seven of the 10 honorees on the Hub’s All-Orleans County girls basketball squad are underclassmen.

The first team includes seniors Honesty Little (Albion) and Halee Passarell (Holley) along with juniors Ella Lewis (Lyndonville) and Libby Snyder (Kendall) and sophomore Lorelei Dillenbeck (Lyndonville).

Albion’s Honesty Little

Lewis and Synder both earned Genesee Region League All-Star honors.

Little led Albion in both scoring with 107 points (8.2 ave.) and rebounding with 135 as she also had 39 steals.

Passarell paced Holley in scoring with 80 points (8.8 ave.) and also had 67 rebounds and 26 steals.

Snyder topped Kendall in both scoring with 113 points (10.2 ave.) and rebounding with 127.

For Lyndonville, Lewis scored 127 points (12.7 ave.) and Dillenbeck 111 points (11.1 ave.).

The second team includes Albion’s junior trio of Abby Scanlan, Sydney Mulka and Aly Knaak along with Kendall junior Alezya Brown and Medina senior FaithAnn Vanderwalker.

Brown finished second on the Kendall squad in both scoring (82 points) and rebounding (87) while Scanlan led Albion in both steals (48) and assists (24) and was second in scoring (88 points).

Holley’s Halee Passarell, left, and Kendall’s Libby Snyder.

Making it two wins in a row, Lyndonville scored a straight set 25-11, 25-15, 26-24 victory over Oakfield-Alabama today in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Leading the way for the Lady Tigers were Lorelei Dillenbeck with 5 service aces, 9 spiking kills, 5 digs and 1 block, Ella Lewis 6 digs, Gracie Johnson 5 digs, Cianna Button 3 aces and 11 assists and Addison Dillenbeck 13 aces.

Colbi Heineman had 2 aces and 4 kills, Emma Wray 2 aces and Megan Johnson 1 ace and 7 assists for Oakfield-Alabama.

In other G-R action, Byron-Bergen defeated Elba 25-16, 25-18, 25-11 to go to 8-1 on the season.

The Lady Bees had Jorie Strzelecki with 12 aces, 8 digs and 3 assists, Lexi Vurraro 15 assists, 6 kills and 3 aces  and Julia Pangrazio 7 kills, 7 digs and 2 aces.

Attica also downed Kendall 25-14, 25-18, 25-14.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brian Fry makes an interception of a pass intended for Akron’s Jake Mazza during the Mustangs win over the host Tigers this evening. Also shown for the Mustangs are Tyler Chinn (1) and Iverson Poole (2).

Scoring in every quarter, Medina rolled to a 36-7 victory over host Akron this evening to improve to 2-0 in C North Division competition.

Quarterback Xander Payne spearheaded the Medina attack as he threw for four touchdowns and ran for another. Brian Fry and Tyler Chinn each caught a pair of those TD aerials.

Interceptions by Fry and Iverson Pole and a sack by Dominic Larabee highlighted the effort by the Mustangs defense unit which blanked the Tigers for the first three and a half quarters.

Medina’s Tyler Chinn escapes a tackle attempt by Akron’s Adam Mietz to score a touchdown.

Medina grabbed an 8-0 lead on a 12 yard Payne to Fry touchdown pass and a two-point conversion pass from Payne to Chinn with 2:27 to go in the first quarter.

A short Akron punt set up that 30 yard scoring drive which was highlighted by a 27 yard Payne to Jarin Rhim pass completion.

The Mustangs then broke the game open by scoring twice in the final five minutes of the second quarter to take a 20-0 lead at the half.

Payne passed 8 yards to Fry for the first TD and 7 yards to Chinn for the second.

Fry, who had five carries for 42 yards and two receptions for 18 to key the first drive, had an interception at the Akron 40 to set up the second. He caught passes from Payne of 15 and 13 yards to highlight that short scoring drive.

The Mustangs increased the lead to 28-0 midway through the third quarter on a 48 yard Payne to Chinn touchdown pass and a Payne to Joe Cecchini two-point conversion toss.

Payne rounded out the Medina scoring with a 2 yard TD run on the second play of the final period. Iverson Poole, who set up the opportunity with an interception, added the two-point conversion run to make it 36-0.

Akron, which is now 1-1, scored on a 2 yard TD run by Aidan Smith with just 5:34 remaining as Josh Mazza added the ezra point kick.

Medina next hosts Cleveland Hill at 7 p.m. next Friday while Akron will host Tonawanda.

Improving to 2-0, Depew downed visiting Albion 28-14 this evening in a B2 Division game.

The Wildcats grabbed a 7-0 first quarter advantage and went on to lead by margins of 14-7 at the half and 28-7 after three quarters.

Chris Peters passed for two touchdowns and ran for one and Christian Pagano rushed for 134 yards and passed for a touchdown to spark the Depew offense.

Albion’s touchdowns came on a five yard run by Tony Freeman in the second quarter and a fumble recovery by Javon Jones in the four quarter. Declan McCue added the two extra point kicks.

Now at 0-2, Albion will next host Dunkirk at 7 p.m. next Friday.

Improving to 4-3, Kendall scored a straight set 25-21, 25-19, 25-20 victory over Pembroke this evening in a Genesee Region League volleyball match.

Madison Shonitsky had 8 kills, 10 digs and 7 assists, Lauren Pilon 6 kills, 9 digs and 2 aces and Karlee Robb 4 kills, 4 aces and 2 digs to lead the way for Kendall.

Lyndonville earned its first win of the season by downing Wheatland-Chili 25-23, 25-18, 18-25, 25-22.

Lorelei Dillenbeck had 3 aces, 6 kills and 8 digs, Gracie Johnson 3 kills, Chloe Stinson 5 aces and 11 digs, Ella Lewis 3 aces and 2 kills, Cianna Button 12 assists and Karlee Rounds 2 kills to set the pace for the Lady Tigers.

In other G-R action, Byron-Bergen improved to 7-1 with a 25-8 25-21, 25-17 win over Oakfield-Alabama.

Lexi Vurraro had 14 assists, 4 kills and 3 aces, Julia Pangrazio 6 kills and 3 aces, Grace Huhn 3 kills and 4 aces and Kelly Ireland and Jorie Strzelecki each with 7 aces for the Lady Bees.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Allie Dent reaches to make a service return during the Lady Rams win over host Albion this afternoon.

Rebounding from a season opening loss, Roy-Hart posted a 25-11, 25-14, 25-12 victory over host Albion this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

Samantha Albright had 4 spiking kills, Samantha Capen 3 service aces and Alex Stern 2 aces to lead Roy-Hart in the opening set. Capen also served up point 15-18 and Stern 20-24.

Albion’s Honesty Little goes up for a block attempt against a spike by Roy-Hart’s Alex Stern.

In the second set, Samantha McIntyre served up points 8-13, Ava Brigham 15-19 and McKenna Elsenheimer 22-24 for the Lady Rams. Brigham had 3 aces and McIntyre 2 as Albright had 3 kills and Stern 2.

Madelin Groffenberg served up points 18-22 for Roy-Hart in the third set and also had 2 kills.

Akron 25-25-25, Wilson 12-14-3

In a matchup of defending co-champions, Akron rolled to a 25-12, 25-14, 25-3 win over Wilson.

Ella Hill had 14 kills and 2 aces, Jessee Jonathan 19 assists, 5 kills and 2 aces and Sydney Hall 4 kills for Akron.

Akron is now 2-0 and Wilson 1-1.

Newfane 27-12-26-25, Medina 25-25-24-11

A pair of overtime wins keyed Newfane to a 27-25, 12-25, 26-24, 25-11 victory over visiting Medina.

Devin Griffin had 6 kills and 8 aces, Ki’Mani Poole 8 aces, Evie Schultz 3 aces and Anya Bloom 2 kills for Medina.

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

Jumping out to a 28-6 first quarter lead, Perry went on to defeat visiting Holley 78-48 this evening in a free scoring 8 Man Division football game.

Quarterback Justice Fanaro threw two touchdown passes and running back Kellen Bell ran for a pair of scores to lead Perry in the opening quarter.

Holley though did come battling back in the second quarter.

Mason Neale caught touchdown passes of 62 yards from Destin Kuyal and of 66 yards from Jacob Affronti who also had a 7 yard TD run to rally the Hawks back to within eight, 36-28 late in the second quarter. Affronti, who scored the Hawks lone first quarter TD, also had a pair of two-point conversion runs during the big rally.

Perry quickly answered with a 67 yard TD pass from Fanaro to Dylan Conroy but again the Hawks cut the deficit back to eight, 42-34, on a 1 yard touchdown run by Affronti.

However, the Yellowjacks quickly regained a 16 point, 50-34, lead at the half as Braeden Wolfanger returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards for a TD.

Perry finally broke the contest open for good by repeating their first quarter scoring edge of 28-6 in the third period to pull away to a commanding 78-40 advantage. Fanaro passed for three touchdowns and ran for another in the period.

Affronti scored the Hawks lone touchdown of the period on a 70 yard run.

Holley’s Michael Jacobs-Fallato scored the lone touchdown of the fourth quarter in the final minute on a 4 yard run and Charlie Turpyn added the two-point conversion run.

Perry improves to 3-1 while Holley slips to 1-2. The Hawks next host Pembroke next Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Pembroke 56, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 12

Improving to 3-1, Pembroke downed visiting Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 56-12 in another 8 Man Division game.

Leading the way for Pembroke was quarterback Garrett Totten who ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more.

Quarterback Aidan Mescall scored both touchdowns for the 1-2 Silverbacks including a 71 yard TD run.