Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis, left, and Kendall’s Libby Snyder have been named to the Genesee Region League All-Star team.

Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis and Kendall’s Libby Snyder, both juniors, have earned Genesee Region League All-Star basketball honors.

Lewis a repeat selection, scored 127 points for a 12.2 average while Snyder averaged a double-double with 113 points (10.2 ave.) and 127 rebounds (11.5 ave.)

Elba senior Brynn Walczak has been named G-R Player of the Year

A trio of Orleans County players also received Honorable Mention including Holley senior Halee Passarell, Kendall senior Alezya Brown and Lyndonville sophomore Lorelei Dillenbeck .

Undefeated (10-0) Elba led the way on the All-Star team with a quartet of honorees including Brynn Walczak, Taylor Augello, Leah Bezon and Maddie Muehlig, all seniors. Walczak, who averaged 20 points per outing, was named G-R Player of the Year.

The All-Star squad also includes junior Lindsay Weidman and sophomore Amelia McCulley from Notre Dame, junior Kelsey Schlagenhauf and sophomore Makena Reding from Oakfield-Alabama, senior Hailie Kramer and junior Natalie Whitmore from Alexander, seniors Serene Calderon and Emily Peters from Pembroke and senior Makenna Jarnot from Attica. McCulley led G-R scorers with 321 points for a 22.9 average.

The Honorable Mention selections also included Alexander senior Allison Mileham, Attica senior Ellie Newell, Wheatland-Chili senior Hannah Beldue, Notre Dame junior Sarah McGinnis and Oakfield-Alabama senior Danica Porter.

Elba’s Tom Redband was named Coach of the Year.

Champion Lyndonville has placed six wrestlers on the Genesee Region League All-Star team.

The Tigers, which went 3-0 to claim the G-R crown, are represented by Brennon Munn (138), Sebastian Temich (152), Rodney Davis (172), Avery Wilcox (285), Dillon Burt-Hodgins (145) and Sam Doolan (215).

Tiger mentors Joey Suhr and Jim Zeliff were also named G-R Coaches of the Year.

Holley-Kendall is represented on the G-R All-Star squad by Bruce Rasmusson (110).

The All-Star squad also includes Benny Merrill, Maverick Bump, Gage Wagner and Kaden Lyons from Alexander along with Malachi Smith and Jonah Clare from Byron-Bergen.

Three Medina winter sports squads have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar/Athlete awards.

The Mustangs girls swim team had a composite average of 99.505, the boys swim team an average of 98.029 and the girls basketball team an average of 90.573.

The student/athletes who contributed to earning these honors are as follows:

Girls Swimming: Dakota Alexander, Suvi Biesinger, Brooklyn Brown, McKenna Callard, Gracie Cogovan, Paige Dix, Taylor Frentz, Sophia Goyette, Corinne Hill, Hannah Kenward, Kaylee Lacey, Iyla Lilleby, Emma Roush, Madisynn Stanton, Sydney Watts and Amanda Woodruff.

Boys Swimming: Caiden Class, Conor Crandall, Ben Griffin, Jackson Moreland, Mason Moreland, Isaac Pace, Xander Payne, Jaxon Phillips, August Pietrafesa, Henry Rigerman, Cole Seefeldt, Austin Tompkins and David Vanderwalker.

Girls Basketball: Paige Adkins, Lily Jo Carpenter, Amaya Cleaveland, Anna Cruz Robb, Kylie Hinman, Iyla Lilleby, Aleigha Mitchell and FaithAnn Vanderwalker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Genesee Region League All-Stars Russell Stephens, left, and Nathan Dillenbeck.

A trio of Orleans County players including Lyndonville seniors Nathan Dillenbeck and Russell Stephens and Holley junior Broek Ostrom have been named to the Genesee Region League All-Star basketball team.

Holley’s G-R All-Star Broek Ostrom

Dillenbeck, a four year varsity starter and a three-time G-R All-Star, has also been named G-R Player of the Year. He scored 278 points this season for a 21.4 average  to finish with a Lyndonville career record total of 1,156 points including a record 156 threes. He also had 85 rebounds, 27 steals and 16 assists this season and finished with career totals of 286 rebounds, 181 assists and 152 steals.

Stephens, who has also been a four year varsity player, scored 178 points this season for a 13.7 average and finished with a career total of 548 points. He grabbed a team high 140 rebounds this season, led the Tigers in blocks with 32 and also had 26  assists and 17 steals. He finished with career totals of 377 rebounds, 145 assists, 71 steals and 56 blocks.

Ostrom led Holley in scoring with 181 points for an 18.1 average which including an area high effort of 43 against Elba.

Lyndonville junior Noah Poler, a two year starter, earned G-R Honorable Mention as did Kendall senior Derek Edick.

The G-R All-Star team also includes seniors Ayden Goll and Drew Cusmano from Attica; senior Garrett Totten and sophomore Cayden Pfalzer from Pembroke; senior Jerrod Amesbury from Byron-Bergen; junior Nicholas Kramer from Alexander; senior Travis Weidrich and juniors Kaden Kusmano and Gaige Armbrewster from Oakfield-Alabama; juniors Aaron Lund and Brandon Moore from Wheatlannd-Chili and junior Colin McCulley from Notre Dame.

The Honorable Mention list also includes senior Mark Sanders and sophomore Jimmy Fanara from Notre Dame; sophomore Terry Bayley Henshaw from Wheatland-Chili; senior Peyton Yasses from Oakfield-Alabama; seniors Nick Perl and Ian Romesser from Attica; senior Nick Baubie from Byron-Bergen; senior Devin Dean from Alexander and freshman Tyson Totten from Pembroke.

Coming from behind twice, Pembroke outlasted Holley 18-25, 25-18, 14-25, 25-22, 25-18 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls volleyball match this evening.

In other G-R matches, Attica defeated Lyndonville 25-16, 25-15, 25-17; Notre Dame topped Kendall 25-17, 25-10, 26-28, 25-17 and Byron-Bergen bested Alexander 25-20, 19-25, 25-16, 25-20.

Lexi Vurraro had 25 assists, 8 aces and 5 kills to lead the way for Byron-Bergen as Julia Pangrazio, Jorie Strzelecki and Grace Huhn each had six kills.

Avenging an earlier season 44-36 loss, Albion edged past host Roy-Hart 43-40 this evening in a regular season ending Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Honesty Little scored 20, Sydney Mulka 12 and Abby Scanlan 6 to lead Allbion while Shelby Wolf had 16 for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart held narrow leads of 23-21 at the half and 32-31 at the three-quarter mark but Albion rallied with a 12-8 fourth quarter scoring edge to claim the win.

Little had the final two baskets to give the Purple Eagles the narrow win.

Akron 39, Newfane 28

Playing their eighth game in the last nine days, Newfane dropped a 39-28 decision at Akron.

“I’m just very proud of the kids. They’ve been very competitive in every game,” said Newfane Coach Kevin Klumpp of the Lady Panthers hectic schedule caused by an early season Covid-19 related pause.

Madison Henning and Jayni Sundown each scored 10 for Akron while Lilleeane Clark had 9 for Newfane.

Newfane stayed within two, 30-28, late but Akron closed out the win at the free throw line.

Wilson 41, Medina 11

Wilson closed out an 11-0 N-O title season with a 41-11 win over visiting Medina as Maddy Seeley led the way with 15.

Faithann Vanderwalker and Paige Adkins each scored 4 for Medina.

Final N-O Standings: Wilson 11-0, Akron 8-4, Barker 6-6, Newfane 6-6, Albion 5-6, Roy-Hart 5-7, Medina 0-12.

Big scoring surges over the middle two quarters keyed Albion to a 77-51 win over visiting Roy-Hart this evening to close out the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season.

Trailing 19-14 after the first period, Albion used a 24-7 second quarter scoring burst to rally into a 38-26 half-time advantage. Tony Freeman scored 11 and Damion Lattimer 5 to key that rally.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles then outpointed the Rams 24-8 in the third period to open up a commanding 62-34 lead.  Bailey Blanchard scored 12 and Lattimer 5 to lead that surge.

Blanchard finished with a game high 24 as Lattimer had 14, Freeman 11 and Jahmeek Riley 10.

Aiden Petrie had 14, Rhett Goodwin 8 and Tom Ragonese 6 for Roy-Hart.

Albion finishes the N-O season at 6-6 and Roy-Hart at 3-9.

Newfane 56, Akron 35

Avenging an earlier season 50-31 loss, Newfane bested visiting Akron 56-35 as Sam Capen scored 19, Deuce Capen and Jeremy Foltz 11 and Zach Snow 9.

David Kalinowski scored 10, Mitchell Holtz 9 and Adam Mietz 8 for Akron.

Leading by a narrow 22-18 margin at the half, the Panthers outscored the Tigers 34-17 over the final two periods to pull away for the victory.

Newfane winds up the N-O season at 10-2 and Akron at 8-4.

Final N-O Standings: Medina 11-1, Newfane 10-2, Akron 8-4, Albion 6-6, Roy-Hart 3-9, Wilson 3-9, Barker 1-11.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jarin Rhim puts up a shot during the Mustangs overtime home court win over Wilson this evening surrounded by a quartet of Lakemen defenders including Ben Stimm (20), Mike Miller (10), Ben Mahar (24) and Mike Bubar (21).

In a down to the wire regular season ending thriller Medina nipped visiting Wilson 63-61 in overtime this evening to claim outright possession of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball championship.

The N-O title is the fifth in the last six years for Medina which finishes at 11-1 a game ahead of 10-2 Newfane which bested Akron 56-35.

Two pressure free throws by Brian Fry with 28 seconds remaining in the overtime period, which snapped a 61-61 deadlock, provided the margin of victory for the Mustangs.

Jarin Rhim scored a season high 18 pouts and Fry and Joe Cecchini each netted 16 to lead the Medina attack as Tyler Chinn added 7 and Christian Drisdom and Dontae Rhim 3 each.

Mike Miller scored 17, Ben Lyman 12 and Mason Branco 10 to pace Wilson.

Medina’s Brian Fry drives by Wilson defender Mike Miller.

Closing the opening period with a 14-2 run, Medina jumped out to an 11 point, 25-14 lead at the end of the stanza.  Jarin Rhim and Fry each scored 8 and Chinn 5 to lead that uprising.

However, Medina’s shooting went ice cold in the second quarter as the Lakemen outscored the Mustangs 16-0 to rally into a 30-25 half-time advantage.  Threes by Miller and Lyman highlighted that surge as the Lakemen got scoring from six different players.

And for Medina it was an up hill battle the rest of the way.

The Mustangs did pull to within one, 44-43, at the three-quarter mark after closing the third period with a 7-2 run on a three by Cecchini followed by a rebound bucket and a layup off a steal by Jarin Rhim.  Cecchini had three threes and Rhim three baskets in the period.

A free throw by Dontae Rhim finally pulled Medina even at 44-44 at the outset of the final period.

There were four more ties and two lead changes during the rest of the tense period.

Threes by Fry and Drisdom followed by a pair of free throws by Cecchini put Medina up 52-50 with 3:53 remaining.

However, the Mustangs couldn’t score again until the final seconds as Wilson regained a 54-52 lead on a pair of free throws by Paul Smith followed by a layup by Jared Jaques with just 15 seconds to go.

The Mustangs though sent the contest into overtime knotted at 54-54 after a basket from close range by Jarin Rhim with only eight seconds to go.

The Lakemen took a 56-54 lead at the outset of the four minute overtime period on a basket by Branco off a turnover.

The Mustangs though answered back with a pair of free throws by Jarin Rhim and a layup by Chinn to regain a 58-56 lead and the teams traded scores the rest of the way.

Wilson pulled even at 58-58 on a pair of free throws by Branco.

A three by Cecchini put Medina up 61-58 with 2:17 remaining but Miller countered with a three for Wilson with 1:24 to go retying the contest for the last time at 61-61.

The Mustangs were then able to blank the Lakemen over the last minute and a half and made a pair of free throws by Fry with 28 seconds to go stand up for the title clinching victory.

Medina will now begin Section VI Class B2 playoff action at home on Monday likely as the No. 1 seed. The sectional pairings will be announced on Saturday.

Medina’s Christian Drisdom takes a shot as Ben Lyman defends for Wilson.

Having  already locked up the  title, Wilson downed rival Newfane 42-33 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball make-up game.

Bella Lemke scored a game high 20 points and Julia Faery added 12 to lead the way for Wilson which improves to 10-0.

Hannah Hambruch scored 9 and Rachel Chunco 8 for 6-5 Newfane which was playing its seventh game in the last eight days. The very busy schedule was the result having to play several makeup games following  an early season Covid-19 related pause

Breaking away from a 19-19 halftime deadlock, Wilson held a narrow 32-28 advantage at the three-quarter mark. The Lakewomen then used a 10-5 scoring edge in the final stanza to claim the win.

The N-O season will conclude on Thursday with Medina at Wilson, Newfane at Akron and Albion at Roy-Hart.

N-O Standings: Wilson 10-0, Akron 7-4, Newfane 6-5, Barker 6-6, Roy-Hart 5-6, Albion 4-6, Medina 0-11