Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Notre Dame’s Amelia McCulley, who poured in a game high 35 points, puts up a shot against Lyndonville defenders Ella Lewis, Karlee Rounds and Kaylee Nesbitt during the Irish’s win over the host Lady Tigers the evening.

Leading from wire-to-wire, Notre Dame scored a 53-33 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Amelia McCulley spearheaded the Notre Dame offense by exploding for 35 points including 17 of 19 from the free throw line.

In all the Irish clicked on 22 of 25 free throw attempts on the evening while the Lady Tigers made good on only 9 of 25 attempts.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 10, Karlee Rounds 9 and Ella Lewis 7 to lead Lyndonville.

Notre Dame held a 10 point, 23-13, lead at the half after going 12 of 15 from the line during that stretch. McCulley scored 13 over the opening two periods.

McCulley then netted all 14 of Notre Dame’s third quarter points on three baskets and 8 for 8 shooting from the free throw line to help the Irish maintain a 10 point, 37-27, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Lyndonville did cut the deficit to four, 29-25, late in the third period, a rally sparked by a burst of nine straight points by Dillenbeck including a three, back-to-back layup off steals and a jumper.

However, the Lady Tigers could get no closer as Notre Dame answered with an 8-2 run on a basket and six free throws by McCulley to regain a 10 point lead heading into the final stanza.

McCulley then scored Notre Dame’s first six points of the final stanza which saw the Irish outscore the Lady Tigers 16-6 to emerge with a 20 point victory.

Notre Dame improves to 6-2 while Lyndonville slips to 1-6.

Byron-Bergen 39, Kendall 35

Byron-Bergen edged past visiting Kendall 39-35 in another G-R contest.

Trailing 34-27 heading into the final quarter, Kendall did pull to within two, 37-35, with 23 seconds to go after a basket by Julie Coble but the Lady Eagles could get no closer.

Dayi Caballero scored a game high 18 points, including five threes, to lead Byron-Bergen which held a slender 19-18 advantage at the half.

Elizabeth Snyder had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 7 steals for Kendall which also got five points from both Alezya Brown and Grace Levett.

Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck puts up a shot against Notre Dame defenders Amelia McCulley and Emma Sisson.

Regular season team champion Akron has the top time in 9 of 11 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League Girls Individual Swim championships which got underway this afternoon in a “virtual” format.

Swimmers from five of the N-O League’s six schools which have swim teams competed. Newfane was unable to compete as the Panthers boys and girls swim teams and girls varsity basketball team are currently on a Covid related pause.

Newfane swimmers are scheduled to complete their All-League races on March 3.

Akron’s CC Morey has posted the top time in both the 100 Butterfly (1:05.47) and 500 Freestyle (6:02.84).

The TigerSharks also have the leader in four other individual events including Marisa Maggiore in the 200 Free (2:14.54), Rachel PeQueen in the 50 Free (:25.99), Shea Masse in the 100 Backstroke (1:09.67) and Mayah Harris in the 100 Breaststroke (1:17.46).

Akron also has the top time in all three of the relays.  Masse, Harris, Morey and Alex Roland teamed up to post a time of 2:04.89 in the 200 Medley. Morey, Maggiore, Roland and PeQueen combined for a time of 1:49.55 in the 200 Free. Roland, Maggiore, Masse and PeQueen then posted a time of 4:12.41 in the 400 Free.

Roy-Hart’s Amanda Hill has the top time in both the 200 Individual Medley (2:24.56) and the 100 Free (:55.77).

Contributed Photo – Sebastian Temich works toward a key pin over Alexander’s Kaden Lyons during the Tigers home mat victory this evening.

Clinching at least a tie for the Genesee Region League wrestling title, Lyndonville posted a key 48-15 victory over visiting Alexander this evening.

Sebastian Temich (152) came from behind to score a key pin in 3:23 over Alexander’s Kaden Lyons to seal the victory for the Tigers.

The Tigers also got pins from Dillon Burt-Hodgins (145), Maddox Stirk (172) and Rodney Davis (189) along with decision wins by Sam Doolan (215) and Avery Wilcox (285).

Lyndonville will host Byron-Bergen next Wednesday to determine the league championship. Alexander has already defeated Byron-Bergen

Kendall scored a Genesee Region League basketball sweep over rival Holley this evening winning the boys game 41-39 and the girls contest 47-16.

Zach Barrett scored 17 and Derek Edick 10 to lead the way for the Kendall boys as Quante Gillians added 6 points and 14 rebounds.

Broek Ostrom scored 16 and Charlie Turpyn 9 for Holley.

Up by a narrow 16-14 margin at the half, Kendall got 10 from Barrett and 7 from Edick in the second half to help claim the win. Ostrom netted 12 in the second half for the Hawks.

Alezya Brown scored 9 and T’Mia Kitchings and Elizabeth Snyder each added 6 to set the pace for the Kendall girls which are now 3-3. Brown also had 10 rebounds.

Tatum Gagne scored 7 for Holley.

Kendall held a 16-8 lead at the half.

Wheatland-Chili 61, Lyndonville 58

Cold free throw shooting (9 of 21) proved costly for Lyndonville as the host Tigers dropped a narrow 61-58 decision to visiting Wheatland-Chili in a G-R boys contest.

Nathan Dillenbeck took game high scoring honors for Lyndonville with 26 as Noah Poler added 19 and Russell Stephens 10.

Aaron Lund scored 16, Bryly Henshaw 13 and Leighton Williams 11 for W-C which held narrow leads of 29-27 at the half and 44-43 at the three-quarter mark.

Dillenbeck scored 13 in the final stanza to lead a Tigers surge while Poler had 11 in the second quarter.

Lyndonville is now 3-3.

Defending champion Wilson improved to 4-0 by downing visiting Albion 38-24 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Julia Faery scored 8 to pace Wilson which held a narrow 22-18 lead at the half.

Honesty Little scored 9 and Ryan Olles 5 for Albion which is now 1-2 in N-O action.

Akron 47, Barker 38

Building up a 30-17 halftime advantage, Akron went on to defeat Barker 47-38 as Ella Hill scored 12 and Jessee Jonathan 7.

Sydnie Luckman took game high honors for Barker with 23 and Sarah Outten added 8.

N-O Standings: Wilson 4-0, Akron 2-1, Newfane 1-0, Albion 1-2, Barker 1-3, Roy-Hart 0-1, Medina 0-3

Taking over sole possession of first place, Newfane used a big fourth quarter scoring surge to key a 64-44 win over visiting Medina this evening  to take over sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead.

Leading by a narrow 38-36 margin at the three-quarter mark, Newfane put together a big 26-8 fourth quarter scoring burst to claim the key early season win.

Jeremy Foltz scored 10 of his game high 21 points and Michael Carmer 8 of his 13 to spearhead the Panthers decisive late uprising.

Brian Fry scored 19 and Tyler Chinn 13 for Medina which trailed 27-23 at the half. Fry also grabbed off 11 rebounds.

Newfane is now 3-0 and Medina 3-1 in N-O action.

Akron 34, Barker 18

Mitchell Holtz scored 15 and Jacob Mazza 10 to lead Akron to a 34-18 win over visiting Barker.

Nathan Meza Ray scored 6 and Devonte Hill 5 for Barker.

Akron is now 2-1 and Barker 1-3.

N-O Standings: Newfane 3-0, Medina 3-1, Akron 2-1, Albion 1-2, Roy-Hart 1-2, Barker 1-3, Wilson 1-3,

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Chris Shabazz blocks a shot by Wilson’s Mike Miller as Bailey Blanchard moves in to support. The action took place during the host Purple Eagles win over the Lakemen this evening.

Ignited by a big scoring burst to close the first quarter, Albion went on to defeat visiting Wilson 59-38 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Trailing 4-0 at the outset, Albion put together a 17-3 scoring surge to close the opening period and take the lead for good.

Bailey Blanchard erupted for 13 points on a three, two layups, two jumpers and a pair of free throws to spearhead that uprising which rallied the Purple Eagles into a 17-7 lead.

Wilson’s Ben Lyman hits one of his seven threes as Bailey Blanchard defends for Albion.

Keeping the momentum, Albion opened the second period with s 10-3 run ignited by a three by Tony Freeman and capped off by a pair of baskets by Tyler Gibson to extend the advantage to 17 at 27-10.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 14 point, 27-13, lead at the half but the Lakemen came battling back to slice the deficit to just one at 29-28 midway through the third period after a 15-0 run on a barrage of five threes by Ben Lyman.

Albion though weathered the storm and answered back with a 13-2 run to close the period and regain a 12 point, 42-30, advantage. Two threes by Christian Doty and one by Blanchard highlighted that uprising.

Wilson could get no closer than nine, 45-36, down the stretch as Albion closed out the win with a 14-2 run which included back-to-back layups by Chris Shabazz, a three by Doty and a three-point play by Blanchard.

Blanchard finished with 21 and Doty 12 to lead Albion as Shabazz added 8, Freeman 7, Gibson 6, Jahmeek Riley 3 and Elijah Lloyd 2.

Lyman shared game high honors for Wilson with 21 on seven threes as Mike Miller added 8, Jared Jaques 5 and Evan Mahar and Justin Messing 2 each.

Albion is now 1-2 and Wilson 1-3 in N-O action.

The Purple Eagles next visit Barker and the Lakemen host rival Newfane on Thursday.

Bailey Blanchard takes a shot for Albion as Evan Mahar and Ben Lyman defend for Wilson.