Medina bested host Akron 49-44 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Tyler Chinn scored 16, Brian Fry 12, Joe Cecchini 9 and Brian Fry and Jarin Rhim 8 each to lead the way for Medina which improves to 2-0 in N-O action.

Leading by a narrow 17-16 margin at the half, the Mustangs opened up a 32-22 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Fry then scored 8 and Chinn 7 in the final stanza to help the Mustangs lock up the win.

Adam Mietz scored 13 and Mitchell Holtz 12 for Akron which is 0-1 in the league.

Medina next hosts Albion on Friday.

Wilson 52, Barker 31

Mike Miller scored 12, Jared Jacques 10 and Ben Lyman 8 to lead Wilson to a 52-31 N-O win over Barker.

Contributed Photos – Dillon Burt-Hodgins works toward a pin over Holley-Kendall’s Sean McAllister during this evening’s match at Holley.

Lyndonville opened Genesee Region League wrestling competition with a 60-6 win over Holley-Kendall at Holley.

Connor Bell (118), Dillon Burt-Hodgins (145) and Sebastian Temich (152) had pins to lead the way for the Tigers which also got decision wins from Payton Grabowski (160) and Sam Doolan (285).

Carson Dusett (152) and Austin Schmitt (160) also both had pins on the evening for Lyndonville.

Will Kruger (102) and Bruce Rasmusson (110) had decision wins for Holley-Kendall.

The Tigers next host Attica/Batavia on Thursday in a non league match.

Defending champion Roy-Hart clinched at least a tie for a second straight Niagara-Orleans League boys swim title by downing Medina 107-63 this afternoon in a “virtual” meet.

Carter Green doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free to lead the way for Roy-Hart which stays undefeated at 8-0.

The Channel Cats also had Noah Stern win the 50 Free and Sean Labiak the 100 Backstroke.

Issac Pace doubled in the 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Michael Marker in the 100 Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley for runner-up Medina which is now 6-2.

The Roy-Hart girls completed the sweep by downing Medina 92-77 to improve to 6-2.

Amanda Hill doubled in the IM and Butterfly for the Channel Cats as Sophia Santella took the 500 Free, Molly Russell the Backstroke and Nadia White the Breaststroke.

Amanda Woodruff doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Madelynn Satkowski took the 200 Free for Medina which is now 4-4.

The Akron girls put a lock on the N-O title by dining Albion 129-35 to go to 9-0.

Mayah Harris doubled in the 500 Free and Breaststroke and CC Morey in the Butterfly and Backstroke for Akron.

The Akron boys also downed Albion 86-78 to go to 5-4 as Aiden Polkowski doubled in the IM and 100 Free and Zander Borton in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

Finn McCue won the 50 Free and Jacob Coolbaugh the Breaststroke for Albion.

N-O Standings

Boys: Roy-Hart 8-0, Medina 6-2, Akron 5-4, Albion 2-3, Barker 1-7, Newfane 1-7

Girls: Akron 9-0, Roy-Hart 6-2, Medina 4-4, Newfane 3-3, Albion 1-4, Barker 0-8

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule looks for a shot during this evening’s game at Holley as Broek Ostrom (2), Andrew Drecshel (22) and Mason Neale (10) defend for the host Hawks. Moving in for Lyndonville is Casey Winiecki (3).

Steadily pulling away over the first three quarters, Lyndonville went on to post a 58-43 victory over host Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored a game high 24 points to lead the way for Lyndonville as Noah Poler added 15, Casey Winiecki 7, Anthony Moule and Russell Stephens 5 each and Mason Nicholson 2.

Holley’s Charlie Turpyn puts up a shot as Nathan Dillenbeck defends for Lyndonville.

Broek Ostron paced Holley with 20 as Mason Neale and James Tette each added 8, Erik Lang 5 and Charlie Turpyn 2.

Trailing 12-10, Lyndonville moved on top to stay by closing the opening period with a 10-0 run. A three by Poler ignited that uprising which also included a three by Dillenbeck and layups off steals by Poler and Winiecki as the Tigers grabbed a 20-12 lead they never relinquished.

Lyndonville upped the lead to 14, 33-19, at the half, a second quarter capped off by a three by Dillenbeck who had a total of nine in the period.

The Tigers then pulled away to a 24 point, 50-26, advantage after a big 17-7 third period scoring edge which included a three and a layup off a steal by Dillenbeck and a rebound bucket and a jumper by Winiecki.

Holley did put together a 13-0 run in the final period, including seven by Ostrom, but the Hawks could get no closer than 12 at 53-41.

The Tigers improve to 2-1 and the Hawks slips to 1-3.

Lyndonville next visits Alexander and Holley travels to Pembroke on Wednesday.

Lyndonville’s Casey Winiecki tries for a layup surrounded by the Holley trio of Andrew Dreschel (22), Mason Neale (10) and Charlie Turpyn (12).

Elba 58, Kendall 30

Building up a 31-15 halftime advantage, Elba went on to defeat visiting Kendall 58-30 in another G-R contest.

Caleb Scouten took game high honors for Elba with 19.

Quante Gillians had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Derek Edick 8 points for Kendall.

Kendall, which is now 0-4, next hosts Notre Dame on Wednesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Sydney Mulka led Albion in scoring during the Purple Eagles win over visiting Alden this morning.

Coming on strong after an ice cold start, Albion downed visiting Alden 41-27 this morning in a non league girls basketball game.

Sydney Mulka scored 8 and Madison Hughson 7 to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Ryan Olles, Aly Knaak, Abby Scanlan and Honesty Little each added 6 and Olivia Krenning 2.

Caroline Wrest led Alden with 11.

Blanked in the opening quarter, Albion went nearly nine minutes before Mulka clicked on a jumper to put the Purple Eagles on the scoreboard.

Two baskets by Knaak and one by Scanlan then helped keep the Purple Eagles within one at 10-9 at the end of the low scoring half.

Albion finally got rolling in the third quarter outscoring Alden 16-9 to rally into the lead for good by a 25-19 margin at he three-quarter mark.

Mulka, Little and Olles each had a pair of baskets during that key stretch.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the win by putting together a 12-0 scoring burst over the first four minutes of the final period to open up a commanding 18 point, 37-19, advantage.

Back-to-back layups off steals by Scanlan highlighted that surge which also included layups by Olles, Little and Hughson and a jumper by Mulka.

Now at 1-2 overall, Albion next hosts Medina on Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League contest.

Contributed Photo – Chanyce Powell

Albion High graduate and SUNY Brockport senior Chanyce Powell has been named to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women’s Track and Field All Decade Team.

Powell is a two-time All-American in the Long Jump having placed fifth at the indoor nationals in 2018 and seventh at the indoor nationals in 2019.

In 2018 she also placed 13th at the NCAA outdoor nationals.

Powell captured the SUNYAC indoor Triple Jump championship in 2018 and earned SUNYAC Indoor Rookie of the Year honors. That same year she also placed second in the Long Jump at the SUNYAC outdoor championships.

In 2020 she again won the Triple Jump at the SUNYAC indoor championships.

She has also earned multiple All Region honors in the jumping events.

Powell, who is majoring in Exercise Physiology, is also a multi time All Academic honoree.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Dylan Clemons of Holley-Kendall works toward a win over Byron-Bergen’s JC Starowitz during early round action of the third annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament today at Lyndonville.

The host Tigers captured top honors at the third annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament held today at Lyndonville.

Lyndonville garnered 112 points to take the team title followed by Alexander with 95.5, Byron-Bergen 65 and Holley-Kendall 42.

The Tigers had a quartet of individual weight class champions including Sebastian Temich (152), Connor Bell (118), Rodney Davis (172) and Sam Doolan (215).  Temich went 5-0 with five pins and Davis was 3-0 with three pins.

Lyndonville also got second place finishes from Christian Garver (102), Ty Holmes (110), Brennon Munn (132), Noah Neff (138), Dylan Burt-Hodgins (145), Payton Grabowski (160), Maddox Stirk (189) and Avery Wilcox (285).

Holley-Kendall had a trio of winners including Will Kruger (102), Bruce Rasmusson (110) and Zane Christakes (285).

Alexander had six champions including Gage Wagner (126), Ben Merrill (132), Mason Bump (138), Kaden Lyon (145), Mitch Gaiser (160) and Maverick Bump (189).

Lyndonville next visits Holley-Kendall on Tuesday in the Genesee Region League opener.

Photos byCheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Quante Gillians (34) and Jeffrey Pratt (35) battle with Holley’s James Tette for a rebound during this afternoons game at Kendall. Holley’s Andrew Drechsel is underneath.

Snapping a brief two game season opening losing streak, Holley bested rival Kendall 50-37 this afternoon in a non league boys basketball game at Kendall.

Broek Ostrom scored a game high 19 points and Erik Lang tallied 17 to spearhead the offense for Holley as Mason Neale added 8, James Tette 4 and Charlie Turpyn 2.

Kendall’s Quante Gillians puts up a shot over Holley defender Mason Neale.

Derek Edick scored 12 to lead Kendall as Devin Edick added 7, Zach Barrett 5, Quante Gillians 4, Braxton Zapentine 3 and Jeffrey Pratt, Dutch Steffen and Jorden Ostrander 2 each.

Kendall did grab a slender 14-13 lead at the end of the opening period which was dominated by long range shooting. Devin Edick hit two threes and Barrett one for Kendall while Lang had two and Ostrom one for Holley.

However, the visiting Hawks answered back with a 13-4 scoring edge in the second quarter to take the lead for good by a 26-18 margin at the half.

Lang hit another three while Tette added two baskets and Ostrom one to lead that uprising by the Hawks.

Keeping the momentum, Holley upped its lead a bit to 12, 41-29, at the three-quarter mark as Ostrom scored 8, Neale 4 and Lang 3 in the third period.

Kendall did come battling back cutting the deficit to six, 43-37, midway through the fourth quarter after an 8-2 run which included a layup and three free throws by Derek Edick and a rebound bucket by Ostrander.

However, the Eagles could not score again over the final four minutes as the Hawks closed with a 7-0 run ignited by a three by Lang  to lock up victory No. 1 of the season.

Holley next hosts Lyndonville and Kendall (0-3) entertains Elba on Monday.

Holley’ Mason Neale reaches for a rebound with Charlie Turpyn and James Tette helping.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Noah Stern helped the Channel Cats win the 400 Free Relay during this morning’s “virtual” meet against Akron.

Defending champion Roy-Hart stayed perfect at 7-0 by downing Akron 118-48 this morning in a “virtual” Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet.

Carter Green was a double winner in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly and Charles Rickard doubled in the 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke to lead the way for Roy-Hart which also had Andrew Ossont take the 50 Free, Sean Lubiak the 500 Free and Zach Livergood the 100 Backstroke.

The Akron girls squad likewise improved to 7-0 by defeating Roy-Hart 113-56.

CC Morey was a double winner for Akron in the 200 Individual Medley and Butterfly.

Amanda Hill was a double winner in the 100 Free and 200 Free for Roy-Hart which is now 5-2.

The Barker boys earned their first victory of the season by nipping Newfane 74-72.

A win in the meet’s final event, the 400 Free Relay, by the quartet of Zach Hill, Will Goodlander, Ryan Stevener and Ryan Santarsiero provided the margin of victory for the Raiders.

Santarsiero also won the 50 Free and Breaststroke, Goodlander the 200 Free and Stevener the 100 Free.

Ethan Niver doubled for Newfane in the IM and Butterfly.

The Newfane girls improved to 3-5 by downing Barker 107-40. Bridget Martin doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Lauren Enderton in the IM and Backstroke and Kimberly Schmitt in the 100 Free and Breaststroke.

N-O Standings

Boys: Roy-Hart 7-0, Medina 6-1, Akron 3-4, Albion 2-2, Barker 1-6, Newfane 1-7

Girls: Akron 7-0, Roy-Hart 5-2, Medina 4-3, Newfane 3-5, Albion 1-3, Barker 0-7.

A late rally fell just short as Lyndonville dropped a narrow 53-47 decision to host Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lyndonville trailed by as many as 14 in the fourth quarter but rallied back to as close as three with less than a minute to go.

Ella Lewis scored 9 to lead the Lady Tigers late comeback bid as Alexis Hughes netted 3 and Ashlee Stephens, Gracie Johnson and Kylee Nesbitt 2 each.

Lewis finished with 14, Lorelei Dillenbeck 12 and Hughes 10.

MaKenna Jarnot scored 18 for Attica which held narrow leads of 14-13 after one period, 20-19 at the half and 31-29 at the three-quarter mark.

Byron-Bergen 52, Holley 17

Building up a 30-12 halftime advantage, Byron-Bergen went on to down host Holley 52-17 as Dayi Caballero led the Lady Bees with 17.

Halee Passarell scored 8 to lead Holley.

Oakfield-Alabama 37, Kendall 22

Oakfield-Alabama posted a 37-22 win over Kendall as Caitlin Ryan led the way with 14 points.