Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Russ Stephens goes up for a layup against Kendall defender Braxton Zarpentine during the Tigers win over the host Eagles this evening.

Getting point production from a dozen players, Lyndonville earned victory No. 10 on the season by downing host Kendall 73-45 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 16, Russ Stephens 15 and Noah Poler 10 (click here to see a 3 point basket by Poler) to lead Lyndonville’s scoring parade as Nathan Hydock added 9, Devin Rounds 6, Anthony Moule 5, Jon Slingerland and Basil Cousins 3, Rolland Balcerzak and Trenton Muck 2 and Evan Horn and Hayden Woodward 1.

Kendall had 10 players break into the scoring column as Derek Edick netted 15, Mason Kuhn 8, Dale Steffen 6, Nicholas Spellan, Eric Woodams (click here to see Eric’s 3 point basket) and Noah Rath 3, Zach Barrett ,Noah Tantalo and Braxton Zarpentine 2 and Noah Walzer 1.

Kendall’s Zach Barrett puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Nathan Hydock.

Lyndonville jumped out to an 11 point, 20-9 first quarter lead and was never headed.

Stephens scored 8, Moule 5, including a three, Rounds 4 and Poler hit a three to lead that early Tigers surge.

The Tigers upped the advantage to 20, 40-20, at the half as Dillenbeck had two threes and a layup, Poler a three and a two and Hydock a pair of rebound baskets in the second period.

The Lyndonville advantage jumped to 28, 59-31, at the three-quarter mark as Dillenbeck had 8, including a pair of threes, to lead the third period uprising.

Lyndonville improves to 7-4 in the league and 10-6 overall while Kendall slips to 1-11, 2-14.

Alexander 61, Holley 46
Leading by a narrow 27-23 margin at the half, Alexander used an 18-12 third period scoring edge to key a 61-46 G-R win over Holley.

Tyrone Woods scored 21 to lead Alexander.

Kohl Morgan and Broek Ostrom both scored 12 for Holey as Carson Major and Jake Norman each had 10.

Girls Basketball
Newfane 52, Barker 37
Newfane improved to 8-2 in Niagara-Orleans League action with a 52-37 win over Barker (3-8).

Barker’s Sydnie Luckman took game high scoring honors with 14.

Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule goes over Kendall defender Nicholas Spellan for a shot.

Contributed Photo – Keith Szczepanski is shown seated here with his parents, Keith and Debbie Szczepanski, and sister Julia at his signing today to play football at Valparaiso. In back are Notre Dame Athletic Director Mike Rapone, Assistant Football Coach Paul Clark, Principal Wade Bianco and Assistant Coach Mikey Rapone.

Realizing a lifelong dream of playing Division 1 college football, Kendall native and Notre Dame High, Batavia, senior Keith Szczepanski today signed a Letter of Intent to play football at Valparaiso University in Indiana.

Szczepanski, an Eagle Scout and an A student in the classroom, will major in Political Science

A 6-7 lineman who earned All-State football honors both as a junior (first team) and a senior (second team), he helped lead Notre Dame to a 11-1 record and the Section V Class D championship this past fall.

A three sport athlete, Szczepanski is also a regular on the Notre Dame basketball squad where he is averaging 9.8 points and 7.8 rebounds and last spring in track he won the Section V Class D discus title and placed second in the shot-put.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Aly Knaak puts up a shot as Dakota Leising defends for Barker during the visiting Purple Eagles win over the Lady Raiders this evening.

Jumping out to an 18-9 first period lead, Albion went on to defeat host Barker 47-35 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Improving to 7-4 in the league, Albion went on to hold leads of 28-15 at the half and 38-21 at the three-quarter mark.

Kendall Derisley scored 11, Paige Derisley 10, Ryan Olles 8 and Honesty Little 6 to lead the way or the Purple Eagles.

Dakota Leising scored 12, Sydnie Luckman 11 and Kylie Annable 8 for Barker which is now 3-7 in N-O action.

In the other N-O games, undefeated (10-0) Wilson clinched at least a tie for the title with a 46-13 win over runner-up rival Newfane (7-2) and Akron (4-6) edged Roy-Hart (4-6) 40-36.

Ava Owens scored 15 and Shelby Wolf 10 for Roy-Hart.

Barker’s Dakota Leising puts up a shot against Albion defender Ryan Olles.

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Trailing by 18 early in the final period, Albion came storming back to defeat visiting LeRoy in overtime 66-57 in a non league game this evening.

The Purple Eagles forced the contest into overtime by outscoring the Knights 23-7 in the final period which ended deadlocked at 51-51.

LeRoy sent the game into overtime on a three by Anderew Loftins with five seconds to go.

Kevin Hillman scored 9 to lead that late Albion rally as Deyonce Farley added 5, Chris Shabazz 4, Bailey Blanchard 3 and Liam Ward 2.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles then outscored the Knights 15-6 in the overtime period to claim the victory.

Blanchard scored 8 to lead that surge as Farley had 4, Hillman 2 and Shabazz 1.

Farley finished with 17, Blanchard 16, Hillman 11, Ward 9, Shabazz 8, Elijah Lloyd 3 and Damion Lattimer 2.

Cody Lytle scored 15 to lead LeRoy which held leads of 14-6 after one period, 32-17 at the half and 44-28 at the three-quarter mark.

Albion, which next hosts Barker Thursday in a Niagara-Orleans League game, is now 11-4 overall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck puts up a shot against Kendall defenders Julie Coble and Autumn Woodward during the Lady Tigers win over the visiting Lady Eagles this evening.

Putting together a big fourth quarter scoring surge Lyndonville bested visiting Kendall 34-25 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game this evening.

Breaking away from an 18-18 deadlock at the end of three low scoring quarters, Lyndonville erupted for 16 points in the final period to claim the win.

A jumper by Savannah Poler, a layup by Lorelei Dillenbeck and a three by Ella Lewis ignited Lyndonville’s decisive late uprising and put the Lady Tigers on top to stay at 25-22.

Karlee Rounds followed up with a layup (click here to see the layup), Poler a jumper, Lewis another three and Danielle Weldon a rebound bucket to lock up the victory.

Lewis finished with 11, Dillenbeck 8, Poler 6, Kaylee Nesbitt 3 and Rounds, Weldon and Alexis Hughes 2 each.

Brittney Marks took game high honors for Kendall with 14 (click here to see 2 of Marks’ points) as Katie Pearson and Elizabeth Snyder both added 4 and Alezya Brown 3.

Kendall held narrow leads of 10-6 after one period and 14-13 at the half as Marks scored 4 in each of the first two periods.

Lewis and Dillenbeck both hit threes to help Lyndonville grab a brief 13-12 lead late in the second period.

Lyndonville outscored Kendall 5-4 in a low scoring third period which ended tied at 18-18.

Lyndonville is now 7-9 on the season and Kendall 5-10.

In another G-R contest, Alexander defeated Holley 57-25.

Kendall’s Brittney Marks puts up a shot as Danielle Weldon and Kaylee Nesbitt defend for Lyndonville.

Front-running Legion trimmed runner-up Sacred Heart 37-33 Monday to extend its Medina Euchre League lead.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 44-26 in the other game.

Legion is now 690-570 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 657-603, JR Wilson 642-618 and Vets Club 531-729.

League competition continues on February 10 with Legion at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Vets Club.

Gaining that elusive first victory of the season, Medina downed visiting Buffalo Academy of Science 49-16 this evening in a non league game.

Anya Bloom scored 10 to lead Medina’s balanced attack as Julie Porter, Nodia Osby, Anna Cruz-Rabb and Janiyah Holloway 6, Gracie Hughes 5 and Lujain Aldroobe and Gracie Cogovan 4.

Medina jumped out to a 12-5 first quarter advantage and went on to hold leads of 20-8 at the half and 35-10 at the three-quarter mark.

Holloway scored 6 in the third period and Porter 6 in the final stanza.

The Mustangs next host Akron at 6:30 p.m. Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Carson Major goes up for a shot against Barker defender Shane Gerhardt during the Hawks win over the host Raiders this evening.

Snapping a six game losing streak Holley downed host Barker 57-51 this evening in a non league basketball game.

Carson Major scored 28 and Kohl Morgan 15 to lead the way for Holley as Ryan Lang added 8, Cody Tanis 4 and Jake Norman 2.

Joey Brandt scored 20, Nathan Meza Ray 11 and Evan Taylor 10 to pace Barker as Nicholas Guevara and Cole Ecker both had 3 and Logan Harris (click here to see Logan’s basket) and Shane Gerhardt 2.

Barker’s Joey Brandt grabs a rebound in front of Holley’s Carson Major.

Barker jumped out to a 12-4 lead at the outset on three layups by Taylor and threes by both Guevara and Meza Ray.

Holley though answered with a 7-0 run to close the period and cut the deficit to one at 12-11. A three by Major and a layup by Tanis highlighted that Hawks rally.

The lead then changed hands four times in the second period which ended deadlocked at 24-24 on a late layup by Major.

There were five more lead changes in the third period which finished with Holley on top 36-32 after back-to-back threes by Major to close the quarter.

The Hawks went on to up their advantage to 12 at 49-37 after opening the final period with a 13-5 run.

Back-to-back layups by Lang ignited that uprising which also included two baskets by Morgan and one by Major.

However, the Raiders came battling back to slice the deficit to four, 49-45, with two minutes to go after an 8-0 run which featured back-to-back threes by Brandt and Ecker.

Free throws by Major and Morgan upped the Hawks lead to seven, 52-45, but the Raiders closed back to within four one more time at 52-48 after another three by Brandt with 24 seconds to go.

Barker could get no closer though as Holley finally put a lock on the win on four straight free throws by Major.

Major had a total of 11 points in the final stanza, including 9 of 12 from the free throw line, as Morgan added 5 points (click here to see a rebound bucket by Kohl Morgan) and Lang 4.

Brandt scored 11 in the final period for Barker including three threes. He had a total of six threes on the evening.

Holley’s Kohl Morgan pulls down a rebound in traffic.

Wilson 44, Akron 33
Avenging an earlier 40-25 loss, Wilson bested host Akron 44-33 this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League contest.

The victory boosts Wilson’s N-O record to 6-3 and pulls the Lakemen into a tie for second place with rival Newfane heading into Thursday’s key showdown against the Panthers.

Luke Bradley scored a game high 23 points for Wilson while Adam Mietz led Akron with 14.

Leading by narrow margins of 20-17 at the half and 27-25 after three-quarters Wilson used a 17-8 fourth period scoring edge to lock up the win.

The loss drops Akron to 5-5 in N-O competition.

Warsaw 65, Kendall 50
Breaking away from a 25-25 half-time deadlock, Warsaw used a big 27-9 third period scoring edge to key a 65-50 win over visiting Kendall in a non league game.

Derek Edick scored 19 and Nicholas Spellan 12 to lead Kendall which next hosts Lyndonville at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Genesee Region League contest.

Contributed Photo – Colton Moreland of the Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy takes down his opponent from Dansville while his dad, and an academy coach, Jared Moreland, coaches him to a pin.  Colton finished as the runner-up in his division.

Albion’s Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy competed in the Rush Fest IV, a New York State Top 100 Tournament, today at Rush-Henrietta.

The Purple Eagles Academy placed sixth out of 30 teams and had 13 of 22 wrestlers place in the top four of their division.

Paysen Sanders and Evan Coots both placed first; Colton Moreland and Michael McElwain second; Mikey Madison, Jeremy Lutes, Aspen Gillette and Hoyt Aina third and Alex Piccirilli, Kayden Donnelly, Justin Mengs, Jayovanni Ostrander and Liam Leader fourth.