Boasting its largest field to date, Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament will be held on Saturday.

A total of 18 schools will be represented in the tournament which is named in honor of Medina Coach Eric Gross’ father who was a longtime supporter of the Mustangs wrestling program.

Perennial powers Fredonia, Niagara-Wheatifled, Pioneer and Newfane from Section VI and Spencerport from Section V head the tournament field which, in addition to the host Mustangs, will include Albion, Holley-Kendall, Lyndonville, Roy-Hart/Barker, Akron, Addison, Amherst, Auburn, Avon/Geneseo, Grand Island, Lew-Port and Lockport.

The tourney is scheduled to get underway at 9:15 a.m.with the finals expected to begin around 5 p..m.

Lyndonville and Kendall both dropped decisions on the road this evening in Genesee Region League boys basketball action.

Oakfield-Alabama defeated Lyndonville 74-51 and Attica downed Kendall 67-53.

Joey Burdick scored 14, Gauge Ambrewster 11 and Kameron Cusmano and Kaden Cusmano 10 each to spark a balanced attack for Oakfield-Alabama which held leads of 18-11 after one period, 39-26 at the half and 62-40 at the three-quarter mark.

Russ Stephens scored 22 and Nate Dillenbeck 15 for Lyndonville. Dillenbeck scored 7 in the second period and Stephens 11 in the third.

The Hornets are now 7-2 in the league while the Tigers are 5-3 and 8-5 overall.

Leading by a narrow 44-42 margin after three  quarters, Attica outscored Kendall 23-11 in the decisive final period to claim the win.

Ayden Goll scored 23, including 19 in the second half, and Frankie Bisceglie 17, including 9 in the final period, to lead the way for Attica.

Derek Edick scored 23 and Mason Kuhn had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Kendall which led 17-13 after one period and 30-25 at the half.

Attica outscored Kendall 19-12 in the third period to rally into the 44-42 lead heading into the decisive final stanza.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s Sebastian Temich works toward a pin during the Tigers victory over visiting Wilson this evening.

Making it five wins in a row, Lyndonville posted a 48-31 victory over visiting Wilson in a non league wrestling match this evening to improve to 8-3 overall on the season.

Pins by Sebastian Temich (126), Brennon Munn (138) highlighted the win for Lyndonville.

The Tigers also got decision wins by Connor Bell (120) and Maddox Stirk (182).

Lyndonville’s other 30 points came via five forfeit wins.

Wilson got pins by Jacob Stephenson (106), Cameron Guy (145) and Xavier Fitzgibbons (195).

Allen Schultz (132) and Trent Kenny (160) both added technical fall wins and Ben Woertkoetter a decision win for the Lakemen.

Lyndonville will next compete in Medina’s Gary Gross Memorial Tournament on Saturday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Aly Knaak puts up a shot over Medina defender Sarah Sones during the Purple Eagles win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Trailing after each of the first three periods, Albion used a 14-5 fourth quarter scoring edge to earn a 37-29 win over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Trailing 24-23 at the three-quarter mark, Albion regained the lead for good at 30-24 by opening the final period with a 7-0 run on a layup by Honesty Little, a jumper by Melissa Robinson and a three by Paige Derisley.

A layup by Aly Knaak and a free throw by Derisley kept Albion up by six, 33-27, with less than two minutes to go.

A layup by Little, which put the Purple Eagles up by eight, 35-27, with just 1:10 to go then put a lock on the win.

Derisley finished with 15 and Little 11 to lead Albion as Knaak added 5 and Ryan Olles, Abbie Pappalardo and Robinson 2 each.

Sarah Sones led Medina with 12 as Janiyah Holloway added 7, Gracie Hughes 4 and Anya Bloom, Nodia Osby and Faith Vanderwalker 2 each.

Medina held narrow leads of 9-7 after one period and 16-13 at the half as Sones and Holloway each scored 6 in the half. Derisley scored 8 during that stretch for Albion which was blanked from the field in the second quarter.

Medina maintained a narrow 24-23 lead after three quarters but the Mustangs could not score from the field in the final period until the last minute.

Both teams had 11 field goals but Albion won at the free throw line making 12 of 15 compared to 5 of 12 for Medina.

Albion improves to 6-2 in the league as Medina slips to 0-8.

(Click here to see a video of Albion’s Honesty Little making a rebound basket at the near end while Medina’s Sarah Sones makes a shot at the far end.)

Medina’s Sarah Sones puts up a shot against Albion defender Quinn McCue.

Barker 36, Akron 27
Avenging an earlier season 10 point (65-55) loss, Barker bested Akron 36-27 as Sydnie Luckman scored 18, Serena Harris 5 and Courtney Hillman 4. Luckman also grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Jessee Jonathan scored 9 and Ella Hill 8 for Akron.

Breaking away from a 25-25 deadlock at the three-quarter mark, Barker claimed the win by outscoring Akron 11-2 in the final stanza as Luckman led the way with 7.

Barker is now 3-5 and Akron 2-6 in N-O action.

Undefeated (9-0) Roy-Hart downed visiting Medina (3-6) 110-60 this afternoon to put  a lock on outright possession of a third straight Niagara-Orleans League girls swim championship.

The Channel Cats were led by a trio of individual event double winners as Kayla Hagen took the 50 Freestyle and 100 Free, Mandy Hill the 100 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Anna Rickard the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke.

Hannah Heil won the 200 Free and Amanda Woodruff the 100 Butterfly for Medina.

Completing the sweep the undefeated (9-0) Roy-Hart boys team, which had already locked up the N-O crown, downed Medina (5-3-1) 116-54.

Will Rickard doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Carter Green in the 200 Free and 500 Free for the Channel Cats.

Chris Goyette won the 200 Individual Medley and Hunter Heil the 100 Butterfly for Medina.

The Albion boys improved to 6-2-1 by defeating Newfane (3-6) 69-15.

Ryan Krenning doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Chase Froman in the 200 Free and 500 Free for Albion which also had Sam Sanchez win the 100 Butterfly, Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke and Jacob Coolbaugh the 100 Breaststroke.

In the girls’ meet, Newfane (6-3) downed Albion (2-7) 65-13.

In the other meet, Akron defeated Barker 84-66 in the boys’ competition and 71-48 in the girls’

N-O Standings
Boys: Roy-Hart 9-0, Albion 6-2-1, Medina 5-3-1, Newfane 3-6, Barker 2-7, Akron 1-8
Girls: Roy-Hart 9-0, Akron 7-2, Newfane 6-3, Median 3-6, Albion 2-7, Barker 0-9

Contributed Photo – Members of the Niagara-Orleans All-League Cheer team includes Brieonna Hanes and Katelyn Beach from Albion, Danielle Robinson and Emily Wood from Akron, Gillian Hinkley and Mia McCollum from Newfane, Emma Gast and Kaelynn Gibbs from Wilson and Alexis Hare and Alexis Jones from Medina.

Five schools took part in two divisions at the annual Niagra-Orleans League Cheer competition held last evening at Akron.

Wilson won the Small Group (less than 15 cheerleaders) with Medina second, Albion third and Akron fourth. Newfane, which earned the overall Grand Champion award, was the only team in the Large group (more than 15 cheerleaders).

The first team All-League Cheer Team that was selected include  Brieonna Hanes and Katelyn Beach from Albion, Alexis Jones and Alexis Hare from Medina, Danielle Robinson and Emily Wood from Akron, Gillian Hinkley and Mia McCollum from Newfane and Emma Gast and Kaelynn Gibbs from Wilson. Hinkley was named N-O Player of the Year for Cheerleading.

Holley-Kendall downed Roy-Hart/Barker 48-34 in a non league wrestling match this evening at Middlleport.

Pins by Jayden Pieniaszek (138), Dawson Custer (152) and Jakob Silpoch (160) led the way for Holley-Kendall.

The Hawks wins also included a technical fall by Antonyo Geska (126) a major decision by Frank Golisano (170) and a decision by James Fox (106).

Nico Cacique (285), Quinn Brown (120) and Colby Hancock (145) all registered pins and Gavin Ciarfella (99) had a major decision win for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis puts up a shot against Holley defender Alexis Clemons during the host Lady Tigers win over the Lady Hawks this evening.

Turning back a fourth quarter challenge, Lyndonville downed visiting Holley 39-30 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Trailing by 14, 34-20, at the three-quarter mark, Holley came rallying back to within four by outscoring Lyndonville 10-0 over the fist six minutes of the final period. Two threes by Olivia Radford highlighted that surge which pulled the Lady Hawks to within 34-30.

However, Lyndonville weathered the storm as two free throws by Savannah Poler along with one each by Ella Lewis, Kaylee Nesbitt and Karlee Rounds over the final 1:35 finally put a lock on the victory as the Lady Tigers improve to 6-6 on the season.

Lewis finished with 15 to lead Lyndonville as Lorelei Dillenbeck had 10, Rounds 6, Newbitt 4 and Poler and Danielle Weldon 2 each.

Radford shared game high honors for Holley with 15 as Tatum Gagne had 7, Tia Hofforth 5, Milla Steenholdt 2 and Jade Hofforth 1.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 10-2 first quarter lead as Dillenbeck netted 6 in the early going on two jumpers and a layup off a steal.

The Lady Tigers increased their lead to 14, 21-7, at the half as Lewis scored 7, including a three, and Rounds 4 in the second period.

Lyndonville maintained a 14 point, 34-20, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Lewis and Dillenbeck both scored 4, Nesbitt 3 and Weldon 2 in the third period. Radford scored 9, including a three, to keep Holley close.

Holley did outscore Lyndonville 10-5 down the stretch but could get no closer than four.

(Click here to see video from the game.)

Buffalo Arts 66, Roy-Hart 37
Buffalo Arts downed visiting Roy-Hart 66-37 in a non league contest as Destiny Barber scored 26 and Courtney Meridith 23.

Shelby Wolf scored 11, Rileigh McCabe 10 and Ava Owens 8 for Roy-Hart.

Holley’s Milla Steenholdt reaches for a rebound ahead of her teammates Alexis Clemons and Halee Passarell and Lyndonville’s Karlee Rounds.

Akron bested visiting Lyndonville 38-30 this evening in a low scoring non league boys basketball game.

Adam Mietz scored 14 and Josh Mazza 10 to spark Akron which held leads of 18-12 at the half and 28-21 after three quarters.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 13 and Russ Stephens 11 to lead Lyndonville which is now 8-4 overall.

Dillenbeck and Stephens each scored 5 points in the early going to help Lyndonville grab a 10-7 lead at the end of the opening period.

However, Mietz answered with three threes in the second period to key a 11-2 Akron uprising which vaulted the Tigers into the 18-12 half-time advantage.

Notre Dame 86, Holley 59
Jumping out to a 47-22 half-time lead, Notre Dame went on to defeat visiting Holley 86-59 in a Genesee Region League contest.

Colin McCulley scored 24, Mark Sanders 19 and Gabe MacDonald 17 to lead the way for the Irish.

Carson Major scored 20, Broek Ostrom 14 and Cody Tanis and Jacob Norman 10 each for the Hawks.