Lyndonville trimmed visiting Alexander 56-52 this evening to improve to 5-1 in Genesee Region League action and 8-2 overall.

Breaking way from a 39-39 deadlock, Lyndonville outscored Alexander 17-13 in the decisive final period to claim the narrow win.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 11 points to spearhead the Tigers late surge as Nathan Hydock added 4 and Russ Stephens 2.

Dillenbeck finished with a game high 19 as Stephens netted 14, Hydock 12, Noah Poler 9 and Devin Rounds 2.

Kameron Lyons scored 17, Carson Wright 12, Devon Dean 11 and Bryce Davis 10 for Alexander.

Alexander held narrow leads of 13-10 after one period and 27-26 at the half. Wright scored all 12 of his points in the second period for the Trojans.

Stephens scored 6 and Hydock and Poler 4 each in the second period to keep the Tigers close.

Lyndonville rallied into the 39-39 tie at the three-quarter mark as Poler scored 5, Hydock 4 and Stephens and Dillenbeck 2 each in the third period.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Derek Edick drives in for a layup against Holley defender Kohl Morgan during the host Eagles win over the rival Hawks this evening.

A late burst of threes keyed Kendall to a narrow 38-33 victory over visiting rival Holley this evening in a low scoring Genesee Region League game.

Derek Edick provided the late game long range fireworks for Kendall as he made three big threes down the stretch to rally the Eagles from a 29-27 deficit into the lead for good at 36-33.

Edick then completed his big 11 point quarter by making two clutch free throws with 18 seconds remaining to put a lock on the victory as the Eagles avenged an earlier season 66-49 loss to the Hawks at the Holley Tournament.

Edick finished with 13 as Dale Steffen added 8, Mason Kuhn 7, Nicholas Spellan and Zach Barrett 4 each and Riiey Hirschman 2.

Kohl Morgan shared game high honors with 13 for Holley as Carson Major added 9, Broek Ostrom and Jacob Norman 4 and Ryan Lang 3.

Holley grabbed a 12-8 lead at the end of the first period on a late three by Major.

Kendall rallied into a 16-14 lead by opening the second period with an 8-2 run including a layup by Edick and a layup off a steal by Barrett.

However, the Hawks answered with a 7-2 run, including four by Major, to regain a 21-18 lead but Kuhn countered with a late three-point play to pull he Eagles even at 21-21 at the half.

Kohl then scored all six of Holley’s points in a very low scoring third period to put the Hawks up 27-23 heading into the decisive final stanza.

The sea-saw fourth quarter then saw the lead change hands three times.

Edick’s first three put Kendall up 30-29 only to see Holley regain the lead for what proved to be the last time at 31-30 on a layup by Norman.

Edick’s second three gave the Eagles at 33-31 lead but the Hawks briefly retied the contest on a jumper by Major with 38 seconds to go.

Twenty seconds later Edick hit his third three to put Kendall back on top to stay at 36-33. He then tacked on two pressure free throws with 18 seconds to go to lock up the win.

Kendall is now 1-6 in the league and 2-8 overall while Holley is 1-7 and 1-10.

(Click here to see Kendall’s Derek Edick hit the eventual winning basket from the top of the circle.)

(Click here to see Holley’s Carson Major score with an acrobatic layup.)

Holley’s Kohl Morgan puts up a shot against Kendall defender Mason Kuhn.

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Albion finished the dual match portion of the Niagara-Orleans League wrestling season at 4-1 with a 52-36 win over rival Medina this evening at Akron.

Ellwood Hafner, Bryce Froman, Dayne Aina and Cody Wilson all registered pins and Andy Uderitz had a major decision win for Albion.

Dom Callara, RaShawn Bloom, Ethan Page, Miles Hartway , Brandon Boyce and Riley Black all notched pins for Medina which finishes the regular N-O season at 0-5.

In another portion of the three match event, Newfane (5-0) defeated Akron (2-3) 66-19. The score of the Roy-Hart/Barker vs. Wilson match was not reported.

Girls Basketball
Wilson 63, Medina 23
Front-running Wilson (6-0) posted a 63-23 Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball win over Medina (0-6). No individual scorers were reported.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley takes a shot over Newfane defenders Garrett Srock and Cade Littman during the Purple Eagles key home court win over the Panthers this evening.

Taking over sole possession of first place, Albion edged past visiting Newfane 53-46 this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League clash of unbeatens.

Three free throws by Deyonci Farley and two by Chris Shabazz in the final 20 seconds locked up the victory for Albion which improves to 6-0 at the midway point of the N-O season as Newfane slips into the runner-up spot at 5-1.

Bailey Blanchard led Albion’s balanced offense with 10 as Farley, Shabazz and Kevin Hillman each added 9, Liam Ward 7, Anthony Freeman 6 and Elijah Lloyd 3.

Garrett Srock took game high honors with 17 to pace Newfane as Josh Everett had 12 Connor MacEvoy 5, Michael Carmer 4, Sam Capen and Jeremy Foltz 3 and Cade Littman 2.

Long range shooting was the norm in the opening period as Albion had a 5-3 edge in threes to take a 19-14 lead.

Freeman hit two threes while Hillman, Farley and Blanchard each chipped in with one for the Purple Eagles during that stretch while Everett had two and Foltz one for the Panthers.

Albion’s Liam Ward drives by Newfane defender Sam Capen.

Albion extended its lead to 12, 26-14, three minutes into the second quarter after a 7-0 run on a layup by Shabazz and a three and a layup off a steal by Ward.

However, Newfane answered with a 10-4 run to close the period and cut the deficit in half to 30-24 at the half. Srock had six to key that rally.

The third period saw Albion take a seven point, 36-29, lead at the midway point after a layup by Hillman and a rebound bucket by Blanchard.

Newfane though again came rallying back this with time with an 8-0 run, including a pair of threes by Everett, to grab what proved to be a brief 37-36 lead.

The Purple Eagles though regained the lead for good at 39-37 on a three by Lloyd with just two seconds to go in the period.

The teams then traded scores for the first six minutes of the final period.

Srock scored on three layups and Capen hit a three for the Panthers while Blanchard had a three and a jumper and Shabazz a three for the Purple Eagles during that stretch which finished with Albion holding a very slender 48-46 lead with less than two minutes to go.

Neither team could find the range for the remainder of the contest as Newfane missed several opportunities to pull even.

Albion finally locked up the key win in the final 20 seconds on the three free throws by Farley followed by two by Shabazz.

(Click here to see Albion’s Chris Shabazz finish an Albion possession with a rebound bucket.)

Wilson 51, Medina 43
Trailing 24-23 at the half, Wilson rallied to outscore visiting Medina 28-19 in the second half to claim the 51-43 N-O victory.

Luke Bradley scored 19, Ben Mahar 8 and Mike Miller 7 for Wilson which improves to 3-2 in N-O action.

Tyler Chinn scored 13 and Nate Sherman 10 for Medina which slips to 2-4.

Roy-Hart 74, Barker 51
Roy-Hart raced out to a 36-16 half-time advantage in route to posting a 74-51 win over Barker.

Tom Ragonese scored 17, Rhett Goodwin 11 and Jamel Johnson Jr. 10 for Roy-Hart which is now 2-4 in league play.

Hunter Callen scored 17 and Evan Taylor 13 for Barker which slips to 0-6.

Kendall scored a 38-30 win over rival Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Elizabeth Snyder scored 9 and Alezya Brown 8 to set the pace for Kendall which held a slender 15-13 lead at the half.

Olivia Radford took game high scoring honors for Holley with 11.

Alexander 38, Lyndonville 31
Trailing 13-10 after one period, Alexander used a big 16-0 second quarter scoring edge to key a 38-31 win over Lyndonville in anther G-R contest.

Natalie Whitmore scored 9 of her 15 points in the second period to key the rally for Alexander which led 26-10 at the half.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 12 and Ella Lewis 10 for Lyndonville.

Roy-Hart 36, Barker 33
Roy-Hart trimmed Barker 36-33 in a Niagara-Orleans League game as Rileigh McCabe scored 11, Claire Halstead 8, Ava Owens 7 and Kara Choate and Miah Glena 5 each.

Newfane 46, Albion 21
Breaking a deadlock for second place, Newfane improved to 5-1 in N-O action with a 46-21 win over visiting Albion which slips to 4-2.

Paige Littman scored 12 and Rachel Chunco 10 for Newfane which led 22-6 at the half.

Paige Derisley scored 9 and Aly Knaak 8 for Albion.

Roy-Hart maintained a hold of first place by sweeping host Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon.

The Channel Cats won the boys’ meet 65-29 and the girls’ competition 54-21.

Both Roy-Hart teams are now 7-0 while the Albion boys are 4-2-1 and the girls 1-6.

Will Rickard was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Free and Carter Green in the 200 Free and 500 Free for the Roy-Hart boys.

Mandy Hill won both the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Kayla Hagen the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke for the Roy-Hart girls.

Medina splits with Akron
The Medina boys improved to 4-2-1 with a 99-68 win at Akron (0-7) as August Pietrafesa won the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly, Hunter Heil the 200 Free, Gabe Mark the 100 Free, Michael Marker the 100 Backstroke and Cole Seefeldt the 100 Breaststroke.

The Akron girls (6-1) downed Medina (3-4) 111-59.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free, Brooklyn Brown the 200 Individual Medley and Amanda Woodruff the 100 Butterfly for Medina.

Newfane sweeps Barker

The Newfane boys squad improved to 3-4 with a 83-79 win over Barker (2-5).

Completing the sweep, the Newfane girls team (4-3) downed Barker (0-7) 120-36.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ty Holmes works toward a win over Holley-Kendall’s James Fox during the host Tigers win over the Hawks this evening.

Six pins sparked Lyndonville to a 48-36 victory over visiting Holley-Kendall in a Genesee Region League wrestling match this evening.

Sam Doolan (220), Mario Fidanza (285), Ty Holmes (99), Alex Farrell (113), Brennon Munn (145) and Rodney Davis (182) all notched pins for the Tigers.

Jakob Silpoch (160) registered a pin for Holley-Kendall which also got decision wins from Dylan Clemons (132) and Dawson Custer (152).

CSAT 39, Medina 37
Noah Skinner and RaShawn Bloom both registered pins, Miles Hartway  a major decision win and Mitchell Silversmith a decision win for Medina in a narrow 39-37 non league loss to visiting CSAT.

Contributed Photo – Rocco Sidari works toward a win for the Albion Youth Wrestling Club.

A total of 15 members of Albion’s Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy placed in the top four at the Lockport Kids Tournament this past weekend.

Albion had Matthew Schomske place first; Colton Moreland, Jayovsnni Ostrander, Drake Schomske and Jayden Travis second; Paysen Sanders, Michael McElwain, Justin Mengs, Rocco Sidari and Noah Harrison third and Jeremy Lutes, Stryker Sanders, Thailer Seibert, Homer Mathes and Dennis Mathes fourth.

The other Albion wrestlers who participated included Kyle Lutes, Gavin Boyce, Liam Leader, Mikey Madison and Alex Picirilli.

In the team competition Albion placed 7th out of 48 teams.

In all some 434 wrestlers completed in the tournament.

When the Niagara-Orleans League resumes football competition as a league this coming fall an old familiar face looks to be part of the lineup.

Following the recent decision to switch from a federation back to a league alignment for football in Section VI for the first time since the early 1970’s Lewiston-Porter has petitioned to join the N-O League for football only.

Previously Lew-Port competed in the N-O League in all sports until it left for the Niagara Frontier League in 1961. The Lancers competed in football in the N-O from 1953 (the league’s first season of 11 man competition) until 1960.

Lew-Port still competes in the NFL for all sports. The Lancers are the only Class B school among the league’s eight football playing schools, a lineup which also includes one AA school –  Niagara Falls and six Class A schools – Lockport, Niagara-Wheatfield, North Tonawanda, Grand Island, Kenmore East and Kenmore West.

Medina played Lew-Port the last two years. The Lancers have also played Albion and Newfane in recent years.

Lew-Port’s request to join the N-O for football has been approved by the league’s athletic directors but still must be approved by the league’s Executive Committee which is expected to vote on the matter on February 14.