Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Drisdom puts up a shot over Akron defender David Kalinowski during the Mustangs narrow home court win over the Tigers this evening.

In a tight sea-saw battle Medina edged past visiting Akron 54-52 this evening to snap a three game Niagara-Orleans League losing streak.

Two clutch free throws by Tyler Chinn with just 3.7 seconds to go snapped a 52-52 deadlock providing the margin of victory for the Mustangs in the contest which saw 10 lead changes and 9 ties.

Chinn finished with 16 as Nate Sherman added 10, Jarin Rhim, Brian Fry and Christian Drisdom 7 each, Joe Cecchini 5 and Dontae Rhim 2.

Adam Mietz shared game high honors for Akron with 16 as Mitchell Holtz added 11, Gage Willis 9, Jake Mazza 6 and Dylan Heberling and David Kalinowski 5 each.

Willis hit three early threes to help Akron grab a 14-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Tigers extended their lead to eight, 25-17, late in the second period after two threes by Mietz and one by Holtz.

However, the Mustangs answered with a 9-0 run to close the period and grab a slender 26-25 lead at the half. A layup by Fry capped off that spurt which also included baskets by Sherman, Chinn and Jarin Rhim on a layup off a turnover.

Akron regained a narrow 43-41 lead at the end of a real sea-saw third period which saw no less than 7 lead changes and 4 ties.

Mazza had 6 and Holtz and Mietz 5 each to lead Akron during that stretch while Chinn and Drisdom had 5 each and Fry a three for Medina.

Medina quickly pulled even again at 43-43 on a layup by Sherman to open the final period setting the stage for a tight, down to the wire finish.

A three by Holtz helped Akron regain at 47-43 lead but Medina pulled back into a 47-47 tie midway through the period after a pair of free throws by Sherman and a rebound bucket by Jarin Rhim.

The Tigers regained the lead for what proved to be the last time at 52-47 with 2:15 remaining after a jumper and a three both by Mietz.

However, the last seven points and the win belonged to the Mustangs.

A layup by Sherman started that late rally.

The Mustangs then pulled back even at 52-52 on a three by Chinn with 43 seconds to go.

Neither team could find the range again in the final hectic seconds until Chinn made the two pressure free throws with only 3.7 seconds remaining to give the Mustangs the exciting win.

(Click here to see Medina’s Tyler Chinn hit the first of 2 foul shots to break the tie and be the winning points.)

Medina and Akron are now both 2-3 in the league.

Newfane 72, Barker 37
Building up a 41-19 halftime advantage, Newfane went on to defeat Barker 72-37 to move into a tie for the N-O lead at 5-0 with Albion. The Panthers will next visit the Purple Eagles in a key clash for first place on Tuesday.

Garrett Srock scored 22 and Michael Carmer 12 to lead Newfane.

Evan Taylor scored 13 and Cole Ecker 9 for Barker.

Wilson 47, Roy-Hart 44

Three late free throws by Alex Martinez helped Wilson (2-2) lock up a narrow 47-44 win at Roy-Hart (1-4).

Luke Bradley scored 13 and Ben Lyman 10 to lead Wilson which led 24-0 at the half.

Rhett Goodwin had 12 and Tom Ragonese 10 for Roy-Hart.

Medina’s Joe Cecchini goes up for a shot between Akron defenders David Kalinowski and Jake Mazza.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Russ Stephens goes to the basket against Holley’s Broek Ostrom during the Tigers win over the host Hawks this evening.

Pulling away down the stretch Lyndonville scored a 60-42 victory over host Holley in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Leading by only seven, 42-35, at the three-quarter mark, Lyndonville put together a decisive 14-2 scoring burst to open the final period to break the contest open.

Russ Stephens had two layups and a rebound basket to lead that uprising which also included a three-point play by Casey Winiecki and a jumper by Nate Dillenbeck as the Tigers roared out to a 19 point, 56-37, advantage with three minutes to go.

Stephens finished with a game high 17 as Dillenbeck had 16, Nathan Hydock 14, Winiecki 9 and Devin Rounds and Trenton Muck 2 each.

Carson Major led Holley with 14 as Cody Tanis added 8, Ryan Lang 6, Broek Ostrom and Jacob Norman 5 each and Kohl Morgan 4.

Lyndonville also got off to a fast start as a three by Hydock followed by two layups by Stephens and one by Winiecki vaulted the Tigers out to a quick 9-0 lead at the outset.

Stephens had a total of 8 in the period which finished with the Tigers up 15-12.  Major netted 7, including a three, to keep the Hawks close.

Holley did rally into an 18-18 tie midway through the second period on a pair of free throws by Major.

However Lyndonville answered with a 9-3 run to close the period and regain a six point, 27-21, lead at the half.

Dillenbeck had a layup and a three and Hydock a rebound bucket during that run.

Lyndonville increased its lead to 12, 36-24, early in the third period after another 9-3 run which included a three-point play by Dillenbeck and layups by Hydock and Stephens.

Holley did cut the deficit bcd to seven, 42-35, at the end of the period on a late three by Ostrom.

The Hawks though would get no closer as Lyndonville finally broke the contest open with the decisive 14-2 run to open the final quarter.

Lyndonville improves to 4-1 in the league and 7-2 overall while Holley is 1-6, 1-9.

(Click here to see Lyndonville’s Nate Dillenbeck score from outside off a pass from Casey Winiecki.)

(Click here to see Holley’s Jake Norman hit the basket from the top of the circle.)

Holley’s Carson Major goes in for a layup as Lyndonville’s Nathan Hydock tries to block.

Byron-Bergen 61, Kendall 43
Bryce Yockel scored 14 and Chad Green 12 to lead Byron-Bergen to a 61-43 G-R win over visiting Kendall.

Derek Edick scored a game high 17, Mason Kuhn 10 and Dale Steffen 7 for Kendall.

Girls Basketball
Wilson (5-0) defeated Roy-Hart (2-3) 68-38 and Newfane (3-1) downed Barker (1-4) 47-25 in Niagara-Orleans League girls games.

Rachel Chunco led Newfane with 15 while Shelby Wolf had 10 and Claire Halstead 8 for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Sam Sanchez heads to a win in the 100 Butterfly during today’s home meet against rival Medina.

Both schools came away with a victory as Albion and rival Medina split in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon at Albion.

Albion won the boys’ meet 59-35 and Medina took the girls’ competition 62-31.

Chase Froman doubled in the 200 Freestyle and 500 Free for the Albion boys squad as Thomas Furmanski took the 50 Free, Sam Sanchez the 100 Butterfly and Ryan Krenning the 100 Free.

Sanchez was also on three winning relays while Froman, Krenning and Bryce Wilson were each on two.

Isaac Pace won the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Hunter Heil the 100 Backstroke for Medina.

Albion improves to 4-1-1 while Medina slips to 3-2-1.

Hannah Heil doubled in the 100 Free and 200 Free and Margaret Klotzbach in the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke for the Medina girls squad as Hannah Kenward took the Individual Medley and Brooklynn Brown the 100 Butterfly.

Heil, Brown, Amanda Woodruff and Emma Schwarzott teamed up to win both the 200 Free and 400 Free relays.

Michaela Pantano won the 50 Free and Rylee Pearles the 100 Breaststroke for Albion. They both also teamed up with Devynn Pearles and Sierra Kast to win the 200 Medley Relay.

Medina is now 3-3 and Albion 1-5.

Roy-Hart sweeps Barker

Roy-Hart swept past Barker winning the boys’ meet 93-64 and the girls’ competition 106-39.

Noah Stern doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly for the Roy-Hart boys while the girls squad had Kayla Hagen double in the 50 Free and 100 Back and Madison Ohol in the 100 Free and 200 Individual Medley.

Both Roy-Hart teams improve to 6-0 while the Barker boys are 2-4 and the girls 0-6.

Medina’s Hannah Heil in route to a win in the 200 Freestyle event.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis, who hit the game winner at the buzzer, here puts up a shot over Kendall defender Karlee Robb.

Avenging an earlier season tournament loss, Lyndonville scored on a long range shot at the buzzer to nip host Kendall 34-33 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Ella Lewis provided the dramatics for Lyndonville as she hit a three-point basket at the buzzer.

Lewis finished with a game high 14 points as Karlee Rounds added 9, Lorelei Dillenbeck 6, Kaylee Nesbitt 3 and Savannah Poler 2.

Alezya Brown and Lizzie Sutphen both scored 8 to pace Kendall as Autumn Woodward added 6, Brittney Marks and Katie Pearson 5 and Julia Szczepanski 1.

Kendall jumped out to a 15-9 first quarter lead as Brown had three early baskets and Marks and Sutphen hit back-to-back threes late in the stanza.

Then a low scoring second quarter saw Lyndonville cut the deficit to one, 17-16, at the half on a three by Lewis

Baskets by Woodward and Pearson upped the Kendall lead to five, 21-16, early in the third quarter but Lyndonville answered back with a 10-2 run to close the quarter and rally into a 26-23 lead.

A three by Dillenbeck and a rebound basket by Rounds highlighted that Lady Tigers rally.

Kendall regained a 30-26 lead in the first three minutes of the decisive final period on a rebound basket by Pearson followed by a jumper and a three by Sutphen.

The momentum then sea-sawed back and forth three more times over the final three minutes.

First, Lyndonville rallied back into a 30-30 tie after  jumper and a layup off a steal both by Lewis.

Kendall then went back up 32-30 with 1:51 to go after a pair of free throws by Brown.

Nesbitt and Pearson then traded free throws to keep Kendall up 33-31.

That set the stage for Lewis’s dramatic game winning three at the buzzer as the Lady Tigers avenged an earlier season 46-33 loss at the Kendall Tournament.

Lyndonville is now 1-3 in the league and 4-4 overall while Kendall is 0-4, 3-5.

Lyndonville next visits Holley on Friday. Holley dropped a 66-27 decision to Alexander.

(Click here to see Lyndonville’s Savannah Poler hit a shot from outside.)

(Click here to see Kendall’s Lizzie Sutphen hit a 3-point shot.)

Kendall’s Katie Pearson grabs a rebound away from the Lyndonville duo of Karlee Rounds and Kaylee Nesbitt.

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Roy-Hart/Barker evened its Niagara-Orleans League wrestling record at 2-2 with a 48-36 victory over Akron (2-2) this evening.

Zach Hill, Brett Ricker and Aiden Pearson all registered pins to highlight the victory for the Rams.

In the other N-O matches, defending champion Newfane (4-0) downed visiting Albion (3-1) 69-12 in a clash of unbeatens and Wilson (1-3) bested visiting Medina (0-4) 48-30.

Bryce Kelly and Amilcar Morales both registered pins for Albion.

In the 285 bout Newfane’s Jaden Heers edged Albion’s Cody Wilson 4-3 to avenge an earlier tournament loss.

Miles Hartway, Rashawn Bloom, Brandon Boyce and Ethan Page all notched pins for Medina.

In a Genesee Region League match, host Alexander downed Lyndonville 50-30.

Payton Grabowski had a pin for Lyndonville which also got decision wins from Connor Bell and Sam Doolan. The Tigers other 18 points came on three forfeit wins.

Snapping a six game losing streak, Medina defeated host Central Christian Academy 67-53 this evening in a non league game.

Brian Fry scored 24, including six threes, to lead the way for Medina as Nate Sherman added 15, Tyler Chinn 10, Jarin Rhim 6 and Ricky Wood, Joe Cecchini, Dontae Rhim and Matt Henning 3 each.

Medina jumped out to a 21-8 first quarter lead as Sherman had four field goals, Chinn three and Fry a pair of threes.

The Mustangs maintained leads of 40-26 at the half and 60-38 at the three-quarter mark.

Fry hit two more threes in the second period which also included 4 points by Jarin Rhim and Sherman had 4 points in the third.

Now at 3-8 overall, Medina next hosts Akron at 6:30 p.m. Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Girls Basketball
North Tonawanda 61, Medina 22
North Tonawanda built up a 40-13 half-time advantage and went on to down host Medina 61-22 in a non league contest.

Janiyah Holloway scored 8 for Medina as Julie Porter and Anya Bloom each added 5.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Cody Wilson, left, and Holley’s Jacob Norman have earned first team All-State football honors.

Two Orleans County players, Albion senior linemen Cody Wilson and Holley senior linebacker/quarterback Jacob Norman, have earned first team All-State football honors.

Wilson has been named to the Class B first team and Norman to the Eight Man Division first team.

A finalist for the WNY Trench award which honors the top Western New York two-way lineman, Wilson helped lead Albion to the B3 Division title and a berth in the Section VI Class B finals.

Norman made 67 tackles and had 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery for the Hawks.

Albion senior runningback/linebacker Tyray White was named to the Class B fourth team.

Medina junior defensive back/wide receiver Brian Fry was named to the Class B fifth team while Newfane senior running back/linebacker Jaden Heers was selected to the Class B second team.

Wilson has placed four players on the Class C squad led by senior defensive lineman Declan Faery a first team selection. Senior quarterback Bobby Atlas, senior running back Drew Westmoreland and senior kicker Thomas Baia all received Honorable Mention.

Akron sophomore Aiden Smith also received Class C Honorable Mention.

The All-State Eight Man squad has named Oakfield-Alabama/Elba quarterback Colton Dillon Player of the Year.

OAE also has senior linemen Peyton Yasses and Dylan Rykert earn first team honors.

The All-State Class B,C, D and Eight Man teams were announced today.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Rolland Balcerzak puts up a shot as his teammate Nathan Neace and Kendall’s Nicholas Spellan look on. The action took place during the Tigers win over the visiting Eagles this evening.

Getting point production from a dozen players, Lyndonville rolled to a 96-48 victory over visiting Kendall this evening in a Genesee Region League basketball game.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 23, Russ Stephens 21 and Nathan Hydock 20 to lead the Tigers scoring parade as Anthony Moule added 9, Devin Rounds and Jon Slingerland 6, Rolland Balcerzak, Evan Horn, Hayden Woodward, Nathan Neace and Basil Cousins 2 each and Casey Winiecki 1.

Mason Kuhn scored 14 and Derek Edick 10 to lead Kendall as Riley Hirschman and Zach Barrett 6, Nicholas Spellan 5, Dale Steffen 4 and Noah Rath 3.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 10 point, 24-14 first quarter lead.

Dillenbeck scored 8, including two threes, and Stephens and Hydock 7 each, both including a three, to spark the Tigers in the early going.

The Tigers then broke the contest wide open by outscoring Kendall 26-8 in the second quarter.

Stephens and Hydock each scored 9 and Dillenbeck 7, each including a three, to spark Lyndonville in the period.

Keeping the momentum, the Tigers used a 26-15 third period scoring edge to extend the advantage to 39, 76-37 at the three-quarter mark.

Dillenbeck scored 8, Moule and Stephens 5 and Hydock and Rounds 4 during that stretch.

Lyndonville is now 3-1 in the league and 6-2 overall while Kendall is 0-4 and 1-7.

(Click here to see video of Kendall’s Zach Barrett scoring on a layup.)

(Click here to see video of Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule scoring off the inbounds pass.)

Kendall’s Mason Kuhn goes under Lyndonville defender Nathan Hydock for a layup.

Trailing 22-21 at the half, Albion outscored visiting Barker 26-5 over the final two quarters to claim a 47-27 Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball victory this evening.

Kendall Derisley led Albion with 13 as Ryan Olles had 7, Honesty Little and Aly Knaak 6 and Paige Derisley 5.

Sydnie Luckman took game high honors with 14 for Barker.

Albion is now 4-1 and Barker 1-4 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart 44, Akron 34
Roy-Hart evened its N-O record at 2-2 with a 44-34 win over Akron which slips to 1-4.

Shelby Wolf took game high honors for Roy-Hart with 24 as Ava Owens and Claire Halstead each had 6.

Ella Hill led Akron with 14.

Wilson 58, Newfane 47

Wilson took over sole possession of first place at 4-0 with a 58-47 win over rival Newfane which slips to 2-1.