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Tigers top W-C to regain winning touch
Getting back onto the winning track, Lyndonville bested visiting Wheatland-Chili 52-41 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.
Nate Dillenbeck scored 18 and Nathan Hydock 17 to spearhead the offense for Lyndonville which bounced back from a 53-51 loss at Elba earlier in the week. Russell Stephens added 8, Noah Poler 7 and Casey Winiecki 2 for the Tigers.
Aaron Lund took game high scoring honors for W-C with 20.
Trailing 20-14 after the first period, Lyndonville rallied into slender leads of 27-25 at the half and 38-35 at the three-quarter mark. Hydock scored 9 in the second period while Poler had 5 and Dillenbeck 4 in the third.
The Tigers then locked up the win by outscoring W-C 14-6 in the final period as Hydock scored 5, Stephens 4, Dillenbeck 3 and Poler 2.
Lyndonville is now 2-1 in the league and 4-2 overall.
Notre Dame 97, Kendall 56
Pulling away in the third quarter, Notre Dame went on to down visiting Kendall 97-56 in a G-R contest.
Leading 45-35 at the half, the Irish outscored the Eagles 28-10 in the decisive third period to race away to a 73-45 advantage at the three-quarter mark.
Gabe MacDonald scored 23, Colin McCulley 20 and Cody Henry 16 to lead the way for Notre Dame.
Derek Edick scored 16 and Mason Kuhn 12 for Kendall.
Panthers roll to key win over Mustangs
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Drisdom drives in for a layup against Newfane defenders Sam Capen and Josh Everett during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Panthers this evening.
Taking charge with a big scoring surge to close the first half, Newfane went on to down host Medina 58-37 in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.
Trailing by five, 18-13, midway through the second period the Panthers closed the stanza with a decisive 16-0 run to rally into the lead for good by a 29-18 half-time margin.
Garrett Srock scored 5, Michael Carmer 4, Connor MacEvoy 3 and Josh Everett and Jeremy Foltz 2 each during that key stretch.
Medina’s Brian Fry goes in for a layup from a difficult position.
The Panthers maintained a 13 point, 42-29, lead at the three-quarter mark after going 7 of 8 from the free throw line in the third period including 5 of 6 by Everett.
In all Newfane went 16 of 21 from the line on the evening.
Srock finished with a game high 25 as Everett added 9, Zach Snow 7, Foltz 6, MacEvoy 5, Carner 4 and Cade Littman 2.
Nate Sherman led Medina with 12 as Tyler Chinn had 6, Jarin Rhim and Christian Drisdom 5, Brian Fry 4, Joe Cecchini 3 and Dontae Rhim 2.
Trailing 11-10 after the opening period, Medina grabbed what proved to be a brief 18-13 lead four minutes into the second quater after an 8-0 run which included seven by Sherman.
However, the Panthers took control by outscoring the Mustangs 29-11 over the next quarter and a half.
The loss drops defending champion Medina to 1-2 in N-O action while Newfane improves to 2-0.
Wilson 61, Barker 32
Roaring out to a 33-7 half-time advantage, Wilson went on to defeat Barker 61-32 in the N-O opener for the Lakemen.
Luke Bradley scored 16, including 12 in the first half, to lead the Lakemen as Ben Lyman added 11 and Mike Miller 9.
Barker is now 0-2 in league play
Medina girls basketball coach will remain
After talking with school officials this morning Medina girls varsity basketball Coach Larry Lash has rescinded the resignation he submitted Thursday and will finish out the season as the Mustangs coach.
Medina to go solo in football next fall
After competing as a merged football team for several years, Medina will be going back to playing solo next fall.
Medina has played as a merged team with Lyndonville for eight years and also with Barker for the past two seasons.
However, low participation numbers from both Lyndonville and Barker of late have led Medina to opt to return to playing alone.
This past fall Lyndonville had only 2 varsity and 3 JV players on the team and Barker just 4 on the varsity and 3 on the JV.
“The low participation numbers just didn’t make it practical to continue,” said Medina Athletic Director and varsity football Coach Eric Valley. “We are confident we have the numbers to go it alone.”
Medina and Lyndonville will continue to have merged teams for boys and girls soccer and cross-county.
Over the past eight years the Medina-Lyndonville sports merger agreement has seen several other changes depending upon need and situation.
Medina hosted Lyndonville athletes for merged track teams for several years but when numbers improved Lyndonville returned to having its own track teams.
In girls soccer Medina hosted Lyndonville players for a short time as a Medina/Lyndonville squad but over the last two years Lyndonville has served as the host school for a Lyndonville/Medina team.
The big beneficiary of the football decision looks to be Roy-Hart which has been hampered by low numbers of late and this past fall fielded only a small varsity squad with no JV or modified teams.
Now Roy-Hart is in talks to merge with Barker and Lyndonville in order to gain enough players for the Rams to be able to continue their football program at either the 11 or 8 man level.
“I think it could work out well for everyone,” said Valley.
Interestingly, Roy-Hart and Barker previously played together as a merged football team for several years and the two schools still field a merged wrestling squad.
Byron-Bergen cagers top Holley
Building up a 17 point half-time advantage, Byron-Bergen went on to defeat visiting Holley 54-43 in a Genesee Region League make-up game this evening.
Chad Green scored a game high 19 points and Nicolas Baubie added 11 for Byron-Bergen which led 22-13 after one period, 36-19 at the half and 43-34 after three quarriers.
Cody Tanis scored 14, Kohl Morgan 13 and Broek Ostrom 9 for Holley. Morgan also pulled down 11 rebounds.
Byron-Bergen is now 3-1 in the league and Holley 0-4.
Albion girls edge past Akron
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Aly Knaak puts up a shot against Akron defender Sydney Hall during the host Purple Eagles narrow win over the Lady Tigers this evening.
Turning back a late challenge, Albion edged past visiting Akron 46-45 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.
Up by 10, 42-32, at the three-quarter mark, Albion saw Akron come battling back down the stretch with a 13-2 run to rally into a 45-44 lead with 40 seconds to go.
A basket by Jessee Jonathan capped off that big Akron rally with also included two baskets by Sophia Jones and one each by Sydney Hall, Ella Hill and Giahna Lafromboise
However, Albion weathered the storm as Paige Derisley answered with a clutch jumper with 22 seconds remaining to provide the margin of victory at 46-45 for the Purple Eagles.
Aly Knaak scored 13 and Paige Derisley 11 to lead the way for Albion as Ryan Olles had 6, Honesty Little and Kendall Derisley 5,, Maya Knaak 4 and Breanda Johnson 2.
(Click here to see Albion’s Honesty Little put in the turnaround shot.)
Jayni Sundown led Akron with 11 as Jonathan had 9, Lafromboise 7, Sophia Jones and Hall 6, Hill 5 and Laura Jones 1.
(Click here to see Akron’s Sophia Jones hit a jumper for 2.)
Akron jumped out to a 15-9 first period lead as Sundown and Jonathan each had a three and a two.
However,Albion answered back with a big 17-8 second period scoring surge to rally into a 26-23 lead at the half.
Aly Knaak scored 9, Little 5 and Paige Derisley 4 during that Purple Eagles uprising.
Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles then used a 16-9 third period scoring edge to up the advantage to 10, 42-32, at the three-quarter mark.
Olles and Maya Knaak both had a pair of baskets and Paige Derisley a three to key that surge.
Akron though made the finish exciting rallying back into a one point lead in the final seconds as Albion needed a late bucket by Paige Derisley to claim the win.
Albion improves to 3-0 in the league as Akron slips to 1-2.
Medina contest postponed
The Medina at Newfane N-O contest was postponed following the resignation of Mustangs Coach Larry Lash this morning for personal reasons. No new coach has been named as of this evening.
Wilson downs Barker
Wilson defeated Barker 59-22 in the other N-O game.
Wilson is now 2-0 and Barker 1-2 in N-O action.
Pembroke tops Holley
Pembroke defeated Holley 64-17 in a Genesee Region League game.
In another G-R contest Wheatland-Chili downed Lyndonville 58-27.
Albion’s duo of Abbie Pappalardo and Breanda Johnson go up for a rebound ahead of Akron’s Jessee Jonathan and Sophia Jones.
Albion wrestlers down Byron-Bergen
Albion bested host Byron-Bergen 54-23 in a non league wrestling match this evening.
Pins by Alex Hafner, Bryce Kelly and Cody Wilson led the way for the Purple Eagles which also got decision wins from Scott McMurray, Yeshua Robles-Nunez, Amilcar Morales and Austin Aman.
Channel Cats score sweep over Seahorses; Purple Eagles split with Panthers
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Alexis Seib heads toward a win in the 100 Butterfly during the Channel Cats win over host Medina this afternoon.
Remaining undefeated at 4-0, the Roy-Hart swim teams swept to a doubleheader victory over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League meet this afternoon.
The Channel Cats won the boys meet 110-60 and the girls’ competition 116-54.
Carter Green doubled in the 200 Freestyle and 500 Free and Michael Miller in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for the Roy-Hart boys squad.
The Channel Cats also had Matt Scott win the 200 Individual Medley, Will Rickard the 50 Free and Ozzy Moore the 100 Free. Moore, Rickard and Noah Stern were each also on two winning relays.
(Click here to see Roy-Hart boys 200 Free relay edge out Medina with a time of 1:38.15.)
Isaac Pace won the 100 Breaststroke for Medina. He also teamed up with Hunter Heil, Michael Marker and Xander Payne to win the 200 Medley Relay.
The Roy-Hart girls got individual event wins from seven different swimmers including Mandy Hill (200 Free), Molly Russell (Individual Medley), Alexis Seib (Butterfly), Kayla Hagen (100 Free), Kennedy Lang (500 Free), Madison Ohol (Backstroke) and Jordyn Bobzien (Breaststroke).
Ohol, Hill, Bobzien and Hagen were also each on to winning relays.
(Click here to see Roy-Hart’s girls 200 Free relay edge out Medina with a time of 1:49.91.)
Hannah Heil won the 50 Free for Medina.
The Medina boys squad is now 2-1-1 and the girls 1-3.
Albion, Newfane split
Albion (2-1-1) defeated host Newfane (1-3) 108-57 in an N-O boys meet as Ryan Krenning was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free.
Newfane (3-1) downed Albion (1-3) in the girls meet 122-35.
Medina’s Isaac Pace works toward a win in the 100 Breaststroke.
Lancers trim Tigers in key G-R contest
A late comeback bid fell just short as Lyndonville dropped a narrow 53-51 decision to host Elba this evening in a key early season Geensee Region League Division 2 game.
Trailing 45-36 early in the final period, Lyndonville rallied to outscore Elba 15-8 down the stretch but the rally came up just short.
Nathan Dillenbeck spearheaded the Tigers late surge with 10 points on a three, a two and five free throws.
Lyndonville also got off to a quick start jumping to to a 13-9 first period lead as Russell Stephens scored 7.
The Tigers maintained a narrow 26-23 lead at the half as Dillenbeck scored 8 in the second period including a pair of three.
However, Elba put together a big 19-10 third period scoring surge to move into a 42-36 lead at the three-quarter mark.
Colton Dillon scored 10 to lead that Lancers uprising.
The Lancers upped the advantage to nine, 45-36, early in the final stanza before the Tigers put together the late rally which fell just short.
Collin O’Halloran scored 6 and Dillon 4 in the decisive final period to help the Lancers claim the narrow win.
Dillon finished with 20 and O’Halloran 10 to lead the way for the Lancers as Jacob Belluscio added 8, Zach Marscell 7, Caleb Scouten 5 and Greyson Huntington 3.
Dillenbeck shared game high honors for the Tigers with 20 as Stephens and Noah Poler both had 10, Nathan Hydock 6, Casey Winiecki 3 and Trenton Muck 2.
Elba is now 3-0 in the league and Lyndonville 1-1.
Cleve Hill 70, Roy-Hart 58
Breaking away from a 47-47 tie at the three-quarter mark, Cleveland Hill outscored host Roy-Hart 23-11 in the decisive fourth quarter to claim a 70-58 non league win.
Cleve Hill also jumped out to leads of 25-9 after one period and 40-24 at the half but Roy-Hart came battling back with a big 23-7 third quarter scoring surge to rally back into the 47-47 tie.
Tom Ragonese led Roy-Hart with 11 as Gavyn Boyle and Aiden Petrie each added 10.
Panthers best Mustang wrestlers; Purple Eagles down Rams
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Miles Hartway works against Newfane’s Phil Stevenson during the Mustangs home mat loss to the Panthers this evening.
Taking 13 of 15 bouts, defending champion Newfane posted a 76-12 win over host Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.
Phil Stevenson (152), Xavier Thomas (160) and Aidan Gillings (99) all registered pins and Dom Massar (120) had a major decision win for the Panthers whose other nine wins came via forfeits.
Medina’s points came on two forfeit wins.
Newfane is now 3-0 and Medina 0-3 in N-O competition.
(Click here to see Newfane’s Aidan Gillings with the upper hand over Medina’s Dominic Callara in the 2nd period in the 99-pound weight class.)
Albion 60, Roy-Hart/Barker 24
Six pins highlighted Albion’s 60-24 N-O win over visiting Roy-Hart/Barker.
Bryce Kelly, Cody Wilson, Amilcar Morales, Ellwood Hafner, Austin Aman and Bryce Froman all registered pins for the Purple Eagles which also got decision wins by Shane Hastings and Dayne Aina.
Gavin Ciarfella, Brett Ricker, Quinn Brown and Colby Hancock all had pins for Roy-Hart/Barker.
Albion is now 3-0 and Roy-Hart/Barker 1-2 in the league.
Holley-Kendall match postponed
The Alexander at Holley-Kendall Genesee Region League match was postponed due to the snowy weather.
Wilson to play football at Sacred Heart U.
Contributed Photo – Albion High senior Cody Wilson signed a Letter of Intent today to accept a football scholarship from Sacred Heart University. Seated with him here at the signing are his parents Brian and Jocelyn Wilson. In back are Albion line Coach David Skrip and Albion Head Coach and Athletic Director Adam Krenning. Wilson, a three year two-way starter for the Purple Eagles, is planning on majoring in Engineering.
