Photo By Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Davon Shine works toward a pin over Akron’s Isaac Schmid during the Mustangs home mat loss to the Tigers this evening.

Forfeits proved to be the difference as Medina dropped a 54-33 decision to visiting Akron this evening in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Medina took four of the six bouts decided on the mat but Akron picked up seven forfeit wins, good for a total of 42 points, which provided the margin of victory.

Christian Klonowski (112) and Nick Wood (138) scored pins for Akron.

Dominic Callara (99), Noah Skinner (152) and Davon Shine (285) all notched pins for Medina which also got a decision win from Miles Hartway (152).

(Click here to see Medina’s Miles Hartway and Akron’s James Lojek in the second period of their match. Hartway won.)

Albion rolled to a 66-18 N-O opening win over visiting Wilson as Shane Hastings, Dayne Aina, Will Freeman, Cameron Bell, Yeshua Robles-Nunez, Amilcar Morales, Ellwood Hafmner, Austin Aman and Alex Hafner all scored victories,.

A big fourth quarter surge rallied CG Finney to a 56-49 victory over host Holley in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Trailing 39-35 after three quarters, Finney used a big 21-10 fourth period scoring edge to claim the win.

Carson Major scored 24 and Kohl Morgan 18 to lead the way for Holley. Morgan also grabbed off 14 rebounds.

The Hawks led 27-18 at the half as Major scored 15 and Morgan 10 over the first two quarters.

Girls Basketball
Starpoint 61, Roy-Hart 39
Shelby Wolf scored 18 and Claire Halstead 8 for Roy-Hart in the 61-39 non league loss to Starpoint.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Katie Pearson grabs a rebound from Holley’s Halee Passrell as Elizabeth Snyder moves in to support. The action took place during Kendall ‘s tourney win over the visiting Lady Hawks this evening.

Lyndonville and host Kendall both scored victories this evening in the semifinal round of the Lady Eagles annual tournament.

Lyndonville used a late scoring surge to defeat Barker 45-35 in the opener.  Kendall then nipped rival Holley 30-27 in the nightcap.

Lyndonville will now face Kendall in the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday following the 2 p.m. consolation contest between Barker and Holley.

Lyndonville 45, Barker 35
Breaking away from a 35-35 tie, Lyndonville scored the game’s final 10 points to down Barker.

That decisive surge included a jumper and two free throws by Prezli Silversmith, a three by Ella Lewis, a free throw by Kaylee Nesbitt and a rebound basket by Karlee Rounds.

Barker’s Kylie Annable and Sarah Outten go up for a reound against Lyndonville’s Danielle Weldon and Kaylee Nesbitt.

Barker had tied the game twice down the stretch, first at 33-33 on a jumper by Rachel Parfinski, and then at 35-35 after free throws by Sydnie Luckman and Dakota Leising.

Rounds and Lewis both scored 11 to lead the way for Lyndonville as Savannah Poler added 8, Silversmith 6, Kiera Dent 4, Nesbitt 3 and Danielle Weldon 2.

Parfinski led Barker with 13 as Serena Harris had 7, Haleigh Mason 5, Leising 4, Luckman 3, Kate Babcock 2 and Kylie Annable 1.

Barker led 10-4 after one quarter and 19-16 at the half.

Lyndonville rallied with s 13-6 third period scoring edge to take a 29-25 lead at the three-quarter mark. Lewis had 6 and Rounds 4 during that Lady Tigers rally.

Kendall 30, Holley 27
Snapping a 26-26 deadlock midway through the final period, Kendall used a late jumper by Elizaberth Snyder and two clutch free throws by Lizzie Sutphen to edge past Holley 30-27.

Snyder finished with 13 points to lead the Lady Eagles as Brittney Marks had 8, Sutphen 7 and Katie Pearson 2.

Olivia Radford shared game high honors with 13 for Holley as Halee Passarell had 9, Tia Hofforth and Alexis Clemons 2 and Adriana Botello 1.

(Click here to see Holley’s Tia Hofforth score a basket off an assist from Olivia Radford.)

Holley built up a 13-8 lead midway through the second period after an 8-0 run which included two baskets and a pair of free throws by Radford and a bucket by Hofforth.

Kendall though answered with a 6-0 run on a three by Marks, a free throw by Snyder and a bucket by Pearson to rally into a slender 14-13 lead at the half.

(Click here to see Kendall’s Elizabeth Snyder score the bucket off the inbounds pass.)

The Lady Eagles maintained a narrow 24-20 lead at the three-quarter mark as Snyder had a three-point play and a layup and Sutphen a three. Radford had a three and a two to keep the Lady Hawks close.

A layup by Radford pulled Holley even at 26-26 with 3:45 to go in the final stanza but Kendall scored four of the game’s final points on tallies by Snyder and Sutphen to claim the narrow win.

Holley’s Olivia Radford puts up a shot as Lizzie Sutphen defends for Kendall.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Russell Stephens goes in for a layup between Rochester Academy Charter defenders Josiah Howard and Joseph Vasquez during the host Tigers season opening win this evening.

Taking charge in the third quarter, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Rochester Academy Charter 57-35 this evening in a season opening non league basketball game.

Leading by just seven, 25-18, at the half, Lyndonville broke the game open by outscoring RAC 19-5 in the decisive third period to open up a commanding 21 point, 44-23, advantage.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 10, including a three and a three-point play, to lead that uprising which also included 5 points by Russell Stephens and a three by Anthony Moule.

The Tigers also got off to a quick start grabbing a 16-8 first period lead as Stephens scored 6 and Dillenbeck 5.

RAC did close the gap to one, 16-15, after outpointing the Tigers 7-0 over the first four minutes of the second period but the Racers would get no closer.

Lyndonville answered right back with a key 7-0 run on a layup by Nathan Hydock followed by a layup and a three by Dillenbeck to regain control at 23-18.  A layup by Noah Poler helped keep the Tigers up 25-18 at the half.

Dillenbeck finished with a game high 22 as Stephens had 13, Hydock 10, Poler 6, Moule 3, Roland Balcerzak 2 and Devin Rounds 1.

Deonte Major led RAC with 14.

(Click here to see Lyndonville’s Nathan Hydock score 2 points on a rebound bucket.)

Barker 58, Kendall 47
Joey Brandt scored 15, Hunter Callen 14, Devonte Hill 10 and Shane Gerhardt 10 each to lead a balanced attack for Barker in a non league 58-47 non league win at Kendall.

Mason Kuhn had 17 points and 12 rebounds and Zach Barrett 11 points for Kendall.

Barker led 28-20 at the half and 42-28 after three quarters.

Medina defeated visiting Byron-Bergen 114-54 this afternoon in a non league boys swim meet.

Isaac Pace was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Freestyle for the Seahorses as August Pietrafesa took the 100 Backstroke and Chris Goyette the 100 Breaststroke.

Byron-Bergen defeated Medina in the girls meet 94-76.

Hannah Heil was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

The Albion boys defeated Wheatland-Chili 60-14 and the Roy-Hart boys bested HAC 90-79.

Albion also downed W-C 59-24 in the girls meet while HAC defeated Roy-Hart 97-73 in that girls competition.

Wrestling

Alexander 57, Roy-Hart/Barker 28

Tyler Miller (126), Zack Hill (170), Nico Cacique (285) and Cavin Ciarfella (99) all registered pins and Brett Ricker (113) had a major decision win for Roy-Hart/Barker in a 57-28 non league loss to Alexander.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Kaylee Nesbitt goes up for a shot as Terran Stinson of Rochester Academy Charter tries to block. The action took place during the host Lady Tigers season opening win this evening.

Steadily pulling away, Lyndonville romped to a 72-33 non league season opening victory over visiting Rochester Academy Charter this evening.

Ella Lewis scored 25, Karlee Rounds 16 and Lorelei Dillenbeck 13 to lead the way for Lyndonville as Prezli Silversmith and Kaylee Nesbitt both added 5, Savannah Poler 4 and Danielle Weldon and Chloe Stinson 2 each.

(Click here to see Ella Lewis drive to the basket for a layup.)

Terran Stinson led RAC with 22.

Setting the tone for the high scoring evening, Lyndonville jumped out to a lightning quick 6-0 lead in the first 45 seconds on three straight layups off turnovers by Dillenbeck.

Lewis had a run of nine straight points later in the period which finished with the Lady Tigers on top 23-10.

The Lady Tigers hiked the lead to 19, 37-18, at the half as Lewis scored 8 in the second quarter.

Keeping rolling, the Lady Tigers extended their advantage to 29, 54-25, at the three-quarter mark as Rounds scored 8 in the third period.

Lyndonville will next face Barker at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the opening round of the Kendall Tournament. Kendall will take on Holley in the second game at 7:45 p.m.

Elba 52, Albion 38
Brynn Walczak scored 19, Lauryn Engle 14 and Leah Bezon 12 to lead Elba to a 52-38 non league win over host Albion.

Honesty Little scored 10, Kendall Derisley 9 and Paige Derisley 7 for Albion as Aly Knaak grabbed off 15 rebounds.

Breaking away from a 20-20 tie at the end of the first period, Elba went on to hold leads of 34-26 at the half and 46-29 after three quarters.

Tonawanda 46, Medina 22
Trailing 11-6 after one period, Tonawanda used a big 18-7 second period scoring burst to key a 46-22 non league win over visiting Medina.

Up 24-18 at the half, Tonawanda put a lock on the win with a 15-4 third period scoring edge.

Hanna Hamill and Heaven Jackson both scored 12 to lead the way for Tonawanda.

Janiyah Holoway scored 8 and Faith Ann Vanderwalker 6 for Medina which next hosts Central Christian Academy on Friday in another non league game.

Newfane 46, JFK 29
Julia Dumais scored 11 and Rachel Chunco 10 to lead Newfane to a 46-29 non league win over JFK.

Third place JR Wilson bested front-running Legion 38-32 in Medina Euchre League competition Monday.

Runner-up Sacred Heart downed Vets Club 37-33 in the other match.

Legion is now 345-285 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 327-303, JR Wilson 319-311 and Vets Club 269-361.

League competition continues on December 9 with Legion at JR Wilson and Sacred Heart at Vets Club.

Spencerport downed host Albion 64-52 and Sodus trimmed visiting Holley 38-33 in non league season opening boys basketball games this evening.

Ben Reding scored 19 and Geno Pellett 18 to spark the offense for Spencerport which led 13-8 after one period, 26-22 at the half and 47-40 at the three-quarter mark.

Kevin Hillman scord 14, Deyonci Farley 12,Liam Ward 11, Bailey Blanchard 9 and Tony Freeman 6 for Albion.  Hillman scored 6 in both the second and third periods and Farley 7 in the third.

Albion next hosts Emerson of Buffalo in a non league game at 7 p.m. Thursday.

A rash of 30 turnovers proved costly in the narrow loss for Holley.

Carson Major scored 12, Kohl Morgan 11 and Broek Ostrom 5 for the Hawks.

The contest was tied 12-12 after one period and 20-20 at the half. Sodus then took a slender 28-25 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Holley next hosts CG Finney in another non league game at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Girls Basketball
Byron-Bergen 43, Holley 23
Julianna Amesbury scored a game high 23 points to lead host Byron-Bergen to a 43-23 Genesee Region League season opening win over Holley.

The Lady Bees led 23-11 at the half.

Halee Passarell scored 11 and Olivia Radford 6 for Holley which next faces the host Lady Eagles in the opening round of the Kendall Tournament at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Chinn goes in for a layup as Buffalo Academy of Science’s Musonda Bentil tries to block. The action took place during the Mustangs home court season opening win over the Wolverines this evening.

Keeping the scoreboard busy, Medina romped to a 92-38 non league season opening victory over visiting Buffalo Academy of Science this evening.

Nate Sherman led the Mustangs scoring parade with 23 as Joe Cecchini had 17, Tyler Chinn 16, Brian Fry and Jarin Rhim 12 each, Ricky Wood 8 and Dontae Rhim 4.

Devin Pope led the visiting Wolverines with 20.

The contest was a matchup of small squads as Medina had only seven players and Buffalo Academy of Science just six.

Medina jumped out to a 22-15 first period lead as Chinn led the way in the early going with 12 on five layups and a rebound basket. Fry added 6 and Cecchini 4 during that stretch.

The Mustangs then began to pull away by outpointing the Wolverines 25-12 in the second quarter to open up a 47-27 half-time advantage.

Sherman exploded for 17 points, mostly coming on layups and rebound baskets, to lead that uprising.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then used a 28-6 third period scoring edge to extend the lead to 42, 75-33, at the three-quarter mark.

Jarin Rhm tallied 10, Sherman 6 and Fry, Chinn and Wood 4 each during that stanza.

Medina next visits CSAT on Friday for another non league contest.

Click here to see a video of some of the game action near the end of the first half.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – This veteran quartet of Reed Albee, Canyon Wood, Gavyn Boyle and Peyton Rhinehart will lead Roy-Hart into the upcoming basketball season.

A quartet of returnees anchors the lineup for Roy-Hart which is looking to rebound from last year’s 2-10 Niagara-Orleans League basketball campaign,

Seniors Reed Albee and Canyon Wood along with junior Peyton Rhinehart and sophomore Gavyn Boyle will lead the way for Roy-Hart  which lost a trio of starters to graduation including Charlie Brigham, Lance Krieger and Charlie Bruning.

“We’ve got four guys back and only a total of nine on the squad so they all will play and they all will have roles. There is no weak link,”  said Coach Joe Pawlak.  “We’ve got good size and it’s really a balanced group.”

The Rams squad also includes juniors Jon Gillings, Rhett Goodwin and Tommy Ragonese along with sophomore Aiden Petrie and freshman Jamel Johnson Jr.

Roy-Hart will host MST Seneca on Thursday in the non league opener and begin N-O competition at home against Albion on December 12.

Schedule
December: 5 – MST Seneca, 7 p.m.; 10 – at East Aurora, 7:30 p.m.; 12 – Albion, 7 p.m.; 13 – at Salamanca, 7:30 p.m.; 17 – at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; 18 – Cleveland Hill, 7 p.m.; 27 and 30 at Batavia Lions Club Tournament at GCC.
January: 3 – Medina, 7 p.m.; 7 – at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; 10 – Wilson, 7 p.m.; 14 – Barker, 7 p.m.; 16 – at Albion, 7 p.m.; 24 – Newfane, 7 p.m.; 31 – at Medina, 6:30 p.m.
February: 1 – Tonawanda, 7 p.m.; 6 – Akron, 7 p.m.; 11 – at Wilson, 6 p.m.; 13 – at Barker, 7 p.m.; 20 – Southwesterm, 7 p.m.