Medina split with visiting Akron this evening to close out the dual meet portion of the Niagara-Orleans League swim season.

The Seahorses won the boys’ meet 86-61 and the TigerSharks took the girls’ competition 94-65.

Bryson Ford doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly and Bradley Goyette in the 500 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Medina boys as Brandon Bruecker took the 200 Individual Medley.

For Akron, Aron Gehl won the 200 Free, Quinn O’Malley the 100 Free and Carson Flanders the 100 Backstroke.

Medina finishes at 6-2 and Akron at 3-5.

Charlotte Carlson doubled in the IM and Butterfly and Aurora VanDusen in the 500 Free and Breaststroke for the Akron girls as Eliza Koopman took the 50 Free and Brooke Milhollen the Backstroke.

For Medina, Madeline Mark won the 200 Free and Lily Hungerford in 100 Free.

Akron finishes at 6-1-1 and Medina at 2-6.

Newfane sweeps Roy-Hart/Barker
The Newfane boys and girls teams both closed out N-O title seasons with wins over visiting Roy-Hart/Barker.

The Newfane boys won 92-55 to finish at 8-0 and the girls took a 95-63 victory to wind up at 7-0-1.

Noah Kneeland doubled in the IM and 100 Free and Dylan Lamont in the Butterfly and Backstroke for the Newfane boys as Robert Hathaway took the 500 Free.

For the Roy-Hart/Barker boys, Noah Corraine won the 200 Free, Oscar Dergel the 50 Free and Jackson Brauen the Breaststroke.

Emma Haseley doubled in the IM and Butterfly and Riley Klopfer in the 200 Free and 500 Free for the Newfane girls as Sara Klinger took the 100 Free, Eliana Reis the Backstroke and Kimberly Schmitt the Breaststoke.

Samantha Fox won the 50 Free for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Final N-O Standings
Boys – Newfane 8-0, Medina 6-2, Albion 3-5, Akron 3-5, Roy-Hart/Barker 0-8
Girls – Newfane 7-0-1, Akron 6-1-1, Roy-Hart/Barker 4-4, Medina 2-6, Albion 0-8

Albion swept to a home and away basketball doubleheader victory over Newfane in Niagara-Orleans League action this evening.

Albion defeated host Newfane 69-54 in the boys game as Tyler Cody scored 24, Elijah Doxey 20, Nate Gibson 13 and Wesley Olles 8.

Kasey Wheat scored 16, Camlo Flowers 12, Camryn Stover 9 and Mac Capen 8 for Newfane.

Albion led 17-10 after one quarter, 35-29 at the half and 50-42 at the three-quarter mark.

The Purple Eagles and Panthers are now both 3-5 in N-O action.

In the girls contest, Albion downed visiting Newfane 50-40 as Melia Prince scored 14, Aaliyah Jones 11 and Leah Pawlak 10.

Albion is now 5-3 and Newfane 1-7 in N-O action.

Wilson sweeps Barker
Front-running Wilson likewise scored a home and away doubleheader sweep over Barker.

The Wilson boys topped Barker 76-44 to stay unbeaten at 8-0 in N-O action as Aidan Neumann scored 32, Ryan Hough 10 and Brock Lepsch and Shamus George 9 each.

Donovan Hefferon scored 11, JJ Prynn and Carter DerSarkissian 9 each and Anthony Taliaferro 8 for Barker which slips to 1-5.

The Wilson girls improved to 7-0 in N-O action as Kylee Elia scored 18 and Rowan Simpson and Abbie Faery 12 each.

Elise Monaco scored 9 for Barker.

Non League Boys
Perry 75, Holley 45
Josh Silpoch scored 20 and Avante Walker 11 for Holley in the 75-45 non league loss to Perry.

G-R Girls
Oakfield-Alabama 47, Kendall 25
Oakfield-Alabama downed Kendall 47-25 in a Genesee Region League game as Hadley Hicks led the way with 22.

Mia Price scored 10 and Izzy D’Agostio 6 for Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Avion Johnson drives in for a layup against Roy-Hart defenders Matt Aquilina and Tysen McCaa during the Mustangs win over te host Rams this evening.

Combining a stingy, aggressive defense with a balanced offense, Medina posted a 50-34 win over Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening at Middleport.

Preston Woodworth scored 11 and Christian Moss 9 to lead the way for Medina as Carlos Doval added 8, Kendrick Russaw and Jimmy Dieter 6 each, Kolton Fletcher and Hadrian Batista 4 each and Avion Johnson 2.

Vinny Fazzio took game high honors with 22 for Roy-Hart as Jakob West and Matt Aquilina both had 4 and Tyler Rothwell and Tysen McCaa 2 each.

Steadily pulling away, the Mustangs led 13-12 at the end of the first period, 23-16 at the half and 39-25 after three quarters. Dieter and Doval both hit threes in the third period and Moss scored 6 in the final period.

Medina is now 5-2 and Roy-Hart 0-6 in N-O action.

Medina’s Christian Moss grabs a rebound away from Roy-Hart’s Tyler Rothwell.

Roy-Hart’s Vinny Fazzio goes in for a layup ahead of Medina defender Hadrian Batista.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alexa Demmer puts up a shot as Courtney Aquilina (20) and Kylie McOmber (21) defend for Roy-Hart. The action took place during the Mustangs home court win over the Lady Rams this evening.

Avenging an early season 33 point (65-32) road loss, Medina bested visiting Roy-Hart 57-44 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Caliyah St. Louis scored a game high 22 points, Alexa Demmer 17,  Samantha Heschke 16 and Tatianna Maxon 2 to lead the way for Medina.

Courtney Aquilina scored 19, Millie Owens 11, Adella Dukes 8, Kylie McOmber 4 and Brooke Corser 2 to pace Roy-Hart.

Medina led 12-9 at the end of the first period as St. Louis tallied 8 in the early going.

The Mustangs maintained leads of 29-17 at the half and 40-29 at the end of the third period.

Heschke hit two threes and St. Louis had 6 points in the second period. Heschke then had a two and a three and St. Louis a pair of baskets in the third period. Demmer tallied 9 in the final stanza to help cap off the win.

Medina is now 3-4 and Roy-Hart 4-3 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart’s Courtney Aquilina goes up for a rebound against the Medina duo of Samantha Heschke (5) and Madison Zeiner (52).

Medina’s Caliyah St. Louis puts up a shot as Kylie McOmber (21) and Peyton May (23) defend for Roy-Hart.

Contributed Photo – Aidan Paul

Coming off two very successful years on the diamond at SUNY Niagara, Medina High graduate Aidan Paul is now set to begin his first year playing Division 1 college baseball at High Point University in North Carolina.

Paul will be a junior pitcher on the High Point squad.

Last year Paul helped hurl SUNY Niagara to the Region III championship and a fourth place finish at the national tournament as the Thunderwolves finished with a school record total of 52 wins.

Paul went 7-1 on the mound with 62 strikeouts and a 1.21 earned run average.

He earned first team All Region 3 honors and was a second team All Western New York Conference selection.

During his scholastic days at Medina he was a two time first time Niagara-Orleans All League honoree.

High Point, which competes in the Big South Conference, is scheduled to open the season at home on February 13 against St. Joseph’s.

The High Point schedule is highlighted by a series of games at the University of Florida in early March.

Monday
Boys Basketball – Lyndonville at Kendall, 7p.m.
Girls Basketball – Pembroke at Holley, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Wilson at Barker, 6 p.m.; Medina at Roy-Hart, Albion at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Perry at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Roy-Hart at Medina, 5 p.m.; Barker at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Newfane at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Akron at Medina, Roy-Hart/Barker at Newfane, 5 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Notre Dame at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Alexander at Medina, Lyndonville at Albion, Roy-Hart/Barker at Maryvale, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Barker at Albion, Newfane at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Albion at Barker, 6 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, Kendall vs. Pembroke at GCC, 7 p.m.
Swimming – N-O Boys All-League meet at Akron, 5 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Barker at Medina, 6:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, Kendall vs. Pembroke at GCC, 7 p.n.
Girls Basketball – Wilson at Roy-Hart, Akron at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Girls Basketball – Medina at Maryvale, 11 a.m.; Lyndonville at Holley, 2:30 p.m.
Wrestling – Albion Duals, 9:30 a.m.

N-O Standings
Boys Basketball – Wilson 7-0, Akron 5-2, Medina 4-2, Newfane 3-4, Albion 2-5, Barker 1-4, Roy-Hart 0-5
Girls Basketball – Wilson 6-0, Akron 5-1, Roy-Hart 4-2, Albion 4-3, Medina 2-4, Newfane 1-6, Barker 0-6
Boys Swimming – Newfane 7-0, Medina 5-2, Akron 3-4, Albion 3-5, Roy-Hart/Barker 0-7
Girls Swimming – Newfane 6-0-1, Akron 5-1-1, Roy-Hart/Barker 4-3, Medina 2-5, Albion 0-8

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Bryson Hazel works toward a win over Spencerport’s Jackson Bellanca during early round action of Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament today.

Five Lyndonville wrestlers placed at Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Tournament this afternoon.

The Tigers had Bryson Hazel (103) and Shannon Withey (157) place second, Brody Hazel (157) and Greyson Romano (165) fourth and Dom Hargrave (126) fifth.

The host Mustangs had Luke Duffina (132) place second and Tyler Raduns (157) fourth.

Hilton repeated as the tournament’s team champion with 198 points. Spencerport with 193.5, Canisteo-Greenwood 175, Grand Island 104 and Akron 97.5 rounded out the top five. Lyndonville finished sixth and Medina 10th in the 14 team field.

Canisteo-Greenwood had the most individual champions with five including Garrett Hall (110), Connor McCaffrey (126), Tristan Williamson (144), Austin Hall (157) and Carson Turner (190).

Hilton had a trio of champions including Patrick Gefell (103), Lukas Yeager (118) Jon Testa (132).

Spencerport had a pair of champions in Porter Vega (175) and Jeremiah Morgan (285) as did Byron-Bergen in James Lamb (150) and Bradley Tarter (215).

Rounding out the list of champions are Akron’s Joey Burg (165) and St. Mary’s Quinn Martin (138).

The tournament is held annually in memory of Medina Coach Eric Gross’ father, Gary, who was a long time very active supporter and booster of the Mustangs wrestling program.

Medina’s Davi Mucoucah works against Grand Island’s Joe Laurendi during early round action.

Albion and Holley-Kendall both had individual weight class champions at today’s Livonia Tournament.

Albion’s Stryker Sanders won at 110 and Holley-Kendall’s Brenden Eichas at 132.

Albion also had Justin Mengs place second at 110, Jackson Snook second at 285, Jaxson Lynch third at 150 and Drake Schomske 4th at 126.

Holley-Kendall also had Immanuel Cornell (285) place third and Jeremy Lutes (103) fourth as Carson Cady (118), Brayden Mack (157), Tyler Davenport (190) and Aiden McGrain (215) all placed sixth.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Tyler Cody puts up a three point shot during the Purple Eagles home court loss to Spencerport this afternoon.

Moving on top to stay with a big second quarter scoring surge, Spencerport went on to defeat host Albion 59-40 in a non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

Albion jumped out to a 14-9 first quarter lead as Tyler Cody had three baskets and a three and Elijah Doxey a two and a three.

However, Spencerport answered with a big 21-8 second quarter surge rallying the Rangers into a 30-22 half-time advantage. Jah’Mere Pritchett scored 8 and Kamariel Labord 6 to lead that uprisng.

The Rangers maintained an 18 point, 47-29, advantage at the end of the third quarter.

Pritchett finished with a game high 18 and Labord 15.

Cody had 17 and Doxey 16 on the afternoon for the Purple Eagles.

Nate Gibson puts up a shot for Albion as Eric Schuyler defends for Spencerport.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Alexa Robinson scoops in a shot past Albion defenders Madison Muckle and Jocelyn Friedl during the Lady Tigers win over the visiting Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Regaining the .500 mark at 5-5, Lyndonville downed visiting Albion 42-25 in a non league girls basketball game this afternoon.

Isabella Groves scored a game high 15 points to lead Lyndonville as Alexa Robinson added 9, Braelynn Dillenbeck 7, Leah Costello 5, Leah Kenyon 4 and Hannah Fox 2.

Leah Pawlak tallied 14 to pace Albion as Aaliyah Jones and Melia Prince both had 3, Madison Muckle and Brianna Lewis 2 each and Joceyln Friedl 1.

The Lady Tigers led 11-6 after the first period, 21-11 at the half and 33-21 at the three-quarter mark. Robinson and Groves both scored a pair of baskets and Dillenbeck hit a three in the opening period to get Lyndonville rolling.

Notre Dame 66, Kendall 33
Note Dame topped Kendall 66-33 in a Genesee Region League game this afternoon.

Teagan Shaw scored 9, Izzy D’Agostino 8, Sophia Picardo 7, Mia Price 5 and Stella Kwiatek and Brynn Hardenbrook 2 each for Kendall.

Albion’s Brianna Lewis grabs a rebound from Lyndonville’s Leah Costello.