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.

Albion earned a split with host Akron in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up swim meet this morning.

Albion won the boys’ meet 73-63 as Justin Kania won both the 50 Free and 100 Free, Nathan Wehling the 100 Backstroke and Logan Kast the 100 Breaststroke.

Evan Iverson doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free for Akron as Aron Gehl took the 100 Individual Medley and Logan Meyers the 100 Butterfly.

Albion finishes the regular season at 3-5 while Akron is 3-4 with one meet remaining.

Akron won the girls’ competition 89-59 as Aurora VanDusen won both the 500 Free and Breaststroke, Brooke Milhollen the 200 Free, Avery Haak the Butterfly and Morgan Tomporowski the Backstroke.

Keira Sidari was a double winner in the IM and 100 Free for Albion as Anna Grillo took the 50 Free.

Akron improves to 5-1-1 while Albion finishes at 0-8.

Medina and Roy-Hart/Barker split in a Niagara-Orleans League make-up swim meet this morning at Medina.

Medina won the boys’ meet 79-59 and Roy-Hart/Barker took the girls’ competition 80-71.

Bryson Ford was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly and Bradley Goyette took the 500 Free to lead the Medina boys.

Jackson Brauen doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Hendrick Trombley in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke for Roy-Hart/Barker as Noah Corraine had a win in the 100 Free.

Medina is now 5-2 and Roy-Hart/Barker 0-7.

Samantha Fox doubled in the 50 Free and Backstroke and Mirabelle Strong in the IM and Butterfly for the Roy-Hart/Barker girls as Madelina Pavlock took the Breaststroke.

Madeline Mark doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Free and Savannah Thompson took the 500 Free for Medina.

Roy-Hart/Barker is now 4-3 and Medina 2-5.

Defending champion Wilson improved to 6-0 by downing rival Newfane 65-24 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening at Newfane.

Bella Thrush scored 18, Kylie Elia 15 and Rowan Simpson 12 to lead the way for Wilson.

The loss drops Newfane to 1-6.

Akron 62, Albion 36

In the other N-O contest, Akron bested visiting Albion 62-36.

Akron, which is now 5-1 in N-O action, led 32-15 at the half.

Albion is now 4-3.

JFK 58, Roy-Hart 32

In a non league game, JFK defeated Roy-Hart 58-32.

Courtney Aquilina scored 8, Kylie McOmber 7 and Brooke Corser and Millie Owens 6 each for Roy-Hart.

Breaking away from a 19-19 half-time tie, JFK moved out to a 34-26 lead at the end of the third quarter.

Oakfield-Alabama 66, Holley 31
Building up a 33-19 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to down Holley 66-31 in a Genesee Region League game.

Brynn Thomas had 9 points, Kyla Burne had 6 points, Hanna Ostrom had 6 points and 6 rebounds, Ali VanAmeron had 4 points, Jayna Burris, Ella Turpyn, and Mia Thom 2 points each and Lexi Lujan 4 rebounds for Holley.

Jumping out to a 19 point lead in the first five minutes, Akron went on to down Albion 79-43 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening at Albion.

Ace Abrams hit three threes, Blake Gerstung two threes and Derren Brooks made three baskets to spark Akron out to the commanding 21-2 lead.

The Tigers went on to lead by margins of 23-5 at the end of the first quarter, 31-17 at the half and 51-28 late in the third period.

Brooks finished with 21, Blake Gerstung 19, Ben Gerstung 16 and Abrams 13.

Tyler Cody sored 13 and Nate Gibson 12 to lead Albion.

Akron improves to 5-2 in N-O action and Albion slips to 2-5.

Wilson 49, Newfane 27
Front-running Wilson maintained a two game lead atop the N-O standings at 7-0 by rolling past visiting rival Newfane 49-27.

Aidan Neumann scored 15, Brock Lepsch 13 and Ryan Hough 12 to lead the way for Wilson.

Camryn Stover led Newfane with 8.

Leading 10-7 at the end of the first period, Wilson pulled away by outpointing Newfane 18-4 in the second period.

Neumann scored 10, including a pair of threes, and Hough and Chase Martin also both hit threes during that key stretch as the Lakemen opened up a 28-11 half-time advantage.

Wilson maintained a 22 point, 43-21, advantage at the end of the third period.

The loss drops Newfane to 3-4.

Citing the weather conditions, Barker has cancelled all afterschool activities which has caused the postponement of the Medina at Barker girls basketball and Barker at Medina boys basketball games.

As of this post, the remainder of this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League basketball games schedule is still on including Akron at Albion and Newfane at  Wilson in boys and Albion at Akron and Wilson at Newfane in girls.

Defending champion Newfane downed Akron 90-59 Thursday evening to lock up the Niagara-Orleans League boys swimming championship.

The Panthers, which took the N-O title for the first time last year going 8-0,  improve to 7-0 with one meet remaining while Akron slips to 3-3.

Noah Kneeland was a double winner in the 500 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Panthers as Eli Kneeland took the 200 Free, Robert Hathaway the 200 Individual Medley and Dylan Lamont the 100 Backstroke.

For Akron, Quinn O’Malley won the 50 Free, Logan Meyers the 100 Butterfly and Evan Iverson the 100 Free.

The Newfane girls clinched at least a share of the title by downing runner-up Akron 90-77.

Newfane, which shared the N-O title with Roy-Hart/Barker last year, improves to 6-0-1 with one meet remaining while Akron slips to 4-1-1.

Eden Hillman won the 50 Free and Sara Klinger the 100 Free for Newfane.

Brooke Milhollen doubled in the 200 Free and Backstroke, Charlotte Carlson in the IM and Butterfly and Aurora VanDusen in the 500 and Breaststroke for Akron.

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

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Luke Duffina and his Mustang teammates will host the annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

A total of 15 teams are scheduled to participate in Medina’s 11th Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

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

In addition to the host Mustangs, the tournament field also looks to include Lyndonville, Akron, Byron-Bergen, Canisius, Canisteo-Greenwood, Grand Island, Greece, Hilton, McQuaid, Rochester City, Spencerport, St. Mary’s, Starpoint, and Vertus.

Hilton, which is coached by Eric Gross’ brother Craig, is the defending tournament champion.

Also on Saturday Albion and Holley-Kendall will be competing at the Livonia Tournament.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Lane Woodworth grabs a rebound away from Alexander’s Mason Snyder during the Tigers home court loss to the Trojans this evening.

Steadily pulling away, Alexander romped to a 74-43 win over host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Austin Wakefield scored 24, Kingston Woods 21 and Isaiah Wright 11 to spark Alexander which led by 10 (19-9) at the end of the first period, by 22 (37-15) at the half and by 36 (66-30) at the end of the third quarter. The Trojans made a total of 11 threes.

For Lyndonville, which was plagued by a rash of turnovers, Lane Woodworth scored 14, Colton Smith 10, Atticus Mank 9, Lyric Raduns 6 and Devon Babcock 4.

The Holley vs. Oakfield-Alabama and Attica vs. Kendall G-R games were postponed.

Improving to 4-2, Roy-Hart downed host Barker 71-50 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Adella Dukes scored 21, Courtney Aquilina 19 and Brooke Corser 13 to lead the way for the Lady Rams as Kylie McOmber added 6 and Millie Owens 5.

Elise Monaco took game high honors with 23 for Barker as Kaylee Stoll added 7, Hailey Dodge 6, Charlotte Haag 5, Villete Jary 4 and Cheyanne Rouse 3.

Roy-Hart led 34-28 at the half and 51-37 at the end of the third quarter.

Barker is now 0-6 in N-O action.