Coming from behind in the second half, Lyndonville rallied to edge past visiting Oakfield-Alabama 66-62 this evening to improve to 8-1 in Genesee Region League competition (12-1 overall).

Nathan Dillenbeck scored 22, Nathan Poler 13, Zach Johnson 11, Nathan Hydock 10, Matt Hess 8 and Russ Stephens 2 for Lyndonville.

Travis Wedrick tallied 21 and Ty Mott 11 for Oakfield-Alabama.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 19-16 first period lead but Oakfield-Alabama answered back with a 25-15 second period surge, including 13 by Wedrick, to take  41-24 lead at the half.

The Tigers cut the Hornets lead to four, 55-51, at the three-quarter mark and then put together a 15-7 fourth period scoring edge to rally for the victory. Johnson scored 7 and Dillenbeck  to lead the Tigers decisive stretch run.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Chinn drives in for a layup against Wilson defenders Steve Frerichs and Jake Miller during the Mustangs key win over the visiting Lakemen this evening.

Taking over sole possession of first place, Medina downed visiting Wilson 70-50 this evening in a key clash of Niagara-Orleans League unbeatens.

The victory keeps the Mustangs perfect at 6-0 in N-O competition (11-1 overall) while the Lakemen slip into the runner-up spot at 5-1.

All five starters scored in double figures for Medina’s balanced attack as Nate Sherman netted 18, Vincent Montague 14, Brian Fry 13 and Tyler Chinn and Izaiah Rhim 10 each.

Medina’s Nate Sherman tries to take a rebound away from his opposite number from Wilson, Ian Evans.

Jake Miller took game high honors with 20, including 15 in the final period, and Luke Bradley tallied 18 for Wilson.

Leading from wire to wire, Medina jumped out to a 17-10 first period lead as Fry hit three early threes, Izaiah Rhim one and Jarin Rhim a three-point play.

The Mustangs then broke the contest open by putting together a big 19-6 second period scoring surge to move out to s 20 point, 36-16, half-time advantage.

Montague had two threes and a jumper to lead that uprising as Izaiah Rhim and Sherman each had a jumper and a three.

Sherman then had a 8 points and Montague 4 in the third period to keep the Mustangs in command by 22, 54-32, at the three-quarter mark.

In the other N-O games, Newfane (4-2) defeated Albion (3-3) 65-45 as Deuce Capen scored 25 and Josh Everett 11 while Vincent Zona led the Purple Eagles with 16. Roy-Hart (1-5) trimmed Barker (0-6) 50-44 as the Rams used a 22-2 fourth period scoring surge to rally from a 42-28 deficit at the three-quarter mark. Charlie Brigham scored 19 and Mark Sanders 10 for the Rams while Preston Harris and Nichols Brandt each netted 16 for the Raiders..

Medina’s Izaiah Rhim puts up a shot in traffic.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Hunter Heil heads toward a win for Medina in the 100 Butterfly during the Seahorses victory over visiting Barker this afternoon.

The Albion boys and Roy-Hart girls swim teams both scored victories this afternoon to cap off 10-0 Niagara-Orleans League championship seasons.

The Albion boys downed Akron 61-33 as Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Harrison Brown in the 200 Free and 100 Free. Thomas Furmanski also won the 100 Backstroke and Sam Sanchez the 100 Butterfly. Kovaleski broke his own school record in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:06.20.

The Roy-Hart girls defeated host Newfane 114-52 as Mandy Hill doubled in the Individual Medley and 500 Free and Kayla Hagen in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke.

The Roy-Hart boys also bested Newfane 113-49 to finish at 8-2 as Carter Green doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Will Rickard in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Michael Miller in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke..

Akron downed Albion in the girls meet 55-34 as Madison Kaczmarek doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Mindy Doktor in the Individual Medley and 500 Free.

The Medina boys defeated visiting Barker 104-63 to finish at 6-4.

Natalie Bruning in route to a win in the 200 Free for Barker.

Ray Paull doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Seahorses as Chris Goyette won the 200 Free, Hunter Heil the 100 Butterfly and August Pietrafesa the 100 Backstroke.

Ryan Santarsiero doubled for Barker in the Individual Medley and 500 Free as Ryan Stevener added a win in the 100 Free. Dominic Clementi, Michael Dalton and Alexander Jenks were each on two winning relays for the Raiders.

Completing the sweep, the Medina girls defeated Barker 123-33 to finish at 5-5.

Grace Cogovan doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Hannah Heil in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Medina as Brooklyn Brown took the 100 Butterfly and Olivia Carter the 100 Backstroke.

Amanda Woodruff was on all three winning relays for the Seahorses as Heil, Brown and Rebecca Lunden were each on two.

Natalie Bruning won the 200 Free for Barker.

Improving to 6-1 in dual match competition, the Holley-Kendall wrestling squad romped to a 72-18 non league victory over host Wilson this evening.

Pins by Bruce Rasmusson in 3:02, Jayden Pieniaszek in 2:54 and Jake Silpock in 1:07 highlighted the victory for the Hawks.

Girls Basketball
Oakfield-Alabama 62, Lyndonville 28
Building up a 35-13 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 62-28 in a Genesee Region League game.

Brianna Smith scored a game high 31 points to lead the way for the Lady Hornets.

Alecia Hinkson had 13 points and 8 rebounds for Lyndonville.

In another G-R contest, Attica defeated visiting Kendall 56-17.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck puts up his seventh three-point basket to help lead the Tigers to a win over visiting Byron-Bergen this evening.

Getting back onto the winning track, Lyndonville used a big second quarter scoring surge to key a 76-63 victory over visiting Byron-Bergen in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Nathan Dillenbeck poured in a game high 25 points, including seven threes, to spark the attack for Lyndonville which rebounded from a 55-40 loss to Alexander and improve  to 7-1 in the league and 11-1 overall.

Zach Johnson also tallied 19, Nathan Poler 13, Matt Hess 6, Nathan Hydock and Casey Winecki 5, Russ Stephens 2 and Kane Flynn 1 for the Tigers.

Anthony DiQuattro scored 17, Lucas Stucchio 15 and Chad Green 10 to lead Byron-Bergen.

Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson blocks a shot attempt by Byron-Bergen;s Chad Green.

Lyndonville grabbed a narrow 22-17 lead at the end of a sea-saw opening period which saw three ties and five lead changes. Dillenbeck hit two threes and Poler had a three and a layup to lead the Tigers during that stretch as Johnson and Hydock both chipped in with a pair of baskets.

Keeping the hot hand, Dillenbeck then had four threes and a layup to lead Lyndonville’s decisive 22-6 second period scoring surge. Hess and Poler also both made layups in the stanza which finished with the Tigers up by 21, 44-23, at the half.

Johnson had a layup, a three and a layup off a steal to help boost the Lyndonville advantage to 22, 53-31, midway through the third period.

The Tigers maintained a 19 point, 58-39, lead at the three-quarter mark.

A three by Dillenbeck along with layups by Hess, Johnson and Hess kept Lyndonville up by 21, 67-46, midway through the final stanza.

Byron-Bergen did close with a 17-9 run but the Bees could get no closer than 10.

Kendall 56, Pembroke 47
Kendall used some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch to down host Pembroke 56-47 in another G-R contest.

John Rath made 5 free throws and Dale Steffen and Mason Kuhn both made 2 down the stretch to help the Eagles lock up the win.

Rath finished with 18 points, Nate Warters 14, Hunter Menze 11, Steffen 6, Kuhn 4 and Derek Edick 3. Edick also grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Ben Perry scored 16 and Noah Godzala 13 for Pembroke.

Kendall used a 19-11 second period scoring edge to rally into a 28-22 lead at the half.

Notre Dame 72, Holley 33
Spencer Misiti scored 18, Colin McCulley 15 and Gabe McDonald 13 to lead Notre Dame to a 72-33 win over host Holley in a G-R game.

Carson Major scored 8 for Holley.

Putting a lock on outright possession of a second straight title, Albion bested host Newfane 116-48 this afternoon to remain undefeated at 9-0 in Niagara-Orleans League boys swim competition.

Albion, which shared the N-O title with Barker last year at 9-1, was led by a trio of individual event winners as Matt Kovaleski took the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke, Harrison Brown the 200 Free and 100 Free and Thomas Furmanski the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke.

The Purple Eagles also had Sam Sanchez win the 100 Butterfly and Chase Froman the 500 Free.

The loss drops Newfane to 1-8.

Gaining a split on the day, Newfane (6-3) won the girls meet downing Albion (1-8) 117-41 as Lauren Gaughran doubled in the 100 Butterfly and 200 Free.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Amanda Hill in route to a win in the 100 Butterfly during the Channel Cats sweep over host Medina this afternoon.

Having already put a lock on the title, the Roy-Hart girls swim team stayed unbeaten at 9-0 with a 108-62 victory over host Medina this afternoon.

Amanda Hill doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Kayla Hagen in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for Roy-Hart which also had Madison Ohol take the 200 Individual Medley and Jordyn Bobzien the 500 Free.

Ray Paull heads to a win for Medina in the 100 Backstroke.

Hagen and Hill also teamed up with Holly DiMayo and Kennedy Lang to win the 200 Medley Relay and with Ohol and Alexandra Fox to take the 400 Free Relay.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free and Gracie Cogovan the 100 Breaststroke for Medina which slips to 4-5.

The Seahorses also took the 200 Free Relay with the foursome of Olivia Carter, Rebecca Lunden, Amanda Woodruff and Heil.

The Roy-Hart boys squad completed the sweep by downing Medina 95-75 to improve to 7-2.

William Rickard doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Michael Miller took the 100 Butterfly for the Channel Cats.

Rickard, Ozzy Moore and Matt Scott also teamed up with Noah Hardy to win the 200 Free Relay and with Miller to take the 400 Free Relay.

August Pietrafesa doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free for Medina as Ray Paull took the 200 Individual Medley, Hunter Heil the Backstroke and Isaac Pace the Breaststroke.

Pietrafesa, Paull, Heil and Pace also combined to win the 200 Medley Really for the Seahorses which are now 5-4.