Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Jenna Regan puts up a shot against Lyndonville defenders Kaylee Nesbitt and Gracie Johnson during the Lady Eagles win over the visiting Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Pulling away in the third period, Kendall downed visiting Lyndonville 40-28 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lizzie Sutphen led the way for Kendall with a game high 13 points as Jenna Regan added 9, Brittney Marks 7, Autumn Woodward 4, Katie Pearson 3, Elizabeth Snyder 2 and Alezya Brown and Sienna Friedman 1.

Anna Lewis paced Lyndonville with 11 as Alecia Hinkson and Savannah Poler both had 6, Stacey Buckland 3 and Prezli Silversmith 2.

Kendall jumped out to a 10-3 first period lead but Lyndonville battled back to close the gap to four, 15-11, at the half on baskets by Lewis, Silversmith, Hinkson and Poler.

Kendall though pulled away for good by opening the third period with a key 10-0 run, including 4 by Regan and 3 by Sutphen, to open up a 25-11 advantage.

The Lady Eagles outscored the Lady Tigers 16-7 in the stanza to maintain a 13 point, 31-18, lead at the three-quarter mark after late baskets by Pearson and Woodward.

Kendall led by as many as 19, 40-21, down the stretch after opening the final period with a 9-3 run including two baskets by Regan.

Lyndonville’s Savannah Poler puts up a shot as Kendall’s Katie Pearson tries to block.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Harrison Brown, left, and Medina’s Hannah Heil head to wins in the 100 Freestyle during this morning’s meet at Albion.

Remaining undefeated at 6-0, Albion posted a 59-35 victory over visiting Medina this morning in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet.

Harrison Brown doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Free and Matt Kovaleski in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke to lead the way for Albion which took first place in all 11 events.

The Purple Eagles also had Ryan Krenning win the 50 Free, Sam Sanchez the 100 Butterfly, Chase Froman the 500 Free and Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke.

Sanchez and Krenning were also members of all three winning relays while Kovaleski and Brown were both on two.

Medina is now 3-3.

Gaining a split on the day, the Medina girls took first place in 10 of 11 events to down Albion 71-22 and improve to 4-2.

Hannah Heil was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Medina which also got wins from Margaret Klotzbach (200 Free), Brooklyn Brown (Individual Medley), Corinne Hill (500 Free), Olivia Carter (100 Backstroke) and Grace Cogovan (100 Breaststroke).

Amanda Woodruff and Rebecca Lunden were both on all three winning relays while Carter and Heil were each on two.

Michaela Pantano won the 100 Butterfly for Albion.

Roy-Hart sweeps Barker
The Roy-Hart girls squad stayed undefeated at 6-0 by defeating visiting Barker (1-5) 100-39.

Madison Ohol doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Jenna Heiser in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly to set the pace for Roy-Hart.

The Roy-Hart boys team improved to 5-1 by downing Barker 111-54 as Ozzy Moore doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Free, Will Rickard in the 50 Free and 500 Free and Michael Miller in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke.

Ryan Santarsiero doubled for Barker in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke.

Newfane, Akron split

Akron (2-4) defeated Newfane (0-6) 92-72 in an N-O boys meet.

Newfane (3-3) bested Akron (4-2) 91-79 in an N-O girls meet as Lauren Gaughran doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly.

In a high scoring Genesee Region League contest, Oakfield-Alabama outlasted visiting Kendall 85-81 in overtime this evening.

Joey Burdick scored 27, Aidan Johnston 19 and Nick Wissinger 17 to set the pace for the Hornets which outscored the Eagles 16-12 in the overtime period.

The contest was deadlocked at 69-69 at the end of regulation time.

Nate Warters took game high scoring honors for Kendall with 30 as John Rath added 13, Hunter Menze 12 and Derek Edick 11. Edick also had 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals.

Kendall used a big 29 point second period to rally into a 41-35 half-time advantage. Warters scored 12, Menze 8 and Rath 6 in the second period for the Eagles.

The Hornets rallied back with a 16-7 third period scoring edge to take a 51-48 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Elba 68, Holley 40
Colton Dillon scored 36 and Jon Boyce 23 to lead Elba to a 68-40 G-R win over visiting Holley.

Kohl Morgan had 9 points and 14 rebounds for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck looks to drive to the basket for what proved to be the winning basket in the Tigers narrow win over visiting Pembroke. Lyndonville’s Nathan Hydock blocks off Pembroke’s Noah Godzala.

Rebounding from as much as a 13 point first half deficit, undefeated (9-0) Lyndonville rallied to nip visiting Pembroke 52-48 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Lyndonville closed the deficit to three, 40-37, at the three-quarter mark and finally took the lead at 46-44 with 3:45 to go in the final stanza on a layup by Nathan Hydock which capped a 9-4 run to open the period. Hydock had 7 during that key run.

Pembroke pulled even at 46-46 on a basket by Noah Godzala. Two free throws by Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson off set by a basket by Pembroke’s Matt Barry retied the contest at 48-48.

Lyndonville finally regained the lead for good at 50-48 on a short jumper by Nathan Dillenbeck with 1:05 remaining.

Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson dunks to bring the Tigers within one one in the third quarter.

Hydock then came up with a big defensive rebound for Lyndonville with nine seconds remaining and Dillenbeck capitalized on the opportunity by sinking two pressure free throws two seconds later to lock up the Tigers narrow victory.

Hydock finished with a game high 19 points and Johnson 16 to lead the way for Lyndonville as Dillenbeck added 8, Nathan Poler 5 and Matt Hess and Russ Stephens 2 each.

Jordan Ludwig scored 13 and Jarrod Ludwig 11 for Pembroke as Godzala and Trevor Vaughn each added 8.

Pembroke jumped out to a 16-4 lead at the outset and was up 18-11 at the end of the opening period. Jordan Ludwig hit two threes and Jarod Ludwig and Godzala one each for the Dragons during that stretch.

Pembroke upped its advantage to 13, 26-13, midway through the second period after another three by Jarrod Ludwig.

Lyndonville though answered back with a 7-2 run to close the period and cut the deficit to eight, 28-20, at the half. Dillenbeck, Johnson and Hydock all chipped in with baskets during that run.

Keeping the momentum, Lyndonville pulled to within one, 28-27, at the outset of the third period after a layup and a three-point play by Hydock and a slam dunk by Johnson off a turnover.

Pembroke though answered with a turnover aided 9-2 run to go back up by 8, 37-29.

Once again Lyndonville came battling back, this time with an 8-3 run to close the period and cut the deficit to three, 40-37, at the three-quarter mark.  Poler had two baskets and Hydock one during that rally.

The Tigers then outpointed the Dragons 15-8 down the stretch including 7 by Hydock and 4 each by Dillenbeck and Johnson, to claim the win.

Lyndonville’s Nathan Hydock puts up a shot over two Pembroke defenders.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kharise Johnson goes up for a shot between Newfane defenders Madalyn Traverse, Hannah Hambruch and Paige Littman during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lady Panthers this evening.

Medina defeated visiting Newfane 47-30 and Albion downed host Akron 47-35 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball action this evening.

Wilson bested Barker 57-31 in the other N-O contest.

Camri King scored a game high 24 points and Sarah Cochrane a season high 12 to lead the way for Medina as Kharise Johnson added 5, Jarielys Flores-Medina 4, and Maddie Williams 2.

Megan Knoll and Julia Dumais each scored 6 for Newfane.

“Defensively we played really well,” said Medina Coach Larry Lash.

Medina jumped out to a 12-6 first quarter lead as King and Cochrane both had a pair of baskets.

Sarah Cochrane puts up a shot for Medina.

The Mustangs went on to increase their advantage to 22-12 at the half and to 31-14 at the three-quarter mark. Cochrane netted 5 in the third period.

King then scored 12 in the final stanza to help close out the Mustangs win.

Medina is now 2-2 and Newfane 1-1 in N-O action.

Albion 47, Akron 35
Leading 18-11 at the half, Albion used a big 20 point third period to extend its advantage to 38-23 and key the 47-35 road win over Akron.

Brylie Hapeman scored 15 of her game high 21 points in the third period to set the pace for Albion.

Lexi Wolck and Paige Derisley both had 8 on the evening for Albion which is now 3-0 in the league.

Elise Leeds scored 14 and Helena Hill 11 for Akron which slips to 1-2.

Wilson 57, Barker 31
Skylar Munnikhuysen had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 steals to lead Wilson (4-0) to a 57-31 win over Baker (0-3).

Izzy Dinse also had 8 points and 12 rebounds and Sarah Lewis 14 rebounds for Wilson which led 36-14 at the half.

Akron downed host Lyndonville 47-33 in a non league wrestling match this evening.

The key match up saw Lyndonville’s Mario Fidanza defeat Millard Young by a 6-3 decision  at 220 lbs.

Chase Stinson (120), Seth Heveron (132), Dillon Burt-Hodgins (145), and Rodney Davis (170) all won by pin for the Tigers.

Lyndonville next wrestles at the Cal-Mum duals on Saturday.

Rallying from an 11 point half-time deficit, Albion came battling back to edge visiting Akron 49-45 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League basketball game.

The Purple Eagles improve to 2-1 in N-O action while the Tigers slip to 1-2.

In another N-O contest, Wilson (2-0) downed Barker (0-3) 68-34.

Trailing 31-20 at the half, Albion cut the deficit to five, 37-32, at the three-quarter mark as Liam Ward and Xavier Cornick both scored 5 in the third period.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles then outscored the Tigers 17-8 in the decisive final period to claim the win. An 8 point run, which included two threes by Cornick sandwiched around a layup by Bryce Pritchard, highlighted that rally. Deyonci Farley also had 5 during the stretch run.

“It was a much needed win,” said Albion Coach David Kozar. “Hopefully this will give us some good momentum.

Farley finished with 18, Cornick 11, Ward 8, Pritchard 7, Vincent Zona 3 and Kevin Hillman 2.

Adam Mietz scored 13 and Aidan Smith 11 to lead Akron.

Albion next visits LeRoy in a non league game at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Girls Basketball
Wilson 48, Roy-Hart 44
Wilson (3-0) trimmed Roy-Hart (0-3) 48-44 in an N-O contest as Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 19 and Anna Frerichs and Izzy Dinse 8. Munnikhuysen talled 15 in the second half.

Shelby Wolf scored 13 and Meghan Washington 11 for Roy-Hart.

Holley, Lyndonville bow
Elba defeated Holley 65-12 and Pembroke downed Lyndonville 53-14 in Genesee Region League contests.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The scoreboard in the background tells the story as Medina’s Brian Fry puts up the winning three-point shot against Newfane defender Sam Capen during the Mustangs overtime win on the Panthers court this evening.

In a down to the wire thriller, Medina nipped host Newfane 50-49 in overtime this evening in a key early season clash of defending Niagara-Orleans League co-champions.

Brian Fry hit a clutch three-point shot with just four seconds remaining in the four minute overtime period to give Medina the exciting victory.

“It was a great win,” said Medina Coach Tom Forrestel. “The guys really kept their composure and our defensive focus was really strong. Both teams played really well and really hard. It’s a tough place to play and to squeeze out a win like that on the road is great.”

Fry finished with a game high 16 points as Nate Sherman had 11, Vincent Montague 9 and Izaiah Rhim and Jarin Rhim 7 each for the Mustangs which had only 7 players available for the contest.

Garrett Srock led Newfane with 15 as Josh Everett and Matt DiTullio both had 9, Deuce Capen 6, Connor MacEvoy 5, Sam Capen 3 and Caden Gibson 2.

Medina’s Nate Sherman and Newfane’s Deuce Capen battle for a rebound.

Medina jumped out to a 10-5 first period lead but Newfane answered back with a 15-5 second period surge, including threes by DiTullio and MacEvoy, to rally into a 20-15 half-time advantage.

The Panthers upped the lead to seven, 24-17, at the outset of the third period on a pair of baskets by Srock

The Mustangs though battled back to within two at 31-29 after a 12-4 run which included three buckets by Montague.

However, Newfane went back up by six, 35-29, at the three-quarter mark after a late jumper by Srock and rebound bucket by Gibson.

Medina finally forged into the lead for the first time at 39-35 by opening the final period with a key 10-0 run capped off by back-to-back threes by Izaiah Rhim and Fry. The rally also included a running one hander and two free throws by Fry..

Layups by Sherman and Fry helped keep the Mustangs up by six, 43-37, with 1:12 remaining but the Panthers came storming back in the final minute.

A rebound bucket by Deuce Capen, followed by two huge threes by Everett in the final 35 seconds, rallied Newfane into a 45-45 tie forcing the contest into overtime.

Newfane took a 47-45 lead at the outset of the overtime period on a layup by Scrock.

Medina pulled even at 47-47 on two free throws by Fry with 2:14 remaining

The Panthers regained the lead for what proved to be the last time at 49-47 on a basket off a turnover by DiTullio with 1:15 remaining.

That set the stage for Fry’s dramatic game winning three with just four seconds to go. He scored 14 of the Mustangs 21 points in the fourth period and overtime.

Medina is now 3-0 in the league (8-1 overall) and Newfane 1-1.

Medina’s Izaiah Rhim tries to put shot up against Newfane defenders Deuce Capen and Garrett Srock.

Medina scored a sweep over host Barker in Niagara-Orleans League swim competition this afternoon winning the boys’ meet 119-45 and the girls’ 122-35.

The Medina boys squad was led by a trio of individual event double winners as Ray Paull took the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststeoke, Hunter Heil the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke and August Pietrafesa the 50 Free and 100 Free. Chris Goyette also took the 200 Free for the Seahorses which improve to 3-2.

Ryan Santarsiero took the 500 Free for Barker which slips to 2-3.

Brooklyn Brown doubled in the IM and 500 Free and Hannah Heil in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Medina girls. Margaret Klotzbach also took the 200 Free, Amanda Woodruff the Butterfly and Grace Cogovan the Breaststroke as Medina improves to 3-2.

Natalie Bruning won the Backstroke for Barker which is now 1-4.

The Albion boys stayed undefeated at 5-0 by downing Akron (1-4) 117-48 as Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 200 Free and Breaststroke.

The Akron girls improved to 4-1 by downing Albion (0-5) 86-59 as Morgan Harris doubled in the 200 Free and Butterfly and Rachel PeQueen in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

The Roy-Hart boys improved to 4-1 with a 116-52 victory over Newfane (0-5).

The Roy-Hart girls stayed unbeaten at 5-0 by besting Newfane (2-3) 110-60 as Kayla Hagen doubled in the 100 Free and Backstroke and Amanda Hill in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kirsten Struble puts up a shot against Buffalo Arts defenders Justice Skillon and Elyse Neilson during the host Purple Eagles non league win this evening.

Moving back above the .500 mark at 5-4, Albion posted a 39-34 victory over visiting Buffalo Performing Arts in the non league girls basketball game this evening.

Brylie Hapeman scored 9 to lead the way or Albion as Sarah Gregori and Kendall Derisley both added 6, Lexi Wolck and Paige Derisley 5, Kirsten Struble 4 and Natalie Lathrop and Honesty Little 2.

Brylie Hapeman puts up a shot for Albion ahead of Arts defender Courtney Meredith.

Dylan Benedict took game high honors with 11 while Elyse Neilson added 10 and Courtney Meredith 8 for Arts.

Albion took a slender 10-9 lead at the end of the opening period which saw Gregori score two baskets and Wolck and Kendall Derisley one each.

Two threes by Neilson helped Arts rally into a 17-12 lead midway through the second period. However, Albion closed the stanza with a 10-2 run highlighted by a three and a closing layup off a steal by Hapeman to region a 20-19 lead at the half.

Buckets by Hapeman, Paige Derisley, Struble and Kendall Derisley helped Albion open up a 29-23 lead late in the third period but Arts answered with closing 6-0 run to slice the Purple Eagles lead to just one, 29-28, at the three-quarter mark.

It stayed a tight one point, 33-32, game until Albion finally pulled away for good with a 6-0 run on baskets by Little, Kendall Derisley and Hapeman.

Albion next visits Akron on Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League game at 6:30 p.m.