Kendall trimmed Wheatland-Chili 49-48 in a Genesee Region League game this evening to improve to 1-3 in the league and 2-4 overall.

Nate Warters scored 16, John Rath 12, Mason Kuhn 10, Hunter Menze 6 and Dale Steffen 5 to lead the Kendall offense. Kuhn also had 12 rebounds, Menze 10 and Rath 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 5 steals.

Trailing 21-17 at the half, Kendall used a big 20-11 third period scoring edge to key the win. Warters tallied 9 during that stretch.

Burgard 62, Albion 54
Burgard built up a 27-19 half-time advantage and went on to defeat visiting Albion 62-54 this evening in a non league game.

Deyonci Farley scored 17 to lead Albion as Liam Ward and Vincent Zona each added 8 and Dylan Fox 6.

The Purple Eagles next visit rival Medina at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League contest.

Byron-Bergen 50, Holley 45
Trailing 27-24 at the half, Byron-Bergen rallied into a 6 point lead at the three-quarter mark and went on to down Holley 50-45 in a G-R contest.

Kohl Morgan had 13 points, Matt Skehan 10 and Matt Wilson 9 for Holley. Morgan also grabbed off 12 rebounds and John Mounts 10.

Girls Basketball
Wilson 58, N-W 51 OT
Wilson outlasted Niagara-Wheatfield 58-51 in overtime in a non league game.

Anna Frerichs scored 5 points to help lead Wilson’s decisive 11-4 scoring edge in the overtime period.

Skylar Munnikhuysen took game high scoring honors for Wilson with 23 and Meg Musall added 17.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Matt Hess goes in for a layup as Tyler Stevens defends for Elba during the host Tigers key win over the visiting Lancers this evening.

Turning back a stretch run challenge, Lyndonville posted a 62-55 victory over visiting Elba this evening in a key clash of Genesee Region League Division II unbeatens.

Nathan Poler scored 24 to lead the Lyndonville attack as Zach Johnson added 12, Nathan Dillenbeck 10, Matt Hess 7, Nathan Hydock 6 and Russell Stephens 3.

Three players accounted for all of Elba’s point product as Jon Boyce scored a game high 26, Colton Dillon 19 and Zachary Marsceill 10.

Elba’s Colton Dillon tries to go up under Lyndonville defender Matt Hess.

The victory boosts Lyndonville’s record to 4-0 in the division (6-0 overall) while Elba slips to 3-1 in the division.

Back-to-back layups off steals on the game’s first two possessions by Johnson and Dillenbeck ignited Lyndonville to a big 20-6 first period scoring surge.  Johnson had a total of 7 in the stanza as Poler and Hydock each added 4.

The Tigers increased their advantage to 19, 37-18, at the half as Poler tallied 8 in the second period which also included a three by Johnson and a three-point play by Stephens.

Elba though came battling back in the third period as 9 points by Dillon and 8 by Boyce helped rally the Lancers back to within 13, 51-38 at the three-quarter mark.

Poler, who had 9 in the stanza, had a layup and a jumper off a steal to close the period and keep the Tigers in a double figure lead.

Keeping the momentum, Elba then made the finish interesting as two free throws and a rebound bucket by Boyce followed by a three by Marsceill pulled the Lancers to within 7, 56-49, with 2:30 remaining.

However, Lyndonville withstood the challenge despite making just one field goal in the final period.

Two free throws by Johnson and one by Poler upped the Tigers lead back to 10, 59-49, with 42 seconds to go.

The Lancers rallied back to within 7, 59-52, one more time after a rebound basket by Marsceill and a free throw by Boyce but could get no closer.

Lyndonville though finally closed out the victory on four clutch free throws by Dillenbeck in the final 10 seconds.

Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck goes to the basket as Colton Dillon defends for Elba.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Dayne Aina works toward a pin over Roy-Hart/Barker’s Chris Graham during the host Purple Eagles Niagara-Orleans League victory this evening.

In  sea-saw battle, Albion registered pins in the final two bouts to outlast visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 45-34 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Trailing 34-33, Albion regained the lead for good on a quick pin of 1:13 by Bryce Kelly (220).

The Purple Eagles then locked up the victory on an equally quick pin of 1:33 by Cody Wilson (285).

Roy-Hart/Barker’s Josh Haley in route to a pin over Albion’s Alex Hafner.

Albion also got off to a fast start taking an 18-6 lead at the outset on a 3-1 advantage in forfeit wins.

Roy-Hart/Barker though answered right back with a major decision win by Trent Choate (126), a third period pin by Josh Haley (132) and a decision win by Tyler Miller (132) to rally into a 19-18 lead and the sea-saw battle was on.

A second period pin by Dayne Aina (145) followed by an overtime decision victory by Chase Carleton (152) put Albion back on top at 27-19.

Roy-Hart/Barker though again answered back with a third period pin by Zack Hill (160) and a decision win by AJ Schafer (170) to regain a slender 28-27 lead.

A forfeit win put Albion back up 33-28 but Roy-Hart/Barker answered back one more time with a second period pin by Karson Grover (195) to regain the lead for the final time.

That set the stage for Albion’s late pin rally as the first period falls by Kelly and Wilson gave the Purple Eagles the win with the sixth lead change of the match.

Albion improves to 3-1 while Roy-Hart/Barker slips to 0-4.

Medina 60, Wilson 30
Pins by Colby Petrie, Noah Skinner, Brandon Boyce and Diego Russell keyed Medina to a 60-30 win in a forfeit filled N-O match at Wilson.

Both teams are now 1-3 in league action.

Albion’s Cody Wilson works toward a match clinching pin over Roy-Hart/Barker’s Nico Cacique.

n an outdoor contest, the RoyHart/ Barker/Medina/ Akron Club Hockey team lost their second game in a row, dropping a 3-1 decision to host  to East Aurora- Holland Tuesday evening.

After a scoreless first period, East Aurora tallied a goal at the 8:14 point in the second period.

However, RBM quickly evened the score on an unassisted goal by Dylan Krzykowski (Akron).  It was his fifth score of the season.

EA though came right back and got the game winner just nine seconds later. They added an insurance goal in the last period to seal the win.

Now 2-4-1, RBM’s next game is away at Jamestown this Sunday at 3 p.m.

Rebounding from a seven point half-time deficit, Roy-Hart bested Depew 48-39 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Shelby Wolf poured in 21 points and Meghan Washington 17 to lead the way for the Lady Rams.

Trailing 26-19 at the half, Roy-Hart pulled even at 33-33 by outscoring Depew  14-7 in the the third period. Wolf scored 7 and Washington 5 to lead that rally.

Keeping the momentum, Roy-Hart then outscored Depew 15-6 in the final stanza to claim the win as Wolf tallied 7 and Washington 6.

In another non league game, LeRoy defeated Albion 50-41.

Kirsten Struble scored 12 and Lexi Wolck 9 for Albion which led 23-18 at the half.

LeRoy used a big 21-8 fourth period scoring edge to claim the win.

In Genesee Region League games, Elba defeated Lyndonville 73-18 and Wheatland-Chili downed Kendall 43-15.

Six pins sparked Holley-Kendall to a 64-23 non league wrestling win over McQuaid this evening at Kendall.

Bruce Rasmusson, Jayden Pieniaszek, Jakob Silpoch, Erick Balys, Cade Aina and Eli Stanton all registered pins for the Hawks as Tristyn Moyer chipped in with a major decision win.

Stanton had the quickest pin of the night in just 17 seconds as Pieniaszek and Balys also both registered sub minute falls in 51 and 56 seconds respectively.

Holley-Kendall will next host the team’s annual Alumni Night at 6 p.m. Friday at Holley when the Hawks host Roy-Hart/Barker in another non league meet.

All former Holley and Kendall wrestlers who attend will be introduced at mat side prior to the match.

If any former wrestler has questions they can contact Coach John Grillo at 589-7139 or e-mail him at jgrillo3@hotmail.com..

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Joe Cecchini puts up a shot over Central Christian Academy defenders Kyle Gold and Dan Tyson during the Mustangs home court win this evening.

Making it two wins in as many nights, Medina downed visiting Central Christian Academy 63-52 this evening in a non league game.

Just as was the case in Monday’s 62-34 victory over Elba, Medina featured a balanced attack as Vincent Montague scored 16, Tyler Chinn and Izaiah Rhim 11, Brian Fry 9, Nate Sherman and Jarin Rhim 6 and Joe Cecchini 4.

Medina’s Nate Sherman puts up a shot as Zach Miller defends for Central Christian.

Zach Miller took game high honors for CCA with 21, including five threes. and Dan Tyson added 10.

Trailing 10-8, Medina rallied into the lead for good by closing the opening period with a big 15-0 scoring burst.  Izaiah Rhim had a layup off a steal, a three and a jumper and Chinn a pair of layups to lead that uprising which also included layups by Jarin Rhim and Cecchini.

The Mustangs upped the advantage to 19, 34-15, midway through the second quarter as Montague had two baskets and Jarin Rhim, Izaiah Rhim and Chinn one each.

Medina maintained a 16 point, 39-23, advantage at the half after a late layup and three by Fry.

The Mustangs were up by 11, 49-38, at the three-quarter mark and the Crusaders could get no closer than 9 down the stretch.  Montague and Sherman both had a pair of baskets for Medina in the third period as did Chinn and Montague in the fourth.

Now at 6-1 overall, Medina next hosts rival Albion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Olivia Carter heads to a win in the 100 backstroke for Medina during this afternoon’s victory over visiting Newfane.

Medina scored a sweep over visiting Newfane this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League swim competition. The Seahorses won the boys’ meet 120-48 and the girls’ 89-81.

The victory is the first for the Medina girls over Newfane in 11 years.

Chris Goyette doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Freestyle and Isaac Pace in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke to set the pace for the Medina boys as Ray Paull took the 200 Free and Hunter Heil the 100 Butterfly.

The Seahorses also swept the three relays as Jaxon Phillips, Pace, Dawson Brown and Pace captured the 200 Medley; Heil, Austin Tompkins, Michael Marker and Paull the 200 Free and Brown, Paull, Goyette and Heil the 400 free.

The Medina boys are now 2-1 and Newfane 0-3.

Isaac Pace in route to a win in the 100 Breaststroke for the Seahorses.

Hannah Heil was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Medina girls as Brooklyn Brown took the Individual Medley, Amanada Woodruff the Butterfly, Olivia Carter the Backstroke and Grace Cogovan the Breaststroke.

Carter, Cogovan, Woodruff and Heil also teamed up to win the 200 Medley Relay and Carter, Woodruff, Heil and Rebecca Lunden the 200 Free Relay.

The Medina girls improve to 2-1 and Newfane slips to 1-2.

Roy-Hart sweeps Akron
The Roy-Hart girls (3-0) took over sole possession of first place by downing Akron (2-1) 105-65.

Amanda Hill doubled in the Individual Medley and Butterfly and Kayla Hagen the 50 Free and 100 Free for Roy-Hart.

The Roy-Hart boys (2-1) also bested Akron (1-2) 108-61 as Michael Miller doubled in the Butterfly and Backstroke.

Albion, Barker split
The Albion boys stayed unbeaten at 3-0 with a 63-31 win over Barker (1-2) as Harrison Brown doubled in the 100 Free and 200 Free and Matt Kovaleski in the Individual Medley and Breaststroke.

The Barker girls (1-2) defeated Albion (0-3) 45-42 as Natalie Bruning doubled in the Individual Medley and Backstroke.

Avery Gaines doubled in the 100 Free and 200 Free and Michaela Pantano in the 50 Free and Butterfly for Albion.

For the second week in a row Legion used a win over runner-up Sacred Heart Monday to extend its Medina Euchre League lead.

Legion bested Sacred Heart 39-31 to open up a 19 point lead. JR Wilson edged Vets Club 37-33 in the other match.

Legion is now 461-379 on the season, Sacred Heart 442-298, JR Wilson 432-408 and Vets Club 345-45.

League competition resumes on January 7 with Vets Club at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Legion.

Steadily pulling away, Lyndonville posted a 63-45 victory over host Wheatland-Chili this evening to improve to 3-0 in Genesee Region League competition and 5-0 overall.

Nathan Hydock scored 19, Nathan Dillenbeck 15, Nathan Poler and Zach Johnson 11, Russ Stephens 5 and Casey Winiecki 2 for Lyndonville.

Elijah Gissendanner scored 18 and Aaron Lund 17 for W-C.

Lyndonville  jumped out to a 16-9 first quarter lead as Hydock scored 9.

The Tigers doubled the lead to 14, 35-21, at the half as Poler tallied 6 and Johnson 5 in the second period.

Lyndonville then broke the contest wide open by outscoring W-C 24-3 in the third period to surge away to a commanding 59-24 advantage at the three-quarter mark.  Hydock scored 8 in the period which also featured a dunk by Johnson.

Lyndonville next hosts Elba at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Holley 75, Lima Christian 31
Roaring out to a 20 point, 31-11, half-time advantage, Holley went on to defeat visiting Lima Christian 75-31 to improve to 2-3.

Kohl Morgan poured in a game high 25 points to lead the Hawks as Matt Wilson added 16, Cody Tanis 12 and Matt Skehan 10.  Morgan also had 11 rebounds and 6 steals and Wilson 5 assists and 4 steals.

Girls Basketball
Newfane 43, Alden 32
Byron-Bergen 55, Holley 32
Trailing 21-18 at the half, Newfane used a big 19-2 third period scoring surge to key a 43-32 non league win over Alden.

Megan Knoll scored 16 and Lauren Boudeman 10 to lead the way for the Lady Panthers.

Madison Marsh scored 11 points for Holley in the loss to B-B as Olivia Radford and Halee Passarell each added 7.