Building up a 22 point, 46-24, half-time advantage, Notre Dame went on to defeat visiting Kendall 73-64 this evening in the Genesee Region League boys basketball opener.

Gabe McDonald scored 23 and Spencer Misiti 18 to lead the way for Notre Dame.

Nate Warters took game high honors for Kendall with 29 as Mickey Gardner added 11 and Mason Kuhn and John Rath 9 each. Kuhn also grabbed off 13 rebounds.

Kendall next hosts Lyndonville at 7 p.m. Friday in a G-R contest.

Girls Basketball
Alexander 49, Holley 44
Madison Marsh had 24 points and 15 rebounds and Olivia Radford 10 points for Holley in the narrow 49-44 G-R loss to Alexander.

Alexander led 30-21 at the half and 37-34 after three-quarters.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Rashawn Bloom works toward a pin over Akron’s Justin Syznarski during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Tigers this evening.

A  burst of four straight first period pins keyed Akron to a 54-30 victory over host Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

In the other N-O matches, Albion trimmed host Wilson 43-39 and Newfane bested Roy-Hart 72-16.

Breaking way from an early 12-12 deadlock, Akron moved on top to stay at 36-12 with consecutive first period pins by Nick Wood (138), Ryan Yaeger (145), Christian Humbert (152) and Brian Covell (160).

Medina’s Diego Russell in route to scoring a pin over Akron’s Ryan Greiner.

The Tigers also got back-to-back second period pins by Landin Dieterle (180) and Millard Young (195) to up the advantage to 48-18 and put a lock on the win.

Rashawn Bloom (106) and Diego Russell (170) had pins for Medina whose other 18 points came on three forfeit wins.

Akron is now 2-0 and Medina 0-2 in N-O action.

Albion 43, Wilson 39
Bryce Kelly, Ellwood Hafner and Dayne Aina had pins for Albion which also got decision wins by Junior Morales and Bryce Froman.

Albion is now 1-1 and Wilson 1-1 in league competition.

Newfane 72, Roy-Hart 16
Josh Hailey and Karson Grover both had pins and AJ Schafer a major decision win for Roy-Hart which slips to 0-2.

Defending champion Newfane is now 2-0.

Keeping rolling, the high scoring Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team romped past Pitt-Titusville 123-42 this evening to stay perfect at 12-0.

Kenetria Redfern (Cheektowaga) had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals and Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 27 points, 7 steals, 6 rebounds, 6 assists to lead the Thunderwolves as  Molly Mahony (Lancaster) added 15 points, 11 rebounds; Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 13 points, 6 assists; Ellie Todd (Roy-Hart) 12 points and Caitlynn Snook (Albion) 8 points and 5 rebounds.

The NCCC men’s team also defeated Pitt-Titusville 110-85 as Nate Luckman (Barker) scored 14 points.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler goes up for a layup over Albion’s Xavier Cornick during the Tigers win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Long scoring bursts in each of the first two quarters sparked Lyndonville to a 78-59 victory over host Albion this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Zach Johnson had a game high 26 points, Nathan Poler 16 and Nathan Dillenbeck 15 to spearhead the Lyndonville attack as Nathan Hydock added 9, Matt Hess 6, Russell Stephens 3, Evan Horn 2 and Casey Winiecki 1.

Bryce Pritchard scored 23 to lead Albion as Deyonci Farley added 12, Xavier Cornick 10 Kevin Hillman and Liam Ward 5 and Michael DiCureia 4.

Albion’s Bryce Pritchard looks to go around Lyndonville defender Nathan Dillenbeck.

Albion did grab a 6-1 lead at the outset on two baskets by Pritchard and one by Farley.

However, Lyndonville answered back with a big 21-8 scoring burst to end the quarter. Threes by Johnson, Stephens and Dillenbeck highlighted that spurt which rallied the Tigers into the lead for good at 21-14.

Layups by Farley and Ward did pull Albion back to within three, 21-18, at the outset of the second quarter but again Lyndonville answered back in a big way.

The Tigers erupted with a 23-5 run to close the period and extend the advantage to a commanding 21, 44-23, at the half of the fast paced, uptempo contest.

Johnson had a three, a rebound bucket, a layup and two free throws to lead that decisive uprising as Poler had a pair of layups, Dillenbeck and Hydock a layup and two free throw each and Hess a layup.

Lyndonville maintained a 16 point, 60-44, lead at the three-quarter mark as Johnson had three layups and Dillenbeck a three in the third period.

Lyndonville is now 2-0 and Albion 1-1 on the young season.

The Tigers next visit Kendall in the Genesee Region League opener at 7 p.m. Friday while the Purple Eagles next host Spencerport on December 11 in another non league contest.

Lyndonville’s Matt Hess goes up over Albion’s Michael DiCureia.

For the second time in a week Lyndonville has scored a narrow girls basketball win over Barker. Last Wednesday, the Lady Tigers edged past the Lady Raiders 34-30 in the opening round of the Kendall Tournament. This evening the win was by a very similar, but even closer, 31-30 margin.

Trailing 19-15 at the half, Lyndonville used a 13-9 third period scoring edge to rally into a 28-28 tie. Anna Lewis led that rally with 7 points.

The Lady Tigers then outpointed the Lady Raiders 3-2 in a very low scoring final period to claim the win. Alecia Hinkson had all three of those points.

Lewis finished with 11 points and Hinkson 10 while Gabby Baker and Sydnie Luckman each had 10 for Barker.

Lyndonvlle is now 3-1 and Barker 0-3.

In another non league game Alexander defeated Kendall 39-32.

Gaining victory No. 1 on the young season, Roy-Hart bested host Central Christian Academy 56-47 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Reed Albee scored 13, Charlie Bruning 11, Charlie Brigham 10 and Lance Krieger 9 to lead the balanced attack for Roy-Hart which is now 1-1.

“We got real good balance and it was a real good team effort,” said Roy-Hart Coach Joe Pawlak.

Bruning scored 6 and Krieger 5 in the final stanza to help lock up the win for the Rams which led 26-17 at the half.

Roy-Hart next visits Southwestern on Friday for another non league game.

In another non league game, Elba downed visiting Barker 62-36.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Elba’s Leah Bezon grabs a rebound away from Medina’s Sarah Sones and Maddie Williams during the Lady Lancers win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Roaring out to a commanding 24 point first quarter lead, Elba coasted to an 89-24 victory over host Medina this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Adrianna Long scored 20, Taylor Augello 14, Leah Bezon 13 and Maddie Muehlig 12 to lead the Elba attack as Brynn Walczk added 9, Lauryn Engle 7, Kelly Mickey 6, Dakota Brinkman 5 and Madison Howard 3.

Medina’s Cami King puts up a layup over Elba defender Madison Howard.

Camri King had 6, Kharise Johnson 4, Maddie Williams, Jarielys Flores-Medina, Madia Osby and Tyesha Robinson 3 each and Sarah Sones 2 for Medina.

Medina did grab a 2-0 lead at the outset on a layup by King but it was all Elba after that.

Muehlig answered right back with back-to-back threes igniting a huge 26-2 Elba scoring explosion over the rest of the period.  Long tallied 10, including two three’s, during that stretch which ended with the Lady Lancers in command by a whopping 28-4 margin.

The Elba advantage soared to 42, 50-8, at the half as Howard hit a half court shot at the buzzer.

Now at 2-0, the Lady Lancers led by 59, 73-16, at the three-quarter mark as Bezon hit three threes in the third stanza.

The game was the season opener for Medina which next hosts Nardin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in another non league contest.

Notre Dame 54, Albion 35

Callie McCulley poured in 33 points to power Notre Dame to a 54-35 win over visiting Albion in another non league game.

Brylie Hapeman scored 9 and Kendall Derisley 8 for Albion which trailed 28-17 at the half.

Legion used the combination of a 47-23 victory over Vets Club with JR Wilson’s 36-34 win over Sacred Heart Monday to take over the Medina Euchre League lead.

Those results vault Legion into a five point lead over former front-runner Sacred Heart. Legion is now 384-316 on the season, Sacred Heart 379-321, JR Wilson 350-350 and Vets Club 287-413.

Legion will next visit Sacred Heart in a key matchup on December 10 while Vets Club is at JR Wilson.

A trio of double figure scorers led Medina to a 62-55 victory over host Kenmore East in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Brian Fry and Nate Sherman both scored 15 and Vincent Montague 14 to set the pace as Medina improves to 2-0. Tyler Chinn added 9, Izaiah Rhim 7  and Jarin Rhim 2 for the Mustangs.

Up 9-4 after one period, the Mustangs increased their advantage over the Bulldogs a bit to 9 at 27-18 at the half. Fry tallied 9 and Sherman 8 in the half.

Medina maintained a 42-36 lead at the three-quarter mark. Sherman then scored 7, Fry 6 and Montague 5 in the final period to help lock up the victory.

Medina next faces Grand Island in the Falls Classic at Niagara Falls High School at 6:30 p.m. Friday.