Staying perfect at 8-0, Wilson outlasted Niagara-Wheatfield 76-70  in overtime in non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

Aidan Neumann scored 30, Shamus George 17, Ryan Hough 12 and Brock Lepsch 10 for the Lakemen.

Wrestling
Linda Knuutila Memorial Tourney
Four local wrestlers earned top four finishes at the Linda Knuutila Memorial Tournament which concluded this evening at SUNY Niagara.

Roy-Hart/Barker had RJ Townsend finish second at 285, Luke Fay fourth at 144 and Isabella Gatto fourth at 235 in the girls division.

Medina had Luke Duffina finish third at 132.

Williamsville South JV Tourney
Medina had Ryan Frentz (144) and Nate Surdel (285) both place third at the Williamsville South JV Tournament.

Contributed Photo – Holley-Kendall wrestlers and coaches celebrate winning the East Rochester Tournament this afternoon.

Going 4-0 on the day, Holley-Kendall captured top honors at the East Rochester Wrestling Tournament this afternoon.

In route to earning the championship Holley-Kendall defeated East Rochester 54-26, Warsaw 64-22, Hornell 60-23 and Lancaster 52-24.

John Blosenhauer and Immanuel Cornell both went 4-0 on the day for Holley-Kendall as Carson Cady, Jayden Rivera, Brenden Eichas and Brody Fiorito all went 3-1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Madison Muckle drives to the basket against Letchworth defender Lillian DeRock during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Legends this afternoon.

Improving to 6-0, Letchworth rolled to a 62-16 win over host Albion in a non league girls basketball game this afternoon.

Charity Scott scored 14, Annika Milillo 13 and Gillian Kemp 12 to spark the balanced attack for the Legends which led 19-5 after the first quarter, 36-9 at the half and 53-11 at the end of the third quarter.

Aaliya Jones scored 7 and Jocelyn Friedl 4 to lead Albion.

The Purple Eagles next visit Newfane on January 5 for a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jayzon Wills drives to the basket against Roy-Hart defender Vinny Fazzio during the host Mustangs win over the Rams this evening.

Bouncing back strongly from an 8 point first quarter deficit, Medina surged to a 71-49 victory over visiting Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League basketball game this evening.

Jerrel Nealy scored 14, Preston Woodworth 12, Christian Moss 11 and Kolton Fletcher 10 to lead Medina’s balanced attack. Hadrian Batista added 8, Jayzon Wills 6, Briley Allen 4, Avion Johnson and Vinny Gray 3 each.

Matt Aquilina took game high scoring honors with 20 for Roy-Hart as Vinny Fazzio tallied 7, Jakob West 5, Isaac Smith and Nick Harding 4 each, Tysen McCaa and Owen Maedel 3 each, Josh Bronschild 2 and Tyler Rothwell 1.

Aquilina scored 7 and West 5 to spark Roy-Hart out to a 19-11 first quarter lead.

However, Medina answered back with a 16-7 second period scoring spurt to rally into a slender 27-26 half-time lead.

Woodworth and Batista both hit threes and Wills made a pair of baskets, including the late go-ahead tally, to key the Mustangs surge.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then broke the game wide open by outscoring the Rams 25-8 in the third period to extend the advantage to 18, 52-34, heading into the final quarter.

Fletcher and Woodworth both hit a pair of threes, Nealy had a three and a two and Moss a three-point play and a basket to lead that decisive uprising.

Medina is now 2-0 in N-O action (6-0 overall) and Roy-Hart 0-1.

Roy-Hart’s Matt Aquilina goes in for a layup as Preston Woodworth defends for Medina.

Medina’s Kolton Fletcher tries to get the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Vinny Fazzio.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Courtney Aqulina puts up a shot against Medina defenders Harmoni Wilson (30) and Sam Heschke (5) during the host Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this evening.

Jumping out to an 18 point first quarter lead, Roy-Hart went on to down visiting Medina 65-32 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Adella Dukes scored 7 and Courtney Aquilina 6 to help spark Roy-Hart out to a 23-5 first quarter lead which the Lady Rams never relinquished.

Roy-Hart went on to hold leads of 28-14 at the half and 53-24 after three quarters.

Dukes finished with 22, Aquilina 21 and Brooke Corser 10 for Roy-Hart.

Caliyah St. Louis scored 15 and Sam Heschke 8 for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 1-0 and Medina 1-1 in N-O action.

Kendall 51, Attica 13
Kendall romped to a 51-13 Genesee Region League win over Attica as Izzy D’Agostino scored 19 and Teagan Shaw 12 to lead the way.

Byron-Bergen 42, Holley 17
Jayna Burris had 5 points, Mia Thom 4 and Ella Turpyn and Des McCormack 3 each for Holley in the 42-17 G-R loss to Byron-Bergen. McCormack also had 7 rebounds and Thom 5.

Medina’s Tatianna Maxon works to keep the ball away from Roy-Hart’s Millie Owens. Caliyah St. Louis moves in to support.

Albion evened its Niagara-Orleans League record at 1-1 by posting a 65-50 victory over visiting Newfane which slips to 0-2.

Elija Doxey scored 18, Tyler Cody 17, Wesley Olles 13 and Nate Gibson 11 to lead the Purple Eagles balanced attack.

Wilson 83, Barker 47
Wilson improved to 2-0 in N-O action by downing Barker (0-2) 83-47.

Ryan Hough scored 21, Brock Lepsch 18, James Madan 14 and Aidan Neumann 12 to spark the Lakemen.

Anthony Taliaferro scored 13, Carter DerSarkissian 11 and Donovan Hefferon 8 for Barker.

Gananda 93, Holley 49
Josh Silpoch scored 21 and Avante Wlker 13 for Holley in a 93-49 non league loss at Gananda.

Medina split with Roy-Hart/Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening at Middleport.

Medina won the boys’ meet 73-47 and Roy-Hart/Barker took the girls’ competition 77-69.

Bryson Ford doubled in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Free for the Medina boys which also had Aidan Papaj win the 50 Free, Jonathan Dix the 100 Butterfly, Bradley Goyette the 500 Free and Brandon Brueckner the 100 Backstroke.

Hendrick Trombley won the 200 Individual Medley and Jackson Braun the 100 Breaststroke for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Madelina Pavlock was a double winner in the 200 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Roy-Hart/Barker girls as Samantha Fox took the IM and Cora Lennon the 500 Free.

Madeline Mark doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Medina girls as Lily Hungerford won the Butterfly and Maya Anderson the 100 Backstroke.

Both the Seahorses and Channel Cats boys squads are now 1-1 in N-O action. The Roy-Hart/Barker girls are 2-0 and Medina 0-2.

Akron swept to a doubleheader victory over host Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon.

The TigerSharks won the boys’ meet 44-39 and the girls’ competition 55-35.

The Akron boys had a pair of individual event double winners in Evan Iversen (200 Free and 500 Free) and Aron Gehl (200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke).

The Albion boys had Justin Kania double in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Nathan Wehling win the 100 Backstroke.

The Akron girls had Aurora VanDusen win both the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke.

Keira Sidari was a double winner for the Albion girls in the IM and 100 Free as Victoria Rotoli won thr 500 Free.

N-O Wrestling
Akron nips Albion
Akron edged Albion on a criteria decision points (most forfeits) in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening after the contest finished deadlocked at 39-39.

Albion got pins from Elizabeth Colmenero (103), Stryker Sanders (118), Drake Schomske (126), Corbin Piccirilli (132) and Kaiser Allport (157) as well as an overtime decision win by Jaxon Lynch (150).

Girls Basketball
Wilson 64, Barker 24
Defending champion Wilson posted a 64-24 win over Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening as Rowan Simpson scored 25, Abbie Faery 12 and Lucy Madan 8.

Elise Monaco led Barker with 13.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Avante Walker drives to the basket ahead of Byron-Bergen defender Joseph Brumsted during the Hawks home court loss to the Bees this evening.

Improving to 4-1, Byron-Bergen posted a 52-39 win at Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Byron-Bergen jumped out to an 11 point, 17-6, first quarter lead as Cody Carlson hit three threes and Adam Cardenas made three baskets.

The Bees went on to lead by margins of 15 (32-17) at the half and by 24 (49-24) at the end of the third quarter.

Cardenas finished with a game high 21 points on seven threes and Carlson had 16.

Avante Walker scored 17 and Cam Mosier 16 for Holley which slips to 1-4.

Holley’s Blake Coleman puts up a shot between Byron-Bergen defenders Joseph Brumsted (3) and Cody Carlson (2).

Holley defeated Attica 44-36 and Kendall downed Alexander 55-32 in Genesee Region League girls basketball action this evening.

In another G-R contest, Wheatland-Chili topped Lyndonville 27-22.

Brynn Thomas had 16 points, 5 steals and 4 assists, Ali VanAmeron 10 points and 8 rebounds, Des McCormack 7 points and 7 rebounds and Kyla Burne 6 points and 5 steals to lead Holley.

Izzy D’Agostino led Kendall with 16 points as Payton Vogt added 9, Teagan Shaw and Sophia Picardo 8 each, Mia Price 7 and Stella Kwiatek 5.

Wheatland-Chili was led by Whitney Thrush with 12 points.

Alexa Robinson scored 8 and Hannah Fox 5 to lead Lyndonville.