Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Jake Gidley works against CSAT’s Dieu Mera Babuliza in a 144 lb. bout at the Fred Large Memorial Tournament today at Lyndonville.

Holley-Kendall had two individual weight class champions and host Lyndonville one at the annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament today.

Jeremy Lutes won at 103 and Brenden Eichas at 138 for Holley-Kendall. Lutes pinned Nathan Dollinger (McQuaid) in 3:34 in his title bout while Eichas went 3-0 in round robin competition at 138.

Lyndonville’s Shannon Withey won at 165 with a narrow 1-0 victory over Medina’s Tyler Raduns in the finals.

Wilson also had two champions in Roman Zarbo (110) and Victor Cusatis (157) as did Byron-Bergen with James Lamb (150) and Soloman Smith (170).

Holley-Kendall also had Parker Denning (144) place third, Kohle Pachla (126) fifth and Jacob Abrams (150), Carter McGrain (175), Tyler Davenport (190) and Aiden McGrain (215) sixth.

Lyndonville also had Brody Hazel (150) and Ben Doolan (190) place second, Justin Holmes (126) third, Abby Alexander (110), Greyson Romano (175) and Bryson Hazel (103) fourth, and Iziah Rodriguez (118), Jake Gidley (144) and Michael Alexander (157) sixth.

Medina had Luke Duffina (132) place second and Jake Duffina (118) fifth.

Albion’s Jackson Snook placed third at 285.

Niagara Falls won the team title with 220 points as Wayne (133), Byron-Bergen (120), Lyndonville (119.5) and Holley-Kendall (89) rounded out the top five.

Medina’s Jake Duffina works against Lyndonville’s Iziah Rodriguez in a 118 lb. match.

Holley-Kendall’s Kohle Pachla in action against Ace Komme from Williamson/Sodus/Marion.

Building up a commanding 28-2 half-time advantage, Roy-Hart went on to defeat Maryvale 47-6 in a non league girls basketball game this afternoon.

Courtney Aquilina and Adella Dukes each scored 16 to lead the way for Roy-Hart. Millie Owens added 6, Brooke Corser 5 and Kylie McOmber and Zoe Healey 2 each for the Lady Rams.

Wilson 33, East Aurora 16
Abbie Faery scored 8, Bella Thrush 7 and Andrea Faery and Lucy Madan 6 each for Wilson in a 33-16 non league win over East Aurora Friday evening.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Anthony Taliaferro puts up a shot against a pair of Cleveland Hill defenders during the Bulldogs home court win this afternoon.

Regaining the .500 mark at 3-3, Barker rolled to a 67-44 victory over visiting Cleveland Hill in a non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

Anthony Taliaferro took game high scoring honors for Barker with 27. JJ Prynn added 11, Peyton Wagner and Carter DerSarkissian 8 each, Carson Schwab 6, Donovan Hefferon and Caden Garcia 3 each and Ashton Ark 1.

Cleve Hill was led by Malachi Brazelton with 17.

Trailing 6-2, Barker rallied into the lead for good by putting together a big 16-1 scoring burst including 7 by Taliaferro and 5 by Prynn.

Up 18-10 at the end of the first quarter, the Bulldogs went on to lead by margins of 14 (38-24) at the half and 21 (57-36) at the end of the third quarter. Taliaferro, who also grabbed off 17 rebounds, scored 10 in the second period and 8 in the third.

Barker next hosts Oakfield-Alabama at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Akron 69, Olmsted 48
Blake Gerstung scored 27 and Derren Brooks 20 to lead Akron to 69-48 non league win over Olmsted this afternoon as the Tigers improve to 4-0.

Barker’s Donovan Hefferon drives to the basket.

The Barker duo of Carter DerSarkissian (5) and Ashton Ark (22) go up for a rebound.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s CJ D’Agostino goes in for a layup during the host Eagles win over Wheatland-Chili this evening.

Sparked by an aggressive, pressing defense, Kendall rolled to a 75-35 victory over visiting Wheatland-Chili in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Jonny  Conte scored 14, Vinnie D’Agostino 13 and Sammy Conte and Caleb Opalecky 12 each to lead Kendall’s balanced attack as CJ D’Agostino and Noah Morehouse both added 8, Jonas Rhodes 6 and Ryan Gaesser 2.

Setting the tone for the evening, Kendall raced out to a commanding 25-8 first quarter lead. All five starters contributed baskets to that surge led by Jonny Conte with 8 and Vinnie D’Agostino 7.

The Eagles went on to lead by 33 (49-16) at the half and by 40 (64-24) at the end of the third quarter. Sammy Conte scored 8 in the second period and Opalecky 5 in the third.

Alexander 70, Holley 36
Alexander bested host Holley 70-36 in another G-R contest.

Avante Walker scored 16, Josh Silpoch 12 and Cam Mosier 6 for Holley.

Kendall’s Caleb Opalecky puts up a shot over a pair of W-C defenders.

Kendall’s Noah Morehouse drives the baseline to the basket.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alexa Demmer drives in for a layup ahead of Barker defender Kaylee Stoll during the Mustangs league opening home court win this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a big 18-2 scoring run to closing the opening period, Medina went on to down visiting Barker 57-33 in the season opening Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game for both teams.

Caliyah St. Louis scored 14 and Alexa Demmer 10 to spark Medina in the first quarter which ended with the Mustangs up by 14, 24-10.

Medina went on to lead by margins of 36-16 at the half and 49-29 after three quarters. Demmer and Sam Heschke both scored 6 in the second period. Heschke also tallied 9 in the third period.

Demmer finished with a game high 20 as St. Louis and Heschke both had 15, Tatianna Maxon 3 and Autumn Cornelius and Emberlyn Oakes 2 each

Elise Monaco scored 11 and Hailey Dodge 9 to pace Barker as Villete Jary added 5, Cheyenne Rouse 4 and Kaylee Stoll and Briley Huwyler 2 each.

Medina is now 3-1 overall while Barker is 0-3.

Pembroke 37, Lyndonville 17
Pembroke downed Lyndonville 37-17 in a Genesee Region League game as Jaylen Hootman scored 13 and Peyton Liss 9.

Braelynn Dillenbeck scored 6, Alexa Robinson 5 and Bella Groves 4 for Lyndonville.

Medina’s Emberlyn Oakes puts up a shot against Barker defender Elise Monaco as Cheyenne Rouse moves in.

Barker’s Hailey Dodge tries to drive against Medina defender Harmoni Wilson.

Over a dozen schools will be competing in Lyndonville’s annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

The tournament is held in memory of Fred Large who organized the Lyndonville wrestling program in the 1960’s and guided the Tigers to a number of league and sectionals championships.

In addition to the host Tigers the tournament field will include Albion, Holley-Kendall, Medina, Wilson, Byron-Bergen, CSAT, Lew-Port, McQuaid, Niagara Falls, Pavilion/York, Wayne and Williamson/Sodus/Marion.

Kendall dropped a 51-44 decision at Wheatland-Chili 51-44 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Izzy D’Agostino scored 11 and Stella Kwiatek and Mia Price both added 9 to set the pace for Kendall which led 24-22 at the half.

The Holley vs. Alexander game was postponed and rescheduled for January 6.

Byron-Bergen 40, Roy-Hart 32
Courtney Aquilina scored 15 and Millie Owens and Kylie McOmber 6 each for Roy-Hart in the 40-32 non league loss to Byron-Bergen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Preston Woodworth tries to put up a shot between Barker defenders JJ Prynn and Donovan Hefferon during the Mustangs league opening win over the host Bulldogs this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a big second quarter scoring burst, Medina went on to edge host Barker 70-66 in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League basketball game this evening.

Jerrell Nealy and Preston Woodworth each scored 22 to lead the Medina attack as Christian Moss added 9, Jimmy Dieter 5, Carlos Doval 4, Bryan Santiago-Bautista and Hadrian Batista 3 each and Avion Johnson 2.

Anthony Taliaferro took game high honors with 26 for Barker as Peyton Wagner tallied 12, Carter DerSarkissian 11, Donovan Hefferon 9 and JJ Prynn 8.

Taliaferro scored 8 in the opening quarter to help Barker jump out to a 15-10 lead.

However, Medina answered back with a big 26-12 surge in the decisive second period to rally into a 36-27 halt-time advantage.

Nealy had three threes, Woodworth a three, a three-point play and a basket and Moss two baskets and a three-point play to lead that Mustangs uprising.

Barker though battled back to within four, 49-45, at the end of the third period.

All five starters contributed baskets to that Bulldogs rally including a two and a three by DerSarkissian and a pair of baskets by both Wagner and Prynn.

Medina’s Carlos Doval drives to the basket against Barker’s Carson Schwab.

Nealy and Woodworth both hit threes for the Mustangs during that stretch.

Back-to-back threes by Woodworth quickly put Medina back up by 10, 55-45, at the outset of the final period and Barker could get no closer than three after that.

A three by Taliaferro pulled Barker to within three at 57-54 early in the period but Medina answered back with a free throw by Batista and a basket by Nealy to quickly go back up by six, 60-54.

Late in the period a three point play by Wagner pulled the Bulldogs again to within three at 68-65 but the Mustangs answered with free throws by Dieter and Woodworth to lock up the win.

Akron 81, Albion 66
Akron opened defense of its N-O title with an 81-66 win over visiting Albion as Blake Gerstung scored a game high 29, Derren Brooks 21, Brodie Hill 12 and Ben Gerstung 10.

Tyler Cody scored 25, Elijah Doxey 17, Wesley Olles 12 and Josh Schoeberlein 9 for Albion which trailed 33-24 at the half.

Barker’s Anthony Taliaferro goes to the basket against Medina’s Preston Woodworth.

Albion split with visiting Roy-Hart/Barker in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon.

Albion won the boys’ meet 45-30 and Roy-Hart/Barker took the girls’ competition 51-32.

Justin Kania was a double winner for the Albion boys in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Free as Logan Kast took the 100 Breaststroke and ChrisJen Winters the 500 Free..

Roy-Hart/Barker got individual event wins from Steven Scott (200 Free), Oscer Dergel (200 Individual Medley) and Hendrick Trombley (100 Back).

Samantha Fox was a double winner in the IM and Backstroke for the Roy-Hart/Barker girls as Cora Lennon took the 200 Free and Jillian Ossont the 50 Free.

Keira Sidari doubled in the 100 Free and Breaststroke for Albion and Victoria Rotoli won the 500 Free.

Newfane sweeps Medina
Newfane swept to a doubleheader victory over host Medina winning the boys’ meet 86-77 and the girls’ competition 105-53.

The Newfane boys had a trio of individual event double winners in Eli Kneeland (200 Free and 500 Free), Noah Kneeland (IM and Backstroke) and Dylan Lamont (Butterfly and Breaststroke).

Bryson Ford was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Six Newfane girls scored individual event wins led by double winner Emma Haseley in the IM and Butterfly.

Madeline Mark won the 50 Free for Medina.

For the fourth consecutive game, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team faced an undefeated team and this time came home with a 3-3 tie at Hamburg.

The home team scored first with a short-handed goal.

In the second period, RBM tied the game with a goal by John Peracciny (R-H) assisted by Sean Mettler (R-H) and Clayton Wagner (Medina). Later in the period, Hamburg took the lead again, but a goal by Wagner at the 4:09 point again created a tie.

Entering the third, RBM took the lead on a goal by Gavin Ickowski (R-H) with Wagner notching another assist.

Hamburg again tied the game setting up overtime during which time either team could score.

Noah Orens (Newfane) stopped an incredible 44 shots in goal.

RBM’s next outing is Sunday, Dec. 21st at 8 p.m. against St. Joseph’s at Buffalo’s Northtown Center.