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Empire 8 Conference honors for Medina grad

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 8 December 2025 at 1:49 pm

Contributed Photo – Cole Callard

Medina High graduate and SUNY Cortland freshman kicker Cole Callard has been named to the second team of the All Empire 8 Conference football squad.

Callard, who is a sport Management major, handled the extra point, field goal and kickoff duites for the Red Dragons.

On the season he was 51 of 51 in extra point kick attempts and 6 of 11 in field goal tries with the longest being 37 yards. He also had 67 kickoffs.

During his scholastic days at Medina he earned All-Western New York and All State football honors. He holds the record for the Mustangs lonest field goal of 47 yards.

He was also a multi year starter on the Mustangs varsity soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams.

Team Rochester downs RBM icers

Contributed Story Posted 7 December 2025 at 9:28 am

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team traveled to Rochester to face the unbeaten home team and came away with an 8-5 loss on Saturday.

The game was closer than the final score would indicate, however.

After falling behind 1-0, RBM scored to tie the game on a goal by Clayton Wagner (Medina) assisted by John Peracciny (RH) and Sean Mettler (RH). Falling behind once again in the first period, Ryan Felicetti (Wilson) tied the score again with Viktor Snyder (Albion) assisting. The initial period ended with RBM trailing 3-2.

The second period belonged to the home team as they took a 5-2 lead into the third period. At the 11:20 mark, Gavin Ickowski (R-H) scored a shorthanded goal. Rochester quickly answered, however.

Trailing 6-3, RBM scored the next two goals to make it a 6-5 game. Scoring was Cameron Bryer (Wilson) assisted by Wagner and Felicetti assisted by Snyder.

Rochester finished the scoring with two goals.

Jonathan Esposito (Kendall) led the Team Rochester offense with three goals.

RBM next travels to unbeaten Hamburg on Wednesday evening for a 9 p.m. game.

Weekly high school sports schedule

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 7 December 2025 at 8:58 am

The Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball season will tip off on Monday evening as Albion hosts Akron at 6:30 p.m.

The N-O boys basketball season will get underway on Thursday as Medina visits Barker at 6 p.m. and defending champion Akron hosts Albion at 6:30 p.m.

The N-O wrestling season beings on Wednesday with Akron at Medina, Albion at Wilson and defending champion Newfane at Roy-Hart/Barker at 6 p.m.

The week’s wrestling competition will be highlighted on Saturday with the annual Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville.

The N-O swim season also gets underway on Thursday with Newfane at Medina and Roy-Hart/Barker at Albion at 5 p.m.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball – Medina at Starpoint, Alden at Barker, Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Akron at Albion, 6:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Holley, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Roy-Hart at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Lyndonville at Oakfield-Alabama, Pembroke at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Medina at Notre Dame, Albion at Oakfield-Alabama, Roy-Hart/Barker at HAC, 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling – Franklinville vs. Roy-Hart/Barker at Barker, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Holley at Wheatland-Chili, Pembroke at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Barker at Kenmore West, 6:30 p.m.; Medina at Park, 7:30 p.m.
Wrestling – Pavilion/York and St. Mary’s at Lyndonville, 5:30 p.m.; Akron at Medina, Albion at Wilson, Newfane at Roy-Hart/Barker, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Medina at Barker, 6 p.m.; Albion at Akron, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Byron-Bergen at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Alexander at Holley, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Newfane at Medina, Roy-Hart/Barker at Albion, 5 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Alexander at Holley, Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Barker at Medina, 5 p.m.; Lyndonville at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Albion at JCC Tournament

Saturday
Boys Basketball – Cleve Hill at Barker, 12:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Attica, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Roy-Hart at Maryvale, 12 p.m.
Swimming – Roy-Hart/Barker at Akron, 10 a.m.
Wrestling – Fred Large Tournament at Lyndonville, 9 a.m.; Albion at JCC Tournament

R-H/Barker hosts Dick Lang Memorial Duals

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2025 at 7:40 pm

Host Roy-Hart/Barker and Holley-Kendall both went 5-1 at the second annual Dick Lang Memorial Dual Wrestling Tournament held today at Middleport.

Williamsville East-North finished at 6-0 while Williamsville South earned a one-third share of second place at 5-1.

Roy-Hart/Barker defeated Canisius 78-6, Tonawanda 54-26, Lake Shore 48-35, CSAT 71-12 and Lafayette 66-14 but lost to Williamsville East-North 57-24.

Holley-Kendall defeated Lake Shore 60-18, Tonawanda 59-21, Canisius 60-18, CSAT 66-14 and Lafayette 51-23 but lost to Williamsville East-North 42-39.

Trio leads Albion at Charger Duals

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2025 at 6:58 pm

Contributed Photo – Albion’s trio of Stryker Sanders, Jaxon Lynch and Drake Schomske went undefeated at the Charger Duals wrestling tournament held today at Cheektowaga.

Albion went 3-1 a the Charger Duals Wrestling Tournament today at Cheektowaga.

The Purple Eagles defeated Cheektowaga 51-27, St. Mary’s. Lancaster 53-21 and Maryvale 54-28 but dropped a narrow 42-39 decision to Fredonia.

Albion was led by a trio of undefeated wrestlers inclding Jaxon Lynch, Drake Schomske and Stryker Sanders.

Medina competed at the Byron-Bergen Tournament as Luke Duffina (132) placed second and Jake Duffina (118) and Tyler Raduns (1165) both took sixth.

In the JV competition for Medina, Davi Mucoucah (138) placed first and Cole Herman (215) second.

Lady Eagles edge Mustangs for tourney title

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2025 at 6:32 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Mia Price puts up a shot against Medina defender Roswyn Oakes during the Lady Eagles tournament championship game win this afternoon.

Kendall trimmed Medina 37-31 in the championship game of the host Lady Eagles Tip-Off Tournament this afternoon.

Mia Price scored 15, Teagan Shaw 10, Sophia Picado and Izzy D’Agostino 4 each and Stella Kwiatek and Brynn Hardenbrook 2 each for Kendall.

Caliyah St. Louis led Medina with 12 as Tatianna Maxon and Sam Heschke both had 7, Roswyn Oakes 3 and Emberlyn Oakes 2.

The contest was deadlocked at 19-19 at the end of the first half which saw four ties and four lead changes. Shaw had 7 and Price 6 for Kendall during that stretch while St. Louis and Maxon both netted 7 for Medina.

Kendall moved on top to stay at 33-27 by outscoring Medina 14-8 in the third period.

Breaking away from the game’s last tie at 27-27, the Lady Eagles closed the period with a 6-0 run on a layup off a steal and a free throw by Price and a three by Shaw. Price had a total of 7 in the period.

The Mustangs could get no closer than five in the low scoring final period which saw each team score only four points.

Medina’s Sam Heschke grabs a rebound as Izzy D’Agostino (12) and Teagan Shaw (10) move in for Kendall.

Mustangs post win over Ken East Bulldogs

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2025 at 6:24 pm

Medina completed a sweep of a pair of season opening non league games at Kenmore East by downing the host Bulldogs 67-56 this afternoon as Jerrell Nealy and Preston Woodworth combined for 51 points.

Nealy scored 26 including 10 in the third period and 7 in the fourth. Woodworth netted 25 including 9 in the first quarter and 7 in both the second and third periods.

Kolton Fletcher added 9 and Avion Johnson 4 for the Mustangs which led 35-26 at the half.

The Mustang had defeated West Seneca East 51-44 at Ken East in the season opener on Friday.

Medina will next visit Starpoint in a non league contest at 7 p.m. Monday.

Perry 81, Holley 40
Cooper Wolf scored 16, Josh Silpoch 13 and Avante Walker 6 for Holley in a 81-40 non league game loss at Perry this afternoon.

Wilson 66, Cardinal O’Hara 59
Aidan Neumann scored 38 and Ryan Hough 15 to lead Wilson to a 66-59 non league win over Cardinal O’Hara.

Lady Hawks trim Albion for tourney win

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 6 December 2025 at 6:19 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Hanna Ostrom drives against Albion’s Aaliyah Jones during the Lady Hawks Kendall Tournament win over the Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Moving on top to stay in the third quarter, Holley went on to down Albion 30-26 this afternoon in the consolation game of the Kendall girls basketball tournament.

Trailing 18-12, Holley closed the third period with an 11-0 run to take the lead for good at 23-18. Kyla Burne and Jayna Burris both had a pair of baskets and Mia Thom a three to key the Lady Hawks rally.

Albion closed to within one, 24-23, early in the final period on a basket by Jocelyn Friedl but could not pull even.

Burne answered with big back-to-back baskets upping the Holley lead to 28-23.

The closest Albion could get after that was at 28-26 on a three by Leah Pawlak as a steal and a layup at the buzzer by Burris capped off the Lady Hawks win.

Burne finished with 10, Brynn Thomas 8, Burris 6, Thom 5 and Hanna Ostrom 1 for the Lady Hawks.

Aaliyah Jones, Friedl and Melia Prince each scored 6, Pawlak 5 and Madison Markle 3 for the Purple Eagles.

Albion’s Melia Prince and Holley’s Alexis VanAmeron battle for the ball.

Second half Pal-Mac surge downs Albion

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 5 December 2025 at 9:42 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nate Gibson puts up a shot against Pal-Mac defender Jackson Dennie during the Purple Eagles home court loss to the Red Raiders this evening.

Pulling away in the second half, Palmyra-Macedon posted a 69-50 win over Albion this evening in the host Purple Eagles non league season opener.

Breaking away from a 28-28 half-time deadlock, Pal-Mac took charge with 22-11 third period scoring surge to move out to a 50-39 lead. Three baskets by Eli Smith and two threes by Derek Leone highlighted that uprising. Smith finished with a team high 17.

Pal-Mac then put a lock on the win by outpointing Albion 19-11 in the final period.

Elijah Doxey took game high scoring honors for Albion with 29 as Tyler Cody and Nate Gibson both had 7, Wesley Olles 4 and Josh Schoeberlein 3. Doxey scored 12 in the opening period to spark the Purple Eagles out to an 18-13 lead.

Albion next visits defending champion Akron Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Niagara-Orleans League opener.

Albion’s Tyler Cody drives to the basket ahead of Pal-Mac defender Will Frick.

Mustangs down Trojans in season opener

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 5 December 2025 at 9:22 pm

A fast start and a strong finish combined to earn Medina a 51-44 victory over West Seneca East in the Mustangs non league season opener this evening at Kenmore East.

Jerrell Nealy scored 12 and Preston Woodworth 11 to lead the Medina offense as Carlos Doval added 8, Kolton Fletcher 7, Christian Moss 5, Bryan Santiago-Bautista 3, Vinny Gray 2, Hadrian Batista 2 and Jimmy Dieter 1.

Medina jumped out to a 17-10 first quarter lead as Nealy hit two threes, Doval one and Fletcher added a pair of baskets.

Holding slender leads of 25-22 at the half and 35-34 after three quarters, the Mustangs put a lock on the win by outpointing the Trojans 16-11 in the decisive final period.

Doval and Santiago-Bautista both hit threes and Fletcher had a three-point play to lead that late surge which also included three free throws by Woodworth and baskets by Nealy and Moss.

The Mustangs will return to Kenmore East on Saturday to face the host Bulldogs at 1 p.m.

Houghton 41, Lyndonville 31
Houghton downed host Lyndonville 41-31 in a non league contest.

Atticus Mank scored 12, Lane Woodworth 11 and Colton Smith 6 for Lyndonville

Notre Dame 66, Barker 56
Notre Dame bested Barker 66-56 in another non league contest.

Anthony Taliaferro scored 17, Donovan Hefferon 12 and Jackson Prynn 11 for Barker.

Roy-Hart 70, Allegany-Limestone 46
Roy-Hart downed visiting Allegany-Limestone 70-46 in a non league game as Matt Aquilina scored 29, Tysen McCaa 13 and Vinny Fazzio 10.

Girls Basketball
Niagara-Wheatfied 50, Roy-Hart 21
Host Niagara-Wheatfield topped Roy-Hart 50-21 in a non league girl contest.

Adella Dukes scored 16 for Roy-Hart.