Contributed Photo – Barker’s quartet of Adam Wagner, Andrew Jenks, Dominic Clementi and Collin Webb earned a total of five wins at the Class C swim sectionals today.

Barker had a big five event victory effort at the Section VI Class C boys swim championships held today at Maryvale.

Contributed Photo – Barker’s Collin Webb earned Class C Swimmer of the Meet honors.

Collin Webb, who earned the Swimmer of the Meet honor, was an individual event double winner for Barker in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Free and Andrew Jenks captured the 200 Individual Medley. Dominic Clementi also placed second in the 100 Breaststroke.

Webb, Jenks and Clementi also teamed up with Adam Wagner to win both the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle relays.

Medina’s quartet of Daniel Heil, Hunter Heil, Ray Paull and Mason Pecoraro took second in the 200 Medley Relay while the Roy-Hart foursome of Will Rickard, Patrick Sheelar, Michael Miller and Madigan Lang placed third in the 400 Free Relay.

Newfane had Thomas Schultz place second in the 500 Free and Zach Lundy second in the 100 Backstroke.

Wrestling Sectionals
Albion had Preston Flugel (138) place third and Ben Restivo (182) fourth at the Section VI Division 2 (small schools) wrestling championships today at Lake Shore.

Medina’s Elijah Sones (195) and Roy-Hart’s Tyler Choate (152) both placed fifth.

Niagara-Orleans League champion Newfane had a pair of winners in Zach Brown (152), who earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award, and Andrew Lucinski (99). Akron’s Jacob Sarow (170) finished second.

In the Section V championships at Brockport, Lyndonville’s Chase Stinson (120) placed fifth while the Holley-Kendall trio of Tristyn Moyer (113), Cade Aina (145) and Dylan Spellan (170) all took sixth.

Tony Nemi (Medina 1) outlasted Zimmies Auto Service 11-8 today to remain unbeaten at 2-0 in Kenan Senior Indoor Soccer League action.

Andrew Houseman led the Nemi scoring with 4 goals. Jonathan Pietrafesa tallied 3 while Matt Hess, Renee Masters, Caelan Holland and Gavin Samanka each had 1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Taylor ReQua tries to block a shot attempt by Oakfield-Alabama’s Makayla Hilchey during the Lady Eagles loss to the host Lady Hornets this afternoon.

Improving to 17-2, Oakfield-Alabama posted a 52-30 victory over visiting Kendall this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Brianna Smith led Oakfield-Alabama’s balanced attack with 14 points as Makayla Hilchey added 9, Kylie Schlagenhauf and Lauren Reding 7, Lakin Woodward 5, Tori Mandel and Danica Porter 4 and Shelby Carlsen 2.

Lizzie Sutphen scored 10 and Taylor ReQua 8 to pace Kendall as Lyndsay Wright added 6, Jenna Regan 4 and Kaitlyn Gregory 2.

Kendall stayed within one at 9-8 midway through the first period after a jumper by Gregory and a layup off a steal by ReQua.

However, O-A answered right back with a 10-2 run to close the period. A three by Woodward ignited that spurt, which also included a pair of baskets by Smith, as the Lady Hornets opened up a 19-10 lead.

The Lady Hornets upped the lead a bit to 13, 27-14, at the half and then to 19, 43-24, at the three-quarter mark capped off by a 12-4 run to close the stanza.

Reding hit a three in each of the middle two periods while Smith tallied 7 in the third period.

Kendall’s Lizzie Sutphen looks to drive by Oakfield-Alabama’s Lauren Reding.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson puts up a shot against Notre Dame defender Emma Finch during the Lady Tigers loss to the host Irish this afternoon.

Building up a commanding 25 point half-time advantage, Notre Dame went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 64-27 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lyndonville’s Faith Chaffee battles with Notre Dame’s Gemma Bochicchio for a rebound.

Callie McCulley scored 18 and Morgan Rhodes and Margaret Sutherland both chipped in with 14 to spearhead the attack for Notre Dame which improves to 13-6. Natalie Thornton added 9, Stevie Wilcox 6, Emma Finch 2 and Gemma Bochicchio 1.

Ella Lewis led Lyndonville with 11 as Anna Lewis added 6, Alecia Hinkson 4 and Faith Chaffee, Savannah Poler and Danielle Weldon 2 each.

McCulley scored 9 and Rhodes hit a pair of threes to help Notre Dame jump out to a 21-7 first period lead.

The Irish upped the advantage to 36-11 at the half as Wilcox netted 5 and Sutherland 4 to lead a 15-4 second period.

Two more threes by Rhodes, along with a pair of baskets by Sutherland, helped the Irish extend the lead to 53-19 at the three-quarter mark.

Contributed Photo – Albion’s quintet of Harrison Brown, Carlitos Sanchez, Matt Kovaleski, Sam Sanchez and Thomas Furmanski enjoyed a very successful day at the Section VI swim championships placing in a total of six events to advance to this coming week’s Section VI championships.

A first place finish by the 200 Medley Relay quartet of Thomas Furmanski, Matt Kovaleski, Sam Sanchez and Carlitos Sanchez led Albion’s efforts today at the Section VI Class B swimming championships held at Maryvale.

Kovaleski, Sam Sanchez and Carlitos Sanchez also teamed up with Harrison Brown to place third in the 200 Freestyle Relay and fourth in the 400 Free Relay.

In the individual events, Kovaleski placed second in the 100 Breaststroke in a school record time of 1:06.38, Sam Sanchez third in the 100 Butterfly and Furmanski fourth in the 100 Backstroke.

The Purple Eagles finished fifth in the team competition.

Building up a 25-10 half-time advantage, Albion went on to defeat visiting Barker 44-22 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Natalie DiCureia scored 7 to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Cassidy Wolcott and Sierra Newton both added 6, Caitlynn Snook and Brylie Hapeman 5 and Janae Doty and Tessa Pettit 4.

Albion proves to 8-3 while Barker slips to 2-8.

Newfane 54, Medina 36
Newfane, which has already locked up the N-O title, posted a 54-36 victory over visiting Medina to stay perfect at 11-0.

Paige Emborsky scored 20 and Emily Foltz 9 for Newfane which led 21-4 after one period, 33-11 at the half and 52-20 at the three-quarter mark.

Maddie Williams scored 15 and Camri King 11 for Medina which slips to 2-8.

Akron 67, Roy-Hart 47
Helena Hill scored 18, Neely Abrams 17, Darion Jonathan 16 and Jessee Jonathan 15 to spark Akron (6-4) to a 67-47 victory over Roy-Hart (1-10).

Skyler Christopher and Meghan Washington each scored 9 for Roy-Hart as Maddy Glena and Maddie Fry both had 6.

A big third quarter surge keyed Notre Dame to a 62-44 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Trailing 25-21 at the half, Notre Dame used a 23-9 third period scoring burst to rally into a 44-34 lead at the three-quarter mark. Nico Zambito scored all 9 of his points and Ryan Moffat tallied 6 to lead that Irish surge.  Moffat finished with a game high 20.

Lyndonville rallied from a 12-7 first period deficit into the 25-21 half-time advantage by outscoring Notre Dame 18-9 in the second period. Nathan Poler scored 8 of his 16 points and Kane Flynn 6 of his 11 on two threes to lead that Tigers surge.

Oakfield-Alabama 60, Holley 44
Tayvon Boyd scored 24 and Ryan Douglas 23 to lead Oakfield-Alabama to a 60-44 win over host Holley in another G-R contest.

Patrick Bower had 17 points and 9 rebounds and Andrew Moseman 12 points and 6 assists to lead Holley.

O-A led 31-22 at the half.

Rochester Academy 84, Kendall 54
Leading 40-33 at the half, Rochester Academy Charter put together a big 27-6 third period scoring surge to key an 84-54 victory over visiting Kendall in a non league contest.

Daniel Garcia scored 23, including five threes in the second half, Jevonny Brown 21 and Albert Tomlin 18 to lead the way for Rochester Academy. Tomlin scored 16 in the second quarter to take the 40-33 half-time advantage.

Mickey Gardner scored 17, Nate Warters 11, Hunter Menze 10 and John Rath 9 for Kendall. Menze also grabbed off 12 rebounds and Gardner 7.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Liam Ward led Albion’s fourth quarter surge in the win at Barker this evening.

A big 25 point fourth quarter scoring burst rallied Albion to a 56-40 victory over host Barker this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Trailing 32-31 after three quarters, the Purple Eagles exploded for a 25-8 surge down the stretch to earn the come-from-behind victory.

Liam Ward scored 10 to lead that Purple Eagles uprising. Deyonci Farley added 4 and Kevin Hillman 3 as four other players each added a bucket.

Farley finished with 14, Ward 13, Hillman 9, Bryce Prtichard and Demetrius Gardner 6, Vincent Zona 4 and Hunter Webster and Brad Sanford 2.

Zach Richbart led Barker with 12 as Malik Smith and Dan Ober both added 6 and Nick Brandt and Preston Harris 4.

Albion jumped out to an 18-14 first period lead but Barker rallied back into a 23-22 advantage at the half.

Albion is now 6-5 and Barker 0-10 in the league.

Roy-Hart 60, Akron 37

Building up a 32-17 half-time advantage, Roy-Hart went on to down visiting Akron 60-37 making it four wins in the last five starts to improve to 5-6 in N-O action.

Jake Bruning led Roy-Hart with 21 as Charlie Bruning added 12, Noah Kindron 10 and Blake Halstead 7.

Derek Holtz had 15 for Akron which slips to 2-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper shoots over Newfane defender Brandon Gross during the Mustangs key win over the visiting Panthers this evening.

A big third quarter scoring surge keyed defending champion Medina to a key 66-57 victory over visiting Newfane this evening to move into a share of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead.

The victory pulls Medina even with Newfane at 8-2 for the N-O lead with just two games remaining on the league schedule.

Jalin Cooper scored 22 and Mason Lewis and Izaiah Rhim both added 12 to lead the way for Medina as Alex Allis chipped in with 9, Brendan Luthart 5, Tyler Chinn 3, Nate Sherman 2 and Brian Fry 1.

Newfane’s Max Weber drives to the basket against Medina defenders Jorge Phillips (22) and Trenton Jones (24).

Max Weber poured in a game high 28 for Newfane as Kyle DeVoogel and Umaru Ibrahim both added 10, Jonah Wisniewski 4, Matt DiTullio 3 and Brandon Gross 2. Weber’s efforts included four threes and 14 of 18 from the free throw line.

Up by only four, 29-25, at the half, Medina quickly doubled its lead to 33-25 at the outset of the third period on layups by Rhim and Cooper.

The Mustangs then completed the big 18-8 period surge by closing the stanza with s 10-0 run to extend the advantage to 14, 47-33, at the three-quarter mark. Rhim had a layup and a rebound bucket, Cooper a jumper, Sherman a rebound basket and Lewis two free throws during that key run.

Newfane though came battling back cutting the deficit in half to seven at 56-49 with just under three minutes to go as as DeVoogel spearheaded that rally with two threes and six free throws.

However, the Mustangs weathered the storm answering back with a key 7-2 run, all from the foul line, to regain a 12 point, 63-51 lead with less than a minute to go and put a lock on the must win victory. Rhim, Chinn, Allis and Lewis all had free throws during that stretch. Lewis in fact went 9 of 10 on the line for the evening.

The contest was deadlocked 13-13 at the end of the first period as Newfane closed with sn 8-2 run to pull even.  Cooper had 8 for the Mustangs and Weber 8 for the Panthers during that stretch.

Medina regained the lead for good  by a slender 29-5 margin at the half as a dunk and a three by Cooper along with a pair of threes by Allis sparked the Mustangs in the second quarter.

The win gives Medina a season sweep over Newfane as the Mustangs also used a big third period surge to key a 73-65 victory on the Panthers court in the earlier meeting.

Medina will now close out the N-O season with home games against Barker and Akron next week while Newfane winds up with road contests at Akron and rival Wilson.

Medina’s Mason Lewis drives by Newfane’s Jonah Wisniewski.