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Medina 2 rallies to tie in indoor soccer opener
Medina 2 rallied to earn a 4-4 tie with MP Construction in the Kenan Indoor Soccer League season opener this past weekend.
Medina 2 trailed 2-0 early and 4-2 at the half before rallying to earn the tie.
Evan Horn from Lyndonville scored 3 goals and Owen Fraiser from Medina 1.
Kody Leno, who registered the shutout in goal in the second half, had a total of 10 saves.
ReQua signs to play soccer at Duquesne

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall High senior Taylor ReQua signed a National Letter of Intent this morning to accept a scholarship to play Division I soccer at Duquesne University. She is shown here with her parents, Jason and Toni ReQua, along with Kendall varsity soccer Coach Pam Barchet and Eagles varsity basketball Coach Jeff Parizek. She is planning on majoring in Sports Marketing. A five year varsity player, ReQua finishes her career at Kendall with 71 goals and 65 assists. A multi year Genesee Region League All-Star, she earned first team Class D All-State honors this past fall.
Medina Unified bowling team downs Newfane
The Medina High Unified bowling team improved to 2-0 by defeating Newfane 6-2 Thursday at Medina Lanes.
The Medina bowlers included Alex Allis, Morgan Allis, Ian Wagner, Enzo Giuliani , Steven Secore, Morgan Crossett, Emma Carson, Thomas Biaselli, Joe Biaselli, Jessica Granchelli, Gracie Cogovan, Ian Joseph, Lydia Battaglia, Alissa Blount, Jackson Tuohey and William Brazwell.
Holley cagers upend Attica
Avenging an earlier 55-48 loss, Holley defeated visiting Attica 58-50 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.
Patrick Bower scored 18 and Andrew Moseman 17 to spearhead the Holley offense as Matt Skehan, who turned in a yeoman defensive effort, added 8, Ryan Andrews 6, Braden Ferranti 5 and Nick Schutz 2. Bower also had 10 rebounds and Moseman 6 assists.
Dawson Nelson led Attica with 16 points and 16 rebounds.
Holley held leads of 14-10 after one period, 27-21 at the half and 45-34 at the three-quarter mark. Bower scored 7 and Moseman 6 in the third period.
Attica did rally back to within four in the fourth quarter but Moseman scored two layups off turnovers to help the Hawks lockup the victory. Bower also had 5 down the stretch.
Holley next hosts Oakfield-Alabama at 7 p.m. Friday.
Racers second half surge downs Tigers

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler puts up a shot against Rochester Academy defenders Spencer Burns and Jevonny Brown. The action took place during the Tigers loss to the visiting Racers this evening.
A big third period scoring surge keyed Rochester Academy Charter to a 71-54 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a non league boys basketball game.
Trailing 35-34, Rochester Academy opened the second half with a turnover aided 11-2 run to rally into the lead for good at 45-37. In all the Racers outpointed the Tigers 19-8 in the decisive period to take a 10 point, 53-43, advantage at the three-quarter mark.
Jevonny Brown scored 9 and Spencer Burns 4 to lead that Racers big uprising.
Keeping the momentum, the Racers then outscored the Tigers 11-4 over the first four minutes of the final period, including 5 by Brown, to extend the advantage to 17, 64-47.

Lyndonville’s Kane Flynn dives for a loose ball as Rochester Academy’s Daniel Garcia comes in from behind.
Brown finished with a game high 23 points as Burns and Albert Tomlin both added 13 and Trevon Stringer 12.
Nathan Poler led Lyndonville with 21 as Zach Johnson added 9, Kane Flynn 8, Matt Hess 7, Ricky Forder 4, Bryce Seddon 3 and Nathan Dillenbeck 2.
Poler had the hot hand early scoring 10 points in the opening period on three layups, a jumper and a rebound bucket. Flynn chipped in with a pair of threes during that stretch to help the Tigers take a narrow 20-19 lead at the end of the sea-saw period which saw nine lead changes.
Back-to-back layups by Hess helped to up the Lyndonville advantage to six, 29-23, three minutes into the second period.
A three-point play by Johnson kept Lyndonville up by six, 33-27, but the Racers answered with a turnover aided 7-2 run to close the period, including back-to-back threes by Stringer, to rally back to within one, 35-34, at the half.
The Racers then continued to capitalize on Tiger turnovers to help key the decisive 19-8 third period surge to key the win.
Rochester Academy improves to 9-9 while Lyndonville slips to 5-12.
The Tigers next host Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Friday in a Genesee Region League contest.
Medina/Lyndonville team competing in top WNY indoor soccer league
The Medina/Lyndonville United team is competing in the u13/14 Division of the top indoor league in Western New York at the Epic Center in Williamsville. The league is made up of mostly Premier and Thruway league club teams (basically ALL-Star teams from all over section VI).
To date Medina/Lyndonville has dropped a pair of narrow 2-1 decisions to GPS Elite and the Cheektowaga Kryptonite.
Aidan Owczarczak scored the M/L goal against GPS and Zaric Boyce tallied against Cheektowaga.
Medina cheerleaders take second at sectionals

Contributed Photo – The Medina Mustangs Varsity Cheerleading squad took second place in their division at the Section VI championships held at Buffalo State College on Sunday. Medina beat out Wilson, Akron, Cassadaga Valley, Randolph and Olmstead to bring home the second place plaque and patches. This is the first time since Competitive Cheerleading was officially named a sport (in 2015) that the Mustangs have taken a top three finish at sectionals. The Mustangs squad includes, from left, Devin Griffin, Destiny Jones, Alexis Jones, Veronika McClary, Natalie Cox (captain), Alexis Hare, Alexis Maron, Alexandria Strong, Gianna Greco, Alexis Hinman, Bobbiesue Fearby, Morgan Greco and Meadow Washak
Wilson has two college soccer signees

Contributed Photos – Wilson senior Emily Kelly has signed her letter of intent to play soccer at the University at Buffalo next fall. Shown with her are, from left, Coach Brian Baker, her parents Tammy and Sean Kelly, Coach TJ Baia, Athletic Director Jeff Roth.

Wilson senior Cesar Carlin has signed his letter of intent to play soccer at Wheeling Jesuit next fall. He is shown here with Athletic Director Jeff Roth, Coach Jeff Hart, his parents Debbie and Chris Carlin and Coach Meg Thompson.
Elba cagers post win over Kendall
Steadily pulling away, Elba posted a 63-43 victory over visiting Kendall this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.
Colton Dillon scored 16, Owen Scouten 12 and Collin O’Halloran 11 to set the pace for Elba which improves to 12-5.
Nate Warters tallied 11, Hunter Menze 9 and John Rath 6 for Kendall which slips to 2-15. Menze also had 9 rebounds and Rath 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
Elba jumped out to a 10 point, 19-9 first period lead. The Lancers went on to increase their advantage to 13, 27-14, at the half and to 24, 49-25, at the three-quarter mark.
Lyndonville, Holley games postponed
Bad weather caused the postponement of the Rochester Academy Charter at Lyndonville and the Attica at Holley boys basketball games. Both have been rescheduled for Thursday with the Lyndonville game at 6 p.m. and the Holley contest at 7.
Wilson girls rebound to down Barker

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Haley Brown puts up a shot against Wilson defender Sarah Lewis during the LadyRaiders loss to the visiting Lakewomen this evening.

Barker’s Haleigh Mason looks to drive against Wilson’s Anna Frerichs.
Rebounding from an 18 point loss at Medina on Tuesday, Wilson scored a 42-28 victory over host Barker this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball make-up game.
Shea Munnikhuysen scored 14 and Skylar Munnikhuysen 12 to lead the way for Wilson as Meg Musall added 7, Emily Kelly 4, Anna Frerichs 3 and Sarah Lewis and Morgan Faery 1 each.
Haley Brown and Kylie Miller each scored 5 for Barker as Serena Harris and Dakota Leising added 4, Gabby Baker 3, Sarah Mason, Haleigh Mason and Bailey Sutch 2 and Sydnie Luckman 1.
Wilson jumped out to a turnover aided 12-4 first period lead and the Lakewomen upped the advantage to 15, 22-7, at the half. Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 5 and Shea Munnikhuysen 4 in both of the first two periods.
A burst of three quick baskets by Musall early in the third period upped the Wilson lead to 18, 28-10, The Lakewomen maintained a 14 point, 31-17, advantage at the three-quarter mark.
Wilson is now 7-4 and Barker 2-7 in N-O action.





