Contributed Photo – Earning first place honors at this evening’s annual Niagara-Orleans League Girls Individual Swimming championships held at Newfane were Kayla Hagen, Holly DiMayo, Amanda Hill Jenna Heiser and Madison Ohol from Roy-Hart, Lauren Gaughran from Newfane, Hannah Heil from Medina, Sara Gendrue from Barker and Mindy Doktor, Madison Kaczmarek, Morgan Harris and Madison Harris from Akron.

Roy-Hart scored victories in six of 11 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans League Girls Individual Swimming championships held this evening at Newfane.

Amanda Hill was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley (2:24.98) and 100 Butterfly (1:06.11) and Kayla Hagen in the 100 Free (:55.37) and 100 Backstroke (1:04.21) for Roy-Hart.

Hagen, Hill and Jenna Heiser also teamed up with Holly DiMayo to win the 200 Medley Relay (1:59.22) and with Madison Ohol to capture the 400 Free Relay in a league record time of 3:52.34.

Lauren Gaughran was a double winner for Newfane as she repeated as the winner in both the 200 Free (2:06.88) and 500 Free (5:42.33).

Medina’s Hannah Heil repeated as the 50 Free winner (:25.09) as did Barker’s Sara Gendrue in the 100 Breaststroke (1:14.71)

Akron’s quartet of Mindy Doktor, Madison Kaczmarek, Morgan Harris and Madison Harris took top honors in the 200 Free Relay (1:47.89).

Second place honors in the individual events were earned by Madison Harris (200 Free), Gendrue (200 Individual Medley), Barker’s Natalie Menz (50 Free), Albion’s Michaela Pantano (100 Butterfly), Heil (100 Free), Ohol (500 Free), Akron’s Alexis Cramer (100 Backstroke) and DiMayo (100 Breaststroke).

Earning third place honors were Ohol (200 Free), Akron’s Skyler Masse (200 Individual Medley), Kaczmarek (50 Free), Morgan Harris (100 Butterfly), Newfane’s Meghan Mietlicki (100 Free), Madison Harris (500 Free), Newfane’s Lauren Seymour (100 Backstroke) and Newfane’s Erin Harrington (100 Breaststroke).

Building up a 15 point half-time advantage, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Attica 63-38 this evening to improve to 4-5 in Genesee Region League boys basketball action.

Zach Johnson scored a game high 19 points for Lyndonville as Nathan Poler added 11, Nathan Dillenbeck, Ricky Forder and Brody Brown 8 each.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 15-9 first period lead as Dillenbeck and Brown both hit threes.

The Tigers upped the advantage to 35-20 at the half as Forder scored 6 and Johnson 5 in the second period.

Lyndonville maintained a commanding 53-29 advantage at the three-quarter mark as Brown and Johnson each netted 5 in the third period.

Alexander 49, Kendall 42
Alexander used a 13-0 run to close the game to rally past Kendall 49-42 and improve to 11-3.

Breaking away from a 34-34 deadlock at the three-quarter mark, Kendall moved out to a 42-36 lead four minutes into the final period as John Rath had a three and Nate Warters and Hunter Menge buckets.  However, the Eagles could not score again.

Rath finished with 19, Warters 10 and Menze 8.

Erik Scharlau scored 14 and grabbed off 16 rebounds to lead Alexander as Ryan Davis and Chris McClinic each chipped in with 11 points.

Holley-Kendall posted a 45-35 non league wrestling victory over McQuaid this evening.

Jayden Pieniaszek,  Cade Aina, Jeremy Browe and Dylan Spellan all had pins and Erik Balys a decision win to lead the way for Holley-Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brendan Luthart puts up a shot against Albion defender Bryce Pritchard during the Mustangs win over the host Purple Eagles this evening. Moving in on the play are Albion’s Hunter Webster and Medina’s Nate Sherman.

Getting point production from 10 players defending champion Medina rolled to a 71-38 victory over host rival Albion this evening to maintain a share of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead.

The victory boosts Medina’s N-O record to 6-1 and keeps the Mustangs even with Newfane, a 70-48 victory over Roy-Hart. In the other N-O game Wilson improved to 4-2 with a 45-36 victory over Akron.

Jalin Cooper scored a game high 23 points to lead the Medina offense as Mason Lewis and Brendan Luthart both had 10, Alex Allis 7, Nate Sherman 6, Izaiah Rhim 5, Trenton Jones 4, Tyler Chinn 3, Jorge Phillips 2 and Brian Fry 1.

Albion’s Demetrius Gardner grabs a rebound away from Medina’s Jalin Cooper. Also in on the play are Medina’s Izaiah Rhim and Albion’s Hunter Webster.

Hunter Webster scored 9, Demetrius Gardner 8, Deyonci Farley 6, Liam Ward, Bryce Pritchard, Shyheim Jakes and Dylan Fox 3, Kevin Hillman 3 and Xavier Cornick 1 for Albion which slips two games off the pace at 4-3 in the N-O title race.

Medina jumped out to a 14-7 first period lead as Luthart tallied eight, including a pair of threes and a layup off a turnover, and Cooper added 4.

Getting excellent results all evening from an aggressive, ball hawking defense, the Mustangs then broke the contest open by outpointing the Purple Eagles 18-6 in the second period to extend the advantage to 10, 32-13, at the half.

Lewis scored 8 in the first four minutes of the period to key a 12-2 run which put Medina up by 15, 26-9. Cooper added a pair of late layups to help make it a 19 point lead at the break.

The Mustangs maintained a 17 point, 45-28, lead at the three-quarter mark and then closed out the victory with a 26-10 fourth period scoring burst including 9 by Cooper and 5 each by Allis and Rhim.

Newfane 70, Roy-Hart 48
Trailing 15-9 after the first period, Newfane used a 21-9 second period scoring surge to rally into a 30-24 lead at the half and key a 70-48 victory over Roy-Hart.

Kyle DeVoogel scored 16, Max Weber 14 and Connor Hill and Umaru Ibrahim 8 each to lead the way for Newfane.

Noah Kindron scored 18, Jake Bruning 14 and Blake Halstead 6 for Roy-Hart which slips to 1-5.

Medina’s Tyler Chinn collides with Albion’s Demetrius Gardner on the way to the basket.

Holley-Kendall and Lyndonville both dropped non league wrestling decisions on the road this evening.

Holley-Kendall lost 52-18 at Churchville-Chili and Lyndonville 65-13 at Akron.

Jeremy Browe and Dylan Spellan both registered pins for Holley-Kendall as Jayden Pieniaszek and Brandon Gardner both added decision wins.

Jacob Scribner had a pin for Lyndonville which also got decision wins from Cullen Heveron and Dylan Burt-Hodgins.

Contributed Photo – Earning first place honors at the annual Niagara-Orleans League Boys Individual Swim championships were Andrew Jenks, Collin Webb, Adam Wagner and Dominic Clementi from Barker, Daniel Heil from Medina, Thomas Schultz from Newfane, and Carlitos Sanchez, Harrison Brown, Sam Sanchez and Matt Kovaleski  from Albion.

Barker captured top honors in six of 11 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans League Boys Individual Swimming Championships held this evening at Akron.

Collin Webb was a repeat double winner for Barker in the 50 Freestyle (:22.54) and 100 Free (:49.53). He captured the 50 Free for a league record fourth year in a row.

Andrew Jenks likewise was a double winner for the Raiders repeating as the 100 Butterfly (:58.27) champion and also winning the 200 Individual Medley (2:17.32).

Webb and Jenks also teamed up with Dominic Clementi and Adam Wagner to win both the 200 Medley Relay (1:44.35) and the 200 Free Relay (1:32.28).

Albion’s quartet of Carlitos Sanchez, Harrison Brown, Matt Kovaleski and Sam Sanchez captured the 400 Free Relay (3:34.40).

Kovaleski also took first place honors in the 100 Breaststroke (1:06.72).

Medina’s Daniel Heil captured the 100 Backstroke (1:01.67) to become a three sport N-O All-League honoree (cross-country and track).

Newfane also had an individual event double winner as Thomas Schultz repeated as the 500 Free (5:20.54) champion and also captured the 200 Free (1:56.55).

Second place finishers in the individual events included Akron’s Andrew Buyea in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Akron’s Jacob Cobti in the IM, Carlitos Sanchez in the 50 Free, Sam Sanchez in the Butterfly, Roy-Hart’s William Rickard in the 100 Free, Albion’s Thomas Furmanski in the Backstroke and Medina’s Ray Paull in the Breaststroke.

Third place honors went to Wagner in the 200 Free, Dan Heil in the IM, Rickard in the 50 Free, Medina’s Hunter Heil in the Butterfly, Akron’s Symon Jonathan in the 100 Free, Roy-Hart’s Madigan Lang in the 500 Free, Newfane’s Zach Lundy in the Backstroke and Clementi in the Breaststroke.

The girls All-League meet will be held at Newfane at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Colby Petrie and his Mustang teammates will host the annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

With an expanded field, Medina will host the annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

The tourney is held in memory of Gary Gross, the father of Medina wrestling Coach Eric Gross, who was an very avid, long-time supporter of the Mustangs wrestling program.

The Mustangs will be joined in the 10 team tourney field by Albion, Lyndonville, Holley-Kendall, Wilson, Lew-Port, Attica/Batavia, Churchville-Chili, Perry and New Hartford which is near Utica in Section III.

The tourney will be an individual round robin bracket event.

Competition begins at 9 a.m. and will run straight through the day with the final round scheduled for 5 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Matt Hess grabs a rebound against the Akron duo of Mason Schultz and Adam Mietz during the host Tigers non league loss this evening.

A fourth quarter rally fell short as Lyndonville dropped a narrow 52-47 decision to visiting Akron this evening in a non league basketball game.

Trailing by 13, 46-33, Lyndonville got right back into the game by opening the final period with a 10-0 run. Nathan Poler had a layup and a jumper, Matt Hess a jumper and Zach Johnson a layup to lead that surge which sliced the deficit to three, 46-43, with five minutes remaining but the Tigers would get no closer.

Akron answered with a pair of key baskets, a rebound bucket by Mason Schultz and a jumper by Jake Siska, to go back up by seven at 50-43 with two minutes to go.

Lyndonville’s Ricky Forder drives to the basket against Akron defender Brandon Orr.

Lyndonville did pull back to within three one more time at 50-47 after layups by Hess and Forder with 1:30 remaining but the Tigers could not score again.

A late basket by Adam Mietz put a lock on the victory for Akron.

Mietz and Derek Holtz both finished with 15 as Siska and Schultz both netted 10 for Akron’s balanced attack.

Hess and Poler both scored 13 for Lyndonville as Johnson added 8, Forder 7 and Nathan Dillenbeck 6.

Akron jumped out to a 13-7 first period lead but Lyndonville answered with a 16-9 second quarter surge to rally into a 23-22 lead at the half.  Forder and Poler both scored 5 and Johnson 4 to key that rally.

However, Akron answered back with a decisive 24-10 third period scoring burst to regain the lead for good.

The teams traded baskets through the first half of the third period but Akron closed the stanza with a 10-0 run highlighted by a three by Mietz and a layup off a steal by Holtz to open up a 46-33 lead at the three-quarter mark, a deficit Lyndonville could not overcome.

Elba 53, Holley 35
Trailing 21-19 at the half, Elba used a 20-9 third period scoring surge to key a 53-35 victory over host Holley in a Genesee Region League game.

Colton Dillon and Ben Pflaumer both had a pair of threes to highlight the Lancers decisive third period rally.

Jon Boyce had a total of 16, Dillon 15 and Owen Scouten 12 on the evening to spark the Elba offense.

Patrick Bower and Andrew Moseman both scored 8, Ryan Andrews 7 and Braden Ferranti 6 for Holley.

Medina posted a 50-36 victory over host North Tonawanda this evening in a forfeit filled non league wrestling match.

Jake Bensley and Christian Silversmith both notched pins for the Mustangs as Joe Gates had a technical fall victory and Jeremiah Wiseman a decision win.

Medina next hosts the annual Gary Gross Memorial Tournament on Saturday.

Making it three wins in a row, Barker defeated visiting visiting Holley 27-21 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Serena Harris scored 12 to lead the way for Barker as Haley Brown, Sarah Mason and Kylie Miller each added 4 and Gabby Baker 3.  Brown also grabbed off 9 rebounds and Harris 7.

Olivia Radford scored 9 and Abigail Williams 6 for Holley.

Barker held a narrow 14-12 lead at the half.