Contributed Photo – Albion wrestlers and coaches celebrate winning the  Depew Tournament championship.

Compiling a perfect 5-0 record, Albion captured championship honors at the Depew Wrestling Tournament today.

Albion defeated St. Mary’s 62-24, Maryvale 48-35, East Aurora 45-42 and Roy-Hart/Barker 54-34.

The Purple Eagles other victory was a criteria win over host Depew. The teams tied 42-42 but Albion claimed the win by virtue of winning 8 bouts to Depew’s 7.

A pin by Malachi Sugar in the final bout rallied Albion into the 42-42 deadlock with Depew.

Sugar and Cody Wilson both went 5-0 on the day for the Purple Eagles as Donamic Farley was 4-0, Preston Flugel and Ben Restivo 4-1 and Jessy Cruz 3-2.

Holley places second at Springville Tourney

Holley went 4-1 to place second at the Springville Tournament.

The Hawks lost to tourney champion Olean 51-28 in the first round but bounced back to defeat Springville 66-21, Sweet Home 53-27, North Tonawanda 72-12 and Wilson 46-37.

Brandon Gardner, Cade Aina and Jeremy Browe all went 5-0 on the day for the Hawks as Tristyn Moyer, Jayden Pieniaszek, Dylan Spellan and Nate Silversmith 4-1 and Erik Balys, Matt Hahn, Frank Flynn and Hunter McLean 3-2.

Medina competes at Batavia Tourney

Medina’s Elijah Sones placed second and Colby Petrie third at the Batavia Tournament. Petrie went 3-1 on the day and Sones 2-1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jalin Cooper

Unable to get untracked offensively in the first half, Medina dropped a 52-35 decision to Nichols this afternoon in the Cataract Classic at Niagara Falls High School.

Able to manage only 9 points in the first half, the Mustangs trailed by margins of 9-6 after one quarter, 23-9 at the half and 34-19 at the three-quarter mark.

Trent Banaszak  led Nichols’ balanced attack with 14 points, 9 of which came in the first half.

Jalin Cooper took game high scoring honors for Medina with 17, all in the second half, as Mason Lewis added 6, Izaiah Rhim 5, Brendan Luthart 4 and Alex Allis 3.

Now at 0-2, Medina next hosts Tapestry at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a non league game. The Mustangs will then open the Niagara-Orleans League campaign by hosting rival Albion at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Leading from wire to wire, Kendall posted a 36-21 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lyndsay Wright, Taylor ReQua and Katherine Pearson each scored 8 points to lead Kendall’s balanced attack as Jenna Regan added 6, Brittney Marks 4 and Lizzie Sutphen 2.

Wright and ReQua also both had 8 rebounds and 6 steals, Pearson 8 rebounds and 4 steals, Regan 10 rebounds and Marks 4 steals.

Ella Lewis and Alecia Hinskon both scored 8, Savannah Poler 4 and Miranda Lembcke 1 for Lyndonville.

Kendall held leads of 6-1 after one period, 16-7 at the half and 24-9 at the three-quarter mark.

Roy-Hart 49, CSAT 45
Roy-Hart used a balanced attack to edge past visiting CSAT 49-45 in a non league game as Meghan Washington tallied 9, Ellie Todd 8 and Lexi Lovewell, Delaney Draper, Maddie Fry and Ashley Hill 6.

The teams were tied 20-20 at the half.

Newfane 49, Grand Island 42
Paige Emborsky scored 25 and Emily Foltz 10 to lead Newfane to a 49-42 non league win over Grand Island.

Swimming
Medina sweeps Wheatland-Chili
Medina splashed to a pair of lopsided non league wins over visiting Wheatland-Chili.

Dan Heil doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Hunter Heil in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke to lead the Medina boys as Chris Goyette took the 200 Free and August Pietrafesa the 50 Free.

Hannah Heil doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Medina girls as Margaret Klotzback took the 200 Free, Brooklyn Brown the 200 Individual Medley, Emma Schwarzott the 100 Fly, Ashton Laird the 100 Back and Grace Cogovan the 100 Breaststroke.

Roy-Hart split at Pembroke winning the girls meet 56-38 but losing the boys 53-41.

Barker likewise split at Attica winning the boys meet 55-43 and losing the girls 58-40. Andrew Jenks was a double winner for the Raiders in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly.

The Albion boys defeated Alexander 78-22 as Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke, Carlitos Sanchez in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Harrison Brown in the 200 Free and 500 Free. Alexander won the girls meet 69-31.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Matt Hess puts a shot up over Kendall’s Mickey Gardner during the host Tigers win over the Eagles this evening.

A big first quarter scoring burst sparked Lyndonville to a 75-63 victory over visiting Kendall this evening in the season opening Genesee Region League boys basketball season opener for both teams.

Matt Hess poured in a game high 28 points to lead Lyndonville as Zach Johnson added 16, Nathan Poler 14, Nathan Dillenbeck 7, Brody Brown 6 and Ricky Forder 4.

Nate Waters scored 21 to pace Kendall as John Rath had 14, Hunter Menze 10, Mickey Gardner 9, Derek Edick 6 and Mason Kuhn 3.

Kendall’s John Rath puts up a shot as he is surrounded by the Lyndonville trio of Matt Hess, Nathan Dillenbeck and Brody Brown.

Kendall took a 2-0 lead at the outset on a basket by Warters but Lyndonvile answered back with a huge 21-3 run to move on top to stay.

Hess and Johnson both scored 6 and Poler 5 to  spearhead that uprising for the Tigers which led by 14, 23-9, at the end of the period.

Kendall did rally back to within 8 twice late in the second period, first at 34-26 after a pair of free throws by Menze and again at 38-30 after a three by Edick, but Lyndonville took a 10 point, 40-30, lead into the lockerroom at the break on a layup at the buzzer by Poler. He had 7 in the period as Hess and Johnson both added 4.

The Tigers maintained an 11 point, 54-43, lead at the three-quarter mark as Hess tallied 8 in the third period on two rebound buckets and a pair of layups.

Lyndonville quickly upped the lead to 15, 60-45, early in the final period after a rebound bucket and a jumper by Hess and a layup by Johnson.

Kendall though rallied back to within 9, 64-55 with 4:30 still remaining after a layup and a 3 by Rath but the Eagles could get no closer.

The Tigers answered with s key 6-0 run on a jumper by Hess, a layup by Poler and a rebound basket by Johnson to regain a 15 point, 70-55, advantage with 2:20 remaining to lock up the win.

Lyndonville is now 1-2 and Kendall 1-1 on the young season.

Kendall next hosts Barker on Monday and Lyndonville visits Notre Dame on Wednesday.

Maryvale 71, Albion 50
Roaring out to a 47-21 half-time advantage, Maryvale went on to defeat visiting Albion 71-50 in a non league game.

Bryce Pritchard scored 12, Liam Ward 11 and Demetrius Gardner 8 for Albion.

Roy-Hart 45, East Aurora 37
Roy-Hart rallied in the second half to defeat East Aurora 45-37 this evening in the Cataract Classic at Niagara Falls High School.

Trailing 23-21 at the half, Roy-Hart used a 13-8 third period scoring edge to rally into a 34-31 advantage. The Rams then outpointed the Blue Devils 11-6 in the final period to lock up the win.

Jake Bruning led Roy-Hart with 18 as Noah Kindron added 9, Blake Halstead and Charlie Bruning 8 and Charlie Brigham 2.

Alexander 54, Holley 19

Alexander built up a 28-9 half-time advantage in route to downing visiting Holley 54-19 in a G-R contest.

Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson puts up a layup against Kendall defender Nate Warters.

Lyndonville dropped a narrow 27-24 decision to visiting Pavilion/York this evening in the Tigers non league season opening wrestling match.

Chase Stinson, Brennon Munn, Dillon Burt-Hodgins and Chris Clark all registered pins for Lyndonville which took four of the six matches that were decided on the mat.

The match also saw six double forfeits and three other forfeit losses by the Tigers.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kharise Johnson puts up a shot against Nardin defender Ainsley Boras during the Mustangs home court loss this evening.

Plagued by that fatal basketball combination of turnovers and cold shooting, Medina dropped a 46-32 decision to visiting Nardin Academy this evening in a non league girls contest.

Leading by a narrow 9-8 margin at the end of the first quarter, Nardin used a turnover aided 13-5 second period scoring edge to open up a 22-13 half-time advantage.

Medina did rally back to within five, 27-22, midway through the third period after a steal and layup and a three-point play by Kharise Johnson and layups by Camri King and Maddie Williams but the Mustangs could get no closer.

Nardin answered with an 11-4 run to close the period capped off by a three by Ainsley Boras at the buzzer to regain a 12 point, 38-26, advatange at the there-quarter mark.

A three point play by King did pull Medina back to within nine, 38-29, at the outset of the final period but that was as close as the Mustangs would get.

Lindsay Karas took game high scoring honors with 14 for Nardin as Bridgett Ulrich added 8 and Boras and Jenna Locke 7.

Williams scored 10, King 9, Johnson 8 and Je’ne Brown 5 for Medina which slips to 1-2.

In one other girls game played Wednesday Alexander roared out to a 24-5 half-time advantage in route to posting a 43-19 Genesee Region League win over Holley.

Elba bested visiting Albion 47-37 and Barker edged past host Holley 58-56 this evening in a non league games.

Jon Boyce scored a game high 18 points and Ben Pflaumer netted 14 to set the pace for the Lancers which led by margins of 11-3 after one period, 21-13 at the half and 37-22 at the three-quarter mark.

Liam Ward and Deyonci Farley both scored 12 to lead Albion as Bryce Pritchard added 7.

Albion next visits Maryvale on Friday in another non league contest.

A basket by Austin Sullivan in the final half minute provided the margin of victory for Barker.  Sullivan finished with 15 as Dan Ober added 13 and Malik Smith 11 for the Raiders.

Pat Bower scored a game high 22 and Andrew Moseman netted 11 for Holley.

Barker held a slender 29-27 lead at the half.

Akron bested visiting Medina 56-21 this evening in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match,

Colby Petrie had a pin and Elijah Sones and Cody Crane decision wins for Medina.

In the other N-O openers, defending champion Newfane downed Albion 72-12 and Wilson topped Roy-Hart/Barker 54-28.

Preston Flugel and Ben Restivo both notched pins for Albion which gave up 30 points on five forfeits.

Tom Alvord, AJ Schafer and Tyler Choate all registered pins for Roy-Hart/Barker which also gave up 30 points on five forfeits. Carson Grover, Ben Schwab and Brett Ricker each had decision wins.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brendan Luthart puts up a shot against Burgard defenders Kenyon Pringle (25) and DeJuan Williams (4) during the Mustangs season opening loss to the visiting Bulldogs this evening.

Fast breaking at every opportunity Burgard romped to a 57-30 victory over turnover plagued Medina this evening in the Mustangs home court season opener.

DeJuan Williams, Jorge Villa and Kenyon Pringle each scored 12 points and Brandon Myers 11 to lead the balanced attack for the quick moving Bulldogs.

The Medina duo of Jalin Cooper (1) and Izaiah Rhim (5) go up for a rebound.

Izaiah Rhim led Medina with 8 as Jalin Cooper added 5, Mason Lewis and Trenton Jones 4, Brendan Luthart 3 and Brian Fry, Alex Allis and Jorge Phillips 2 each.

Trailing 8-2 at the outset, Medina did rally into a brief 10-10 tie after baskets by Allis, Cooper and Lewis but the Mustangs could not take the lead.

Breaking away from the 10-10 deadlock, Burgard regained the lead for good by closing the opening period with a 9-0 run. Threes by Williams and Myers at the buzzer highlighted that spurt which put the Bulldogs up 19-10.

Keeping the momentum, Burgard used a 14-4 second period scoring edge to extend the lead to 19, 33-14, at the half as five players contributed buckets during that stretch.

Burgard led by as many as 30, 50-20, late in the third period.  Pringle netted 8 in the stanza which ended with the Bulldogs up by 26 at 52-26.

Medina next faces Nichols in the Cataract Classic at noon Saturday at Niagara Falls High School.

Building up a 23-11 half-time advantage, Barker went on to defeat host Holley 49-30 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Gabby Baker scored 14, Sydnie Luckman 10, Kylie Annable 8 and Serena Harris 7 to lead the way for Barker which improves to 2-0.

Abigail Williams led Holley with 9.

Notre Dame 38, Albion 27
Breaking away from an 8-8 deadlock, Notre Dame outscored host Albion 8-0 in the second quarter to key a 38-27 non league win.

Stevie Wilcox scored 10 and Callie McCulley 9 to lead Notre Dame.

Caitlynn Snook and Janae Doty each scored 6 for Albion.

Boys Basketball
Oakfield-Alabama 69, Roy-Hart 56
Tyler Ohlson scored 28 and Ryan Douglas 18 to lead Oakfield-Alabama to a 69-56 non league win over visiting Roy-Hart.

Jake Bruning scored 28, Noah Kindron 9 and Charlie Bruning 7 for Roy-Hart. Jake and Charlie Bruning also both grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Trailing 21-20 after one period, Oakfield-Alabama rallied into leads of 34-30 at the half and 49-43 at the three-quarter mark.