Contributed Photos – The Kendall-Hilton Kendets Unified baseball team had an exciting home opener at Kendall Thursday winning in overtime over Brockport.

The Kendall-Hilton Kendets pulled out an overtime nail biter victory against the Brockport Blue Devils by a score of 31-27 Thursday in the Unified basketball team’s home opener at Kendall.

More action from the Kendets OT win over visiting Brockport.

The Kendets improve to 3-0 on the young season after the intense battle on the boards by both teams which kept the score close.

Top rebounders for the Kendets included Matt DiPerna, John Fichter, Mike Healey, and Austin Hertel.

Jason Miller led the team with 8 points, including the overtime game winner!  Other clutch baskets came from Jeremy Browe, AJ Dibble, Sienna Friedman, Abbi Jenks, Jessica Kyte, Bailee Nelson, Troy Parker, Justin Ryan, and Shawn VanGraafeiland.

Critical steals by Miller, Healey, Jenks, Dibble, and VanGraafeiland helped solidify the win.

The Kendets return to the court Tuesday in Spencerport to take on the Rangers.

Former Kendall and Syracuse University star baseball player Roosevelt Bouie talks with the Brockport team following the game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Trenton Crews, right, heads toward a win in the 110 Hurdles during this afternoon’s home meet against Roy-Hart. At left for the Mustangs is Connor Miller who placed second.

Medina scored a sweep over visiting Roy-Hart this afternoon in a rain soaked Niagara-Orleans League track meet.

The Mustangs won the boys meet 73-50 and the girls competition 89-33.

Jalin Cooper was a triple winner for the Medina boys in the 100 (:11.1), 200 (:23.6) and High Jump (5-4) as Dan Heil doubled in the 400 (:56.8) and 1600 (5:05.7).

The Mustangs also had Trenton Crews win the 110 Hurdles (:18.2), Connor Miller the 400 Hurdles (1:05.4), Caelon Holland the 800 (1:05.4), Jack Hill the 3200 (10:55.4) and Will Braswell the Long Jump (16-0).

Roy-Hart’s Kaleigh Kuzma won both the 100 and 400 Hurdles.

Hill, Holland and Heil also teamed up with Alden Cayea to win the 3200 Relay (9:13.5).

For Roy-Hart, Trevor Meal won the Triple Jump (34-4) and Jarret Thompson the Pole Vault (9-0).

The Rams also captured the 400 Relay with the foursome of Anderson Zack Jenkins, Jamasen Johnson and Tyler Choate and the 1600 Relay with the quartet of Tanner Bulmer, Thompson, Johnson and Meal.

Medina is now 1-1 and Roy-Hart 1-3.

Trinity Fleck doubled in the 100 (:13.6) and 200 (:28.7) and Martha Gardner in the 800 (2:41.1) and 1500 (5:23) for the Medina girls as Maddie Williams won the Long Jump (14-1), Olivia Carter the Triple Jump (30-9) and Je’ne Brown the High Jump (4-10).

The Mustangs also won the 400 Relay with the quartet of Kharise Johnson, Katie Bilicki, Fleck and Brown and the 3200 Relay with the foursome of Sabrina Quiros, Guin Schalck, Hannah Heil and Chelsea Donley .

Kaleigh Kuzma doubled in the 100 Hurdles (:17.4) and 400 Hurdles (1:10) for Roy-Hart as Ava Bligh won the 400 (1:09.1), Anna Rickard the 3000 (12:05) and Ellie Todd the Pole Vault (6-6).

Rickard, Todd, Kuzma and Bligh also teamed up to win the 1600 Relay.

Medina stays unbeaten at 3-0 while Roy-Hart slips to 0-4.

Medina’s Maddie Williams soars to a win in the Long Jump.

Albion splits at Wilson
A victory in the final event by the 1600 Relay quartet of Sam Sanchez, Bril Johnson, Ugene Harrison and Lamar Chambers (3:51) earned the Albion boys a narrow 72-69 win over host Wilson.

The Purple Eagles also had Tre Yaskulski double in the 100 Hurdles (:16.8) and Triple Jump (37-1) and Tyler Nashburn in the Shot-put (37-7) and Discus (92-8) as Chambers took the 400 Hurdles (1:04), Nick Reed the 800 (2:15) and Preston Flugel the Pole Vault (10-0).

Tre Rees was a triple winner for Wilson in the 100 (:11.4), 200 (:23.1) and 400 (:57.8).

Albion is now 2-1 and Wilson 0-3.

Wilson earned a split by nipping Albion in an equally close girls meet 72 2/3-68 1/3.

Shea Munnikhuysen was a triple winner for Wilson in the Shot-put, Discus and Triple Jump.

Emma Mathes doubled for Albion in the 800 (2:46) and 1500 (5-40) as Hannah Grammar took the 400 (1:09), Alexa Adams the 3000 (12:48), Katie Rustay the Pole Vault (7-6) and Chanyce Powell the Long Jump (15-3).

Wilson is now 1-3 and Albion 0-3.

Newfane, Akron split

The Newfane boys improved to 4-0 with a 111-29 victory over Akron (0-3).

Andrew Boudeman tripled in the 100, Long Jump and Triple Jump for the Panthers as Jacob Licht doubled in the Shot-put and Discus, Sam Auernhamer in the 1600 and 3200 and Thorne Geise in the 110 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles.

The Akron girls stayed unbeaten at 3-0 with a 93-58 win over Newfane (3-1) as Leah Czechowski doubled in the 100 and Long Jump, Kata Seaquin in the 100 Hurdles and 400 Hurdles and Abby Flattery in the Shot-put and Discus.

Kim Goerss was a double winner for Newfane in the 1500 and 3000.

More diamond rain outs

This afternoon’s steady rain washed out the stale of N-O diamond contests including Albion vs. Newfane in baseball and softball, Medina vs. Barker in baseball and vs. Roy-Hart in softball and Roy-Hart vs. Wilson in baseball. The Albion vs. Medina and Akron vs. Roy-Hart tennis matches were also postponed.

The Kendall/Hilton Kendets earned their second Unified basketball in as many starts by defeating Churchville-Chili  36-20 this evening at Hilton.

Sienna Friedman was the team’s top scorer with 8 points.  Others contributing to the score board included AJ Dibble and Troy Parker with 4 points each.  Single buckets were provided by Tyler Basile, Alex Dutchak, Kelsey Evers, Michael Healey, Jessica Kyte, Shawn VanGraafeiland, Clancy Frearson, Abbi Jenks, Jason Miller, and Jason Ryan.

Dominating the boards for rebounds were Matthew DiPerna, John Fichter, Sienna Friedman, Nick Walsh, and Matthew Lyons.

Jenks,  Dibble, Miller, and Jessica Schwallie combined for a total of 11 steals.

The Kendets next host Brockport at Kendall at 4:30 p.m.Thursday.

Building up a 6-3 half-time advantage, Brockport went on to defeat visiting Medina 11-8 this evening in a non league lacrosse game.

Brendan Luthart scored 3 goals and Coby Albone 2 for Medina as Mason Lewis, Jake Cotter and Mike Carson 1 each for Medina.

Now at 8-3 overall, Medina next hosts Wilson in a Class D Division game at 5 p.m. Friday.

Trailing 8-3, Albion (6-3) exploded for 9 runs in the top of the seventh inning to hand host Roy-Hart its first Niagara-Orleans League baseball loss of the season 12-9 this afternoon.

In the other N-O contests, Medina (2-5) defeated host Newfane (0-7) 7-1 and Akron (3-4) nipped previously unbeaten Wilson (6-1) 8-7 in 8 innings.

An error, a double by Bryce Pritchard and a walk loaded the bases to ignite Albion’s decisive last inning rally.  The Purple Eagles then scored on 3 bases loaded walks, a hit batter, an error, an RBI single by JaQuess Harrison and a two-run single by Harrison Brown.

Roy-Hart did rally back in the bottom of the seventh as Al Xapsos doubled in a run but Albion quickly shutdown the comeback bid as Harrison registered 2 clutch game ending strikeouts.

Albion jumped out to an early 3-0 lead as Liam Ward had an RBI single in the first inning and Vincent Zona an RBI single in the second.

However, Roy-Hart rallied back into an 8-3 lead by scored 4 times in the third as Xapsos had a two-run single and Brandon Hess an RBI single, three times in the fourth on a two-run double by Eric Fitch and an RBI double by Austin Walker and once in the fifth on an RBI single by Hess.

Medina 7, Newfane 1
Chris Goyette pitched a 3 hitter with 7 strikeouts to lead Medina past host Newfane 7-1.

Brian Fry had 3 hits and Alex Allis and Matt Saj 2 each to pace the Mustangs at the plate.

Medina scored a quick run in the first on an RBI single by Brett Riemer and added another in the fourth on a single by Owen Frasier.

The Mustangs then broke the game open with 4 in the fifth as Saj had a two-run single and Allis and Trevor Luthart both added RBI singles.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina pitcher Emily Kams tags out Newfane’s Olivia Littman at home during the Mustangs one run loss to the Lady Panthers this afternoon at Vets Park.

Maintaining a share of first place in the all important loss column, Newfane (5-1) nipped Medina (4-3) 8-7 this afternoon in a sea-saw Niagara-Orleans League softball game at Vets Park.

In other N-O action, Roy-Hart improved to 7-1 with an 18-4 win over Albion (1-6) and defending champion Akron dropped out of a share of first place by splitting a doubleheader with Wilson.  Akron (6-2) won the first game 1-0 and Wilson (2-6) took the second 5-1.

Breaking away from a 6-6 tie, Newfane regained the lead for good by scoring twice in the sixth inning on RBI singles by Olivia Littman and Alexa Littman.

Alexa Littman also had a two-run single to highlight an error aided four run fifth inning which gave the Lady Panthers a 6-4 lead.

Medina briefly retied the contest in the bottom of the fifth on a two-run homer by Ryenn Oliver.

Earlier, the Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead by scoring once in the first on a triple by Destiny Satkowski and an RBI single by Ashlee Howell and once in the third on a double by Satkowski and an RBI single by Alisha Scroger.

Newfane pulled even at 2-2 with a pair of unearned runs in the fourth frame.

Roy-Hart 18, Albion 4
Maddie Fry, Lexi Lovewell and Kayla Brown each had 4 hits and Jayden Townsend and Sam Choate 3 to lead the attack for Roy-Hart.

In the circle, Lovewell, Choate and Ashley Hill combined to hurl a 4 hitter with 8 strikeouts.

Brylie Hapeman had 2 hits for Albion.

Roy-Hart erupted for 5 quick runs in the first inning as Hill had a two-run single.

A two-run home run by Choate then highlighted a three-run second inning.

The Lady Rams also scored 5 times in the third inning as Townsend had a two-run single and in the fourth as Choate banged out a two-run double.

Staying perfect at 6-0, Medina blanked Roy-Hart (2-3) 5 1/2-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League tennis match.

In the singles matches for Medina Kristian Snyder shutout Patrick Sheelar 6-0, 6-0; Mike Cardone blanked Caleb Reith 6-0, 6-0 and Nick Bogan downed Madigan Lang 6-3, 6-1.

In the doubles competition for the Mustangs Kayla Leno and Andrew Fuller defeated Cameron VanBuren and Rachel Hutter 6-1, 6-4; Ray Paull and Toby Kiebala blanked Mason Collins and Bea Bacon 6-0, 6-0 and Able Zavitz and Brandon Harris downed Evan Dodge and Jordyn Bobzein 6-3, 6-0.

Akron 3, Albion 21/2
A sweep of the singles matches earned Akron (5-1) a 3-2 1/2 victory over Albion (2-3).

In the singles matches for the Tigers Nate Chubb defeated Matt Kovaleski 6-3, 6-0; Jacob Meyer downed Connor McQuillan 6-1, 6-2 and Brandon Meek edged Victor Benjovsky 7-6, 6-4.

Albion swept the three doubles matches as Owen Foos and Emilie Barleben defeated Ciarra Janis and Will Chubb 6-2, 6-3; Donato Rosario and Freeman Lattin downed Alex Warren and Dustin Earle 6-4, 6-4 and Kastriot Bella and Juan Santiago bested Shannon Miller and Maggie Leeds 6-2, 6-1.

Avenging an earlier season 16-1 loss, Kendall trimmed Notre Dame 7-6 in 9 innings this afternoon in a Genesee Region League softball game.

Emily Mattle singled in Kacey Menge, who had reached on a double, with the winning run for Kendall in the 9th.

The Lady Eagles had knotted the contest at 6-6 by scoring twice in the sixth on a double by Menge and a single by Madison Rath. A single by Lizzie Rath ignited the rally.

Menge finished with a total of 3 hits as Mattle, Rebecca Banker and winning pitcher Chelsea Wright each had 2.  In the circle, Wright struck out 7.

G-R Tennis
Holley’s Derek MaArthur placed second in the singles competition as did the Hawks duo of Dylan McKay and Steven Morgan in doubles at the G-R Section V Class C qualifier hosted by Holley.

G-R Golf
Notre Dame defeated Holley 227-261 in a G-R golf match.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Kane Flynn tries to tag Notre Dame’s Devin Grimshaw at third base during the host Tigers win over the Irish this afternoon.

Corey Hydock comes in to score Lyndonville’s first run.

Notching victory No. 10 on the season, Lyndonville avenged an early season 4-3 extra inning loss by besting visiting Notre Dame 7-1 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League baseball game.

Eric Neace and Dawson Joy both banged out 3 hits for Lyndonville as Zach Johnson, Cody Bentley and Kane Flynn each chipped in with 2.

Mike Wells picked up the win on the mound scattering 7 hits and striking out 2.

Breaking away from a 1-1 deadlock, Lyndonville took the lead for good by scoring 3 times in the fifth inning on a two-run triple by Joy and an RBI single by Johnson. A walk and a single by Wells set up the opportunity.

The Tigers then tacked on 3 insurance runs in the sixth on a two-run double by Bentley and an RBI double by Flynn.  A double by Neace and a walk set up the threat.

Defensively, the Tigers turned a key double play from Bentley at second to Jacob Hoffee at short to Neace at first to get out of a third inning jam.

Lyndonville, which is now 6-1 in the league and 10-1 overall, next hosts Oakfield-Alabama on May 8.