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Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Isabella Groves goes in for a layup between Notre Dame defenders Sofia Falleti and Emma Fitch during this evening’s season opener at Lyndonville.

Building up a commanding 24 point (32-8) half-time advantage, Notre Dame went on to down host Lyndonville 56-34 this evening in the season opening Genesee Region League girls basketball game for both teams.

Sofia Falleti scored a game high 22 points as Lucia Fiorentino added 11 and Gianna Falleti 10 to lead the way for Notre Dame.

Isabella Groves scored 15 and Addison Dillenbeck 12 to pace Lyndonville.

Lyndonville will next host Albion in a non league game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Lyndonville’s Emily Dill puts up a shot against Notre Dame defender Shirley Thompson.

Roy-Hart 57, JFK 44
Kaitlin Mettler scored 21, Courtney Aquilina 17 and Adella Dukes 13 to lead Roy-Hart to a 57-44 non league win at JFK.

Boys Basketball
Pal-Mac 64, Albion 43

Palmyra-Macedon posted a 64-43 win over visiting Albion in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Tyler Cody led Albion with 22 as Wesley Olles added 7 and Nate Gibson 6.

Notre Dame 66, Barker 38

Anthony Taliaferro scored 10 and Owen Harris 9 for Barker in a 66-38 non league loss to visiting Notre Dame.

Holley-Kendall opened the wrestling season with a 59-17 non league victory at Pavilion/York this evening.

Leading the way for Holley-Kendall were pins by Will Kruger in 1:15, Jared Ostrander in 1:34, Immanuel Cornell in 3:02, Hunter Jewell-Smith in 1:35 and Brenden Eichas in 1:50. Neeko Caterisano also had a technical fall victory by a score of 19-2.

Holley-Kendall will next compete in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

Contributed Photo – Holley High seniors Alivia Wolf, left, and Zoey Wolf today signed their letters of intent to continue their education and soccer careers collegiately. They are shown her with their mother Holley girls varsity soccer coach Renee Wolf.

Holley High School seniors Alivia and Zoey Wolf signed their letters of intent today to play collegiate soccer next fall.

Alivia, a defender/forward and team captain, will attend Genesee Community College (GCC). She has yet to decide on her area of study.

Zoey, a defender and team captain, will attend Alfred University where she plans to study Early Childhood Education.

The sisters have been a part of the Holley soccer program for the last six years. They were integral members of the 2023 Section V championship and Far West Regional championship team. They also helped make school history as the first girls’ soccer team to win a regional championship and compete in the NYS Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) state tournament.

Alivia is a two-time Genesee Region All-Star (2022, 2024) and was named to the Section V All-Tournament Team in 2024. Zoey is a three-time Genesee Region All-Star (2022, 2023, 2024) and a two-time Section V All-Tournament Team honoree (2023, 2024).

“It has been an amazing ride with these two, being not only their coach, but also their mom,” said Renee Wolf, Holley Girls’ Varsity Soccer coach and high school teacher. “They have worked extra hard to be where they are, and I am beyond proud of them. They have been a part of a lot of amazing things here at Holley throughout their soccer career, and I wish them the best of luck in all that they do.”

Contributed Photos – Isabella Thom, left, and Lexi Wolck

Holley High graduate and Genesee Community College freshman Isabella Thom has been named to the first team of the Region III soccer squad.

A defender, Thom started 10 games for GCC this past season and had 1 goal and 2 assists.

During her scholastic days at Holley, Thom was a two-time Genesee Region League All-Star.

Albion grad and GCC sophomore Lexi Wolck has been named to the Mid State Athletic All Conference soccer team.

A midfielder, Wolck started all 13 games for the Cougars and had 4 goals and 2 assists.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Honesty Hill and Holley’s Brynn Thomas battle for a rebound during this evening’s Kendall Tournament semifinal contest which was won by the Lady Hawks in overtime.

Holley and Albion both scored narrow wins in the opening round of the Kendall girls basketball tournament this evening.

Holley rallied late to edge Medina 38-34 in overtime in the opener. Albion then trimmed Kendall 40-37 in the second game.

Holley will now face Albion in the championship game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Medina will meet Kendall in the consolation game at 1 p.m.

Holley’s Alviia Wolf heads up the court.

Holley 38, Medina 34 OT

Trailing 30-25, Holley rallied to send the game into overtime knotted at 32-32 by closing the fourth quarter with a 7-2 run. Alivia Wolf scored all 7 points during that run capped off by a game tying basket with 5 seconds to go.

The Lady Hawks then outscored the Mustangs 6-2 in the overtime period to claim the win on baskets by Zoey Wolf, Mia Thom and Brynn Thomas.

Alivia Wolf finished with a game high 16 points as Zoey Wolf and Thom both had 6, Thomas 4, Alexis VanAmeron 3, Desiree McCormick 2 and Ella Turpyn 1.

Ariel Smith scored 15 and Honesty Hill 12 to lead Medina as Roswyn Oakes added 4, Cassidy Janas 2 and Samantha Heschke 1.

Medina led 7-3 after the first quarter, 16-12 at the half and 24-19 at the three-quarter mark.

Albion’s Julia Knight battles for a rebound with her opposite number from Kendall Brooke Rodas.

Albion 40, Kendall 37

Trailing 13-11 at the half, Albion used a big 18-9 third period scoring edge to rally into the lead for good over Kendall.

Aaliyah Jones scored 5, Julia Knight and Melia Prince 4, Kenzie Snook 3 and Cami London 2 in the decisive third period for Albion which rallied into a 29-22 lead.

The Purple Eagles maintained an 11 point, 37-26, advantage midway through the final period as Snook had a pair of baskets and Knight and Paige Newton  one each.

However, Kendall did make the finish exciting by closing with an 11-3 run to make the final a slender 3 point margin.

Knight led Albion’s balanced attack with 9 as Snook added 8, Jones and Prince 7, Newton 5 and London 4.

Ava LaMay scored 13 and Izzy D’Agostino 10 to lead Kendall as Addison Kludt and Stella Kwiatek both had 4 and Alea Barrett, Brooke Rodas and Mia Price 2 each.

Albion’s Aaliyah Jones puts up a shot against Kendall defender Alea Barrett.

Making it three wins in a row, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team hosted Cheektowaga Wednesday evening and came away an 8-2 victory.

Highlighting the evening were four goals by Jackson Hauser (Barker) in what was a very physical game with 18 penalties resulting in 53 penalty minutes.

The opening period ended in a 2-2 tie, with Hauser scoring both goals with assists from Sean Mettler (R-H) and Max Pilon (Medina). One of the goals was unassisted.

RBM took a 4-2 lead in the second with goals by Nate Downey and Gavin Ickowski both of Roy-Hart and assists by Mettler and Hauser.

The third period saw four RBM goals: Austin Woodward (Wilson) from Aiden Cronkhite (Newfane), two by Hauser with an assist to Ickowski and the final goal by Cronkhite unassisted.

Four of RBM’s goals came on powerplays and one shorthanded.

Noah Orens (Newfane) turned away 28 shots in goal for the win.

RBM’s next game is Saturday against St. Joe’s at the North Buffalo Ice Rink at 9 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s veteran quintet includes Lilly Raduns, Alexa Robinson, Addison Dillenbeck, Isabella Groves and Hannah Fox.

Anchored by a group of five returnees, Lyndonville will open Genesee Region League girls basketball competition by hosting Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Lady Tigers veteran quintet includes senior Addison Dillenbeck, juniors Isabella Groves and Lilly Raduns, sophomore Hannah Fox and freshman Alexa Robinson.

Lyndonville’s underclassmen dominated lineup also includes juniors Rylan Townsend, Emily Dill, Brooke Robinson and sophomore Annalee Clark.

The Lady Tigers, which will then host Albion in a non league contest at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, went 4-10 in G-R action and 9-12 overall last season.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s first team honoree Luke Bell.

Albion has placed a total of six players on the B3 Division All-Star football squad.

Senior two-way lineman Luke Bell has been named to the first team. A three year varsity player, Bell made 50 tackles this season, including 39 solo, and had 1 sack.

Senior defensive lineman Seth Krenning has been selected to the second team. Also a three-year varsity player, he led the Purple Eagles in tackles with 54, including 44 solo, and had 6 sacks.

The Purple Eagles also had four Honorable Mention selections.

Those honorees included junior linebackers Kaiden Froman and Nate Gibson, sophomore offensive lineman Jackson Snook and sophomore wide receiver Noah Harrison.

Pulling away in the third quarter, Maryvale went on to down visiting Medina 71-58 this evening in the Mustangs non league season opener.

Leading by a narrow 32-29 margin at the half, the Flyers outscored the Mustangs 22-13 in the third period to open up a 54-42 advantage.

Jerrell Nealy and Preston Woodworth each scored 21 points to lead Medina. Briley Allen and Jimmy Dieter both added 6 and Gordon Young 4. Nealy also grabbed off 8 rebounds and Cole Callard 7.

Medina next visits Dunkirk on Friday for another non league contest. The Mustangs home opener will be next Monday against Lancaster.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jaxon Lynch works toward a technical fall win over Medina’s Roaman Maksimchuk during the Purple Eagles league opening win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Putting last year’s 0-5 league record in the rear view mirror, Albion opened Niagara-Orleans wrestling competition on a high note with a 41-30 victory over rival Medina this evening at Medina.

Pins by Justin Mengs (101), Jayeden Whitney (138), Kaiser Allport (145) and a technical fall win by Jaxon Lynch (152) highlighted the victory for the Purple Eagles.

Brody Fry (285), Reece Senske (124), Luke Duffina (131) and Austin Seefeldt (160) all notched pins for the Mustangs in the sea-saw contest which saw three ties and as many lead changes.

Medina grabbed a 12-0 lead at the outset on a forfeit win and a first period pin by Fry.

Albion though answered back with a first period pin by Mengs and a pair of forfeit wins to take an 18-12 lead.

Medina countered with back-to-back pins by Senske, in 3:16, and Duffina, in 17 seconds, to regain the lead for what proved to be the last time at 24-18.

The Purple Eagles again answered back this time by taking five of the final six bouts to rally for the victory.

Back-to-back pins by Whitney, in 25 seconds, and Allport, in 5:06, put Albion back on top to stay at 30-24.

Lynch’s technical fall win then gave Albion a little breathing room at 35-24 and one point decision wins by Noah Marat (170) and David Rosario (190) then closed out the Purple Eagles victory.

A first period pin by Seefeldt (160) was Medina’s lone win over the final six bouts.

Albion and Medina will next both be competing in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

Albion’s Kaiser Allport in route to scoring a pin over Medina’s Nolan Stanton.

Medina’s Reece Senske works toward a pin over Albion’s Corbin Piccirilli.

Medina’s Austin Seefeldt in route to earning a pin over Albion’s Cencere Lowe.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading the Holley-Kendall wrestling squad this season will be this veteran quartet. In front are Parker Denning and Brenden Eichas. In back are Hunter Jewell-Smith and Will Kruger.

It will be a busy season opening stretch of dual matches and tournaments for the Holley-Kendall wrestling team over the next 10 days.

Holley-Kendall will open the season with a match at Pavilion-York at 6 p.m. Thursday and then participate in the Byron-Bergen Tournament on Saturday.

Next week, Holley-Kendall will host Medina at Holley on December 12 and then compete in the Fred Large Memorial Tournament at Lyndonville on Dec. 14.

Seniors Hunter Jewell-Smith and Will Kruger along with sophomores Parker Denning and Brenden Eichas lead the way for Holley-Kendall. Jewell-Smith, who competed in the state tournament last year, went 40-7 while Kruger was 30-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Holley is this veteran trio of Zoey Wolf, Alexis VanAmeron and Alivia Wolf.

Both teams are led by a trio of veterans as Holley and Medina will meet in the first round of the season opening Kendall girls basketball tournament at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Albion will face Kendall in the second game as the consolation and championshi games are scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

Holley is led by seniors Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf and junior Alexis VanAmeron. The Lady Hawks are also looking to junior Ella Turpyn, sophomore Desiree McCormack and freshman Hanna Ostrom.

Medina is paced by the threesome of senior Honesty Hill, junior Ariel Smith and sophomore Alexa Demmer.

Following the tournament Holley will begin Genesee Region League competition at home against Alexander on December 10 while Medina will open Niagara-Orleans League action at Roy-Hart on Dec. 20.

Medina is paced by this veteran trio of Alexa Demmer, Honesty Hill and Ariel Smith.

Pembroke swept visiting Medina and Byron-Bergen swept visiting Roy-Hart/Barker in non league season opening swim meets today.

Pembroke downed Medina 63-30 in the boys’ meet and 51-35 in the girls’ competition.

Bryson Ford was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Jackson Reese doubled in the 100 Free and 500 Free for the Medina boys.

Madison Watts won the 50 Free and Malloree Rinker the 500 Free for the Medina girls.

Byron-Bergen downed Roy-Hart/Barker 48-36 in the boys’ meet and 63-31 in the girls’ competition.

Madelina Pavlock won the 100 Breaststroke for the Roy-Hart/Barker girls.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Seth Krenning, at left, and Kyle Radder battle with LeRoy’s Adam Woodworth for a rebound during this evening’s game at Albion.

Building up a commanding 23 point half-time advantage, LeRoy went on to defeat host Albion 84-41 this evening in the non league season opener for both teams.

Aaric Luce took game high scoring honors with 21 for LeRoy as Jean Agosto and Adam Woodworth both tallied 15 and Jace Jedrewski 10.

Tyler Cody led Albion with 14 as Kyle Radder added 7, Luke Bell and Isaiah Riley 6, Peyton Robinson 4 and Wesley Olles and Nate Gibson 2.

Luce hit four threes and Agosto had 8 points in the opening quarter sparking LeRoy out to a 26-14 lead.

The LeRoy advantage soared to 23, 41-18, at the half and to 30, 62-32, after three quarters. Luce had a three and a four point play in the second quarter while Woodworth had a three and two baskets in the third period.

Albion next visits Palmyra-Macedon on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Roy-Hart and Barker bow

In other non league openers, North Tonawanda downed visiting Roy-Hart 68-41 and Alexander bested host Barker 53-42.

Dan Aquilina scored 18, Erique Powell 9 and Jackson West 6 for Roy-Hart.

Logan Murrell led Barker with 18 as Owen Harris and Anthony Taliaferro both added 8.

Wesley Olles puts up a shot for Albion as Matthew Hockey defends for LeRoy.

Racing out to a 30-8 half-time lead, Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting Alden 55-35 this evening in a season opening non league girls basketball game.

Adella Dukes scored 20 to lead Roy-Hart as Millie Owens added 12, Lila Brigham 8 and Kaitlin Mettler 6.

Roy-Hart next visits JFK on Friday.