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Emerging victorious in an early season rivalry meeting, Holley downed host Kendall 45-37 in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Destin Kuyal scored a game high 22 points to lead Holley as Vinny Golisano netted 12 and Avante Walker 7. Kuyal scored 7 in the third quarter and 10 in the fourth to help the Hawks lock up the win.

William Kludt scored 11 and Charlie D’Agostino and Vinnie D’Agostino 7 each for Kendall.

Holley led 23-13 at the half and 32-23 after three quarters.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Dan Aquilina grabs a rebound ahead of the Allegany-Limestone duo of Caleb Strade and Gavin Straub during the host Rams loss to Gators this evening.

Highlighted by a barrage of nine threes, Allegany-Limestone roared out to a commanding 28 point half-time advantage in route to posting a 64-49 win over host Roy-Hart in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Building up leads of 25-8 after the first quarter and 41-13 half the half, the Gators were led by Carson Kwiatkwski who poured in 21 points including five threes and Collin Forrest who hit three threes during that stretch.

Kwiatkowski finished with a game high 30 points and Forrest 11.

Dan Aquilina led Roy-Hart with 19.

Allegany-Limestone will next play at Barker at noon on Saturday.

Albion evened its Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball record at 1-1 by downing defending co-champion Newfane 53-48 this evening at Newfane.

Nate Gibson scored 13 to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Tyler Cody and Wesley Olles both tallied 12 and Kyle Radder 11.

Akron 74, Barker 48
Defending co-champion Akron improved to 2-0 in N-O action with a 74-48 win over Barker.

Blake Gerstung scored 24, including seven threes, to lead the way for Akron as Ben Gerstung added 14 and Derren Brooks 9.

Logan Murrell scored 17, Owen Harris 14 and Anthony Taliaferro 11 for Barker.

N-O Girls Basketball
Newfane 52, Albion 42
Anna Chunco scored 17 and Kameryn Boyer 14 to lead Newfane past Albion 52-42. The Lady Panthers had a total of 25 steals.

Kenzi Snook scored 10, Melia Prince 9 and Julia Knight and Cami London 8 each for Albion.

Akron 54, Barker 30
Elise Monaco scored 12 and Jordan Kinne 10 for Barker in the 54-30 loss to Akron.

Eight Medina High fall varsity teams have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team Awards by compiling a composite average of at least 90.

Those teams and their averages include Football (90.351), Volleyball (94.925), Field Hockey (93.989), Boys Soccer (94.016), Girls Soccer (94.402), Boys Cross-Country (97.236), Girls Cross-Country (95.447) and Golf (94.496).

The following photos of the teams are contributed photos.

FOOTBALL – Bottom Row – Jude Lacy, Aidan Papaj, Matt Jacobs, Carter Woodworth, Brody Fry, Brodie Chambers, Kolton Fletcher, Cole Callard, Harrison Ribbeck Farley, TJ Champney and Ryan Frentz. Top Row – Hadrian Batista, Nate Surdel, Jackson McGrath, Christian Moss, Preston Woodworth, Jayzon Wills and Avion Johnson. Missing are Breydin McEwen Miller and Frankie Stephens.

VOLLEYBALL – In the bottom row are Maya Anderson, Karlee Cau, Josephene Pollock, Addison Paul and Madison Sanders. In the top row are Allie Frentz, Natalie Herbert, Madison Watts and Samantha Heschke.

FIELD HOCKEY – In the bottom row are Isabelle Perez, Ava Blount, Bella Fischer, Maggie Lonnen, Sophia Goyette, Emiliana Batista, Adelynne Lacy and Jenelle Stalker. In the top row are Kendall Ralph, Morgan Zeiner, Lilah Class, Sophia Castricone, Tatianna Maxon, Penelope Schalck, Madison Farley and Sofia Lopez.

BOYS SOCCER – In the bottom row are Aidan Papaj, Kolton Fletcher, Caden Kingsbury, Trenton Morley, Tyler Kroening, Cole Callard and Aleks Seefeldt. In the top row are Vincent Gray, Ryan Pegelow, Jimmy Dieter, Camden Fike, Austin Seefeldt, Brady Christiaansen and Gavin Dahlhaus. Missing are Luke Duffina, Mason Eick and Cameron Kenward.

GIRLS SOCCER – In the bottom row are Madelyn Lewis, Molly Cook, Rhoswyn Oakes, Alexa Demmer, Lyla Page and Gabriella Velez. In the top row are Madeline Mark, Honesty Hill, Ariel Smith, Arabella White, Lillian Maynard and Arianna Lake. Missing are Lucia Dicureia and Aurora Owczarczak.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY – In the bottom row are Cole Hughes, Garrett Koch, Roman Maksimchuk and Jonathan Dix. In the top row are Ryder Jones, Brennan Allen, Brandon Brueckner and Hunter Walczak. Missing is Riley Tompkins.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY – Talia Ruff, Rachel Herbert and Britton Brady. Missing are Isabella Anelli and Ariel Smith

GOLF – In the bottom row are Chasen Bouter, Tyler Draper and Parker Bruning. In the top row are Brady Christiaasen, Camden Fike, Austin Seefeldt and Ryleigh Culver. Missing are Tyler Allen, Levon Fuller, Gavin Hughes, Grace Smith and William Tagg.

Pins decided 10 of the 13 bouts as Medina trimmed Holley-Kendall 42-36 in a non league wrestling match this evening at Holley.

Medina scored a total of six pins including falls by Austin Seefeldt, Brennan Allen, Brody Fry, Reece Senske, Luke Duffina and Ryan Frentz.

Holley-Kendall had four pins registered by Will Kruger, Immanuel Cornell, Hunter Jewell-Smith and Jacob Abrams.

Holley-Kendall also had two forfeit wins and Medina one.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Madeline Mark in route to scoring a win in the 500 Freestyle during today’s home meet against Newfane.

Newfane swept to a doubleheader victory over host Medina in a season opening Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this evening.

Newfane won the boys’ meet 93-66 and the girls’ competition 119-42.

The Newfane boys were led by a trio of individual event double winners including Jaxon Dombowski (200 Free, 500 Free), Dylan Lamont (200 Individual Medley, 100 Backstroke) and Noah Kneeland (100 Butterfly, 100 Breaststroke).

Bryson Ford was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free. He also teamed up with Bradley Goyette, Jobi Wheeler and Brandon Brueckner to win the 200 Medley Relay.

The Newfane girls also had three individual event double winners including Avery Stevenson (50 Free, 100 Free), Lauren Enderton (200 Free, 100 Backstroke) and Kimberly Schmitt (200 Individual Medley, 100 Breaststroke).

Madeline Mark took the 500 Freestyle for Medina’s lone win.

Medina’s Bradley Goyette in action in the backstroke during the Seahorses meet opening win in the 200 Medley Relay.

Jumping out to a 16-2 first quarter lead, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting DeHostos 50-21 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Isabella Groves scored 8, including a pair of threes, and Addison Dillenbeck had two baskets to lead the Lady Tigers in the opening period.

The Lady Tigers went on to hold leads of 22-7  at the half and 33-14 after three quarters. Alexa Robinson tallied 7 in the third period and 6 in the fourth while Addison Dillenbeck had 7 in the fourth.

Robinson and Addison Dillenbeck both finished with 17 and Groves 10 as Braelynn Dillenbeck added 4 and Lilly Raduns 2.

Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball action opened with a thriller this evening as Roy-Hart nipped six time defending champion Wilson 44-42 at Wilson.

Trailing 39-25 early in the decisive final period, Roy-Hart outscored Wilson 9-3 down the stretch to claim the narrow victory which snapped Wilson’s lengthy 73 N-O game winning streak.

Lila Brigham made three straight baskets to rally Roy-Hart into a 41-39 lead.

Bella Thrush answered with a three to put Wilson back up for what proved to be the final time at 42-41 with 35 seconds remaining.

Roy-Hart regained the lead for good as Kaitlin Mettler made two pressure free throws with 23 seconds to go for what proved to be the winning points. Brigham added another key free throw to close out the scoring.

Courtney Aquilina scored 14 and Brigham 11 to lead the way for the Lady Rams as Adella Dukes added 7, Kylie McOmber 6, Mettler 4 and Millie Owens 2.

Rowan Simpson scored 12 Thrush 10 and Abbie Faery 7 to pace Wilson.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 14-11 first quarter lead but Wilson rallied to go up 24-22 at the half and 36-33 after three quarters.

Holley opened the Genesee Region League boys basketball season on a high note by downing visiting Alexander 59-56 this evening.

Vinny Golisano scored 20, Avante Walker 14, Destin Kuyal 9 and Chris Mosier 8 to lead Holley’s balanced attack.

Golisano made four clutch free throws in the final 16 seconds to help the Hawks lock up the win. Golisano and Silpoch both hit threes and Walker had a pair of baskets in the decisive final stanza.

Holley held leads of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter, 27-23 at the half and 42-38 after three quarters.

Walker scored 6 in the first while Kuyal and Silpoch both hit threes in the second and Golisano had a three and a three-point play in the third.

Holley will next visit rival Kendall on Friday at 7 p.m.

In another G-R opener, Wheatland-Chili downed visiting Lyndonville 77-22.

Juan Alberdi scored 9 and Colton Smith 6 to lead Lyndonville.

Lyndonville opened its wrestling season with a 47-24 non league win over host Pavilion/York this evening.

Michael Alexander, Brody Hazel and Ben Doolan all scored pins for the Tigers as Brayden Frasier and Ty Holmes had technical fall wins.

The Tigers will next host the Fred Large Memorial Tournament on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

N-O Roundup

Akron downed Albion 48-24 and Wilson edged Roy-Hart/Barker 38-35 in Niagara-Orleans League matches.

Justin Mengs and Corbin Piccirilli had pins for Albion.

Roy-Hart/Barker got pins by Anthony Adams, Joey Jopp and Remington Marohn and a technical fall win by Luke Fay.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brody Fry works toward a pin over Newfane’s Tristan Smith during this evening’s match at Medina.

Six forfeit wins (worth a total of 36 points) keyed defending champion Newfane to a 54-24 victory over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening.

Each team won three bouts that were decided on the mat.

Newfane got pins from Ayden Buttery (160), Collin Dixey (170) and Jaxson Tocco (101).

Brody Fry (190), Ethan Carson (285) and Luke Duffina (131) all notched pins for Medina.

Newfane is now 1-0 and Medina 0-2 in N-O action.

Medina will next face Holley-Kendall in a non league math at Holley at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Ethan Carson in route to scoring a pin victory for Medina over Newfane’s Levi Henning.

Medina’s Luke Duffina works toward scoring a pin over Newfane’s Ryley Mahoney.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Falling just short in her bid to earn an LGA Tour card, Medina’s Melanie Green has qualified to compete on the Epson Women’s Professional Golf Tour next season.

A tough opening round proved to be too much to overcome for Green at the LPGA’s Q Series Final Qualifying Stage which concluded Tuesday at Mobile Alabama.

Green finished the challenging five round 90 hole stage with a 1 under par total of 357 which missed the cutoff line for earning an LPGA card by 5 shots.

She opened with a round of 79 and improved a bit to a 74 on the second round.

Rebounding, she then fired rounds of 66 and 68 to make the cut for the decisive final round. By making the cut she earned a spot to compete on the Epson Tour.

She finished with a round of 70 but came up five shots from earning an LPGA card which went to the top 25 finishers.

Roaring out to a 30 point half-time advantage, defending co-champion Akron went on to down visiting Albion 69-38 this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season opener for both teams.

Ben Gerstung scored 18, Brayden Lamont 13, Blake Gerstung 12 and Derren Brooks 10 for Akron which made 12 three’s on the evening and led 42-12 at the half.

Wesley Olles scored 14 and Kyle Radder 9 for Albion.

Notre Dame 56, Roy-Hart 49
Notre Dame bested host Roy-Hart 56-49 in a non league contest as Makyell Walker scored 18 and TJ Cephus Jr. 16..

Braden Ricker scored 15, Dan Aquilina 12 and Jackson West 10 for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Hannah Fox puts up a shot as Albion’s Melia Prince and Julia Knight defend during the host Lady Tigers win this evening.

Leading from wire-to-wire, Lyndonville downed visiting Albion 45-37 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Hannah Fox and Isabella Groves both scored 12 points to lead the way for Lyndonville. Addison Dillenbeck added 8, Lilly Raduns and Brooke Robinson 5 each and Alexa Robinson 3.

Kenzi Snook took game high scoring honors for Albion with 13 as Melia Prince and Leah Pawlak both added 9 and Cami London 6.

Up 13-6 after a very low scoring first half, Lyndonville extended its lead a bit to 12 at 29-17 after outpointing Albion 16-11 in the third period.

Fox scored 8, Dillenbeck 5 and Alexa Robinson 3 for the Lady Tigers during that stretch. Snook tallied 8, including a pair of threes, for the Purple Eagles.

Groves then scored 6, Raduns 5 and Fox 4 down the stretch to keep the Lady Tigers in control as the Purple Eagles could get no closer than 7. Pawlak scored 9 and Prince 6 in the final stanza for the Purple Eagles.

Lyndonville, which is now 1-1, will next host DeHostos in a non league game at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Albion, which is 1-3, will begin Niagara-Orleans League competition at home on Friday against Newfane.

Pembroke 37, Kendall 35
Pembroke nipped host Kendall 37-35 in a Genesee Region League contest.

Seneca Calderon led Pembroke with 12 as Peyton Liss, Onolee Easterbrook and Jayden Hootman each had 6.

Isabelle D’Agostino scored 15 and Brooke Rodas 8 for Kendall.

Albion’s Melia Prince shoots over Lyndonville defender Alexa Robinson.