Sports

By Connor Beagle

Alexander Central High School has produced plenty of athletic talent throughout the years and the Roberts Wesleyan University track and field program has capitalized on all that talent through the college recruiting process.

Two of the most recent stars to come through Alexander have been Hailee Lowe and Jadyn Mullen. In her first collegiate track meet with the Redhawks Mullen managed to break the school record in the Pentathlon at the Susquehanna Early Season Multi & Invitational. 

Mullen scored 3,205 points and won both the high jump and 800 meter run outright in the Pentathlon, jumping 1.56 meters (5' 1.25”) and finishing the 800 in a time of 2:28.62. Mullen was 87 points above the second-place finisher and broke the school record previously held by Hailee Lowe by 33 points, who set it back in January 2023 at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational (3,174 points). Mullen was also named East Coast Conference Field Athlete of the Week for her outstanding performance.

This was not the first record of Lowe’s that Mullen has broken. At Alexander Central Mullen broke Lowe’s record in the 100 meter hurdles and the outdoor Pentathlon. Since graduating from Alexander in 2023, Mullen still holds twelve school records, including outdoor Pentathlon, outdoor long jump, indoor and outdoor high jump, 2k steeplechase, 400 meter hurdles, 100 meter hurdles, 800 meter run, 600 meter run, 55 meter hurdles, indoor shot put, and indoor Pentathlon.

Mullen who was previously at Penn State University for a semester scored 3,124 points at the Bison Opener at Bucknell University to place 5th in the Women’s Orange Pentathlon back in her sole appearance for the Nittany Lions back in December 2023. 

Currently, Mullen sits at 116th in the entire nation with her Redhawk debut score of 3,205 points in the Pentathlon. She is currently 1st in the East Region and East Coast Conference with a converted score of 3,227 points. Her converted score due to track size is just 67 points shy of the NCAA DII provisional standard of 3,294 points, which is needed to have a chance to reach the NCAA DII National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 12 -15.

Mullen will look to improve upon her score and continue her success this season at the Brockport Multi Invitational on February 7 - 8. The Redhawks first meet back from Winter break will take place at the Brockport Rust Buster on January 17. 

Le Roy beat Holley 65-51 in Boys Basketball on Thursday.

LeRoy Stats:

• Jean Agosto, 28 points, nine rebounds, and three assists
• Matthew Hockey, 12 points, six rebounds, and five assists
• Jake Higgins, 11 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, two blocks
• Aaric Luce, eight points, seven rebounds, two assists
• Adam Woodworth, six points, three rebounds, four assists

Le Roy beat Pavilion in Boys Basketball on Wednesday, 45-56.

Le Roy stats:

• Adam Woodworth, 23 points and three steals 
• Jean Agosto, 18 points, seven rebounds, and two assists
• Matthew Hockey, 12 points and nine assists
• Jake Higgins, nine points, nine rebounds, three assists

No stats were provided for Pavilion. p

Le Roy improves to 2-2

Akron beat Pembroke in the Jack Silvernail Classicon championship final on Wednesday, 54-39.

For the Dragosn:

• Caleb Felski, 15 points
• Jayden Bridge, 13 points

Batavia beat Honeoye Falls/Lima in Boys Basketball on Wednesday, 74-67.

Carter Mullen scored 21 points for the Blue Devils. Gavin White scored 20. Brady Mazur and Casey Mazur each scored 11.

Pembroke beat Attica in Girls Basketball on Wednesday, 50-35.

Pembroke stats

• Peyton Liss: 10 points, six rebounds, four assists, seven steals, five blocks
• Seneca Calderon: nine points, seven rebounds, four assists, nine steals
• Morgan Coniber: seven points, six steals, two blocks
• Onolee Easterbrook: six points, five reb, two blocks
• Jayden Hootman: 13 points (three 3-pointers)

Pembroke led the game wire to wire as they jumped out to a 22-4 first-quarter lead. With Jayden Hootman leading the way with two 3-pointers. Peyton Liss and Seneca Calderon also had 6 pts each in the first quarter.

Byron-Bergen beat Holley on Wednesday in Girls Basketball 46-38.

Byron-Bergen:

• Janessa Amesbury, 25
• Riley Shallenberger, 13

Holley 

• Zoey Wolf, 16, five three-pointers
• Alivia Wolf, 13

Janessa Amesbury scored 12 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Point Guard Riley Shallenberger scored 13 and a couple of nice assist to Amesbury in the fourth quarter. 

"We had a great start in the fourth and stretched the lead to 14, ut Zoey Wolf hit a couple of threes and Ella Turpyn hit one to get Holley right back in the game," said Coach Rick Krzewinski. "Fortunately, we were able to close it out to raise our record to 5-1."

Press release:

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba girls 47

Pembroke/Alexander girls 42

Pembroke/Alexander Boys 77

Oakfield-Alabama held the lead going into the break… with the help of the medley relay win and individual swims by Hilchey, Schramm, Davis, and Williams. The win for OA finally came down to the 400 freestyle relay. With a DQ on the opposing team and a PR for OA. Our girls held the lead and pulled through with a win for Oakfield-Alabama/Elba. Fast swims all around for the sharks, with PRs in the 200 Medley, 200 Free, and 400 Free relays and individual events.

Come cheer on the girls AWAY against HarleyAllenColum on Thursday at 4:30. Great work, ladies.

Record board swims

• 200 freestyle, Vivian Hilchey PR 2:22.81
• 200 IM, Tori Davis PR 2:29.16
• 100 Backstroke Tori Davis PR 1:05.61

Person Records:

• Brooke Schramm, 200 freestyle 2:31.47
• Ada Foster ,100 freestyle 1:13.22
• 200 IM 3:06.51, Lea Kaczmarek
• 200 medley relay 2:15.02, Foster, Davis, Finkney, Hilchey
• 200 freestyle 1:58.27,Hilchey, Schramm, Foster, Davis
• 400 freestyle 5:19.72, Williams, Kaczmarek, Domoy, Schramm

Great job Ladies!

Pembroke beat Alden 53-34 on Tuesday in Boys Basketball.

• Jayden Bridge, 25 points and seven rebounds
• Josh vonKramer, 11 points
• Jarrett Lewter, nine assists

Press release:

The Oakfield-Alabama Girls Swim team beat Wheatland-Chili in their third meet of the season 63-23.

We started with a quick 200-medley relay. Davis, Hilchey, Schramm, Finkney, touched the wall with a 2:25.94

The 200 freestyle relay led off by Hilchey speeding into the wall with a (28.45) PR split, followed by Foster (32.98), Schramm (30.25), and Davis as anchor (27.42) the girls pulled into the wall going a speedy 1:59.10

The 400 freestyle relay led off by Williams, followed by Finkley, Foster, and Kaczmarek going 5:24.25

For our individual events

PR in 200 Free, Vivian Hilchey 2:23.34, Brooke Schramm 2:36.15

50 free, Brooke Schramm touched first with a 29.57

PR’s in 100-yard butterfly, Tori Davis 1:14.78, Ada Foster 1:44.23

PR’s in 100 free Summer Williams 1:19.38

PR’s in 500 free, Mackenzie Domoy 8:20.15

PR’s in 100 back, Vivian Hilchey 1:16.70, Mackenzie Domoy 1:44.40

PR’s in 100 Breast, Tori Davis 1:26.83 (touchpad malfunction!), Ada Foster 1:29.95

Let’s keep this roll going ladies! Keep it up as we head into our meet against Pembroke/Alexander on Tuesday.

Go sharks!