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Fourteen seniors were presented one-thousand dollar scholarships at the annual Batavia Business and Professional Womens Club awards banquet at Batavia Country Club Thursday evening. Photo by Steve Ognibene
President Danielle Torcello, along with committee chair Vicki Wolak and her team of Susan Boyle, Brenda Bennion and Diane Fioentino, awarded 13 scholarships to Genesee County students from various high schools. Each student was presented with an award certificate and received a thousand-dollar scholarship. They are:
Allison Pullybank, LeRoy, Nursing
Ava Anderson, Batavia, Journalism/Marketing
Emily Yager, Pembroke, Music Education
Emily Pietrzykowski, Alexander, Nursing
Grace Nickerson, LeRoy, English / Psychology
Kaitlin Kratz, Notre Dame, Nursing
Kelsey Kirkwood, Batavia, Biology
Lillian Szymkowiak, Alexander, Biology
Molly Osterman, LeRoy, Law/Political Science
Norah Manurung, Pavilion, Social Media Marketing
Piper Hyde, Oakfield-Alabama, Nursing
Rose Wilson, Byron Bergen, Nursing
Anna Panepento, Notre-Dame, Biomedical Engineering
Sue Sherman, All Babies Cherished
Jennifer Schaffer, Crossroads House
Frances McNaulty, Genesee Senior Living and Office of the Aging
Susan Maniace, Liv Luv Breathe
Carl Hyde Jr., Western New York Cemetery Honor Guard
Alex Doty, LeRoy, Business Management, was presented the Jill Spence Memorial Scholarship Fund award.
Vicki Wolak, committee chair, and her team of Susan Boyle, Brenda Bennion and Diane Fioentino presented service awards to the following non-profit organizations in Genesee County. Each received a check for $400.
Joy Hume received the 2024 Woman of the Year award.
Le Roy's Merritt Holly is surrounded by his team as the new all-time leading point scorer. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Merritt Holly became Le Roy's all-time leading scorer in a home game against Avon on Friday night.
Holly scored 21 points on the night, moving him to 1,575 career points. The record was previously held by Brendan Fulmer, at 1,559 points, set in 2003.
"It's a great accomplishment," Holly said. "I'm really happy we got it. I got it, and we got it. It's not just a personal goal. It's really a team goal. I would like to thank all my prior teammates, too. It's great for Le Roy. This hasn't been broken in like 20 years, so it's right to finally break it."
The record-breaking goal did come, however, in a 61-46 loss to #1 ranked Avon.
Besides the 21 points, Holly had 10 rebounds. Adam Woodworth, seven points, Jake Higgins, seven points, and Jean Agosto, four points and six rebounds.
Batavia's Justin Smith and LeRoy's Jean Agosto scrapping for the ball . Photo by Steve Ognibene
Junior forward Justin Smith scored 10 of his team-high 20 points in the fourth quarter and Batavia withstood a 37-point barrage by Le Roy’s Merritt Holly Jr. tonight to advance to the championship game of 42nd annual Batavia Lions Club Pete Arras Memorial Basketball Tournament.
Coach Buddy Brasky’s Blue Devils turned back the Oatkan Knights, 68-62, at Genesee Community College, and now will take on Attica for the Large School bracket crown at 8:15 p.m. Friday at GCC.
Le Roy will face Royalton-Hartland in the consolation game at 3 p.m., also at GCC.
Holly, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, scored 11 points in the first quarter for Le Roy, now 4-2, but Batavia countered with long-range shooting from Cruze Rapone (two three-pointers), Joey Marranco and Carter Mullen (each with a three-point shot) as the teams played to a 20-20 tie.
Three more three-point shots – from Rapone, Marranco and Lovett – sparked the Blue Devils to a 15-9 edge in the second quarter as they held Holly to two points.
Batavia outscored the Knights, 13-12, in the third quarter, with Rapone and Mullen connecting from beyond the arc to offset Holly’s 10 points.
Holly scored 13 of Le Roy’s 21 points in the fourth quarter but it wasn’t enough as Smith came through with four shots from the field and a couple free throws and Mullen and Mazur sank foul shots down the stretch to keep Le Roy at arm's length.
Mullen and Rapone tallied 14 and 12 points, respectively, for Batavia, now 3-3, while Adam Woodworth scored 10 points and Jean Agosto eight for Le Roy. Holly grabbed 13 rebounds to go with his 37 points.
BATAVIA LIONS CLUB BOYS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE VARSITY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27 Large School Bracket Attica 67, Roy-Hart 55 Batavia 68, Le Roy 62 Small School Bracket Alexander 52, Oakfield-Alabama 35 Notre Dame 63, Elba 31 FRIDAY, DEC. 29 3 p.m. -- Large School consolation game – Roy-Hart vs. Le Roy 4:45 p.m. -- Small School consolation game – Elba vs. Oakfield-Alabama 6:30 p.m. -- Small School championship game – Alexander vs. Notre Dame 8:15 p.m. -- Large School championship game – Attica vs. Batavia -------------------- JUNIOR VARSITY FRIDAY, DEC. 29 1:30 p.m. -- Small School championship game -- Alexander at Notre Dame 1:30 p.m. -- Large School championship game -- Attica at Batavia
Carter Mullen driving to the hoop for two points. Photo by Steve Ognibene
LeRoy's #30 Merritt Holly scored 37 points for the Knights. Photo by Steve Ognibene
LeRoy #2 Tommy Condidorio going to the paint. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Batavia boxing out LeRoy, looking for the rebound. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Cruze Rapone prepares a pass towards the hoop. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Le Roy Little League 10-12 All-Stars pitcher throws another strike against Bolivar-Richburg Photo by Steve Ognibene
Le Roy Little League's 12U all-stars defeated Bolivar 10-0 after four innings due to mercy rule.
Le Roy opened up the game with six runs in the first inning. Matthew McCully and Eddie Lathan had two RBIs each in the first.
Drew Beachel went 2 and 2/3 innings allowing one hit and no runs while striking out six, walking none and tossing only 35 pitches.
In the third, Beachel and McCulley opened the inning with back-to-back home runs.
Le Roy had five total hits on the day: McCulley, two, Eddie Lathan, Ryan Crissy, and Drew Beachel each with one, and RBIs were recorded by Blake Biracree, Drew Beachel, Matthew McCulley, two, Eddie Lathan, three.
Scoring runs were Sammy Bogue, Drew Beachel, Matthew McCulley, two, Michael Warner, Ryker Vangalio, Ethan Rose, Eddie Lathan, two, and Dalton Luke.
Le Roy is now 2-0 in the Little League All-Stars series
