The Lady Hornets beat Kendall on Friday 37-22.
For Oakfield-Alabama, Caitlin Ryan scored 14 points.
In other girls basketball:
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more photos from the game, click here.
Oakfield-Alabama senior Ryan Schildwaster won two Class D sectional titles in swimming yesterday. He took first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:10.44. He also won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57 seconds.
In addition to the titles, the coaches selected Schildwaster as Swimmer of the Meet.
"This is a well-deserved honor for a very dedicated young man and an exceptionally talented athlete," said Coach Patricia Buczek. "Congratulations Ryan on a swim well done."
Photo and information submitted by Patricia Buczek.
Oakfield-Alabama beat Kendall on Thursday 70-35, with Gaige Armbruster scoring 16 points and Kadon Cusmano scoring 12.
Jordon Schlagenhauf scorred 11.
In other games in boys basketball:
In girls basketball, Honeoye Falls beat Batavia 64-50.
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more photos from the O-A game, click here.
Sparked by 33 points from Mark Sanders, Notre Dame opened a COVID-shortened basketball season against Oakfield-Alabama with a 65-62 win at home.
For the Fighting Irish, Jordan Welker was the only other player to hit double digits, scoring 10 points. Ryan Fitzpatrick had six and Jimmy Fanara had six.
Travis Wiedrich led the Hornets with 31 points. Gaige Armbrewster scored 18 and Kaden Cusmano scored 14.
Also on opening night for boys basketball:
In girls basketball, Elba beat Albion 63-22.
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more, click here.
Here is the response received from Matt Lamb, school board president for Oakfield-Alabama for the questions we sent each individual board member of the school district. Lamb said this served as a group response. A group response was not an option given to the school board members.
The school board members who failed to provide their own responses:
"The OACS school board fully supports our district's reopening plan. The plan originated from a district survey that went to all families. The survey indicated that 84% of our families would approve of the decision to send their children back to school to resume full-time, in person instruction. The administrative team concluded that our facilities have the space necessary to meet the 6 foot physical distancing guideline within the classrooms while the students receive their instruction, making the request of the families of our district possible. The committee that helped form our plan included administrative staff, teachers, students and parents of the district.
I'm happy to say most parent feedback went directly to our Superintendent and the building Principals. However, to your question, we'd mention that at our last board meeting some families asked to speak in our public comment section and expressed their approval and gratitude to the district for our plan.
We'd also like to acknowledge the flexibility within the plan. It is important to the board that families have the option to learn remotely if their concerns could not be alleviated by the district's plan. Our school is accommodating those families that aren't ready to send their children into our facilities. Should these families reconsider their decision, there is also a re-entry plan for students who have chosen the remote option.
Our board is incredibly appreciative to all who made themselves available to help write the reopening plan, and also to all of the district employees who will be implementing the plan. We are excited to get the kids back in school, but at the same time, understand the anxieties this brings to both families and staff. We expect the plan to remain fluid and for our administrative team to continue to make themselves available to hear the concerns of families and staff. We wish everyone the best of health as we get back to the business of the education of the students of our district."
Top photo: Macayla Burke (right) receives the first-place Holowach Scholarship from Jon Sanfratello, executive principal, GV BOCES Batavia Campus. Macayla is a Health Careers Academy student from Batavia City School District.
Submitted photo and press release:
The Batavia Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center is proud to announce the achievements of its seniors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this awards ceremony event that was scheduled to be held in June was canceled.
The 25 Genesee County award winners, their programs, home schools and scholarships received, are noted below.
Press release:
Healthy Kids Programs is offering safe summer childcare for ages 4-12 at Oakfield Alabama Central School District starting Monday, June 29.
Cost is $125/week for 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Extra hours cost $5/hr per day. DSS is accepted. Hours are 8 a.m..- 6 p.m.
Parents can register online here under summer programs.
For more information email Hailey Couglar: hailey@healthykidsprograms.com or phone her (585) 673-1198.
Oakfield-Alabama Class of 2020 Graduation
Oakfield-Alabama Class of 2020 Graduation
Press release:
The Batavia Career and Technical Education Center National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Chapter announced the names of 33 career and technical student inductees this month.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this induction ceremony event was canceled.
These students met the rigorous criteria set forth by this national organization. The minimum grade-point average for acceptance is a 3.0. Students are also selected based upon credit hours completed, attendance, volunteer service, and membership in other student organizations.
2020 Batavia Career and Technical Education Center NTHS Inductees
Animal Science
Building Trades
Criminal Justice
Cosmetology
Culinary Arts
Diesel Mechanics
Electro Mechanical Trades
Graphic Arts
Health Dimensions
Metal Trades
Programming and Interactive Media
Tuesday night, Brianna Smith became Oakfield-Alabama's all-time scorer in girls basketball, sinking a three-pointer to put her at 1,311 career points.
The Hornets beat Holley 47-27 to move to 12-7 on the season.
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more, click here.
Oakfield-Alabama placed second in the Section V varsity cheerleading sections in the Class D2 C division. The team competed against 18 other schools.
Photo and info submitted by Amanda Fonda.
Pembroke's young team, sparked by freshman Cayden Pfalzer, put up a good fight against Oakfield-Alabama at home Tuesday night, forcing the game to overtime before falling to the Hornets 66-57.
Pfalzer hit four three-point shots on his way to 16 points for the game.
For O-A, Gaige Armbrewster scored 17 points, Kaden Cusmano, 16, Travis Wiedrich, 15, and Joey Burdick, 11.
Pembroke's Garrett Totten scored 11 points, Adam Dulski, 11, and Noah Godzala, nine.
The Hornets are 14-4 on the season, Pembroke 7-10.
Also in boys basketball on Wednesday:
Photos from Le Roy's game by Caitlin Napper (This is a correction)
In boys basketball on Saturday:
In girls' basketball, O-A beat Pavilion 53-40. MaKena Reding scored 16 points. Brianna Smith scored 13 and had six rebounds. Brooke Reding scored 12 and Kelsey Schlagenhauf scored nine and had 10 rebounds.
The Oakfield-Alabama cheerleaders also won the Genesee Region Division II championship.
Photos by Kristin Smith.
For more Oakfield-Alabama photos click the links below:
Joey Burdick scored 18 points to help propel Oakfield-Alabama over the Bees at Byron-Bergen on Thursday night, 60-54.
The Hornets are now 12-4 and Byron-Bergen falls to 10-6.
Travis Wiedrich scored 15 points for O-A and Kam Cusmano scored 13.
For B-B, Nick Baubie scored 16 points, Alex Brumsted scored 12, and Kevin Smith scored 11.
Also in boys basketball on Thursday:
In an overtime game Saturday night, Oakfield-Alabama beat Warsaw 74-70.
Kaden Cusmano scored 18 points for the Hornets. Gaige Armbrewster scored 12, and Kam Cusmano scored 10.
Photos by Kristen Smith. For more photos, click here.
Submitted photo and information from Genesee Valley Educational Partnership:
Decision Day was held Friday at the Western New York Tech Academy. It is similar to a college signing day.
A total of 10 WNY Tech Academy students were honored for officially declaring the pathways they will pursue as they complete their free applied associate degrees through Genesee Community College.
The students could choose to study Accounting, Food Processing Technology, or Supply Chain Management.
Staff, administrators, business partners and parents attended Decision Day.
The high school juniors who participated are named below, along with their high school and declared paths of study. They are in the top photo.
(Everett Claud, of Perry, is not pictured. He will study Supply Chain Management.)
In addition, the Tech Academy also recognized 12 seniors in Friday's program:
For more information about the WNY Tech Academy visit wnytechacademy.org
About Western New York Tech Academy
It is a program of the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership. The Partnership operates as a Board of Cooperative Educational Services offering shared programs and services to 22 component school districts located in Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston and Steuben counties in New York State.
With a three-point jumper late in the second quarter, Elba's Colton Dillion pegged his 1,000th career point during the Lancers' away game against the Oakfield-Alabama Hornets.
The game was stopped briefly for Colton to be awarded with a commemorative 1,000-point ball.
The Lancers, now 9-2, won 59-52. O-A drops to 6-4 on the season.
Colton scored 20 points in the game. Greyson Huntington scored 11. Zach Marsceill scored nine, Collin O'Halloran, eight, Andrew Hale, seven.
For the Hornets, Kam Cusmano scored 10, and Travis Wiedeich, Joey Burdick, and Gage Armbruster had nine each.
UPDATE: A photo of Colton Dillon taking the three-point shot that put Dillion right on 1,000 career points. Submitted by Kristen Smith. For more photos from the game, click here.
Oakfield-Alabama, coming into the game with a 5-4, upset the #1 Class D team in the state Tuesday night, beating the Elba Lady Lancers (7-1), 48-45.
Both Brianna Smith and Kelsey Schlagenhauf notched double-doubles, with Smith scoring 22 points and nabbing 10 rebounds. Schlagenhauf scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. MaKena Reding scored six points and Brooke Reding scored six. Karly Smith had 10 rebounds.
Lauryn Engle scored 12 points, Lea Bezon 10, and Brynn Walczak, nine. Bezon and Walczak each had eight rebounds. Bezon had five assists. Engle hit four three-pointers.
Photos by Kristen Smith. For more photos from the game, click here.
Oakfield-Alabama beat Notre Dame on the Fighting Irish home court on Thursday night 68-56.
For the Hornets, Travis Wiedrich scored 25 points and Joey Burdick scored 18. They each hit three three-pointers.
Gabe Macdonald scored 18 for ND and Cody Henry scored 10.
Photos by Kristen Smith, click here. For JV photos, click here.
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