Albion and Medina face key games Friday
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Tyler Cody, shown here making a slam dunk, and his Purple Eagle teammates will host league leading Wilson in a key Niagara-Orleans League game at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Albion and Medina both face key Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball games on Friday evening.
Albion, which has slipped to 2-3, will host undefeated (4-0) league leading Wilson at 6:30 p.m.
Wilson is sparked offensively by the trio of Aidan Neumann, who is averaging 25.2 points per game, Ryan Hough (12.3 ave.) and Shamus George (11.4 ave.) George has also grabbed off 97 rebounds, Hough 80 and Neumann 61.
Albion has been sparked by Elijah Doxey (19.6 ave.), Tyler Cody (14.0 ave.) and Wesley Olles (11.4 ave.)
Medina will visit Akron at 6:30 p.m. in a clash of 3-1 teams which are tied for second place in the N-O standings.
Offensively Akron is led by the threesome of Derren Brooks who is averaging 20 per contest, Blake Gerstung (17.3 ave.) and Ben Gerstung (15.2 ave.) Brooks has also pulled down 136 rebounds.
The Mustangs offense has been led by Jerrell Nealy (18.8 ave.) and Preston Woodworth (16.6 ave.) Nealy has also grabbed 93 rebounds, Christian Moss 64 and Woodworth 51.
Friday’s other N-O contest will have Newfane at Roy-Hart at 6:30 p.m.
N-O Standings: Wilson 4-0, Akron 3-1, Medina 3-1, Newfane 2-2, Albion 2-3, Barker 1-4, Roy-Hart 0-4
Albion girls also face key test
The Albion girls will also face a key N-O contest on Friday as the 4-1 Purple Eagles visit undefeated (4-0) defending champion Wilson at 6 p.m.
The other league contests will have Akron at Medina at 5 p.m. and Roy-Hart at Newfane at 6:30 p.m.
N-O Standings: Wilson 4-0, Albion 4-1, Akron 3-1, Roy-hart 2-2, Medina 1-3, Newfane 1-3, Barker 0-5
Today’s contests are snowed out
The snowy weather, which caused schools to be closed, has wiped out tonight’s light schedule of high school contests.
The four cancelled contests include the Newfane vs. Albion and Akron at Roy-Hart/Barker swim meets, the Lyndonville vs. Wilson wrestling match and the Lyndonville vs. Holley girls basketball game.
