Albion to host sectional twin bill on Tuesday

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 February 2018 at 9:41 am

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Brylie Hapeman and Hunter Webster and their Purple Eagles teammates will open Section VI playoff competition at home Tuesday with a Class B1 doubleheader.

The Albion girls and boys basketball teams will both open Section VI playoff competition at home on Tuesday as the Purple Eagles host a Class B1 doubleheader.

The No. 4 seeded Albion girls will host No. 13 Olean at 5:30 p.m. The winner will advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals against the winner of the No. 12 Springville vs. No. 5 Fredonia contest.

The No. 10 Albion boys will then entertain No. 15 I-Prep at 7:15 p.m. The winner will advance to a Wednesday’s contest at No. 7 City Honors.

The No. 10 Medina girls will visit No. 7 MST Prep at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with the victor advancing to a Thursday contest at No. 2 International Prep.

Seeded No. 3, the Medina boys have earned a double bye and will open B1 competition on Friday by hosting a quarterfinal game. The Mustangs opponent will be either No. 11 Burgard, No. 14 Springville or No. 6 Dunkirk. Burgard will host Springville on Tuesday with the winner to play Dunkirk on Wednesday. The winner of that contest will then visit Medina.

Also in Class B1, the Newfane girls are seeded No. 1 while the Panthers boys squad is No. 4. The girls will host the winner of Tuesday’s No. 9 Alden at No. 8 Tonawanda game on Thursday. The boys have drawn a double bye and will host a quarterfinal contest on Friday. The Panthers will host either No. 13 Fredonia, No. 12 Alden or No. 5 MST. Alden hosts Fredonia on Tuesday with the winner visiting MST on Wednesday. The winner of that contest will then face Newfane.

In Class B2 girls openers on Tuesday, No. 11 Roy-Hart visits No. 6 Buffalo Arts and No. 5 Akron hosts No. 12 Health Sciences. The Akron vs. Health Sciences winner will then visit No. 4 Wilson on Thursday.

In the Class B2 boys openers on Tuesday, No. 9 Roy-Hart will host No. 16 DaVinci at 7 p.m. and No. 15 Akron will visit No. 10 Southwestern. The Roy-Hart vs. DaVinci winner will visit No. 8 Gowanda and the Akron vs. SW victor will face No. 7 Cleve Hill, both on Wednesday. Wilson, which is seeded No. 5, will face the winner of Tuesday’s No. 13 Eden vs. No. 12 Riverside game on Wednesday.

In the girls Class C bracket, No. 11 Barker visits No. 6 Tapestry on Tuesday.