No. 7 Lafayette nipped No. 10 Roy-Hart 58-55 in overtime this evening in a Section VI Class B2 pre quarterfinal contest.

Roy-Hart had built up a 17 point, 36-19, half-time advantage as Jacob Bruning scored 16, Brendon Hess 14 and DJ Davis 6 on a pair of threes.

However, Lafayette cut the deficit to seven, 49-42, at the three-quarter mark and then used a 13-4 fourth period scoring edge to rally into a 53-53 tie and send the contest into overtime.

Keeping the momentum, Lafayette scored the first five points of the overtime period, including a key three, to take the lead for good.

Hess finished with 22 and Bruning 20.

In another B2 contest, No. 6 Wilson defeated visiting No. 11 Oracle 57-43.

Also in Class B2, No. 8 Gowanda downed No. 9 JFK 61-52 to advance to a quarterfinal round meeting at top seeded Medina at 7 p.m. Friday.

In a B1 pre quarterfinal, No. 5 Dunkirk defeated No. 12 Albion 78-39.

Kory Reynolds scored 13 and Tommy Mattison 11 for Albion which trailed 41-15 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Taylor ReQua puts up a shot between Naples defenders Sarah Glovine and Aysia Pompeo during the host Lady Eagles sectional loss to the Big Green this evening. Moving in on the play for Kendall is Lyndsay Wright (00).

A late comeback bid fell just short as No. 8 Kendall dropped a narrow 36-33 decision to visiting No. 9 Naples this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class D1 girls basketball tournament.

Trailing by 10, 32-22, early in the final period, Kendall put together an 8-0 run on free throws by Daniela Volkmar and Lyndsay Wright, a layup by Taylor ReQua and a pair of jumpers by Lizzie Rath to slice the decifit to just two, 32-30, with 2:17 remaining but the Lady Eagles could get no closer.

Naples got a huge basket on a driving layup by Autumn Kunes with 17 seconds remaining to get a little breathing room at 34-30. The Big Green then scored the clincher on a layup off a turnover by Faith Glovine.

Kendall’s Lizzie Rath drives by Naples defender Faith Glovine.

Kendall’s only tally in the final two minutes came on a three by ReQua at the buzzer.

Kunes led Naples with 12 points as Faith Glovine and Sarah Glovine both added 9, Makenzie Northrop 4 and Adrienna Bradley 2.

ReQua took game high honors with 13 for Kendall as Volkmar had 8, Rath 6, Jenna Regan and Lizzie Sutphen 2 and Wright and Rachael Bakutis 1.

Points proved hard to come by for Kendall over the first three quarters as Naples grabbed leads of 11-9 after one period, 18-14 at the half and 30-22 at the three-quarter mark.

ReQua had a layup and a three and Volkmar a three to keep Kendall close in the first period. Another three by Volkmar pulled the Lady Eagles even at 12-12 early in the second period but Kendall could manage just one more basket the rest of the period.

Naples got three point plays by Northrop and Sarah Glovine and pair of baskets by Kunes in the third period to open up an eight point, 30-22, advantage as a three by ReQua was Kendall’s only basket of the quarter.

The Lady Eagles picked up the scoring a bit over the first six minutes of the final period to rally back to within two but could not pull even.

Naples advances 9-12 record while Kendall finishes the season also at 9-12.

Notre Dame 55, Lyndonville 23
Leading by only six, 22-16 at the half, No. 3 Notre Dame used a big 17-2 third period scoring edge to key a 55-23 win over visiting No. 14 Lyndonville in another Class D1 opener.

Callie McCulley scored 15 and Margaret Sutherland 13 for Notre Dame which advances with a 15-6 record.

Aubrey Lewis and Makenzie Muck both scored 8 for Lyndonville.

In a Class C1 opener, No. 2 Gananda defeated visiting No. 13 Holley 67-22.

Jenna Regan puts up a shot for Kendall over Mackenzie Northrop of Naples.

Jumping out to a 13 point first quarter lead, No. 10 seed Roy-Hart went on to edge visiting No. 15 Eden 51-45 this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 boys basketball tournament.

Threes by Jacob Bruning and DJ Davis, along with a layup off a steal by Noah Kindron, helped spark Roy-Hart out to a 16-3 first period lead.

The Rams went on to hold leads of 27-14 at the half and 41-24 at the three-quarter mark. Kindron had a pair of layups off steals to lead the Rams in the third period.

However, Eden came rallying back with a 21-10 fourth period scoring edge to close to within five, 45-40.

Roy-Hart though turned back the challenge as Davis hit a huge three to give the Rams an 8 point, 48-40, lead. Kindron also hit four key free throws down the stretch.

Bruning finished with 15, Davis 14 and Kindron 12.

Roy-Hart next visits No. 7 Lafayette on Wednesday.

In another B2 opener, No. 14 Oracle downed No. 11 Akron 60-54.

No. 9 Lyndonville outlasted host No. 8 Honeoye in a wild stretch run scoring battle to claim a 63-59 victory this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class D1 boys basketball tournament.

Lyndonville outscored Honeoye 27-23 in the hectic final period to advance to a quarterfinal round contest at top seeded York at 7 p.m. Friday.

Trailing 57-59, Lyndonville pulled even on two free throws by Corey Hydock with a minute to go.

The Tigers then regained the lead for good at 61-59 on a steal and layup by Jacob Hoffee with 17 seconds to go.

Eric Neace, who scored a total of 14 for the Tigers in the final stanza, then locked up the win with two free throws with two seconds remaining after a Honeoye turnover.

Neace finished with 19, Nathan Poler 17 and Zach Johnson 10 as Hoffee chipped in with 8, Hydock 7 and Matt Hess 2.

The tight contest saw Honeoye hold leads of 11-9 after one period and 28-28 at the half.

Lyndonville used an 11-8 third period scoring edge to rally into a 36-36 tie at the three-quarter mark.

“It was back and forth all the way. It was a great game,” said Lyndonville Coach Lee Dillenbeck. “It’s a big confidence booster for us.”

Lima Christian 98, Kendall 45
Roaring out to a 54-23 half-time advantage, No. 5 Lima Chrisitian rolled to a 98-45 win over visiting No. 12 Kendall in another Class D1 opener.

Jayson Faynor led Lima Christian with 42.

John Rath scored 12 points, Brandon Miller 10, Mickey Gardner 7 and James Longrod 5 for Kendall. Miller also grabbed off 9 rebounds and Longrod 8.

LeRoy 69, Holley 35
A 7-0 turnover aided run to close the first half helped key No. 4 LeRoy to a 69-35 win over visiting No .13 Holley in a Class C1 opener.

Holley trailed by just nine, 25-16, before LeRoy put together that key 7-0 run to open up a 32-16 half-time advantage.

LeRoy then used a 19-6 third period scoring edge to extend the lead to 51-22 at the three-quarter mark.

Dylan Hillabush scored 17 to lead Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Lamar Chambers goes in for a layup against City Honors defender Sabastian Flewellyn during the host Purple Eagles Class B1 sectional victory over the Centaurs this evening.

Albion’s Chase Hall puts up a shot over City Honors defender Kevion Taylor.

Turning back a fourth quarter challenge, No. 12 seed Albion bested visiting No. 13 City Honors 63-52 this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 boys basketball tournament.

Up by as many as 21 points in the third period, Albion saw City Honors rally back to within seven late in the final period.

However, the Purple Eagles countered with two free throws and a three point play by Kory Reynolds and a layup by Jaquess Harrison to close out the victory and advance to a Wednesday pre quarterfinal round contest at No. 5 Dunkirk.

Lamar Chambers finished with 15 and Reynolds 13 to lead the Albion offense as Harrison and Chase Hall both had 8, Shyheim Jakes 5, Bryce Pritchard 4, Tommy Mattison and Meach Gardner 3 and Liam Ward and Jacob Buzard 2.

Jaden Slaughter took game high honors with 21 and Amir Radford added 12 for City Honors.

Trailing 11-10 at the end of a sea-saw first quarter, which featured five lead changes, Albion put together a big 23-7 second period scoring surge to rally into the lead for good.

Threes by Chambers, Harrison, Pritchard and Jakes highlighted that decisive uprising which also included a pair of layups by Chambers along with jumpers by Gardner and Hall as the Purple Eagles opened up a 15 point, 33-18, half-time advantage.

Back-to-back threes by Mattison and Chambers to open the third period extended the Purple Eagles advantage to 21, 39-18.

Two more threes, by Chambers and Harrison, kept Albion up by 14, 49-35, at the three-quarter mark.

However, City Honors came battling back down the stretch. Getting 9 points from Slaughter, the Centaurs closed to within seven three times in the final two and a half minutes, ar 55-48, 57-50 and 59-52, but could get no closer.

The Purple Eagles finally put a lock on the victory as Reynolds made two free throws and a three-point play and Harrison a layup off a steal.

Albion’s Shyheim Jakes shoots over Centaurs defender Brendan Bulluck.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Chanyce Powell puts up a shot over Springville defenders Alexia Sopko (10) and Carrie Dickinson (2) during the host Purple Eagles Class B1 sectional win over the Griffins this evening.

Albion’s Sierra Chudy drives by Springville defender Julia Krzemien.

Rebounding from an ice cold shooting first quarter, No. 8 seed Albion rolled to a 41-26 victory over visiting No. 9 Springville this evening to open the Section VI Class B1 girls basketball tournament.

Breaking away from a 3-3 tie after shooting a frigid 1 of 19 from the field in the first quarter, Albion put together an 18-8 second period scoring burst to move into the lead for good.

The Purple Eagles opened the decisive quarter with a 7-0 run highlighted by a three by Emily Blanchard and a layup off a steal by Chanyce Powell.

A three by Janae Doty, jumpers by Caitlynn Snook and Powell and a layup off a steal by Natalie DiCureia then helped to boost the Purple Eagles advantage to 10, 21-11, at the half.

Albion then put a lock on the win by extending the lead to 17, 32-15, at the three-quarter mark. Two jumpers by Sierra Chudy and a three by Nicole Eldred keyed that 11-4 scoring edge.

The Purple Eagles opened up as much as a 22 point, 41-19, advantage midway through the final period.

Blanchard finished with 8, Eldred 7, Powell and Snook 6, Chudy 5, Doty 3 and DiCureia, Sierra Newton and Elisabeth Baker 2 each.

Springville’s Julia Krzemien took game high scoring honors with 17.

The victory propels Albion (12-8)  into a quarterfinal round contest at No. 1 Depew at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Newfane 59, Emerson 34

Breaking away from a 19-19 half-time deadlock, No. 7 Newfane used 20 point scoring bursts in both the third and fourth quarters to key a 59-34 victory over visiting No. 10 Emerson in a B1 opener.

Paige Emborsky scored 22, Emily Foltz 15 and Olivia Littman 11 to spark Newfane which next visits No. 2 East Aurora on Thursday.  Emborsky reached the 1,000 point career scoring mark with a late three.

Albion’s Caitlynn Snook looks to go by Springville defender Alexia Sopko.

The Medina youth basketball team defeated Wilson 30-17 on Saturday to improve to 5-2 on the season.

Lavonn Guy led the scoring with 13 points. Hassan Barulich added 6, Aidan Pitts 4, Chris Johnson, Justin Pitts, and Josh Wilson 2 each, and Cayden Lilleby 1.

The Medina ‘B squad also played Wilson, falling by a score of 20-14. Aidan Paul led the scoring with 8 points, while Julio Doval added 3, Dominic Rosselli 2, and Hunter Stephens 1.

Sacred Heart cut Legion’s Medina Euchre League lead in half by posting a 38-32 win Monday.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 41-29 in the other match.

Now holding just a six point lead, Legion is 725-675 on the season, Sacred Heart 719-681, JR Wilson 700-700 and Vets Club 656-744.

League competition continues on February 27 with Sacred Heart at Legion and JR Wilson at Vets Club.