Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Vincent Montague and his Mustang teammates will close out an undefeated Niagara-Orleans League championship season with road games at Barker and Akron this coming week.

Having already clinched at least a tie for a second straight title, Medina will close out the Niagara-Orleans season this coming week with road games at Barker and Akron seeking a pair of wins to complete an undefeated league campaign.

Currently at 10-0 in N-O competition, the Mustangs visit Barker (4-6) on Tuesday and Akron (1-9) on Wednesday, both at 6:30 p.m.

Medina trimmed Barker 51-44 earlier in the season and bested Akron 64-36.

If successful, the undefeated N-O season would be the Mustangs first since the 14-0 1988-89 campaign. Overall the Mustangs have now captured an N-O title 18 times since Medina joined the league in 1955.

The Albion boys will close out the N-O season with a home game against Wilson on Tuesday and will then entertain Genesee Region League front-runner Elba (16-3) in the regular season final at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

N-O Standings
Boys Basketball: Medina 10-0, Newfane 8-2, Wilson 6-4, Barker 4-6, Roy-Hart 4-7, Albion 3-8, Akron 1-9
Girls Basketball: Wilson 10-1, Allbion 7-4, Newfane 7-4, Medina 6-4, Akron 5-5, Barker 1-9, Roy-Hart 1-10

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball: RCMC at Holley, 6 p.m.; Kendall at Pembroke, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Holley at Pembroke, Kendall at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball: Medina at Barker, Akron at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Wilson at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Rochester Prep at Kendall, Maritime Charter at Roy-Hart, Albion at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Barker at Medina, Newfane at Akron, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball: Medina at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Notre Dame at Kendall, Elba at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Akron at Medina, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball: Roy-Hart at Barker, Wilson at Newfane, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Barker at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Churchville-Chili at Albion, 7 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s duo of Dustin Hinckley, left, and Jeff Gress Jr. both earned second place honors at today’s Section V B2 (small schools) championships at SUNY Brockport.

Lyndonville’s senior duo of Jeff Gress Jr. (126) and Dustin Hinckley (160) both earned second place honors at the Section V B2 (small schools) wrestling championships held today at SUNY Brockport.

The Tigers also had senior Dustin Joy (145) place third.

Gress opened with a 14-1 major decision win and a 16-11 decision victory before besting Troy Ludoph from Newark 10-1 in the semifinals. However he then dropped a 6-3 decision to Zach Flaitz from Canisteo-Greenwood in the finals.

Hinckley got off to a fast start scoring an 18-2 technical fall win and then a pin of 3:52 before decisioning Blake Wolfanger from Perry 15-9 in the semifinals. In the title bout he was pinned by Noah Grover from Warsaw in 5:02.

Joy rebounded from a semifinal loss to notch back to back pins in 3:53 and 3:03 to earn third place honors.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s place finishers at today’s Section V championships include, from left, Dustin Hinkley, Jeff Gress Jr. and Dustin Joy.

Section VI Championships

Albion junior Preston Flugel (132) and Medina freshmen Colby Petrie (113) both earned third place honors at the Secction VI B2 (small schools) wrestling championships held today at Salamanca.

Rebounding from semifinal round losses, Petrie and Flugel both scored a pair of wins to claim third place honors. Flugel first scored a pin of 3:45 and then a 4-3 decision win over Nick Saeger of Falconer while Petrie scored 6-1 decision win and then n 8-2 decision victory over Tyler Le of Cheektowaga to earn .

Albion senior Blake Aina (152) and Barker/Roy-Hart senior Brent Bachman (126) both placed fourth.

The Medina youth basketball team knocked off undefeated Newfane today by a score of 38-21.

After leading by a narrow 7-6 margin after the first quarter, Medina used a 15-6 second quarter to gain a 22-12 advantage at the half.

Medina also led 32-19 after the third quarter.

Lavon Guy led the scoring with 17 points. Aidan Pitts added 10, Chris Johnson 5, and Hassan Barulich, Justin Pitts, and Amari Soule 2 each.

Medina is now 4-1 on the season and travels to Batavia tomorrow to take on St. Joseph’s at 11 a.m.

The Medina youth ‘B team’ also played Newfane today, and dropped a hard fought 39-21 game.

Dominic Rosselli scored 7, Hunter Stephens 5, Amari Soule 4, Tre Skinner 3, and Julio Doval 2.

Jumping out to a 15-2 first quarter lead, Byron-Bergen went on to defeat visiting Holley 48-33 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Brandon Burke scored 14 and Colin Noeth 13 to set the pace for the Bees which held leads of 26-12 at the half and 35-23 at the three-quarter mark. Burke capped off his evening with a dunk for the 1,000 and 1,001 points of his career.

Patrick Bower scored 14, Dylan Hillabush 10 and Andrew Moseman 8 for Holley. Bower also grabbed off 7 rebounds.

Elba 71, Lyndonville 43
Elba likewise raced out to an 18-2 first quarter advantage in route to posting a 71-43 G-R win over visiting Lyndonville.

Tucker Bezon scored a game high 24 points and Jon Boyce added 13 to lead the way for Elba which was up 42-18 at the half.

Eric Neace scored 12 and Corey Hydock 11 for Lyndonville as Jacob Hoffee added 9, Nathan Poler 4, Luke Isaacson 3 and Matt Hess and Ricky Forder 2.

Newfane downed visiting Medina 67-50 and Albion romped past host Barker 51-13 this evening to tighten the battle for second place in the Niagara-Orleans League standings.

Albion and Newfane are now both at 7-4 and Medina 6-4 heading into the final week of the regular season.

Paige Emborsky poured in a game high 28 points while Alexa Littman added 12 and Olivia Littman 10 to led the way for Newfane which was up 32-22 at the half.

Je’ne Brown scored 21 to lead Medina as Maddy Winters and Molley Gross both added 9.

Emily Blanchard scored 14 and Caitlynn Snook 13 to set the pace for Albion which held a commanding 25-4 advantage at the half. Janae Doty added 7, Sierra Chudy 5, Nicole Eldred 4, Natalie DiCureia and Brylie Hapeman 3 and Cassidy Wolcott 2 for the Purple Eagles.

Snook also had 13 rebounds, Blanchard 8 and DiCureia 6 along with 5 steals.

Emily Annable and Kylie Miller both scored 4 for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kory Reynolds puts up a shot over Barker defender Eddie Wasnock during the Purple Eagles narrow home court win over the Raiders this evening.

Turning back a late challenge, Albion edged past visiting Barker 50-47 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Trailing by nine with just over a minute to go Barker made the finish exciting as the Raiders sliced the deficit to three, 50-47, with 10 seconds remaining after a three off a turnover and a pair of free throws by Nate Luckman. However, the Raiders could not gain another possession.

Barker’s Nate Luckman tries to drive on Albion’s Tommy Mattison.

Tanner Ferris and Kory Reynolds each scored 12 points to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Lamar Chambers added 8, Tommy Mattison 6, Jaquess Harrison 4 and Demetrius Gardner, Jacob Buzard, Chase Hall and Liam Ward 2 each.

Luckman took game high honors with 20 and Eddie Wasnock had 15 to set the pace for Barker as Jacob Arnold added 8, Malik Smith 3 and Austin Sullivan 1.

Breaking away from a 5-5 deadlock at the end of a very low scoring first period, Albion moved back on top to stay by opening the second quarter with a 12-2 run to take a 17-7 lead. Ferris came off the bench to score 6 points to lead that urge as Reynolds, Chambers and Hall each chipped in with 2.

Four straight free throws by Chambers helped Albion maintain a 10 point, 23-13, advantage at the half.

A layup off a steal by and a fast break layup, both by Harrison, kept the Purple Eagles up by 11, 29-18, three minutes into the third period.

However, Barker came battling back as back-to-back three-point plays by Wasnock and Luckman followed by threes by Luckman and Smith pulled the Raiders back to within four, 34-30.

A late steal and layup by Chambers kept Albion up by 6, 36-30, at the three-quarter mark.

Barker did pull to within three twice early in the final period, first at 36-33 after a three by Luckman and then at 40-37 after a steal and layup by Arnld.

Albion though answered with a key 6-0 run on a jumper and rebound bucket by Ferris and a layup by Reynolds to regain a nine point, 46-37 lead with 3:10 remaining.

Ward and Buzard then scored on layups to answer Barker tallies by Wasnock and Luckman to keep the Purple Eagles on top by nine, 50-41.

Barker though made one last rally highlighted by Luckman’s three off a turnover but the Raiders comeback bid fell just short.

Albion is now 3-8 and Barker 4-6 in N-O action.

Barker’s Jacob Arnold passes around the arms of Albion defenders Kory Reynolds (22) sand Chase Hall (2).

Albion’s Lamar Chambers puts up a shot as Malik Smith defends for Barker.

Avenging an earlier season loss (48-45), Albion defeated visiting rival Medina 54-41 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Chanyce Powell scored 16 to lead the Albion offense and Sierra Chudy and Caitlynn Snook both had 8, Emily Blanchard 6, Janae Doty, Natalie Dicureia and Nicole Eldred 4 and Sierra Newton and Elisabeth Baker 2.

Maddie Winters scored 11, Je’ne Brown 9 and Kayla Cuadra and Maddie Williams 6 for Medina.

Powell scored 8 in the opening period to help spark Albion out to a 16-11 lead.

The Purple Eagles went on to hold leads of 27-14 at the half and 45-27 at the three-quarter mark. Chudy and Snook both scored 4 and Doty 3 in the third period.

Albion is now 6-4 and Medina 6-3 in N-O action. The Purple Eagles visit Barker and the Mustangs travel to Newfane on Friday.

The Medina loss also locks up outright possession of an eighth straight N-O title for Wilson (10-1).

Elba 45, Lyndonville 35
Building up a 20-8 half-time advantage, Elba turned back a second half Lyndonville rally to earn a 44-35 Genesee Region League win.

Aubrey Lewis scored 16 and Makenzie Muck 12 for Lyndonville which cut the deficit to 29-21 at the three-quarter mark and then to just three late in the final period. Muck also grabbed off 18 rebounds.

Maddie Muehlig took game high scoring honors for Elba with 17.
Wheatland-Chili 32, Kendall 21

Wheatland-Chili grabbed leads of 11-3 after one period and 13-6 at the half in route to posting a low scoring 32-21 win over Kendall.

Lizzie Rath scored 7, Taylor ReQua 6, Rachael Bakutis 4, Jenna Regan 2 and Lyndsay Wright and Daniela Volkmar 1 each for Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Johnny Salone goes up between Newfane defenders Brandon Gross (14) and Sam Auernhamer (21) during the Mustangs key home court win over the Panthers this evening which clinched at least a tie for the Niagara-Orleans League title.

Pulling away in the second half, defending champion Medina posted a 80-51 victory over visiting runner-up Newfane this evening to clinch at least a tie for a second straight Niagara-Orleans League championship.

The victory boosts the Mustangs N-O record to 10-0 and a two game lead with only two games remaining (at Barker and at Akron next week) while Newfane slips to 8-2.

Leading by only 8, 41-33, early in the third period, the Mustangs put together a huge 21-2 scoring surge to close the period and race away to a commanding 27 point, 62-35, advantage.

Jalin Cooper had 9 points including a three-point play, two layups and a slam dunk, to spearhead that decisive uprising which also included a four-point play by Alex Allis, 4 free throws by Izaiah Rhim, a three by Brendan Luthart and a jumper off a turnover by Johnny Salone.

Medina’s Tyrellis Atkins puts up a shot as Albert Kramp defends for Newfane.

Back-to-back layups by Rhim and Luthart, followed by a three-point play by Rhim, ballooned the lead to 34, 69-35 at the outset of the final period.

Cooper finished with a game high 23 as Salone had 13, Rhim 12, Tyrellis Atkins 9, Luthart 7, Allis 6, Vincent Montague and Tyler Howard 3 and Jorge Phillips 2.

Max Weber had 19 to lead Newfane whose offense was hampered when scoring leader Kyle DeVoogle left the game with an ankle injury late in the second quarter. Brandon Gross added 10, Chad Dunbar 6, Al Kramp 4, DeVoogel and Andrew Boudeman 3, Caleb Russell and Sam Auernhamer 2.

Medina grabbed a narrow 16-14 lead at the end of the opening quarter as Cooper and Atkins both tallied 4 and Howard had a three-point play.

The Mustangs extended the lead to 12, 39-27, at the half as Cooper erupted for 10 points in the second quarter with Salone and Luthart both adding 4 and Atkins a three.

Newfane pulled back with within 8, 41-33, early in the third period after tallies by Russell, Weber and Dunbar but the Panthers would get no closer.

Medina answered back with the decisive 21-2 run to break the contest wide open by 27, 62-35, at the three-quarter mark.

Roy-Hart 54, Akron 42

Brendon Hess scored 15, DJ Davis 14, Jacob Bruning 12 and Eric Fitch 11 to sparked Roy-Hart (4-7) to a 54-42 win at Akron (1-9).

Nelson Logan scored 12 and Derek Holtz 10 for Akron.

Jalin Cooper slams home one of his three dunks for the Mustangs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Brandon Dillenbeck tries to drive against Attica defenders Frankie Bisceglie (14) and Tyler Meyer (1) during the Hawks hoss to the visiting Blue Devils this evening.

Holley’s Nate Towne puts up a shot against Attica defender Ben Perl.

Unable to build on a first quarter lead, Holley dropped a 71-45 decision to visiting Attica this evening in a Genesee Region League contest.

Getting 7 points from Patrick Bower, 3 from Isaiah Flow and 2 each from Derek McArthur, Andrew Moseman and Dylan Hillabush, Holley jumped out to a 16-11 first quarter lead.

However, Attica countered with a 20-7 second period scoring surge to move into a 31-23 advantage at the half. Owen Thompson scored 7 and Mike Donahue 6 to lead that Blue Devils rally.

Keeping the momentum, Attica went on to outpoint Holley 21-14 in the third period to extend the advantage to 15, 52-37, at the three-quarter mark. Thompson led that surge with 9 as Dawson Nelson added 4 and Donahue and Tyler Meyer 3 each.

Thompson finished with a game high 29 , Nelson 12, Meyer 10 and Donahue 9 as the Blue Devils improve to 12-6.

Hillabush had 13 and Moseman 11 for the Hawks as Bower had 9, McArthur 4, Flow 3, Ryan Andrews and Nate Towne 2 and Nick Schutz 1.