Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Brandon Miller puts up a shot over Elba defenders Jon Boyce (55), Jordan Miller (23) and Henry Pflaumer (10) during the Eagles loss to the visiting Lancers this evening.

Kendall’s John Rath looks to drive against Elba’s Ben Pflaumer.

A scoreless second quarter proved costly as Kendall went on to drop a 70-44 decision to visiting Elba this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Elba outpointed Kendall 15-0 in the decisive second period to turn a 9 point, 25-16, first quarter lead into a 22 point, 40-16, advantage at the half. Layups off turnovers by Jordan Miller and Henry Pflaumer helped ignited that Lancers uprising which also included a three-point play by Jon Boyce.

Back-to-back threes by John Rath early in the third period finally ended Kendall’s nearly 10 minute long scoring drought but Elba answered with a 15-9 scoring edge to close the period.

Pflaumer tallied 7 points, including a three, while Collin O’Halloran and Tucker Bezon both chipped in with threes in the third period to help keep Elba in command by 28, 59-31, at the three-quarter mark.

Pflaumer finished with a game high 19, Shane O’Halloran 15 and Bezon 10 to spearhead the Lancers offense as Miller added 8, Collin O’Halloran 6, Boyce 5, Mike Bowen 3 and Joe Lane and Colton Dillon 2 each.

Rath had 15 for Kendall as Collin Lewis added 9, Nate Warters 7, Brandon Miller 6, Keaton Frietag 3 and Mickey Gardner and Hunter Menze 2 each.

Elba jumped out to an 18-11 lead at the outset as Shane O’Halloran netted 10, including a pair of threes.

Kendall did close the gap to two, 18-16, after a jumper and a three by Lewis but the Eagles could not pull even.

Elba countered with a quick 7-0 run to close the period on a jumper by Pflaumer, a layup off a steal by Miller and a three by Collin O’Halloan off another turnover to regain control by a 25-16 margin at the half.

Elba improves to 15-3 while Kendall slips to 4-14.

The Kendall duo of Nate Warters (11) and Mickey Gardner (21) battle with Elba’s Colton Dillon (12) and Tucker Bezon (3) for a rebound.

Albion turned back a late Roy-Hart rally to claim a 61-54 Niagara-Orleans League victory this evening.

Albion used a 19-8 second period scoring surge to open up a 35-20 half-time advantage. Jaquess Harrison scored 10, including three threes, to lead that Purple Eagles uprising.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 49-34 lead at the three-quarter mark.

However, Roy-Hart made things interesting down the stretch as the Rams outscored the Purple Eagles 20-12.

Jake Bruning scored 11 of his game high 27 points and Brendon Hess 6 of his 19 to lead the Rams late surge.

Harrison and Kory Reynolds both scored 13 and Tommy Mattison 7 for Albion.

Albion is now 2-8 and Roy-Hart 3-7 in N-O action.

Akron 39, Lyndonville 38

A rebound basket by Wyatt Martin with 11 seconds remaining earned Akron a narrow 39-38 win over visiting Lyndonville in a non league contest.

Derek Holtz and Mason Schultz both scored 9 and Stephen Wagner 8 for Akron which avenged an early season 60-29 loss at Lyndonville.

Eric Neace scored 15 and Nathan Poler 14 for Lyndonville which led 10-9 after one period, 24-15 at the half and 32-26 at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson clinched at least a tie for an eighth straight league title by downing visiting Medina 50-43 this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans girls contest.

Rachel Senek poured in a career high 34 points to spearhead the attack for Wilson improves to 10-1 while runner-up Medina slips to 6-2.

Wilson jumped out to a 15-5 lead at the outset as Senek scored 8.

However, Medina got back in the game as a pair of layups by Je’ne Brown helped rally the Mustangs to within 6, 17-11, at the end of the period.

Brown finished with 19 and Molley Gross 14 for the Mustangs.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then used a 20-7 second quarter scoring burst to rally into a 27-24 half-time advantage.

The Mustangs upped the lead to 36-30 but the Lakewomen answered with a Senek led 10-0 run to close the period and rally back into the lead for good at 40-36 at the three-quarter mark.

Senek then sparked the Lakewomen down the stretch scoring two baskets to up the lead to 46-37 and another off a turnover to make it 48-39 with a minute and a half to go to lockup the win.

Albion 55, Roy-Hart 28
Roaring out to a 15-0 lead at the outset, Albion went on to defeat Roy-Hart 55-28 and improve to 5-4 in N-O action.

Chanyce Powell scored 16, Emily Blanchard 9, Nicole Eldred 8 and Caitlynn Snook 7 for Albion which led 29-12 at the half.

Meghan Washington scored 10 for Roy-Hart which drops to 1-9.

Newfane 52, Barker 23
Racing out to a 22-3 first quarter lead, Newfane went on to defeat Barker 52-23 to improve to 6-4 in N-O action.

Emily Foltz scored 11 and Paige Emborsky 10 to lead the way for Newfane.

Kylie Annable had 7 for Barker which slips to 1-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Johnny Salone puts up a shot against Wilson defender Justin Daul during the league leading Mustangs home court win over the Lakemen this evening.

Leading from wire-to-wire, defending champion Medina rolled to a 74-44 victory over visiting Wilson this evening to maintain a one game lead atop the Niagara-Orleans League standings at 9-0.

Johnny Salone and Jalin Cooper both scored 17 and Vincent Montague 10 to lead the Medina offense as Mason Lewis added 7, Brendan Luthart 6, Izaiah Rhim 5, Trenton Jones 4, Alex Allis 3 and Tyrellis Atkins 2.

Connor Seeley and Steve Frerichs both scored 12 for Wilson, which slips to 6-4, as Justin Daul added 8, Nate Fox, Jonah Miller and Mac Musall 3, Steve Lewis 2 and Mike Pazik 1.

Medina’ s Brendan Luthart tries to steal the ball away from Wilson’s Nate Fox.

Medina jumped out to a 13-3 lead at the outset, a run capped off by back-to-back threes by Luthart. Another three by Allis and a layup by Cooper helped keep the Mustangs up by 9, 18-11 at the end of the period.

Wilson did close to within 4, 20-16, early in the second period after a three by Daul and a layup by Frerichs but the Lakemen would get no closer.

Medina answered with a decisive 15-3 run to close the period and open up a 16 point, 35-19, advantage at the half. Montague had a jumper and a layup, Rhim a pair of rebound buckets, Lewis a three, Cooper a jumper and Salone a layup during that run.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then went on a 13-5 run over the first four and a half minutes of the third period to extend the lead to 24 at 48-24. Salone had 8 and Cooper 4 to spearhead that uprising.

Salone had a total of 10 and Cooper 6 in the period which ended with Medina up by 18, 52-34.

The Mustangs extended the advantage to 30, 68-38, midway through the final period after a 16-4 run including 4 each by Jones and Montague.

Medina will next host runner-up Newfane in a key contest at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Medina also defeated Wilson in the JV game 46-41 as Tyler Chinn scored 15, Nate Sherman 12 and Brian Fry 11.

Newfane 65, Barker 49
Newfane stayed just a game off the pace at 8-1 by downing Barker (4-5) 65-49.

Kyle DeVoogel scored 26 and Max Weber 16 for Newfane which led 35-25 at the half.

Nate Luckman scored 26 for Barker.

Contributed Photo – Justyn Haines

Albion High graduate and SUNY Fredonia junior Justyn Haines cleared a personal best 4.60 meters to win the men’s pole vault competition at this past Saturday’s Mount Union College Wuske Invitational track and field meet at Alliance, Ohio.

Haines passed until the bar reached 4.30 meters. He made that height, then cleared 4.45 meters and then 4.60 meters (15 feet, 1 inch), the 28th best vault so far this winter in NCAA Division III.

Haines, whose previous best vault was 4.56 meters indoors and 4.50 meters outdoors, then made three unsuccessful attempts at 4.70 meters.

Haines is a Criminal Justice major.

Legion combined a 37-33 win over JR Wilson with former front-runner Sacred Heart’s 41-29 loss to Vets Club Monday to move into the Medina Euchre League lead.

Now on top by six points, Legion is 652-608 on the season. Slipping into the runner-up spot, Sacred Heart is 646-614 followed by JR Wilson at 630-630 and Vets Club at 592-668.

League competition continues on February 13 with Legion at JR Wilson and Sacred Heart at Vets Club.

Movng on top to stay in the second quarter, Kendall went on to defeat host Wheatland-Chili 55-37 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Trailing 10-8 after one period, Kendall put together an 18-9 second period scoring edge to rally into a 26-19 half-time advantage. John Rath scored 7 while Brandon Miller and Collin Lewis each added 5 to spark the Eagles during that stretch.

Kendall maintained a 36-24 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Miller finished with a total of 17, Rath 16 and Lewis 11. Miller also had 13 rebounds and 8 blocks, Rath 4 rebounds and 3 assists and Lewis 5 steals.

Byron-Bergen 67, Holley 40

Building up a 38-24 half-time advantage Byron-Bergen went on to defeat host Holley 67-40 in another G-R contest.

Cam Shenk hit three three’s in the second quarter to help the Bees open up the 14 point advantage at the break.

Brandon Burke, who had a total of 22 points on the night, later hit three threes early in the final period to help lock up the win.

Dyan Hillabush had 13, Patrick Bower 11 and Derek McArthur 6 for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Alecia Hinkson, who scored the game winning basket for Lyndonville, brings the ball up court against RAC defender Maia Duncan during the Lady Tigers narrow one point home court victory this evening.

In a tight sea-saw battle, Lyndonville nipped visiting Rochester Academy Charter 51-50 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Alecia Hinkson’s only two points of the evening proved to be huge for Lyndonville as she stole the ball and scored on a layup with seven seconds remaining for what proved to be the margin of victory.

However, the Lady Tigers could not claim the win until RAC missed both ends of a two shot free throw opportunity at the buzzer.

Mackenzie Muck scored 21 and Aubrey Lewis 20 to spearhead the Lyndonville offense as Abi Rodriguez, Miranda Lembcke, Anna Lewis, Stacey Buckland and Hinkson each chipped in with 2.

Lyndonville’s Makenzie Muck puts a shot up as Domani Peterson comes in to defend for RAC.

Tylash Weaver took game high honors with 27 and Lyan Viroel-Henlon 13 for RAC.

Setting the tone for the evening there were three ties in the opening period which ended deadlocked at 11-11 on a late jumper by Muck.

Weaver, who scored 6 in the opening period for RAC, added 6 more in the second to help give the Racers a narrow 25-23 lead at the half.

Aubrey Lewis tallied 7 for Lyndonville in the period which saw 3 ties and 3 lead changes.

Getting 7 points from Weaver and 5 from Virowl-Henlon in the third period, RAC maintained a slender 38-37 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Muck poured in 9 and Aubrey Lewis 5 for the Lady Tigers in the period which again saw 3 ties and 2 lead changes.

The sea-saw battle continued in the hectic final quarter with 5 more lead changes.

Weaver had 8, including a pair of threes, and Viroel-Henlon 4 for RAC down the stretch. A bucket by Viroel-Henlon with 23 seconds remaining gave the Racers their final lead at 50-49.

Muck netted 6, Aubrey Lewis 4 ad Lembcke 2 for the Lady Tigers in the stanza which was capped off by Hinkson’s clutch steal and layup with 7 seconds remaining for the exciting 51-50 victory.

Contributed Photo – Holley High senior Zach Day gets congratulations from Hawks Coach Wil Prince after signing to play football at Gannon University.

For Holley High senior Zach Day, a dream came true when he signed with Gannon University on February 1 to play Division II football.

Day has played football for Holley since seventh grade, and he started playing on the varsity team mid-way through his freshman year. He played tailback on offense and  linebacker on defense for the  Hawks.

He was named to the Genesee Region League All-Star second team as a sophomore and to the first team the last two years. As a defensive player, he had 85 tackles this past year, with 51 of them solo,  5 sacks and 8 tackles for a loss. As an offensive player, he ran a total of 524 yards and had 4 touchdowns.

“I can honestly say that I don’t feel anyone has had more of an impact on our program for the last three years than Zach,” said Varsity Football Coach Wil Prince. “He is one of those special players that you feel privileged to have had the opportunity to coach him. When I would pull him from a game due to injury, he would protest and tell me, ‘But my teammates need me.’ I have never met a more selfless player, always putting his team’s achievements before his own. He has been a three-year starter for our team, and he has worked extremely hard on the field and in the classroom. Zach is respected by all the coaches in the county and they speak very highly of him. Opposing teams strategize how to play against him; he is a player to be reckoned with. He plays football with respect for the game and his opponents. I am extremely proud of Zach and wish him well.”

“I am so proud of Zach and all that he has accomplished both on and off the field,” said District Superintendent Robert D’Angelo. “I wish him continued success and have no doubt that he will become an asset to the football program at Gannon.”

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Zach Day (20) follows blocker Dalton Moyer (18) during action this past football season.

The Medina 1 team dropped a 6-4 decision to the Tony Nemi Sportsmen Club over the weekend in the Kenan Indoor Soccer League Senior Division season opener.

Andrew Houseman led the Medina 1 scoring with a pair of goals as Elian Gonzalez and Kaleigh Kuzma each netted 1.

Gonzalez, Kuzma, Owen Frasier and Dylan Nicholson each had an assist.

The Medina 2 team had the bye.