Legion defeated Vets Club 40-30 Monday to close to within two points of Medina Euchre League leading Sacred Heart which dropped a narrow 36-34 decision to JR Wilson.

Sacred Heart is now 617-573 on the season with Legion close behind at 615-575 followed by JR Wilson at 597-593 and Vets Club at 551-639.

League competition continues on February 6 with Vets Club at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Legion.

Contributed Photo – Place finishers for the Medina Wrestling Club at Sunday’s Lew-Port Tournament include, in front Liam Castricone, Gauge Moore and Dominick Callara. In the second row Cole Herman, Bryden McMurray, Trenton Morley and Landon Johnson. In the third row Rashawn Bloom, Avion Johnson, and Jayden Travis. In the back row Sawyer Kingsbury, Breydin Miller and Drew Boardway.

The Medina Wrestling Club showed force at The Lew-Port Youth Wrestling Tournament Sunday.

A quartet of individual champions including Dominick Callara, Drew Boardway, Sawyer Kingsbury, and Avion Johnson lead the way for the Mustangs.

Medina’s second place finishers included Liam Castricone, Trenton Morley, Jayden Travis, and Landon Johnson.

Rashawn Bloom, Bryden McMurray, and Breydin Miller all earned third place finishes while Gauge Moore and Cole Herman both finished 5th.

“The kids are doing very well and we are pleased with the results of these young wrestlers so far,” said Coach Jamie Duffina.

Pulling away down the stretch, Wheatland-Chili downed visiting Holley 57-42 this evening in a Genesee Region League make-up game.

Leading by a narrow 42-38 margin, W-C outpointed Holley 15-4 in the decisive final stanza to claim the win.

Derek McArthur scored 11 for Holley as Dylan Hillabush added 8 and Andrew Moseman, Patrick Bower and Nate Towne 6 each.

W-C led 28-23 at the half.

In a G-R girls game, Alexander downed host Kendall 45-21.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper grabs a rebound from Vote Wavote of Buffalo Science during the Mustangs win over the visiting Wolverines this evening.

Medina’s Vincent Montague goes in for a layup against Buffalo Science defender Ibrahim Osmant.

Jumping out to a 12-0 lead at the outset, Medina went on down visiting Buffalo Science 81-56 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Jalin Cooper and Johnny Salone both scored 21, Mason Lewis 16 and Izaiah Rhim 11 to lead the attack for Medina as Vincent Montague added 6, Brendan Luthard 3, Tyrellis Atkins 2 and Trenton Jones 1.

Julian Johnson scored 16 and Ibrahim Osmant 14 for the visiting Wolverines.

A slam dunk off a turnover by Salone highlighted Medina’s 12-0 burst at the outset which also included two baskets by Cooper and one each by Rhim and Atkins.

A dunk by Cooper, who had a total of 10 points in the opening stanza, and a three by Lewis kept the Mustangs up by a dozen, 24-12, at the end of the period.

Medina then broke the contest wide open by erupting for an 18-0 run during a six minute stretch of the second quarter. Cooper and Salone both tallied 6 points and Lewis, Rhim and Montague 2 each during that stretch as the Mustangs opened up a 42-14 lead.

A late seven point run by Lewis, including a three, helped up the Medina advantage to 30, 49-19, at the half.

The Mustangs led by as much as 32, 59-27, midway through the third period and by 23, 65-42, at the three-quarter mark.

Improving to 11-4 overall, Medina next hosts Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League game on Friday. The Mustangs currently are undefeated 7-0 in N-O action and a game ahead of 6-1 Newfane.

A tie proved to be just enough to earn the Tri County Bantam Travel team a berth in the upcoming state hockey playoffs.

Tri County earned a 2-2 tie at Olean on Saturday to improve to 9-7-2 in the Western New York Amateur Hockey League (11-13-2 overall) and clinch the state playoff berth.

Jeremiah Rausch scored both goals, one in the first period and the other in the third, which gave Tri County leads of 1-0 and 2-1. Patrick Ricker earned the assist on both goals.

Tucker Johnson anchored the Tri County defense making 27 saves in goal.

Ramparts score two wins

The Batavia Ramparts closed out their league season with two wins over the weekend.

On Saturday evening, the Ramparts traveled through a snowstorm to Hamburg and came away a 12-0 winner.  Leading the scoring were Max Hutchins and Alex Totten with three goals each. Katie Carmichael, Vinnie DiRisio, Derrick Fedus, Matt Frieday, Dominic Peracciny and Sean Pies each added  single goals.  Zach Howard posted the shutout in net.

Today, the Ramparts downed the Monroe County Eagles10-1 at Batavia.  The Ramparts scored two in the opening period, on goals by Hutchins and Nick Call, four in the middle period on tallies by Pies, Peracciny, Nate Ryan and Hutchins and four in the final period on scores by Hutchins, DiRisio (2) and Peracciny).

The Ramparts completed the Bantam season with a 19- 1 record, 12-0 in their conference, having outscored the opposition 188 to 24.

As the top seed in the state championship tournament from the Western Region (March 2-4), the Ramparts will next embark on a series of scrimmages against upper level Bantam teams beginning in February.

Tri County Pee Wee team caps league season

The Tri-County PeeWee Travel team played their final 2 WNYAHL games this weekend at SUNY Brockport.
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On Saturday, the Eagles battled to a 2-2 tie at the end of the second period but gave up 2 goals in the third period ending the game with a 4-2 loss. Henry Schultz and Carson Bader each scored a goal in the loss.

On Sunday, the Eagles skated to an exciting 3-3 tie against the Jamestown Lakers. William Kennard, Bader and Schultz each had a goal for Tri-County.

With the tie, the Tri-County PeeWee travel team clinched the WNYAHL first place position in the New York State Amateur Hockey Association tournament by finishing with a state qualifying record of 8-0-2. The tournament will take place March 17-19 in Amherst.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Rivals Lyndonville and Kendall will collide in boys and girls basketball action this coming week. Kendall’s Lizzie Rath and Lyndonville’s Brody Brown and their teammates are prepping for the meetings.

Local basketball competition this coming week will be highlighted by a pair of Genesee Region League match ups between Kendall and Lyndonville.

Lyndonville will host the boys game at 7 p.m. Tuesday while Kendall will host the girls contest at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Niagara-Orleans League cage action will likewise feature a pair of match ups between rivals Medina and Roy-Hart.

The Rams will host the girls game at 6:30 p.m. Thursday while the Mustangs will host the boys contest at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Both the Medina boys and girls squads will enter the contest undefeated in league competition.
Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball: Buffalo Science at Medina, Holley at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Alexander at Kendall, Medina at Holley, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball: Barker at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Roy-Hart at Wilson, Albion at Newfane, Akron at Barker, 6:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Brighton and Wilson Magnet at Holley-Kendall, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball: Lyndonville at Kendall, Alexander at Holley ,7 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball: Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Holley at Oakkfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Medina at Roy-Hart, Wilson at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Akron at Albion, 7 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball: Barker at Wilson ,6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball: RAC at Kendall, 5:15 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lyndonville, Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, 7 p.m.
Swimming: Girls N-O vs. G-R Meet, 6 p.m. at Gates-Chili

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

Pulling away in the third quarter, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Barker 77-61 this evening in a non league boys basketball lame.

Breaking away from a 16-16 first quarter deadlock, the Hornets took a 39-33 lead at the half and then broke the contest wide open with a 23-10 third period scoring edge to move out to a commanding 62-43 advantage.

Reice Woodward scored 22, Ryan Douglas 21 and Tyler Ohlson 12 to lead the way for the Hornets. Douglas tallied 9 to spark the decisive third period uprising.

Nate Luckman and Eddie Wasnock each scored 21 for Barker. Wasnock tallied 9 in the first period and 7 in the second.

Oakfield-Alabama also downed Barker in the girls varsity game 48-11.

Rebounding from an early deficit, the Medina youth basketball team stormed back to defeat Lyndonville this morning.

Lavonn Guy led the way for Medina, pouring in a game high 18 points. Dominick Callara, Julio Doval, Brody Fry, Justin Pitts, and Josh Wilson each contributed 4 points. Alex Benz, Aidan Pitts, Amari Soule, and Hunter Stephens each added 2.

Trenton Muck was the leading scorer for Lyndonville, tallying 12 points.

Medina is now 2-1 on the season, and next plays at Barker on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Contributed Photos – Representing the local Niagara Orleans Football Associaiton at this weekend’s USA Football national conference in Orlando are, from left, player safety coaches DJ Moore and Geno Allport from Albion and Brian Payne from Medina.

The local Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) is well represented at this weekend’s 4th annual USA Football National Conference held in Orlando Florida in conjunction with the NFL’s Pro Bowl.

The local representatives include Albion USA Football Player Safety Coach DJ Moore, NOFA Player Safety official Geno Allport from Albion and Medina Player Safety Coach Brian Payne.

Over 1000, youth coaches,  player safety coaches,  high school coaches and administrators from across the U.S. and many other countries attended the conference.

Many speakers including Bill Polian, John Gruden, Mike Martz, Mike Golic, Brian Billick, Rusty Jones, Mike Hill, Ray Lewis and Jerome Bettis.spoke about football and many things surrounding the game on and off the field.

They also attended the U19 USA VS Canada Football Game at ESPN Wide World of Sports.

Some of the speakers included Jerome Bettis, Ray Lewis and Mike Hill.