Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper goes up for a shot against Roy-Hart defender Cam Meadows during the Mustangs win over the host Rams this evening.

Vincent Montague goes in for a layup for Medina as Noah Kindron defends for Roy-Hart.

Moving on top to stay with a scoring burst to close the first quarter, defending champion Medina went on to defeat host Roy-Hart 73-55 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 5-2 lead at the outset on a three by DJ Davis and a layup by Brendon Hess but Medina answered right back with a 13-5 run to close the period and take the lead or good at 15-10. Jalin Cooper spearheaded that surge with 11 points including two layups, a pair of rebound buckets and a jumper. He had a total of 13 in the stanza.

The Mustangs upped the lead to 15, 27-12, midway through the second quarter as Cooper, Johnny Salone and Vincent Montague each had a pair of baskets. Cooper had a total of 9 points in the period which finished with the Mustangs up by 12, 36-24.

Roy-Hart did cut the deficit to 6, 40-34, midway through the third period on buckets by Cam Meadows and Hess.

However, Medina turned back that challenge by closing the period with s 15-6 run to regain a 15 point, 55-40, lead at the three-quarter mark. Cooper had a three and a jumper and Izaiah Rhim a layup and a rebound bucket to highlight that uprising.

Montague then scored 9 points down the stretch to help the Mustangs claim the 18 point win.

Cooper finished with a game high 32 as Montague added 15, Salone 14, Rhim 8 and Tyler Howard and Jorge Phillips 2 each.

Hess led Roy-Hart with 20 as Jacob Bruning and Davis both had 10, Noah Kindron 9, Meadows 4 and Eric Fitch 2.

Medina is now 2-0 in the league and Roy-Hart 0-3.

Roy-Hart’s Jacob Bruning tries to drive by Medina defender Johnny Salone.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Aubrey Lewis puts up a shot against Barker defender Gabby Baker during the host Lady Tigers non league win this evening.

Barker’s Emily Annable shoots over Lyndonville defender Grace Hayes.

Snapping a season long seven game losing streak, Lyndonville downed visiting Barker 45-23 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Aubrey Lewis scored a game high 17 points to lead the Lyndonville attack as Alecia Hinkson added 10, Makenzie Muck 9, Anna Lewis 4, Abi Rodriguez 3 and Stacey Buckland 2.

Gabby Baker acored 6, Haley Brown 5, Emily Annable and Kylie Miller 4 and Serena Harris and Casey A’Harn 2 for Barker.

Leading by a narrow 12-10 margin early in the second quarter, Lyndonville began to pull away by closing the period with a 12-4 run.

Hinkson hit a three while Aubrey Lewis had a jumper and a layup and Buckland a jumper during that stretch as the Lady Tigers opened up a 24-14 halftime advantage.

Keeping the momentum, Lyndonville quickly upped the lead to 14, 28-14, at the outset of the third period on layups by Muck and Aubrey Lewis.

The Lady Tigers maintained an 11 point, 32-21, advantage at the three-quarter mark and then won going away down the stretch outpointing the Lady Raiders 13-2 in the final stanza.

Threes by Hinkson and Aubrey Lewis highlighted that late surge which also included buckets by Anna Lewis and Muck.

Medina game postponed

The Maritime Charter at Medina non league game was postponed until January 25.

Anna Lewis of Lyndonville grabs a rebound from Barker’s Kylie Miller.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker/Roy-Hart’s Murphy Lang works toward a decision win over Medina’s Jeremiah Wiseman during this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League match at Middleport.

Medina’s Travis Wiseman in route to scoring a pin over Barker/Roy-Hart’s Trent Choate.

Wins in three of the final four bouts powered host BarkerRoy-Hart to a narrow 39-33 victory over Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Breaking away from a 27-27 deadlock, Barker/Roy-Hart combined a first period pin by Brent Bachman (132) in 1:30 with decision wins by TJ Alvord (126) and AJ Shaffer (145) to lock up the victory.

Barker/Roy-Hart also got off to a fast start jumping out to a 27-9 lead on pins by Tyler Choate (152) in :33, Nick Fazzolari (195) in 1:06 and Matt Steves (285) in 3:17 along with a decision win by Murphy Lang (160) and a forfeit.

However, Medina battled back into a 27-27 tie on pins by Travis Wiseman (99) in 4:49 and Colby Petrie (120) in 2:23 along with a forfeit win but the Mustangs could not gain the lead.

Barker/Roy-Hart is now 2-1 and Medina 0-3 in N-O competition.

Akron 62, Albion 12

A rash of forfeit wins keyed Akron (2-1) to a 62-12 win over Albion (1-2).

Ugene Harrison registered a pin for Albion as Preston Flugel and Tim Wells both had decision wins.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Collin Stevener heads toward a win in the 100 Butterfly during the Raiders victory over host Medina this afternoon.

Improving to 3-1 the Barker boys scored a 94-76 win over host Medina (2-3) this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet.

The Raiders were sparked by a quartet of individual event double winners including Adam Wagner (200 Free, 500 Free), Andrew Jenks (200 Individual Medley, 100 Breaststoke), Collin Stevener (50 Free, 100 Butterfly) and Collin Webb (100 Free, 100 Backstroke).

Medina’s Hannah Heil in route to a win in the 100 Freestyle.

The Barker girls squad completed the sweep by besting Medina 99-71 as Christiana Carestia doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Fee and Sara Gendrue in the IM and Breaststroke. The Lady Raiders also had Chloe Goodlander win the Butterfly and Natalie Bruning the Backstroke.

Hannah Heil was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Barker is now 2-2 and Medina 1-4.

Albion splits with Akron

Albion earned a split against Akron winning the boys meet 104-65 and losing the girls competition 128-41.

Harrison Brown won the 200 Free, Sam Sanchez the 50 Free, Carlitos Sanchez the 100 Free and Thomas Furmanski the Backstroke for Albion which improves to 4-1.

The Akron girls likewise improved to 4-1 as Julia Diebel doubled in the IM and Backstroke and Madison Harris in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

Liz Furmanski won the 100 Free and Michaela Pantano the Butterfly for Albion.

Roy-Hart, Newfane split

Roy-Hart likewise split with visiting Newfane winning the boys meet 99-66 and losing the girls meet 92-78.

Nate Mikoll doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the defending champion Roy-Hart boys while Drew Hamelink took the Butterfly and Breaststroke for Newfane.

Roy-Hart is now 4-0 and Newfane 1-4.

The defending champion Newfane girls stayed perfect at 5-0 as Lauren Gaughran doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Meghan Mietlicki in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

The loss drops Roy-Hart to 2-2.

Getting point production from eight players, Kendall romped to a 44-17 victory over visiting Rochester Prep this evening in a non league game.

Lizzie Rath had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 6 steals to lead Kendall’s balanced attack. Rachal Bakutis added 8 points, Kacey Menge 6 and Lyndsay Wright, Taylor ReQua, Britney Regan, Lizzie Sutphen and Jenn Regan each had 4. Bakutis also had 4 rebounds and Menge 4 steal.

Kendall led 27-5 at the half.

Now at 4-3, Kendall next visits Wheatland-Chili on Wednesday in a Genesee Region League game.

Starpoint 54, Roy-Hart 46
Jasmine Mott scored 17, Allison Wick 15 and Megan Weber 10 to lead Starpoint to a 54-46 win over visiting Roy-hart in a non league game.

Ellie Todd took game high scoring honors with 21 for Roy-Hart as Meghan Washington and Delany Draper both had 6, Skyler Christopher 5 and Ava Bligh 4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler tries to put up a shot over Newfane’s Chad Dunbar during the host Tigers loss to the Panthers this evening.

Exploding out to an 18 point lead in the first five minutes, Newfane went on to defeat host Lyndonville 75-39 this evening in a non league game.

Kyle DeVoogle poured in 13 points, including three threes and a basket off a turnover, and Max Weber added 7, including a three and a layup off a turnover, to spearhead that early surge which vaulted the Panthers out to a quick 23-5 advantage.

Lyndonville’s Matt Hess puts up a shot against Newfane defender Sam Auernhamer.

Lyndonville did cut the deficit a bit to 11, 23-12, at the end of the period after a three and a layup by Corey Hydock and a layup by Matt Hess but the Tigers would get no closer.

Newfane then broke the contest wide open in the second quarter with a huge 25-3 scoring burst to pull away to a 33 point, 48-15, lead at the half.

DeVoogel erupted for 15 points, including two threes and a three-point play, to spearhead that surge.

Newfane, which made nine threes in the opening half, maintained a commanding 33 point, 62-29 lead at the three-quarter mark.

DeVoogle finished with 32, including 28 in the first half, as Cameron Stanton added 12, Weber 11 and Brandon Gross 8.

Eric Neace and Hydock both had 10 for Lyndonville as Jacob Hoffee and Josh Tombari both added 5, Hess 4, Zach Johnson 3 and Nathan Poler 2.

Elba 70, Barker 46
Elba built up 32-14 half-time advantage in route to posting a 70-46 win over visiting Barker in the non league contest.

Henry Pfaumer scored a game high 23 points and Tucker Bezon added 14 to lead the Lancers.

Austin Sullivan and Malik Smith both tallied 10, Nate Luckman 9 and Eddie Wasnock 8 for the Raiders.

Front-running Sacred Heart played to a 35-35 position round tie with runner-up Legion Monday to maintain a slender one point lead in the Medina Euchre League title race.

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

Sacred Heart is now 475-435 on the season, Legion 474-436, JR Wilson 459-451 and Vets Club 412-498.

League competition continues on January 9 with Legion at Sacred Heart and Vets Club at JR Wilson.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina and Roy-Hart will collide in both boys and girls basketball this week as the Mustangs wrestling squad will also face Barker/Roy-Hart. Shown here during earlier season action are Medina’s Kharise Johnson and Roy-Hart’s Noah Kindron.

Area high school league basketball, swimming and wrestling competition will resume this week after the holiday break.

Highlighting the local Niagara-Orleans League basketball action defending champion Medina will visit Roy-Hart in a boys game on Thursday while the Lady Rams will visit the Mustangs on Friday.

The Lyndonville boys squad will host Newfane in a non league game Tuesday and then entertain Pembroke in a Genesee Region League contest Thursday. The Lady Tigers will likewise host Barker Wednesday in a non league game and then visit Pembroke Friday in a G-R contest.

On the wrestling mats, Barker/Roy-Hart will host Medina on Wednesday in an N-O match while Lyndonville travels to Holley-Kendall Thursday in a G-R contest.
Week’s Schedule
Tuesday
Boys Basketball: Barker at Elba, 6:30 p.m.; Newfane at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Rochester Prep at Kendall, 6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Starpoint, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday
Girls Basketball: Maritime Charter at Medina, 5:30 p.m.; Barker at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Swimming: Albion at Akron, Newfane at Roy-Hart, Barker at Medina, 4:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Medina at Barker/Roy-Hart, Albion at Akron, Newfane at Wilson, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball: Medina at Roy-Hart, Pembroke at Lyndonville, Holley at Elba, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, Akron at Albion, Wilson at Barker, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Lyndonville at Holley-Kendall, 6 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball: Byron-Bergen at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Barker at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, Albion at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Pembroke, Elba at Holley, Oakfield-Alabama at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Swimming: Newfane at Medina, Akron at Roy-Hart, Albion at Barker, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday
Swimming: Albion at H-A-C, 11 a.m.
Wrestling: Lyndonville at Alexander Tournament, Medina at NCCC Tournament, Albion at Victor Tournament.

N-O Standings
Boys Basketball: Newfane 2-0, Wilson 2-0, Barker 1-0, Medina 1-0, Akron 0-2, Albion 0-2, Roy-Hart 0-2
Girls Basketball: Wilson 3-0, Medina 1-0, Akron 1-1, Albion 1-1, Newfane 1-2, Barker 0-1, Roy-Hart 0-2
Boys Swimming: Roy-Hart 3-0, Albion 3-1, Barker 2-1, Medina 2-2, Newfane 1-3, Akron 0-4
Girls Swimming: Newfane 4-0, Akron 3-1, Roy-Hart 2-1, Barker 1-2, Medina 1-3, Albion 0-4
Wrestling: Newfane 2-0, Akron 1-1, Albion 1-1, Barker/Roy-Hart 1-1, Wilson 1-1, Medina 0-2

The Tri-County PeeWee Travel team skated in Canandaigua Saturday and posted a 4-1 win over the Canandaigua Knights.

Henry Schultz netted the first goal. Carson Bader then added 2 goals and Maija Young scored the final goal.

Tri-County now holds a 10-1-2 Western New York Amateur Hockey League record. They will face the Olean Arrows in Brockport next weekend before heading to Ann Arbor, MI on January 13 for a tournament.

The Tri-County Bantam Travel team dropped a 4-0 decision to Cheektowaga this past week.