Contributed Photo – Alba Perez

Medina High graduate and Montevallo University, Alabama junior Alba Perez has earned Peach Belt Conference basketball Player of the Week honors.

Perez, who started the past two years at Niagara County Community College receiving All-Conference and All-Region honors, earned the weekly honor for helping to lead the Division II Falcons to a 63-58 win over Auburn-Montgomery with season high totals of 16 points and 17 rebounds.

She has started 5 of the Falcons 6 games to date scoring a total of 48 points (8.0 average) and grabbing off 64 rebounds (10.6 ave.)

Perez, who earned first team Niagara-Orleans All-League honors in both her junior and senior years during her scholastic days at Medina, is majoring in Sociology.

A wintery blast of snow, strong winds and bitter temperatures has caused the cancellation of today’s light schedule of area basketball and swim events.

In girls basketball, the Lyndonvllle at Elba, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili and Holley at Byron-Bergen Genesee Region League games were all postponed.

The Niagara-Orleans League Akron at Newfane and Roy-Hart at Barker swim meets were also postponed. The Akron vs. Newfane meet has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday.

Weather permitting, Friday’s action will feature Medina at Albion and Elba at Lyndonville in boys basketball at 7 p.m., Albion at Medina in girls basketball at 6:30 p.m. and Medina at Albion in swimming at 4:30 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Ugene Harrison works toward the match clinching decision win over Barker/Roy-Hart’s AJ Shaffer during the final bout of this evening’s Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match at Albion.

A win in the final bout locked up a 42-36 victory for Albion over visiting Barker/Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Leading by a narrow 39-36 margin, the Purple Eagles clinched the victory on a decision win by Ugene Harrison (152).

Albion’s Ben Restivo in route to earling a pin over Karson Grover of Barker/Roy-Hart.

Albion had jumped out to a 21-0 lead at the outset on pins by Blake Aina (160) in 2:19, Ben Restivo (182) in 4:25 and Donamic Farley (195) in 1:28 along with a decision victory by Jessy Cruz (170).

However, Barker/Roy-Hart answered with back-to-back pins by Nick Fazzolari (220) in 4:06 and Matt Steves (285) in 34 seconds to get back in the match.

A pin by Barker/Roy-Hart’s Brent Bachman (132) then was the only bout decided on the mat over the next seven as each team picked up three forfeits and there was a double forfeit leaving Albion up by a slender 39-36 margin with just one bout remaining.

Harrison then clinched the Purple Eagles victory with a high scoring 14-8 decision win.

Both teams are now 1-1 in N-O competition.

Wilson 39, Medina 38
Wilson nipped visiting Medina 39-38 as Jacob Sanborn (126), Kevin Hoover (152) and Von Miller (160) all earned pins for the Lakemen.

Riley Black (182), Joel Cruz-Robb (113), Colby Petrie (120), Austin Cox (138) and Joe Gates (145) all registered pins for Medina which also got a decision win from Jake Bensley (132).

Wilson is now 1-1 and Medina 0-2 in N-O action.

Contests postponed
The wintry weather caused the postponement of the Newfane at Akron N-O wrestling match and the Albion at Niagara Catholic non league girls basketball game.

Nick Fazzolari of Barker/Roy-Hart works for a pin over Albion’s Myles Brewer.

Brent Bachman of Barker/Roy-Hart earns a pin over Chase Carleton of Albion.

Medina defeated visiting Hutch-Tech 50-39 and Roy-Hart downed host Niagara Catholic 41-24 this evening in non league girls basketball games.

Leading by a narrow 32-29 margin at the three-quarter mark, Medina finally put a lock on the win by erupting for 18 points in the final period including 8 by Je’ne Brown and 6 by Maddie Williams.

Brown finished with a total of 16 points, Williams and Molley Gross 11 each, Kayla Cuadra 8 and Emily Kams 4. Williams also had 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Mustangs improve to 4-0 heading into Friday’s Niagara-Orleans League home opener against Albion.

Ellie Todd scored 13 to lead a balanced attack for Roy-Hart as Ava Bligh added 8, Maddie Fry 6, Skyler Christopher 5 and Maddy Glena 4.

In two N-O openers, defending champion Wilson downed rival Newfane 60-54 and Akron topped Barker 60-19.

Kayla Neumann had 29 points and 10 rebounds and Shea Munnikhuysen 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead Wilson.

For Newfane, Paige Emborsky scored 19 and Olivia Littman 18.

Neely Abrams scored 16 and Darion Jonathan 14 to pace Akron.

In Genesee Region League action, Elba defeated Kendall 43-21 and Attica downed Holley 55-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt puts up a shot against Barker defender Kyle Moeller during the Tigers win over the host Raiders this evening.

A big fourth quarter scoring burst keyed Lyndonville to a 57-50 win over host Barker this evening in an early season clash of unbeatens.

Trailing most of the way, Barker pulled to within one, 40-39, at the outset of the final period after a three by Austin Sullivan and a layup by Nate Luckman.

However, Lyndonville answered right back with what proved to be a decisive 17-5 scoring surge to pull away for good by 11, 57-44, with just 1:40 remaining.

Two threes by Corey Hydock highlighted that decisive uprising which also included a layup off a steal and a free throw by Eddie Schildt, a jumper and a layup by Eric Neace, a layup by Jacob Hoffee and two free throws by Zach Johnson.

Zach Johnson puts up a shot for Lyndonville.

Schildt finished with a total of 19 points, Hydock and Hoffee 11 each, Johnson 8, Neace 6 and Nathan Poler 2.

Luckman took game high scoring honors for Barker with 25 as Eddie Wasnock had 9, Jake Arnold and Sullivan 5 each, Kyle Moeller 4 and Shawn Callaghan 2.

Schildt erupted for 10 quick points in the first quarter to spark Lyndonville out to a 15-12 lead.

The Tigers maintained a 27-20 lead at the half as Hoffee had a pair of buckets in the second period.

Barker twice pulled to within two in the third quarter, first at 27-25 after a free throw by Wasnock and again at 31-29 after a layup by Luckman. However, the Raiders could not pull even.

The Tigers moved back out to a six point, 40-34, lead at the three-quarter mark after a three by Hoffee and a layup by Schildt.

The Raiders again closed the gap to just one to open the final period but the Tigers countered with what proved to be a decisive 17-5 run to lock up the win.

Lyndonville is now 3-0 and Barker 4-1.

Elba 76, Kendall 32

Roaring out to a 38-13 half-time lead, Elba went on to defeat visiting Kendall 76-32 in a Genesee Region League game as Tucker Bezon sparked the Lancers with 43 points.

Nate Warters had 10 points, John Rath 8 and Brandon Miller 6 along with 5 rebounds and 7 blocks.

In another G-R contest, Attica defeated Holley 65-33.

Roy-Hart 71, CCA 54
Jacob Bruning scored 24 and Matt Borel 14 to lead Roy-Hart past Central Christian Academy in a non league game.

Barker’s Nate Luckman puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Nathan Poler.

Holley-Kendall trimmed Alexander 42-37 this evening in the Genesee Region League wrestling opener for the Hawks.

Jayden Pieniaszek, Brandon Gardner and Chad Miller all registered pins to lead the way for Holley which also got decision wins by Dawson Custer and Brandon Stewart.

The Hawks are now 2-0 overall.

Medina and host Newfane both scored a victory this afternoon in the Niagara-Orleans League season opener.

Medina won the boys meet 98-68 as Kristian Snyder took the 50 free, Jack Hill the 100 Butterfly and the quartet of Powell Stephens, Mason Pecoraro, Hunter Heil and Ian Joseph the 200 Free Relay.

Defending champion Newfane won the girls meet 113-55 as Lauren Seymour doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Lauren Gaughran took the 200 Free and 500 Free.

The defending champion Roy-Hart boys team likewise opened with a victory 113-55 over Akron. Nate Milkoll doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free as did Tanner Rees in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke.

Akron won the girls meet 90-80.

Legion combined a narrow 36-34 win over Vets Club with runner-up’s Sacred Heart’s 45-25 loss to JR Wilson Monday to open up a 13 point lead in the Medina Euchre League title race.

Legion is now 373-327 on the season while Sacred Heart is 360-340, JR Wilson 344-356 and Vets Club 323-377.

Legue competition continues on December 19 with Vets Club at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Legion.

Improving to 3-1, Albion posted a 60-52 victory over visiting Buffalo Arts this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Chanyce Powell scored 20, Sierra Chudy 11 and Caitlynn Snook 10 to lead Albion as Janae Doty added 7, Emily Blanchard 6, Natalie DiCureia 4 and Elisabeth Baker 2.

Breaking away from a 31-31 half-time deadlock, Albion outscored Arts 16-9 in the third period to move out to a 47-40 lead. Powell had 6 and Chudy 4 to lead that Purple Eagle surge.

Albion then outpointed Arts 13-12 down the stretch to lock up the win.

The Purple Eagles jumped out to a 16-9 first period lead as Powell tallied 8 and Snook 4. However, Arts answered with a 22-15 second period scoring edge to pull into a 31-31 tie at the half.

The start of the game was delayed by some 45 minutes as the Arts bus took the wrong route to get to Albion.

Albion next visits Niagara Catholic in a non league game at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday before opening the Niagara-Orleans League season at Medina on Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Izaiah Rhim delivers a pass over CSAT’s Dayvion Johnson during the Mustangs home court loss to the Eagles this evening.

Able to manage just one field goal in the final quarter, Medina dropped a 58-52 decision to visiting CSAT this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Trailing 47-46 at the three-quarter mark, CSAT rallied to outscore Medina 12-5 in the decisive final period to claim the win.

Back-to-back layups by Dayvion Johnson and Ricky Smith put CSAT back on top to stay 50-48 early in the final stanza.

A three by Devin Ashley and a rebound bucket by Jaydon Gulledge later upped the Eagle lead to 55-49 before Medina got its only field goal of the period on a layup by Jalin Cooper with just 1:37 to go.

CSAT though locked up the win on three free throws by Ashley.

Medina’s Alex Allis puts up a shot.

Gulledge finished with 19, Ashley 16, Johnson 10 and Smith 8 to lead the Eagles.

Rhim tallied 16, Cooper 14, Alex Allis 13, Trenton Jones 4, Tryellis Atkins 3, and Johnny Salone 2 for Medina.

Setting the tone for the back-and-forth nature of the contest, Medina jumped out to a 9-2 lead at the outset only to see CSAT answer with a 14-5 run to close the opening period deadlocked at 16-16.

Allis and Atkins both had threes and Cooper a pair of baskets to lead the Mustangs in the early going.

Medina then put together a 19-8 second period scoring surge to open up an 11 point, 35-24, advantage at the half.

Allis and Rhim both had a three and a two for the Mustangs in the period as Cooper, Salone and Jones also each chipped in with a basket.

However, CSAT again answered back, this time with a big 22-9 run to rally into a 46-44 lead late in the third period. Gulledge tallied 11 and Johnson 6 to lead that surge as the Eagles capitalized on a rash of Mustang turnovers.

Medina did regain the lead one last time, 47-46, at the end of the third period on a three by Rhim.

The Mustangs though tallied only one more field goal down the stretch as the Eagles used the 12-5 fourth period edge to fall for the win.

Now at 1-3, Medina next visits Albion at 7 p.m. Friday to open the Niagara-Orleans League season.