Improving to 4-0, Barker bested visiting Notre Dame of Batavia 60-50 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Nate Luckman took game high scoring honors with 22 points for Barker as Eddie Wasnock had 14, Jacob Arnold 11 and Austin Sullivan 8.. Arnold also grabbed off 13 rebounds and Wasnock 10.

The Raiders held leads of 13-10 after one quarter, 30-21 at the half and 48-38 at the three-quarter mark. Luckman netted 10 in the third period.

Ryan Moffat scored 12 and Wilson Luo 10 for Ntore Dame.

Barker next hosts Lyndonville in a non league game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Lyndonville 60, Akron 29
Eleven players broke into the scoring column as Lyndonville romped to a 60-29 non league win over visiting Akron.

Zach Johnson had 16 and Corey Hydock 10 to lead the Tigers scoring parade as Nathan Poler added 8, Eddie Schildt and Jacob Hoffee 6, Ricky Forder 4, Matt Hess and Josh Tomberi 3, Eric Neace 2 and Dylan Nicholson and JC Diaz 1.

Lyndonville, which scored 15 points in each quarter, led 15-5 after one period, 30-15 at the half and 45-21 at the three-quarter mark.

Maryvale 89, Albion 46
Trailing 16-12 after one period, Maryvale erupted for a 25-3 second quarter scoring burst to key an 89-46 non league win over host Albion.

Lamar Chambers scored 11, Chase Hall 9 and Kory Reynolds 7 for Albion.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Matt Borel shoots over Holley’s Patrick Bower during the host Rams tournament win over the Hawks this evening.

Roy-Hart’s Noah Kindron puts up a shot as Holley’s Ryan Andrews tries to block.

Moving on top to stay with a late first quarter scoring burst, the host Rams went on to defeat Holley 79-44 this evening in the opening round of the Roy-Hart boys basketball tournament.

Breaking away from an early 7-7 tie, Roy-Hart put together a 10-0 run to close the opening quarter highlighted by threes by Jacob Bruning and Brendon Hess to open up a 17-7 advantage.

Back-to-back threes by Charlie Brigham and a three-point play by Matt Borel in the second quarter helped keep Roy-Hart up 32-21 at the half.

The Rams then broke the contest wide open with a 26-12 third period scoring edge.

Bruning had 8 points, including a three, Borel 6 on three layups and DJ Davis a 3 to highlight that uprising.

Borel finished with 23 and Bruning 15 as Brigham and Noah Kindron both had 8, Davis 6, Justin Czaja 5, Jon Huntington and Paul Raganese 4, Brendon Hess 3, Eric Fitch 2 and Tim Moriarity 1.

Derek McArthur scored 16 and Dylan Hillabush 12 for Holley as Chris Balys, Patrick Bower and Ryan Andres 4, Isaiah Flow and Brandon Dillenbeck 2.

Roy-Hart will now face Oakfield-Alabama in the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday while Holley will take on Tonawanda in the consolation game at 2:30 p.m. Oakfield-Alabama romped past Tonawanda 72-42 in the other semifinal.

Holley’s Derek McArthur looks to drive around Roy-Hart’s Jacob Bruning.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper grabs a rebound over his teammate Tryellis Atkins and Cleveland Sweet of Burgard during the Mustangs home court loss to the Bulldogs this evening. 

Medina’s Mason Lewis tries a reverse layup as Deamonte Riley defends for Burgard.

Taking charge with a huge second period scoring burst, Burgard went on to defeat host Medina 62-44 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Trailing 13-12, Burgard put together a 26-5 second period scoring explosion to open up a commanding 38-18 half-time advantage. Brandon Myers and Deamonte Riley both scored 8 and Markel Ford 6 to lead that surge as the Bulldogs dominated on the boards and capitalized on a rash of Mustang turnovers.

The Bullldogs maintained a 42-31 lead after three quarters.

Riley finished with a game high 20 points and Myers 17.

Jalin Cooper scored 14 and Izaiah Rhim 11 to lead Medina as Johnny Salone and Alex Allis both had 6, Mason Lewis 5 and Tyrellis Atkins 2.

The Mustangs used a 7-0 run on a dunk by Cooper, a layup by Salone and a 3 by Allis to grab the narrow 13-12 first quarter lead.

Now at 1-2, Medina next hosts CSAT in a non league game at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Austin Cox works toward a pin over North Tonawanda’s Brandon West during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Lumberjacks this evening.

A pin in the final bout earned North Tonawanda a narrow 48-42 victory over host Medina this evening in a non league wrestling match.

The Lumberjacks claimed the victory on a quick pin in just 49 seconds by Veysal Mukhatisimov.

N.T. also jumped out to a big 24-0 lead at the outset on a pin and three forfeit wins.

Medina though came battling back to knot the contest at 30-30 on a burst of four pins and a forfeit win.

Registering the pins for the Mustangs were Colby Petrie in 39 seconds, Jake Bensley in 1:37, Austin Cox in 58 seconds and Joe Gates in 4:34.

The Lumberjacks went back up 42-30 on a pin and a forfeit but the Mustangs retied the contest one last time at 42-42 after a pair of forfeit wins.

Now at 0-2 in dual match competition, the Mustangs next compete in the Batavia Tournament on Saturday.

Medina’s Jake Bensley in route to scoring a pin over North Tonawanda’s Dan Miller.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Tim Moriarity and his Ram teammates will host Holley Friday evening in the opening round of the Roy-Hart Tournament.

A local matchup will highlight the opening round of the Roy-Hart boys basketball tournament on Friday night.

Roy-Hart will host Holley at 7:30 p.m. following the Oakfield-Alabama vs. Tonawanda contest at 6 p.m.

The consolation and championship games will be held at 2:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday.

Roy-Hart is 0-2 on the young season while Holley is 0-1.

Friday’s other non league games will have Burgard at Medina, Akron at Lyndonville Notre Dame at Barker, Emerson at Wilson and Sweet Home at Newfane at 6:30 p.m. and Maryvale at Albion at 7 p.m.

In one non league contest on Wednesday evening, Newfane defeated Emerson 79-57 as Kyle DeVoogel had 16, Brandon Gross 15, Chad Dunbar 10 and Connor Hill and Caleb Russell 9 each.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Lizzie Rath puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Makenzie Muck during the Lady Eagles win over the host Lady Tigers this evening.

Kendall edged past host Lyndonville 40-35 this evening in the Genesee Region League girls basketball opener for both teams.

Lizzie Rath took game high scoring honors for Kendall with 14 as Taylor ReQua and Daniela Volkmar bnth added 6, Kacey Menge 5, Emily Mattle 4, Jenna Regan 3 and Rachael Bukatis 2. Rath also grabbed off 15 rebounds and Regan 10.

Makenzie Muck led Lyndonville with 9 points as Aubrey Lewis and Alecia Hinkson both had 7, Anna Lewis 6, Abi Rodriguez 4 and Miranda Lembcke 2.

Lyndonville’s Abi Rodriguez drives against Kendall defender Lizzie Rath.

Kendall jumped out to a 14-6 first period lead as Menge and Volkmar both hit threes and Rath, ReQua and Bukatis each chipped in with a basket.

Lyndonville though answered with a 15-10 scoring edge in the second period to cut the defict to three, 24-21, at the half.

Hinkson had a three and a two to lead that Lady Tigers surge which also included buckets by Lembcke, Anna Lewis, Aubrey Lewis and Muck.

Lyndonville then used a 7-0 run late in the third period on two layups and a free throw by Muck and a rebound basket by Hinkson to rally into a brief 30-30 tie.

However, the Lady Tigers were unable to gain the lead as the Lady Eagles answered with a jumper by Mattle and a three-point play by Rath to regain the lead for good at 35-30 at the three-quarter mark.

The lid then went on the basket for both teams in the final period as it took 4:35 before Anna Lewis finally hit a jumper pulling Lyndonville back to within three at 35-32.

Mattle though answered right back with a jumper for Kendall and then Rath made three clutch free throws in the final half minute to lock up the win for the Lady Eagles.

Lyndonville’s only other score of the final period came on a three by Aubrey Lewis with just 15 seconds to go.

Kendall is now 4-0 overall and Lyndonville 2-1.

In another G-R contest, Alexander defeated Holley 66-19.

Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson puts up a shot as Kacey Menge defends for Kendall.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Travis Wiseman works for a pin over Akron’s Liam Regan during the host Mustangs loss to the Tigers this evening.

Eight forfeit wins keyed Akron to a 63-18 victory over host Medina this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League wrestling opener.

On the mat, Medina had a trio of quick first period pins by Travis Wiseman (99) in 1:08, Colby Petrie (113) in 1:15 and Joel Cruz-Robb in 1:04.

Akron got pins by Anthony Brandt (132) and Cody Croy (138).

Medina next hosts North Tonawanda in a non league match at 6 pm. Thursday.

Defending N-O champion Newfane got five forfeits in earning a 62-18 win at Albion.

Tim Wells and Cade Aina both had decision wins for Albion.

In the other N-O opener, Barker/Roy-Hart used six pins to key a 42-35 win at Wilson.

Colby Hancock, Tom Alvord Jr., Brent Bachman, Andrew Schafer, Karson Grover and Nick Fazzolari notched the pins for Barker/Roy-Hart.

Kevin Hoover had a pin for Wilson.

Holley/Kendall 45, Brighton 30
Pins by Tristyn Moyer in :45, Jeremy Browe in 1:20, Brandon Stewart in 1:26, Dylan Spellan in 3:10 and Brandon Gardner in 3:58 sparked Holley/Kendall to a 45-30 non league win over visiting Brighton.

Nate Schoonmaker and Erik Balys added decision wins for the Hawks.

Barker swept to a pair of victories over host Byron-Bergen Tuesday evening in a non league swim meet.

The Barker girls finished the non league portion of their schedule with a 4-0 record by downing B-B 91-66.

Natalie Menz was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Sara Gendrue took both the 200 Free and 500 Free to lead the Lady Raiders.

The Barker boys squad capped off a 3-1 non league schedule with a 91-47 victory over the Bees.

Adam Wagner took both the 200 Free and 100 Backstroke and Andrew Jenks doubled in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke to set the pace for the Raiders.

Barker next visits Albion on December 12 in the Niagara-Orleans League opener.

The Medina boys swim team improved to 3-0 with 122-44 win at Notre Dame this evening.

Daniel Heil was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke while Hunter Heil won the 50 Free and Powell Stephens the 100 Butterfly to lead the Seahorses.

The Medina girls squad completed the sweep by topping the Irish 116-48 to go to 2-1 on the season.

Hannah Heil doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Seahorses as Cora Payne took the 200 Individual Medley, Marguerite Brakenbury the 100 Butterfly, Olivia Carter the 100 Backstroke and Martha Gardner the 100 Breaststroke.

Medina next hosts Oakfield-Alabama at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Jeff Gress Jr. works toward a decision win over Byron-Bergen’s Zach Hannon during the host Tigers Genesee Region League home opening loss to the Bees this evening.

Lyndonville’s Chase Stinson in route to posting a win over Byron-Bergen’s Justin Hannon.

Byron-Bergen opened defense of its Genesee Region League title by defeating host Lyndonville 53-19 this evening.

Pins by Jared Fregue (170), Will Thompson (182) and Brendan Marsocci (285), along with a technical fall victory by Chad Toal (126), highlighted the victory for Byron-Bergen which also benefitted from five forfeit wins.

Jeff Gress Jr. (132) won by major decision and Chase Stinson (120) by decision for Lyndonville which also picked up 12 points on two forfeit wins.

Lyndonville next competes in the Chruchville-Chili Tournament on Saturday.