Barker bested host Akron 56-45 this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball opener for both teams.

Nate Lukman scored 19, Jacob Arnold 13 and Eddie Wasnock 12 to lead the way for Barker as Shawn Callaghan and Kyle Moeller both added 4 and Austin Sullivan and Malik Smith 2.

Luckman also had 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Arnold 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and Wasnock 11 rebounds.

Morgan Smith scored 15 and Weylon Abrams 10 for Akron.

The Raiders held leads of 12-10 after one quarter, 22-17 at the half and 38-29 at the three-quarter mark.

Luckman scored 14 in the second half and Wasnock tallied 8 in the final stanza.

Coach Don Baker’s Raiders improve to 3-0 overall.

Gaining victory No. 1 on the young season, Medina defeated host Tapestry 74-59 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Jalin Cooper and Johnny Salone both scored 21 to lead the way for Medina as Izaiah Rhim netted 16, Mason Lewis 13 and Tyrellis Atkins 3.

Medina jumped out ao a 19-14 first quarter lead as Cooper scored 9.

The Mustangs increased the lead to 37-28 at the half as Rhim erupted for 12 in the second period.

Tapestry though came rallying back with a 20-8 third period scoring edge to slice the deficit to three, 48-45, at the three-quarter mark.

However, the Mustangs answered the challenge by countering with a 26-14 fourth quarter scoring edge to lock up the win. Salone tallied 12, Lewis 8 and Cooper 6 during that decisive run.

Now at 1-1, Medina next hosts Burgard at 6:30 p.m. Friday in another non league game.

In the JV game, Medina lost to Tapestry 62-42. Emmanual Taylor scored 14, Tyler Chinn 9 and Daemon Shatara 7 for the Mustangs.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Chanyce Powell scores 37 in Albion’s double overtime win.

In a marathon battle, Albion outlasted visiting Batavia 70-67 in double overtime this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Batavia sent the contest into overtime on a three by Mackenzie Reigle which tied the game at 52-52.

The contest remained deadlocked at 58-58 at the end of the first overtime period which saw Chanyce Powell, Janae Doty and Caitlynn Snook all score baskets.

The Purple Eagles finally claimed the win by outscoring the Lady Blue Devils 12-9 in the second overtime period. Powell and Emily Blanchard each tallied 5 to lead that decisive run.

Powell finished with a game high 37 points as Blanchard had 11 and Doty 9.

Ryann Stefaniak scored 21 and Taylor Stefaniak 15 for Batavia.

Albion is now 2-1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt grabs a rebound from Roy-Hart’s DJ Davis as Corey Hydock supports. The action took place during the host Tigers season opening win over the Rams this evening.

Roy-Hart’s Jacob Bruning drives between Lyndonville defenders Jacob Hoffee (22) and Eddie Schildt (24).

Putting together a strong stretch run, Lyndonville downed visiting Roy-Hart 60-48 this evening in the Tigers non league season opener.

Leading by a narrow 39-37 margin at the three-quarter mark, Lyndonville put together a 21-11 scoring surge down the stretch to claim the win.

The Tigers opened the decisive final period with a 13-2 run to finally break the tight contest open. Back-to-back threes by Zach Johnson and Corey Hydock capped off that key run which also included layup and a rebound bucket by Eric Neace and a layup off a turnover by Eddie Schildt as the Tigers opened up a 52-40 lead.

Two more back-to-back threes, by Schildt and Jacob Hoffee, which kept Lyndonville up 58-44 with under two minutes to play, then put a lock on the victory

Schildt finished with a game high 21 points as Johnson added 11, Hydock 9, Neace 7, Hoffee 6, Matt Hess 4 and Nathan Poler 2.

Jacob Bruning led Roy-Hart with 19 as Brendon Hess added 8, Charlie Brigham 7, Tim Moriarity 6, Cam Meadows and Eric Fitch 3 and DJ Davis 2.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 13-7 first quarter lead as Hydock and Hoffee both hit threes and Schildt had a three-point play.

Seven more points by Schildt, along with a three by Johnson, helped keep Lyndonvlle up by six, 25-19, late in the second quarter but Roy-Hart rallied into a 25-25 tie at the break on late threes by Brigham and Bruning.

There were four more ties and three lead changes in the sea-saw third period which finished with Lyndonville up by a slender 39-37 margin after a late jumper by Hess. Bruning scored 9 in the period to keep the Rams right in it.

The Tigers though finally pulled away in the finals stanza with the 21-111 scoring edge.

Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson puts up a lay-up as Brendon Hess defends for Roy-Hart.

Albion scored a doubleheader sweep over host Wheatland-Chili in a non league swim meet Monday evening.

The Purple Eagles won the boys meet 123-29 and the girls competition 117-25.

Staying undefeated at 3-0, the Albion boys squad was led by a trio of individual event double winners as Matt Kovaleski took the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly, Carlitos Sanchez the 50 Free and 100 Free and Harrison Brown the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free.

Improving to 2-1, the Albion girls squad likewise was paced by a trio of double winners as Rylie Lear captured the 200 Free and 500 free, Michaela Pantano the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke and Liz Furmanski the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Free.

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

Legion defeated Vets Club 41-29 Monday to maintain a two point lead in the Medina Euchre League title race over Sacred Heart which downed JR Wilson 40-30.

Legion is now 337-293 on the season, Sacred Heart 335-295, JR Wilson 299-331 and Vets Club 289-341.

League action continues on December 12 with Legion at Vets Club and Sacred Heart at JR Wilson.

Racing out to a 19 point first quarter lead, Alexander went on to defeat host Holley 75-41 this evening in a season opening Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Dustin Schmieder scored 15 of his game high 33 points in the opening quarter as Alexander jumped out to a 25-6 lead.

The Trojans went on to build up leads of 48-11 at the half and 59-28 at the three-quarter mark.

Derek McArthur and Andrew Moseman both scored 10 and Dylan Hillabush and Isaiah Flow each added 7 for Holley.

The Hawks next face the host Rams in the opening round of the Roy-Hart Tournament at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Alden rallied with a big 20 point fourth quarter scoring burst to edge past host Roy-Hart 54-48 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Roy-Hart held leads of 21-18 at the half and 41-34 at the three-quarter mark but Alden rallied to outscore the Lady Rams 20-7 in the decisive final quarter to claim the win.

Cookie Altieri took game high scoring honors with 18 to lead Alden.

Ellie Todd scored 13, Meghan Washington 11, Ava Bligh 10 and Maddy Glena 5 for Roy-Hart.
Akron 47, Lyndonville 35

Leading by a narrow 23-19 margin at the half, host Akron pulled away over the final two periods to claim a 47-35 non league win over Lyndonville.

Neely Abrams scored 16 to lead the way for Akron which opened up a 37-26 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Makenzie Muck scored 16 and Aubrey Lewis 14 for Lyndonville. Muck also grabbed off 15 rebounds.

Tonawanda 43, Barker 23

Up 25-18 at the half, Tonawanda pulled away form a 43-23 non league win over host Barker.

Gabby Baker scored 8, Kylie Miller 6 and Emily Annable 4 for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Je’ne Brown tries to drive by Holley defender Delilah Grathouse during the Mustangs home court win over the Lady Hawks this evening.

Medina’s Maddie Williams puts up a three-point shot over Holley defender Kayla Wilson.

Building up a commanding 23 point half-time advantage, Medina went on to defeat visiting Holley 50-14 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Je’ne Brown scored a game high 18 points and Maddie Williams tallied 15 on five threes to lead the Medina attack.

Emily Kams addded 7, Molley Gross 3, Kayla Cuadra, Katie Bielieki and Hannah Sones 2 and Maddie Winters 1.

Brown also grabbed off 13 rebounds, Williams 7, Winters 6 and Gross 6.

Madison Marsh scored 6 for Holley as Delilah Grathouse, Claudia Drechsel, Diana Castillo and Angela Weaver 2 each.

Junping out to an 8-0 lead at the outset, Medina held a 16-3 advantage at the end of the first period as Brown tallied 7 on a rebound bucket, a layup and a three-point play and Winters 6 on a pair of threes.

Two more threes by Winters and a pair of layups by Brown then highlighted a 15-5 second period scoring edge which boosted the Mustangs advantage to 31-8 at the half.
The Mustangs led 41-12 at the thee-quarter mark as Kams and Williams both hit threes and Brown added a pair of buckets.

Medina is now 3-0.

Holley’s Olivia Radford drives against Medina’s Kharise Johnson.

Trailing 3-1 in the third period, the Tri-County Bantam Travel Team rallied for three late goals to nip the Niagara Ice Hawks 4-3 today in a Western New York Amateur Hockey League game at SUNY Brockport.

Jeramiah Rausch, Luke Leach and Jake Esposito each scored a goal to lead the Golden Eagles rally.

Trevor Wiesner netted the first goal of the game for Tri-County which is now 5-4-1 in the league and 7-10-1 overall.

On Saturday, the Golden Eagles lost 3-1 at the Erie Lions as Cam Smith scored the lone goal.

This past Monday, the Golden Eagles dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to Cazenovia as Rausch scored 2 goals and Carter Augello 1.

Pee Wee Golden Eagles win, tie

The Tri-County PeeWee travel hockey team had two games this weekend after losing in the semi-final game of the Riverworks tournament last weekend.

On Saturday the Golden Eagles went to Fredonia and won 7-2. Carson Bader led the way with 3 goals and 2 assists. Brian Hartman netted 2 goals. Maija Young and Henry Schultz each had a goal.

Today, the Golden Eagles tied the Niagara Ice Hawks 3-3 in a physical battle. Young had 2 goals and an assist and Bader a goal.