Building up a 19-7 half-time advantage, Kendall went on to defeat visiting rival Holley 37-15 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Taylor ReQua scored 14 to lead Kendall as Daniela Volkmar netted 7 and Maya Rutland 6.

Taylor Rutland had 10 steals for the Lady Eagles as ReQua had 6 steals and 5 rebounds and Lyndsay Wright 6 rebounds.

Emily Bailey scored 7 to lead Holley.

Alexander 49, Lyndonville 28
Leading by a narrow two point, 23-21, margin at the half, Alexander used a 26-7 second half scoring surge to earn a 49-28 win over visiting Lyndonville.

Aubrey Lewis scored 9 and Makenzie Muck 8 for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Ames puts up a shot against CSAT defender Ricky Smith during the Mustangs win over the visiting Eagles this evening.

Maintaining sole possession of first place Medina downed visiting CSAT 69-60 this evening to stay unbeaten at 6-0 in Niagara-Orleans League action.

Jalin Cooper and Tyler Ames both scored 19 points and Daryl Haynes 17 to spearhead the attack for Medina.

Justin Morgan added 4, Johnny Salone and Mason Lewis 3 and Jared Zinkievich and Ronnie Koonce 2 for the Mustangs.

Shaun Wilson scored 19 and Myron Banks 15 for CSAT which slips to 2-4.

Medina jumped out to a 14-8 first period lead as Haynes scored 6 and Ames 4.

The Mustangs maintained a narrow 32-30 advantage at the half as Ames and Haynes both netted 6 in the second period.

CSAT briefly rallied into the lead twice early in the third period, first at 34-32 on a layup by Wilson, and then at 37-36 on a bucket by Jahleel Burks.

However, the Mustangs answered the challenge with a key 6-0 run highlighted by a layup by Cooper and a three by Morgan, to regain the lead for good at 42-37.

Cooper erupted for a total of 12 points in the period which finished with Medina on top by seven at 55-48.

The Mustangs quickly built the advantage to 12, 60-48, at the outset of the final period after a free throw and layup by Ames and two free throws by Salone.

CSAT did pull back to within seven, 65-58, with just under two minutes to go but could get no closer.

The Mustangs put a lock on the win on a pair of free throws by Cooper and a layup by Ames, who had a total of 6 points in the stanza.

Medina’s Ronnie Koonce drives up the court past CSAT defender Emeka Uzomba.

Improving to 4-2 in league action, Albion defeated host Akron 62-43 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans boys basketball contest.

Brady Meakin scored 18, including four threes, Tommy Mattison 15 and Evan Pappalardo and Jake Buzard 12 each to lead Albion’s balanced attack. Buzard also grabbed off 11 rebounds.

Gates Abrams took game high scoring honors with 22 for Akron which drops to 0-6.

Albion jumped out to a 15-4 first period lead as Mattison scored 5 and Meakin 4.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 12 point, 28-16, halftime advantage.

Meakin then tallied 10 points in the third period to key a 13-4 surge which upped the Purple Eagles advantage to 41-20 at the three-quarter mark.

Newfane 43, Wilson 38
Newfane bested host rival Wilson 43-38 leaving both teams at 3-4 in N-O competition.

Max Weber scored 12, Chad Gilson 8 and Kyle DeVoogel and Nick Schultz 7 each to lead the Panthers.

Ryan Bradley scored a game high 22 points for Wilson as Alex Fox had 8 and Andrew Eames 6.

Newfane jumped out to an 18-8 first period lead sparked by back-to-back threes by Weber.

The Panthers went on to hold leads of 26-19 at the half and 37-30 at the three-quarter mark.

N-O Standings

Medina 6-0, Roy-Hart 6-1, Albion 4-2, Newfane 3-4, Wilson 3-4, CSAT 2-4, Barker 2-5, Akron 0-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Haley Brown grabs a rebound against Roy-Hart’s Emma Lindke during the Lady Raiders win over the host Lady Rams this evening.

A quick scoring burst at the outset of the final period keyed Barker to a 41-34 victory over host Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Trailing 27-25, Barker rallied into the lead for good by opening the decisive final stanza with a 9-0 run. A rebound bucket and a three by Lindsey Williams ignited that rally which also included a layup by Caitlyn Mason and a jumper by Haley Brown as the Lady Raiders took a 34-27 advantage.

A three-point play by Emma Lindke pulled Roy-Hart back to within three, 35-32, but Williams answered right back with another big three to up the Barker lead back to six at 38-32.

Two free throws by Mason and one by Brown then closed out the Lady Raiders victory.

Barker’s Lindsey Williams drives up the sideline against Roy-hart defender Delaney Draper.

Mason finished with a total of 14 points and Williams 13, 8 of which came in the final period,  as Brown netted 7, Emily Annable 6 and Courtney Bodine 1.

Lindke led Roy-Hart with 12 as Ellie Todd added 6, Reilly Albee 5, Ava Bligh, Skyler Christopher and Rachael Rausch 3 and Alyssa Hess 2.

Barker jumped out to a 7-5 first period lead on jumpers by Williams, Mason and Brown.

Roy-Hart’s Rachael Rausch tries to put up a shot against Barker defender Haley Brown.

A three by Albee gave Roy-Hart its first lead at 8-7 to open the second period.

The Lady Rams maintained a 20-14 half-time lead as Lindke, Todd, Christopher and Hess all contributed baskets.

Barker closed to within two, 27-25, at the three-quarter mark as Annable, Brown, Mason and Williams all had tallies.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Raiders then opened the final period with a key 9-0 run to regain the lead for good.

Barker improves to 3-4 and Roy-Hart slips to 1-6.

The Roy-Hart duo of Ellie Todd (3) and Reilly Albee (12) tries to stop Caitlyn Mason from driving between them.

Wilson bests rival Newfane in battle for lead; CSAT tops Medina

Leading all the way, Albion downed visiting Akron 49-35 this evening to finish the first half of the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball season at 4-3.

In other N-O action, six time defending champion Wilson defeated rival Newfane 71-55 at Newfane in a key clash of 6-0 teams to take over sole possession of first place.

CSAT also bested visiting Medina 42-31.

Chanyce Powell and Emily Blanchard both scored 11 points to set the pace for Albion which led 13-6 after one quarter, 24-14 at the half and 43-16 at the three-quarter mark.

Sierra Newton also tallied 8 points and Nicole Eldred 7 for the Purple Eagles.

Powell also grabbed off 16 rebounds and Newton 11.

Wilson 71, Newfane 55
Rachel Senek scored 26, Serina Jaeger 15 and Jodie Vincent 10 to lead the way for Wilson which was up 30-22 at the half.

Jaeger also had 8 rebounds and 6 steals, Senek 6 steals and 4 rebounds and Vincent 6 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Paige Emborsky scored 20 and Olivia Littman 14 for Newfane.

CSAT 42, Medina 31
CSAT built up a 28-21 half-time advantage and went on to defeat Medina 42-31.

Kiara King scored 15 and Surenaty Davis-Patterson 14 to set the pace for CSAT.

Maddie Williams scored 10, Je’ne Brown 9 and Molley Gross 8 for Medina. Gross also grabbed off 10 rebounds and Maddy Winters 9.

N-O Standings

Wilson 7-0, Newfane 6-1, Albion 4-3, CSAT 4-3, Medina 3-4, Barker 2-4, Roy-Hart 1-5, Akron 0-7.

Medina High graduate Alba Perez led NCCC on the boards as she pulled down a game high 16 rebounds.

Taliyah Hopkins scored 20 to lead the Thunderwolves offense as Alliyah Gillespie added 16, Val Odom 13 and Ericka Thompson and Courtney Kaczor 12 each.

The Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team romped to a 103-61 victory over Geensee Community College this evening to improve to 20-1 on the season.

Lyndonville bests Alexander

Kendall held off a second half challenge by rival Holley as the Eagles trimmed the host Hawks 51-43 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Jacob Ramsdell scored a game high 23 points to lead the way for Kendall as Collin Lewis added 11, Nathan Warters 7 and John Rath 6. Ramsdell also grabbed off 19 rebounds and Rath had 3 steals.

Dylan Hillabush scored 17 and Nick Passarell 11 to lead Holley. Hillabush also pulled down 8 rebounds and Chris Balys had 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Kendall built up a 27-18 half-time advantage as Ramsdell scored 10, Warters 7 and Rath 6 over the first two quarters.

Holley though battled back to within four, 36-32, at the three-quarter mark as Hillabush scored 6 in the third period. Ramsdell scored 9 in the period to keep the Eagles on top.

Holley pulled to within two down the stretch but Lewis erupted for 11 points to help keep Kendall in the lead and close out the win for the Eagles.

Lyndonville 61, Alexander 45
Lyndonville boosted its G-R record to 6-2 by downing visiting Alexander 61-45.

Eddie Schildt scored 16, Nick Hinkson 13, Eric Neace 12, Hunter Ottaviano 8, Corey Hydock 7, Zach Johnson 3 and Jacob Hoffee 2 for Lyndonville.

The Tigers jumped out to a 14-10 lead as Neace scored 6 and Schildt 4.

Lyndonville maintained a 28-23 lead at the half and then used a 20-12 third period scoring edge to extend its advantage to 48-35 at the three-quarter mark.

Hinkson scored 8 and Schildt 5 to spearhead the Tigers third period scoring surge.

Five pins sparked Holley to a 54-30 victory over host McQuaid this evening in a non league wrestling match.

Nick Shenck, Pat Purtell, Braxton Leary-Hart, Zach Day and Austen Vroman all registered pins for Holley.

The Hawks also got decision wins by Chris Yockel and Ross Pinson.

Medina split with host Akron this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet.

Medina won the boys meet 99-67 and Akron took the girls competition 114-58.

Chase Pecoraro was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Mason Pecoraro in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke for the Medina boys squad which also had Daniel Heil win the 100 Freestyle.

Medina is now 4-3 and Akron 0-6.

Emma Gardner doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly and Hannah Heil took the 100 Free for Medina.

Akron improves to 5-1 while Medina slips to 1-6.

Albion, Barker split

Albion defeated Barker 50-44 in the boys meet as Harrison Brown won the 200 Free, Bailey Maier the 100 Back and Matt Kovaleski the 100 Breaststroke.

Andrew Jenks doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free and Collin Webb in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Barker.

Albion is now 4-3 and Barker 2-4.

Barker won the girls competition 69-25 as Christiana Carestia doubled in the 200 and 500 Free.

Elizaberh Furmanski took both the Individual Medley and 100 Free for Albion.

Barker is now 4-2 and Albion 0-7.

Roy-Hart splits with Newfane

Roy-Hart defeated Newfane 99-70 in the boys meet to stay perfect at 7-0.

The Newfane girls likewise stayed unbeaten at 7-0 with a 113-56 win over Roy-Hart.

Thomas Schultz doubled in the 200 and 500 Free and Andrew Hamelink in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Newfane boys.

The Newfane girls had a trio of double winners as Allie DeBiase won the Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke, Lydia Gaughran the 100 Butterfly and 500 Free and Meghan Mietlicki the 50 and 100 Free.

N-O Standings

Boys: Roy-Hart 7-0, Albion 4-3, Medina 4-3, Newfane 3-4, Barker 2-4, Akron 0-6
Girls: Newfane 7-0, Akron 5-1, Barker 4-2, Roy-Hart 3-4, Medina 1-6, Akron 0-7.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Andy Xapsos makes a buzzer beater shot over Barker defenders Nate Luckman (4) and Kyle Secore (10) to end the third quarter. The action took place during the Rams win over the host Raiders this evening.

Staying within a game of first place, Roy-Hart bested host Barker 69-55 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Andy Xapsos poured in a game high 31 points to lead the way for Roy-Hart which improves to 6-1 as the Rams trail only 5-0 Medina in the N-O title race.

Chris Anderson added 10 points, Justin Heschke 9, Jacob Bruning 7, Ben Maynard and DJ Davis 3, Matt Borel and Zach Srock 2 and Brendon Hess and Austin Dodge 1 for the Rams.

Nate Luckman led Barker with 24 as Eddie Wasnock added 13, Michael Snell 11, Kyle Secore 3 and Jake Arnold and Jared Ginther 2 each.

Roy-Hart’s Justin Heschke pulls down a rebound against Barker’s Michael Snell.

Trailing 9-6, Roy-Hart rallied into the lead for good by putting together a big 15-1 run to close the first period. Xapsos scored 7 and Bruning 4 to lead that uprising as the Rams grabbed a 21-10 lead. Xapsos had a total of 11 in the period.

Keeping the momentum, Roy-Hart quickly extended its lead to 17, 30-13, by opening the second quarter with a 9-2 run including a three by Bruning, a jumper by Srock and a layup by Xapsos.

However, Barker battled back to within seven, 34-27, at the half by closing the quarter with a 14-4 run including a three, a layup and a jumper by Wasnock, two jumpers by Luckman and a three by Snell.

Three baskets by Snell then pulled Barker to within four, 39-35, with three minutes to go in the third period but Roy-Hart answered with a key 9-0 run to close the period.

Back-to-back layups by Heschke followed by a layup off a steal by Xapsos sparked that uprising as the Rams opened up a 48-35 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Nate Luckman takes a shot for Barker between Roy-Hart defenders Ben Maynard (3) and Justin Heschke (15).

Barker battled back to within eight, 54-46, early in the fourth quarter after threes by Wasnock and Luckman along with a three-point play by Wasnock and a layup off a turnover by Luckman.

Five Roy-Hart free throws, including three by Xapsos off a double technical, helped Roy-Hart move back out to a 59-46 lead.

The Raiders though battled back one last time to cut the deficit to seven at 62-55 with just under a minute to go after two layups and a three by Luckman and a rebound bucket by Jared Ginther but could get no closer.

Four free throws by Xapsos then helped to lock up the Rams victory. Xapsos scored a total of 12 in the final stanza including making 10 of 14 from the free throw line.

The loss drops Barker to 1-5 in N-O action.

Barker’s Michael Snell shoots a three as Andy Xapsos defends for Roy-Hart.