Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Maddie Williams (13) and Holly Heil (11) battle with Roy-Hart’s Skyler Christopher for the ball during the Mustangs home court win over the Lady Rams this evening.

Roaring out to a 15 point first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat visiting Roy-Hart 43-24 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Maddie Winters scored 8 points, including two threes, Maddie Williams hit a pair of threes and Molley Gross added 4 points to spark Medina out to a 19-4 first period lead.

The Mustangs increased the advantage to 31-8 at the half by outpointing the Lady Rams 12-4 in the second period, including 6 by Je’ne Brown.

Medina maintained a commanding 41-19 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Winters and Brown both finished with 11 points, Williams 9, Holly Heil 6, Gross 4 and Kayla Cuadra 2. Brown also had 11 rebounds and 6 blocks, Winters 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, Williams 9 rebounds and 3 blocks and Heil 5 steals and 4 rebounds.

Emma Lindke scored 6 and Ava Bligh 4 for Roy-Hart.

Medina improves to 2-1 in N-O competition while Roy-Hart slips to 0-3.

Medina’s Je’ne Brown puts up a shot as Maddy Glena tries to block for Roy-Hart.

Barker 31, CSAT 30

A jumper by Lindsey Williams with a minute to go proved to be the game winner as Barker nipped visiting CSAT 31-30 to improve to 2-1 in N-O action.

Caitlyn Mason scored 12, including two threes, to lead the Barker offense as Willams netted 9, Hailey Brown 7 and Kylie Miller 3.

The loss drops CSAT to 1-2.

Wilson 52, Akron 25

Defending champion Wilson romped to a 52-25 victory over visiting Akron to improve to 3-0.

Rachel Senek scored 17, Kayla Neumann 8 and Shea Munnikuysen 7 for Wilson which led 32-9 at the half. Munnikhuysen also grabbed off 10 rebounds while Senek and Neumann both had 7 steals.

Snapping a first place deadlock, Sacred Heart defeated JR Wilson 49-21 Monday to take a six point lead in the Medina Euchre League title race over Legion which downed Vets Club 43-27.

Sacred Heart is now 452-388 on the season, Legion 446-394, JR Wilson 416-424 and Vets Club 366-474.

League competition continues on December 28 with Legion at Sacred Heart and Vets Club at JR Wilson in position round matches.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper (1) soars to block a shot attempt by Roy-Hart’s Justin Heschke as Tyler Ames (22) helps to defend for the Mustangs. The action took place during Medina’s key win at Roy-Hart this evening.

Sparked by a swarming, aggressive defense, Medina posted a key 50-34 victory over host Roy-Hart this evening to take over sole possession of the Niagara-Orleans League lead.

The victory boosts the Mustangs N-O record to 3-0 while the Rams slip to 2-1.

Daryl Haynes scored a game high 19 points for Medina as Jalin Cooper and Justin Morgan both netted 9, Johnny Salone 6, Dylan Lewis 3 and Ronnie Koonce and Tyler Ames 2 each.

Andy Xapsos led Roy-Hart with 15 as Chris Anderson and Matt Borel both tallied 7, Jacob Bruning 3 and Brendon Hess 2.

Justin Morgan puts up a shot for Medina.

Breaking away from a 21-21 halftime deadlock, Medina regained the lead for good by opening the third period with a 10-2 run. Morgan hit back-to-back threes to ignite that uprising which also included jumpers by Haynes and Morgan vaulting the Mustangs out to a 30-24 advantage.

Roy-Hart did close to within three, 34-31, late in the period after a three by Xapsos and a pair of buckets by Anderson but the Rams would get no closer.

Medina maintained a six point, 37-31, lead at the three-quarter mark on a dramatic three at the buzzer by Haynes.

Roy-Hart’s Ben Maynard puts up a shot as Johnny Salone defends for Medina.

The Mustangs quick, swarming defense then blanked the Rams from the field in the final period.

Haynes hit four straight baskets and Cooper followed up with a dunk off a steal to spark Medina out to a 13 point, 47-34, advantage midway through the period.

Roy-Hart’s Chris Anderson reaches for a rebound over Medina’s Tyler Ames.

CSAT 56, Barker 40

Leading by a single point, 30-29, at the half, CSAT used a 12-5 third period scoring edge to key a 56-40 victory over visiting Barker.

Nate Luckman scored 15 and Eddie Wasnock 11 for Barker.

Both teams are now 1-2 in N-O competition.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brent Bachman of Barker/Roy-Hart works toward a win over Lyndonville’s Garren Bayne during this evening’s non league match at Lyndonville which was won by Barker/R-H.

Despite winning five of the seven bouts that were decided on the mat, Lyndonville dropped a 47-32 decision to visiting Barker/Roy-hart this evening in a non league wrestling match as forfeits proved costly to the Tigers.

Lyndonville combined pins by Chase Stinson (113), in 3:43 over Aaron Miller, Jeff Gress Jr. (126), in 1:36 over Dan Wheeler, and Dustin Joy (145), in 1:25 over AJ Shaffer, with a technical fall victory by Dustin Hinkley (160), 17-1 over Eli Elton, and a decision win by Tom Follman (152), 12-6 over Ryan Ulrich, to build up a 15 point 32-17 advantage with five bouts to go.

However, the Tigers had to forfeit each of those last five bouts (170, 182, 195, 220 and 285) enabling Barker/Roy-Hart to rally for the 15 point victory.

Tyler Choate (138) had a pin for Barker/Roy-Hart, in 1:45 over Scott Smith, and Brent Bachman (132) a technical fall victory, 18-1 over Garren Bayne.

Lyndonville’s Jeff Gress Jr. in route to a win over Barker/Roy-Hart’s Dan Wheeler.

Photo by Mike Wertman

Lyndonville High unveiled a banner this evening celebrating the Section V Class B championship earned by the Tigers wrestling team during the 2014-15 season. Team members and coaches include, in front, Chris McDonald, Devon Joy, Tom Follman, Tony Recco and Jeff Gress Jr. In back are Assistant Coach Jeff Hinkley, Assistant Coach Eric Heveron, Frank Carrasquillo, Dustin Joy, Anthony Bentley-Soloman, Dustin Hinkley, Garren Bayne. Assistant Coach Sam Recco, Cullen Heveron, Reese Ledford and Coach Jeff Gress.

Photos by Cheryl Werman – Lyndonville’s Stacey Buckland tries to drive by Elba defender Carli Bogue during the host Lady Tigers loss to the Lady Lancers this evening.

Taking charge with a big second quarter scoring surge, Elba went on to defeat host Lyndonville 54-38 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Lyndonville pulled to within a point at 6-5 on a rebound basket by Jasmine Plummer at the outset of the second period.

However, Elba countered with a decisive 18-3 run over the rest of the period to open up a commanding 24-8 lead at the half.

Back-to-back threes by Carli Bogue ignited the Lady Lancers uprising which also included a pair of baskets by Madison Howard.

Elba extended its advantage to as much as 26 at 34-8 by opening the third period with a 10-0 run, including 7 by Emily Reynolds.

Lyndonville’s Jasmine Plummer goes up for a shot as Elba’s Meaghan Kogut tries for a block.

Lyndonville did come battling back with a 16-4 run highlighted by three threes by Aubrey Lewis and a pair of layups by Makenzie Muck but Elba mantained a 17 point, 41-24, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Reynolds finished with a game high 23 points for the Lady Lancers as Howard added 12, Bogue 9, Tarra Shuknecht 4 and Maddie Muehlig, Tatianna Draper and Meaghan Kogut 2 each.

Aubrey Lewis had 13, Plummer 11 and Muck 8 for the Lady Tigers as Buckland netted 2, Anna Lewis 2 and Miranda Lembcke 1.

Lyndonville next hosts Holley on December 29.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Ames and his Mustang teammates face a key early season Niagara-Orleans League contest at Roy-Hart on Tuesday.

The two remaining undefeated Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball teams will clash on Tuesday as Medina visits Roy-Hart at 6 p.m.

The Mustangs and Rams are both 2-0 in N-O competition.

Jalin Cooper is averaging 19 points and Tyler Ames 10.5 to lead Medina while Andy Xapsos is averaging 20.5 and Justin Heschke 10.5 to pace Roy-Hart.

A pair of 1-1 N-O teams will meet on Wednesday as Albion visits Newfane at 6:30 p.m.

In N-O girls basketball, Medina will host Roy-Hart on Tuesday and Albion will entertain Newfane on Wednesday.

Wrestling action will be highlighted by Monday’s Barker/Roy-Hart at Lyndonville non league match.

The week’s schedule is as follows:

Monday

Girls Basketball – Wheatland-Chili at Kendall, Elba at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Wrestling – Barker/Roy-Hart at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.

Tuesday

Boys Basketball – Medina at Roy-Hart, Barker at CSAT, 6 p.m.; Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, Lyndonville at Elba, Holley at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – CSAT at Barker, Akron at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Medina, 6:30 p.m.; Byron-Bergen at Holley, 7 p.m.

Wednesday

Boys Basketball – Albion at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Holley at Alexander, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Newfane at Albion, 7 p.m.

Thursday and Friday

No games – Christmas Holiday

N-O Standings

Boys Basketball – Medina 2-0, Roy-Hart 2-0, Wilson 2-1, Albion 1-1, Barker 1-1, Newfane 1-1, CSAT 0-2, Akron 0-3.
Girls Basketball – Newfane 2-0, Wilson 2-0, Albion 1-1, Barker 1-1, CSAT 1-1, Medina 1-1, Akron 0-2, Roy-Hart 0-2.
Boys Swimming – Roy-Hart 3-0, Albion 2-1, Medina 2-1, Barker 1-2, Newfane 1-2, Akron 0-3.
Girls Swimming – Akron 3-0, Newfane 3-0, Roy-Hart 2-1, Barker 1-2, Albion 0-3, Medina 0-3.
Wrestling – Barker/Roy-Hart 2-0, Newfane 2-0, Akron 1-1, Albion 1-1, Medina 0-2, Wilson 0-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Cross-country runners Meredith Patterson from Albion, left, and Avery Green from Roy-Hart are among eight area student-athletes who have been named to the Section VI All-WNY Academic team.

Eight area student-athletes have earned spots on the All-Western New York Academic team for the fall high school sports season as announced on the Section VI website.

Those honorees include Meredith Patterson (cross-country) from Albion; Kelsie Engert (field hockey), Madison Greenwald (field hockey) and Lindsey Williams (soccer) from Barker; Allison Bensley (soccer), Zach Harris (soccer) and Stella Russo (field hockey) from Medina and Avery Green (cross-country) from Roy-Hart.

Medina’s Stella Russo, left, and Barker’s Kelsie Engert.

In addition, over two dozen area student-athletes have earned Honorable Mention on the All-WNY squad.

Those Honorable Mention honorees are as follows:

From Barker – Courtney Bodine (field hockey), Paige Fudella (field hockey), Caitlyn Mason (field hockey), Erika Moeller (field hockey), Amber Schafer (field hockey), Rebecca Stoloski (field hockey), Allison Buzzard (soccer) , Alania Israel (cross-country) and Emma Jenks (cross-country).

Allison Bensley, left, and Zach Harris both from Medina.

From Medina – Meghan Allen (field hockey), Michaela Cardone (field hockey), Haylee Cogovan (cross-country), Colm Cooper (soccer), Greg Husung (soccer), Zach Laird (soccer), Justin Morgan (soccer), Elizabeth Newman (volleyball), Cassandra Sargent (volleyball), Ian Smith (soccer) and Carson Zgoda (soccer).

From Roy-Hart – Emma Lindke (soccer), Rachael Rausch (soccer), Amber Villella (soccer), Bethany Tanner (field hockey), John Stoddard (soccer) and Andrew Villella (soccer).

Barker’s Lindsey Williams, left, and Madison Greenwald.