Sacred Heart defeated front-running Legion 42-28 Monday to take over the Medina Euchre League lead.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 41-29 in the other game.

Sacred Heart, which now holds a one point league lead, is 368-332 on the season followed by Legion 367-333, JR Wilson 360-340 and Vets Club 305-395.

League competition continues on December 14 with Vets Club at Legion and Sacred Heart at JR Wilson.

Racing out to a 17-1 first quarter lead, Medina went on to defeat host Global Concepts 59-13 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Ten different players contributed to the point production for Medina which went on to hold leads of 40-9 at the half and 51-13 at the three-quarter mark.

Je’ne Brown scored 15, Molley Gross 13 and Kayla Cuadra 10 to lead the offense for Medina as Maddie Winters and Madison Williams both chipped in with 6, Emily Kams, Allison Bensley, Holly Heil and Martha Gardner 2 and Davina Birch 1.

Gross also grabbed off 12 rebounds, Brown 10 and Winters 9 while Kams dished out 10 assists.

Medina is now 2-1 on the young season.

Steadily building on a first quarter lead, Lyndonville bested host Wheatland-Chili 64-49 this evening to improve to 2-0 in Genesee Region League action and 3-0 overall.

Nick Hinkson had a triple-double with 27 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to spearhead the Lyndonville attack.

Eddie Schildt added 15 points, Eric Neace 11, Zach Johnson 7 and Hunter Ottaviano 4 for the Tigers. Schildt also grabbed off 11 rebounds.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 15-10 first period lead as Hinkson scored 7 points and Schildt 5.

The Tigers went on to hold leads of 31-24 at the half and 47-38 at the three-quarter mark as Hinkson scored 9 in the second period and Schildt and Neace 5 each in the third quarter.

Lyndonville next faces the host Rams in the opening round of the Roy-Hart Tournament on Friday.

Racing out to a 44-20 half-time advantage, Notre Dame went on to defeat host Kendall 82-52 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Tyler Prospero scored 17, CJ Suozzo 16 and Nico Zambito 14 to lead the attack for Notre Dame.

Jacob Ramsdell took game high scoring honors with 22 for Kendall as Colton Breslawski added 17 and Nathan Warters 12. Ramsdell also had 11 rebounds and 4 blocks and Breslawski 8 rebounds.

Kendall is now 0-2 in the league and 0-3 overall.

Medina swept past host Oakfield-Alabama this evening in a non league swim meet.

The Seahorses won the boys meet 59-35 and the girls competition 48-46.

Damien Norris was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Free for the Medina boys squad which also had Chase Pecoraro win the 200 Free, Kevin Capstick the 100 Butterfly, Daniel Heil the 100 Backstroke and Kristian Snyder the 100 Breaststroke.

Heil, Snyder and Norrish also teamed up with Mason Pecoraro to win the 200 Medley Relay. Heil, Snyder, Chase Pecoraro and Powell Stephens combined to win the 200 Free Relay.

Andrea Toussaint won the 200 Individual Medley, Alyssa Beyer the 50 Free and Tessa Pecoraro the 500 Free to lead the Medina girls team.

Beyer and Toussaint also teamed up with Olivia Carter and Hannah Heil to win the 200 Free Relay.

Both Medina teams are now at 3-1 heading into Thursday’s Niagara-Orleans League opener at Newfane.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Andy Xapsos goes in for a lay-up as Cleveland Hill’s Nick Gamble tries to block. The action took place during the host Rams loss to the Eagles this evening.

Taking charge with a big second quarter uprising, Cleveland Hill went on to defeat host Roy-Hart 60-38 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Trailing 14-12 at the outset of the second period, a switch to a zone defense keyed Cleve Hill to a 14-0 scoring surge to take the lead for good. Ramah Lassiter scored 8 points to spearhead that decisive run.

Chase Johnson and J’Son James both chipped in with a pair of baskets in the period which finished with the Eagles holding a 14 point, 32-18, advantage at the half after the quarter’s 20-6 surge.

Cleve Hill maintained a 14 point, 42-28, lead at the three-quarter mark.

Lassister and Daytwon Burney both finished with 16 points and Johnson 13 for the Eagles.

Andy Xapsos scored a game high 18 points and Chris Anderson 10 for Roy-Hart.

Xapsos scored 8 in the opening period to keep Roy-Hart even at 12-12 and then tallied on a lay-up at the start of the second quarter to give the Rams what proved to be their last lead at 14-12.

Now at 0-2, Roy-Hart next faces Lyndonville on Friday in the opening round of the Rams Tournament.

Roy-Hart’s Justin Hechke, right, goes for a rebound against Ramah Lassiter of Cleve Hill.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Daniela Volkmar puts up a shot against Medina defender Allison Bensley. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Lady Eagles this evening.

Building up a commanding 21 point half-time advantage. Medina went on to defeat host Kendall 47-26 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Je’ne Brown scored 16 and Molley Gross 13 to lead the way for Medina which is now 1-1 on the young season. Brown also had 12 rebounds and 2 blocks and Gross 8 rebounds.

Maddie Williams added 6 points for the Mustangs as Maddie Winters and Allison Bensley both chipped in with 4 and Holly Heil 2.

Maya Rutland and Daniela Volkmar both scored 6 for Kendall as Bridget Miller added 4, Taylor ReQua and Taylor Rutland 3, Rachael Bakutis and Emily Mattle 2 and Lizzie Rath 1.

Medina’s Je’ne Brown puts up a shot as Kendall’s Bridget Miller tries to block.

Brown scored 11 in the opening quarter to spark Medina out to a 15-3 lead.

Winters, Bensley and Gross then each had a pair of baskets in the second period to help boost the Mustangs advantage to 28-7 at the half.

Medina maintained a 34-17 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

The Mustangs next visit Global Concepts on Tuesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Chris Balys tries to shoot over Pembroke’s Ryan Cansdale during the host Hawks loss to the Dragons this evening.

Jumping out to a 20-4 first quarter lead, Pembroke went on to defeat host Holley 63-32 this evening to open the Genesee Region League boys basketball season.

Kyle Ludwig scored a game high 20 points, including six threes, to set the pace for Pembroke which led 36-11 at the half.

Dylan Hillabush scored 13, Isiah Flow 10, Ryan Moseman 5 and Chris Balys 4 for Holley. Balys also had 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Holley next faces Tonawanda in the opening round of the Roy-Hart Tournament at 5 p.m. Friday.

Newfane 87 Oracle 59
Kyle DeVoogel scored 21, Max Weber 16 and Albert Kramp 12 to lead Newfane to a 87-59 non league win over Oracle.

Zach Lajoie, David Krull and Nick Schultz each chipped in with 9 for the Panthers.

Gaining victory No. 1 on the young season, Albion posted a 53-47 win over host Red Jacket this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Chanyce Powell poured in a career high 31 points and grabbed off 12 rebounds to lead the way for Albion which is now 1-2.

Caitlynn Snook added 9 points and Emily Blanchard and Sierra Newton 5 each for the Purple Eagles which next visits Batavia on Thursday.

Albion led 17-8 after one quarter and 25-17 at the half.

Wilson 40, Iroquois 36
Trailing 19-13 at the half, Wilson used an 18-8 third period scoring edge to key a 40-36 non league win over Iroquois.

Rachel Senek had 12 points 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 5 assists and Serina Jaeger 10 points, 10 rebounds and 8 steals to lead the way for Wilson which also got 7 points each from Kayla Neumann and Jodie Vincent.

Tonawanda 49, Barker 31
Tonawanda moved out to a 25-12 half-time lead and went on to defeat visiting Barker 49-31 in a non league contest.

Lindsey Williams scored 13 and Caitlyn Mason 6 for Barker which is now 3-1.