Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Kyle Secore (10) drives by Elba’s Tucker Bezon during the Raiders home court loss to the Lancers this evening.

A huge first quarter scoring surge powered Elba to a 68-37 victory over host Barker this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

John Hocmuth poured in 14 of his game high 30 points in the decisive first period to spark Elba out to a commanding 18 point lead

Henry Pflaumer chipped in with 14 points on the evening for the Lancers as Tucker Bezon had 7, Joe Lane and Michael Bowen 4 and Dakota Dillon, Zach Dart and Alejandro Ocampo 3 each.

Nathan Luckman scored 15 to lead Barker as Randall Wasnock added 8, Kyle Secore 5, Jacob Arnold 4, Michale Snell and Devon Mangan 2 and Derek Uschold 1.

Barker did grab a brief 6-2 lead at the outset after threes by Luckman and Secore.

However, Elba answered right back with a marathon run of 22 straight points to take control. Hocmuth netted 12, including 9 straight at one point, during that run which also included threes by Pflaumer and Dillon as the Lancers raced out to a 24-6 advantage.

Elba’s John Hocmuth (55), who scored 30 points, goes high to grab a rebound over Barker’s Shawn Callaghan.

Elba went on to lead by 21, 39-18, at the half and by 24, 54-30, after three-quarters. Hocmuth netted 13 of the Lancers 15 points in the third quarter.

Elba is now 2-0 and Barker 1-1 on the young season.

RCMCS 81, Newfane 72
Rochester Career Mentoring Charter School outlasted Newfane 81-72 in the opening round of the Lew-Port Tournament.

Leading by just one, 34-33, at the half, RCMCS hit six straight threes in the third quarter to key a 28-22 surge and take a 62-55 advantage into the final period.

Max Weber scored 20 for Newfane as Nick Schultz added 14, Kyle DeVoogel 10 and Connor Hill 8.

Six teams will be competing in the annual Holley Team Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

Canisius, Williamsville North, Eastridge and Campbell-Savona will join the Holley ‘A’ and ‘B’ squads in the tournament which will get underway at 10 a.m.

In other area wrestling competition on Saturday, Albion will be competing in the Depew Tournament and Lyndonville in the Tonawanda Tourney.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Cullen Heveron works toward a decision win over Albion’s Preston Flugel during the host Tigers victory over the Purple Eagles this evening.

Six pins sparked Lyndonville to a 49-24 victory over visiting Albion this evening in a season opening non league wrestling match.

Jeff Gress Jr. (126), Garren Bayne (132), Scott Smith (138), Dustin Joy (145), Tom Follman (152) and Dustin Hinkley (160) all registered pins for Lyndonville.

Follman had the quickest fall of the evening in just 25 seconds as Gress, Smith and Hinkley all registered first period pins. Hinkley’s pin was the milestone 100th win of his career.

Cullen Heveron (120) and Alex Doran (170) also both earned decision wins for the Tigers.

Cade Aina (113) registered a first period pin for Albion.

Garren Bayne of Lyndonvlle works toward a pin over Albion’s Ricky Monroe.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Natalie DiCureia drives by Taylor Betz of Cleve Hill during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Lady Eagles this evening.

A big second quarter scoring edge keyed Cleveland Hill to a 49-40 victory over host Albion this evening in a season opening non league girls basketball game.

Breaking away from a 14-14 deadlock, Cleve Hill outpointed Albion 16-7 in the decisive second period. Sidney Turley scored 7 of her 20 points in the stanza to help the Lady Eagles open up a 30-21 half-time advantage.

Cleve Hill led 40-27 after three-quarters and by as many as 15, 44-29 early in the final stanza as the closest Albion could get down the stretch was 6 at 46-40.

Turley scored Cleve Hill’s final 5 points to help lock up the win for the Lady Eagles.

Chanyce Powell took game high scoring honors for Albion with 22. She tallied 7 in the final stanza to lead the Purple Eagles comeback bid.

Sierra Newton added 6 and Natalie DiCureia 4 for the Purple Eagles as Emily Blanchard, Sierra Chudy, Nicole Eldred and Caitynn Snook each added 2.

Albion next hosts Notre Dame in another non league game at 7 p.m. Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Eddie Schildt (24) goes in for a layup during the host Tigers season opening win over Webster Christian this evening.

A quartet of double figure scorers sparked Lyndonville to a 60-43 victory over visiting Webster Christian this evening in a season opening non league boys basketball game.

Eddie Schildt scored 17, Zach Johnson 14, Nick Hinkson 12 and Eric Neace 11 to lead the Lyndonville attack. Schildt also grabbed off 14 rebounds, Neace 9 and Hinkson 8 to go along with 7 steals.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 20-10 first period lead as Johnson hit two three’s and a two, Corey Hydock a three and a two and Schildt a pair of baskets.

Webster Christian did close to within two, 29-27, at the half but Lyndonville turned back the challenge and maintained a 44-38 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Hinkson scored 6 and Schildt 4 in the third period to help keep the Tigers on top.

Neace then netted 7 and Schldt 4 in the final stanza to help close out the Tigers win with a 16-5 scoring edge over the Warriors.

Lyndonville next hosts Kendall at 7 p.m. Friday in the Geensee Region League opener.

Eric Neace puts up a shot for Lyndonville.

Emerson 50, Roy-Hart 47

Andy Xapsos scored 23, Ben Maynard 12 and Justin Heschke 7 for Roy-Hart in the host Rams narrow season opening non league loss to Emerson of Buffalo.

Roy-Hart jumped out to leads of 19-11 after one quarter and 27-23 at the half but Emerson rallied back into a 39-39 tie at the three-quarter mark.

Emerson then outscored R-H 11-8 in the decisive final period to claim the narrow win.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Bridget Miller (55) goes up for a shot as Delilah Grathouse defends for Holley. The action took place during the host Lady Eagles semifinal tournament win over the rival Lady Hawks this evening.

Jumping out to a 16-4 half-time advantage, the host Lady Eagles went on to defeat rival Holley 33-10 this evening in the semifinals of the Kendall girls basketball tournament.

Elizabeth Rath scored a game high 15 points and Taylor ReQua netted 7 to lead the offense for Kendall which now plays in the title contest at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Madison Marsh score 7 to lead Holley which will play in the consolation contest at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The other semifinal will be played at 7 p.m. Thursday matching Barker against Rochester School of the Arts.

Kendall’s Elizabeth Rath (1) drives against Holley’s Courtney Winkley.

Albion swept to a doubleheader victory over host Notre Dame this afternoon in a non league swim meet.

Albion won the boys’ meet 106-44 and the girls’ competition 95-51.

Matt Kovaleski was a double winner for the Albion boys in the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Breaststroke.

The Albion girls were sparked by a trio of double winners including Elizabeh Furmanski (50 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke), Sarah Graham (100 Free, 200 Free) and Michaela Pantano (Individual Medley, 100 Butterfly).

The Medina boys bested host Alexander 59-33 as Damien Norrish won the 50 Free and Kristian Snyder the 100 Breaststroke.

Norrish and Snyder also teamed up with Mason Pecoraro and Powell Stephens to win the 200 Medley Relay.

Fredonia downed Barker/Roy-Hart 51-27 this evening in a non league season opening wrestling match at Roy-Hart.

Brent Bachman (132) and Cameron Swick (170) had pins for Barker/Roy-Hart which also got decision wins by Ryan Ulrich (152), Joe Nolan (182) and Kirk Fay (285).

Barker/Roy-Hart next faces Akron on December 10 in the Niagara-Orleans League opener.

Front-running Legion downed runner-up Sacred Heart 38-32 Monday to open up a 13 point lead in the Medina Euchre League title chase.

Vets Club edged JR Wilson 36-34 in the other game.

Legion is now 339-291 on the season while Sacred Heart is 326-304, JR Wilson 319-311 and Vets Club 276-354.

League action continues on December 7 with Legion at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Vets Club.