Contributed Photo – Brian Fry

Medina High graduate Brian Fry is beginning his third season as the starting second baseman for the University of Toledo baseball team.

A junior, who has now started over 100 games for Toledo, Fry had an RBI double to help the Rockets win their season opener 5-4 in 10 inning over Mercer.

His first home run of the season was also a key one as it snapped a 1-1 tie and earned Toledo a 2-1 win over Winthrop.

Majoring in University Studies, Fry earned Mid America Conference All Defense Team honors last year as he had a fielding average of .995.

At the plate, Fry had 17 extra base hits, including 14 doubles which shared the team lead, and drove in 21 runs his freshman season.

He then had 8 doubles, 3 home runs, 20 RBI and 30 runs scored during his sophomore campaign.

Playing a pre- New York State Club Hockey Tournament game for seeding purposes, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team has defeated City Honors/ Cardinal O’Hara 8-2 at home.

Leading the way was Luc Wagner (Medina) with a three goal hat trick, Jack Goehle (Newfane) with two goals, and Jackson Hauser (Barker), Colby Boyer (Newfane), and Aaron McCollum (Roy-Hart) with a goal each.

Rounding out the point producers with assists were Joel Harris (Barker) with four, Sean Mettler (Roy-Hart) and Lawson Wallworth (Roy-Hart), and Wagner with two each, and Goehle with one. Devon Derda (Newfane) got the win in goal.

Now seeded No. 3, RBM begins state tournament play on Friday in Jamestown against No. 4 City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara once again.

Jamestown is the No. 1 seed and ELPS No. 2.

A total of seven Niagara-Orleans League wrestlers have earned place finishes at the State Division 2 championships which concluded this evening at Albany.

Wilson’s duo of Jacob Stephenson (160) and William Wortkoetter (285) along with Newfane’s Jakob Lucinski (101) all finished second.

Wilson also had Hamza Merrick (285) place third while Newfane also had Ayden Buttery (145) place 7th and Aidan Gillings (138) 8th.

Medina junior Reece Senske (108) also placed 8th.

Rebounding from an opening round loss, Senske battled back to go 3-1 in the consolation competition before dropping a 7-2 decision in the match for 7th and 8th place. Ironically, that loss was to Jackson Moore from Sherburne-Earlville (Section III) who also handed him that opening round 8-7 setback.

Holley-Kendall junior Hunter Jewell-Smith went 3-2 on the weekend while Roy-Hart/Barker’s Ronan Klug went 0-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Rem Albee tries to drive by Falconer’s Nathan Bailey during the host Rams Class B2 sectional loss to the Falcons this afternoon.

A three at the buzzer earned No. 5 seed Falconer a dramatic 58-55 win over No. 4 Roy-Hart in a Section VI Class B2 boys basketball quarterfinal game at Roy-Hart this afternoon.

Mathis Baehr, who finished with a game high 29 points, drilled the three at the buzzer to earn Falconer a trip to the B2 semifinals.

Roy-Hart had tied the game twice late on baskets by Dan Aquilina, first at 53-53 with 1:45 to go and again at 55-55 with 57 seconds remaining.

The Rams last lead came at 51-49 after an 8-0 run which included a rebound bucket and a layup by Aquilina, a rebound basket by Brayden Ricker and two free throws by Rem Albee.

Roger Markham, who had 12 points on the day for Falconer, interrupted that Rams run with a three to put the Falcons back up 52-51.

A free throw by Maximus Parmentier upped the Falcons lead to 53-51. Aguilina and Baehr then traded baskets for the game’s final seven points as Baehr’s three at the buzzer was the game winner.

Dan Aquilina finished with 19 to lead the Rams as Jackson Webber added 13, Jayden Swygert had 8, Albee 7, Ricker 4, Matt Aquilina 3 and Erique Powell 1.

Bradyn Fuller chipped in with 8, Parmentier 5 and Zach Markham 4 for Falconer.

Baehr had the red hot shooting hand early scoring 15 points, including three threes, to spark Falconer out to a 20-16 first quarter  lead.

Webber had a two and a three, Dan Aquilina a pair of baskets and Swygert a three during that stretch to keep the Rams close.

Falconer maintained narrow two point leads of 29-27 at the half and 45-43 after three quarters.

A basket by Parmentier and a pair of free throws by Roger Markham upped the Falcons lead to six, 49-43, at the outset of the decisive final period.

The Rams answered back with a key 8-0 run including tallies by Dan Aquilina, Ricker and Albee, to regain a 51-49 lead and the contest was a tight sea-saw battle over the hectic final three minutes.

Falconer will now face top seeded MST in the semifinals on Wednesday at Buffalo State College. MST edged No. 8 Wilson 53-49.

Wilson was led by Blake Martin with 18 and Aidan Neumann with 17.

Roy-Hart’s Dan Aquilina puts up a shot against Falconer defender Maximus Parmentier.

Class B1 Quarterfinals.

The Niagara-Orleans League has advanced two teams to next week’s Class B1 semifinals as No. 3 Newfane defeated No. 6 Burgard 63-52 and No. 4 Akron downed No. 5 East Aurora 57-48.

Newfane was sparked by the trio of Landon Braman with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Ben Dickinson with 11 points and 11 rebounds and Mac Capen with 10 points and 15 rebounds.

Ben Gerstung scored 23 and Trace Hill 15 to lead Akron.

Class C
Randolph 91, Barker 47
Hitting 15 threes, top seeded Randolph posted a 91-47 win over visiting No. 8 Barker in a Class C quarterfinal.

Drew Hind scored a game high 36 points for Randolph which led 52-22 at the half.

Aidan Mescall scored 18 and Luey Castro 14 to lead Barker.

Racing out to a 23-5 first quarter lead, top seeded Wilson went on to down visiting No. 8 Niagara-Orleans League foe Roy-Hart 56-26 in a Section VI Class B2 girls basketball quarterfinal round playoff game this evening.

Peyton McInnis scored 13 and Rian Faery 7 in the opening period for Wilson which went on to lead by margins of 30-14 at the half and 43-22 at the three-quarter mark.

McInnis finished with 18 and Faery 17 for the Lakewomen which will next face either No. 4 Allegany-Limestone or No. 5 Eden in the Class B2 semifinals on Wednesday at Kenmore West.

Courtney Aqulina scored 8 and Juliana Terwilliger 6 for Roy-Hart.

In Class B1 quarterfinal action, No. 4 Akron downed No. 5 Health Sciences 55-35 and No. 2 East Aurora edged No. 7 Newfane 41-38.

Orleans County’s two entrants, Medina junior Reece Senske (108) and Holley-Kendall junior Hunter Jewell-Smith (285) are both still in contention for podium finishes after today’s opening rounds of competition in the state Division 2 wrestling championships being held at Albany.

Senske rebounded from a narrow 8-7 opening round loss to score a pair of consolation round wins by a pin of 3:48 and a 14-2 major decision to stay in contention.

Hunter-Jewell opened with a pin of 4:36 but then dropped an 8-0 decision to No. 2 seed William Wortkoetter from Wilson to fall into the consolation bracket. Rebounding he scored a pair of pins in times of :47 and 2:08 to stay in contention.

Roy-Hart/Barker’s Ronan Klug (160) dropped a narrow 9-8 decision in his first match and was then eliminated by a 9-3 consolation bracket loss.

Wilson has both Wortkoetter and Jacob Stephenson (160) in the semifinals while Hamza Merrick is still in contention in the consolation bracket after dropping a narrow 3-2 decision in the quarterfinals.

Newfane’s Jacob Lucinski (101) has advanced to the semifinals after scoring a pin of 3:07 and a 9-1 major decision win.

The Panthers also have both Ayden Buttery (145) and Aidan Gillings (138) in contention in the consolation bracket after suffering decision losses in the quarterfinals.

The competition will conclude on Saturday.

Five Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball teams will be competing in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI playoffs at noon on Saturday.

In Class B1, No. 3 seed Newfane will host No. 6 Burgard and No. 4 Akron will entertain No. 5 East Aurora.

In Class B2, No. 4 Roy-Hart will host No. 5 Falconer and No. 8 Wilson will travel to No. 1 MST.

In Class C, No. 8 Barker will visit No. 1 Randolph.

Roy-Hart, Newfane and Akron all earned byes into the quarterfinals while Barker nipped Brocton 60-59 and Wilson edged Portville 65-63 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Section VI Girls Quarterfinals Tonight

Four N-O girls teams will be competing in the Section VI quarterfinals at 7 this evening.

In Class B1, No. 4 Akron will host No. 5 Health Sciences and No. 7 Newfane will visit No. 2 East Aurora.

In Class B2, No. 8 Roy-Hart will visit N-O champion top seeded Wilson. Roy-Hart downed Cleveland Hill 37-21 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Aidan Mescall puts up a shot over Brocton’s Jeremy Weisner during Barker’s exciting one point home court sectional win this evening.

Trailing after each of the first three quarters, No. 8 seed Barker put together a stretch run rally to nip visiting No. 9 Brocton 60-59 in a Section VI Class C pre-quarterfinal round thriller this evening .

Trailing 51-45 at the three-quarter mark, Barker opened the decisive final period with a key 8-0 run on a basket and two free throws by Luey Castro along with buckets by Aidan Mescall and Owen Harris to rally into a 53-51 lead.

Brocton answered back with a 6-1 run on two baskets by Michael Garcia and one by Nate Laurito to regain a 57-54 lead.

Brocton stayed on top at 59-56 after an exchange of baskets by Austin McIntyre and Mescall.

However, Barker pulled back to within one at 59-58 on a pair of free throws by Castro with 1:45 remaining.

Barker finally regained the lead for good at 60-59 as a steal by Harris set up what proved to be the game winning basket by Mescall with 28 seconds remaining.

Rebounds by Mescall and Castro along with steals by Harris and Mescall in the hectic final 12 seconds finally put a lock on the victory and a trip to the quarterfinals for Barker.

Mescall finished with 31 as Castro added 14, Harris 5, Donovan Hefferon and Logan Murrell 4 and Isaac Monaco 2.

Garcia took game high honors for Brocton with 33, 29 of which came in the first half, as Nate Laurito added 10, McIntyre 9 and Jeremy Weisner 7.

The first half was a wild scoring battle between Garcia and Mescall.

Garcia had 15 (including two threes) and Mescall 11 (three threes) in the first quarter which ended with Brocton leading 18-14.

Garcia then tallied 14 (two threes) and Mescall 10 (two threes) in the second period which finished with Brocton up 41-33.

Brocton kept the lead a 51-45 after the third period but Barker rallied with a 15-8 scoring edge in the final period to claim the narrow win. Castro scored 7, Mescall 6 and Harris 2 during that key stretch.

Barker next visits top seeded Randolph in the quarterfinals at noon Saturday.

Barker’s Isaac Monaco tries for a shot as Brocton’s Donovan St. George defends.

A second half comeback bid fell short as No. 11 seed Medina dropped a 61-51 decision to host No. 6 Burgard in a Section VI Class B1 boys basketball pre-quarterfinal round game this evening.

Trailing 22-7 after the first quarter and 34-24 at the half, Medina rallied back to within four, 47-43, after three quarters but could get no closer.

Christian Moss scored 11 in the second period and Cole Callard 11 in the third to key the Mustangs comeback bid.

Moss finished with 20 and Callard 17. Moss also grabbed off 17 rebounds.

Wilson 65, Portville 63

In a Class B2 pre-quarterfinal, No. 8 Wilson nipped visiting No. 9 Portville 65-63.

Aidan Neumann scored 27, Blake Martin 15 and Ryan Hough 12 to set the pace for Wilson which led 35-28 at half-time and 54-46 after three quarters.

Section VI Class A2 Girls Playoffs

No. 4 seed Depew downed visiting No. 5 Albion 57-24 in a Section VI Class A2 girls quarterfinal round contest.

Madison Hughson scored 15 to lead Albion which trailed 21-7 after the first quarter and 43-16 at the half.