Albion and Medina will both open Section VI boys basketball playoff competition on the road this coming week.

Seeded No. 11 in Class A2, Albion will visit No. 6 Alden at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will play at No. 3 Depew at 7 p.m. Friday.

Medina, which is seeded No. 11 in Class B1, will visit No. 6 Burgard at 7 p.m. Thursday at MST Prep in Buffalo. The winner will visit No. 3 Newfane at noon on Saturday.

Roy-Hart, which is seeded No. 4 in Class B2, will host a quarterfinal game at noon on Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s game between No. 5 Falconer and No. 12 JFK.

Barker, which is seeded No. 8 in Class C, will host a pre-quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s first round contest between No. 9 Holland and No. 16 Brocton.

Wilson, which is seeded No. 8 in Class B2, will host No. 9 Portville in a pre-quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Thursday. The winner will visit top seeded MST Prep at noon on Saturday.

Akron is seeded No. 4 in Class B1 and will host a quarterfinal game at noon on Saturday.

Holley, Kendall and Lyndonville will all open Section V boys basketball playoff competition on the road on Wednesday.

Seeded No. 12 in Class C1, Holley (4-15) will visit No. 5 Sodus (12-5) at 7 p.m.

Kendall (7-13), which is seeded No. 11 in Class C2, will visit Genesee Region League foe No. 6 Wheatland-Chili (14-6) at 7 p.m. W-C downed Kendall 58-41 during the G-R campaign.

In Class D No. 9 Lyndonville (0-19) will visit No. 8 Friendship-Scio (4-16) at 5 p.m. The winner will face top seeded Avoca-Prattsburgh (11-9) in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tzofia Meland goes up for a rebound between the Wilson duo of Madelyn Krieger (2) and Bailey Fournier (10) during the Mustangs home court loss to the Lakewomen this evening,

Completing a 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball championship season Wilson posted a 64-34 win over host Medina this evening.

The N-O title is the sixth in a row and the 14th in the last 15 years for the Lakewomen.

Rian Faery, Peyton McInnis and Emily Phillips each scored 12 to lead a parade of 12 point getters for Wilson which held leads of 17-6 after the first period, 31-15 at the half and 53-26 after three quarters.

Honesty Hill scored 15 and Alexa Demmer 10 to lead Medina which finishes the N-O season at 3-9.

Roy-Hart 42, Barker 26
Leading by a narrow 20-16 margin at the half, Roy-Hart used a big 15-4 third period scoring edge to open up a 35-20 advantage and key a 42-26 win over visiting Barker to close out the N-O season.

Adella Dukes took game high scoring honors with 17 for Roy-Hart as Juliana Terwilliger had 6 and Courtney Aquilina and Madison DiNieri 5.

Michayla Greene scored 9 and Hailey Dodge 7 for Barker.

Roy-Hart finishes the N-O season at 5-7 and Barker at 1-11.

Final N-O standings: Wilson 12-0, Akron 9-3, Albion 6-6, Newfane 6-6, Roy-Hart 5-7, Medina 3-9, Barker 1-11.

Medina’s Ariel Smith and Wilson’s Kylee Elia go after a loose ball.

Building up a 22 point half-time advantage, Roy-Hart went on to down host Barker 66-56 this evening to close out the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season.

The Rams jumped out to leads of 20-9 at the end of the first quarter and 38-16 at the half.

Rem Albee scored 12, Jackson Webber 11 and Brayden Ricker 8 to lead the Rams during that stretch. Albee and Webber both hit a pair of threes during that surge.

The Rams maintained a 50-42 lead at the end of the third period.

Albee finished with 19, Webber 14 and Ricker 12.

Luey Castro scored 19, Logan Murrell 15 and Aidan Mescall 14 for Barker.

The Rams finish the N-O season at 6-6 and the Bulldogs 5-7.

Final N-O Standings: Akron 11-1, Newfane 11-1, Roy-Hart 6-6, Barker 5-7, Wilson 4-8, Medina 3-9, Albion 2-10.

Avenging an earlier season road loss, Wilson downed visiting Medina 51-33 in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season finale this evening.

Aidan Neumann scored 16 and Connor Peck 10 to set the pace for Wilson

Up by a narrow 17-14 margin at the half, the Lakemen used a big 18-5 this period scoring edge to pull away to a 35-19 advantage heading into the final period.

Jerrell Nealy took game high honors for Medina with 16.

Wilson finishes the N-O season at 4-8 and Medina 3-9.

LeRoy 74, Albion 54
LeRoy downed visiting Albion 74-54 in a regular season ending non league game as Merritt Holly poured in 36 to lead the Knights.

Blake Preston scored 19, Seth Krenning 15, Kyle Radder 8 and Wesley Olles 7 to lead Albion

No. 8 Seed Kendall will host No. 9 Perry at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the Section V Class C1 girls basketball playoffs.

Also in Class C1, No. 12 Holley will visit No. 5 Byron-Bergen at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

In Class D, No. 11 Lyndonville will visit No. 6 Notre Dame also at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Jacob Pitcher puts up a shot against Elba defender Nicholas Scott during the host Tigers loss to the Lancers this evening.

A scoring burst to close the opening quarter ignited Elba to a 69-34 win over host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

The Lancers put together a 13-3 run to open up a 20-9 lead at the end of the first period. Michael Long and Angelo Penna each scored 8 to lead that uprising.

Keeping the momentum, the Lancers then broke the contest wide open by exploding for a 29-3 surge in the second period to race away to a commanding 49-12 half-time advantage. Bing Zuber tallied 10 and Ashton Bezon 9 to lead that surge.

The Lancers maintained a 63-18 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Bezon finished with a game high 19 as Long, Zuber and Penna each scored 12.

Colton Smith scored 11 and Justin Higgins 10 to lead Lyndonville as Quincy McClinsey and Jacob Pitcher each added 5 and Bradley Jisa 3.

Byron-Bergen 66, Kendall 61
Braedyn Chambry poured in 35 and Colin Martin added 15 to lead Byron-Bergen to a 66-61 win over visiting Kendall in a G-R contest.

Louis Conte scored 14, Austin Werth 13, Austin Wakefield 12 and Jonas Rhodes 10 for Kendall.

Attica 77, Holley 50
Building up a 41-21 half-time advantage, Attica went on to down host Holley 77-50 in another G-R game as Cole Harding scored 19 and Jack Janes 14 to lead the way.

Destin Kuyal took game high honors for Holley with 21.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team hosted ELPS on Sunday evening in the initial game of the best of three series and lost 5-2.

In a game which saw nineteen penalties called, the first ten minutes began with ELPS opening the scoring, but RBM coming right back to tie on a goal by Joel Harris (Barker) on a pass from John Peracciny (Roy-Hart).

By then end of the first, however, ELPS had taken a 3-1 lead.

In the next period, ELPS scored two more goals, both powerplays.

Entering the final period behind 5-1, Peracciny scored assisted by Harris.

The second game of the series will be Friday evening at Cattaraugus Arena at 7 p.m. In the event that RBM wins and ties the series, a third, 10 minute game will follow immediately to determine who advances to the championship game at the Key Bank Arena.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Luey Castro tries to drive between Medina defenders Christian Moss (24) and Cole Callard (13) during the Bulldogs win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Holding off a huge comeback bid, Barker held on for a 64-58 win over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Trailing by as many as 25 (48-23) early in the second half, Medina battled back to tie the game with two minutes remaining at 58-58 but the last six points and the win belonged to Barker.

A three by Donovan Hefferon put Barker back on top to stay at 61-58. Two free throws by Owen Harris and one by Hefferon then finally put a lock on the win for the Bulldogs.

Barker’s Iron Man Five nearly had all five players hit double figures as Logan Murrell finished with 19, Luey Castro 15, Harris 11, Aidan Mescall 10 and Hefferon 9.

Justin Pitts scored 17 and Trevon Shine and Jerrell Nealy both netted 12 to lead Medina as Cole Callard added 6, Roosevelt Mitchell 3 and Jack Cecchini, Christian Moss, Preston Woodworth and Elijah Doxey 2 each.

Barker jumped out to a 20-11 first quarter lead as Murrell scored 8, including two threes and Castro 6 as Harris and Mescall each chipped in with a three.

The Bulldogs upped the advantage to 17, 40-23, at the half as Murrell tallied 8, including two more threes while Mescall and Harris both chipped in with a three.

In all the Bulldogs hit a total of 12 threes on the evening and the Mustangs 9.

Barker boosted its advantage to 25, 48-23, at the outset of the third period after an 8-0 run which included threes by Harris and Murrell and a two by Mescall.

However, Medina came storming back.

The Mustangs closed the third period with a 17-5 run to cut the deficit to 13, 53-40. Nealy scored eight and Shine hit a pair of threes to key that run.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then outscored the Bulldogs 18-5 over the first six minutes of the final period to rally into a 58-58 tie.

A three by Callard capped off that big uprising which also included two threes and a pair of twos by Pitts and a three by Shine.

The Mustangs though could not take the lead as the Bulldogs moved back on top to stay at 61-58 on a big three by Hefferon. Harris followed up with two clutch free throws and Hefferon one to close out the win and avenge an early season 59-55 home court loss.

Barker is now 5-6 and Medina 3-8 in N-O action.

Barker’s Aidan Mescall looks to pass as Elijah Doxey defends for Medina.

Akron 65, Newfane 53.

Akron claimed a share of the N-O title by downing visiting Newfane 65-53 as the Tigers and Panthers finish the league season as co-champions with identical 11-1 records.

Blake Gerstung scored 14, Ben Gerstung and Trace Hill 13, Brale Abrams 11 and Brayden Lamont 9.

Ben Dickinson scored 15 and Landon Braman 11 for Newfane.

The N-O title is the first for Akron since the Tigers shared the crown with Medina during the 2008-09 season at 13-1.

It is the second title in a row for Newfane as the Panthers claimed the crown outright last season with a 12-0 record.

Roy-Hart 51, Albion 48
Celebrating Senior Night, Roy-Hart nipped visiting Albion 51-48 in another N-O contest.

Two free throws by Rem Albee with five seconds to go helped to lock up the win for the Rams.

Dan Aquilina scored a game high 20 to lead Roy-Hart which improves to 5-6 in N-O action.

Isaiah Riley scored 14 and Kyle Radder and Blake Preston each added 9 for Albion which finishes the N-O season at 2-10.

Medina’s Cam Kenward drives against Barker’s Donovan Hefferon.

Albion outscored visiting Roy-Hart 8-0 in the overtime period to claim a 34-26 Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball victory this evening.

Madison Hughson and Kenzi Snook each scored 3 points in the overtime to key the Purple Eagles win.

Hughson finished with 15 as Adella Dukes led Roy-Hart with 10.

The contest was tied 26-26 at the end of regulation time.

Albion finishes the N-O season at 6-6 while Roy-Hart is now at 4-7.

Barker 44, Medina 39
Snapping a season long 10 game N-O losing streak Barker downed visiting Medina 44-39.

Trailing 31-26, Barker rallied to outscore Medina 18-8 in the final period to claim the win. Rachel Sutter scored 6 as Cole Carnes and Michayla Greene each tallied 5 to key that uprising.

Sutter finished with 16 and Greene 11.

Honesty Hill scored 13 and Alexa Demmer 11 to pace Medina.