The Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League Basketball Challenge will take place this weekend with the boys games at Genesee Community College and the girls contests at Niagara County Community College.

The boys competition will begin on Friday with a doubleheader matching Roy-Hart vs. Oakfield-Alabama at 6:30 p.m. and Akron vs. Notre Dame at 8 p.m.

Saturday’s lineup will have Albion vs. Elba at 12 p.m., Wilson vs. Alexander at 1:30 p.m., Barker vs. Pembroke at 3 p.m., Medina vs. Wheatland-Chili at 6 p.m. and Newfane vs. Attica at 7:30 p.m.

Because the G-R has more teams than the N-O Saturday’s slate will also have two other contests with Holley vs. Lyndonville at 10:30 a.m. and Byron-Bergen vs. Avoca-Prattsburg at 4:30 p.m.

The girls lineup on Saturday at NCCC will have Barker vs. Holley at 10 a.m., Akron vs. Alexander at 11:30 a.m., Medina vs. Pembroke at 1 p.m., Wilson vs. Elba at 2:30 p.m.. Roy-Hart vs. Byron-Bergen at 4 p.m., Albion vs. Notre Dame at 5:30 p.m. and Newfane vs. Oakfield-Alabama at 7 p.m.

Avenging a 56-47 loss last week, Roy-Hart downed visiting Medina 58-51 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Trailing 42-41, Roy-Hart rallied to outscore Medina 17-9 in the decisive final period to claim the win. Juliana Terwilliger scored 8 an Lily Brigham 6 during that stretch.

Courtney Aquilina led Roy-Hart with 22 points as Brigham had 10, Terwilliger  8, Adella Dukes 8 and Madison DiNieri and Millie Owens 5.

Iyla Lilleby took game high honors with 23 and Alexa Demmer had 16 for Medina which led 27-24 at the half.

Roy-Hart is now 3-5 an Medina 2-5 in N-O action.

In the other N-O games, front-running Wilson (8-0) defeated Akron (6-3) 54-28 and Newfane (5-3) downed Barker (0-8) 36-22.

Peyton McInnis and Rian Faery each scored 16 and Bella Thrush 11 to lead Wilson.

Mallory Schultz scored 11 and Julia Noonan 10 to pace Newfane.

Kendall and Lyndonville both scored victories in Genesee Region League girls basketball action this evening.

Kendall downed Pembroke 36-24 as Danielle Offhaus had 15 points and 18 rebounds and Ava LaMay 10 points and 7 rebounds.

Lyndonville bested Wheatland-Chili 37-31 as Addison Dillenbeck scored 15, Ashlee Stephens 10 and Bella Groves 7.

Emily Parker led W-C with a game high 17.

In another G-R contest, Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 60-25.

Samantha Bates and Alivia Wolf each scored 8 for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Luey Castro drives to the basket against Albion’s Kyle Radder during the Bulldogs win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

A big fourth quarter comeback bid fell just short as Albion dropped a narrow 54-49 decision to visiting Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Trailing by 19, 52-33, after three quarters, Albion got right back into the game by erupting for a huge 16-0 scoring surge over the first seven minutes of the final period.

The Purple Eagles got threes from Wesley Olles and Kyle Radder along with a three-point play by John Eibl and baskets by Tyler Cody, Blake Preston and Isaiah Riley to slice the deficit to just three, 52-49, with 49 seconds to go.

However, the Purple Eagles could get no closer as the Bulldogs finally put a lock on the win on two clutch free throws by Logan Murrell with four seconds remaining.

Barker also got off to a fast start racing out to a 19-10 first quarter lead as Luey Castro scored 12 and Murrell 7.

Castro tacked on 8 more points and Murrell 6 in the second period as Barker increased its advantage to 20, 37-17, at the half.

The Bulldogs maintained a 19 point, 52-33, lead at the thee-quarter mark, a lead which proved to be just enough to hold off the Purple Eagles dramatic fourth quarter comeback bid.

Castro finished with 25 and Murrell 21 to set the pace for Barker. Aidan Mescall, Isaac Monaco, Owen Harris and Donovan Hefferon each chipped in with 2.

Olles and Preston both scored 10 to lead Albion as, Cody had 8, Rader and Brody Vercruysse 6, Eibl 5 and Seth Krenning and Riley 2 each.

In avenging a slender one point, 57-56, home court loss earlier in the season, Barker improves to 3-6 in N-O action as Albion slips to 1-8.

Logan Murrell goes in for a layup for Barker ahead of Albion defender Tyler Cody.

Albion’s Brody Vercruysse makes a pass over the head of Barker’s Luey Castro.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ben Dickinson puts up a shot for Newfane as Preston Woodworth (4) and Elijah Doxey (1) defend for Medina. The action took place during the Panthers home court win over the Mustangs this evening.

Improving to 8-0 defending champion Newfane romped to a 75-40 victory over visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball make-up game this evening.

Landon Braman scored 15 and Ben Dickinson 12 to lead a parade of nine Panther point getters.

Jerrell Nealy scored 19 and Justin Pitts 13 to lead Medina.

Racing out to a 16 point, 27-11, first quarter advantage, Newfane went on to lead by margins of 27 (42-15) at the half and 33 (58-25) at the three-quarter mark.

Dickinson scored 7 while Braman hit two threes and Nate Snow and Luke Emmons one each to get the Panthers rolling in the opening quarter.

The Panthers then got scoring from six different players in each of the last three quarters.

The loss drops Medina to 3-4 in N-O action.

Jack Cecchini puts up a shot for Medina over a pair of Newfane defenders.

G-R Roundup
In Genesee Region League action this evening Oakfield-Alabama defeated Holley 68-53, Pembroke downed Kendall 68-44 and Wheatland-Chili bested Lyndonville 53-33.

Avery Watterson scored 40 and Gavin Armbrewster 19 to lead Oakfield-Alabama.

Vinny Golisano scored 21, Destin Kuyal 15 and Ben Cox 12 for Holley.

Trailing 43-26 at the half, Holley rallied back to within five, 49-44, at the three-quarter mark but could get no closer.

Putting together a big fourth quarter scoring surge, Albion rallied to down visiting Akron 55-51 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Trailing by nine, 40-31, after three quarters, Albion exploded for 24 points in the final period to claim the win.

Madison Hughson scored 14, including 8 of 10 from the free throw line, and Leah Pawlak 5, including 3 free throws, to spark the Purple Eagles in the decisive final period.

Hughson finished with 26, Pawlak 8, Kenzi Snook 7 and Julia Knight and Daci Doward 6.

Sloan Jonathan led Akron with 17.

Akron is now 6-2 and Albion 4-4 in N-O action.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team dropped a 4-2 home ice decision to non-division opponent East Aurora/Holland on Sunday.

Jackson Hauser (Barker) opened the scoring on a great pass from John Peracciny (RoyHart). Incredibly, EA/H tied the score with no time left on the clock in the period.

The visitors then scored two shorthanded goals in the second period.

In the final period, trailing 4-1, Jack Goehle (Newfane) scored a shorthanded goal from Luc Wagner (Medina).

Now 7-2-1 and 2 OT losses, RBM goes into the final week of the regular season with home games against non-division opponents. Saturday they host Orchard Park B at 1:25 p.m. and Sunday, Canisius at 10:50 a.m.

Eight members of the Kendall Youth Wrestling Club earned top three finishes today at the Webster Jr. Titan “Salute to Service” Youth Tournament.

Owen Howard and Mason Cady placed first; David Prate, Barrett Scheuerman and Colton Jurek took second and Caden Bauer, Landon Perry and Blake Zugehoer earned third place finishes.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball – Medina at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, Pembroke at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Akron at Albion, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball – Barker at Albion, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Medina at Roy-Hart, Barker at Newfane, Wilson at Akron, Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville 6:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, Kendall at Pembroke, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball – Medina at Akron, Wilson at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Holley at Kendall, DeHostos at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball – Pembroke at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Kendall at Holley, 7 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball – Elba at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Newfane at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Akron at Medina, Albion at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.
Swimming – Girls N-O vs. G-R meet at Gates Chili, 6 p.m.

Saturday
Boys Basketball – N-O vs. G-R Challenge 6 games at GCC
Girls Basketball – N-O vs. G-R Challenge, 7 games at NCCC
Wrestling – Section V Class B3 Tournament at Lyndonville, 9 a.m.

N-O Standings
Boys Basketball – Newfane 7-0, Akron 8-1, Roy-Hart 4-4, Medina 3-3, Barker 2-6, Wilson 2-6, Albion 1-7
Girls Basketball – Wilson 7-0, Akron 6-1, Newfane 4-3, Albion 3-4, Medina 2-4, Roy-Hart 2-5, Barker 0-7

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina club hockey team posted a 5-1 victory over Dunkirk/Fredonia at home Saturday.

RBM got off to a fast start taking a 2-0 lead in the opening period. Jack Goehle (Newfane) opened the scoring assisted by Cameron Bryer (Wilson), and then Luc Wagner (Medina) scored unassisted.

In the next period, Joel Harris (Barker) scored a powerplay goal from Wagner and Colby Boyer (Newfane).

Entering the final period up 3-1, RBM completed the scoring with Wagner again unassisted scoring a short-handed goal and Harris completing the period on the powerplay from Goehle.

Jordan Johnson (Medina) picked up the win in goal.

RBM next faces East Aurora/Holland at 1:35 this afternoon.