Moving on top to stay with a scoring burst to close the opening quarter, No.7 seed Arkport-Canaseraga went on to down visiting No. 10 Lyndonville 66-44 this evening in the opening round of the Section V Class D1 boys basketball playoffs.

Breaking way from a 13-13 deadlock, the Wolves scored the final 7 points of the first quarter to go up 20-13. The Wolves went on to expand their advantage to 12, 36-24, at the half and to 17, 52-35, at the three quarter mark.

Mason Nicholson led Lyndonville with 17. Ian Mank and Jake Wilson both added 11, Trenton Muck 3 and Kevin Travis 2 for the Tigers.

Section V Girls Playoffs
No 7 seed York defeated visiting No. 10 Kendall 54-25 in the opening round of the Section V Class C2 girls basketball playoffs. Tessa Rodwell took game high honors with 22 for York.

In a Class C1 opener, No. 4 Geneseo downed No. 13 Holley 39-31.

Samantha Bates scored 11, Alivia Wolf 8 and Jailyn Bishop 7 for the Lady Hawks which trailed 12-2 after the first quarter, 18-11 at the half and 32-22 after three quarters.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jamel Johnson Jr., shown here in action during an earlier season game, became Roy-Hart’s single season scoring leader during the Rams home court sectional loss to Southwestern this evening.

No. 16 seed Southwestern downed No. 9 Roy-Hart 62-46 in a Section VI Class B2 playoff contest this evening at Middleport.

Matthew Pannes scored a game high 33 points to set the pace for the Trojans which led 19-7 after the first quarter, 28-23 at the half and 46-41 at the three-quarter mark.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored 17 and Nate Beyer 13 to lead Roy-Hart.

Johnson Jr. finished the season with a new school record total of 511 points breaking the old mark of 504 set by Tyler Guild.

Improving to 11-11, Southwestern next visits No. 8 Tapestry on Thursday with the winner taking on top seeded Salamanca in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Roy-Hart finishes the season at 13-8.

In another Class B2 game, No. 10 Fredonia defeated No. 15 Akron 74-52.

Section V
No. 5 Northstar defeated visiting No. 12 Holley 89-45 in a Class C1 game and No. 8 Alexander downed No. 9 Kendall 68-55 in a Class C2 contest. Zach Barrett led Kendall with 22..

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand puts up a shot against Allegany-Limestone defender Taylor Foster during the Mustangs home court sectional loss to the Lady Gators this evening.

Leading from wire to wire, No. 9 Allegany-Limestone downed No. 8 Medina 62-41 in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 girls basketball playoffs this evening at Medina.

Madison Callen scored 20, Elizabeth Giordini 10, Madison Kahn 10 and Amelia Herzog 9 to spark the Lady Gators which led by margins of 22-13 after the first period, 36-24 at the half and 56-31 after three quarters.

Rylee VanNostrand took game high honors with 22 to lead Medina as Tatyana Baity added 8, Honesty Hill 4, Nevaeh Moss 3 and Stella Poler and Chloe Anelli 2 each.

Medina finishes the season at 6-14 while Allegany-Limestone advances to a Friday meeting with top seeded Eden with a 5-16 record.

Iroquois 95, Albion 28
No. 10 Iroquois bested visiting No. 7 Albion in a Class B1 opener.

Skoi Sanders Smith and Madison Hughson both scored 9 and Taylor LeFrois 8 for Albion which trailed 61-16 at the half.

Roy-Hart 40, Health Sciences 24
Leading by a narrow 26-24 margin, No. 12 Roy-Hart outscored host No. 5 Health Sciences 14-0 in the final period to earn a 40-24 B2 victory.

Lila Brigham scored 12, Alexis Cacciatore 10, Kaitlin Mettler 7, Makenzie Elsenheimer 4, Juliana Buscarino 4, Juliana Terwilliger 2 and Ada Livergood 1 for the Lady Rams.

Roy-Hart will next visit Niagara-Orleans League foe No. 4 seed Akron on Friday.

In another B2 contest, No. 11 Salamanca defeated No. 6 Newfane 49-16.

Medina’s Stella Poler puts up a shot as Elizabeth Giordini (2) and Madison Callen defend for Allegany-Limestone.

For the second year in a row Southwestern has ousted Medina from the Section VI playoffs in the Mustangs Class B2 opening round game.

Steadily pulling away No. 16 seed Southwestern downed visiting No. 17 Medina 70-30 this afternoon. Last year the Trojans bested the visiting Mustangs by a nearly identical score of 70-36.

Southwestern now visits No. 9 seed Roy-Hart at 7 p.m. Tuesday in what will also be a rematch from last year’s sectionals. In that contest the Trojans downed the host Rams 60-34.

Matthew Pannes scored a game high 20 points while Jaydon Work netted 12 and Chris Miller 10 to spark Southwestern which held leads of 15-7 after the first quarter, 30-10 at the half and 49-18 after three quarters.

Aiden Pitts, who was the only senior among the nine players Medina had on hand for the contest, led the Mustangs with 13. Sophomore Cole Callard and eighth grader Preston Woodworth each added 5, freshman Trevon Shine 4, junior Roosevelt Mitchell 2 and junior Jason Beyer 1.

The Mustangs youthful lineup also included freshman Christian Moss along with juniors Alex Benz and Jack Cecchini. Another junior, Justin Pitts, was injured and unable to play. Shine, Woodworth and Moss are recent call ups from the JV squad.

Southwestern advances with a 10-11 record while Medina finishes at 4-17.

Postseason high school basketball competition will begin a busy week when No. 17 seed Medina (4-16) visits No. 16 Southwestern (9-11) in the Section VI boys Class B2 opener at noon on Monday. The winner will visit No. 9 Roy-Hart (13-7) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Seeded No. 8 the Medina girls (6-13) will host No. 9 Allegany-Limestone (4-16) in a Class B2 contest at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit top seeded Eden (17-3) at 7 p.m. Friday.

Also on Tuesday, in Class B1, the No. 10 seed Albion girls (6-10) will visit No. 7 Iroquois (10-10). In Class B2 No. 12 Roy-Hart (3-14) travels to No. 5 Health Sciences (12-6) and No. 6 Newfane (9-9) hosts No. 11 Salamanca (7=13) and in Class D No. 8 Barker (5-14) entertains No. 9 Maple Grove (6-13), all at 7 p.m.

Section VI boys games on Tuesday will also have No. 15 Akron (11-9) at No. 10 Fredonia (13-7) in Class B2 at 7 p.m. while on Wednesday No. 10 Barker (6-13) will visit No. 7 Pine Valley (5-15) at 7 p.m. in a Class D contest.

The Albion boys will open Class B1 competition at home at 7 p.m. Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s contest between No. 9 City Honors (7-13) and No. 16 Tonawanda (1-18).

Wilson will host a girls and boys Class C doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 5 p.m.

The Niagara-Orleans League boys champion Newfane is seeded No. 3 in Class B2 and has drawn a bye into Saturday’s quarterfinal round.

Section V Boys Playoffs
On Tuesday, No. 12 Holley will travel to No. 5 Northstar in Class C1 and No. 9 Kendall visits No. 8 Alexander in Class C2 both at 7 p.m.

On Wednesday, No. 10 Lyndonville visits No. 7 Arkport-Canaseraga at 7 p.m.

Section V Girls Playoffs
On Wednesday, No. 13 Holley travels to No. 4 Geneseo in Class C1 and No. 10 Kendall visits No. 7 York in Class C2 both at 7 p.m.

On Friday in Class D1, No. 3 Lyndonville will host the winner of the opening round game between No. 11 Naples and No. 6 South Seneca at 7 p.m.

The Medina girls and Albion boys will both open Section VI basketball playoff action with home games this coming week.

The No. 8 seed Medina girls will host No. 9 Allegany-Limestone in a Class B2 opener at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit No. 1 Eden on Friday.

The No. 8 seed Albion boys will open Class B1 playoff action at 7 p.m. Thursday when the Purple Eagles host the winner of Tuesday’s contest between No. 16 Tonawanda and No. 9 City Honors. The winner will visit top seeded Lew-Port on Saturday.

The No. 17 seeded Medina boys squad will visit No. 16 Southwestern at noon on Monday. The winner will visit No. 9 Roy-Hart at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The No. 10 seeded Albion girls will visit No. 7 Iroquois at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a Class B1 opener.

The No. 12 seeded Roy-Hart girls will visit No. 5 Health Sciences in a Class B2 contest at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit No. 4 Akron on Friday.

The No. 8 seeded Barker girls will host No. 9 Maple Grove in a Class D game at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit No. 1 Panama on Thursday.

The No. 10 seeded Barker boys squad will visit No. 7 Pine Valley at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Also in the boys Class B2 bracket, No. 15 Akron will visit No. 10 Fredonia at 7 p.m. Tuesday while No. 3 seed Newfane draws a bye into Saturdays quarterfinals.

The No. 7 Wilson boys will open at home at 7 p.m. Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s No. 10 Portville vs. No. 15 Buffalo Science contest.

In the girls Class B2 competition No. 6 Newfane will host No. 11 Salamanca at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

In the girls Class C bracket No. 3 seed Wilson will also open at home on Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s No. 11 Gowanda vs. No. 6 Frewsburg contest.

Seeded No. 3, Lyndonville will open Section V Class D1 girls basketball playoff action with a home game next Friday.

The Lady Tigers will host the winner of Tuesday’s opening round contest between No. 6 South Seneca and No. 11 Naples at 7 p.m. Friday.

Lyndonville posted a 13-7 record during the regular season while South Seneca was 11-9 and Naples 2-17.

In Class C1, No. 10 Holley will visit No. 4 Geneseo on 7 p.m. Wednesday.

In Class C2, No. 10 Kendall will travel to No. 7 York at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Section V boys opening round matchups

In Class C1, No. 12 Holley will visit No. 5 Northstar at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

In Class C2, No. 9 Kendall will visit Genesee Region League foe No. 8 Alexander also at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

In Class D1, No. 10 Lyndonville travels to No. 7 Arkport/Canaseraga at 7 p.m. Wednesday with the winner taking on No. 2 Fillmore on Saturday.

Making it 6 wins in the last 7 starts, Newfane downed visiting Medina 48-33 this evening to finish the Niagara-Orleans League season at 7-5.

Mallory Schultz scored 10 and Sienna Bowers 9 to lead the way for Newfane which was up 17-11 after the first period, 31-17 at the half and 37-31 after three quarters.

Rylee VanNostrand scored a game high 14, Stella Poler 7 and Nevaeh Moss 6 for Medina which winds up the N-O campaign at 4-8.

In the other league finale, Wilson jumped out to leads of 21-1 after the first quarter and 35-8 at the half in route to posting a 56-17 win over Barker to complete a 12-0 N-O title season.

Final N-O Standings: Wilson 12-0, Akron 8-4, Newfane 7-5, Albion 6-6, Medina 4-8, Barker 3-9, Roy-Hart 2-10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Trevon Shine tries for a layup against Newfane defenders Nate Snow (1) and Evan Myers (23) during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Panthers this evening.

Pulling away in the third quarter, Newfane went on to defeat host Medina 68-57 this evening to complete a perfect 12-0 Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball championship season.

Leading by a narrow two point, 25-23, margin early in the third quarter, Newfane put together a 9-0 run, including five by Evan Meyers and 4 by Ben Dickinson, to ignite the Panthers decisive surge.

Keeping the momentum, the Panthers then put together a big 15-4 run later in the period to open up an 18 point, 49-31, lead. Konner Courtemanche and Luke Emmons each had 5 to lead that uprising.

In all, Newfane outpointed Medina 24-13 in the decisive period which ended with the Panthers up by 15, 49-34.

The Panthers went on to lead by as many as 22, 62-40, midway through the final period.

Newfane grabbed a 15-12 lead at the end of the first period but Medina rallied back into a 20-20 tie late in the second quarter after a pair of threes by Preston Woodworth.

However, the Mustangs could not take the lead as Newfane answered with a three and a layup by Myers to regain the lead for good at 25-20.

Myers finished with 14, Dickinson 13, Nate Snow 12 and Landon Bramon 9 to lead Newfane’s balanced attack.

Aiden Pitts took game high honors with 19 for Medina as Woodworth added 13, Cayden Lilleby and Roosevelt Mitchell 8, Trevon Shine 5 and Cole Callard 4. Shine, a freshman, and Woodworth, an eighth grader, were both brought up from the JV ranks this week.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 1-11.

Medina’s Preston Woodworth puts up a three point shot as Landon Bramon defends for Newfane.

Wilson 63, Barker 54
Breaking away from a 49-49 deadlock, Wilson outscored host Barker 14-5 in the decisive fourth quarter to claim a 63-54 N-O victory.

Logan Wolfe scored 15 and Mike Bubar and Blake Martin each added 14 to lead the way for Wilson which finishes the N-O season at 5-7.

Luey Castro scored 17, Aidan Voss 13 and Brad Cantrell 10 for Barker which winds up the N-O campaign at 3-9.

Final N-O Standings: Newfane 12-0, Roy-Hart 8-4, Albion 7-5, Akron 6-6, Wilson 5-7, Barker 3-9, Medina 1-11.