Contributed Photo – Mason Allee-Castro is shown here with his brother, Luey Castro, his mother Stephanie Zaharie and his father Wayne Zaharie as he signs to run cross-country at Canisius College.

Barker High senior Mason Allee-Castro has signed a letter of intent to continue his education and his cross-country career at Canisius College where his coach will be Barker Alum Tyler Scheving.

Allee-Castro was named Niagara-Orleans League runner of the year this past fall. In leading Barker to the N-O team title he won the N-O All-League meet race, placed third at the sectionals and 21st at the state championships. He was also a first team N-O All-League honoree as a junior, placed third at the sectionals and qualified for the states.

“It has been an extreme pleasure to coach Mason Allee-Castro,” said Barker X-C Coach Paul DerSarkissian. “His drive for excellence and his determined work ethic combined to make him an amazing runner. He also brings a strong caring and compassionate personality to the team that shows how complete of an individual he has become. How sweet his journey has been.”

“As a Barker alum myself, I know the work ethic that Coach DerSar instills in his athletes, and the potential that they have to succeed at the collegiate level,” said Scheving. “We are beyond excited to bring Mason on board. He demonstrates all of the qualities that make for a successful athlete, especially at the Division I level. I’m confident that Canisius will get him to where he wants to be both academically and athletically as he continues to represent his hometown with pride.”

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s first team All-State honorees Noah Skinner, left, and Chris Johnson.

Two Medina players, running back/linebacker Noah Skinner and two-way lineman Chris Johnson, both seniors, have been named to the first team of the All State Class C football squad.

Skinner, who was named C North Division Player of the Year, rushed for 1,470 yards and 27 touchdowns. On defense, he made a team leading 61 tackles and had 2 sacks.

Johnson, a three year two-way starter who was named C North Division Defensive Player of the Year, had 46 tackles and 2 sacks.

The Mustangs also had senior quarterback/defensive back Aiden Pitts and junior lineman Roosevelt Mitchell earn Honorable Mention.

Pitts threw for 882 yards and 8 touchdowns and rushed for 410 yards and 4 TDs.

Mitchell had 36 tackles and a sack.

Albion had a trio of players earn spots of the All-State Class B squad.

Senior wide receiver/defensive back Javon Jones was named to the second team, senior quarterback/defensive back Amari Jones to the third team and senior lineman Nick Radder earned Honorable Mention.

Javon Jones had 30 receptions for 300 yards and 8 touchdowns, 300 yards rushing and 3 TDs and 34 tackles and 5 interceptions.

Amari Jones passed for 1,076 yards and 13 touchdowns, rushed for 612 yards and 7 TDs and had 53 tackles and 5 interceptions.

Albion had Javon Jones, left, is a second team All-State selection and Amari Jones earned third team honors.

Perry edged host Holley 50-45 in a non league girls basketball game this afternoon.

Jaelyn Morris scored a game high 19 points and Sydney Hnat added 8 to pace Perry which held narrow leads of 19-17 at the half and 36-33 at the end of three quarters.

Alivia Wolf and Sam Bates each scored 14 and Jailyn Bishop 9 for Holley. Bishop also grabbed off 7 rebounds.

Now at 5-4, the Lady Hawks next hosts Oakfield-Alabama in a Genesee Region League game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Lyndonville trimmed visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 33-30 in a non league wrestling match this evening.

A decision win by Ben Doolan at 145 in the second to the last bout provided the margin of victory for Lyndonville.

Sebastian Temich (160) and Christian Garver (126) both scored pins for the Tigers whose other 18 points came on three forfeit wins.

Akron downed visiting Medina 70-40 and Newfane topped visiting defending champion Roy-Hart 76-44 in Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball games this evening.

Andrew Romesser scored 18 and Bral Abrams 12 to pace Akron which led 23-12 at the half and 46-28 at the three-quarter mark. Romesser tallied 11 and Abrams 10 in the second half.

Cayden Lilleby scored a game high 19, including 5 threes, to lead Medina.

Ben Dickenson scored 15 for Newfane which held leads of 23-14 after the first quarter, 37-23 at the half and 60-32 after three quarters.

Jamel Johnson Jr. took game high honors with 21 for Roy-Hart.

Alexander 77, Lyndonville 36

Moving out to a 33-18 half-time advantage, Alexander went on to defeat Lyndonville 77-36 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Dylan Pohl scored 23, Trent Woods 16 and Jacob Brooks 11 to led the Trojans.

Trenton Muck scored 18 and Mason Nicholson 10 for the Tigers.

Northstar 65, Kendall 37
Hunter Richards scored 13 and Austin Werth 10 for Kendall in the 77-36 non league loss to Northstar which led 28-14 at the half.

In a double overtime thriller, Albion outlasted host Barker 48-46 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Madison Lebaron scored the game winning basket for Albion in the second overtime on a layup off a steal.

Lebaron also scored a basket at the end of regulation time to knot the contest at 38-38 and force overtime.

Kenzi Snook finished with 14, Julia Knight 12 and Skoi Sanders Smith 9 for the Purple Eagles. Knight also had 12 rebounds, Sanders Smith 10 and Snook 6.

Mia Herman scored 13, Anna Bowerman 12 and Rachel Sutter 9 for Barker.

Roy-Hart 34, Newfane 33
Roy-Hart also won a thriller 34-33 over visiting Newfane as Julianna Buscarino had 3 key free throws and Lila Brigham 1 down the stretch.

Buscarino scored all 9 of her points in the decisive final stanza.

Trailing 13-11 at the half, Roy-Hart rallied into a 24-20 lead at the three quarter mark as Alexis Cacciatore scored all 8 of her points in the third quarter.

Kaitlin Mettler added 7 points for the Lady Rams.

Anna Chunco led Newfane with 11.

Akron 52, Medina 32
Akron bested host Medina 52-32 as Emma Gerstung and Sloan Jonathan both scored 9, Sophia Jones 8 and Rachel Dugah 7.

Rylee VanNostrand scored a game high 25 and Honesty Hill had 7 for Medina.

Up 9-6 after the first quarter, Akron used a 13-1 second period scoring edge to open up a 22-7 half-time advantage. The Lady Tigers maintained a 38-20 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Nick Harling and Barker’s Aidan Voss battle for the ball during the Purple Eagles narrow win over the visiting Raiders this evening.

Surviving a fourth quarter scoring drought, Albion nipped visiting Barker 56-54 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Albion held a 12 point, 48-36, lead at the end of the third quarter but saw Barker come battling down the stretch leaving the outcome in doubt until the final seconds.

Barker put together a big 15-4 scoring surge over the first seven minutes of the final period to rally back to within one, 52-51, with 27 seconds to go.

A layup by Luey Castro, his third basket of the quarter, capped off that big Raiders rally which also included a three by Jordan Leising, a basket and two free throws by Aidan Voss and a bucket by Brad Cantrell.

Amari Jones answered with a layup with 17 seconds remaining to end a lengthy Albion field goal scoring drought and give the Purple Eagles a 54-51 lead.

A free throw by Aidan Mescall pulled Barker back to within two, 54-52, with 12 seconds to go. The Raiders could get no closer though as Albion regained possession after an intentional miss attempt on the second free throw try.

Albion finally put a lock on the win as Javon Jones made two clutch free throws with 9.5 seconds remaining giving the Purple Eagles a 56-52 lead.

Barker rounded out the scoring as Mescall scored a basket at the buzzer for the final margin of 56-54.

Blake Preston scored 19, Javon Jones 12, Amari Jones 11, Aquil Gaffney 6, Nick Harling 5, Sh’kwe Riley 2 and John Eibl 1 for Albion.

Castro scored 17, Mescall 13, Voss 9, Cantrell 9 and Leising 6 for Barker.

Albion led 11-9 after the first period and 31-26 at the half. Preston scored 8, including two threes, Javon Jones 7, including a three and Harling hit a three for the Purple Eagles in the second period.

Three more threes by Preston then highlighted a 17-10 third period Albion scoring edge which boosted the Purple Eagles advantage to 12, 48-36, at the three-quarter mark.

The Purple Eagles then survived the Raiders 18-8 fourth period scoring edge to improve to 2-0 in N-O competition. The loss drops the Raiders to 0-2.

Barker’s Luey Castro goes up for a shot against Albion defender Aquil Gaffney.

Albion’s Javon Jones goes in for a layup ahead of Barker’s Aidan Voss.

Alexander defeated Lyndonville 58-46 and Byron-Bergen downed Holley 48-17 in Genesee Region League girls basketball games this evening.

Alyssa Kramer scored 16 of her game high 22 points in the first half to help Alexander build up a 33-20 half-time advantage.

Addison Dillenbeck scored 17, Ashlee Stephens 11, Lorelei Dillenbeck 9 and Haley Shaffer 7 for Lyndonville. Stephens and Lorelei Dillenbeck also each grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Leading by a narrow 13-10 margin at the half, Byron-Beren outscored Holley 23-2 in the decisive third quarter to key the win.

Dayanara Caballero scored 16 and Kendall Phillips 9 to lead the way for B-B.

Sam Bates scored 14 for Holley.