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Second half surge lifts Barker past Elba
Trailing 22-20 at the half, Barker rallied to outscore host Elba 48-30 in the second half to claim a 68-52 non league boys basketball victory this evening.
Aidan Mescall scored 21 of his game high 24 points in the second half to lead the Barker uprising.
Aidan Voss also netted all 11 of his points in the seond half for the Raiders while Brad Cantrell had 7 of his 18 and Luey Castro 7 of his 14.
Barker led 43-36 after three quarters and still held just a seven point lead midway through the final stanza until Mecall made a three and a three point play to up the advantage to 13.
Now at 1-1, Barker next visits Notre Dame on Tuesday for another non league contest.
Medina girls win swim season opener
Medina downed visiting Pembroke 87-67 in a season opening non legue girls swim meet this afternoon.
Maddy Satkowski was a double winner in the 100 Freestyle and 200 Free and Maddy Rutledge took both the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke for Medina as Madeline Mark captured the 500 Free and Iyla Lilleby the 100 Butterfly.
Pembroke won the boys meet 96-47.
Caiden Class won both the 200 Free and 500 Free and Jackson Moreland took the 100 Backstroke for the Seahorses.
Medina visits Attica in another non league meet next Tuesday before visiting Albion for the Niagara-Orleans League opener on December 8.
Albion swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Alexander.
Dallas Ecker was a double winner for the Purple Eagles in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke.
Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville won a tri-meet at home over Newfane and HAC.
In the boys’ meet RBL had 63 points, HAC 48 and Newfane 44. In the girls’ competition RBL had 74 points, Newfane 48 and HAC 34.
Julia Miles was a double winner for RBL in the 50 Free and 100 Free.
Newfane had a pair of double winners in Noah Kneeland (100 Fly, 500 Free) and Eli Thompson (100 Free, 100 Back).
Lady Rams will host Lady Tigers in opener
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart will host Lyndonville at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the season opening non league girls basketball game for both teams. Roy-Hart is led by this group of six returning regulars. In front are sophomore Kaitlin Mettler, senior Julianna Buscarino and sophomore Lila Brigham. In back are seniors Makenna Elsenheimer and Alexis Cacciatore and junior Julie Terwilliger. The Lady Rams lineup also includes seniors Ada Livergood and Wei-Hsin Liu, juniors Isabella Cacciatore and Madison DiNieri and sophomore Jacie Craft.
Lyndonville likewise is led by a good sized group of returning regulars. In front are freshman Bella Groves and seniors Haley Shafer and Annabella Follman. In back are senior Lorelei Dillenbeck, sophomore Addison Dillenbeck and senior Shelby Boring. Missing from the photo is junior Ashlee Stephens. The Lady Tigers squad also includes senior Peyton Silversmith, juniors Elizabeth Whipple, Kayli Miller, Tisha Zeitz, Jocelyn Mack and sophomore Madison Davis. Lyndonville will open the home portion of its season on December 6 against Albion.
Roy-Hart preps to defend N-O title
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Senior captains Nate Beyer, Andrew Waters and Jamel Johnson Jr. will lead defending champion Roy-Hart into the upcoming Niagara-Orleans League season.
Last year Roy-Hart ended a 25 year long title drought by capturing the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball championship with a 10-2 record.
Now the Rams are prepping to defend that title led by the trio of senior captains Nate Beyer, Andrew Waters and Jamel Johnson Jr. Johnson, earned first team All-League honors after scoring 295 points (14.average) and grabbing off 207 rebounds.
“Our goal is to do it again and I think we’ve got a good shot,” said Coach Joe Pawlak. “We lost some real good players to graduation but we’ve got a very good group back.”
The Rams lineup also includes seniors Justin Terwilliger, Tyler Burrows, Thomas Russo III and Tyler Stewart along with juniors Jackson Webber, Sam Bruning, Rem Albee, Jayden Swygert, Jack Johnson, Kris Myers, Caleb Verratti and sophomore Dan Aquilina.
The Rams graduation losses included first team N-O honoree Aiden Petrie and second team selection Vinny Buscarino along with John Conley, Brandin DiNeri, Dom Beyer, Bryan Baes and Brandin Masters.
Roy-Hart will begin prepping for the N-O season by competing in the Olean Tournament this Friday and Saturday. The Rams will face Hornell in the opener.
Albion girls basketball returns good nucleus
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Led by a group of seven returnees, Albion will begin tuning up for the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball season by host Attica on Thursday and visiting Lyndonville on December 6 for non league contests. The Purple Eagles veterans include, in front, sophomore Kenzi Snook and juniors Alison Gibson and Madissn Hughson. In back are seniors Skoi Sanders, Samantha Basinait and Olivia Krenning and sophomore Paige Newton. Albion went 8-4 in N-O competition last season. The Purple Eagles graduation losses included N-O first team selection and Player of the Year Abby Scanlan along with Sydney Mulka and Aurora Serafin.
Dutchmen edge Raiders in OT in opener
Holland outlasted visiting Barker 77-71 in overtime in a season opening non league boys basketball game this evening.
Barker sent the contest into overtime deadlocked at 65-65 as Aidan Mescall hit two pressure free throws with 13 seconds remaining.
However, the Dutchmen outscored the Raiders 12-6 in the overtime period to claim the win.
The Raiders led 45-43 after three quarters after trailing by margins of 14-9 at the end of the first quarter and 28-26 at the half.
Brad Cantrell took game high scoring honors for the Raiders with 23 as Aidan Voss had 19, Luey Castro 16 and Mescall 10.
Barker next visits Elba for another non league game at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Girls Basketball
CSAT 33, Barker 26
Trailing 16-14 at the half, CSAT rallied to outscore host Barker 19-10 in the second half to claim a 33-26 non league season opening win.
CSAT led 27-23 heading into the final period.
Mia Herman scored 7 and Lillia Peace and Kiera Dalton each had 6 to lead the way for Barker which next faces Holley at 6 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the Kendall Tournament.
Seniors lead Albion and Medina swimmers
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Albion into the upcoming Niagara-Orleans League swim season will be the Purple Eagles senior trio of Devyn Pearles, Dallas Ecker and Clara Bolton. Ecker placed third in the 200 Individaul Medley and fifth in thr 100 Butterfly at last year’s All League meet. The Purple Eagles returnees also include juniors Finn McCue (3rd in 50 Free, 5th in 100 Free), Mark Ames, Mia Olles (4th in 200 Free), Julia Fuller and sophomores Justin Kania, Gina Sidari, Willow Gaines and Maggie Olles. Albion will prep for the December 8 N-O home opener against Medina with a pair of non league meets at home against Alexander on Dec. 1 and at Byron-Bergen/LeRoy on Dec. 6.
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Anchoring the lineup for the Medina swim teams heading into the Niagara-Orleans League season will be seniors Jackson Moreland, Maddy Satkowski and David Vanderwalker. Missing from the photo is senior Henry Rigerman. Satkowski placed second in the 200 Free and fourth in the 100 Free and Moreland fifth in both the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke at last year’s All-League meet. The Seahorses other upper classmen returnees are juniors Caiden Class (4th 500 Free) and Madelynn Rutledge. Medina will host Pembroke Thursday in the non league season opener before beginning N-O competition at Albion on December 8.
Veteran senior trio anchors Kendall lineup
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Facing a bit of a rebuilding job after losing 10 players to graduation from last year’s 16-6 team, the Kendall girls squad is led by this veteran senior trio of Mary Jones, Lauren Pilon and Taigan Guerrero. The Lady Eagles roster also includes freshmen Alea Barrett, Stella Kwiatek and Brooke Rodas, sophomore Ava LaMay, junior Daniella Offhaus and senior Arianna Lissow. The Lady Eagles will open the season by hosting their own tournament this Thursday and Saturday. The Lady Eagles will face Medina in the opening round at 7:45 p.m. Thursday following the Barker vs. Holley opener at 6 p.m. The consolation and finals are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday. Kendall will open the Genesee Region League season at Attica on December 6.
Underclassmen dominate Lady Hawks lineup
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Underclassmen dominate the roster for Holley which will open the girls basketball season on Thursday facing Barker in the opening round of the Kendall Tournament at 6 p.m. Anchoring the Lady Hawks lineup is this quartet of returnees including Samantha Bates, Jailyn Bishop, Tia Hoffarth and Emma Brady. All are juniors except Hoffarth who is the only senior on the squad. Juniors Leigha Walker and Layne Walker along with sophomores Alivia Wolf and Zoey Wolf round out the lineup for Holley which will open the Genesee Region League season at Pembroke on December 9.
Medina girls set for season opening tourney
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Led by this group of returnees Medina will begin tuning up for the up coming Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball season by competing in the Kendall Tournament this Thursday and Saturday. Medina will face Kendall at 7:45 p,m, Thursday. The other first round game will have Barker vs. Holley at 6 p.m. The consolation and championhip games will be on Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs veterans include, in front, Dani Williams, Stella Poler and Hilda Santiago-Bautista. In back are Tatyana Baity, Rylee VanNostrand and Chloe Anelli. VanNostrand earned second team N-O All-League honors last season averaging 15 points per game.
