Seeded No. 12, Albion will host No. 13 Lake Shore at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 boys basketball playoffs.

The victor will then visit No. 5 Depew in the second round on Wednesday.

In Class B2, Niagara-Orleans League champion Roy-Hart has earned the No. 1 seed.

The Rams will host the winner of Wednesday’s No. 9 Medina at No. 8 Southwestern game in the quarterfinals at noon next Saturday.

Also in Class B2, No. 12 Akron will host No. 13 WNY Maritime at 7 p.m. Tuesday with the winner visiting No. 5 Alden on Wednesday.

Newfane is seeded No. 2 in Class B2 and will host the winner of Wednesday’s No. 10 Fredonia vs. No. 7 Cleveland Hill game in the quarterfinals at noon nest Saturday.

In Class C, No. 10 Barker will host No. 15 Cassadaga Valley at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will visit No. 7 Wilson on Wednesday.

Coming off its best regular season in a dozen years, Holley has earned a home game to open this coming week’s Section V Class C2 boys basketball playoffs.

Holley, which is seeded No. 6 after posting a 10-10 regular season record, will host No. 11 Pavilion (2-18) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The victor will then visit No. 3 Pembroke (14-6) in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Also in Class C2, No. 10 Kendall (6-14) will visit No. 7 Cuba-Rushford (10-9) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The winner will visit No. 2 Oakfield-Alabama (19-1) on Friday.

In a Class C3 opener on Tuesday, No. 11 Lyndonville (1-18) will visit No. 6 HAC (12-7) at 7 p.m.

The winner will visit No. 3 Dundee/Bradford (14-5) on Friday.

Closing out the regular season on a high note, Albion downed host Maryvale 53-42 in a non league basketball game this evening.

Caleb Fox and Shakarion Drisdom both scored 12 and Tyler Gibson 11 to lead the way for Albion as Javon Jones added 7, Jahmeek Riley 6, Jay Ashby and Nick Harling 2 and Luqman Cornick 1.

Jordan Alexander took game high honors for Maryvale with 19.

Albion jumped out to a 12-6 first quarter lead as Drisdom hit a pair of threes and Jones and Ashby both scored on layups off steals.

Back-to-back threes by Fox to close the second period doubled the Purple Eagles advantage to 12, 27-15, at the half.

Keeping the momentum, Albion then used a 17-9 third period scoring edge to open up a 20 point, 44-24, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Gibson scored 7 on a three and two layups and Fox 6 on three layups to lead that Purple Eagles surge.

However, Maryvale came battling back down the stretch.

The Flyers put together an 18-5 scoring surge, including 12 by Alexander, to slice the Purple Eagles led to just seven, 49-42 with a minute and a half remaining.

Albion though weathered the storm as Gibson made four clutch free throws to close out the 53-42 victory.

Albion, which has won 6 of its last 7, finishes the regular season at 6-12 and Maryvale at 9-11.

Kendall and Lyndonville have both earned home games to open the Section V girls basketball tournament next week.

Kendall, which is seeded No. 4 in Class C2 with a 15-5 record, will host a quarterfinal round game at 6 p.m. on February 26.

The Lady Eagles will host the winner of Wednesday’s opening round contest matching No. 12 Campbell-Savona (1-17) at No. 5 Lyons (14-6).

Lyndonville, which is seeded No. 6 in Class C3 with a 12-8 record, will host No. 11 Alfred-Almond (0-14) at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The victor will visit No. 3 HAC (18-2) at 2 p.m. on February 26.

The Holley girls, which are seeded 11 with a 4-16 record, will open Class C2 playoff action at No. 6 Gananda (11-7) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Rebounding strongly from an 0-3 start, Albion notched its eighth Niagara-Orleans League victory in the last nine games by edging visiting Roy-Hart 35-33 this evening to wrap up the regular season.

Abby Scanlan scored 15, Madison Hughson 8 and Sydney Mulka and Aurora Serafin 6 each for Albion which finishes the N-O campaign at 8-4.

The Purple Eagles led 17-12 at the half and 26-20 after three-quarters.

Scanlan scored 5 in both the first and second quarters and Hughson 6 in the third.

Ava Owens scored 15 and Claire Halstead and Kaitlin Mettler 6 each for Roy-Hart which finishes the N-O season at 5-7. Owens scored 8 in the final period including hitting a pair of threes.

Wilson 58, Medina 29
Wilson completed a perfect 12-0 N-O title season by besting host Medina 58-29.

Bella Lemke scored 21 and Kaelin Faery and Peyton McInnis 11 each for Wilson.

Rylee VanNostrand took game high honors with 22 for Medina.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Dom Beyer battles for a rebound with Albion’s Nick Harling during the Rams key win over the visiting Purple Eagles this evening to claim the N-O title outright.

Locking up outright possession of the Niagara-Orleans League championship, Roy-Hart posted a 70-47 victory over visiting Albion this evening to close out the regular season.

Finishing the N-O campaign with a 10-2 record, Roy-Hart captures the league crown for the first time in 26 years since the Rams shared the title with Wilson during the 1995-96 season.

“It’s been a long time coming” said Rams Coach Joe Pawlak. “It’s huge! It’s awesome! They’ve put in a lot of hard work and I’m really proud of the kids. It feels great. It’s my eighth year and all of the kids on our previous teams have had a part in this. It’s great for the program which really is a community driven thing.”

Aiden Petrie scored 22, Jamel Johnson Jr. 20 an Vinny Buscarino 15 to spearhead the Roy-Hart attack at Bryan Baes and John Conley both added 4, Brandon DiNeri 3 and Brandin Masters 2.

Tyler Gibson scored 16 and Shakarion Drisdom 10 to pace Albion as Jahmeek Riley chipped in with 9, Caleb Fox 6 and Ozzie Matos, Javon Jones and Nick Harling 2 each.

Roy-Hart took a slender 14-13 lead at the end of a sea-saw first quarter which saw five lead changes. Buscarino hit two threes and DiNeri one to lead the Rams in the early going while Riley netted 6 for Albion.

The Rams extended the lead to nine, 35-26, at the half after putting together a 21-13 second period scoring edge. Johnson and Petrie both scored 9 in the quarter.

The Roy-Hart advantage jumped to 14, 55-41, at the three-quarter mark as Petrie and Johnson both scored 6 and Baes and Buscarino 4 in the third period.

Albion could get no closer than 14 in the final period as Roy-Hart closed out the N-O title campaign with a 15-6 fourth quarter scoring edge including 5 by Petrie and 4 each by Johnson and Conley.

The loss snapped a five game winning streak for Albion which finishes the N-O season at 5-7.

Roy-Hart’s Vinny Buscarino drives to the basket against Albion defender Tyler Gibson.

Wilson 40, Medina 26
Wilson handed Medina its fourth straight N-O loss by a 40-26 score as the Lakemen finish the league season at 5-7.

Jake Austin scored 14 and Mason Branca 7 to pace Wilson which held leads of 13-9 after one period, 22-14 at the half and 26-21 at the three-quarter mark.

Anthony Bowman scored 10 and David Berry 7 for Medina which finishes the N-O season at 6-6.

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

Albion’s Javon Jones puts up s shot over the outstretched arm of Roy-Hart defender Brandon DiNeri.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Broek Ostrom

Senior Broek Ostrom poured in a school record 51 points as Holley made it four wins in a row with an 80-68 win over host Alexander in the Genesee Region League season finale.

Ostrom, who scored 14 in both the first and second quarters, 11 in the third and 12 in the fourth, broke the Holley scoring record of 50 set by Tim Persia during the Hawks Section V Class B championship season of 1964.

“Broek works extremely hard and the other guys really thrive off of what he does. He’s a special kid and is somebody who is really deserving of this,” said Coach Wil Prince.

Erik Lang also scored a season high 21 for Holley which held narrow leads of 19-18 after one period, 37-35 at the half and 56-53 at the three-quarter mark before finally pulling away with a 24-15 fourth quarter scoring edge.

The Hawks finish the regular season at 10-10.

Oakfield-Alabama 69, Kendall 37
Building up a 40-18 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Kendall 69-37 in a G-R contest.

Kaden and Kameron Cusmano combined for 33 points to lead the Hornets.

Braxton Zarpentine scored 10 and Jacek Kwiatkowski 8 for Kendall.

Byron-Bergen 81, Lyndonville 53
Braedy Chambry scored 21 and Corden Zimmerman 18 to lead Byron-Bergen to an 81-53 G-R win over visiting Lyndonville.

The Bees held leads of 26-15 after one quarter, 47-39 at the half and 65-38 after three quarters.

Noah Poler scored 23 and Trenton Muck 15 for Lyndonville.

N-O League

Newfane kept its hopes of earning a share of the Niagara-Orleans League title alive by downing host Akron 60-43.

Newfane finishes the season at 9-3. The Panthers now need Albion (5-6) to upend front-running (9-2) Roy-Hart on Thursday at Roy-Hart in order to claim a share of the title. Roy-Hart wins the title outright with a victory.

Akron finishes the N-O season at 3-9.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Madison Hughson puts up a shot for Albion against Medina defender Hilda Santiago-Bautista during the Purple Eagles win over the visiting Mustangs this evening.

Making it four wins in a row, Albion downed visiting rival Medina 40-25 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Sydney Mulka led Albion with a game high 14 points as Abby Scanlan added 9, Aurora Serafin 7, Kenzie Snook 4. Madison Hughson 3 and Olivia Krenning 2.

Rylee VanNostrand scored 13, Stella Poler 8 and Tatyana Baity 4 for Medina.

Steadily pulling away, Albion built up leads of 11-4 after one period, 20-11 at the half and 36-17 after three quarters. Mulka scored 8 in the third period.

Albion improves to 7-4 and Medina 1-10.

The Purple Eagles close out the N-O season on Thursday by hosting Roy-Hart while Medina entertains Wilson.

Albion’s Abby Scanlan pulls up to take a shot against Medina defender Aleigha Mitchell.

Roy-Hart 50, Barker 47
Roy-Hart made it three N-O wins in a row by edging Barker 50-47.

Ava Owens scored 18, Claire Halstead 16 and Kara Choate 8 to lead the way for Roy-Hart.

Alyssa Thompson scored 16, Anna Bowerman 14 and Mia Herman 13 for Barker.

Roy-Hart is now 5-6 in N-O action while Barker finishes at 1-11.

Newfane 37, Akron 36
Newfane trimmed Akron 37-36 to finish the N-O campaign at 9-3.

Jensen McGhee led Newfane with 11 and Sophia Jones paced Akron with 10.

Akron, which finishes the N-O season at 6-6, led 20-16 at the half. Newfane rallied to take a 30-26 lead at the end of the third quarter.

Medina’s Stella Poler puts up a shot as Paige Newton defends for Albion.

Contributed Photo – Isaac Pace

Medina High senior Isaac Pace had a big day at this evening’s Section VI state qualifier swim meet held at the Flickinger Center in Buffalo.

Pace qualified for the state championships in both the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke.

He placed second in the 50 Free with a time of :22.15 and third in the 100 Breaststroke with a school and Niagara-Orleans League record time of 1:00.26.

The state championship meet will be held on March 4 and 5 at Ithaca.

The Medina 400 Freestyle Relay team of Pace, Xander Payne, Jaxon Phillips and Ben Griffin also set a new school record time of 3:30.06 with a 7th place finish.