Improving to 12-4, Lyndonville posted a 42-35 win over visiting Roy-Hart in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Ella Lewis scored 13, Karlee Rounds 11 and Haley Shaffer 7 for Lyndonville which held leads of 9-8 after one period, 22-17 at the half and 30-24 after three quarters. Lewis scored 6 in the second period and 7 in the fourth.

Ava Owens scored 11, Claire Halstead 8 and Kaitlin Mettler 6 to lead Roy-Hart.

Kendall 45, Holley 26

In a Genesee Region League game Kendall downed rival Holley 45-26 as the Lady Eagles improve to 15-3 overall.

Alezya Brown scored 12 points, Libby Snyder 8 and T’Mia Kitchings 7 to lead Kendall. Snyder also grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Sam Bates led Holley with 13 points.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Aiden Petrie drives in for a layup to score two of his game high 33 points during Roy-Hart’s 70-45 win over visiting Akron this evening.

Maintaining a one game lead, Roy-Hart pulled away in the second half to defeat visiting Akron 70-45 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball make-up game this evening.

Front-running Roy-Hart improves to 7-2 and stays a game ahead of 6-3 Newfane.

Aiden Petrie poured in a game high 33 points to lead the way for Roy-Hart. Jamel Johnson Jr. added 13, Brandon DiNeri 8, Vinny Buscarino and Nate Beyer 5 and John Conley and Dom Beyer 3.

Donny Kreher scored 16, Andrew Romesser 10, Chris Bergman 7 and Trace Hill and Steven Doktor 5 for Akron which slips to 3-6.

Leading by a narrow two point, 28-26, margin at the half, Roy-Hart began to pull away with a 20-11 third period scoring edge.

Petrie scored 10 and Johnson 7 to lead that uprising which put the Rams up by 11, 48-37, at the three-quarter mark.

Roy-Hart then put a lock on the victory by outscoring Akron 22-8 in the final period as Petrie, DiNeri, Dom Beyer and Nate Beyer all hit threes.

The Rams jumped out to a 18-11 first period lead. Petrie scored 12, including a pair of threes, during that stretch which also included threes by DiNeri and Conley.

Akron though used a 15-10 second period scoring edge to rally back to within two, 28-26, at the half.

Kreher scored 9 on two threes and a three-point play during that rally which also included threes by Hill and Doktor.

Roy-Hart though opened the third period with a 8-0, including 5 by Petrie and 3 by Johnson, to quickly regain a 10 point, 36-26 advantage.

The Rams then closed the quarter with a 10-2 run, including 5 by Petrie and a three by Buscarino, to take an 11 point, 48-37 lead.

Consecutive threes by Dom Beyer, Petrie and DiNeri to open the final period then quickly upped the advantage to 20, 57-37, and break the contest wide open.

Jamel Johnson Jr. puts up a shot for Roy-Hart against Akron defenders Chris Bergman (12) and Jack Fowler (13).

Albion 51, Barker 47
Making it three N-O wins in a row, Albion edged past visiting Barker 51-47 in a make-up contest.

The Purple Eagles held a slender 48-47 lead when Aquil Gaffney hit a three with 20 seconds remaining to close out the win.

Jahmeek Riley scored 14 as Gaffney and Caleb Fox both netted 12 for Albion which led 41-35 at the three-quarter mark.

Brad Cantell took game high honors with 23 for Barker which led 22-21 at the half.

The game was the third road contest in as many games for Barker which next hosts Albion on Friday.

Albion is now 3-6 and Barker 4-6.

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

The top three teams in the standings all scored victories as front-running Wilson trimmed Albion 41-32, runner-up Newfane topped Medina 64-31 and third pace Akron downed Barker 37-32 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball action this evening.

Bella Lemke scored 17 and Rian Faery 10 for Wilson which led 23-18 at the half and 34-26 after three quarters.

Abby Scanlan took game high honors for Albion with 18.

Jensen McGhee scored a game high 23 to spark Newfane as Allison Clark and Angelina Ditullo both added 9.

Lily Carpenter scored 11 for Medina which trailed 37-17 at the half.

Ella Hill had 15 points and 8 rebounds to lead the way for Akron.

N-O Standings: Wilson 9-0, Newfane 7-2, Akron 6-2, Albion 3-4, Roy-Hart 2-6, Barker 1-7, Medina 1-8

Completing a home and home season series sweep, Holley bested rival Kendall 66-47 in a Genesee Region League game this evening at Kendall.

Broek Ostrom scored a game high 33 to lead Holley as James Tette added 12 and Vinny Golisano 9.

Zach Barrett scored 12, Jacek Kwiatkowski 11, Jeffrey Pratt 9 and Devin Edick 8 for Kendall.

Holley built up leads of 20-11 after one quarter, 38-19 at the half and 60-35 after three quarters. Ostrom scored 14 in the third quarter.

Holley is now 7-10 and Kendall 5-12.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Jahmeek Riley

Albion downed visiting Wilson 46-35 and Barker bested host Akron 64-55 in overtime in Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball action this evening.

Jahmeek Riley scored 12, Tyler Gibson 10 and Javon Jones 8 to lead Albion while Jake Austin paced Wilson with 11.

The Purple Eagles held leads of 21-15 at the half and 33-27 at the three-quarter mark.

Riley and Ozzie Matos both scored 6 in the third period for Albion and Jones tallied 6 in the final stanza.

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

The Purple Eagles next host Barker in a make-up game at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Barker 64, Akron 55 OT

Brad Cantrell had a basket and two free throws and Steven Class a bucket to close out the overtime period and lock up the victory for Barker at Akron.

Cantrell finished with a game high 25 as  Nathan Meza Ray added 16 and Aidan Mescall 13.

Andrew Romesser led Akron with 15.

The contest was tied 50-50 at the end of regulation time.

Barker improves to 4-5 and Akron slips to 3-5.

Medina’s chances to repeat as Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball champions took a big hit this evening as Newfane posted a 59-42 victory over the visiting Mustangs.

The victory puts Newfane in sole possession of second place at 6-3 jut a half game behind front-running 6-2 Roy-Hart as Medina drops to 6-4 and two games off the pace in the loss column with just two games remaining.

Evan Myers scored 16, Brady Harrington 14 and Landon Braman 10 to lead the way for Newfane.

Joe Cecchini tallied a game high 17 and Jarin Rhim had 11 to pace Medina.

Deadlocked at 11-11 at the end of the first period, Newfane took a slender 20-18 lead at the half.

Cecchini scored 11, including three threes in the half to keep Medina close.

Newfane went up by as many as 13 (33-20) midway through the third period and maintained a 10 point, 38-28, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Myers scored 7 and Harrington 6 in the third period for the Panthers while Rhim netted 7 for the Mustangs.

Medina did open the final period with a 9-2 run on two layups by Anthony Bowman, a three by Cecchini and a jumper by Robert Arnold to slice the deficit to just three, 40-37, with 4:30 remaining but the Mustangs could get no closer.

The Panthers answered the challenge by putting together a decisive 19-3 run to close the game as six players contributed to that scoring burst.

N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 6-2, Newfane 6-3, Medina 6-4, Barker 4-5, Wilson 4-6, Akron 3-5, Albion 2-6

Building up a commanding 40-16 half-time advantage, Lyndonville went on to defeat host Barker 67-25 this evening in a non league girls’ basketball game.

Ella Lewis scored 18 and Karlee Rounds 12 to lead a parade of 10 Lyndonville point-getters. Lorelei Dillenbeck added 7, Haley Shaffer 6, Shelby Boring and Ashlee Stephens 5, Gracie Johnson and Addison Dillenbeck 4 and Peyton McDonald and Annabelle Follman 3 for the Lady Tigers.

Allyssa Thompson led Barker with 9 as Kiera Dalton and Anna Bowerman both added 6.

In another non league game LeRoy edged host Holley 43-39.

Sam Bates led Holley with 14.

In a Genesee Region League contest Kendall defeated visiting Alexander 45-28 to improve to 14-3 overall.

Alezya Brown had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Libby Snyder 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Steven Class reaches for a rebound over Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck during the Raiders win over the host Tigers this evening.

A big first quarter scoring surge sparked Barker to a 66-39 victory over host Lyndonville in a non league boys’ basketball game this evening.

Barker raced out to a 22-6 first quarter lead. Brad Cantrell scored 12, including a pair of threes, to lead that uprising which also included threes by Aidan Voss and Nathan Meza Ray and a pair of baskets by Aidan Mescall.

The Raiders maintained a 32-19 lead at the half as Steven Class scored 6 in the second period.

Barker held a 15 point, 46-31, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Mescall scored 8 in the third period including a three and a three-point play.

Cantrell finished with 18 and Mescall 14 to lead the Raiders as Class added 8, Voss 7, Meza Ray and Jaret Black 6 and Dawson Donovan 3.

Noah Poler took game high honors for Lyndonville with 27 including 16 in the first half. Trenton Muck added 7, Mohammed Mohameeer 3 and Jimmy Poler 2 for the Tigers.

Brad Cantell goes in for a layup as Noah Poler defends for Lyndonville.

Lyndonville’s Asa Wooton drives against Barker’s Timothy Dent.