Roy-Hart senior Mandy Hill was an individual event double winner at the annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League girls intersectional swim championships held this afternoon at Gates-Chili.

Hill won the 100 Butterfly in a time of 1:02.05 and the 100 Breaststroke in 1:10.67. She also teamed up with Molly Russell, Nadia White and Brooke Livergood to earn Roy-Hart a second place finish in the 200 Medley Relay.

Medina’s Maddy Satkowski placed third in the 200 Freestyle and fourth in the 100 Free.

Newfane’s Adoree Naylor placed second in the 50 Free.

Notre Dame won the team title followed by Byron-Bergen, Roy-Hart, Akron and Newfane to round out the top five.

Albion and Medina both had one weight class champion crowned during Section VI class wrestling tournament competition today.

Ellwood Hafner captured the 145 lb. title for Albion at the Class B Tournament which was held at CSAT. He scored an overtime 8-7 win over Ethan Pfeiffer of Iroquois in the finals after advancing with two pins and a technical fall win.

The Purple Eagles also had Jr. Morales (138), Alex Hafner (152) and Dayne Aina (189) place second and Blake Stornelli (172) third.

Medina’s Gavin Ciarfella won the 126 lb. title at the Class C-D Tournament at Eden. He scored 3-1 decision win over Johnny Vicario of Eden in the finals. He had a pin and a decision win to gain a spot in the finals.

The Mustangs also had Dominic Callara (102) place second.

Roy-Hart/Barker had Quinn Brown (145), Zach Hill (189) and Dan Moore (215) place third at the Class B Tournament.

Section V Class B3
Host Lyndonville had Christian Garver (110), Payton Grabowski (172) and Sam Doolan (215) place second and Ty Holmes (126), Sebastian Temich (152) and Maddox Stirk (189) place third at the Section V Class B3 championships.

Bolivar-Richburg won the team title for the third time in four years garnering 218 points. Lyndonville finished second with 185 followed by 2021 champion South Seneca 150, Caledonia-Mumford 115.5 and Perry 109.5 to round out the top five.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Aquil Gaffney goes up for a shot as Medina’s Robert Arnold tries to block. The action took place during the Purple Eagles win over the host Mustangs this afternoon.

Turning back a late comeback bid, Albion upended rival Medina 61-55 in a Niagara-Orleans make-up game this afternoon knocking the host Mustangs out of the league lead.

The victory snapped a season long six game N-O losing streak for Albion while Medina slips to 6-3 and a half game behind now front-running Roy-Hart (6-2) which downed host Barker 65-37.

Trailing by 10, 54-44, with just over four minutes to go Medina put together an 11-2 run to rally back to within one at 56-55 with 1:30 remaining.

Albion’s Caleb Fox goes up to try and block a shot attempt by Medina’s Kaedon Cleveland.

Jarin Rhim had two baskets, Joe Cecchini a three and two free throws and Anthony Bowman a three during that comeback but the Mustangs could not pull even.

Albion answered the challenge by closing with a clutch 5-0 run over the final 1:10.

First Caleb Fox scored on a layup to give the Purple Eagles a little breathing room. Then two free throws by Jahmeek Riley and one by Tyler Gibson then put a lock on the victory as Albion avenged a 53-42 home court loss earlier in the week.

Gibson finished with 14, Fox 13 and Javon Jones 10 to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Ozzie Matos, Riley and Aquil Gaffney each scored 8.

Rhim finished with a game high 23 and Cecchini 16 to pace Medina as Bowman added 8, Robert Arnold 3 and Cayden Lilleby 2.

Albion jumped out to a 13-9 first quarter lead as Riley scored 6 and Fox 5.

Medina did rally into a slender lead twice late in the second quarter first at 21-20 after back-to-back baskets by Rhim and again at 24-22 after a three-point play by Cecchini.

Albion though regained a narrow 25-24 lead at the half on a late three by Gibson.

The lead then changed hands seven times in the third period before Albion put together a big turnover aided 13-0 run to close the stanza to rally from a 35-34 deficit into a 47-35 lead.

A three by Matos ignited that uprising which also included two baskets by Gibson and one each by Gaffney, Fox and Jones.

Medina quickly cut the deficit to five, 49-44, early in the final period after back-to-back threes by Arnold and Cecchini followed by a three-point play by Cecchini.

The Purple Eagles though answered with a three by Fox and a layup by Gibson to quickly regain a 10 point, 54-44, advantage with just over four minutes to go.

That set the stage for an exciting finish as Medina put together an 11-2 run to rally back to within one only to see Albion answer the challenge with a key 5-0 run to close and lockup the win.

Albion’s Tyler Gibson goes in for a layup as Anthony Bowman defends for Medina.

Roy-Hart 65, Barker 37
Avenging an early season 70-67 loss, Roy-Hart bested host Barker 65-37 to improve to 6-2 and regain the N-O lead.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored a game high 26, Aiden Petrie 16 and Vinny Buscarino 9 to set the pace for the Rams which led 31-19 at the half and 47-31 after three quarters.

Aidan Mescall scored 13 for Barker which is now 3-5.

Wilson 43, Akron 41
A three pointed by Jake Austin with 10 seconds to go earned Wilson a narrow 43-41 win over Akron.

Mike Bubar scored 12 and Matt Fox 9 for Wilson while Trace Hill took game high honors with 17 for Akron.

N-O Standings: Roy-Hart 6-2, Medina 6-3, Newfane 5-3, Wilson 4-5, Akron 3-4, Barker 3-5, Albion 1-6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Libby Snyder puts up a shot against Albion defenders Skoi Sanders (14) and Aurora Serafin (12) during the Lady Eagles narrow win over the host Purple Eagles this afternoon.

Two late baskets earned Kendall a narrow 37-35 win over host Albion in a non league girls basketball game this afternoon.

Trailing 35-33, Kendall pulled even on a layup by Alezya Brown with 41 seconds remaining. The Lady Eagles then pulled out the win on a layup by Libby Snyder with 8 seconds to go.

Albion’s Olivia Krenning drives to the basket against Kendall’s Emma Allen.

Snyder finished with 16 and Brown 11 to lead Kendall as Julia Szczepanski added 7, Julie Coble 2 and Kailie Regan 1.

Abby Scanlan led Albion with 10 as Madison Hughson added 6, Sydney Mulka and Aurora Serafin 5, Skoi Sanders 4. Olivia Krenning 3 and Samantha Basinait 2.

Kendall took a slender 8-7 lead at the end of the first period but Albion rallied into a 22-17 advantage at the half. Scanlan scored 6 on on two layups and a jumper and Hughson 5 on a three and a layup to lead the Purple Eagles in the second period.

A burst of six straight points by Snyder to open the third period rallied Kendall into a 23-21 lead. However, Albion regained a narrow 26-24 lead at the three-quarter mark after a layup off a steal by Serafin and a jumper by Krenning.

A three by Serafin upped the Albon lead to 29-24 at the outset of the final period.

Kendall answered with a 9-1 run on two rebound baskets by Brown, a three-point play by Szczepanski and a jumper by Snyder to retake the lead at 33-30.

Albion though regained the lead one last time at 35-33 on a free throw and a jumper by Mulka followed by a layup by Scanlan with 52 seconds remaining.

That set the stage for Kendall’s decisive final rally on tying and winning layups first by Brown and then by Snyder.

Kendall improves to 13-3 and Albion slips to 3-10.

Kendall’s Alezya Brown puts up a shot over Albion defender Sydney Mulka.

Medina will host rival Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball make-up game at 4:30 p.m. Saturday (JV game at 3 p.m.).

Medina is currently at 6-2 and a half game ahead of 5-2 Roy-Hart in the N-O title race. Albion is looking to snap a season six league game losing streak.

One other N-O boys’ make-up game Saturday will have Wilson hosting Akron at noon.

The Medina at Albion girls basketball make-up game will be held at 6:30 p.m. on February 16 (JV at 5 p.m.).

Section VI wrestling tournament competition will get underway on Saturday with the class tournaments.

Medina, Newfane, Akron and Wilson will be competing in the Class C-D Tournament at Eden while Albion and Roy-Hart/Barker will take part in the Class B Tourney at CSAT.

There will be no ticket sales at the class tourney sites. Tickets can only be obtained online by checking the Section VI website(click here for tickets).

The Section VI state qualifier tournament for Class D2 (which includes all of the Niagara-Orleans League teams) will be held on February 12 at Jamestown Community College.

The state championships are scheduled for February 25 and 26 at Albany.

Tigers have top seeds
Host Lyndonville has nine wrestlers seeded in the top three of their respective weight classes for the Section V Class B3 Tournament which will be held on Saturday.

The Tigers have Christian Garver (110) and Maddox Stirk (189) seeded first, Payton Grabowski (172) and Sam Doolan (225) second and Shane Nickerson (102), Brody Hazel (118), Ty Holmes (126), Noah Neff (138) and Sebastian Temich (152) third.

A total of 15 schools are scheduled to compete in the tourney including defending champion South Seneca, Bolivar-Richburg which took the title in both 2019 and 2020 and Perry.