Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Broek Ostrom

Sparked by a huge 44 point scoring effort by senior Broek Ostrom, Holley downed Byron-Bergen 61-52 this evening in a Genesee Region League basketball game.

Ostrom scored 8 in both the first and second quarters to help spark Holley out to leads of 15-11 and 36-30.

The Hawks maintained a slender 40-38 lead at the three-quarter mark as Ostrom netted 10 in the the period.

Holley then put a lock on the victory by outpointing B-B 21-14 in the final period as Ostrom tallied 18.

“He was amazing,” said Holley Coach Wil Prince.

Holley next hosts Notre Dame on Thursday.

RAC 72, Kendall 45
Building up a 28-17 half-time advantage, Rochester Academy Charter went on to defeat host Kendall 72-45 in a non league contest.

Zach Barrett scored 13, Braxton Zarpentine 8 and Jacek Kwiatkowski and Jeffrey Pratt 7 each for Kendall.

The Eagles next visit Lyndonville on Thursday for a G-R contest.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Nathan Meza Ray drives in for a layup against Roy-Hart defender Dom Beyer during the Raiders win over the host Rams this evening.

Down by as many as 11 late in the first half, Barker battled back to edge past host Roy-Hart 70-67 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Nathan Meza Ray scored 25 to lead the way for Barker as Steven Class added 13, Brad Cantrell 10, Luis Allee Castro 9, Aidan Voss 7 and Seth Gerhardt 6.

Aiden Petrie scored a game high 28 and Vinny Buscarino netted 21 to pace Roy-Hart as Bryan Baes had 7, Jamel Johnson Jr. 4, Brandon DiNeri and Brandon Masters 3 and Nate Beyer 1.

Roy-Hart grabbed a 20-16 lead at the end of the opening quarter as Buscarino scored 11 including three threes. Class netted 6 for Barker as Meza Ray and Gerhardt both hit threes.

Petrie had a big 12 point second quarter which helped the Rams build up as much as an 11 point, 40-29 lead.

Barker did cut the deficit a bit to 8, 41-33, at the half after two free throws and a layup by Castro who had a total of 8 points in the period.

Keeping the momentum, the Raiders put together an 11-2 run to open the third period and rally into a 44-44 tie. Voss hit a three to ignite that rally which also included two buckets by Meza Ray and one each by Cantrell and Class.

The Rams did moved back out to a seven point, 53-45, lead late in the quarter on a rebound bucket by Buscarino followed by a two and a three by Petrie.

However, the Raiders again came rallying back with a 7-0 run to close the period on two free throws and a basket by Meza Ray and a three-point play by Voss in the final second to rally back into a 52-52 tie.

The contest was tied two more times early in the final stanza before Barker put together a 9-3 run to regain the lead for good at 66-60 with three minutes to go. Meza Ray had a three point play and a layup, Cantrell a layup off a steal and Class a rebound basket during that key spurt.

Layups by Buscarino and Johnson did rally Roy-Hart back to within two, 66-64, with 25 seconds to go but Meza Ray answered with two clutch free throws with 28 seconds to go for a 68-64 Raiders lead and what proved to be the game winning points.

A three by Buscarino pulled Roy-Hart to within one, 68-67 with 13 seconds to go but the Rams could not pull even.

Cantrell closed out the win for the Raiders with two key free throws with 12 seconds remaining.

Roy-Hart is now 2-1 and Barker 1-2 in N-O action.

Wilson 28, Akron 26
Trailing 24-15, Wilson rallied wit a 13-2 fourth quarter scoring edge to nip Akron 28-26 in the other N-O contest.

Mason Branca scored 6 and Paul Smith 4 for the Lakemen in the decisive final period.

Wilson is now 2-1 and Akron 0-1 in N-O action.

Barker’s Steven Class grabs a rebound away from Roy-Hart’s Brandin Masters.

Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie puts up a shot against Barker defender Luis Allee Castro.

With the low scoring matching the frigid temperatures outside, Kendall downed visiting Byron-Bergen 24-18 in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game his evening.

Julie Coble put Kendall on top to stay at 17-14 when she hit a three to close the third period.

Aleza Bown then opened the final period with a pair of baskets to extend the Lady Eagles lead to 21-14 and the visiting Bees could get no closer than four after that.

Brown finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 assists for the Lady Eagles as Libby Snyder had 9 points, 16 rebounds and 6 blocks.

The contest was tied 10-10 at the half.

Kendall improves to 8-1 and Byron-Bergen slips to 6-3.

Wilson 58, Akron 27
Defending champion Wilson downed visiting Akron 58-27 to improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League action.

Bella Lemke scored 21 and Peyton McInnis 16 to lead the way for Wilson.

Compiling a 4-1 record, Albion placed second at the St. Mary’s, Lancaster Dual wrestling tournament today.

Albion defeated St. Mary’s 65-12. East Aurora 60-15, North Tonawanda 48-21 and Canisius 60-15.

The Purple Eagles lone setback was a narrow 36-30 loss to Amherst which captured the tourney title with a 5-0 record.

Alex Hafner, Dayne Aina, Jr. Morales and Ellwood Hafner all went 5-0 and Andrew Uderitz 4-1 on the day for the Purple Eagles.

Alex Hafner won all five of his matches with first period pins and was named the tourney’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Javon Jones grabs a rebound against the Pembroke duo of Tyson Totten, left, and Cayden Pfalzer during the Purple Eagles loss to the host Dragons this afternoon..

Improving to 8-2, Pembroke posted a 71-53 win over visiting Albion in a non league boys basketball game this afternoon.

Tyson Totten poured in 37 points to spearhead the Pembroke attack. Cayden Pfalzer added 12, Jon Suro 9, Alex Lamb 7, Dakota vonKramer 4 and Avery Ferreira 2 for the Dragons.

Shakarion Drisdom scored 15, Caleb Fox 14 and Jahmeek Riley 11 to lead Albion. Javon Jones chipped in with 6, Aquil Gaffney 4 and Ozzie Matos 3 for the Purple Eagles which slip to 0-5.

Pembroke grabbed a narrow 18-15 lead at the end of the opening period as Totten and Pfalzer each had a three and a two. Riley, Fox and Jones each score a pair of baskets to keep Albion close.

The Dragons then put together an 18-8 second period scoring edge to open up a 13 point, 36-23, lead at the half. Totten had a three and two layups and Pfalzer a three and a two to lead that Dragons surge.

The Purple Eagles though did come storming back at the outset of the third period putting together an 18-5 scoring burst to rally into a 41-41 tie with three minutes to go in the stanza. Drisdom scored 11, including a pair of threes, a jumper and a layup off a steal, to lead that uprising which also included a three by Matos.

However, Albion could not gain the lead as Pembroke rebounded with a key 9-2 run to close the period and regain the lead for good by a 50-44 margin heading into the final quarter. Totten scored 6 on three layups to spark that rally.

Keeping the momentum, the Dragons put a firm lock on the victory by outscoring the Purple Eagles 16-4 to open the final period and extend the lead to 18 at 66-48. Totten scored 13 during that key stretch on a three, three layups and four free throws.

Albion’s Jahmeek Riley puts up a shot against Pembroke defender Dakota vonKramer.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Broek Ostrom puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Noah Poler during the Hawks win over the host Tigers this evening.

A huge second quarter scoring burst sparked Holley to a 72-53 win over host Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening.

Trailing 14-12 after the opening period, Holley erupted with a 29-10 second quarter scoring surge to rally into the lead for good by a 41-24 margin at the half.

Broek Ostrom scored 13 and Erik Lang 9, including two threes, to spearhead the Hawks decisive uprising.

Keeping the momentum, the Hawks outscored the Tigers 22-10 in the third period to extend the advantage to 29, 63-34, heading into the final quarter.

Ostrom scored 10 in the stanza which was capped off by back-to-back threes by Vinny Golisano.

Ostrom finished with a game high 31 to lead Holley as Golianso added 14, including four threes. Erik Lang 11, James Tette 6, Seth Janus 4 and Mason Neale, Destin Kuyal and Jaylyn Tette 2 each.

Trenton Muck scored 23, including four threes, and Noah Poler 18 to pace Lyndonville as Mason Nicholson had 6, Roman Heinsler 3, Jimmy Poler 2 and Ian Mank 1.

Nicholson had two threes, Heinsler one and Noah Poler a three-point play in the sea-saw opening quarter which saw seven lead changes. Ostrom netted 8 in the stanza to keep Holley to within two at 14-12.

However, the Hawks rebounded to outpoint the Tigers 51-20 over the middle two quarters to race away to the win.

Holley is now 3-4 and Lyndonville 1-7.

Holley’s Erik Lang drives to the basket against Lyndonville’s Jack Whipple.

Byron-Bergen 74, Kendall 54

Leading by a narrow 52-47 margin at the three-quarter mark, Byron-Bergen put together a 22-7 fourth period scoring surge to earn a 74-54 G-R win over visiting Kendall

Corden Zimmerman scored 18 and David Brumsted 17 for B-B which led 40-36 at the half.

Braxton Zarpentine scored a season high 20 to lead Kendall as Zach Barrett had 14 and Devin Edick 9.

B-B is now 7-3 and Kendall 3-5.

Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck puts up a shot in traffic as Mason Neale and Destin Kuyal defend for Holley.

Newfane trimmed host Roy-Hart 40-34 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Jensen McGhee scored a game high 21 points to lead Newfane as Allison Clark and Angelina DiTullo both had 6.

Ava Owens scored 16 and Claire Halstead 7 for Roy-Hart.

Newfane is now 2-0 and Roy-Hart 0-2 in N-O competition.

Wilson 58, Barker 17

Bella Lemke scored 18 and Kaelin Faery 12 to lead Wilson to a 58-17 N-O win over Barker.

Michayla Geeen, Rachel Sutter and Kiera Dalton each scored 4 for Barker.

Wilson is now 2-0 and Barker 1-1 in N-O action.

Building up a 16 point half-time advantage Roy-Hart went on to defeat host Newfane 67-49 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Vinny Buscarino scored 24, Aiden Petrie 20 and Jamel Johnson Jr. 14 to lead the way for Roy-Hart.

Nate Snow took game high honors with 26 for Newfane.

Petrie scored 8 in the first quarter and Buscarino 13 in the second to help Roy-Hart open up a 42-26 lead at the half.

The Rams maintained a 17 point, 55-38, advantage heading into the final quarter as Johnson scored 8 in the third period.

Roy-Hart is now 2-0 and Newfane 1-1 in N-O action.

Wilson 46, Barker 42
Matt Fox scored 13, Paul Smith 12 and Logan Wolf made 5 of 6 from the free throw line in the decisive final quarter to help Wilson edge Barker 46-42.

Nathan Meza Ray led Barker with 11.

Trailing 20-15 at the half, Wilson rallied into a 32-30 lead at the three-quarter mark after outpointing Barker 17-10 in the third period.

Wilson is now 1-1 and Barker 0-2 in league competition.

Medina vs. Akron postponed
Friday’s Medina vs. Akron boys and girls games have been postponed.

Medina Athletic Director Eric Valley states that the games “are being rescheduled for safety measures with multiple players currently out of school.”

Girls Basketball
Lyndonville 45, Holley 12
Improving to 7-1, Lyndonville defeated host Holley 45-12 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Ella Lewis had 13 points, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds, Addison Dillenbeck 8 points. 8 rebounds and 7 steals, Lorelei Dillenbeck 4 assists and 3 steals and Karlee Rounds 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks for Lyndonville.