Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Noah Poler drives in for a shot against Wheatland-Chili defender John Lynch during the Tigers home court loss to the Wildcats this evening.

Plagued by a costly combination of cold shooting and turnovers, Lyndonville dropped a 67-32 decision to visiting Wheatland-Chili this evening in the Genesee Region League boys basketball season opener.

Aaron Lund poured in a game high 24 points and Leighton Williams tallied 13 to lead the way for W-C.

Lund scored 10 points in the opening period to help spark the Wildcats out to a 17-8 lead and Williams netted 8 in the second stanza to help boost the advantage to 37-15 at the half.

W-C maintained a commanding 53-25 lead at the three-quarter mark as Brendan Moore scored 7 and Lund 6 in the third period.

Roman Heinsler scored 10, Noah Poler 9, Ian Mank and Asa Wooton 5 each and Jacob Wilson 3 for the Tigers which were hampered by 9 of 52 field goal shooting and 17 turnovers.

Lyndonville next visits Barker next Monday.

Trenton Muck puts up a shot for Lyndonville against W-C defender Brendan Moore.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jahmeek Riley in action during a game last season.

Looking to fill the holes created by the loss of nine players to graduation, Albion will begin tuning up or the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season by visiting Byron-Bergen at 7 p.m. Friday.

Anchoring the Purple Eagles lineup is the returning senior quintet of Jahmeek Riley, Tyler Gibson, Luqman Cornick, Shakarim Drisdom and Ozzie Matos.

The Purple Eagles lineup also includes senior Jay Ashby, juniors Javon Jones, Caleb Fox, Nick Harling, Aqul Gaffney and sophomore Dylan Narburgh.

“Our seniors have to fill the holes and our younger group has got to come in and step up,” said Coach Travis Downs whose Purple Eagles went 6-6 in N-O competition last season.

The Purple Eagles graduation losses included Bailey Blanchard, who earned second team N-O All-League honors, Damion Lattimer, Christian Doty and Chris Shabazz, who were all Honorable Mention selections, along with Tony Freeman, Elijah Lloyd, Zach Coleccechi, Kyle Lonnen and Kyle Woolston.

Albion’s N-O opener will be at home against Newfane on January 4.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team went to Orchard Park Sunday evening and came away on the short end of a 9-4 score.

The home team went up 5-0 at the end of the opening period.

In the second period RBM got on the scoreboard as Ryan Mettler (R-H) scored two goals. Assisting were Andrew Downey (R-H), Joel Harris (Barker) and Lucius Wagner (Medina).

Down 9-2 going into the last period, Harris scored from Mettler and Wagner, and Mettler completed his Hat Trick unassisted on a power play.

RBM’s next game is Saturday against Wilson- Newfane at the Cornerstone Arena in Lockport beginning at 4:40 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Brad Cantrell puts up a shot during a game last season.

Anchored by a group of seven returnees, Barker will begin prepping for the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season by hosting Kendall at 6 p.m. Monday.

Seniors Steven Class, Seth Gerhardt, Nathan Meza Ray, Jaret Black, Willard Nellist, Camren Szafranski and junior Brad Cantrell provide the varsity experience for the Raiders. Cantrell earned N-O All-League Honorable Mention.

Barker is also looking to junior Aidan Voss and juniors Louie Castro and Aidan Mescall.

“I’m expecting us to compete every night and I think we have the talent to do that,” said Coach Jake Haight. “I think we can play 10 guys which gives us good depth.”

The Raiders graduation losses included Joey Brandt, Shane Gerhardt, Cole Ecker, Logan Harris, Devonte Hill and Mick Guevara. Brandt and Gerhardt were both Honorable Mention All-League selections.

Barker, which is looking to improve upon last season’s 1-11 N-O record, will begin league competition by hosting defending champion Medina on January 4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Libby Snyder grabs a rebound surrounded by a trio of Holley players including Tatum Gagne (25), Sara Kingdollar (13) and Jailyn Bishop (11) during the host Lady Eagles tournament title win over the Lady Hawks this afternoon.

Building up a commanding 22 point lead at the half, Kendall went on to defeat rival Holley 47-15 this afternoon in the championship game of the Kendall girls basketball tournament.

In the consolation game, Barker nipped Medina 43-42 in overtime.

Tournament MVP Libby Snyder scored 14 points and grabbed off 10 rebounds and All-Tourney team honoree Grace Levett tallied 11 points to lead the Kendall offense. Emma Allen added 8 points, Julie Coble 4 and Alezya Brown, Julia Szczepanski, Kailie Regan and Lauren Pilon 2 each for the Lady Eagles.

Holley’s Tatum Gagne battles to grab a rebound from Kendall’s Julie Coble.

Harleigh Andrews scored 5, Adriana Botello 4, Tatum Gagne 3, Jailyn Bishop 2 and Tia Hofforth 1 for Holley. Andrews and Gagne were both named to the All-Tournament team.

Kendall jumped out to an 11-2 first quarter lead as Snyder scored 6 points and Levett hit a three.

Snyder tacked on 6 more points in the second period while Levett had a three and a jumper and Allen a pair of baskets as Kendall increased its advantage to 28-6 at the half.

The Lady Eagles maintained a 26 point, 37-11 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Barker 43, Medina 42 OT
A basket by Kiera Dalton in overtime earned Barker the narrow win over Medina.

Alyssa Thompson, who was named to the All-Tournament team, took game high honors for Barker with 17 as Mia Herman and Cloey Sanders both netted 8.

Stella Poler, who was named to the All-Tournament team, led Medina with 9 as Rylee VanNostrand and Hilda Santiago-Bautista had 8 and Lily Carpenter 7.

Alden 47, Roy-Hart 23
Jumping out to leads of 12-2 after one quarter and 25-12 at the half, Alden went on to defeat visiting Roy-Hart 47-23 in a non league game.

Kaitlin Mettler scored 8 and Claire Halstead 7 for Roy-Hart.

Kendall’s Grace Levett looks to pass the ball over Holley defenders Sam Bates (3) and Jailyn Bishop (11).

Albion had two individual champions and Medina one this afternoon at the annual Byron-Bergen Wrestling Tournament.

Albion’s Ellwood Hafner won at 145 with a pin of 1:53 over Chautauqua Lake’s Bradley Smith and Dayne Aina won at 215 with a 6-5 decision win over Chautauqua Lake’s Ison Shirley.

The Purple Eagles also had Jr. Morales at 138 and Alex Hafner at 152 both place second.

In the JV competition for Albion, Joshua Bovenzi finished first while Alonzo Figueroa-Fuentes, Brody Hafner, David Rosario, Luke Bell and Mason Lynch each placed fourth.

Medina’s Gavin Ciarfella won at 132 by decisioning Pioneer’s Xander Kirsch 3-1 in the finals.

The Mustangs also had Dom Callara place second at 102, Rashawn Bloom third at 126 and Reese Senske fourth at 102.

In the JV competition for Medina, Luke Duffina and Conor Crandall both took first place honors. Riley Tower, Brody Fry and Sawyer Kingsbury each placed third.

Also in the varsity competition, Lyndonville had Sebastian Temich place third and Maddox Stirk and Sam Doolan fourth while Zane Christakes placed third and Matt Eden fourth for Holley/Kendall.

In the JV competition for Lyndonville, Allan Heideman finished first and Shayne Nickerson and Alex Farrell both placed second.

Chautauqua Lake took the team title while Albion placed third, Medina 8th. Lyndonville 9th and Holley/Kendall 13th.

Jumping out to a 21-2 first quarter lead, South Park went on to defeat visiting Medina 59-21 this evening in a season opening non league boys basketball game.

Jarin Rhim scored 9 points, Greg Thompson 7 and Joe Cecchini 5 for Medina which trailed 33-9 at the half and 45-10 after three quarters.

Rhim also grabbed off 10 rebounds and Cecchini 8 asThompson had 6 steals.

Medina next hosts Central Christian Academy on December 10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Zach Barrett, left, and Holley’s Broek Ostrom, shown here in action during games last season, and their Eagle and Hawk teammates will open the season on Monday.

Holley and Kendall will both tune up for the Genesee Region League boys basketball season Monday with road games against non league opponents.

Holley will travel to Mt. Morris (7 p.m.) and Kendall will visit Barker (6 p.m.). The Hawks will then host Oakfield-Alabama and the Eagles will visit Pembroke in the G-R openers on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Holley is led by the veteran quartet of seniors Broek Ostrom, Erik Lang, Mason Neale and James Tette. Ostrom averaged 18 points per game and earned G-R All-Star honors last season.

The Hawks lineup also includes juniors Hunter Kennedy, Seth Janus, Zach Milner and Jaylyn Tette along with freshmen Vinny Golisano and Destin Kuyal.

“There is not much experience after our returning group, said Coach Wil Prince. “They are working hard. A big key for us will be to protect the paint.”

Kendall’s lineup is led by the veteran quintet of seniors Braxton Zarpentine, Dutch Steffen and Jeffrey Pratt along with juniors Zach Barrett and Devin Edick.

The Eagles roster also includes senior Seth Bidwell and sophomores Louie Conte and Jacek Kwiatkowski.

“We have some nice pieces back,” said Coach Matt Zimmer. “We have good experience with our returning starters and we’re looking for them to step up.”