Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule goes up for a shot as Adam Mietz and Mitchell Dugan defend for Akron during this evening’s non league game at Lyndonville.

Closing out the season on a high note, Lyndonville defeated visiting Akron 66-45 this evening in a non league boys basketball season.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored a game high 26 points, Russell Stephens 18 and Casey Winiecki 13 to lead the Lyndonville attack as Anthony Moule added 6, Noah Poler 2 and Owen Mank 1.

David Kalinowski scored 14, Jake Mazza 8 and Trvis Fry 7 to pace Akron.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 16-6 first quarter lead as Dillenbeck scored 8, including a three and a three-point play.

The Tigers doubled their advantage to 20, 36-16, at the half as Dillenbeck netted 9, Winiecki 6 and Stephens 4 in the second period.

Moule then hit two threes and Winiecki one in the third period to help keep Lyndonville up by 21, 54-33, as Stephens and Dillenbeck each chipped in with a pair of baskets.

Stephens then tallied 7, including a three, and Dillenbeck 5, including a three, down the stretch for Lyndonville which finishes the season at 8-5.

Akron returns to Niagara-Orleans League action on Saturday at Roy-Hart. The Tigers are 6-3 and the Rams 3-6 in league action.

Lyndonville’s Owen Mank drives toward the basket against Akron defender Mitchell Dugan.

Blanked in the second quarter, Albion dropped a 57-42 decision at Wilson this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game as the Lakemen avenged an earlier season 21 point (59-38) loss to the Purple Eagles..

Breaking away from a 13-13 deadlock, Wilson outscored Albion 11-0 in the second period to open up s 24-13 half-time advantage.

Michael Miller scored 23, Jared Jaques 15 and Ben Lyman 11 to lead the way or Wilson which improve to 3-7.

Bailey Blanchard tallied 13 and Jahmeek Riley 9 for Albion which slips to 4-5.

Akron 45, Barker 34

Adam Mietz scored 25 and Jacob Mazza 12 to lead Akron to a 45-34 win at Barker. David Kalinowski added 4 and Josh Mazza 3 for the Tigers

Shane Gerhardt scored 10, Joey Brandt and Brad Cantrell 6, Nathan Meza Ray 5, Devonte Hill 4 and Cole Ecker 3 for Barker.

Akron led 24-17 at the half and 36-29 after three quarters.

N-O Standings: Medina 9-1, Newfane 7-2, Akron 6-3, Albion 4-5, Roy-Hart 3-6, Wilson 3-7, Barker 1-9.

A basket in the final seconds earned Barker a narrow 46-44 victory over host Akron this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Trailing 34-31 after three-quarters, Barker rallied for the win by outscoring Akron 15-10 in the decisive final period a rally capped off by a layup off a steal by Sarah Outten in the final seconds.

Outten and Sydnie Luckman each scored 7 for the Lady Raiders in the final stanza.

Luckman finished with a game high 18, Outten 12 and Courtney Hillman 10.

Jayni Sundown scored 11 for Akron as Jessee Jonathan and Giahna LaFromboise each added 9.

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

Newfane 40, Medina 16

Jumping out to a 19-6 half-time advantage, Newfane went on to defeat visiting Medina 40-16 as Jensen McGhee led the Lady Panthers with 12.

Anya Bloom scored 6, Iyla Lilleby and Paige Adkins 4 and Faithann Vanderwalker 2 for Medina.

N-O Standings: Wilson 8-0, Akron 5-4, Albion 4-4, Roy-Hart 4-4, Newfane 4-2, Barker 4-5, Medina 0-10.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Joe Cecchini puts up a shot against Newfane defender Michael Carmer during the Mustangs key home court victory over the Panthers this evening.

With first place on the line Medina avenged an earlier season 20 point (64-44) loss by rolling past visiting Newfane 62-46 this evening as the 9-1 Mustangs opened up a game and a half lead over the 7-2 Panthers in the Niagara-Orleans League title race.

“That was the first complete game we’ve played this year in terms of executing what we wanted to execute,” said Medina Coach Eric Hellwig.

Tyler Chinn scored 24 and Joe Cecchini a career high 21 to spearhead the attack for Medina as Brian Fry chipped in with 9, Jarin Rhim 4 and Christian Drisdom and Matt Henning 2 each.

Medina’s Matt Henning takes a shot as Zach Snow tries for a block for Newfane.

Zach Snow and Jeremy Foltz both had 11 and Michael Carmer 10 to pace Newfane.

Setting the tone at the outset Medina raced out to an 18 point, 21-3, first quarter lead.

Chinn had two threes and a layup off a steal and Fry a three and two layups to lead that uprising which also included threes by both Cecchini and Rhim.

“The kids played with a lot of energy tonight,” said Hellwig. “They did a great job harnessing that energy and the shots were dropping.”

Keeping the momentum the Mustangs quickly extended the lead to 22, 27-5, at the outset of the second quarter after layups by Cecchini, Drisdom and Fry.

And despite going the next five minutes without a point, Medina maintained a 20 point, 32-12, lead at the half after a three by Chinn and a layup by Henning in the last 30 seconds.

It remained a commanding 20 point, 49-29, Medina lead at the three-quarter mark as Cecchini had two threes and a jumper and Chinn a three and a pair of layups to spark the Mustangs in the third period.

Newfane could get no closer than 15 in the final stanza as two more threes and a jumper by Cecchini along with a three point play by Chinn helped the Mustangs close out the decisive win.

“Joe just had a great game, said Hellwig. “He was on fire.”

Medina now as two home games remaining on the N-O schedule against Roy-Hart next Tuesday and Wilson next Thursday.

“We just have to keep our focus and not let up,” said Hellwig.

Newfane has three games remaining against Wilson on Saturday, Barker next Tuesday and Akron next Thursday.

Medina’s Brian Fry goes under Newfane’s Deuce Capen for a shot.

Tyler Chinn drives in for a layup for the Mustangs as Sam Capen defends for the Panthers.

Getting double figure point production from a quartet of players, Lyndonville bested host Byron-Bergen 67-57 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Russell Stephens scored a game high 21 points to lead  Lyndonville’s balanced attack as Nathan Dillenbeck chipped in with 18, Noah Poler 14,Casey Winiecki 12 and Haydin Woodward 2.

Jarrod Amesbury scored 17 and David Brumstead 16 for Byron-Bergen.

Dillenbeck scored 10 and Stephens 7 in the opening period to spark Lyndonville out to a 21-14 lead.

The Tigers maintained narrow lead of 30-29 at the half and upped the advantage a bit to 47-40 at the three-quarter mark. Dillenbeck and Stephens both tallied 6 in the third period.

Lyndonville put a lock on the win by outpointing B-B 20- 17 in the final stanza as Winiecki scored 7, Poler 6 and Stephens 5.

Improving to 7-5, Lyndonville will host Akron on Friday in the non league season finale.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Lyla Lilleby puts up a shot surrounded by Newfane defenders Jensen McGhee, Allie Szratter and Mallory Schultz during the Mustangs home court loss to the Lady Panthers this afternoon.

Beginning a grueling stretch of 8 games in 9 days due to an earlier season Covid-19 related pause, Newfane downed host Medina 42-30 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball make-up contrast.

Hannah Hambruch, Sydney Hnat and Mallory Schultz each scored 7 points to lead Newfane’s balanced attack as Destini Stymus added 6, Allison Clark and Angelina DiTullio 4, Jensen McGhee 3 and Rachel Chunco and Allie Szratter 2.

Faithann Vanderwalker took game high scoring honors for Medina with 12 as Anya Bloom and Lily Carpenter both had 6, Paige Atkins 3, Lyla Lilleby 2 and Anna Cruz Robb 1.

Newfane jumped out to a 14-6 first quarter lead as Hambruch netted 5 and Stymus 4.

The Lady Panthers went on to lead by margins of 30-12 at the half and 37-22 at the three-quarter mark.

Newfane is now 3-2 and Medina 0-9.

The Lady Panthers will now host Medina Thursday in a regularly scheduled contest.

Medina’s Faithann Vanderwalker takes a shot as Sydney Hnat defends for Newfane.

No. 4 seed Roy-Hart nipped top seeded Springville 89-87 this afternoon at Springville in the semifinals of the Section VI Ontario Bracket swimming championships.

A win in the final event, the 400 Free Relay, by the quartet of Jacob Hagen, Andrew Ossont, Carter Green and Noah Stern locked up the victory for Roy-Hart.

Ossont, Carter and Stern also teamed up with Charles Rickard to win the 200 Free Relay.

In the individual events, Green was a double winner in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Stern took both the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly.

Roy-Hart will next face No. 2 Williamsville South in the championship meet on Friday. South downed No. 3 North Tonawanda 107-72 in the other semifinal.

In the Niagara Bracket semifinals top seeded Frontier defeated No. 4 Akron 91-79.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Anna Cruz Robb puts up a shot as Honesty Little defends for Albion. The action took place during the visiting Purple Eagles win over the Mustangs this evening.

Regaining the .500 mark at 4-4, Albion downed host Medina 48-29 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Aly Knaak scored 10 and Honesty Little, Sydney Mulka and Madison Hughson  8 each to lead the way for Albion as Ryan Olles added 5, Abby Scanlan 4, Olivia Krenning and Aurora Serafin 2 and Demi Doward 1.

Anya Bloom scored 9, Faithann Vanderwalker 8, Anna Cruz Robb 6, Amaya Cleveland 3, Paige Adkins 2 and Lily Carpenter 1 for Medina.

Albion jumped out to a 20-7 first quarter lead as Knaak scored 5 and Little and Mulka 4 each.

The Purple Eagles went on to hold leads of 30-14 at the half and 42-22 after three quarters.

Barker 46, Roy-Hart 40

Sydnie Luckman scored 17, Courtney Hillman 14 and Sarah Outten 9 to lead Barker to a 46-40 win over Roy-hart.

Shelby Wolf scored 11 to lead Roy-Hart which trailed 22-18 at the half.

Wilson 34, Akron 22

Defending champion Wilson opened up a commanding three game lead in the N-O title race by nipping runner-up Akron 34-32.

Bella Lemke scored 11 and Kenzie Beyer 10 for Wilson which improves to 8-0 as Akron slips to 5-3.

N-O Standings: Wilson 8-0, Akron 5-3, Albion 4-4, Roy-Hart 4-4, Barker 3-5, Newfane 2-2, Medina 0-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Chinn goes in for a layup against Albion defender Bailey Blanchard during the Mustangs key win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

A big scoring burst starting late in the third quarter sparked Medina to a 61-51 victory over rival Albion in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening at Albion.

Improving to 8-1, Medina moves a half game ahead of 7-1 Newfane, which had the bye, in the N-O title race. The Mustangs will next host the Panthers on Thursday in a a key late season battle for first place.

Trailing 35-33, Medina moved on top to stay by closing the third period with a 9-0 run on two threes by Tyler Chinn and one by Brian Fry for a 42-35 lead.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs then exploded for a 19-5 run over the first six minutes of the final period to roar away to a commanding 21 point, 61-40, advantage.

Albion’s Christian Doty drives against Medina defender Joe Cecchini.

Chinn had nine points on four layups, two coming off steals, and a free throw to lead that decisive uprising which also included three baskets from close range by Joe Cecchini and a pair of buckets by Jarin Rhim.

Chinn finished with a game high 31 points to lead the Medina attack as Cecchini had 14, Christian Drisdom 6, Dontae Rhim 4 and Jarin Rhim and Fry 3 each.

Bailey Blanchard had 18 and Damion Lattimer 14 to pace Albion as Chris Shabazz, Tony Freeman and Elijah Lloyd each had 4, Zach Coleccechi 3 and Tyler Gibson 2.

The contest was a see-saw battle for the first two and a half quarters with a total of 8 ties and 8 lead changes during that stretch.

Medina grabbed a narrow 15-12 lead at the end of the opening period which saw Chinn score 9.

However, Albion turned the tables in the second period using a 13-7 scoring edge to take a 25-22 lead at the half.  A late 6-0 run on a rebound basket by Lloyd followed by a pair of layups by Blanchard gave the Purple Eagles that lead.

Medina battled back with an 11-6 run to open the third period to rally into a 33-31 lead. Chinn had a three and a layup during that spurt which also included layups by Drisdom, Dontae Rhim and Jarin Rhim.

Albion answered back with a layup and a rebound basket by Lattimer to quickly regain a 35-33 advantage but the lead proved to be the last for the Purple Eagles.

The Mustangs answered that challenge by outscoring the Purple Eagles 28-5 over the next eight minutes to rally into a 21 point advantage with less than two minutes to go.

Albion, which is now 4-4 next visits Wilson on Thursday.

Medina’s Christian Drisdom goes in for a layup as Jahmeek Riley defends for Albion.

Roy-Hart 65, Barker 55

Aiden Petrie scored 17, Tom Ragonese 16, Rhett Goodwin 13 and Gavyn Boyle 10 to lead a balanced attack for Roy-Hart in a 65-55 win over Barker.

Nathan Meza Ray scored a game high 19 for Barker as Devonte Hill and Nicholas Guevara 8 and Joey Brandt 7.

Roy-Hart led 29-19 at the half.

Akron 45, Wilson 42

Josh Mazza scored 15 and Adam Mietz and David Kalinowski both chipped in with 11 to lead third place Akron (5-3) to a narrow 45-42 win over Wilson (2-7).

N-O Standings: Medina 8-1, Newfane 7-1, Akron 5-3, Albion 4-4, Roy-Hart 3-6, Wilson 2-7, Barker 1-8.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie grabs a rebound from Lyndonville’s Russell Stephens during the Rams win over the host Tigers this evening.

Prepping for the stretch run of the Niagara-Orleans League season, Roy-Hart scored a 68-58 win over host Lyndonville this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Aiden Petrie poured in a game high 26 points and Rhett Goodwin tallied 23 to spearhead the attack for Roy-Hart as Tom Ragonese added 12, Jon Gillings 3 and Gavyn Boyle and Joel Kubas 2 each.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored 25 and Russell Stephens 16 to set the pace for Lyndonville as Noah Poler chipped in with 9, Casey Winiecki 4, Anthony Moule 3 and Owen Mank 1.

Lyndonville’s Trenton Muck drives to the basket as Aiden Petrie defends for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 15 point, 20-5, lead at the outset as Petrie scored 10 and Goodwin 6.

Lyndonville though cut the deficit a bit to nine, 20-11, at the end of the opening period after a three-point play and a three by Dillenbeck.

Keeping the momentum, the Tigers opened the second period with an 8-2 run on two baskets by Stephens and one each by Poler and Winiecki to pull to within three at 22-19.

The Tigers stayed within five, 31-26, at the half and closed to within four, 40-36, midway through the third period after an 8-2 run. A slam dunk by Stephens highlighted that rally which also included two layups by Dillenbeck and one by Stephens.

However, the Rams closed the period with a 13-5 run to hike the advantage back to a dozen at 53-41 at the three-quarter mark. Goodwin had two threes and Gillings one during that stretch as Petrie chipped in with a pair of rebound buckets.

Goodwin had a total of three threes and Petrie three baskets  in the quarter .

Dillenbeck and Stephens both had three baskets in the period to help keep Lyndonville close.

Down the stretch Lyndonville did rally back to within five, 56-51, with 5:25 to go  after a three by Dillenbeck and a layup by Poler but the Tigers could get no closer.

The Rams answered with a rebound bucket by Ragonese, a layup by Petrie and a three by Goodwin to regain a 10 point, 63-53 advantage with 2:45 remaining.

A layup by Poler did pull the Tigers back to within six, 63-57, with a minute to go but Goodwin countered with three free throws for give the Rams a 66-57 lead with 25 seconds to go to put a firm lock on the victory.

Roy-Hart next hosts Barker on Tuesday in an N-O contest.

Lyndonville, which will also host Akron on Friday, is now 6-5 and Roy-Hart 3-6.

Roy-Hart’s Gavyn Boyle looks to drive to the basket as Noah Poler and Russell Stephens defend for Lyndonville.