Though five games remain on the league schedule it is the next three in a row that will largely determine if current co-leader Medina will emerge with at least a share of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball championship.

Medina is currently tied for the N-O lead with Newfane at 6-1 followed by Akron at 4-2 and Albion 4-3.

The Mustangs begin that key stretch by hosting Akron at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The Mustangs edged past the Tigers 49-45 in their earlier season meeting at Akron.

The Tigers are coming off a huge win as they knocked Newfane from the ranks of the unbeaten by a 50-31 margin on Tuesday. The Tigers got good scoring from their veteran quintet of Mitchell Holtz with 19, Adam Mietz 11, David Kalinowski and Jake Mazza 7 each and Josh Mazza 6.

Newfane did bounce back from that loss by scoring a key 58-52 win at Albion on Thursday evening.

Medina will then visit rival Albion at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Mustangs downed the Purple Eagles 54-42 in their earlier meeting at Medina but Albion has gone 4-1 since then.

The Mustangs will conclude their key stretch by hosting Newfane next Thursday at 6 p.m.

Medina will be looking to avenge an earlier season 64-44 loss at Newfane. That was a tight 38-36 game after three quarters but the Panthers erupted for a big 26-8 scoring burst in the final stanza to close out the key victory.

Saturday’s other games will have Roy-Hart at Newfane and Barker at Wilson.

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

After a week delay the Niagara-Orleans League completed its annual boys and girls All-League swim meets today as Newfane swimmers, which had been on a Covid-19 pause, swam their events.

The only change on the leader board from last week when the other five N-O schools swam their events, was a win by Newfane’s Lauren Enderton in the 100 Backstroke in a time of 1:09.22.

Individual event double winners in the competition included Medina’s Isaac Pace (50 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke), Roy-Hart’s Carter Green (200 Free, 500 Free) and Mandy Hill (200 Individual Medley, 100 Free) and Akron’s CC Morey (100 Butterfly, 500 Free).

The complete list of winning relay teams and the top three finishers in each individual event follows:

Boys Results

200 Medley Relay – Medina (Michael Marker, Isaac Pace, Bryson Costich, Xander Payne) 1:55.21.

200 Freestyle – Carter Green (R-H), Zander Borton (Ak), Jacob Hagen (R-H) 1:51.96.

200 Individual Medley – Ryan Santarsiero (B), Aiden Polkowski (Ak), Ethan Niver (N) 2:14.53.

50 Freestyle – Pace (M), Noah Stern (R-H), Andrew Ossont (R-H) :23.36.

100 Butterfly – Marker (M), E. Niver (N), Austin Niver (N) 1:03.40.

100 Freestyle – Stern (R-H), Eli Thompson (N), Hagen (R-H) :55.01.

500 Freestyle – Green (R-H), Borton (Ak), Daenon Kopp (N) 5:21.14

200 Freestyle Relay – Roy-Hart (Charles Rickard, Ossont, Green, Stern) 1:39.46

100 Backstroke – Dawson Stone (Ak), Thompson (N), Ryan Stevener (B) 1:03.43

100 Breaststroke – Pace (M), Santarsiero (B), Rickard (R-H) 1:03.61

400 Freestyle Relay – Roy-Hart (Green, Hagen, Ossont, Stern) 3:47.24

Girls Results

200 Medley Relay – Akron (Shea Masse, Mayah Harris, CC Morey, Alex Roland) 2:04.89

200 Freestyle – Marisa Maggiore (Ak), Bridget Martin (N), Natalie Bruning (B) 2:14.54

200 Individual Medley – Mandy Hill (R-H), Lauren Enderton (N), Brooklyn Brown (M) 2:24.56

50 Freestyle – Rachel PeQueen (Ak), Addie Naylor (N), Amanda Woodruff (M) :25.99

100 Butterfly – Morey (Ak), Brown (M), Logan Polkowski (Ak) 1:05.47

100 Freestyle –  Hill (R-H), PeQueen (Ak), Maggiore (Ak) :55.77

500 Freestyle – Morey (Ak), Martin (N), Emma Corbett (Ak) 6:02.84

200 Freestyle Relay – Akron (PeQueen, Morey, Maggiore, Roland) 1:49.55

100 Backstroke – Enderton (N), Masse (Ak), Samantha Bellis (Ak) 1:09.22

100 Breaststroke – Harris (Ak), Naylor (N), Kimberly Schmitt (N) 1:17.46

400 Freestyle Relay – Akron (Roland, Maggiore, Masse, PeQueen) 4:12.41.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Russell Stephens scored a career high 34 points for Lyndonville this evening in the host Tigers 81-55 win over Kendall.

Pulling away in the third quarter, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Kendall 81-55 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Russell Stephens poured in a career high 34 points and Nathan Dillenbeck added 22 to lead the way for Lyndonville. Noah Poler chipped in with 8, Anthony Moule 6, Casey Winiecki 4, Jaden Dent 3 and Trenton Muck and Haydin Woodward 2 each.

Derek Edick scored 18, Devin Edick 14 and Zach Barrett 11 to pace Kendall as Braxton Zarpentine added 7 and Jeffrey Pratt 5.

Leading by a narrow 37-34 margin at the half, Lyndonville erupted with a 26-12 third period scoring burst to break the contest open. Stephens scored 14 to lead that decisive uprising for the Tigers.

Lyndonville had grabbed a 17-12 lead at the end of the opening period as Stephens scored 7 and  Dillenbeck 5. Derek Edick netted 9 in the stanza to help keep Kendall close.

The visiting Eagles cut the deficit to three, 37-34, at the half as Devin Edick tallied 11, including three threes, and Derek Edick 7 in the second period.  Stephens and Dillenbeck each scored seven in the stanza for the Tigers.

Lyndonville then broke the contest wide open in the third period to improve to 6-4 on the season.

The loss drops Kendall to 1-9.

Putting an end to a four game losing streak, Barker bested host Medina 44-21 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Sydnie Luckman poured in a game high 27 points and Chloe Lee added 7 to set the pace for Barker which led 15-9 at the half and 34-15 at the three-quarter mark.

Faithann Vanderwalker had 10, Anya Bloom 6 and Lily Carpenter 5 for Medina.

Newfane 35, Albion 22

Building up a 22-9 half-time advantage, Newfane went on to defeat visiting Albion 35-22 as Rachel Chunco and Hannah Hambruch each scored 10.

Wilson 58, Roy-Hart 43

Grabbing leads of 17-6 after one quarter and 31-16 at the half, defending champion Wilson went on to defeat visiting Roy-Hart 58-43 to stay unbeaten at 6-0.

Julia Faery scored 16, Isabella Lemke and Kenzie Beyer 10 each and Meg Musall 9 to pace Wilson.

Shelby Wolf took game high honors for Roy-Hart with 22 as Mya Glena added 6 and Ava Owens and Claire Halstead 4 each.

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

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Tyler Chinn scored 30 in Medina’s win at Barker this evening.

Maintaining a share of first place, Medina bested host Barker 71-47 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys baseball game.

Tyler Chinn scored a career high 30 points, including five threes, to spearhead the attack for Medina which improves to 6-1.

Brian Fry added 15, Christian Drisdom 9, Jarin Rhim 6, Matt Henning 3 and Joe Cecchini, Hayden Woodroe and Anthony Rutty 2 each for the Mustangs.

Fry also grabbed off 12 rebounds, Rhim 11 and Chinn 8.

Joey Brandt scored 12 and Devonte Hill 11 for Barker which slips to 1-6.

Chinn erupted for 14 points in the opening quarter to help spark Medina out to s 25-12 lead.

The Mustangs went on to hold leads of 39-28 at the half and 58-38 at the three-quarter mark. Chinn netted 6 in the second quarter and 5 in both the third and fourth periods.

Medina next hosts 4-2 Akron in a key contest on Saturday.

Roy-Hart 60, Wilson 58

Snapping a five game losing streak, Roy-Hart nipped visiting Wilson 60-58 in another N-O contest.

Aiden Petrie scored a career high 29 points to lead the way for Roy-Hart including a clutch late basket which gave the Rams a 60-55 lead.

Tom Ragonese chipped in with 12 for the Rams which improve to 2-5.

Michael Miller scored 21 and Ben Lyman 14 for Wilson which slips to 1-6.

Roy-Hart led 18-9 after the first quarter, 28-25 at the half and 49-39 at the three-quarter mark.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Bailey Blanchard goes up for a shot against Newfane defenders Cade Littman, Connor Gunby and Zack Snow during the Purple Eagles loss to the visiting Panthers this evening.

Getting back onto the winning track, Newfane downed host Albion 58-52 this evening to maintain a share of the Niagara-Orleans League lead.

Newfane, which was rebounding from a 50-31 loss to Akron on Tuesday, improves to 6-1 and remain deadlocked for the N-O lead with Medina which bested Barker 71-47. The loss drops Albion to 4-3 and two games off the pace.

Breaking away from a 39-39 deadlock at the three-quarter mark, Newfane regained the lead for good as a burst of four threes by Tyler Oudette put the Panthers up by nine at 51-42.

Albion could get no closer than five after that at 52-47 after a layup by Tyler Gibson with 32 seconds to go.

The Panthers final seven points came from the free throw line including four by Zack Snow and three by Jeremy Foltz.

Snow finished with 19, Oudette 15 and Foltz 11 to lead Newfane as Michael Carmer chipped in with 6, Sam Capen 5 and Cade Littman 2.

Chris Shabazz scored 12 and Christian Doty and Jahmeek Riley 11 each to pace Albion as Gibson, Bailey Blanchard and Elijah Lloyd had 5 each and Damion Lattimer 3.

Snow hit two threes and Foltz had 6 points and Carmer 4 in the opening period to spark Newfane out to a 15-10 lead.

Albion answered back with a 13-1 run to open the second period on a layup, a three and two free throws by Riley along a layup by Gibson and two fast break layups by Shabazz to rally into a 23-19 lead.

Back-to-back threes by Doty and Blanchard to close the period helped the Purple Eagles maintain an eight point, 31-23, advantage at the half.

However, Newfane turned the tables in the third period outscoring Albion 16-8, to pull into a 39-39 tie at the three-quarter mark. A three by Oudette capped off that key uprising for the Panthers which also included a three, a layup off a steal and another layup by Snow.

The Panthers kept the momentum going into the final quarter keyed by the burst of four threes by Oudette to move back on top to stay.

Albion’s Elijah Lloyd puts up a shot as Brett Buccalo and Jeremy Foltz defend for Newfane.

After two excellent periods of hockey, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team fell to City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara for the second time in four days, 4-1 on Wednesday in a Western New York Club Hockey League contest..

The visitors scored the first goal at the 14:07 point of the opening period.  RBM came back near the end of the stanza on a goal by Ryan Mettler (Roy-Hart) assisted by Dayton Ruppel (Akron).

Neither team could score in the next period, so the contest entered the third tied 1-1.  At about the halfway point, CH/CO scored twice within a minute to seal the win.

RBM plays their fourth game in six days Friday evening at Jamestown beginning at 9 p.m..

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule puts up a shot over Oakfield-Alabama’s Kaden Cusmano during the host Tigers loss to the Hornets this evening.

Breaking away from a tight sea-saw battle with a late third quarter scoring burst, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat host Lyndonville 70-63 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball lame.

There were 11 ties and 8 lead changes over the first two and a half quarters before Oakfeld-Alabama closed the third quarter with an 8-4 run to take the lead for good at 50-46. Two layups by Gaige Armbrewster highlighted that surge.

Keeping the momentum, the Hornets then opened the decisive final period with a 10-2 run to increase their advantage to 12 at 60-48. Noah Currier, Armbrewster, Travis Wiedrich and Kyle Porter all contributed baskets to that run.

Lyndonville could get no closer than six after that.

Armbrewster finished with 14 to lead the Hornets balanced attack as Ty Mott added 13, Porter 12, Peyton Yasses 11, Wiedrich 10 and Kaden Cusmano 8.

Nathan Dillenbeck took game high honors with 21 for Lyndonville as Noah Poler chipped in with 13, Anthony Moule 10, Casey Winiecki 9, Russell Stephens 8 and Trenton Muck 2.

The Hornets grabbed a 16-12 lead at the end of the opening period after back-to-back threes by Porter to close the stanza.

Lyndonville answered with a 19-14 scoring edge in the second period to rally into a slender 31-30 lead at the half.

Dillenbeck scored 7, Stephens 5 and Winiecki 4 to lead the Tigers in the second period.

A three-point play by Stephens followed by a layup by Poler upped Lyndonville’s lead to four, 40-36, early in the third period but the Tigers could not build on the advantage.

The Hornets quickly retied the contest at 42-42 and then closed the period with an 8-4 run to regain the lead for good at 50-46 at the three-quarter mark.

Lyndonville, which next hosts Kendall on Thursday evening is now 5-4.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Broek Ostrom led Holley past host Elba this evening by pouring in a career high 43 points.

Led by the huge 43 point scoring effort by Broek Ostrom, Holley posted a 74-66 victory  over host Elba this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

The Hawks single game scoring record is held by Tim Persia who scored 50 in 1964 which is fourth highest in Section V history.

Breaking away from a 48-48 deadlock after three quarters, Holley outscored Elba 26-18 in the decisive final stanza to claim the victory.

Ostrom tallied 13 in the final period which also included clutch late free throws by both Mason Neale and Charlie Turpyn which helped seal the victory.

Neale had a total of 13 on the evening and Erik Lang chipped in with 10.

Zach Marscell scored 23 and Caleb Scouten 12 for Elba.

Holley, which brought a 1-8 record into the contest, held narrow leads of 20-15 after one period and 38-36 at the half.  Ostrom scored 15 in the opening period and 9 in the second.

“That was definitely the highlight of the season,” said Hawks Coach Wil Prince of the victory.

Alexander 73, Kendall 45

Building up a 41-19 half-time advantage, Alexander went on to down Kendall 73-45 in another G-R contest.

Nicholas Kramer led Alexander with 16.

Zach Barrett scored 13 for Kendall as Derek Edick and Braxton Zarpentine both added 12