Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Noah Neff works toward a pin over Byron-Bergen’s Joe Perez during the host Tigers Genesee Region League title clinching victory this evening.

Lyndonville put a lock on outright possession of the Genesee Region League wrestling championship by scoring a 46-21 victory over visiting Byron-Bergen this evening.

Pins by Noah Neff (138) in 49 seconds, Brandon Munn (132) in 1:20, Sam Doolan (215) in 1:22 and Sebastian Temich (152) in 1:59 highlighted the victory for the Tigers.

Rodney Davis (189) added a major decision win for the Tigers which also got decision wins by Peyton Grabowski (160) and Avery Wilcox (285).

Lyndonville finishes the G-R season with a 3-0 record.

Lyndonville’s Rodney Davis works toward a major decision win over Byron-Bergen’s Devon Heick.

Building up a 10-0 lead late in the second period undefeated East Aurora/Holland went on to defeat Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina 14-2 Tuesday evening in a Western New York Club Hockey League game at the outdoor rink in East Aurora.

RBM did net two goals before the end of that period.  Corey Saj (Medina) scored unassisted and a half a minute later, Dominic Peracciny (Roy-Hart) got RBM’s last score with an assist from Saj.

RBM returns to action this evening at the Cornerstone Arena hosting City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara at 7:50 p.m..  They have two more games this week, Friday in Jamestown and home on Sunday.

Roy-Hart and Medina both scored wins today in the pre-quarterfinal round of the Section VI boys swim championships.

The Ontario Bracket “virtual” meets saw No. 5 Medina defeat No. 12 West Seneca 96-74 and No. 4 Roy-Hart best No. 11 Eden 110-66.

Isaac Pace was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Ben Griffin took the 200 Free for Medina.

Noah Stern doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Carter Green in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke for Roy-Hart which also had Sean Labiak take the 100 Backstroke, Jacob Hagen the 200 Free and Nick Saia the 100 Butterfly.

Medina will next meet Roy-Hart in a “virtual” quarterfinal round meet on Friday.

Rebounding from a nine point halftime deficit, Roy-Hart rallied to defeat host Albion 44-36 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Trailing 23-14 at the half, Roy-Hart outscored Albion 13-7 in the third period to cut the deficit to three at 30-27.

The Lady Rams then completed the comeback by outpointing the Purple Eagles 17-6 in the finals stanza.

Shelby Wolf scored a game high 22 and Claire Halstead added 10 to lead the way for Roy-Hart. Wolf scored 10 in the third quarter to help ignite the Lady Rams rally. Hslstead then netted 6 and Wolf 4 in the decisive final quarter.

Honesty Little had 15 and Abby Scanlan 12 for Albion.

Roy-Hart is now 3-2 and Albion 3-3.

Wilson 54, Medina 14

All 12 players broke into the scoring column as undefeated (5-0) defending champion Wilson downed host Medina 54-14.

Bella Lemke scored 9 and Meg Musall 8 to lead the way for Wilson.

Lily Carpenter had 7 for Medina.

Akron 47, Newfane 26

Playing its first game since February 12 after being on a Covid-19 related pause, Newfane (1-1) dropped a 47-26 decision to Akron which improves to 4-2.

Oakfield-Alabama 58, Lyndonville 39

Building up a 34-19 halftime advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 58-39 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Danica Porter scored 15 and McKena Reding 14 to lead the way for the Lady Hornets which improves to 6-3.

Lorelei Dillenbeck led Lyndonville with 16 as Ella Lewis and Karlee Rounds each had 8, Kaylee Nesbitt 6 and Gracie Johnson 1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Damion Lattimer puts up a shot against Roy-Hart defenders Aiden Petrie and Rhett Goodwin during the Purple Eagles win over the host Rams this evening.

Making it four wins in a row, Albion posted a 72-46 victory over host Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

With the victory Albion improves to 4-2 and moves to within a game of first place in the suddenly very tight N-O title race.

Four teams are now within a game of first place after Akron knocked Newfane from the ranks of the unbeaten by a 50-31 margin and Medina downed host Wilson 60-44.

Roy-Hart’s Jon Gillings goes up for a shot as Elijah Lloyd defends for Albion.

Medina and Newfane are now tied for first place at 5-1 at the halfway point of the N-O season with Albion and Akron both just a game off the pace at 4-2.

Bailey Blanchard and Damion Lattimer each scored 15 and Christian Doty 11 to lead the way for Albion as Jahmeek Riley added 9, Tyler Gibson and Tony Freeman 5 and Chris Shabazz, Elijah Lloyd and Greg Thompson 4 each.

Aiden Petrie took game high honors with 17 and Rhett Goodwin had 13 to lead Roy-Hart as Gavyn Boyle added 5, John Conley 3 and Jon Gillings, Bryan Baes, Vincent Buscarino and Brandon Masters 2 each.

Albion jumped out to a 15 point, 24-9 first quarter lead as Doty had two threes and a jumper, Blanchard a three and a layup and Shabazz a pair of baskets.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 16 point, 38-22, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Lattimer scored nine in the second period.

Roy-Hart did come battling back by opening the third period with a 14-3 run to slice the deficit to just five at 43-38. Goodwin had a three and a jumper and Petrie a pair of layups to lead that Rams rally.

However, Albion answered back with a key 10-0 run to close the period and regain a 15 point, 53-38, advantage heading into the final quarter. Freeman had a three, Riley a layup off a steal and Lattimer a layup and a rebound bucket during that key uprising.

The Purple Eagles then put a firm lock on the victory by opening the final period with a 15-6 run to roar away to a 17 point, 68-41 lead.

Medina 60, Wilson 44

Pulling away in the third quarter, Medina went on to defeat host Wilson 60-44.

Leading 29-21 at the half, the Mustangs outscored the Lakemen 19-9 in the decisive third period to take a 48-30 advantage into the final period.

Tyler Chinn scored 18 and Brian Fry 14 to lead the way for Medina as Jarin Rhim, Joe Cecchini and Christian Drisdom each added 7,  Dontae Rhim 4 and Matt Henning 3. Chinn also had 6 assists and 6 steals and Fry 6 assists.

Michael Miller led Wilson with 12.

Akron 50, Newfane 31

Mitchell Holtz scored 19, Adam Mietz 11, David Kalinowski and Jake Mazza 7 each and Josh Mazza 6 to lead Akron to a key 50-31 victory over previously unbeaten Newfane.

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

Albion’s Tyler Gibson drives in for a layup as Rhett Goodwin and Brandon DeNeri defend for Roy-Hart.

Snapping a five game losing streak, Lyndonville defeated host Kendall 45-38 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Ella Lewis scored 12 to lead Lyndonville’s balanced attack  as Lorelei Dillenbeck, Ashlee Stephens and Alexis Hughes each added 7, Karlee Rounds 6 and Gracie Johnson 5.

Elizabeth Snyder scored a game high 14 and Kailie Regan added 6 for Kendall.

Up by a narrow 34-33 margin at the three-quarter mark, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Eagles 11-5 in the decisive final period to lock up the win. Lewis, Dillenbeck and Stephens each had three and Rounds two in the stanza.

Lyndonville led 18-10 after one quarter and 28-18 at the half.

Now at 2-9, Lyndonville next visits Oakfield-Alabama on Tuesday.

Kendall is now 3-5.

Oakfield-Alabama 47, Holley 17

Makena Reding scored 11, Kelsey Schleagenhauf 9 and Brooke Reding 8 to lead Oakfield-Aalbama to a 47-17 win over visiting Holley.

Halee Passarell scored 13 for Holley.

G-R Boys Basketball

Oakfield-Alabama 72, Holley 37

Up 37-26 at the half, Oakfield-Alabama outpointed host Holley 35-11 in the second half to claim a 72-37 G-R win.

Kaden Cusmano scored 20 and Travis Wiedrich 17 to lead the way for the Hornets.

Broek Ostrom shared game high honors with 20 for Holley.

Kendall vs. Lyndonville

The Kendall at Lyndonville game was postponed due to a power outage in Lyndonville.

The game is expected to be made up on Thursday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Abby Scanlan puts up a shot over Pembroke defender Sydney Johnson during this evening’s non league game at Albion.

A big scoring surge to end the first half keyed Pembroke to a 48-28 win over host Albion this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Albion stayed within five, 18-13, early in the second quarter after a run of seven straight points by Madison Hughson on two layups and a three point play.

However, Pembroke answered back with a decisive 14-1 scoring burst to move out to a commanding 32-14 half-time advantage.

Emily Peters and Isabel Breeden both had a pair of baskets and Sydney Johnson a three to highlight that key uprising by the Lady Dragons.

Pembroke increased its advantage to 26, 42-16, at the three-quarter mark as Breeden had six, including a three, in the third period.

Serene Calderon finished with 14, Breeden 13 and Peters 8 to lead the way for Pembroke.

Hughson scored 7, Aly Knaak and Abby Scanlan 6, Sydney Mulka and Aurora Serafin 4 and Honest Little 1 for Albion.

Now at 4-4 overall, Albion next hosts Roy-Hart on Tuesday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Albion’s Honesty Little looks to put up a shot as Isabel Breeden and Allie Schwerthoffer defend for Pembroke.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club icers traveled to North Buffalo Sunday evening to face the City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara team and came away with a narrow 6-4  Western New York Club Hockey League loss.

Late in the first period, CH/CO scored the initial goal of the game and seven seconds later scored another. Before the end of the period, however, Dayton Ruppel (Akron) scored from Corey Saj (Medina) for RBM.

In the second, CH/CO had three more goals, but Saj scored from Dominic Peracciny (Roy-Hart) to make the score 5-2 going into the final period.

In the third period Ruppel scored unassisted, but CH/CO matched that score.  RBM ended the scoring with a power play goal by Saj with the assist going to Lucius Wagner (Medina) with just 12 seconds remaining..

Now 0-3 on the season, RBM next faces league leading and undefeated East Aurora/Holland  Tuesday for an away game beginning at 8 p.m.

Staying in the thick of the race for a sectional playoff berth, Lyndonville bested host Elba 67-57 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Nathan Dillenbeck led Lyndonville’s balanced attack with 23 as Noah Poler added 16, Russell Stephens 14, Casey Winiecki 11 and Trenton Muck 3.

Elba, which slips to 3-4, was led by Zach Marsceill with 18, CJ Gottler 16 and Jayden Hughes 11. Connor Scott added 7, Andrew Hare 3 and Jaykob Belluscio 2 for the Lancers.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 24-17 first quarter lead as Stephens had 9, including a three, and Dillenbeck 8, including a pair of threes.

Elba did slice the deficit to just two, 33-31, at the half but Lyndonville answered with a big 16-6 third period scoring edge to regain a 12 point, 49-37, advantage at the three-quarter mark. Poler spearheaded that uprising with 12 including a three.

The Lancers could get no closer than nine down the stretch as 9 points by Dillenbeck and 5 by Winiecki helped the Tigers put a lock on the victory

With only eight teams in each classification qualifying for the sectionals this year, Lyndonville entered the game deadlocked for the final two Class C2 spots with Byron-Bergen and Dundee all 4-3.

Now, making it three wins in the last four starts, Lyndonville improves to 5-3 heading into the final week of the regular season. Lyndonville will close out the G-R campaign by hosting Kendall on Monday and Oakfield-Alabama on Wednesday. The Tigers will then host Holley in a non league contest on Saturday.