Contributed Photos – Connor Bell works for a pin at 118 for Lyndonville at the Williamson Duals today.

Compiling a perfect 3-0 record, Lyndonville captured top honors at the Williamson Duals wrestling tournament today.

The Tigers romped past North Rose-Wolcott 60-9, Williamson 60-9 and Wayne 55-18.

Connor Bell (118), Sebastian Temich (152), Rodney Davis (172), Sam Doolan (215) and Avery Wilcox (285) each went 3-0 with three pins for the Tigers.

Lyndonville also had Brennon Munn (132) and Dillon Burt-Hodgins (145) both go 3-0 and Noah Neff (138) 2-0. Munn registered  two pins.

Sebastian Temich in route to scoring a pin at 152 for the Tigers.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey dropped an 11-5 decision to Eden/LakeShore/Pioneer/Springville (ELPS) Friday evening at the Leisure Rink in a Western New York Club Hockey League game.

ELPS opened the scoring at the 11:09 point of the opening period, but Corey Saj (Medina) tied the score with an assist from Dayton Ruppel (Akron).  ELPS would go on to take a commanding 4-1 lead at the end of the period.

Saj would next score for RBM unassisted, but ELPS held an 8-1 lead until Ruppel scored near the end of the period with Saj getting the assist.

In the third period, Saj completed his hat trick with Dominic Peracciny (RoyHart) gaining the assist.  The final goal for RBM was scored by Joel Harris (Barker) with Saj getting his fifth point on the assist.

Now 0-2 on the season, RBM begins an eight day, five game stretch beginning Sunday against City Honors/ Cardinal O’Hare at the North Buffalo Arena at 2PM.  Tuesday they are at East Aurora/Holland, Wednesday against City Honors in Lockport, Friday at Jamestown and next Sunday against ELPS at home.

Akron outlasted host Akron 48-46 in overtime this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Abby Scanlan scored four points and Honesty Little two in the decisive overtime period for Albion.

Scanlan had a total of 18 points and Little 10 along with 10 rebounds.

Jessee Jonathan scored 15 and Jayni Sundown 9 for Akron.

The contest was deadlocked 42-42 at the end of regulation time.

Albion and Akron are now both 3-2.

Roy-Hart 63, Medina 24

Holding a narrow 13-11 lead at the end of the first quarter, Roy-Hart broke the contest open by outscoring Medina 21-4 in the second period in route to posting a 63-24 win.

Rileigh McCabe scored 15 and Claire Halstead, Shelby Wolf and Kara Choate each added 10 for Roy-Hart. Ava Owens chipped in with 8, Mya Quinn 6 and Miah Glena and Ryan Hiller 2 each. 

Choate scored 9 in the decisive second period as the Lady Rams opened up a commanding 34-15 lead at the half..

Faithann Vanderwalker scored 9, Anya Bloom 7,  Lyla Lilleby 6 and Paige Adkins 2 each for Medina.

Roy-Hart is now 2-2 and Medina 0-4.

N-O Standings: Wilson 4-0, Albion 3-2, Akron 3-2, Roy-Hart 2-2, Newfane 1-0, Barker 1-5, Medina 0-4

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Joe Cecchini tries to block a shot attempt by Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie as Jarin Rhim moves in to support. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Rams this afternoon.

Exploding out to an 18 point first quarter lead, Medina romped to an 87-40 victory over host Roy-Hart this afternoon as the Mustangs improve to 4-1 in Niagara-Orleans League competition.

The Mustangs had a total of five players in double figures as Tyler Chinn netted 20, Brian Fry 18 and Jarin Rhim, Matt Henning and David Berry 10 each as Joe Cecchini added 9, Ricky Wood 8 and Hayden Woodroe 2.

Bryan Baes scored 9 and Aiden Petrie 8 to pace Roy-Hart as Gavyn Boyle had 6, Vincent Buscarino and Joel Kubas 4, Rhett Goodwin, John Conley and Dominick Beyer 3 each.

Roy-Hart’s Rhett Goodwin puts up a shot against Medina defenders Matt Henning and Joe Cecchini.

Leading by a narrow 12-8 margin, Medina began to break the contest open by closing the opening period with a 14-0 run to take a 26-8 lead.

Chinn had a layup off a steal, a three and a layup during that key surge which also included baskets by Fry and Rhim.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs went on to outscore the Rams 24-12 in the second period to open up a commanding 30 point, 50-20, advantage at the half.

Berry had three baskets and Chinn, Fry, Henning and Wood all hit threes in the second period.

The Medina lead soared to 42 at 69-27 at the end of the third period which saw the Mustangs outpoint the Rams 19-7.  Fry scored six and Chinn and Rhim each netted four in the stanza.

Medina next visits Wilson and Roy-Hart, which slips to 1-4, hosts Albion on Tuesday.

Albion 45, Akron 34

Trailing 5-3 after the opening period, Albion outscored Akron 14-4 in the second quarter to key the 45-34 win.

Bailey Blanchard scored six and Jahmeek Riley and Damion Lattimer both added four in the second period as Albion moved out to a 17-9  halftime advantage.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 10 point, 29-19, lead at the three-quarter mark and then used 9 of 11 free throw shooting in the final period to lock up the win.

Blanchard and Tony Freeman each scored five and Riley four in the final stanza.

Blanchard finished with 14, Riley 8, Lattimer and Freeman 7 each, Tyler Gibson 6, Christian Doty 2 and Chris Shabazz 1.

Adam Mietz led Akron with 12

Albion and Akron are now both 3-2 in N-O action.

Newfane 52, Barker 28

Front-running Newfane stayed undefeated at 5-0 with a 52-28 win over Barker.

Sam Capen scored 15 and Michael Carmer 10 for the Panthers which led 26-15 at the half.

Shane Gerhardt scored 9 and Joey Brandt 8 for Barker which is now 1-5.

N-O Standings: Newfane 5-0, Medina 4-1, Albion 3-2, Akron 3-2, Roy-Hart 1-4, Wilson 1-4, Barker 1-5.

Medina’s Hayden Woodroe shoots over Roy-Hart defender Bryan Baes as Joel Kubas moves in from behind.

Wheatland-Chili downed Holley 56-43 and Pembroke bested Kendall 80-48 this evening in Genesee Region League boys basketball action.

Terry Bailey-Henshaw and Aaron Lund each scored 14 to spark W-C which led 29-16 at the half and 41-28 at the three-quarter mark.

Broek Ostrom took game high honors with 21 and James Tette netted 15 for Holley.

Garrett Totten scored 23 and Tyson Totten 20 to pace Pembroke past Kendall.

Derek Edick scored 13 and Quante Gillians and Braxton Zarpentine each added 8 for Kendall which trailed 32-16 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis puts up a shot against Elba defender Leah Bezon during this evening’s game at Lyndonville as Alexis Hughes moves in to support.

Staying perfect at 9-0, Elba posted a 73-51 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Taylor Augello scored 19, Maddie Muehlig and Brynn Walczak 15 each and Leah Bezon 13 to lead Elba’s balanced attack. Walczak reached the 1,000 point career scoring mark with a short jumper early in the first quarter.

Elba’s Brynn Walczak scores her 1,000th point in the first quarter as Ashlee Stephens defends for Lyndonville.

Ella Lewis shared game high honors for Lyndonville with 19 as Ashlee Stephens scored 13, Lorelei Dillenbeck 12, Karlee Rounds 5 and Gracie Johnson 2.

Back-to-back lay ups by Rounds and Lewis kept Lyndonville within six, 25-19, three minutes into the second quarter but the Lady Tigers could get no closer.

Elba answered with a big 17-5 scoring surge to pull away to an 18 point, 42-24, advantage at the half. Muehlig, Bezon and Walczak each scored four and Dakota Brinkman hit a three during that decisive uprising.

The Lady Lancers maintained an 18 point, 58-40, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Muehlig scored seven, including a three, and Kelsea Augello chipped in with a three to highlight that stretch.

Lewis had a big third quarter for the Lady Tigers with 12 points including a pair of threes.

Pembroke 53, Kendall 43

Emily Peters scored a game high 24 points, including six threes, to lead Pembroke to a 53-43 G-R win over Kendall.

Alezya Brown had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 5 steals and Elizabeth Snyder 8 points, 15 rebounds, 7 blocks and 6 steals for Kendall which trailed by only five, 22-17, at the half.

Wheatland-Chili 47, Holley 24

Building up a 27-8 halftime advantage, Wheatland-Chili went on to defeat Holley 47-24 in another G-R contest.

Thalaih Sainpaulin scored a game high 21 points to pace W-C.

Halee Passarell led Holley with 17.

Lyndonville’s Kaylee Nesbitt puts up a shot as Dakota Brinkman tries to block.

Section VI today released the “Fall 2” football schedule which will include a short series of five games (instead of the normal eight games) for each school during the month of April.

For local fans the short season schedule includes one glaring omission – the Albion vs. Medina game. It will mark the first time since 1919 that a high school football season will be played without Albion and Medina meeting on the gridiron.

“Because it is a short five game season the section was not able to get most of the rivalry games in,” said Albion Athletic Director and Football Coach Adam Krenning. “If the rivals are not in the same classification then the game will not happen.”

This year Medina has dropped to Class C while Albion is still in Class B2. Since Class C has six schools and Class B2 seven schools the short five game season only allows for divisional contests.

Medina is scheduled to open the season on Thursday April 1 at home against Newfane at 7 p.m.

Albion’s season opener is slated for Saturday April 3 at Iroquois at 7 p.m.

Medina’s other games include Friday April 9 at Akron, Friday April 16 at home against Cleveland Hill, Friday April 23 at home against Wilson and Thursday April 29 at Tonawanda, all at 7 p.m.

Albion’s schedule also includes Friday April 9 at Depew, Friday April 16 at home against Dunkirk, Friday April 23 at Olean and Friday April 30 at home against Lake Shore, all at 7 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman- Lyndonville senior Nathan Dillenbeck surpassed the 1,000 point career scoring mark this evening in the Tigers win at Notre Dame.

Lyndonville rallied for an exciting 67-65 victory over host Notre Dame in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game this evening as Tigers senior Nathan Dillenbeck surpassed the 1,000 point career scoring milestone.

Dillenbeck, who finished with 22, hit a three with 1:50 to go in the opening quarter to reach the 1,000 point mark. He now has a career total of 1,019 points.

The Tigers balanced attack also had Casey Winiecki with 15, Noah Poler 14, Russell Stephens 12 and Anthony Moule 4.

Colin McCulley took game high honors for Notre Dame with 27 as Mark Sanders had 15.

Poler scored 9 and Stephens 6 in the opening quarter to help Lyndonville take a 20-17 lead.

However, Notre Dame answered with  19-10 second quarter scoring edge. including 12 by McCulley, to rally into a 36-30 lead at the half.

The Irish maintained a 49-44 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Lyndonville though came battling back down the stretch outpointing Notre Dame 23-16 to claim the come-fro-behind victory.

Dillenbeck and Winiecki each scored 8 in the decisive final period as Stephens chipped in with 4 and Poler a three.

Lyndonville, which next visits Elba on Saturday, improves to 4-3 while Notre Dame is 3-2.

Byron-Bergen 78, Kendall 51

Jumping out to big leads of 23-7 after one quarter and 43-29 at the half, Byron-Bergen went on to defeat host Kendall 78-51 in another G-R contest.

Nick Baubie scored 20 and Jared Amesbury 14 to lead the way for the Bees.

Derek Edick scored 19, Quante Gillians 14 and Braxton Zarpentine 12 for Kendall. Gillians also had 7 rebounds and Edick 5 blocks.

Albion downed visiting Barker 36-29 this evening to regain the .500 mark at 2-2 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball action.

Honesty Little scored 12, Aly Knaak 7 and Sydney Mulka 6 for Albion which led 19-12 at the half. Little scored six in the final period to help the Purple Eagles lock up the win.

Sydnie Luckman scored 9 for Barker which is now 1-4.

Akron 66, Roy-Hart 61

Akron improved to 3-1 by trimming Roy-Hart 66-61 as Jessee Jonathan scored a game high 22.

Ava Owens scoed 18 and Shelby Wolf 15 for Roy-Hart which is now 1-2.

The game was deadlocked at 27-27 at the half and Akron held a narrow 49-44 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jahmeek Riley reaches for a rebound over Barker’s Joey Brandt during the Purple Eagles win over the host Raiders this evening.

Gaining the .500 mark at 2-2, Albion posted a 62-54 victory over host Barker this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Bailey Blanchard scored a game high 26 points to lead the way for Albion as Jahmeek Riley added 9, Christian Doty and Tyler Gibson 8 each, Chris Shabazz 7 and Damion Lattimer and Shakarion Drisdom 2 each.

Barker’s Brad Cantrell drives around Albion defender Zach Coleccechi.

Brad Cantrell led Barker with 21 as Joey Brandt added 11, Devonte Hill 7, Steven Class 6, Nicholas Guevara 4, Cole Ecker 3 and Nathan Meza Ray 2.

Barker did jump out to a 16-8 first quarter lead as Brandt and Cantrell both had a pair of baskets and Ecker a three.

However, Albion got right back into the game by opening the second quarter with a 16-3 run to rally into a 24-19 lead.

Two threes by Doty helped ignite that uprising which also included a three, a rebound bucket and a layup by Blanchard.

Threes by Cantrell and Class helped the Raiders regain a 31-30 lead late in the period but Gibson answered with a three for Albion to give the Purple Eagles a narrow 33-31 lead at the half.

The Purple Eagles quickly extended their lead to nine, 40-31, at the outset of the third quarter after a three by Gibson, a jumper by Blanchard and a layup off a turnover by Doty.

Albion maintained a seven point, 46-39, lead at the three-quarter mark.

The teams then traded scores for most of the final period but the Raiders, which are now 1-4, could get no closer than eight.

Blanchard hit two threes and Riley had a pair of layups down the stretch to help the Purple Eagles hold the advantage.

Albion next hosts Akron and Barker visits Newfane on Saturday.

Albion’s Chris Shabazz puts up a shot against Barker defender Steven Class as Damion Lattimer supports.

Akron 60, Roy-Hart 50

Jake Mazza scored 17, David Kalinowski 14, Josh Mazza 13 and Adam Mietz 11 to lead a balanced attack for Akron as the Tigers downed Roy-Hart 60-50.

Aiden Petrie scored 16, Rhett Goodwin 12 and Brandon DiNeri 11 for Roy-Hart which trailed 30-19 at the half.

Akron improves to 3-1 and Roy-Hart, which next hosts Medina on Saturday, slips to 1-3.

Newfane 52, Wilson 29

Hitting seven threes along the way, N-O leading Newfane roared out to a 34-12 half-time lead and went on to defeat rival Wilson 52-29 to improve to 4-0.

Zach Snow and Jeremy Foltz each scored 12 for the Panthers while Michael Miller had 8 for Wilson which drops to 1-4.