Contributed Photos – Wilson’s first team All-League honorees, from left, Skylar Munnikhuysen, Izzy Dinse and Anna Frerichs.

Undefeated (12-0) champion Wilson has placed three players on the first team of the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League girls basketball squad.

Wilson’s trio includes Skylar Munnikhuysen, Izzy Dinse and Anna Frerichs, all seniors.

Munnikhuysen, a repeat selection who has been named N-O Player of the Year, led Wilson in scoring with 356 points (16.1 average). She also had 144 rebounds, 111 steals and 52 assists.

Dinse led the Lakewomen in rebounds with 250 and also scored 261 points (11.8 ave.)

Frerichs scored 177 points (8.1 ave.) and had 92 rebounds, 46 assists and 32 steals.

First team honorees Akron’s Jessee Jonathan, left, and Barker’s Sydnie Luckman

Rounding out the first team quintet are Akron’s Jessee Jonathan and Barker’s Sydnie Luckman, both juniors.

Jonathan scored 308 points (15.4 ave.) and had 66 steals and 63 rebounds.

Luckman scored 249 points (13.8 ave.) and grabbed off 146 rebounds.

Albion placed two players on the second team, senior Paige Derisley and junior Honesty Little.

The second team also includes senior Lauren Boudeman and junior Rachel Chunco from Newfane and junior Shelby Wolfe from Roy-Hart.

The following players, listed by school, received Honorable Mention:

Akron – Ella Hill (So.) and Jayni Sundown (Jr.)

Albion – Kendall Derisley (Sr.), Aly Knaak (So.) and Ryan Olles (Fr.)

Barker – Serena Harris (Sr.) and Kylie Annable (Sr.)

Medina – Anya Bloom (Jr.) and Sarah Sones (Jr.)

Newfane – Paige Littman (Sr.), Hannah Hambruch (Jr.) and Marah Sheehan (Jr.)

Roy-Hart – Rileigh McCabe (Jr.)

Wilson – Meg Musall (Jr.) and Isabella Lemke (So.)

Contributed Photo – Players and coaches of the regular season league champion Tri County Midget Division Yellow team celebrate winning the David Bigelow Memorial Tournament this weekend.

Going 3-0-1, the host Tri County Midget Division Yellow team captured top honors at the David Bigelow Memorial Hockey Tournament this weekend at Brockport.

Tri County Yellow nipped rival Tri County Green 3-2 in the championship game this afternoon.

Trailing 2-1, Tri County Yellow tied the game in the second period on a goal by Patrick Ricker and later netted the game winner on a goal by John Pilon with just 1:45 to go in the third period.

The contest was tied 1-1 after one period as James Hapeman tallied for the Yellow team and Henry Schultz for the Green squad.

Tri County Green took a 2-1 lead in the second on a goal by Will Kennard but Tri County Yellow answered back with two unanswered tallies to claim the win and the tourney title.

The two teams had played to a 5-5 tie in Friday’s opening round contest.

Tri County Yellow built up a 5-1 lead in the second period after two goals by Ricker an one each by Nico Weber, Ian McGraw and Hapeman.

However, Tri County Green battled back to earn the tie as Schultz had a total of 4 goals and Carson Bader 1.

On Saturday, Tri County Yellow posted a 10-1 win over West Seneca.

Tri County jumped out to a 4-1 first period lead on goals by Cam Smith, Ricker, Ryan Wells and Pilon.

Second period goals by Zack Geitner, Pilon and Hapeman upped the lead to 7-1. Ricker then scored twice and Pilon once in the third to cap off the win.

Tri County then advanced to the title contest with a 6-0 win over Corning earlier today as Nick Ray earned the shutout in goal.

Tri County scored twice in each period as McGraw and Ricker tallied in the first, Geitner and Ricker in the second and Pilon and Wells in the third.

Improving to 26-3-3, Tri County Yellow will next compete in a season ending tournament in Rochester next weekend.

Contributed Photo – Andy Xapsos

Roy-Hart graduate and Bluefield College junior Andy Xapsos had a big day at the plate for the Rams on Thursday.

Xapsos went 4 for 5 at the plate including a two-run home run and 5 RBI in Bluefield’s 13-6 win over Brescsh College.

Xapsos, who is hitting .368, had 6 assists at shortstop and also went 1 for 2 at the plate today in Bluefield’s doubleheader loss to Truett-McConnell College.

Xapsos played last year at Finger Lakes Community College with his brother Al who is playing there this season.

Contributed Photos – NCCC’s local softball contingent includes, from left, Maddy Glena, Alisha Scroger, Sierra Newton and Ashley Hill.

Both the Niagara County Community College and Genesee Community College diamond squads have a good continent of local players this season.

The NCCC softball team has a quartet of local players including sophomore shortstop Alisha Scroger from Medina, freshman infielder/pitcher Ashley Hill from Roy-Hart, freshman infielder Sierra Newton from Albion and sophomore infielder Maddy Glena from Roy-Hart.

Representing Lyndonville on the diamonds are Alecia Hinkson at GCC and Zach Johnson at NCCC

Scroger earned second team Region III All-Star honors last spring as she set school record with 58 hits and 51 runs scored. She also led the Thunderwolves with a .443 average and had 18 doubles and 21 RBI.

On the baseball diamond, the NCCC pitching staff includes freshman Zach Johnson from Lyndonville.

The NCCC diamond squads will open the season this coming week with games in Florida.

The GCC baseball squad has a trio of local players including sophomore pitchers Ryan Voss from Barker and Jason Downs from Albion along with freshman pitcher Matt Skehan from Holley.

On the GCC softball squad is freshman infielder Alecia Hinkson from Lyndonville.

The GCC softball squad is opening the season at a tournament at Myrtle Beach while the baseball team will open this week with games at Disney World.

On the diamond for GCC are Ryan Voss, Jason Downs and Matt Skehan.

Albion High graduate and SUNY Brockport junior Chanyce Powell placed third in the Triple Jump at the All Atlantic Regional Indoor Track and Field championships being held this weekend at Nazareth College.

Powell, who captured the Triple Jump title at the SUNY Athletic Conference championships last weekend, had a leap of 11.78 meters to take third place.

High School Basketball Sectionals
Top seeded Elba captured the Section V Class D2 girls basketball championship Friday with a 48-40 win over Andover as Leah Bezon scored 17, Taylor Augello 15 and Brynn Walczak 9.

Pembroke, which  is also a No. 1 seed, claimed the Section V Class C1 girls basketball title today with a 52-37 win over Letchworth.

In Section V Class D2 boys basketball competition No. 3 seed Prattsburg downed top seeded Elba 72-64 today at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.

In the Section VI Class B2 title game, Allegany-Limestone downed Newfane 54-45 this afternoon at Buffalo State College. Sam Capen led the Panthers with 13.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nate Dillenbeck, left, and Nathan Hydock have earned Genesee Region League All-Star honors.

Lyndonville’s duo of senior Nathan Hydock and junior Nate Dillenbeck, along with Holley senior Kohl Morgan, have all earned Genesee Region League All-Star honors.

Hydock averaged a double-double this season with a team leading 281 rebounds (14.1 average) and 262 points (13.1 ave.) He also had 39 blocks and 27 steals.

Dillenbeck led the Tigers in scoring with 458 points (21.7 ave.) He also had 97 rebounds, 53 assists and 39 steals.

Morgan likewise had a double-double season for the Hawks as he averaged 15 points and 14 rebounds.

Holley’s Kohl Morgan is a G-R All-Star honoree

Four other Orleans players have earned Honorable Mention on the G-R squad including Lyndonville junior Russ Stephens, Holley senior Carson Major along with the Kendall duo of senior Mason Kuhn and junior Derek Edick.

Stephens scored 257 points (11.7 ave.) and grabbed off 172 rebounds (7.8 ave.). He also had 56 assists and 27 steals.

Major averaged 15 points per game while Kuhn scored 194 point (9.7 ave.) and grabbed off 111 rebounds and Edick had 293 points (15.4 ave.), 90 rebounds, 49 assists and 43 steals.

The G-R All-Star lineup also includes Elba seniors Colton Dillon and Collin O’Halloran, Notre Dame senior Gabe MacDonald and sophomore Colin McCulley, Byron-Bergen seniors Alexander Brumsted and Chad Green, Oakfield-Alabama senior Joey Burdick and junior Travis Wiedrich, Pembroke senior Noah Godzala, Alexander senior Bryce Davis, Attica senior Frankie Bisceglie and Wheatland-Chili sophomore Aaron Lund.

Dillon, who has been named G-R Player of the Year, and MacDonald will represent the league in the Ronald McDonald game.

The Honorable Mention list also includes Elba junior Greyson Huntington, Notre Dame senior Keith Szczepanski and junior Mark Sanders, Byron-Bergen junior Nicolas Baubie, Attica senior Tyler Meyer and junior Aydan Goll, Alexander eighth grader Trent Woods, Oakfield-Alabama sophomore Kameron Cusmano and W-C sophomore Brendan Moore.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis

Lyndonville sophomore Ella Lewis has been named to the Genesee Region League All-Star team.

Lewis led the Lady Tigers in scoring with season with 27 points for a 13.9 per game average.

Holley senior Oliva Radford and Kendall senior Brittney Marks have both earned Honorable Mention. Radford scored 244 points (11.6 ave.) and had 57 steals while Mark scored 148 points (7.0 ave.) and grabbed off 147 rebounds.

The G-R All-Star squad also includes senior Dekari Moss and juniors Serene Calderon and Emily Peters from Pembroke; senior Lauryn Engle and juniors Brynn Walczak and Leah Bezon from Elba; seniors Julianna Amesbury and Kelsey Fuller from Byron-Bergen; senior Morgan Rhodes and freshman Amelia McCulley from Notre Dame, senior Brianna Smith and sophomore Kelsey Schlagenhauf from Oakfield-Alabama; seniors Jenna LaMere and Lindsey Clar from Wheatland-Chili and junior Hailie Kramer from Alexander.

LaMere was named Player of the Year as she scored 510 points (23.1 ave.) and grabbed off 199 rebounds and had 63 blocks.

Amesbury also topped the 500 point mark with 516 (22.4 ave.) while Walczak, Smith, McCulley and Rhodes have all topped the 300 mark.

Contributed Photos – Players and coaches of the Tri County Pee Wee Travel team are getting set to compete in the state championships.

Compiling a 7-0-1 record in qualifying games, the Tri County Pee Wee Division Travel Team has earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming state tournament, which will be held in Buffalo March 20-22.

Getting goal production from every player on the team, Tri County posted an 18-2-2 regular season record in the Western New York Amateur Hockey League scoring a league high 138 goals and allowing only 44 which was second best in the league.

Offensively, the team was led by Camryn London, from Albion, with 60 points through 22 regular season games and the defense was stout, led by D pairs Alex Schram/Tyler Archibald and Garrett Horn/Kyle LaForce. Dan Kucmerowski played every game in goal and had 4 shutouts.

Tri County also won the Buffalo Riverworks Tournament in November going 5-0 to claim gold and took silver in the Hershey Presidents Day Tournament in February by going 3-2.

Contributed Photo – Brendan Luthart, left, and Kyle Barna

Medina High graduates Kyle Barna and Brendan Luthart are now midfield line teammates on the Lake Erie College lacrosse team.

Barna, a senior, previous played at Pfeiffer College while Luthart, who is a sophomore, is a transfer from St. Bonaventue University.

Barna has 11 goals and 2 assists and Luthart 1 goal and 2 assists over Lake Erie’s first five games.

Barna scored 4 goals this week in the Storm’s 18-12 loss to LeMoyne.

Lake Ere will host Roberts Wesleyan College on March 11.