Contributed Photo – Scott Bradley competes in the Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells-LaQuinta.

Lyndonville native Scott Bradley closed out his rollercoaster 2019 professional Triathlon season by racing the Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells – La Quinta in December. It was the latest he has ever raced in a season.

A 70.3 triathlon is a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile (half marathon) run.

Bradley was 26th out of 32 Male Pros coming out of the water in a time of 29:49.

Riding the 8th fastest bike time of the day, he climbed to 16th among the Male Pros as he dismounted his bike, riding a 2:08:08 at an average speed of 26.47 mph.

However, Bradley’s roller coaster season was mirrored by this race.

After a good swim and an excellent bike, his run of 1:30:29 was his poorest run in over two years.  His final time of 4:13:09 placed him 23rd out of the 32 Male Pros and 37th out of 2309 participants in the race.

Despite the roller coaster season which included a Male Awards Podium at IM 70.3 Eagleman, a DNF (Did not finish) at IM Lake Placid, a DNS (Did not start) at IM 70.3 Augusta due to a sinus infection, his USA Triathlon rankings for 2019 were very good.

Using the Complete Rankings for 2019 since he races as a professional, in the 35-39 age group, he was ranked 75th out of 9,096 competitors from around the world who raced at least one race in the U.S.

He was ranked 40th in this age group among those just from the U.S.  Among those who, like Bradley, participated in three or more events, he was ranked 25th among competitors from around the world ages 35-39 and 23rd in the U.S.

Rankings are also shown for U.S athletes by the area of the country in which they reside, as well as by state.  Among all athletes (not just the 35-39 age group) residing in the Northeast U.S., he was ranked 20th, 11th among those participating in three or more races.  In New York State he was ranked 9th among all age groups, 3rd among those racing three or more events.

Having finalized his schedule for 2020, he plans to begin his season by racing Ironman 70.3 Texas in Galveston in April.  The remainder of his season will include Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga (TN) in May, the Norseman Extreme Triathlon in Norway in August, Ironman 70.3 Augusta (GA) in September and Ironman Arizona in November.

Bradley is the Assistant Principal at Byron-Bergen Junior-Senior High School.

Albion and Medina will both open Section VI Class B1 boys basketball playoff competition at home on Wednesday.

Seeded No. 6 Albion (15-5) will host the winner of Tuesday’s opening round contest between No. 11 Maryvale (7-13) and No. 14 Dunkirk (5-15) at 7 p.m. The victor will advance to a Saturday quarterfinal rround game at No. 3 Depew (13-7).

No. 8 Medina (11-9) will host No. 9 Tonawanda (9-11) at 7 p.m. The winner will visit top seeded Bennett (15-5) in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Roy-Hart (6-14) will begin Class B2 competition on Tuesday as the No. 11 seeded Rams host No. 14 Buffalo Arts (4-15) at 7 p.m. The winner will visit No. 6 Cleveland Hill (9-10) on Wednesday.

In other B2 games on Wednesday involving Niagara-Orleans League teams, No. 8 Wilson (12-8) will host No. 9 Math Sciences (7-11) and No. 10 Akron (11-9) will visit No. 7 JFK (1-10). Newfane (14-6) is seeded No. 4 and draws a bye into the quarterfinal round.

The Wilson/Math Sciences winner will visit No. 1 Olmsted (13-7) in the quarterfinals while the Akron/JFK victor will visit No. 2 Allegany-Limestone (16-4).

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion graduate Caitlynn Snook puts up a shot for Niagara Community College during the host Lady Thunderwolves 60 point, 91-31, romp over Erie Community College this afternoon. Snook had 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 point for NCCC which finishes the regular season at 29-1.

Albion grad Sierra Newton, left, looks for room to put up a shot while at right Newfane grad Paige Emborsky drives up court. Newton had 3 points and 2 rebounds. Emborsky had 12 points on four first half three-point shots which helped spark NCCC out to a commanding 55-15 half-time advantage. NCCC jumped out to a 18-0 lead at the outset. Everyone saw plenty of playing time and broke into the scoring column for NCCC as Cierra Harrison had 19 and Alaina Forbes 16 to lead the way for the Thunderwolves.

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Seeded No. 8 Albion (7-12) will host No. 9 Maryvale (10-10) ) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 girls basketball playoffs.

The winner will advance to a quarterfinal contest at top seeded City Honors (20-0) on Friday.

Also in Class B1, No. 13 Medina (1-19) visits No. 4 Burgard (13-1) at 7 p.m. Tuesday at MST Prep.

In Class B2 openers on Tuesday involving Niagara-Orleans League teams, No. 9 Akron (7-12) visits No. 8 Cleveland Hill (7-12), No. 4 Newfane (13-7) hosts No. 13 Allegany-Limestone (2-15) and No. 10 Roy-Hart (4-15) visits No. No. 7 Buffalo Arts (9-11) at Hutch -Tech.  The Akron/Cleve Hill winner will visit top seeded Wilson (15-5) on Friday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Noah Poler and his Tiger teammates will host a Section V Class C3 quarterfinal game next Friday evening.

Seeded No. 4 Lyndonville will open Section V Class C3 boys basketball playoff competition by hosting a quarterfinal round game at 7  p.m.  next Friday .

The Tigers will host the winner of Tuesday’s opening round contest between No. 12 Marion and No. 5 Dundee.

Lyndonville brings a 12-8 regular season record into the sectionals while Dundee  is 9-11 and Marion 0-20.

The victor of the Lyndonville game will advance to the C3 semifinals at Genesee Commuity College on March 2.

Also in Class C3, No. 9 Wheatland-Chili (5-15) will face No. 8 Bolivar-Richburg (6-14) on Tuesday at Fillmore with the winner taking on top seeded Cal-Mum (17-3) on Friday. No. 3 Oakfield-Alabama (15-5) will host a quarterfinal game on Friday against the winner of Tuesday’s No. 11 Naples (1-19) and South Seneca (7-13).

In Class C1, No. 12 Holley (2-18) will face No. 5 Rochester Academy (10-8) on Tuesday at a site to be determined with the winner visiting No. 2 Byron-Bergen (13-7) on Friday.

In Class D1, No. 12 Kendall (2-18) will visit No. 5 Honeoye (14-6) on Tuesday. No. 3 Notre Dame (16-4) will host a quarterfinal game on Friday against the winner of Tuesday’s contest between No. 11 Pavilion (3-17) and No. 6 Jasper-Troupsburg (13-7).

Elba (17-3) is the top seed in Class D2. The Lancers will host the winner of the opening round game between No. 9 Destiny (3-14) and No. 8 Belfast (8-12) on Saturday.

In Class C2, No. 9 Pembroke (8-12) will visit No. 8 Bloomfield (9-11) and No. 6 Alexander (11-9) will face No. 11 Campbell-Savona (4-15) at Warsaw, both on Tuesday.

In Class B2, No. 9 Attica (8-12) will face No. 8 World of Inquiry (6-14) on Wednesday with the winner visiting No. 1 Avon (14-6) on Saturday.

Seeded No. 12, Lyndonville will open Section V Class C2 girls basketball playoff competition against No. 5 Clyde-Savannah at 7 p.m. Wednesday at East Rochester.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 13 South Seneca at No. 4 Wheatland-Chili contest.

Another C2 opener involving a pair of Genesee Region League teams will have No. 11 Alexander visiting No. 6 Oakfield-Alabama at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

In Class C 1, No 14 Holley will face No. 3 Canisteo-Greenwood at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Keshequa.

Two other C1 openers Wednesday involving G-R teams will have No. 16 Sodus at No. 1 Pembroke and No. 15 Campbell-Savona vs. No. 2 Byron-Bergon at a site to be determined.

In Class D1, No. 10 Kendall will visit No. 7 Pavilion and No. 5 Notre Dame will host No. 12 Genesee Valley at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

In one Class B2 opener involving a G-R team, No. 10 Attica will visit No. 7 LeRoy at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie puts up a shot against Southwestern defender Mitchell Pascarella during the host Rams loss to the Trojans this evening.

Pulling away in the third quarter, Southwestern went on to defeat host Roy-Hart 64-50 this evening in a regular season ending non league boys basketball game.

Leading by a narrow 27-23 margin at the half, the Trojans outscored the Rams 20-10 in the third period to take charge. Matthew Pannes scored 6, Mitchell Pascarella 5 and Aidan Kennedy 4 to lead that surge.

Roy-Hart could get no closer than 10 in the final stanza as back-to-back threes by Pascarella helped Southwestern lock up the win.

Kennedy finished with 18, Pascarella 14, Pannes 10 and Calvin Ricker 9 to lead the Trojans.

Aiden Petrie scored 12 and Rhett Goodwin 11 to pace Roy-Hart as Reed Albee added 9, Canyon Wood 6, Jamel Johnson Jr. and Gavyn Boyle 5 and Jon Gillings 2.

Southwestern jumped out to a 12-7 first quarter lead as all five starters contributed to the point production.

Roy-Hart did rally into a 20-18 lead midway through the second period after two baskets and a pair of free throws by Petrie who went 8 for 8 from the line on the evening.

However, the Trojans answered with a 9-3 run to close the period, including 7 by Kennedy, to regain the lead for good at the half, 27-23.

Southwestern improves to 5-14 while Roy-Hart finishes the regular season at 6-14.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Olivia Carter, left, and Paige Derisley

Two local student/athletes, Albion senior Paige Derisley and Medina senior Olivia Carter, have signed to both play soccer and swim at Genesee Community College.

Derisley has played varsity soccer for Albion for four years earning Niagara-Orleans All-League honors as both a junior and senior.

She has also played three years of varsity softball and two years of varsity basketball for the Purple Eagles. She will be resuming competitive swimming for the first time since middle school.

Carter has also been a four year varsity soccer player, a three year member of the swim team and a four year member of the track team. She placed first in the Long Jump at last spring’s N-O All-League meet.