A trio of Lyndonville wrestlers have earned top four seeds for the Section V Division 2 (small schools) state qualifier wrestling championships which will be held Friday and Saturday at SUNY Brockport.

Mario Fidanza (220) is seeded second while Connor Bell (113) and Rodney Davis (170) are both seeded fourth.

A number of Niagara-Orleans League wrestlers have earned top four seeds for the Section VI Division 2 state qualifier championships which will be held on Saturday at Southwestern High near Jamestown.

N-O champion Newfane has a trio of top seeds including Andy Lucinski (106), Ryan Nugent (145) and Jaden Heers (285). The Panthers also have Adam Huntington (113) and Nik Voelker (138) both seeded third.

Roy-Hart’s Gavin Ciarfella (99) and Albion’s Cody Wilson (285) are also both seeded third.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team begins sectional competition Friday evening at Cattaraugus Arena with the opening game of a best of three series against against Eden/Lake Shore/Pioneer/Springville (ELPS).

Games 2 and 3 (if needed) will be played in Lockport Saturday beginning at 5:40 p.m.

During the season, the teams met a total of four times with RBM holding a 3-1 advantage including the championship contest in the Christmas Tournament.

The winner will move on to the title game against the winner of the Jamestown vs. Olean series.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Honesty Little puts up a shot as Karly Smith defends for Oakfield-Alabama during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Lady Hornets this evening.

A late rally fell just short as Albion dropped a narrow 39-37 decision to visiting Oakfield-Alabama this evening in a non league girls basketball lame.

Trailing by 13, 37-24, early in the final period Albion came battling back.

The Purple Eagles put together a big 13-2 run on a three-point play and a rebound bucket off a turnover by Honesty Little, a three and a layup off a steal by Aly Knaak and a three by Paige Derisley to slice the deficit to two, 39-37, with over two minutes remaining.

Brianna Smith puts up a shot for the Lady Hornets as Honesty Little tries to block for the Purple Eagles.

However, neither team could find the range over those final two minutes as two free throws by Kelsey Schlagenhauf with 3:20 remaining, which gave O-A a 39-32 lead at the time, proved to be the game winning points for the Lady Hornets.

Brianna Smith scored 12 and MacKena Reding 9 to lead the Lady Hornets as Karly Smith and Schlagenhauf both had 6 and Brooke Reding and Emma Way 2 (click here to see Wray’s points).

Little finished with 13 (click here to see a reverse layup  by Little for 2 points) to pace Albion as Paige Derisley and Aly Knaak both added 9, Ryan Olles 4 and Maya Knaak 2.

The Lady Hornets held narrow leads of 11-9 after one period and 20-17 at the half on a three by MacKena Reding.

Another three by MacKena Reding ignited a 6-0 run at the outset of the third period which vaulted O-A out to a nine point, 26-17, lead.

Maintaining a nine point, 33-24, lead at the three-quarter mark, the Lady Hornets upped the advantage to 13, 37-24, at the outset of the final period after baskets by Brianna Smith and Karly Smith.

That set the stage for Albion’s late rally which saw the Purple Eagles comeback bid fell two points short after closing with a 13-2 run.

The Lady Hornets improve to 11-7 while the Purple Eagles slip to 7-12.

Byron-Bergen 52, Holley 32
Julia Amesbury scored 24 to lead Byron-Bergen to a 52-32 win over Holley in a Genesee Region League game.

Olivia Radford scored 12 and Halee Passarell 11 for Holley.

Lyndonville, Kendall bow

Elba defeated Lyndonville 77-37 and Wheatland-Chili downed Kendall 45-14 in other G-R games.

Building up  26-19 half-time advantage, Newfane went on to post a 46-36 win over host Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Jensen McGhee scored 10, Hannah Hambruch 8 and Rachel Chunco 7 to lead Newfane which improves to 9-2.

Aly Knaak scored 12, Kendall Derisley 9 and Paige Derisley and Honesty Little 6 each for Albion which finishes the N-O season at 7-5.

Barker 54, Roy-Hart 50 OT
Barker outscored Roy-Hart 8-4 in the overtime period to claim a 54-50 victory.

Barker’s Sydnie Luckman sent the game into overtime tied at 46-46 when she made a free throw in the final second.

Dakota Leising then scored 5 points in the overtime period to help Barker earn the win.

Luckman finished with 21, Serena Harris 12 and Leising 8 for the Lady Raiders.

Shelby Wolf scored 16, Rileigh McCabe 14 and Ava Owens 10 for Roy-Hart.

Both teams finish the N-O season at 4-8.

Wilson 60, Medina 18
Wilson completed a 12-0 N-O title campaign with a 60-18 win at Medina.

Izzy Dinse scored 16, Anna Frerichs 12 and Skylar Munnikhuysen an Isabella Lemke 10 each for Wilson which led 33-16 at the half.

Anya Bloom scored 8 and Sarah Sones 6 for Medina which slips to 0-11 in N-O competition.

Making it five league wins in a row, Medina posted a 51-43 victory over host Akron this evening in a Niagara-Orleans basketball contest.

Nate Sherman scored 19, Brian Fry 12 and Tyler Chinn 10 to lead Medina which improves to 7-4 in N-O action.

Gage Willis scored 20, including six threes, Jake Mazza 9 and Adam Mietz 8 for Akron which finishes the N-O season at 5-7.

Medina held narrow leads of 9-8 after one period and 25-24 at the half as Fry hit three threes in the first half.

The Mustangs then used a 15-7 third period scoring edge to open up a little breathing room at 40-31, heading into the final period.

Sherman scored 6 and Christian Drisdom 4 to lead the Mustangs in the third period.

Sherman then went 6 for 6 from the free throw line in the final period to help the Mustangs lock up the win.

Wilson 51, Roy-Hart 44
Wilson improved to 7-4 with a 51-44 victory over Roy-Hart as Luke Bradley scored 20 and Alex Martinez 13.

Canyon Wood scored 13 and Tom Ragonese 10 for Roy-Hart which slips to 3-8.

Newfane 80, Barker 27
Newfane tuned up for Thursday’s key league home finale against front-running Albion with an 80-27 win over Barker (0-11).

Albion, which  has already clinched a tie for the title, is 9-2 while Newfane is 8-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Noah Poler puts up a shot over Elba defender Jaykob Belluscio during the Tigers overtime loss to the visiting Lancers this evening.

Grabbing sole possession first place, Elba bested host Lyndonville 81-75 in overtime this evening in a key Genesee Region League Division 2 game.

The Lancers improve to 5-1 in the division while Lyndonville slips into a tie for second place with Notre Dame at 4-2.  All three teams have two division games remaining.

Elba never led until Colton Dillon made a three-point play with 25 seconds to go in regulation time putting the Lancers up 68-67.

Lyndonville pulled even on a free throw by Russ Stephens with 10 seconds to go and Elba misfired on two last ditch shots sending the contest into overtime.

Lyndonville regained the lead for what proved to be the last time at 71-70 midway through the four minute overtime period on three free throws by Nate Dillenbeck.

Elba’s Colton Dillon puts up a shot over Lyndonville defender Russ Stephens.

The Lancers answered with a key 7-0 run on a three by CJ Gottler followed by a layup and two free throws by Dillon to regain the lead for good at 77-71.

A layup by Collin O’Halloran then offset a pair of free throws by Dillenbeck to keep Elba up by six, 79-73, with just under a minute to go.

A jumper by Dillenbeck pulled Lyndonville back within four, 79-75, with 41 seconds remaining but the Tigers could not find the range again.

Dillon finally put a lock on the win for the Lancers by making two free throws with 11 seconds to go.

Dillon finished with 20 (click here to see 2 of Dillon’s points), O’Halloran 17, Gottler 14 and Zach Marsceill 13 to lead the Lancers as Caleb Scouten and Greyson Huntington both added 8 and Jaykob Belluscio 1.

Dillenbeck took game high honors with 29 for Lyndonville as Poler had 19 (click here to see 2 of Poler’s points), Stephens 14, Casey Winiecki 6, Anthony Moule 5 and Nathan Hydock 2.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 16-8 first quarter lead as Poler tallied 6 and Dillenbeck and Stephens 4 each.

The Tigers went up by as many as 12, 23-11, early in the second period and maintained an eight point, 36-28, lead at the half on late jumpers by Dillenbeck and Stephens.

Dillenbeck had a total of 7 in the period as Poler and Stephens both had 4. Marsceill netted 10 for the Lancers including a pair of threes.

Elba cut the deficit to three, 53-50, at the three-quarter mark on a three by Scouten and a layup by O’Halloran to end the period.

O’Halloran had 7 in the stanza, including a three, as Scouten added two threes and Huntington and Marsceill one each.

Dillenbeck scored 11, including three threes, for the Tigers in the period.

Lyndonville built the lead back up to eight, 65-57, with three minutes to go in the fourth quarter after a three by Poler who had a total of 9 in the final stanza.

Elba though answered with a clutch 11-2 run including five by Dillon and 4 by O’Halloran to rally into the lead for the first time at 68-67.

A free throw by Stephens did pull Lyndonville back into a 68-68 tie forcing overtime but Elba used a 13-7 scoring edge over that extra four minutes to claim the key win.

Dillon scored 6 and O’Halloran 4 to lead the Lancers in the overtime period.

Lyndonville’s Russ Stephens tries to shoot as Jaykob Belluscio and Caleb Scouten defend for Elba.

Wheatland-Chili 49, Kendall 36
Leading by a narrow 26-22 margin at the half, Wheatland-Chili used a 16-6 third period scoring edge to key a 49-36 G-R win over Kendall.

Aaron Lund took game high honors with 14 to lead W-C.

Derek Edick, Dale Steffen and Zach Barrett each scored 7 for Kendall.

Byron-Bergen 71, Holley 42
Building up a 34-14 half-time advantage, Byron-Bergen went on to defeat Holley 71-42 in a G-R contest.

Carson Major scored 20 and Kohl Morgan 9 for Holley.

Roy-Hart truly had a record setting evening at the annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League swim meet Monday at Gates-Chili as the Channel Cats set a total of five league and one school records.

Senior Kayla Hagen took second in the 50 free but set an N-O record time of 24.82. She also won the 100 Backstroke in 1:00.99.

Sophomore Mandy Hill broke the 200 Individual Medley meet and league record with a time of 2:15.65 and also set the school record time in the 100 Butterfly of 1:01.84. She was voted “Swimmer of the Meet”.

Roy-Hart’s quartet of  Kennedy Lang, Jordyn Bobzien, Hagen and Hill won the 200 Free Relay breaking the meet and  league records with a time of 1:44.00.

The Channel Cats foursome of Anna Rickard, Madison Ohol, Hagen and Hill placed second in the 400 free Relay breaking league record with a time of 3:49.19.

Ohol, a senior, also placed second in the 500 Free and third in the 200 Free.

Roy-Hart finished second in the final team standings.

Front-running Legion and runner-up Sacred Heart played to a 35-35 tie in Medina Euchre League action Monday evening.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 38-32 in the other game.

Legion is now 725-605 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 692-638, JR Wilson 680-650 and Vets Club 563-767.

League competition will continue on February 17 with Vets Club at Legion and JR Wilson at Sacred Heart.