Two Lyndonville wrestlers have earned top seeds for the Section V Class B3 wrestling tournament which will be held Saturday at Bolivar-Richburg.

Rodney Davis is seeded No. 1 at 171 and Mario Fidanza No. 1 at 220 for the Tigers which also have Connor Bell seeded No. 2 at 113.

Holley-Kendall has a trio of wrestlers earning top four seeds for the Section V Class B2 tournament which will be held Saturday at Warsaw.

Bruce Rasmusson is seeded No. 3 at 99 for the Hawks as Tristyn Moyer at 126 and Jayden Pieniaszek at 138 are both No. 4 seeds.

The top six finishers in each weight class will advance to next weekend’s Section V state qualifier tournament.

Basketball games rescheduled
Snowed out today the Notre Dame at Kendall boys basketball game as been rescheduled for Monday and the Akron at Medina girls basketball contest has been rescheduled for next Wednesday.

The Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili and Holley vs. Pembroke boys basketball games were also postponed but no rescheduled dates have been set.

Girls Swimming
The Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League girls swim meet was also postponed and has been rescheduled for Monday at Gates-Chili.

Area high school wrestlers will begin their quest for a spot in the state championships when they compete in sectional class tournaments on Saturday.

Albion will compete in the Section VI Class B Tournament at Cheektowaga.

Medina, Roy-Hart/Barker, Newfane, Akron and Wilson will all compete in the Section VI Class C-D Tournament at Falconer.

Both of those competition are scheduled to being at 9 a.m. with the finals at 4:30 p.m.

The top five finishers in each weight class will advance to next weekend’s Section VI state qualifier tournament.

In Section V, Lyndonville will be competing in the Class B3 Tournament at Bolivar-Richburg.

Holley-Kendall will be competing in the Class B2 Tournament at Warsaw.

The finals in both competitions are slated for 4:30 p.m.

The top six finishers in each weight class will advance to next weekend’s Section V state qualifier tournament.

Wheatland-Chili posted a 61-38 win over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Jenna LaMere poured in 44 points to lead the way for W-C.

Ella Lewis and Karlee Rounds each scored 17 for Lyndonville.

In another G-R contest, Pembroke downed Holley 58-27.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Gavyn Boyle puts up a shot against Akron defender Jake Mazza during the Rams win over the visiting Tigers this evening.

Avenging an earlier season 58-35 loss, Roy-Hart used a late scoring burst to earn a 56-43 victory over visiting Akron this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Front-running Albion (9-2) maintained a hold on first place by defeating visiting Barker (0-10) 70-43 on Senior Night.

Newfane (7-3) stayed within a game of the league lead by downing rival Wilson (6-4) 61-50 in overtime.

Leading by a narrow three point, 42-39, margin with just over three minutes to play, Roy-Hart put together a decisive 14-3 run to put a lock on the victory.

A layup and two free throws by Gavyn Boyle ignited that uprising which also included a three by Rhett Goodwin, a three-point play and a layup by Tom Ragonese and two free throws by Boyle vaulting the Rams out to a 15 point, 56-41 lead.

Roy-Hart’s Reed Albee goes up for a shot as Akron’s Gavin Susfolk looks to make a stop.

Boyle finished with a game high 19, Petrie 11, Ragonese 10 (click here to see a rebound basket by Ragonese), Goodwin 7, Reed Albee 5 and Jamel Johnson Jr. and Peyton Rhinehart 2.

Mitchell Holtz led Akron with 18 as Gage Willis added 11 (click here to see a hustle defensive play by Willis), Adam Mietz 6 and Josh Mazza and Jake Mazza 4.

Akron grabbed a narrow 15-14 lead at the end of the first period highlighted by two threes by Holtz and one each by Josh Mazza and Mietz.

A pair of baskets by Willis upped the Tigers lead to five, 19-14, early in the second period but the Rams answered with a 12-0 run to close the period and rally into a 26-19, lead at the half.

Boyle and Ragonese both scored 4 during that stretch as Johnson and Petrie both added two.

Roy-Hart went up by 13, 32-19, early in the third period after baskets by Petrie, Rhinehart and Boyle.

Akron though answered back with a 14-0 run, including two threes by Holtz and one by Willis to cut the deficit to two, 35-33.

A late layup by Goodwin though gave Roy-Hart a little breathing room at the three-quarter mark at 37-33.

Akron did cut the deficit to two, 40-38, early in the final quarter after a pair of free throws by Holtz but the Tigers could not pull even.

The Rams outpointed the Tigers 14-4 over the final three and a half minutes to finally close out the win.

Roy-Hart is now 3-7 and Akron 5-6 in N-O action.

Albion 70, Barker 43
Getting point production from a dozen players, Albion bested visiting Barker 70-43 to keep hold of a one game league lead.

Bailey Blanchard scored 14 and Liam Ward 10 to lead Albion’s scoring parade as Kevin Hillman added 9, Damion Lattimer 7, Chris Shabazz 6, Elijah Lloyd and Xavier Cornick 5, Deyonci Farley 4 and Christian Doty, Anthony Freeman, Michael DiCureia and Kyle Woolston 2 each.

Evan Taylor scored 12 and Nathan Meza Ray 9 for Barker.

Albion led 17-7 after the first period, 28-13 at the half and 48-31 at the three-quarter mark.

Newfane 61, Wilson 50 OT
Deadlocked at 50-50 at the end of regulation time, Newfane outscored rival Wilson 11-0 in the overtime period to claim a 61-50 victory and take over sole possession of second place.

Sam Capen scored 16, Garrett Srock 15, Connor MacEvoy 12 and Josh Everett 11 to lead the Panthers. MacEvoy scored 5 in the overtime period including going 4 for 4 from the free throw line.

Luke Bradley scored 18 and Alex Martinez 13 for Wilson.

Newfane led 27-24 at the half.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team improved to 13-4 with a convincing 13-3 victory over Buffalo Wednesday evening at the Riverside Arena.

Getting off to a fast start, RBM had leads of 3-0 after the first period and 10-0 at the end of two.

Goals and assists were well distributed as Ryan Mettler and Nick Wood each had hat tricks. Trevor Crawford scored twice and Colin Dodge, Conner McNeil, Matthew Miller, Dominic Peracciny and Jason Kuchey each scored once.  Kuchey had five assists as Peracciny, McNeil, Reed Winslow, Andrew Downey and Wood also added assists.

RBM will close out the regular season at 7:10 p.m. Saturday against Orchard Park at the Cornerstone Arena. It will be Senior night.

Coming from behind in the third period the Tri County Midget Division Yellow team nipped the rival Tri County Green squad 3-2 this evening in an Empire Amateur Hockey League game.

Trailing 2-1, the Yellow team pulled out the win on third period goals by John Pilon, which tied the contest, and Patrick Ricker, which provided the margin of victory.

Ricker also scored in the opening period to give the Yellow team a 1-0 lead.

However, the Green squad answered with second period goals by Carson Bader and Evan Lawton to rally into a 2-1 lead.

Both goalies, Nick Ray for the Yellow team and Hayden Watt for the Green squad, turned in strong efforts.

The Yellow team is now 15-1 in the league and 20-2-1 overall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Russ Stephens goes up for a layup against Kendall defender Braxton Zarpentine during the Tigers win over the host Eagles this evening.

Getting point production from a dozen players, Lyndonville earned victory No. 10 on the season by downing host Kendall 73-45 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 16, Russ Stephens 15 and Noah Poler 10 (click here to see a 3 point basket by Poler) to lead Lyndonville’s scoring parade as Nathan Hydock added 9, Devin Rounds 6, Anthony Moule 5, Jon Slingerland and Basil Cousins 3, Rolland Balcerzak and Trenton Muck 2 and Evan Horn and Hayden Woodward 1.

Kendall had 10 players break into the scoring column as Derek Edick netted 15, Mason Kuhn 8, Dale Steffen 6, Nicholas Spellan, Eric Woodams (click here to see Eric’s 3 point basket) and Noah Rath 3, Zach Barrett ,Noah Tantalo and Braxton Zarpentine 2 and Noah Walzer 1.

Kendall’s Zach Barrett puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Nathan Hydock.

Lyndonville jumped out to an 11 point, 20-9 first quarter lead and was never headed.

Stephens scored 8, Moule 5, including a three, Rounds 4 and Poler hit a three to lead that early Tigers surge.

The Tigers upped the advantage to 20, 40-20, at the half as Dillenbeck had two threes and a layup, Poler a three and a two and Hydock a pair of rebound baskets in the second period.

The Lyndonville advantage jumped to 28, 59-31, at the three-quarter mark as Dillenbeck had 8, including a pair of threes, to lead the third period uprising.

Lyndonville improves to 7-4 in the league and 10-6 overall while Kendall slips to 1-11, 2-14.

Alexander 61, Holley 46
Leading by a narrow 27-23 margin at the half, Alexander used an 18-12 third period scoring edge to key a 61-46 G-R win over Holley.

Tyrone Woods scored 21 to lead Alexander.

Kohl Morgan and Broek Ostrom both scored 12 for Holey as Carson Major and Jake Norman each had 10.

Girls Basketball
Newfane 52, Barker 37
Newfane improved to 8-2 in Niagara-Orleans League action with a 52-37 win over Barker (3-8).

Barker’s Sydnie Luckman took game high scoring honors with 14.

Lyndonville’s Anthony Moule goes over Kendall defender Nicholas Spellan for a shot.

Contributed Photo – Keith Szczepanski is shown seated here with his parents, Keith and Debbie Szczepanski, and sister Julia at his signing today to play football at Valparaiso. In back are Notre Dame Athletic Director Mike Rapone, Assistant Football Coach Paul Clark, Principal Wade Bianco and Assistant Coach Mikey Rapone.

Realizing a lifelong dream of playing Division 1 college football, Kendall native and Notre Dame High, Batavia, senior Keith Szczepanski today signed a Letter of Intent to play football at Valparaiso University in Indiana.

Szczepanski, an Eagle Scout and an A student in the classroom, will major in Political Science

A 6-7 lineman who earned All-State football honors both as a junior (first team) and a senior (second team), he helped lead Notre Dame to a 11-1 record and the Section V Class D championship this past fall.

A three sport athlete, Szczepanski is also a regular on the Notre Dame basketball squad where he is averaging 9.8 points and 7.8 rebounds and last spring in track he won the Section V Class D discus title and placed second in the shot-put.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Aly Knaak puts up a shot as Dakota Leising defends for Barker during the visiting Purple Eagles win over the Lady Raiders this evening.

Jumping out to an 18-9 first period lead, Albion went on to defeat host Barker 47-35 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Improving to 7-4 in the league, Albion went on to hold leads of 28-15 at the half and 38-21 at the three-quarter mark.

Kendall Derisley scored 11, Paige Derisley 10, Ryan Olles 8 and Honesty Little 6 to lead the way or the Purple Eagles.

Dakota Leising scored 12, Sydnie Luckman 11 and Kylie Annable 8 for Barker which is now 3-7 in N-O action.

In the other N-O games, undefeated (10-0) Wilson clinched at least a tie for the title with a 46-13 win over runner-up rival Newfane (7-2) and Akron (4-6) edged Roy-Hart (4-6) 40-36.

Ava Owens scored 15 and Shelby Wolf 10 for Roy-Hart.

Barker’s Dakota Leising puts up a shot against Albion defender Ryan Olles.

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Trailing by 18 early in the final period, Albion came storming back to defeat visiting LeRoy in overtime 66-57 in a non league game this evening.

The Purple Eagles forced the contest into overtime by outscoring the Knights 23-7 in the final period which ended deadlocked at 51-51.

LeRoy sent the game into overtime on a three by Anderew Loftins with five seconds to go.

Kevin Hillman scored 9 to lead that late Albion rally as Deyonce Farley added 5, Chris Shabazz 4, Bailey Blanchard 3 and Liam Ward 2.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles then outscored the Knights 15-6 in the overtime period to claim the victory.

Blanchard scored 8 to lead that surge as Farley had 4, Hillman 2 and Shabazz 1.

Farley finished with 17, Blanchard 16, Hillman 11, Ward 9, Shabazz 8, Elijah Lloyd 3 and Damion Lattimer 2.

Cody Lytle scored 15 to lead LeRoy which held leads of 14-6 after one period, 32-17 at the half and 44-28 at the three-quarter mark.

Albion, which next hosts Barker Thursday in a Niagara-Orleans League game, is now 11-4 overall.