Contributed Photo – Colton Moreland of the Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy takes down his opponent from Dansville while his dad, and an academy coach, Jared Moreland, coaches him to a pin.  Colton finished as the runner-up in his division.

Albion’s Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy competed in the Rush Fest IV, a New York State Top 100 Tournament, today at Rush-Henrietta.

The Purple Eagles Academy placed sixth out of 30 teams and had 13 of 22 wrestlers place in the top four of their division.

Paysen Sanders and Evan Coots both placed first; Colton Moreland and Michael McElwain second; Mikey Madison, Jeremy Lutes, Aspen Gillette and Hoyt Aina third and Alex Piccirilli, Kayden Donnelly, Justin Mengs, Jayovanni Ostrander and Liam Leader fourth.

Eleven members of the Kendall Youth Wrestling Club placed at the Webster Tournament today.

Landon Perry, Carson Cady and LJ Kirstein all placed first.

Camden Holt, Mason Cary and Danny Shuler took second; Ben D’Agostino, Bryson Shuler, Andrew D’Agostino and Cole Fredendall fourth and Gerry Ferrara fifth.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Xavier Cornick and his Purple Eagles teammates face a busy schedule of three games this coming week.

Looking to maintain a hold of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead Albion (8-2) will host Barker on Thursday. The Purple Eagles also have a pair of non league games on tap during the week as they host LeRoy on Tuesday and visit I Prep on Friday.

A big N-O boys basketball rivalry game will have runner-up Newfane (6-3) hosting Wilson (5-3) on Thursday. Wilson also visits Akron (5-4) on Monday.

A key N-O girls basketball game will have front-running Wilson (9-0) hosting rival runner-up Newfane (7-1) on Tuesday.

Lyndonville will visit Kendall in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game on Wednesday. In G-R girls basketball the Lady Tigers will host the Lady Eagles on Tuesday.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball: Holley at Barker, Wilson at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Warsaw, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Buffalo Science at Medina, 6 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball: LeRoy at Albion, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Roy-Hart at Akron, Newfane at Wilson, Albion at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Lyndonville, Holley at Alexander, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball: Lyndonville at Kendall, Alexander at Holley, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Barker at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Buffalo Arts at Albion, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Boys Basketball: Wilson at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Barker at Albion, Akron at Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Wheatland-Chili at Lyndonville, Pembroke at Holley, Notre Dame at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball: Lyndonville at Wheatland-Chili, Holley at Pembroke, Notre Dame at Kendall, Albion at I Prep, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Akron at Medina, Barker at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Wilson at Roy-Hart, 7 p.m.
Swimming: N-O vs. G-R Girls Meet, 6 p.m.  at Gates, Chili

N-O Basketball Standings
Boys: Albion 8-2, Newfane 6-3, Medina 6-4, Wilson 5-3, Akron 5-4, Roy-Hart 2-7, Barker 0-9
Girls: Wilson 9-0, Newfane 7-1, Albion 6-4, Roy-Hart 4-5, Akron 3-6, Barker 3-6, Medina 0-10

G-R Basketball Standings
Boys Division 1: Oakfield-Alabama 8-2, Byron-Bergen 7-3, Attica 5-5, Pembroke 4-6, Alexander 3-6, Holley 1-10.
Boys Division 2: Elba 9-1, Notre Dame 8-2, Lyndonville 6-4, Wheatland-Chili 3-6, Kendall 1-10.
Girls Division 1: Pembroke 9-1, Byron-Bergen 7-3, Oakfield-Alabama 7-4, Alexander 5-5, Attica 3-7, Holley 0-10.
Girls Division 2: Elba 8-2, Wheatland-Chili 7-3, Notre Dame 6-4, Lyndonville 2-8, Kendall 1-8.

Roy-Hart trimmed Tonawanda 55-52 this evening in a non league boys basketball game played at Niagara County Community College.

Rhett Goodwin scored 16, Tom Ragonese 14 and Gavyn Boyle 13 to lead the Rams balanced attack.

Roy-Hart led 15-8 after one quarter, 27-24 at the half and 43-36 at the three-quarter mark.

However, the Rams fell behind 50-49 with two minutes to go and needed a clutch late 6-0 run on baskets by Ragonese and Boyle followed by a pair of free throws by Goodwin, to rally for the win.

In the first half of the doubleheader the Roy-Hart girls lost 81-43 to Holland.

Shelby Wolf scored 14 and Ava Owens 11 for the Lady Rams.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Braxton Zarpentine puts up a shot as Kameron Cusmano and Peyton Yasses defend for Oakfield-Alabama during the visiting Hornets win over the Eagles this afternoon.

Exploding for 30 points in the first quarter, Oakfield-Alabama raced away to an 89-55 victory over host Kendall in a Genesee Region League basketball game this afternoon.

Joey Burdick poured in a game high 30 points, including four threes, to spearhead the Hornets attack as Ty Mott added 12, Kameron Cusmano 10 and Travis Wiedrich and Kaden Cusmano 9 each.

Dale Steffen scored 16, Derek Edick and Braxton Zarpentine 12 and Mason Kuhn 9 for Kendall.

Burdick scored 12 and Kameron Cusmano 6 in the opening period to lead the Hornets which set the pace at the outset jumping out to a 30-16 lead.  Kuhn tallied 8 for the Eagles during that stretch.

Continuing to fast breaking a every opportunity, the Hornets roared away to commanding leads of 23 points, 57-34, ,at the half and 34, 85-51, after three quarters.

Kaden Cusmano scored 9, Mott 8 and Burdick 6 in the second period. Burdick then netted 12 in the third quarter as Mott, Kameron Cusmano, Wiedrich and Peyton Yasses each had 4.

Steffen scored 9 in the second period and Edick 9 in the third for the Eagles.

The Hornets improve to 11-4 while the Eagles slip to 2-12.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s Rodney Davis setting up a throw for a 1:06 pin over Moses Morales of CSAT at 170 lbs.

Continuing a strong stretch run, Lyndonville closed out the dual match portion of the wrestling season with a 60-27 victory over host CSAT on Friday night.

This was the Tigers 9th win on the season bringing their final record to 9-4 and a second place finish in the Genesee Region League. This is the Tigers best league finish and overall win total in the past five seasons.

Rodney Davis started off the Tigers’ night with a quick pin of 1:07.

That proved to be the theme of the evening for Lyndonville as Connor Bell, Brennon Munn and Mario Fidanza also all recorded pins.

Lyndonville will next compete in the Class B3 sectionals on February 8 at Bolivar-Richburg.

Snapping a three league game losing streak, Lyndonville defeated host Pembroke 64-51 this evening in a Genesee Region contest.

Nathan Hydock scored 19, Nate Dillenbeck 18, Noah Poler 13 and Russell Stephens 11 to lead the balanced attack for Lyndonville which improves to 6-4 in the league and 9-6 overall.

Adam Dulski scored 17 and Noah Godzala 9 to pace Pembroke.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 20-8 first quarter lead as Dillenbeck scored 7 on a three and two twos and Poler added a pair of threes.

The Tigers maintained a 15 point, 36-21, advantage at the half as Hydock scored 9  in the second period and Poler 4.

Dillenbeck then netted 8 and Hydock 4 in the third period to help keep Lyndonville on top by a 16 point, 50-34, margin at the three-quarter mark.

Stephens tallied 7 and Hydock 4 in the final period to help close out the Tigers victory.

Elba 74, Holley 50
Colton Dillon scored 28 and Collin O’Halloran 15 to lead Elba to a 74-50 G-R win over Holley.

The Lancers jumped out to a 29-7 first period lead and were up 39-20 at the half.

Carson Major scored 22 for Holley as Kohl Morgan had 8 and 11 rebounds and Charlie Turpyn 7.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jarin Rhim falls back putting up a shot as Roy-Hart defender Tom Ragonese tries to block during the host Mustangs win over the Rams this evening.

Avenging an earlier season loss (71-66), surging Medina downed visiting Roy-Hart 62-49 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Making it seven wins in the last eight games after a dismal 2-8 first half of the season, Medina improves to 6-4 in the league and 9-9 overall.

Nate Sherman scored 22, Tyler Chinn 14 and Jarin Rhim 13 to lead the way for Medina as Christian Drisdom added 6, Brian Fry 5 and Ricky Wood 2.

Roy-Hart’s Gavyn Boyle grabs a rebound from Medina’s Christian Drisdom.

Roy-Hart, which slips to 2-7 in the league, had Rhett Goodwin with 13, Tom Ragonese 9, Peyton Rhinehart 8, Aiden Petrie and Gavyn Boyle 7, Canyon Wood 3 and Jamel Johnson Jr. 2.

Rhim hit two threes and Sherman had three baskets to help Medina grab a 14-10 lead at the end of a sea-saw first quarter which saw no less than six lead changes.

The Mustangs doubled their advantage to eight, 29-21, at the half as Sherman scored 7, including a three, and Chinn 6, also including a three, in the second period. Ragonese netted 6 for Roy-Hart during that stretch.

Medina then broke away to a commanding 21 point, 43-22, advantage by opening the third period with a decisive 14-1 run.

Back-to-back threes by Fry and Sherman highlighted that key uprising which also included a jumper and a layup by both Chinn and Drisdom.

Sherman had a total of 6 and Chinn, Rhim and Drisdom 4 each in the period which finished with the Mustangs up by 17, 50-33.

Goodwin scored 10, including a pair of threes, for the Rams in the period.

The Mustangs pulled back out to a 21 point, 58-37, lead midway through the final period after a layup off a steal by Wood and a three by Chinn.

Roy-Hart could get no closer than 14 after that.

The Rams will next face Tonawanda in a non league game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Niagara County Community College.

Click here to see Medina’s Tyler Chinn finish off a Medina possession with a basket.

Click here to see a rebound basket by Roy-Hart’s Gavin Boyle.

Roy-Hart’s Rhett Goodwin looks to block a shot by Medina’s Tyler Chinn.

Jumping out to a 17-5 first quarter lead, Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting Medina 38-28 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Rileigh McCabe scored 9 and Miah Glena 6 to spark that early uprising for the Lady Rams which went on to lead by margins of 21-13 at the half and 28-21 after three quarters.

McCabe finished with a game high 18.

Sarah Sones led Medina with 15.

Roy-Hart is now 4-5 in N-O action and Medina 0-10.

Wilson 51, Albion 18
League leading Wilson improved to 9-0 with a 51-18 win over Albion (6-4).

Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 19 and Izzy Dinse 14 for Wilson which led 23-12 at the half.

Aly Knaak scored 9 and Ryan Olles 5 for Albion.