Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley goes up for a shot over Akron defender David Kalinowski during the Purple Eagles victory over the visiting Tigers this evening.

Taking charge with a big third quarter scoring burst, front-running Albion went on to defeat visiting Akron 48-22 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Improving to 8-1 in N-O action, Albion now holds a game and a half lead over runner-up Newfane (6-2) which dropped a 58-54 decision to Medina (5-4) this evening at Newfane.

Lesding by a narrow two point, 18-16, margin in the opening seconds of the third quarter, Albion broke the contest wide open by erupting for a decisive 16-0 scoring surge.

Deyonci Farley had three lay-ups and Liam Ward a three and a layup to spearhead the uprising which also included layups by Kevin Hillman and Bailey Blanchard as the Purple Eagles raced away to a commanding 34-16 advantage.

Albion extended the advantage to 24, 44-20, midway through the final period after a 10-2 run which included two layups by Farley and a three by Hillman.

Farley finished with a game high 19 points, Ward 12, Hillman 11 and Blanchard and Chris Shabazz 3 each.

Albion’s Kevin Hillman goes in for a layup as Gage Willis defends for Akron.

Jake Mazza and Gage Willis both had 6, Adam Mietz 5, Mitchell Holtz 3 and David Kalinowski 2 for Akron which slips to 4-4.

Both teams had trouble finding the basket in the first half as Albion held leads of 11-8 after one period and 18-13 at the break.

Akron did cut the deficit to two, 18-16, at the outset of the third period after a three by Holtz but Albion answered with what proved to be a decisive 16-0 run to break the contest wide open.

Medina 58, Newfane 54
Avenging an early season home court loss (58-37), Medina upended host Newfane 58-54 dropping the Panthers a game and a half behind front-running Albion.

Breaking away from a 54-54 deadlock, Medina took the lead for good on a layup off a steal by Brian Fry with 17 seconds to go.

Jarin Rhim then put a lock on the victory for the Mustangs by making two clutch free throws with 8 seconds to go.

Nate Sherman led Medina with 22 as Tyler Chinn had 15 and Fry 10.

Deuce Capen scored 11 and Sam Capen and Michael Carmer 10 each for Newfane.

Newfane held leads of 20-13 after one quarter and 28-25 at the half but Medina rebounded with a 17-6 third period scoring edge to take a 42-34 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Sherman scored 7, Rhim 4 and Chinn and Fry 3 each in the third period for the Mustangs.

Wilson 53, Barker 24
Building up a 28-13 half-time advantage, Wilson (4-3) went on to defeat Barker (0-8) 53-24.

Alex Martinez scored 15 and Mike Miller and Jared Jaques 9 each to lead the Lakemen.

Evan Taylor scored 9 and Joey Brandt 8 for the Raiders.

N-O Standings
Albion 8-1, Newfane 6-2, Medina 5-4, Wilson 4-3, Akron 4-4, Roy-Hart  2-6, Barker 0-8.

Wheatland-Chili 66, Kendall 29
Wheatland-Chili downed visiting Kendall 66-29 in a Genesee Region League game.

Derek Edick scored 15 and Mason Kuhn 11 for Kendall which trailed 29-18 at the half.

Kendall next hosts Alexander at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Contributed Photo – Signing to attend SUNY Geneseo, Barker High senior Katrina Clare is shown here seated with her mother Rebecca Clare. Standing at the left is Barker Athletic Director Ryan Carberry and at right is varsity Field Hockey Coach Jeff Costello.

Barker High senior Katrina Clare will continue her field hockey career at SUNY Geneseo this fall where she will major in Psychology.

“Katrina has had an impressive career at Barker. Her role with the program has grown over the years and she has improved in all facets of the game. Although her primary contributions on the field the past two seasons were as a goal scorer and playmaker, her leadership and desire to win and to push herself and her teammates was very evident. The work ethic and passion she brings to her team will be a welcome addition to Geneseo and be missed at BCS” says Jeff Costello, Barker Head Varsity Field Hockey Coach.

Clare is a three time first team Niagara-Orleans All-League and All-Western New York honoree as well as a three-time All-State team selection. She helped lead the Lady Raiders to league, sectional and regional titles and a berth in the state semifinals each of the past two years.

“We are very excited for Katrina to join the Knights field hockey program for the 2020 Fall season. She is a talented student- athlete and we look forward to building upon our success from this past season.” said SUNY Geneseo Head coach Margaret McConnell.

Her older sister Gabriella was also a four year field hockey player at Geneseo.

A 13 game winning streak came to an end as the Tri County Yellow Midget team dropped a 6-4 decision to Monroe County today in an Empire Amateur Hockey League game.

Monroe jumped out to a 5-2 first period lead as Ian McGraw and Patrick Ricker scored for Tri County during that stretch.

A second period goal by Ricker cut the deficit to 5-3 but Tri County could get no closer as Monroe went up 6-3 early in the third period.

Max Hapeman scored for Tri County in the final period.

Tri County is now 14-1 in the league and 19-2-1 overall.

Ten members of the Kendall Youth Wrestling Club earned top three finishes today at the Perry Youth Tournament.

Camden Holt, Carson Cady and LJ Kirstein all earned first place finishes as Mason Cady, Landon Perry, Christian Cobb, Bryson Shuler and Andrew D’Agostino all placed second and Gerry Ferrara and Danny Shuler third.

Contributed Photo – Chanyce Powell

Albion High graduate Chanyce Powell has had big double win effort for the SUNY Brockport indoor track team for the second weekend in a row.

Just as she did at the Ithaca Quad Meet last weekend, Powell captured both the long jump and triple jump Saturday at host Brockport’s Golden Eagle Invitational.

Powell, who is a junior at Brockport, won the triple jump with an effort of 11.44 meters which is seventh best on the national qualifying list. She also won the long jump with a leap of 5.48 meters which is 13th on the qualifying list.

Emborsky leads NCCC
Newfane High graduate and Niagara County Community College sophomore Paige Emborsky is leading the Lady Thunderwolves basketball team in scoring with an average of 16.2 points per game.

The Thunderwolves, who are off to a 21-1 start, also have three Albion High graduates on their roster including sophomore Caitlynn Snook and freshmen Sierra Newton and Janae Doty. Snook is averaging 3.6 points and 2.7 rebounds.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Cody Wilson works toward a title round win over Ryan Bitka of Amherst during Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Tournament today.

Albion High senior Cody Wilson earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award for the upper weight classes at Medina’s annual Gary Gross Memorial Wrestling Tournament today.

Wilson decisioned Ryan Bitka of Amherst 4-0 in the 285 lb. championship bout. He advanced to the title bout by pinning Mitchell Silversmith (Medina) in 1:04 in the quarterfinals and Tyree Orange (Amherst) in 4:38 in the semifinals.

Medina’s RaShawn Bloom in route to a semifinal win over Lack Lacy of Pioneer.

The Most Outstanding Wrestler for the light weight classes was Caden Barrientos (99) from Lew-Port.

Two other local wrestlers, Medina’s RaShawn Bloom and Lyndonville’s Mario Fidanza, earned second place honors.

Bloom pinned Jack Lacy of Pioneer in 5:41 in the semifinals but was then pinned by Sean Cullen (Spencerport) in the title bout in 3:25.

Fidanza pinned Andrew Shae (Akron) in 1:30 in the quarterfinals and decisioned Alex Christy (Fredonia) 3-2 in the semis but then was pinned in the title bout by Blake Bielec (Grand Island) in 2:57.

Gavin Ciarfella of Roy-Hart/Barker earned a third place at 99 while five other area wrestlers earned fourth place finishes including Bruce Rasmuson (Holley-Kendall) at 99, Brett Ricker (Roy-Hart/Barker) at 113, Travis Salas (Newfane) at 120, James Lojek (Akron) at 152 and Dayne Aina (Albion) at 170.

Spencerport, which is ranked No. 2 in the state, captured the team title with a total of 262 points.

Rounding out the top five teams in the 18 team field were Niagara-Wheatfield 173, Fredonia 126, Grand Island 125.5 and Amherst 120.5.

Lyndonville’s Mario Fidanza, right,  works against Blake Bielec of Grand Island in the 220 title bout.

Medina closed out the dual meet portion of the Niagara-Orleans League swim season with a doubleheader victory at Barker this morning.

The Seahorses won the boys’ meet 94-69 and the girls’ competition 124-32.

Hunter Heil won the 50 Freestyle, Michael Marker the 100 Butterfly, Gabe Mark the 500 Free and August Pietrafesa the 100 Backstroke for the Seahorses.

Medina finishes the regular season at 6-3-1 and Barker at 2-8.

Hannah Heil doubled in the 200 Free and 50 Free and Margaret Klotzbach in the 500 Free and Backstroke for the Medina girls which also had Brooklynn Brown win the 200 Individual Medley, Sydney Watts the 100 Breaststroke and Amanda Woodruff the 100 Butterfly.

Medina finishes at 4-6 and Barker at 0-10.

Albion split with Akron as the Purple Eagles won the boys’ meet 110-62 and the TigerSharks the girls’ competition 95-65.

Chase Froman was a double winner in the 200 Free and 100 Free as was Thomas Furmanski in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke for Albion as Josh DePoty took the 500 Free and Sam Sanchez the 100 Butterfly.

Albion winds up at 7-2-1 and Akron at 1-9.

The Akron girls finish at 8-2 and Albion at 2-8.

The Roy-Hart teams both completed 10-0 championship seasons with wins over Newfane. The boys won 112-43 and the girls 93-63. It is the Channel Cats first dual swim championship season in 26 years.

Anna Rickard doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Free and Kayla Hagen in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke to lead the Roy-Hart girls.

The Newfane boys finish at 3-7 and the girls 6-4.

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

Rebounding from as much as a 16 point first quarter deficit, Barker battled back to edge past visiting Holley 43-39 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Trailing 20-4 after one period and 26-17 at the half, Barker rallied back to within two, 33-31, at the three-quarter mark.

The Lady Raiders then outscored the Lady Hawks 12-6 in the final period to claim the win.

Sydnie Luckman scored 17 to lead Barker as Sarah Outten added 9 and Serena Harris 7.

Olivia Radford took game high honors with 20 for Holley.

Oakfield-Alabama 60, Lyndonville 33
In a Genesee Region League game, Oakfield-Alabama downed Lyndonville 60-33.

Newfane 45, Roy-Hart 44
Newfane edged past visiting Roy-Hart 45-44 to improve to 6-1 in Niagara-Orleans League competition.

Paige Littman scored 17 and Rachel Chunco 8 for Newfane which led 29-16 at the half.

Rileigh McCabe scored 15, Ava Owens 12 and Shelby Wolf 11 for Roy-Hart.

Wrestling
Alexander 57, Holley-Kendall 29
Alexander downed Holley-Kendall 57-29 in a Genesee Region League wrestling match.

Tristyn Moyer (126) had a pin and Jacob Silpoch (160) a technical fall win for Holley-Kendall.

Newfane downed host Roy-Hart 61-46 this evening to pull to within a half game of Niagara-Orleans League leading Albion which dropped a 70-59 decision at rival Medina.

The victory improves Newfane to 6-1 while Albion is 7-1.

Josh Everett scored 17, Garrett Srock 12 and Sam Capen 9 to spark the Panthers which led 31-20 at the half.

Rhett Goodwin scored 12 for Roy-Hart which slips to 2-6.

Akron 76, Barker 33
Akron closed to within two games of the N-O lead as the Tigers improved to 4-3 with a 76-33 win over Barker.

Jake Mazza scored 21 and Adam Mietz 19 for Akron which led 44-12 at the half.

N-O Standings: Albion 7-1, Newfane 6-1, Akron 4-3, Medina 4-4, Wilson 3-3, Roy-Hart 2-6, Barker 0-8.