The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team traveled to Cheektowaga Friday evening and came away with a 6-3 victory over  St. Mary’s of Lancaster to improve to 11-4 in the league.

In the opening period, Andrew Downey (R-H) got the locals on the board off a pass from Nick Wood (Akron).  However, St. Mary’s was able to score twice before the end of the period to take the lead.

RBM responded with four goals in the second period. Matthew Miller (Akron), Colin Dodge (R-H), Wood and Jason Kuchey (R-H) all scored with assists going to Mitchell Johnson (Barker) and Kuchey.

In the final period, Johnson got RBM’s final tally on a pass from Dodge.

RBM is scheduled to travel to Olean for an 11:30 a.m. game Sunday morning.  The weather may decide if that occurs.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Riley Black works toward a win in the 195 lb. championship bout over Albion’s Cameron Bell at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League tournament this afternoon at Albion.

Led by a large contingent of seven individual weight class champions, Newfane took top honors at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League wrestling Tournament this afternoon at Albion to lock up a seventh straight league title.

Newfane, which went 5-0 during the dual match portion of the N-O season, garnered a total of 277 points to win the tournament. Albion finished in the runner-up spot with 172 followed by Roy-Hart/Barker 123.5, Medina 121, Akron 114 and Wilson 79.5

The Panthers individual champions included Andy Lucinski (106), Adam Huntington (113), Josh Everett (132), Nik Voelker (138), Ryan Nugent (145), Simon Lingle (182) and Jaden Heers (285).

Lucinski, Huntington, Nugent and Voelker are all repeat champions.

In their title bouts, Lucinski pinned RaShawn Bloom (Medina) in 1:36, Huntington decisioned Brett Ricker (Roy-Hart/Barker) 7-5, Everett pinned Allan Schultz (Wilson) in :51, Voelker scored a 16-0 technical fall win over Alex Hafner (Albion), Nugent pinned Colby Hancock (Roy-Hart/Barker) in 2:26 Lingle pinned Will Freeman (Albion) in 1:41 and Heers decisioned Cody Wilson (Albion) 3-2.

Roy-Hart’s Gavin Ciarfella, who earned the tourney’s Most Outstanding Wrestler Award, works toward a title match win over Newfane’s Aiden Gillings.

Medina had three champions including Miles Hartway (152), Noah Skinner (160) and Riley Black (195).

Hartway, who advanced to the finals with two pins and a decision win, nipped Cam Guy of Wilson 8-7 in his title bout.

Skinner, who had a pin and decision win to reach the finals, pinned Zach Hill of Roy-Hart/Barker in 3:35 in the championship bout.

Black, who had major decision win and a pin to reach the title bout, pinned Cameron Bell of Albion in 1:55 to win the championship.

Host Albion had a pair of champions in Amilcar Morales (126) and Bryce Kelly (220) who are both repeat winners.

Morales registered two pins to advance to the finals where he scored a 12-2 major decision win over Tim Hackney of Newfane.

Kelly pinned Charles LaRose of Newfane in 1:51 to claim the championship.

Akron also had a pair of champions in Josh Cummings (120) and Ryan Yaeger (170).

In the title bouts, Cummings decisioned Miguel Salas of Newfane 11-10 and Yaeger decisioned Dayne Aina of Albion 11-6.

Rounding out the champions was Gavin Ciarfella of Roy-Hart/Barker who earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler honor.

Ciarfella scored a pin in the quarterfinals and a technical fall victory in the semifinals before outlasting Aiden Gillings of Newfane 13-11 in overtime in the 99 lb. championship bout.

Third place honorees (by weight class) were as follows: 99 – Dominic Callara (Medina), 106- Jacob Stephenson (Wilson), 113 – Travis Fry (Akron), 120 – Luke Atlas (Wilson), 126 – Nick Critelli (Akron), 132 – Ellwood Hafner (Albion), 138, Trent Choate (Roy-Hart/Barker), 145 – Christian Humbert (Akron), 152 – James Lojeck (Akron), 160 – Kyle Oship (Newfane), 170 – Christian Corter (Newfane), 182 – Aiden Smith (Akron), 195 – Andrew Hill (Roy-Hart/Barker), 220 – Ryan Greiner (Akron) and 285 – Mitchell Silversmith (Medina).

(Click here to see video of Barker/Roy-Hart’s Gavin Ciarfella win in OT over Newfane’s Aiden Gillings and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.)

(Click here to see video of Albion’s Amilicar Morales score a major decision over Newfane’s Tim Hackney.)

(Click here to see video of Medina’s Miles Hartway hang on for the 8-7 decision over Wilson’s Cam Guy.)

Albion’s Amilcar Morales earned his second straight N-O title with this 12-2 win over Newfane’s Tim Hackney.

Medina’s Miles Hartway in route to a narrow 8-7 title win over Cam Guy of Wilson.

Medina’s Noah Skinner in route to posting a title bout pin over Zach Hill of Roy-Hart/Barker.

Albion’s Bryce Kelly in route to a title winning pin over Charles LaRose of Newfane.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’ s Brennon Munn works toward a win over Michsel Burrows of Roy-Hart/Barker during the host Tigers victory this evening.

Rolling to a fourth straight victory, Lyndonville defeated visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 49-30 this evening in a non league wrestling match.

Rodney Davis (170), Mario Fidanza (285), Ty Holmes (106) and Brennon Munn (138) all notched pins to lead the way for Lyndonville.

The Tigers also got an overtime decision win by Sebastian Temich (126), a major decision win by Connor Bell (120) along with decision wins by Payton Grabowski (145) and Carson Dusett (160).

Colby Hancock (152), Andrew Hill (195), Brett Ricker (113) and Mason Castro (132) all notched pins for Roy-Hart/Barker. Ricker’s pin of 36 seconds was the quickest of the evening.

Lyndonville, which has scored three wins in the last four days improves to 7-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Honesty Little puts up a shot against Roy-Hart defenders Miah Glena and Shelby Wolf during the Purple Eagles win over the host Lady Rams this evening.

In a tight sea-saw battle throughout the second half Albion emerged with a narrow 40-38 win over host Roy-Hart in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Trailing 38-37 with less than two minutes to go Albion rallied to pull out the win on a free throw and a layup by Honesty Little.

Little finished with a game high 17 points and Paige Derisley added 12, Aly Knaak 7 and Kendall Derisley and Ryan Olles 2 each for the Purple Eagles.

Shelby Wolf scored 10 and Kara Choate 9 to lead Roy-Hart as Ava Owens and Claire Halstead both added 6, Miah Glena 5 and Rileigh McCabe 2.

Albion held narrow leads of 11-8 after one period and 21-18 at the half as Little scored 9 and Paige Derisley 7 during that stretch. Owens and Halstead both had 6 and Wolf 4 for Roy-Hart over the two periods.

The lead then changed hands three times in the third period which finished with Roy-Hart up by one at 29-28.  Choate, Glena and Wolf each scored 3 in the stanza for the Lady Rams while Little had 5 for the Purple Eagles.

The sea-saw battle then continued down the stretch.

Albion went back up 35-32 after a layup by Knaak and a three and a layup by Paige Derisley.

Roy-Hart then moved back into what proved to be its last lead at 38-37 after a layup by Wolf, a jumper by Glena and a layup off a steal by Choate.

The last rally and the win though belonged to Albion as Little’s free throw and layup in the final minute and a half provided the margin of victory.

Albion is now 5-2 in the league and Roy-Hart 3-4.

(Click here to see a video of Honesty Little scoring the winning bucket for Albion.)

Roy-Hart’s Claire Halstead tries to hang onto a rebound against the Albion duo of  Ryan Olles and Abbie Pappalardo.

Trailing 27-24 at the half, Byron-Bergen rallied to outscore visiting Lyndonville 32-21 in the second half to claim a 56-48 Genesee Region League victory this evening.

The Bees rallied into a 39-34 lead at the three-quarter mark after outscoring the Tigers 15-7 in the third period. Nicolus Baubie hit two threes and Bryce Yockel and Jerrod Amesbury both added four points to lead that uprising.

Byron-Bergen then outpointed Lyndonville 17-14 in the final period to claim the win as Alexander Brunstead scored 10 to spark that surge.

Brunstead finished with 13 and Baubie 12.

Nate Dillenbeck scored 18 and Nathan Hydock 14 to pace Lyndonville as Russ Stephens added 8, Noah Poler 6 and Casey Winiecki 2.

Hydock scored 7 and Dillenbeck 5 in the opening period to spark Lyndonville out to a 14-9 lead.

Dillenbeck then tallied 8 and Stephens 5 in the second period to help keep the Tigers on top 26-24 at the half.

Byron-Bergen is now 6-1 in the league and 8-3 overall while Lyndonville is 5-2, 8-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nodia Osby goes in for a layup as Haleigh Mason defends for Barker. The action took place during the Lady Raiders win over the host Mustangs this evening.

A big fourth quarter scoring surge powered Barker to a 39-25 victory over host Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Trailing by four, 23-19, after three quarters, Barker erupted for a big 20-2 scoring edge in the final stanza to claim the win.

Sydnie Luckman scored 8, including a three, to lead the Lady Raiders big stretch run which also included two threes by Courtney Hillman and four points by Serena Harris.

Luckman finished with a total of 16 points, Harris and Hillman 6, Kylie Annable 5, Sarah Outten 4 and Dakota Leising 2.

Janiyah Holloway scored 7 to lead Medina as Anya Bloom and Sarah Sones both had 6, Faith Ann Vanderwalker 4 and Nodia Osby 2.

Medina held narrow leads of 11-10 after one period and 15-12 at the half.  Holloway had 5 points and Bloom and Sones 4 each for the Mustangs during that stretch.

Barker is now 2-5 and Medina 0-7 in N-O action.

(Click here to see a 2-minute video from the game.)

In another N-O game, front-running Wilson (7-0) defeated Akron (2-5) 54-33.

Barker’s Dakota Leising grabs a rebound as Medina’s Julie Porter tries to knock the ball away.

Maintaining sole possession of first place, Albion posted a 65-53 win over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Bailey Blanchard led Albion’s balanced attack with 15 as Deyonci Farley, Kevin Hillman and Liam Ward each had 10, Anthony Freeman 9 and Elijah Lloyd 7.

“I really like the balance in our game,” said Albion Coach Dave Kozar. ‘That balance is a big key for us.”

Tom Ragonese led the Rams with 13 as Reed Albee and Canyon Wood each added 8.

Leading by a narrow 20-19 margin at the half, Albion opened up a little breathing room at 44-38 at the three-quarter mark as Ward had 8 and Hillman 6 in the third period.

The Purple Eagles then used a 21-15 fourth quarter edge to put a lock on the victory. Blanchard scored 6 to lead that late uprising.

Albion improved to 7-0 in the league while Roy-Hart slips to 2-5.

Akron 40, Wilson 25
Jumping out to a 21-13 half-time advantage, Akron went on to defeat Wilson 40-25 in another N-O contest.

Mitchell Holtz took game high honors for Akron with 17 while Luke Bradley had 8 and Mike Miller 7 for Wilson.

Akron and Wilson are now both 3-3 in N-O action.

Girls Basketball
Notre Dame downed Holley 45-37 and Byron-Bergen bested Lyndonville 62-32 in Genesee Region League girls basketball games this evening.

Amelia McCulley scored 20 and Morgan Rhodes 13 to spark Notre Dame which used a big 18-6 fourth quarter scoring surge to rally for the win after trailing 26-17 at the half and 31-27 after three quarters.

Olivia Radford took game high honors for Holley with 25.

Julianna Amesbury scored 21 and Kelsey Fuller 19 to spark Byron-Bergen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nate Sherman puts up a shot against Barker defender Joey Brandt during the Mustangs home court win over the Raiders this evening.

All 10 players contributed to the point product has Medina romped to a 63-38 win over visiting Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Nate Sherman scored 17 and Christian Drisdom 10 to lead the Mustangs scoring parade as Tyler Chinn added 8, Dontae Rhim 6, David Rhim 5, Joe Cecchini, Jarin Rhim and Brian Fry 4, Matt Henning 3 and Ricky Wood 2.

Barker’s Hunter Callen looks to drive between Medina defenders Tyler Chinn and Dontae Rhim.

Shane Gerhardt scored 11 and Hunter Callen 10 to pace the Raiders as Nicholas Guevara added 8, Joey Brandt 5 and Evan Taylor 4.

Medina jumped out to a 20-11 first quarter lead as Sherman scored 9 in the early going including a three, a three-point play and a layup.

The Mustangs then broke the game open with a 17-5 second period scoring surge to extend the lead to 21, 37-16, at the half.  Dontae Rhim, Drisdom and Chinn each scored 4 and Henning hit a 3 during that stretch.

Medina’s advantage soared to 33, 53-20, at the three-quarter mark after a 16-4 third period scoring burst. Sherman had 6 and Drisdom 4 during that run.

The Mustangs improve to 3-4 in the league with the win while the Raiders slip to 0-7.

Medina next hosts Kenmore East in a non league game on Tuesday.

(Click here to see a video of Medina’s Matt Henning hitting a long 3 point shot.)

(Click here to see Barker’s Nicholas Guevara get his own rebound and then the bucket.)

Contributed Photo – Maddox Stirk works toward a pin for Lyndonville during the Tigers home win over Pavilion/York this evening.

Making it three wins in a row, Lyndonville defeated visiting Pavilion/York 56-24 in a non league wrestling match this evening.

Lightning quick pins of 12 seconds by Ty Holmes, 16 seconds by Mario Fidanza, 17 seconds by Sebastin Temich and 1:11 by Maddox Stirk led the way for the Tigers which also got pins of 2:40 by Connor Bell and 3:02 by Brennon Munn.

Rodney Davis also had a technical fall win and Austin Schmitt a decision victory for Lyndonville which improves to 6-3.

Newfane 57, Holley-Kendall 13
Newfane downed host Holley-Kendall 57-13 in a non league match as Aidan Gillings, Ryan Nugent, Charles LaRose and Jaden Heers all registered pins for the Panthers.

Jakob Silpoch had a pin for the Hawks as Jayden Pieniaszek added a major decision win and Bruce Rasmusson a decision win.

The front-running Roy-Hart girls swim team downed runner-up Akron 88-82 this afternoon to clinch at least a tie for a third straight Niagara-Orleans League championship.

Roy-Hart improves to 8-0 while Akron slips to 6-2 with two meets remaining in the N-O season.

Mandy Hill doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Kayla Hagen took both the 100 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle to lead the way for the Channel Cats. Hagen set a new school record in the 50 Free with a time of :25.33.

The Roy-Hart boys squad locked up outright possession of the N-O title with a 120-49 victory over Akron.

The Channel Cats stay perfect at 8-0 while the TigerSharks drop to 0-8.

Carter Green was a double winner in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Michael Miller in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke for the Channel Cats.

Albion sweeps Barker
The Albion boys downed Barker 57-37 to improve to 5-2-1 as Chase Froman doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free as did Thomas Furmanski in the 50 free and 100 Backstroke.

The Albion girls bested Barker 59-36 to go to 2-6 as Avery Gaines won the 100 Free and 200 Free, Laiken Ricker the 200 Individual Medley, Michaela Pantano the 100 Butterfly, Devynn Pearles the 100 Backstroke, Rylee Pearles the 100 Breaststroke and Sierra Kast the 500 Free.

Medina splits with Newfane
The Medina boys improved to 5-2-1 with a 105-61 win over visiting Newfane as Hunter Heil won the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke, Chris Goyette the 100 Free and Isaac Pace the 100 Breaststroke. Heil set a new school record in the Backstroke with a time of :59.62.

Hannah Heil was a double winner in the 50 Free and 200 Free for the Medina girls which lost to Newfane 97-73.

N-O Standings
Boys: Roy-Hart 8-0, Albion 5-2-1, Medina 5-2-1, Newfane 3-5, Barker 2-6, Akron 0-8
Girls: Roy-Hart 8-0, Akron 6-2, Newfane 5-3, Medina 3-5, Albion 2-6, Barker 0-8