Front-running Legion combined a 44-28 victory over Vets Club with JR Wilson’s 38-32 win over runner-up Sacred Heart Monday to extend its Medina Euchre League lead to 44 points.

Legion is now 579-471 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 535-515, JR Wilson 532-518 and Vets Club 454-596.

League competition continues on January 20 with JR Wilson at Legion and Vets Club at Sacred Heart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Derek Edick goes up for a layup against Pembroke defender Adam Dulski during the host Eagles loss to the Dragons this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a big second quarter scoring edge, Pembroke went on to defeat host Kendall 61-39 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Trailing 17-15 at the end of the opening period, Pembroke used a 15-2 second quarter surge to take charge by  30-19 margin at the half.

Garrett Totten scored seven including an early three and then back-to-back layups to close the stanza which saw the Dragons outpoint the Eagles 13-0 over the first six minutes.

Keeping the momentum, Pembroke used a 12-4 run over the first four minutes of the third period to extend the advantage to 19, 42-23, a run which include tallies by five players.

Kendall did close the period with a 7-0 run, including five by Nicholas Spellan, to cut the deficit a bit to 13, 45-32, but the Eagles would get no closer.

Pembroke pulled away for good by opening the final period with a 13-2 run to stretch the advantage to as much as 24 at 58-34.

Totten finished with 17 and Dulski 13 to lead the Dragons as Godzala added 9, Patrick Wolford 7, Matt Barry and Trevor Vaughn 5, Austin Connell 3 and Hunter Schodel 2.

Derek Edick led Kendall with 15 as Spellan had 7, Zach Barrett 6, Riley Hirschman 5 and Mason Kuhn and Dale Steffen 3 each.

Edick had two threes and Hirschman a three and a two to spark Kendall’s 17 point first period but the Eagles managed a total of only 22 more points over the final three quarters.

Pembroke evens its record at 5-5 while Kendall slips to 1-8 with another home game against rival Holley upcoming at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Kendall’s Mason Kuhn looks to pass as Matt Barry and Patrick Wolford defend for Pembroke.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club ice hockey team defeated St. Joe’s of Buffalo 6-0 Sunday evening to improve to 10-4 on the season.

Defenseman Jacob Harris (Barker) opened the scoring with a goal on passes from Matthew Miller (Akron) and Joel Harris (Barker).  The period ended 1-0.

In the second, Nick Wood (Akron) scored a short- handed goal with the assist going to Ryan Mettler (R-H).

Taking the 2-0 lead into the third, RBM erupted for four goals.

Dominic Peracciny (R-H), Mettler, Jason Kuchey and Wood all scored.  Kuchey’s goal was his league- leading 21st of the season.  Assists went to Peracciny, Kuchey (2), Wood, Jacob Harris and Trevor Crawford.

Andrew Warner achieved the shutout in goal.

RBM is off until Friday evening when they travel to Cheektowaga for a 9 p.m. game against St. Mary’s of Lancaster.

The Medina Wrestling Club opened its season by competing in the Lockport Kids Wrestling Tournament Sunday.

Luke Duffina and Breydin McEwen-Miller  both earned first place finishes.

Medina also had Aurelius Schalck and Lathan McEwen-Miller place second , Ryan Frentz third, Jacob Duffina, Brennan Allen, and Trenton Morley fourth and Austin Seefeldt seventh.

“Medina wrestlers did very well for their first tournament of the season,” said Coach Jamie Duffina.

A three goal first period scoring burst sparked the Tri Coiunty Midget Division Yellow team to a 6-2 victory over Webster today in an Empire Amateur Hockey League game.

Patrick Ricker scored two goals and Jake Esposito one to give Tri County the early lead it never relinquished.

Zack Geitner scored in the second period for Tri County which locked up the win on third period goals by Ricker and John Pilon.

Tri County is now 14-0 in the league and 19-1-1 overall.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team hosted league leading 10-1 Wilson/Newfane Saturday evening and came away a 3-2 winner.

Ironically, the only game W/N had lost this season was to RBM back in November.

The opening period rendered no scoring for either team and set the stage for what appeared to be a low scoring and close contest.

In less than two minutes in the second period, however, W/N scored two fast goals.

Before the end of  the period though a goal by Dominic Peracciny (R-H) with assists from Ryan Mettler (R-H) and Nick Wood (Akron) gave RBM life.

At the 12:33 mark of the last period, Peracciny scored again, from Mettler and Wood, to tie the game.

Four minutes later, Wood got the game- winner from Colin Dodge (R-H) and Mettler.

Credit the defense for a game well- played.  Dodge, Reed Winslow and Jason Kuchey, all R-H, Trevor Crawford (Akron) and Jacob Harris (Barker) all made contributions and goalie Andrew Warner (Tonawanda) earned the win.

Tonight, RBM has another home game against St. Joe’s of Buffalo at 6:10 p.m.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville players and coaches meet after a strong showing at the Eastridge Duals today.

Highlighted by a big comeback win over a highly rated foe, Lyndonville placed third at the Fritz Zagorski Duals at Eastridge High School. today.

In pool play to open the tournament, Lyndonville defeated Eastridge 58-30 and East 78-9 before falling to the eventual Champions Churchville Chili 51-32.

Lyndonville then was downed by Rush-Henrietta 62-21 in the semifinals.

Rebounding, the match of the night for Lyndonville then came when the Tigers faced off against the No. 3 ranked Section V Small School Wayne Eagles for third place. In a thriller, the Tigers rallied for a 45-42 victory.

Lyndonville started off with pins by Sebastian Temich (126) in 2:38 and Payton Grabowski (145)  in 4:30 in the middle weights but quickly fell behind as Wayne registered a forfeit, a pin, a forfeit, a pin, and another forfeit at 132, 138, 152, 160, and 170.

Lynfonville trailed 30-12. But Rodney Davis kept the Tigers alive winning in OT at 182 6-4 over Dakota Tigue. Maddox Stirk then picked up a forfeit at 195 to continue the comeback.

Mario Fidanza then pushed the Tigers closer registering a quick 0:40 pin over Jacob Pullen at 220.

Wayne got another pin at 285 to go up 36-27. However, Ty Holmes helped the Tigers claw back registering a pin at 99 lbs. only to see Wayne pull back ahead 42-33 with a pin at 106.

The match then came down to Connor Bell who needed to win by a decision over Cal Lawson but he registered a pin in 2:46.  Lyndonville then clinched the narrow 45-42 win with a forfeit victory by Alex Farrell at 120.

Fidanza and Bell were both named to the All-Tournament team.

Holley-Kendall lost to Rush-Henreitta 57-21 and Wayne 54-15 but defeated Wilson Magnet 48-12 in pool play.

The Hawks then defeated East 45-12 but ended the tourney with a narrow 34-33 loss to Eastridge.

Tristyn Moyer and Dylan Clemons represented Holley-Kendall on the All-Tournament team.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kevin Hillman puts up a shot against Elba defenders Collin O’Halloran and Jaykob Belluscio during the Purple Eagles loss to the host Lancers this afternoon.

A last ditch rally fell just short as Albion dropped a narrow 53-50 decision to host Elba this afternoon in a mid season non league clash between two league front-runners.

Trailing by eight, 45-53, with less than 20 seconds to go Albion came battling back to make the finish exciting.

The Purple Eagles rallied back to within three, 53-50, after a three by Liam Ward with 18 seconds remaining and a layup off a turnover by Chris Shabazz with 10 seconds to go.

However, Albion was unable to capitalize on a couple of late Elba missed free throw opportunities as the Purple Eagles came up empty on their final two trips down the court enabling the Lancers to claim the narrow win.

Elba’s Colton Dillon looks to shoot as Liam Ward and Damion Lattimer defend for Albion.

Colton Dillon scored 19, Jaykob Belluscio 11 and CJ Gottler 9 to spearhead the offense for Elba which currently shares the Genesee Region League Division 2 lead with Lyndonville at 4-1.

Collin O’Halloran and Zach Marscell both added 6 and Jayden Hughes 2 for the Lancers.

Deyonci Farley shared game high honors with 19 for Albion which is currently tied for the Niagara-Orleans League lead with Newfane at 5-0.

Kevin Hillman and Bailey Blanchard both chipped in with 7, Ward 5, Shabazz 4, Anthony Freeman and Eljah Lloyd 3 and Damion Lattimer 2 for the Purple Eagles.

The two teams played to a 12-12 deadlock at the end of the first period as Blanchard hit a tying jumper for Albion at the buzzer.

Elba then put together an 18-12 second period scoring surge highlighted by threes by O’Halloran, Marsceill and Gottler to take a six point, 30-24, lead at the half.

Albion though came battling back with a 15-2 run to open the third period and rally into a seven point, 39-32, lead.

Blanchard had a jumper and a three during that rally which also included threes by Farley and Lloyd and a jumper by Shabazz which capped it off.

However, Elba quickly cut the deficit back to two, 39-37, by scoring the final five points of the period on a three by Gottler and a jumper by Dillon.

The Lancers went up 42-39 at the outset of the final period on another three by Gottler and a layup by Belluscio.

Farley though answered right back for Albion with a jumper and then a three to give the Purple Eagles what proved to be their last lead at 44-42 with 5:45 remaining.

Elba finally regained the lead for good at 53-45 by putting together a decisive 11-1 run which included a three and two layups by Dillon along with a pair of layups by Belluscio.

That eight point lead then proved to be just enough as the Lancers survived the Purple Eagles last ditch rally attempt to gain the slender win.

Girls Basketball
Newfane 45, Medina 33
Building up a 24-11 halftime advantage, Newfane went on to defeat visiting Medina 45-33 this afternoon in an N-O League make-up game.

Hannah Hambruch and Lauren Boudeman each scored 11 and Rachel Chunco 9 to lead the way for Newfane which improves to 4-1 in N-O action.

Nodia Osby scored 9 and Anya Bloom 8 for Medina which slips to 0-5.

Albion’s Anthony Freeman and the Elba trio of Colton Dillon, Jaykob Belluscio and Jayden Hughes all try for a rebound.

Moving back above the .500 mark at 5-4, Lyndonville trimmed host Holley 42-37 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Ella Lewis scored 19 and Lorelei Dillenbeck 13 to spark the Lady Tigers.

Olivia Radford netted 14 and Tatum Gagne 10 for the Lady Hawks.

Lyndonville grabbed a 12-8 first quarter lead as Lewis scored 8 in the early going.

The Lady Tigers maintained narrow leads of 22-18 at the half and 31-27 at the three-quarter mark.

Lewis scored 5 in the second period for the Lady Tigers while Dillenbeck hit a three in each of the first three quarters. They each then scored 4 in the final stanza to help lock up the win.

Radford scored 8 in the second period for Holley.

In another G-R contest. Byron-Bergen downed Kendall 41-32.

Pembroke 67, Albion 18
Serene Calderon and Dekari Moss each scored 12 to lead Pembroke to the 67-18 romp over visiting Albion in a non league game.

Aly Knaak led Albion with 8.

Akron 42, Medina 31.
Jayni Sundown and Sophie Jones each scored 10 to key Akron to a 42-31 win over visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Gracie Hughes scored 7, Nodia Osby 6 and Sarah Sones 5 to pace Medina.

Akron is now 2-4 and Medina 0-4 in N-O action. The Mustangs visit Newfane at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in a makeup game.