Albion edged host Barker 51-45 this evening to remain undefeated at 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball competition.

Kevin Hillman scored 15 and Deyonci Farley 12 to lead the way for Albion as Bailey Blanchard added 9, Elijah Lloyd 6, Liam Ward 5 and Xavier Cornick 4.

Blanchard scored 6 and Ward 5 in the final quarter to help the Purple Eagles lock up the win.

Joey Brandt scored a game high 21 and Shane Gerhardt added 9 for Barker which slips to 0-4 in N-O action.

Albion held leads of 12-3 after one quarter, 25-15 at the half and 36-27 at the three-quarter mark.

Newfane 55, Wilson 31
Newfane likewise stayed unbeaten at 4-0 in N-O action by downing rival Wilson 55-31.

Garrett Srock scored 17 and Cade Littman 12 to lead the way for Newfane as Josh Everett, Michael Carmer and Caden Gibson 6 each.

Luke Bradley had 15 for Wilson which is now 1-2.

The Panthers led 13-11 after the first quarter, 22-16 at the half and 35-18 after three quarters.

Akron 58, Roy-Hart 35
Up 38-13  at the half, Akron went on to down Roy-Hart 58-35 as Adam Mietz scored 24 and Mitchell Holtz 10.

Tom Ragonese had 13 and Aiden Petrie 10 for Roy-Hart.

Akron is now 2-2 and Roy-Hart 1-3 in the league.

G-R League
Alexander 71, Holley 40
Up 35-26 at the half, Alexander pulled away over the final two quarters to post a 71-40 Genesee Region League win over visiting Holley.

Kohl Morgan had 15 points and 9 rebounds and Jacob Norman 9 points for Holley.

Medina swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Barker this afternoon in Niagara-Orleans League swimming competition.

The Seahorses won the boys’ meet 111-53 and the girls’ competition 125-25.

Hunter Heil was a double winner for the Medina boys in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke as Xander Payne took the 200 Free, Gabe Mark the 500 Free and Isaac Pace the 100 Breaststroke.

In the girls meet, Hannah Heil doubled in the 100 Free and 200 Free, Amanda Woodruff in the 50 Free and 100 Butterfly and Margaret Klotzbach in the 500 Free and 100 Backstroke.  Hannah Kenward also had a win in the 200 Individual Medley,

The Albion boys downed Akron 79-15 but Akron took the girls competition 50-39.

Roy-Hart also swept past Newfane but no team scores were listed.

Double winners for Roy-Hart included Carter Green in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Madison Ohol in the 200 Fee and 100 Backstroke and Mandy Hill in the 100 Breaststroke and 500 Free. She set a new league record in the 500 Free with a time of 5:23.35.

N-O Standings
Boys: Roy-Hart 5-0, Albino 3-1-1, Medina 3-1-1, Barker 2-3, Newfane 1-4, Akron 0-5.
Girls: Roy-Hart 5-0, Akron 4-1, Newfane 3-2, Medina -3, Albion 1-4, Barker 0-5.

Front-running Legion combined a 41-29 win over Vets Club Monday with JR Wilson’s 38-32 win over runner-up Sacred Heart to increase its Medina Euchre League lead.

Now on top by 32 points, Legion is 535-445 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 503-477, JR Wilson 494-486 and Vets Club 428-552.

League competition continues on January 13 with Legion at Vets Club and Sacred Heart at JR Wilson.

Jumping out to a 19-5 first quarter lead, Notre Dame went on to defeat host Lyndonville 57-31 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Morgan Rhodes scored 9 and Amelia McCulley 8, both including a pair of threes. to spark the Irish in the opening period.

McCulley finished with  17 and Rhodes 12 for the Irish which led 32-15 at the half and 42-19 at the three-quarter mark.

Lorelei Dillenbeck took game high honors for Lyndonvile with 18, including four threes, as Ella Lewis had 6, Kaylee Nesbitt 4 and Karlee Rounds 3.

Attica 46, Holley 30
Leading by only five, 21-16, at the half, Attica used a 12-6 third period scoring edge to key a 46-30 G-R win over visiting Holley.

Halee Passarell scored 12 for Holley which trailed 33-22 after three quarters.

Alexander 59, Albion 37
Alexander built up a 39-26 half-time advantage and went on to defeat visiting Albion 59-37 in a non league contest.

Hailie Kramer scored 16 and Natalie Whitmore 14 to lead Alexander.

Melissa Robinson and Paige Derisley each scored 7 and Ryan Olles 6 for Albion which next hosts Barker at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Pembroke 63, Medina 15
Building up a 22-5 first quarter lead, Pembroke went on to down visiting Medina 63-15 in a non league game as Serene Calderon and Dekari Moss both scored 13, Emily Peters 11 and Casey Wurtz 10.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nate Sherman shoots over Tapestry defender Carl Johnson during the Mustangs home court loss to the Thunder Hawks this evening.

Fast breaking at every opportunity, Tapestry posted an 85-71 victory over host Medina in a non league game this evening.

Tariq Eubanks scored 30, Massai Graham 19 and Romeo Bell 16 to spearhead the attack for Tapestry which improves to 5-1.

Nate Sherman scored a career high 32 to lead Medina as Tyler Chinn had 15, Brian Fry 13, Dontae Rhim 7 and Jarin Rhim 4.

Medina did get off to a quick start jumping out to a nine point, 25-16, first quarter lead as Sherman and Chinn both scored 9.

The Thunder Hawks answered with a 15-5 run to open the second period to rally into a 31-30 lead.

However, the Mustangs countered with an 8-0 run on threes by Fry and Chinn and a layup off a turnover by Chinn to regain a narrow 38-36 lead at the half.

The Mustangs upped their lead to seven, 47-40, early in the third period after a three by Chinn and layups by Fry and Sherman who had a total of 11 in the stanza.

The Thunder Hawks though came battling back with what proved to be a decisive 18-5 run to rally into the lead for good at 58-52.

Eubanks scored 12, Bells 6 and Graham 5 in the period for Tapestry which held a 63-59 lead at the three-quarter mark.

The Thunder Hawks finally pulled away for good by opening the final period with an 11-3 run to open up a 13 point, 74-61.The Mustangs could get no closer than 11 down the stretch.

Bell and Eubanks both scored 8 to lead Tapestry in the final stanza while Sherman had 9 for Medina.

Now at 2-8, Medina next visits Central Christian Academy in a non league make-up game on Wednesday. The Mustangs return to Niagara-Orleans League competition by hosting Akron on Friday.

Section VI has given approval to switch from a Federation to a league alignment for football beginning this fall.

“A proposal has passed which will allow individual leagues to now align their divisions and schedule as they see fit,” said Section VI Football Chairman Ken Stoldt who added that “the Federation will remain intact and oversee all aspects of Section VI Football as they have in the past with a few exceptions. A new Point Rating Index (PRI) will be used for seeding (for sectionals)”

“Leagues will now be responsible to align their divisions, create a regular season schedule, take care of schedule changes in season, and hold post season meetings,” added Stoldt. “Hopefully this is a good thing.  Both league scheduling and Federation scheduling offer great opportunities.  My hope is that by keeping things local it will spark more interest because of traditional match-ups and as a result we may even see better attendance at games.”

The vote clears the way for the Niagara-Orleans to have football as a league sport for the first time since the early 1970’s when the Section VI Football Federation was formed.

Currently six N-O schools compete in football including Albion, Medina, Roy-Hart, Akron, Newfane and Wilson.

Recently Medina approved to go back to playing football alone after competing as a merged team with Lyndonville and Barker the past few years.

In turn, Roy-Hart, which has been low on numbers and fielded only a varsity squad last fall, is in talks with Barker and Lyndonville about forming a merged team this coming fall to compete as either an 8 or 11 man team.

Jumping out to a 2-0 first period lead, the Tri County Midget Divison Yellow team went on to defeat Monroe County 5-0 today to remain undefeated at 13-0 in Empire Amateur Hockey League competition.

Patrick Ricker and John Pilon scored the opening epriod goals.

Tri County later put a lock on the victory by scoring three times in the third period on tallies by Ricker, Pilon and Jake Esposito.

Nick Ray earned the shutout in goal as Tri County improves to 18-1-1 overall.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team lost their fourth game of the season, dropping a 7-4 home ice decision to Dunkirk/Fredonia Saturday evening.

Leading by a narrow 5-4 margin in the final period, Dunkirk/Fredonia put a lock on the game by scoring on a rare penalty shot and then on an empty netter.

Trailing 1-0 early, RBM tied the game as Tagen Decker (R-H) scored on passes from Jason Kuchey (R-H) and Dominic Peracciny (R-H).

Sophomore Andrew Downey (R-H) gave RBM the lead in the second period with an assist from Peracciny.

Then, after D/F tied the game, Kuchey scored unassisted, giving RBM a 3-2 lead.

However, Dunkirk/Fredonia scored three times to finish off the second period, two of the goals coming within 11 seconds of one another, to rally into the lead for good at 5-3.

.In the final stanza, Ryan Mettler (R-H) hit a power play goal unassisted to cut the deficit to 5-4 but RBM could not find the net again.

RBM’s next game is against local rival Wilson/Newfane next Saturday at home at 7:40 p.m.