Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Carson Major goes between Rochester Academy defenders Deonte Major and Shawn Cole for a layup during the Hawks loss to the Racers this evening in the Holley Tournament championship game.

A fourth quarter rally fell just short as the host Hawks dropped a narrow 59-56 decision to Rochester Academy Charter in the championship game of the Holley Holiday Tournament this evening.

Trailing by 15, 53-38, at the three-quarter mark, Holley came battling back down the stretch.

Holley opened the decisive final stanza with a 9-0 run  to cut the deficit to six, 53-47, with just under four minutes to play.

Carson Major, who scored 12 of his game high 24 points in the final period, had a three and two free throws during that run which also included a pair of baskets by Kohl Morgan who had 10 points on the evening.

A pair of baskets by Shawn Cole put RAC back up by seven, 56-49, with 1:40 to go .

However, Major made a rare four point play by making a free throw after being fouled while hitting a three to pull the Hawks within three at 56-53 with 18 seconds to go.

Holley would get no closer though as Cole, who scored 24 on the evening, made three clutch free throws in the final seconds to give RAC a six point, 59-53, lead and put a lock on the victory.

Major hit another three at the buzzer to make the final 59-56.

RAC also got off to a quick start grabbing a 19-11 first period lead highlighted by two threes by Qumauri Thompson and Daniel Garcia. Both players finished with 12.

Holley though came battling back by opening the second period with a 17-8 run to rally into a 28-27 lead.

Broek Ostrom hit two threes and Major a three, a two and two free throws, to lead that Hawks rally.

RAC though close the period with a 6-0 run to regain a 33-25 lead at the half.

The Racers then outscored the Hawks 20-10 in the third period, including 8 by Cole, to up their advantage to 15, 53-28, at the three-quarter mark.

The Hawks did answer back with an 18-6 scoring surge in the final period but the rally came up just short.

Cody Tanis also added 9 points on the evening for the Hawks as Ostrom had 6, AJ Drechsel 3 and Jacob Norman and Ryan Lang 2 each.

(Click here to see video of Holley’s Broek Ostrom hitting a jumper from the corner.)

Holley’s Cody Tanis drives by RAC defender Josiah Heyward.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Dale Steffen puts up a shot over Destiny defenders Mark Hart and Jimmes Clark during the Eagles consolation game win at the Holley Tournament this evening.

A big 50 point first half scoring surge keyed Kendall to a 79-65 win over Destiny of Rochester in the consolation game of the Holley Tournament this evening.

Kendall jumped out to a 19 point, 23-4, first quarter lead as Dale Steffen scored 11 and Derek Edick 8 to lead the uprising.

The Eagles increased their lead to 27, 50-23, at the half as Steffen stayed hot scoring 13 more. Edick and Mason Kuhn each chipped in with 5.

Kendall maintained an 18 point, 64-46, advantage at the three-quarter mark and Destiny could get no closer than 12 down the stretch.

Steffen finished with a game high 28 and Edick 20 as Kuhn had 10, Noah Walzer 8, Zach Barrett 7 and Riley Hirshman 6.

Mark Hart scored 24, Jimmes Clark 20 and Naveire Hamilton 13 for Destiny.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Cody Wilson

Albion High senior Cody Wilson earned the Most Valuable Wrestler Award at the Alexander Tournament today.

Wilson, who also earned the MOW award at last weekend’s Akron Tournament, went 5-0 on the day with five pins.

Dayne Aina also placed first for the Purple Eagles as Yeshua Robles-Nunez, Amilcar Morales and Bryce Kelly all took second and Blake Stornelli third.

Albion placed third in the team standings.

Playing Eden-Lake Shore-Pioneer-Springville (ELPS) for the fourth time this season, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team finally suffered a loss at the Cattaraugus Arena by the score of 4-2 this evening.

Falling behind 2-0 in a very physical game, RBM was able to tie the game by the early part of the final period.

Jason Kuchey scored his 19th goal of the season assisted by his Roy-Hart mates Dominic Peracciny and Ryan Mettler.  Mettler scored the second goal from Matthew Miller (Akron) and Colin Dodge (R-H).

However, ELPS regained the lead for good near the end of the game and then iced the win on an empty net tally.

RBM, now 8-3, hosts Dunkirk- Fredonia Saturday evening at the Cornerstone arena at 7:40PM.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jamel Johnson Jr. goes up for a shot between Medina defenders Brian Fry and Dontae Rhim during the Rams win over the visiting Mustangs this evening.

Rebounding from as much as an 18 point first half deficit, Roy-Hart came battling back to down defending champion Medina 71-66 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening at Middleport.

Trailing by 18, 36-18, Roy-Hart began its comeback by closing the first half with an 8-0 run, including 4 by Aiden Petrie, to cut the deficit to 10, 36-26.

Medina did go back up by 13, 43-30, early in the second half but Roy-Hart answered with a huge 22-1 scoring explosion to rally into the lead for good.

A three by Reed Albee pulled Roy-Hart even at 43-43 and then a three by Peyton Rhinehart put the Rams on top to stay at 46-44 with 2:15 to go in the third period.

Consecutive layups by Gavyn Boyle, Albee and Jamel Johnson Jr. upped the Roy-Hart lead to eight, 52-44, and the Rams maintained a five point, 53-48, lead at the end of the decisive period.

Albee and Tom Ragonese both scored 7 in the period for the Rams as Petrie had 5, Johnson and Rhinehart 3 and Boyle 2.

Keeping the momentum, Roy-Hart went up by 12, 61-49, by opening the final period with an 8-0 run on tallies by Petrie, Rhinehart, Johnson and Boyle.

Medina though came battling back.

A 5-0 run, which included buckets by Jarin Rhim and Christian Drisdom, cut the deficit to seven at 61-54.

Then a 6-0 run, all by Jarin Rhm on two baskets and a pair of free throws, pulled the Mustangs to within three, 65-62, with 1:23 remaining.

The Mustangs then cut the deficit to just two, 66-64, on a basket by Brian Fry with 1:10 to go but could not pull even.

Roy-Hart finally put a lock on the victory on two free throws each by Petrie and Albee and one by Johnson in the final minute.

Petrie finished with 18, Albee 13 and Johnson and Ragonese 11 each to lead the Rams as Rhett Goodwin added 8 and Rhinehart and Boyle 5 each.

(Click here to see a video of Roy-Hart’s Tom Ragonese finish a play with a jumper for 2.)

Nate Sherman led Medina with 19 as Jarin Rhim had 17, Drisdom 14, Tyler Chinn 13, Fry 2 and Dontae Rhim 1.

(Click here to see video of Medina’s Christian Drisdom driving in for a layup bucket.)

Medina jumped out to an eight point, 23-15, first quarter lead by closing the period with a 14-4 run.

Sherman scored 9 and Drisdom 8 in the period to lead the Mustangs.

The Mustangs then opened the second period with a 13-1 run to extend the advantage to 18, 34-16.  Chinn scored 5 and Sherman 4 to lead the uprising.

However, Roy-Hart cut the deficit to 10 at the half by closing the period with an 8-0 run and then used a big 27-12 third period scoring edge to rally into the lead for good.

The loss drops Medina to 1-3 in N-O action while Roy-Hart is 1-2.

Medina’s Jarin Rhim puts up a shot against Roy-Hart defender Tom Ragonese.

Albion 65, Wilson 43
Front-running Albion bested visiting Wilson 65-43 to improve to 4-0 in N-O action.

Deyonci Farley scored 19 to lead the Albion offense as Chris Shabazz and Liam Ward both had 10, Bailey Blanchard 9 and Kevin Hillman 8.

Mike Miller scored 17 and Luke Bradley 13 for Wilson which is now 1-1 in league competition.

Up 26-17 at the half, Albion broke the contest open by outscoring Wilson 20-7 in the third quarter.

Farley scored 5 and Blanchard 4 to lead that uprising which vaulted the Purple Eagles out to a commanding 46-24 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

In the other N-O game, Newfane (3-0) downed Akron (1-2) 45-35.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kohl Morgan leads Holley to tourney win.

Holley downed rival Kendall 66-49 in the opening round of the Hawks Holiday Tournament this evening.

Breaking away from a 30-30 half-time deadlock, Holley used a big 24-5 third period scoring burst to key the victory.

Kohl Morgan scored 11 points to spearhead that uprising which vaulted the Hawks into a 54-35 lead heading into the final period.

Morgan finished with 24 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals.

Carson Major scored 16 points for the Hawks as Cody Tanis chipped in with 8 and AJ Drechsel 7.

Derek Edick scored 23 and Mason Kuhn 12 for Kendall.

Holley will now face Rochester Academy Charter in the championship game at 7 p.m. Saturday. Kendall will meet Destiny of Rochester in the consolation game at 5:30 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Claire Halstead goes to the basket between Medina defenders Nodia Osby and Sarah Sones during the Lady Rams win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Roy-Hart earned its first Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball win of the season by downing host Medina 39-28 this evening.

Rileigh McCabe scored 9 to lead Roy-Hart’s balanced offense as Shelby Wolf and Kara Choate both had 8 and Claire Halstead and Miah Glena 6.

Sarah Sones and Anna Cruz-Robb both scored 6 and Anya Bloom 5 for Median.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 14-7 first quarter lead as Wolf scored 6.

The Lady Rams led by 10, 25-15 at the half.

Roy-Hart is now 1-2 in the league and Medina 0-3.

Wilson 56, Albion 32
In a key early season clash of unbeatens, Wilson bested visiting Albion 56-32 as Skylar Munnikhuysen and Izzy Dinse both scored 14 and Anna Frerichs 10.

Paige Derisley scored 8 and Aly Knaak and Ryan Olles 7 each for Albion.

Wilson led 29-15 at the half and 38-23 at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson is now 3-0 in the league and Albion 3-1.

Newfane 49, Akron 34
Paige Littman scored 12, Hannah Hambruch 10 and Lauren Boudeman 9 to lead the way for Newfane while Jayni Sundown had 11 for Akron.

Newfane is now 2-0 in N-O action and Akron 1-3.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Noah Poler goes up for a layup against Barker defender Joey Brandt during the Tigers win over the visiting Raiders this afternoon.

Roaring out to a 22 point first quarter lead Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Barker 75-40 this afternoon in a non league contest.

Capitalizing on a rash of turnovers Lyndonville roared out to a 23-0 lead at the outset.

Nathan Hydock scored 11, including four layups and a rebound basket, and Nate Dillenbeck 8, including a three and a three-point play, to spearhead the early uprising which saw the Tigers take a commanding 28-6 lead at the end of the opening period.

Lyndonville upped its advantage to 33, 50-17, advantage at the half as Dillenbeck scored 10 in the second quarter.

The Tigers lead increased to 37, 63-26, at the three-quarter mark.

Interestingly, 8 of Barker’s 9 field goals over the first three quarters came from three-point range.

Dillenbeck finished with a game high 24 to lead the Tigers as Hydock had 14, Devin Rounds 13, Russ Stephens 7, Noah Poler 6, Casey Winiecki 3 and Evan Horn, Nathan Neace, Trenton Muck and Hyden Woodward 2 each.

Joey Brandt scored 11 and Cole Ecker 10 to pace Barker as Shane Gerhardt had 5, Evan Taylor and Tyler Hillman 4 and Hunter Callen and Nathan Meza Ray 3 each.

Lyndonville improves to 5-2 while Barker slips to 1-7.

(Click here to see a video of some action from the game.)

Barker’s Shane Garhardt puts up a shot as Lyndonville defender Russ Stephens tries for a block.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nate Sherman and his Mustang teammates will visit Roy-Hart on Friday evening for a Niagara-Orleans League game.

The Niagara-Orleans League will resume boys and girls basketball competition on Friday following the holiday break.

Defending champion Medina will be looking to snap a two league game losing streak as the Mustangs (1-2) will visit Roy-Hart (0-2) to highlight the N-O boys schedule which will also have Wilson at front-running Albion (3-0) at 7 p.m. and Akron at Newfane at 6:30 p.m.

The N-O girls slate will have Roy-Hart at Medina and Newfane at Akron at 6:30 p.m. and league leading Albion (3-0) at Wilson at 6 p.m.

A non league boys contest will have Barker at Lyndonville at 1:30 p.m.

The Holley boy basketball tournament will also get underway on Friday with the Hawks hosting rival Kendall at 7 p.m. The opening game will have Rochester Charter Academy vs. Destiny of Rochester.

The consolation and championship games will be on Saturday.

In wrestling competition on Saturday Albion will be at the Alexander Tournament.

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

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville brothers Sammy, left, and Tony Recco became the Tigers first state wrestling champions in 2012.

It was a historic day for the Lyndonville High wrestling program as the Recco brothers, Sammy and Tony, became the Tigers first ever state wrestling champions on the same evening at the 2012 state championships in Albany.

Tony, a freshman, became Lyndonville’s first state mat champion when he captured the 99 lb. title with a narrow 1-0 decision win over Nick Casella of Locust Valley.

Then minutes later Sammy, a senior, completed the brothers sweep as he edged past Jeff O’Lena of East Rochester 2-0 to claim the 120 lb. championship.

That 2012 tourney was also a very special one for Holley High senior Quinton Murphy as he captured his fourth state championship with a 7-3 decision win over Anthony Finnocchino of Canastota to compete a perfect 59-0 season and finish his varsity career total of 302 wins.

Murphy previously had claimed state titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011.

Holley’s Quinton Murphy claimed his fourth state title at the 2012 tournament.

Roy-Hart also had a pair of state wrestling champions during the decade as Drew Hull won in 2013 and Cameron Swick in 2016.

Roy-Hart also captured two Niagara-Orleans League wrestling team titles (2010 and 2011) during the decade otherwise dominated by Newfane which claimed the title seven times including the last six in a row (2012-14-15-16-17-18-19).

Holley also had a strong decade capturing no less that five Genesee Region League wrestling titles.