Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Sarah Outten tries to grab a rebound away from the Lyndonville duo of Savannah Poler and Karlee Rounds during the Lady Raiders loss to the visiting Lady Tigers this evening.

Trailing by four at the half, Lyndonville rallied to outscore host Barker 27-15 in the second half to claim a 44-36 non league victory this evening.

Trailing 21-17 at the half and 26-24 midway through the third period, Lyndonville put together a 10-4 run to close the quarter and take the lead for good at 34-30.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 7, including a three and two layups, to lead that rally which also included two free throws by Karlee Rounds and one by Ella Lewis.

Rounds also had a total of seven in the period including a three-point play and a layup which pulled Lyndonville even at 24-24.

Barker did regain the lead one last time at 26-24 on a rebound basket by Serena Harris but Lyndonville answered with the key 10-4 run to rally into a nine point, 49-40, lead heading into the final period.

Barker did pull to within four, 36-32, early in the final stanza on a jumper by Kylie Annable but Lyndonville answered with s 7-0 run on layups by Rounds and Lewis and a three by Dillenbeck to pull away for good.

Dillenbeck finished with a game high 16 to lead Lyndonville as Rounds added 11, Lewis 10, Savannah Poler 5 and Kaylee Nesbitt 2.

(Click here to see a video of Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis beating the defense down the court for a layup bucket.)

Harris led Barker with 10 as Sydnie Luckman had 9, Rachel Parfinski 7, Haleigh Mason 4 and Sarah Outten, Chloe Lee and Annable 2 each.

Barker led 13-12 at the end of a sea-saw first period which saw six lead changes.

Harris had a three and a two and Luckman a pair of baskets to lead the Lady Raiders in the early going while Dillenbeck hit two threes to keep the Lady Tigers close.

Barker increased its lead a bit to four, 21-17, at the half, but Lyndonville battled back with a 17-9 third period scoring edge to rally into the lead for good,

The win evens Lyndonville’s record at 3-3.

Lyndonville’s Karlee Rounds goes to the basket against Barker defenders Kathleen Babcock and Rachel Parfinski.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Reed Albee goes up for a layup between LeRoy defenders Andrew Loftus and Cody Lytle during the Rams loss to the Knights at the Batavia Lions Club Tournament this afternoon at Genesee Community College.

A big turnover aided third period scoring surge keyed LeRoy to a 66-52 win over Roy-Hart in the consolation game of the Batavia Lions Club Tournament this afternoon at Genesee Community College.

Leading by a narrow one point, 34-33, margin at the half, LeRoy capitalized on eight turnovers to outscore Roy-Hart 15-7 in the decisive third period to open up a 49-40 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Ethan Beswick scored 7 and Cody Lytle 6 to spearhead that uprising by the Knights.

Roy-Hart could get no closer than four in the final stanza as LeRoy used a 17-12 scoring edge, including 6 by Lytle and 5 by Beswick, to put a lock on the win.

Roy-Hart’s Tom Ragonese puts up a jumper as Cody Lytle defends for LeRoy.

Beswick finished with a game high 24 as Andrew Loftus aded 18 and Lytle 14.

Aiden Petrie led Roy-Hart with 19 as Tim Ragonese added 11, Rhett Goodwin 10, Reed Albee 7, Peyton Rhinehart 3 and Jamel Johnson Jr. 2.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 16-12 first period led as Ragonese netted 8 and Petrie 6. Loftus had 8 to keep LeRoy close.

LeRoy though rebounded with a turnover aided 22-17 second period scoring edge to rally into the lead for good by a slender 34-33 margin at the half.

Beswick scored 10, including the go ahead layup in the final could of seconds, and Loftus 7 to spark that surge.

Goodwin scored all 10 of his points in the quarter, including a pair of threes, to keep Roy-Hart close.

However, the Rams would get no closer as the Knights began to pull away with the turnover aided 15-7 third period scoring edge.

(Click here to see a video of Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie score a bucket in the 2nd quarter.)

Roy-Hart next hosts Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League game at 7 p.m. Friday.

On New Years Eve and New Years Day the Hub will highlight some of the top local high school sports stories from over the past 10 years.

Featuring state, sectional and league team and individual champions, the Decade in Review will look back at the past 10 years by sport with stories 6-10 appearing on Tuesday and 1-5 on Wednesday.

Playing their fifth game in seven days, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team got back onto the winning track by defeating St. Mary’s of Lancaster 5-1 Sunday evening to regain a share of the league lead with a record of 8-2.

Jason Kuchey (R-H) scored his first of four goals on the evening unassisted to give RBM a 1-0 lead.  It was the first of three shorthanded goals unassisted.

Kuchey repeated that feat in the second period, but St. Mary’s was able to score and get within one by the end of the second.

In the final period, Ryan Mettler (R-H) scored with an assist from Nick Wood (Akron).  Kuchey then scored again with assists from Matthew Miller (Akron) and Joel Harris (B).  Kuchey capped off his big game an empty- net goal.

Andrew Warner played an outstanding game in goal.

RBM’s next game is next Friday evening against ELPS at the Cattaraugas County arena at 7 p.m. They return home on Saturday with a game against Dunkirk/Fredonia at 7:40 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – All-Western New York soccer honorees Nate Dillenbeck from Medina/Lyndonville and Aidan Bligh from Roy-Hart.

Two Niagara-Orleans League players, Nate Dillenbeck from Medina/Lyndonville and Aidan Bligh from Roy-Hart have been named to the first team of the All-Western New York small schools soccer squad.

Dillenbeck, a junior, scored 19 goals and added 8 assists in helping to lead the Mustangs to the N-O championship.

Bligh, who is also a junior, scored 12 goals and added 9 assists for the Rams, which finished in the runner-up spot.

Both players were first team N-O All-League honorees.

All-WNY Cross-Country
Akron sophomore Lauren Wagner has been named to the first team of the All-WNY girls cross-country team. She won both the N-O All-League and Section VI Class C races.

Roy-Hart senior Anna Rickard and Newfane eighth grader Kylie Bowman were both Honorable Mention selections.

All-WNY Volleyball
Wilson senior Isabel Dinse has been named to the first team of the All-WNY small schools volleyball team.

Akron sophomore Ella Hill was named to the second team and Wilson junior Madelyn Seeley received Honorable Mention.

Akron and Wilson shared the N-O title.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team lost to City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara for the second time this season Saturday evening by a score of 4-1 to slip out of first place.

The visitors took a 1-0 lead halfway through the opening period, but Jason Kuchey (R-H) tied the game unassisted.

The score remained tied until halfway through the second period when CH/CO scored two goals within three minutes.  Just before the end of the period, they scored again.  There was no scoring in the last period.

RBM is now 7-2, while City Honors is 8-2.  RBM will have a chance to tie for first place this evening at home against St. Mary’s at 6:10 p.m.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Tristyn Moyer of Holley-Kendall works toward a win over Evan Gray of Marcus Whitman/Penn Yan during the host Hawks Duals Tournament today.

Holley-Kendall hosted the Hawks annual Duals Tournament today as Tristyn Moyer went 5-0, Dawson Custer 4-1 including his 100th career victory, and James Fox 3-2.

Holley-Kendall defeated Campbell-Savona 42-27 but lost to Marcus Whitman/Penn Yan 64-18, Pioneer 84-3, Eastridge 48-30 and Cal-Mum 42-36.

(Click here to see video of Holley/Kendall’s Dawson Custer wrestle in the 2nd period against Marcus Whitman/Penn Yan’s Chad Smith at the Holley Duals Tournament.)

Akron Tournament
Roy-Hart and Albion both had champions crowned at the Akron Tournament.

Cody Wilson

Roy-Hart got wins from Gavin Ciarfella (99) and Brett Ricker (113).

Ciarfella decisioned RaShawn Bloom (Medina) 2-0 in the semifinals and Cael Raines (Churchville-Chili) 5-2 in the finals.

Ricker pinned Travis Fry (Akron) in 4:56 in the semis and decisioned Connor Bell (Lyndonville) 7-3 in the title bout. Bell decisioned Yeshua Robles-Nunez (Albion) 7-0 in the semis.

Albion’s Cody Wilson won the 285 lb. title decisioning Jaden Heers (Newfane) 4-2 in the finals.

Wilson, who earned the tourney’s Most Outstanding Wrestler Award,  decisioned Ryan Bitka (Amherst) 2-0 in the semifinals.

“Cody did just a remarkable job,” said Albion Coach Pat Uveino. “He wrestled very heady. He just did a great job, an awesome job.”

Bloom finished third for Medina as Dominic Callara and Miles Hartway both placed fourth.

Albion’s Amilcar Morales also placed fourth as did Lyndonville’s Rodney Davis.

Dawson Custer of Holley-Kendall, shown here working against Chad Smith of Marcus Whitman/Penn Yan earned his 100th career win during the tourney.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s Rodney Davis, left, and Connor Bell finished fourth and second respectively at the Akron Tournament.

A big fourth quarter scoring surge powered Lake Shore to an 85-69 win over Medina in the consolation game of the Southtowns Tournament this afternoon at East Aurora.

Trailing 59-56 at the three-quarter mark, Lake Shore rallied to outscore Medina 29-10 in the final stanza to claim the win.

Medina, which trailed by as many as 21, 40-19, in the second quarter, battled back to within 10, 44-34, at the half. The Mustangs then rallied into a 59-56 lead at the end of the third period.

Brian Fry scored 11 and Nate Sherman 6 to lead the Mustangs 25-12 third period scoring surge which was ignited by a 10-0 run at the start of the quarter.

Fry and Sherman both finished with 21 as Jarin Rhim had 11, Tyler Chinn 7, Joe Cecchini 5, Ricky Woods 2 and Dontae Rhim and Christian Drisdom 1 each.

Contributed Photo – Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina players celebrate today’s tournament championship game victory. In front is goalie Andrew Warner. In the front row are Andrew Downey, Matthew Miller, Joel Harris, Dayton Ruppel, Trevor Crawford, Jason Kuchey and Nick Wood. In back are Tagen Decker, Elijah Giroux, Reed Winslow, Ryan Mettler, Jake Harris, Colin Dodge, Dominic Peracciny, Mitchell Johnson and Conner McNeil.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team won the Club Christmas Tournament with a 6-3 victory over Eden-Lake Shore- Pioneer- Springville at the Cheektowaga Ice Arena this morning.

Falling behind 1-0 in the opening period, RBM pulled even as Colin Dodge (R-H) scored off assists from Dominic Peracciny (R-H) and Tourney MVP Jason Kuchey (R-H).

RBM scored three times in the next period to take the lead for good.  Peracciny scored unassisted, Nick Wood (Akron) from Dodge and Ryan Mettler (R-H) from Dodge and Peracciny giving the locals a 4-3 lead.

In the third period, RBM iced the game on goals from Joel Harris (B) and Wood, with assists coming from Peracciny (2) and Dodge once again.

RBM returns to league action Saturday evening with a critical game against City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara, the only team to beat them in league competition this season.  That game is at Cornerstone Arena at 7:40 p.m..

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Reed Albee tries to go up for a shot between Attica defenders Tyler Strong, Ayden Goll and Nick Perl during the Rams tournament loss to the Blue Devils at Genesee Community College this afternoon.

Putting together a fourth quarter scoring surge, Attica trimmed Roy-Hart 56-51 in the semifinal round of the Batavia Lions Club Tournament this afternoon at Genesee Commnity College.

Trailing by five, 43-38, at the three-quarter mark, Attica rallied to outscore Roy-Hart 18-8 in the decisive final period to claim the win and advance to Monday night’s championship game.

Roy-Hart did pull even at 49-49 on a three by Rhett Goodwin but could not regain the lead.

Attica moved back on top to stay at 52-49 after a free throw by Frankie Bisceglie and a rebound basket by Adam Bukowski.

Roy-Hart did close back to within one at 52-51 on a layup by Aiden Petrie with 1:20 to go but the Rams could not score again.

Roy-Hart’s Rhett Goodwin puts up a shot as Ian Romesser defends for Attica.

The Blue Devils put a lock on the win on four straight free throws by Tyler Meyer in the final 23 seconds.

Bisceglie finished with 16 to lead Attica as Meyer and Nick Perl both added 10. Tyler Strong 6, Drew Cusmano 5, Ian Romesser and Ayden Goll 3, Bukowski 2 and Alex Barrett 1.

Petrie led Roy-Hart with a game high 18 as Reed Albee added 10, Goodwin 7, Tom Ragonese 6, Jamel Johnson Jr. and Peyton Rhinehart 4 and Jon Gillings 2.

Rebounding from an early 9-4 deficit, Roy-Hart used a 16-3 scoring burst, including 7 by Petrie and 5 by Albee, to close the opening period and grab a 20-12 lead.

The Rams upped the lead to as many as 10, 31-21, midway through the second period and held  five point, 33-28, advantage at the half.

Roy-Hart maintained a five point, 43-38, lead at the end of the third period on late tallies by Rhinehart, Goodwin and Petrie.

However, the Blue Devils answered back with a decisive 18-8 fourth quarter uprising to claim the win.

Roy-Hart will face the loser of this evening’s LeRoy vs. Batavia game in the consolation contest at 3:30 p.m. Monday. Attica will take on the LeRoy vs. Batavia winner in the title game at 8:45 p.m. Monday.

Southtowns Tournament
Holland 60, Medina 47
Holland downed Medina 60-47 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Southtowns Tournament at East Aurora.

Jumping out to a 21-13 first period advantage, the Dutchmen went on to hold leads of 35-28 at the half and 49-37 at the three-quarter mark.

Tyler Chinn scored 13 and Nate Sherman 11 for Medina which will now face Lake Shore in the consolation contest on Saturday afternoon. Lake Shore lost to East Aurora 62-41 in the other semi.