Avenging a 4-1 loss just three days ago, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team defeated Orchard Park 3-0 this morning in the semi- finals of the Club Christmas Tournament.

The win propells RBM into the championship game Friday morning at 10:45 against ELPS (Eden-Lake Shore- Pioneer- Springville) at the Cheektowaga Town Rink.

Ryan Mettler (R-H) scored the game winner and Jason Kuchey (R-H) added two insurance goals. All of the scoring was done in the first two periods.

The defense of Kuchey, Colin Dodge (R-H), Jacob Harris (B) and Trevor Crawford (Akron) kept Orchard Park out of the scoring column and the outstanding goal tending of Andrew Warner (Tonawanda) insured that the lamp was never lit.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s first team All-WNY honoree Katrina Clare

Contributed Photos – Ciara Gregoire, Barker, and Lacey Kenward, Medina

A total of nine Niagara-Orleans League players have earned spots on the annual All Western New York field hockey squad.

Leading the local contingent is Barker senior forward Katrina Clare who is a repeat first team selection.

A three-time first team N-O All-League honoree and two-time N-O Player of the Year, Clare scored 18 goals and had 21 assists this past season as she helped lead the Lady Raiders to league, Section VI and Far West Regional titles.

Contributed Photos – Sam Choate, Roy-Hart and Emilee Muoio, Wilson

A quartet of N-O players earned second team honors including Barker forward Ciara Gregoire, Medina forward Lacey Kenward, Roy-Hart midfielder Sam Choate and Wilson defender Emilee Muoio, all seniors.

Gregoire had 17 goals and 2 assists .

Kenward led Medina with 14 goals and 4 assists.

Choate had 5 goals and 7 assists and Muoio 7 goals and 5 assists.

Four N-O players also received Honorable Mention including Medina senior Mary Flores, Barker juniors Lena Fazzolari and Madison Gancasz and Akron sophomore Emerson Polkowski.

Flores had 5 goals and 5 assists, Gancasz 5 goals and 6 assists and Fazzolari  1 goal and 5 assists.

Roy-Hart’s Aiden Petrie and his Ram teammates will face Attica in the opening round of the Batavia Lions Club Tournament on Friday at Genesee Community College.

Roy-Hart will take on Attica in the opening round of the Batavia Lions Club Basketball Tournament at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Genesee Community College.

The other semifinal will have Elba facing  Oakfield-Alabama at 5:15 p.m.

The consolation and championship games will be held on Monday.

Medina will also be in tournament action on Friday as the Mustangs take on Holland in the opening round of the East Aurora Tourney at 1 p.m.

East Aurora will face Lake Shore in the other semi.

The consolation and championship games will be held on Saturday.

Wrestling Tournaments
On Saturday, the Holley-Kendall Wrestling team will host a six team tournament at Holley beginning at 10 a.m.

In addition to the host Hawks, the tournament field will also include Pioneer, Eastridge, Campbell-Savona, Caledonia-Mumford and PennYan-Marcus Whitman.

The Lyndonville  wrestlers will be competing in the Akron Tournament on Friday (JV Tourney) and Saturday (Varsity Tourney).

Legion kept increasing its Medina Euchre League lead Monday by combining a 38-32 win over Sacred Heart with Vets Club’s 39-31 victory over runner-up JR Wilson.

Legion is now 452-388, JR Wilson 428-412, Sacred Heart 426-414 and Vets Club 374-466.

League competition continues on December 30 with JR Wilson at Legion and Vets Club at Sacred Heart.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Melanie Green

Medina High’s Melanie Green captured a third straight Section VI title and then claimed a second straight state golf championship which was held at theDearfield course near Brockport.

Interestingly the tourney was a repeat of the 2018 state title’s 1-2 finish as Green completed the two day event with a one stroke, one over par total of 145 to edge Bailey Shoemaker from Section IV, who posted a 146, for the title. The year before Green bested Shoemaker for the title by two shots.

Green, who has signed a Letter of Intent to play golf at South Florida, also won the Western New York JR PGA title for the second year in a row,  made the cut at the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship and finished sixth at the Girls Junior PGA Championship.

She also earned Honorable Mention n the American Junior Golf Association’s Jr. All America Team.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina catcher Austin Mosher puts the tag on Roy-Hart’s Gavyn Boyle during the Class B title win.

Medina advanced to the state Class B baseball semifinals for the second time in program history.

The Mustangs bested a pair of Niagara-Orleans League rivals to earn the Section VI Class B title downing Albion 10-6 in the Class B1 final at Niagara Falls High School and Roy-Hart 15-4 for the overall Class B title and a berth in the state playoffs at Canisius College.

Medina then downed LeRoy 10-2 in the Far West Regional at Lockport but bowed 6-3 to Schuylerville in the state Class B semifinal at Binghamton.

Medina captured the N-O League championship with a 10-2 record and finished with a 21-3 overall mark.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker players and coaches celebrate the sectional championship win.

Barker advanced to the state field hockey semifinals for the second year in a row and the fifth time in the last 10 years.

The Lady Raiders defeated Eden 4-0 for the Section VI Class C championship and then downed East Rochester 6-1 in the Far West Regional to advance to the state semis where they dropped a 2-0 decision to Bronxville on the new blue turf at Alden High.

Barker captured the Niagara-Orleans League championship for the 16th time in the last 20 years by compiling a 12-0 record.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Senior Izaiah Rhim helped lead Medina to a fourth straight league title.

The Medina High boys basketball team captured a fourth straight Niagara-Orleans League championship with a 12-0 record.

A 50-49 overtime win at runner-up Newfane keyed the title run for the Mustangs which finished with a 17-4 overall record.

Senior Izaiah Rhim, who earned first team N-O All-League honors, led the Mustangs underclassmen dominated squad whose starting lineup also included junior Nate Sherman and sophomore Brian Fry, who were both second team All-League selections along with senior Vincent Montague and sophomore Tyler Chinn who both earned All-League Honorable Mention.

In N-O girls basketball, Wilson compiled a 12-0 record to claim the championship for the ninth time in the last 10 years.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Tyray White stretches for extra yardage at the sectional title game for Division 3 champion Albion.

Albion captured the Class B Division 3 football title with a 4-0 record defeating Springville 50-8, Depew 14-11, Lackawanna 21-0 and Olean 49-26.

It marks the third straight year that the Purple Eagles have won shared the division crown.

Albion then advanced to the Section VI Class B final for the first time since 2002 by edging Tonawanda 17-14 in the quarterfinals and Olean 21-14 in the semis.

The Purple Eagles dropped a 34-20 decision to Maritime in the sectional title contest at New Era Field.

Albion also defeated Medina 23-6 in the annual regular season ending rivalry game.

Niagara-Orleans League schools overall had a big season on the gridiron as Newfane won the Class B Division 4 title and Wilson the Class C North crown.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Matt Kovaleski

The Albion boys swim team captured both the Niagara-Orleans League and Section Vi Class C championships.

The Purple Eagles, which had shared the N-O crown with Barker in 2018, claimed the title outright with a 10-0 record.

Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Sam Sanchez won the 100 Butterfly at the All-League meet.

The Purple Eagles also won all three relays as Sanchez was on three and Kovaleski, Ryan Krenning, Harrison Brown and Chase Froman two each.