Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Gracie Johnson slides into third base.

Compiling a 9-1 record, the Lyndonville varsity softball team repeated as Genesee Region League Division 2 champions.

The Lady Tigers advanced to the sectional finals dropping a 10-8 decision to Keshequa.

Overall the Lady Tigers finished with a 17-2 record, their sixth straight 15 plus win season.

Contributed Photo – The division champion Tri County Midget hockey team.

The Tri County Midget hockey team captured both the Empire Amateur Hockey League division regular season and playoff championships finishing with a 22-8-3 overall record. Tri County claimed the playoff crown with a 2-1 overtime win over Perinton.

Also in youth hockey, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina squad finished second in both the sectional and state playoffs. RBM dropped a narrow 4-2 loss to Eden/Lake Shore, Pioneer/Springville) in the sectional title contest.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – The new grandstand and press box at Vets Park.

The multi year Veterans Memorial Park renovation project was completed this past summer with the construction of a large new grandstand on the south side of the park and a new entrance area as well as the relocating of the two light towers on the south side. Previous work on the project included the installation of a new drainage system, new turf field and a new scoreboard.

Upgrading work of Lyndonville’s athletic facilities this year has included the complete rebuilding of the varsity soccer field.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina  Club hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision to Orchard Park this morning at Leisure Rink in the annual Christmas Tournament.

OP jumped put to a 1-0 lead through the first period but RBM was able to tie the game in the second as Joel Harris (B) scored on a pass from Colin Dodge (R-H).

However, OP regained the lead for good later in the second with two goals and scored the only goal in the last period.

The next round of games in the tournament for RBM will be on Thursday if they make the semi- finals. That will be determined through the results of games today and tomorrow.  They will return to League action Saturday at 7:40 p.m. against second place City Honors/Cardinal O’Hare.

Over the next three days the Hub will take a look back at 19 of the top local sports stories in 2019 beginning with numbers 13-19 tomorrow, 6-12 on Tuesday and finishing with the top five on Christmas day.

Then next week the Hub will take a look back at the top local sports stories over the past decade on New Years Eve and New Year’s Day.

Trailing by five goals, the Tri County Midget Yellow team rallied with a big six goal third period scoring explosion to nip Perinton 8-7 Saturday in an Empire Amateur Hockey League game.

John Pilon scored 4 goals and Patrick Ricker and Josh Wood each netted one during the decisive uprising.  Wood tied the game at 7-7 with just over a minute to go and Wood followed up with the game winner with only 48 seconds remaining.

Pilon also scored a goal in the second period and Carson Bader netted Tri County’s lone first period tally.

Tri County also scored a pair of wins over Webster during the busy weekend.

Tri County bested Webster 10-4 on Friday as Ricker scored 5 goals, Ryan Wells and Jake Esposito two each and Ian McGraw 1.

Tri County led 8-4 after two periods as Ricker netted 2 in the opening period and 3 more in the second.

Tri County then blanked Webster 6-0 this evening as Ricker had 3 goals, Zack Geitner 2 and McGraw 1.

Nick Ray earned his first shutout of the season in goal.

Tri County is now 12-0 in the league and 17-1-1 overall.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Peter DiLorenzo

Four Niagara-Orleans League runners have earned spots on the All-State cross-country squads.

Barker senior Peter DiLorenzo has been named to the Class D third team. He finished third at the Section VI Class D race and 21st at the state meet.

Akron sophomore Lauren Wagner was named to the Class C third team. She won the Section VI Class C race and placed 14th at the state meet.

Newfane eighth grader Kylie Bowman was named to the Class C fourth team. She placed ninth at the Section VI Class C race and 29th at the state meet.

Roy-Hart senior Anna Rickard earned Honorable Mention on the Class C team. She placed fourth at the Section VI Class C race and 32nd at the state meet.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team returned to league action Saturday evening and came away a 9-1 home ice win over Buffalo to improve to 7-1 and maintain a one game league lead.

A five goal opening period proved to be more than enough to insure the victory.

Nick Wood (Akron), who scored a total of four goals on the evening, opened the scoring assisted by Colin Dodge (R-H).  Three minutes later, Dominic Peracciny (R-H) scored a power play goal with help from Wood and Ryan Mettler (R-H).  Eighth grader Joel Harris (B) scored 18 seconds later unassisted.  Then it was Wood again with assists from Jason Kuchey (R-H) and Tagen Decker (R-H). Decker completed the scoring in the opening period helped by Wood and Conner McNeil (M).

Buffalo did manage a goal in the next period, but Wood answered off an assist from Mettler.

In the final period, it was goals from Wood, Andrew Downey (R-H) and Kuchey which ended the scoring with two assists by Kuchey.

RBM returns to the Christmas Tournament Monday morning at 10:30 against Orchard Park at Leisure Rinks.  Their next League game is Dec. 28th at home against second place City Honors/Cardinal O’Hare at 7:40 p.m.

Lyndonville’s Mario Fidanza (220) placed second at the Linda Knuutila Memorial Wrestling Tournament held today at Niagara County Community College.

Fidanza opened the tournament with two quick pins of 1:14 and :13. He then edged past John Haberman of Hamburg 1-0 in the semifinals but had to withdraw in the title bout due to an injury default.

Lyndonville also had Connor Bell (120) place sixth.

Roy-Hart had Gavin Ciarfella (99) place fourth and Brett Ricker (113) sixth.

Newfane won the team championship with 196 points as Iroquois finished second at 191.5 and Niagara-Wheatfield third at 186.5.

The Panthers had Andy Lucinski win at 113 as Aiden Gillings (99), Nik Voelker (138) and Jaden Heers (285) all placed second, Ryan Nugent (145) third and Phil Stevenson (153) fourth.

Holley-Kendall went 0-5 at the South Seneca Tournament. Frank Golisano and James Fox both went 3-2 on the day for the Hawks.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team won their Christmas Tournament game Friday defeating Eden/Lake Shore/ Pioneer/Springville  4-1.

RBM, which is now 1-0-1 in the tourney, took the lead for good very late in the opening period when Dominic Peracciny (R-H) knocked in a rebound off a shot by Jason Kuchey (RH).

There was only one goal in the second period, scored by Kuchey off a pass from Colin Dodge (R-H).

In the final period, Dodge scored on a slapshot from the blue line assisted by Ryan Mettler (R-H).

After giving up a goal early in the third,  Peracciny broke through for an empty- net goal again assisted by Kuchey.

Andrew Warner had a stellar game in goal and the RBM defense was superb.

RBM returns to the league schedule this evening with a 7:40 p.m. game against Buffalo at Cornerstone Arena and to the Christmas Tournament Monday morning meeting Orchard Park at Leisure Rink at 10:45 a.m.