The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team opened the Association’s Christmas Tournament with a 6-6 tie against Wilson/Newfane on Monday evening.

RBM seemed to have the game in total control as they took a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period on unassisted goals by Nick Wood (Akron) and a short- handed goal by Jason Kuchey (R-H).

Things still looked very good through the next period as Kuchey scored unassisted again and Trevor Crawford (Akron) got a goal assisted by Wood to go up 4-0.  Wilson/Newfane though managed two goals in the second to trail by two.

In the last period, RBM went up 5-2 on an unassisted goal by Dayton Ruppel (Akron).

Wilson/Newfane scored a goal and Kuchey again scored an empty- net goal to apparently seal the victory with 1:11 left in the game.

However, Wilson/Newfane managed three goals in the space of one minute and four seconds to secure the tie.

A five minute overtime followed, Despite the flurry of goals in the last period, neither team was able to score.

RBM returns to tournament action on Friday against ELPS (Eden/Lake Shore/Pionee/Springville) at 1 p.m. at Leisure Rink in West Seneca, before returning to the ice on Saturday with a league game against Buffalo at Conerstone at 7:40 p.m..

Taking charge in the second quarter, Elba went on to defeat host Lyndonville 63-34 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Breaking away from a 15-15 deadlock, Elba outscored Lyndonville 19-4 in the second period to open up a 34-19 half-time advantage.

The Lady Lancers went on to hold a 48-28 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Brynn Walczak poured in a game high 29 points to lead Elba as Lauryn Engle added 15 on five threes, Taylor Augello 11 and Leah Bezon 8. Walczak scored 10 in the second period.

Ella Lewis led Lyndonville with 14 as Karlee Rounds had 9, Lorelei Dillenbeck 6 and Kylee Nesbitt 5.

No results were reported from the Kendall vs. Wheatland-Chili and Medina vs. Nardin games.

Lyndonville rallied late to nip Byron-Bergen 43-42 this evening earning the Tigers their biggest Genesee Region League wrestling win in several seasons.

Trailing 42-40, Lyndonville pulled out the win in the final bout on a decision win by Rodney Davis (195).

On the evening the Tigers got pins by Mario Fidanza, Nick Hartwig, Christian Garver, Ty Holmes, Connor Bell and Brennon Munn as Sebastian Temich had a major decision win.

Byron-Bergen got pins from Josh Shellenberger, Jaxon Nichols, Jonah Clare and Ben Capostagno.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Kevin Hillman drives to the basket against Medina defenders Tyler Chinn and Brian Fry during the host Purple Eagles come-from-behind win over the Mustangs this evening.

Rebounding from as much as a 17 point first half deficit, Albion came battling back to trim defending champion Medina 70-66 in a key early season Niagara-Orleans League game this evening at Albion.

Kevin Hillman scored 17 of his game high 24 points and Deyonci Farley 16 of his 18 in the second half to spearhead Albion’s big rally.

Bailey Blanchard added 8, Liam Ward 7, Xavier Cornick 6, Chris Shabazz 4 and Elijah Loyd 3 for the Purple Eagles which improve to 3-0 in N-O action.

Nate Sherman scored 21, Tyler Chinn 15 and Jarin Rhim 10 to lead Medina as Brian Fry added 8, Christian Drisdom 6, Dontae Rhim 4 and Joe Cecchini 2.

Medina’s Nate Sherman puts up a shot as Chris Shabazz defends for Albion.

Medina jumped out to a 10-2 lead at the outset sparked by three quick baskets by Sherman.

Albion though answered with s 10-2 run, including 5 by Hillman, to close the deficit to one, 13-12 at the end of the period.

The Mustangs quickly exploded out to a 17 point, 29-12, advantage by opening the second period with a 16-0 run including a three and a jumper by Jarin Rhim and a jumper and rebound bucket by Chinn,

Again Albion responded, this time with a12-3 run, eight by Blanchard including a three and a three point play to cut the deficit to eight, 32-24.

The Mustangs did take an 11 point, 35-24, lead at the half on a late three by Sherman.

The Purple Eagles though kept that late second period momentum going into the second half as they put together a decisive 17-4 to rally over the first four minutes of the third quarter to rally into the lead for the first time at 41-39.

A layup by Farley followed by a layup and a three by Hillman, both off turnovers, ignited that uprising.

Back-to-back threes by Farley and Ward followed by a layup by Farley pulled Albion even at 39-39. Cornick then put the Purple Eagles on top for the first time at 41-39 with  layup off a turnover.

Medina though regained a 49-45 lead at the three-quarter mark by closing the period with a 10-4 run highlighted by a three by Drisdom and a pair of layups by Chinn.

However, Albion regained the lead for good at 58-51 by opening the final period with a key 13-2 run which featured two threes by Hillman and back-to-back layups by Farley.

Threes by Ward and Hillman kept Albion up by eight, 64-56 with three minutes to go.

This time it was Medina which came battling back.

The Mustangs put together a 10-4 to to slice the deficit to just two at 68-66 with 18 seconds to go. A three by Fry capped that rally which also included layups by Jarin Rhim and Chinn.

Medina though could not pull even as a turnover with seven seconds to go proved costly.

Albion finally put a lock on the exciting win on free throws by Ward and Farley in the final six seconds.

The loss drops Medina to 1-1 in N-O action.

(Click here to see Albion’s Bailey Blanchard hit 2 from the outside.)

(Click here to see Medina’s Tyler Chinn with the layup bucket.)

(Click here to see Albion’s Chris Shabazz with the rebound bucket.)

(Click here to see Medina’s Jarin Rhim with the short jumper for 2.)

Newfane 63, Roy-Hart 51
Trailing 36-27 at the half, Newfane outscored Roy-Hart 36-25 in the second half to claim a 63-51 N-O win.

Garrett Srock had 22 points and 16 rebounds, Josh Everett 18 points and Cade Littman 10 to lead the Panthers.

Canyon Wood scored 14 in the first half for Roy-Hart.

Newfane is now 1-0 and Roy-Hart 0-2 in N-O competition.

Akron 54, Barker 37

Adam Mietz scored 18 and Jake Mazza 14 to lead Akron past Barker 54-37 in another N-O contest.

Albion’s Chris Shabazz blocks a shot attempt by Medina’s Christian Drisdom.

Roy-Hart’s boys and girls swim teams both scored victories at Akron this afternoon to remain undefeated at 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League competition.

The Roy-Hart boys won 130-38 as Carter Green doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke and Noah Stern in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly.

The Roy-Hart girls won 98-71 as Madison Ohol doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Mandy Hill in the Individual Medley and Butterfly and Kayla Hagen in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke.

The Albion boys improved to 1-1-1 with a 97-38 win at Barker as Zach Kilner doubled in the Individual Medley and Butterfly.

The Medina boys  improved to 2-0-1 with a 110-59 victory at Newfane as Xander Payne doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Hunter Heil in the Butterfly and Backstroke. Chris Goyette also won the 200 Free and Isaac Pace the 100 Breaststroke for the Seahorses.

In the girls competition, Albion defeated Barker 88-42 and Newfane downed Medina 94-76.  Hanah Heil doubled for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

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

JR Wilson combined a 42-28 win over Vets Club with Sacred Heart’s 35-35 tie with front-running Legion Monday to take over second place in the Medina Euchre League standings.

Legion is now 414-356, JR Wilson 397-373, Sacred Heart 394-378 and Vets Club 335-435.

League competition continues on December 23 with Legion at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Vets Club.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Carson Major goes up for a shot against Pembroke defender Adam Dulski during the Hawks loss to the visiting Dragons this evening

Pembroke trimmed host Holley 42-38 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Adam Dulski scored 14 and Matt Barry 9 for Pembroke which held slender leads of 7-6 after one period, 21-19 at the half and 35-34 at the three-quarter mark.

Kohl Morgan took game high honors with 21 points and 19 rebounds for Holley as Carson Major added 11 points. Morgan scored 11 in the third period. (Click here to see Morgan score 2 in the first quarter.)

Holley grabbed six point leads in both the second and third periods but both times Pembroke rallied back to take a slender lead at the end of the quarter.

Holley later pulled even at 38-38 on a bucket by Morgan but the final four points and the win belonged to the Dragons.

Now at 0-5, Holley next visits Byron-Bergen Wednesday in a G-R contest.

Holley’s Kohl Morgsn shoots over Pembroke defenders Trevor Vaughn and Adam Dulski,

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Notre Dame’s Morgan Rhodes puts up a shot against Albion defender Maya Knaak during the Fighting Irish’s win over the host Purple Eagles this evening.

Steadily pulling away, Notre Dame downed host Albion 55-36 in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Notre Dame jumped out to a 16-10 first period lead as Amelia McCulley scored 8.

The Irish went on to extend their advantage to 13, 32-19, at the half and to 21, 49-28, at the three-quarter mark.

McCulley, Montana Weidman and Maylee Green each scored 4 in the second quarter and Morgan Rhodes netted 11 in the third for the Irish.

McCulley and Rhodes both finished with 15 and Lindsey Weidman 10 as Jewel Shenck, Green and Montana Weidman each had 4 and Sarah McGinnis 3.

(Click here to see Notre Dame’s Lindsey Weidman make the layup.)

Honesty Little scored 11 to lead Albion as Aly Knaak added 8, Kendall Derisley 5, Maya Knaak 4 and Ryan Olles, Abbie Pappalardo and Paige Derisley 2 each.

(Click here to see Albion’s Aly Knaak for 2 from outside.)

Now at 2-4, Albion next hosts Akron on Thursday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Holley 37, Barker 36
Holley trimmed host Barker 37-36 in a non league game as Halee Passarell scored 13, Tatum Gagne 10 and Tia Hofforth 7.

Serena Harris scored 11, Rachel Parfinski 10 an Sarah Outten 8 for Barker.

Holley held leads of 8-5 after one period, 22-15 at the half and 28-20 after three quarters.

Albion’s Paige Derisley tries to drive by Notre Dame defender Judah MacDonald.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Mason Kuhn goes in for a layup as Deonte Major tries to block for Rochester Charter Academy during the Racers win over the host Eagles this evening.

Moving on top to stay in the second quarter, Rochester Charter Academy went on to defeat host Kendall 82-48 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Trailing 19-17 after one quarter, RAC used a big 22-8 turnover aided second period scoring surge to open up a 39-27 advantage at the half.

Keeping the momentum, the Racers then outpointed the Eagles 21-12 in the third period to extend the advantage to 21, 60-39, at the three-quarter mark.

Albert Tomlin scored 25 and Daniel Garcia 23 to lead the way for RAC.

Mason Kuhn led Kendal with 23 as Derek Edick added 12, Dale Steffen and Zach Barrett 5 each and Riley Hirschman 3.

Kuhn scored 12 in the first quarter to help Kendall grab the 19-17 lead. (Click here to see Kendall’s Mason Kuhn score 2 of his 16 in the first half.)

Now at 0-3, Kendall next visits Wheatland-Chili Wednesday in a Genesee Region League game.

Kendall’s Zach Barrett looks to pass between a pair of RAC defenders.

Showing plenty of scoring power, the Tri County Midget Division Yellow squad scored a pair of New York Amateur Hockey League victories over the weekend downing Webster 13-4 Saturday and Batavia 8-2 today.

John Pilon scored 5 goals to lead the Tri County offense against Webster as Patrick Ricker had 3, Zack Geitner 2 and Josh Wood, Grant Moy and Nico Weber 1 each.

Tri County jumped out to a 4-1 first period lead on a pair of goals by Ricker and one each by Geitner and Pilon.

The lead jumped to 8-3 at the end of the second period which saw Pilon net 2 and Ricker and Wood 1.

Pilon also scored twice in the third as Geitner, Moy and Weber each chipped in with one.

Ricker then scored 3 goals and Geitner 2 in the win over Batavia as Jake Esposito, Moy and Pilon each had 1.

Tri County grabbed a 3-1 first period lead as Geitner netted 2 goals and Ricker 1.

It was 4-1 after two periods.

Tri County also got big efforts from a pair of fill in goaltenders, Espositio on Saturday and Hayden Watt today.

Tri County is now 9-0 in the league and 14-1-1 overall.