Contributed Photo – Jason Kuchey takes a face-off for the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina hockey team during Saturday’s come-from-behind win over Olean.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team gained their sixth win of the season Saturday night with a 6-4 come-from-behind home ice victory over Olean.

After a very lackluster first period in which RBM  fell behind 1-0, Olean upped its lead to 2-0 in the first minute of the second period,

RBM finally got on the board with a score from Jason Kuchey (R-H) assisted by Dayton Ruppel (Akron).

Dominic Peracciny (R-H) then tied the game with the assist going to Nick Wood (Akron).

RBM took a 4-2 lead later in the period on goals by Kuckey and Wood with Trevor Crawford (Akron) earning the assist on the second tally.

However, Olean was not finished as they scored two more goals to tie the game at 4-4 going into the final period.

RBM finally regained the lead for good as with nearly six minutes left in the game Wood tallied the game- winner unassisted.

Kuchey then earned the hat-trick with an empty-net score.  He now has 12 goals on the season to lead the league.

RBM’s next game is Saturday at 7:40 p.m. at the Cornerstone Arena against Buffalo.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Cody Wilson

Class B Division 3 champion and sectional runner-up Albion has placed five players on the All Western New York football squad.

Senior offensive tackle/defensive end Cody Wilson has been named to the second team while senior quarterback/kicker Thomas Furmanski, senior running backs/defensive backs Bril Johnson and Tyray White and senior running back/defensive lineman Deyonci Farley have all earned Honorable Mention.

Wilson was a finalist for the Trench Award, which honors the top two-way lineman in WNY.

Furmanski passed for 10 touchdowns, ran for 4 and kicked two field goals while White had 9 rushing touchdowns and Johnson and Farley 6 each for the Purple Eagles.

Medina junior wide receiver/defensive back Brian Fy also earned Honorable Mention. He led the Mustangs with 10 touchdowns and 1,035 all purpose yards and was also in on 62 tackles.

Wilson’s defensive linemen DeClan Faery also earned second team honors.

The Honorable Mention honorees list also includes quarterback Adam Mietz from Akron, quarterback Garrett Srock and linebacker Jaden Heers from Newfane and linebacker Drew Westmoreland from Wilson.

Contributed Photos – Chanyce Powell and Daniel Heil

Albion High graduate and SUNY Brockport junior Chanyce Powell as been named the Golden Eagles Female Athlete of the Week after her performance in last weekend’s Brockport Season Opener indoor track meet.

Powell , who is majoring in Exercise Physiology, won the Triple Jump with an effort of 11.17 meters and took second in the Long Jump with a leap of 5.43 meters.

Medina High grad and Brckport sophomore Daniel Heil won the mile at the meet with a time of 4: 49.69.

Heil is majoring in Accounting.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – The Large family was well represented at the second annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament held today at Lyndonville. Family members attending included his wife Pat and three of their children, from left, are Bob, Robin (Boyle) and Ron.

A quartet of Orleans County grapplers captured top individual weight class honors at the second annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament held today at Lyndonville.

Lyndonville’s Mario Fidanza won the 220 lb. weight class title and Holley-Kendall’s Jayden Pieniaszck claimed the 135 lb. crown. Fidanza earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award for the upper weight classes.

Medina had a pair of champions in Dominic Callara at 99 and Rashawn Bloom at 106.

Lyndonville also had Ty Holmes (99), Connor Bell (120) and Brennon Munn (145) place second and Christian Garver (99) and Shane Nickerson (113) third. (Click here to see Lyndonville’s Ty Holmes get a pin in the 2nd period.)

Holley-Kendall had Tristyn Moyer (126) place second.

Medina also had Miles Hartway (152) place second and Riley Black (195) third.

The other Varsity Division champions included: 113 – Joe Starowitz (Byron-Bergen), 120 – Andrew Caudill (Gilead), 126 – Lucas Mark (Brighton), 132 – Allen Schultz (Wilson), 145 – Silas Guesno (Gilead), 152 – Zach Hannan (Byron-Bergen), 160 – Trent Kenny (Wilson), 170 – Alex Dean (Byron-Bergen), 182 – Sam Halstead (Williamson-Marion-Sodus), 195 – Miguel Resendiz (Williamson-Marion-Sodus) and 285 – Sebastian Hariram (Brighton).

Orleans winners in the JV Division included Bryden McMurray (99), Jacob Rissew (138) and David Wiley (145) from Medina along with Sebastian Temich (132) and Sam Doolan (195) from Lyndonville and Antonio Geska (126) from Holley-Kendall. In the Girls JV Division Holley-Kendall’s Elizabeth Kruger won at 126.

Brighton won the team title followed by Livonia and East Rochester.

Medina’s Riley Black works toward a win over Alhassan Allami from CSAT.

Lyndonville’s Payton Grabowski in action against Brighton’s Thomas Rick.

Dawson Custer of Holley-Kendall competes against Livonia’s Peter Barracloug-Tan

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Elba’s Leah Bezon grabs a rebound away from Kendall’s Lizzie Sutphen during the Lady Lancers win over the host Lady Eagles this afternoon.

Taking charge from long range in the second quarter, Elba went on to defeat host Kendall 68-30 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Leading by a narrow two point, 15-13, margin at the end of the opening quarter, Elba used a barrage of six threes to highlight a big 24-5 scoring surge in the decisive second quarter to open up a commanding 21 point, 39-18, half-time advantage.

Elba’s Taylor Augello drives the baseline against Kendall defenders Julia Szczepanski and Autumn Woodward.

Lauryn Engle hit four threes, including three in a row, and Taylor Augello two threes and a layup to spearhead the Lady Lancers decisive uprising.

Taylor Augello also scored on a last second lay-up to give Elba the slender 15-13 lead at the end of a sea-saw first quarter which saw five ties and five lead changes.

Elba, which hit a total of 13 threes on the afternoon, upped its advantage to 28, 53-25, at the three-quarter mark as Leah Bezon had a pair of threes.

Engle finished with a game high 24 points on eight threes as Taylor Augello netted 19, Brynn Walczak 12, Bezon 8, Laci Sewar 3 an Kelsea Augello 2.

(Click here to see Elba’s Taylor Augello hit a long shot from the top of the circle.)

Brittney Marks and Elizabeth Snyder each scored 9 to lead Kendall as Katie Pearson and Julie Coble both added 4 and Alezya Bown and Lizzie Sutphen 2 each.

(Click here to see Kendall’s Elizabeth Snyder put in the rebound bucket.)

Elba stays unbeaten at 5-0 while Kendall is 3-1.

Kendall’s Julia Szczepanski tries for a rebound against the Elba duo of Kelsea Augello and Miah Werth.

Building up a commanding 34-7 half-time advantage, Albion went on to defeat visiting Medina 53-20 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Paige Derisley scored 13 and Aly Knaak 10 to lead Albion as Kendall Derisley added 9, Honesty Little 8, Ryan Olles and Melissa Robinson 4, Abbie Pappalardo and Maya Knaak 2 and Quinn McCue 1.

Lily Carpenter scored 7, Janiyah Holloway 5 and Anya Bloom 4 for Medina.

Albion is 2-0 and Medina 0-2 in N-O action.

Newfane 55, Roy-Hart 50
Newfane turned back a big fourth quarter (21 points) Roy-Hart rally to earn a narrow 55-50 win.

Lauren Boudeman scored 14, Julia Dumais 13 and Rachel Chunco and Hannah Hambruch 8 each to lead the way for Newfane which led 29-20 at half-time.

Rileigh McCabe scored 16 and Shelby Wolf 13 to pace Roy-Hart as Claire Halstead and Miah Glena both chipped in with 7.

It was the N-O opener for Newfane which Roy-Hart slips to 0-2.

Akron 65, Barker 55

Sydnie Luckman scored 24 and Serena Harris 19 for Barker in the 65-55 loss at Akron.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck, who poured in a game high 34 points, puts up a shot during the Tigers win over visiting Newfane this evening.

Improving to 3-1, Lyndonville bested visiting Newfane 83-73 in a non league boys basketball game this evening.

Nathan Dillenbeck poured in a game high 34 points to spearhead the Lyndonville attack as Nathan Hydock netted 16, Noah Poler 15, Russell Stephens 13 and Casey Winiecki 5.

Garrett Srock led Newfane with 23 as Sam Capen added 15, Josh Everett 11, Tyler Oudette 8, Zach Snow and Michael Carner 6 and Cade Littman 4.

Newfane jumped out to a 19-12 first period lead as Srock tallied 8.

However, Lyndonville answered back with a big 28-16 second quarter scoring surge to rally into a 40-35 half-time advantage.

Dillenbeck scored 14, including two threes and Hydock 9 to lead that rally.

Keeping the momentum, the Tigers used a 24-15 third period scoring edge to extend the lead to 14, 64-50, at  the three-quarter mark.

Poler hit three threes to lead that surge as Dillenbeck added 8 points including a three-point play and a three at the buzzer and  Hydock a three.

The Tigers extended the advantage to 20, 74-54, early in the final stanza after a 10-4 run including six by Dillenbeck,

Newfane though came battling back.

Fouling on every possession to quickly get the ball back, the Panthers put together a 19-4 scoring burst to slice the deficit to just six, 79-73, with 19 seconds to go. Threes by Capen, Snow and Oudette highlighted that rally which also included 7 points by Srock.

Lyndonville though weathered the storm as four clutch free throws by Dillenbeck in the last 18 seconds finally put a lock on the win.

(Click here to see Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck float in 2 of his 34 points from the baseline.)

Lyndonville’s Casey Winiecki puts up a layup as Newfane’s Zach Snow tries to block.

Attica 65, Holley 35
Building up a 32-18 half-time advantage, Attica went on to defeat Holley 65-35 in a Genesee Region League game.

Ayden Goll scored 14, Nick Perl 12 and  Frankie Bisceglie 11 to lead Attica.

Carson Major scored 11 and Jacob Norman 7 for Holley which played without scoring leader Kohl Morgan who missed the contest due to an injury.

Elba 76, Kendall 39
Colton Dillon scored a school record 45 points to lead Elba to a 76-39 G-R win over Kendall.

After scoring just 2 points in the first quarter, Dillon erupted for 14 in the second, 18 in the third and 11 in the fourth.

Elba led 30-20 at the half.

Mason Kuhn scored 16 and Derek Edick 10 for Kendall.

Medina earned a split with visiting Akron this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet.

The Seahorses won the boys’ meet 112-55 while the TigerSharks took the girls’ competition 108-62.

Isaac Pace was a double winner in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly for the Seahorses while Hunter Heil took the 50 Free, August Pietrafesa the 100 Free and Jaxon Phillips the 100 Backstroke.

The Medina boys are now 1-0-1 and Akron 0-2.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free and 100 Free and Amanda Woodruff the 100 Butterfly for the Medina girls.

The Akron girls are now 2-0 and Medina 1-1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jarin Rhim puts up a shot as Barker’s Joey Brandt tries to block. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Raiders this evening.

Steadily pulling away, Medina opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball title with a 71-42 victory over host Barker this evening.

Brian Fry scored 20 and Jarin Rhim 17 to lead the way for Medina as Tyler Chinn added 11, Joe Cecchini 9, Dontae Rhim 8 and Christian Drisdom 6. (Click here to see Medina’s Dontea Rhim score off the top shot.)

Devonte Hill scored 11 and Shane Gerhardt 10 to pace Barker as Joey Brandt had 9, Nicholas Guevara, Nathan Meza Ray and Cole Ecker 3 each, Evan Taylor 2 and Robert Mason 1. (Click here to see Barker’s Devonte Hill score on a turnaround jumper.)

Medina jumped out to an 18-9 first quarter lead as Fry scored 8 and Chinn 7.

Getting excellent results from a pressing defense and a fast break offense, the Mustangs then used a 25-10 second period scoring edge to hike their advantage to 24, 43-19, at the half.

Jarin Rhim scored 12 and Fry 8, including a pair of threes, to spark the Mustangs during that stretch.

The Mustangs maintained a commanding 30 point, 62-32, lead at the three-quarter mark.

Jarin Rhim scored 5 as Chinn, Cecchini and Dontae Rhim 4 each in the stanza.

Medina is now 2-2 overall.

Barker is 0-1 in the league.

Salamanca 91, Roy-Hart 55

Canyon Wood scored 17, Reed Albee 13 and Jamel Johnson Jr. 10 for Roy-Hart in the 91-55 non league loss at Salamanca which led 46-26 at half-time.

Barker’s Evan Taylor puts up a shot as Tyler Chinn and Jarin Rhim defend for Medina.