Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley grabs a rebound against Roy-Hart defenders Peyton Rhinehart and Tom Ragonese during the Purple Eagles win over the host Rams this evening.

Taking charge in the third quarter, Albion went on to defeat host Roy-Hart 61-41 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening.

Leading by a narrow two point, 28-26, margin at the half, Albion outscored Roy-Hart 18-7 in the decisive third period to open up a 13 point, 46-33, advantage.

A 10-0 run to open the  period including two layups by Chris Shabazz and one each by Deyonci Farley and Kevin Hillman along with a jumper by Hillman, ignited that uprising.

(Click here to see Albion’s Chris Shabazz score from near the basket.)

Albion’s Bailey Blanchard pulls down a rebound against Roy-Hart’s Peyton Rhinehart.

Back-to-back threes later in the period by Anthony Freeman and Liam Ward helped give the Purple Eagles as much as a 16 point, 44-28, lead.

The Rams could get no closer than 13 down the stretch as two baskets each by Hillman and Farley, along with another three by Ward, helped keep the Purple Eagles in control.

The first half was much closer.

Albion held a slender 11-10 lead at the end of the first period on a late layup off a steal by Xavier Cornick.

Hillman then erupted for 11 points in the second quarter, including four layups off turnovers, to help the Purple Eagles maintain a narrow 28-26 lead at the half.

Tom Ragonese had three layup baskets, Canyon Wood two threes and Jon Gillings one in the second period to keep the Rams close before the Purple Eagles broke the game open in the third period.

(Click here to see Roy-Hart’s Canyon Wood hit a 3.)

Hillman finished with 17 and Farley 15 to lead Albion as Ward and Freeman both added 8, Shabazz 7 and Cornick, Elijah Lloyd and Bailey Blanchard 2 each.

Ragonese led Roy-Hart with 17 as Wood had 9, Rhett Goodwin 5, Peyton Rhinehart 4, Gillings 3, Reed Albee 2 and Aiden Petrie 1.

Albion is now 2-0 in the league and 4-1 overall while Roy-Hart is 0-1, 1-2.

Roy-Hart’s Tom Ragonese looks to put the ball up over Albion defender Bailey Blanchard.

Albion downed visiting Alexander 41-36 in a non league wrestling match this evening.

Junior Morales, Ellwood Hafner, Austin Aman, Dayne Aina, Cam Bell, Bryce Kelly and Cody Wilson all scored wins for the Purple Eagles.

Holley-Kendall 64, McQuaid 11
Bruce Rasmusson had a pin and Tristyn Moyer a decision win for Holley-Kendall in the 64-11 non league win at McQuaid as the Hawks other points came via forfeits.

Taking first place in 19 of 22 events, Roy-Hart swept to a doubleheader victory over visiting Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon.

The Channel Cats won the boys’ meet 113-57 and the girls’ competition 98-42.

Carter Green doubled in the 200 Freestyle and 500 Free and Michael Miller in the 200 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for the Roy-Hart boys squad which also had Matt Scott win the 200 Individual Medley, Noah Stern the 50 Free, Will Rickard the 100 Free and Charles Rickard the 100 Breaststroke.

The Roy-Hart boys squad is now 2-0 and Albion 0-1-1.

Madison Ohol took both the 200 Free and 100 Backstreoke and Kayla Hagen the Individual Medley and 100 Free for the Roy-Hart girls squad which also had Kennedy Lang win the 50 Free, Molly Russell the 100 Butterfly and Mandy Hill the 500 Free.

Rylee Perles won the 100 Breaststroke for Albion.

The Roy-Hart girls are 2-0 and Albion 0-2.

The other N-O meet saw Barker and Newfane split. Barker won the boys’ meet 88-73 and Newfane took the girls’ competition 116-33.

Building up a 35-21 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat host Holley 61-37 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Brianna Smith led O-A with 20 as Kelsey Schlagenhauf and Emma Wray both had 10.

Olivia Radford shared game high honors for Holley with 20 as Jade Hofforth had 6 and Adriana Botello 5.

Boys Basketball
The Medina at Central Christian Academy non league boys basketball game was postponed due to the snowy weather.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart/Barker’s Gavin Ciarfella works toward a pin over Medina’s Dominic Callara during the Rams victory over the visiting Mustangs this evening.

A 4-1 advantage in forfeit wins proved to be the difference as Roy-Hart/Barker trimmed visiting Medina 40-36 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match.

Medina won five of the eight matches decided on the mat but Roy-Hart/Barker’s three match edge in forfeit wins was the difference.

There were also two double forfeits.

Roy-Hart got pins by Aiden Pierson (145) and Gavin Ciarfella (99) and a major decision win by Colby Hancock (152).

Five Medina grapplers notched pins including Jacob Rissew (138), Miles Hartway (160), Noah Skinner (170), Riley Black (220) and Rashawn Bloom (106) whose fall in 48 seconds was the fastest of the match.

(Click here to see Medina’s Rashawn Bloom get a pin.)

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

Albion 57, Akron 27

Forfeits were also the name of the game at Akron as Albion downed the host Tigers 57-27 benefitting from seven forfeit wins.

Ellwood Hafner and Cam Bell both registered pins for Albion and Amilcar Morales had a decision win.

Albion is now 2-0 and Akron 1-1.

Albion next hosts Alexander in a non league match at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Medina’s Jacob Rissew in route to scoring a pin over Roy-Hart/Barker’s Michael Burrows.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville wrestling team captains Rodney Davis, Mario Fidanza and Brennon Munn and their Tiger teammates will host the second annual Fred Large Memorial Tournament on Saturday.

Over a dozen teams will be competing at Lyndonville’s second annual Fred Large Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

The tourney honors the memory of Fred Large who organized the Lyndonville wrestling program in the mid 1960’s and guided the Tigers to a number of Genesee Region League and Section V championships.

In addition to the host Tigers, the tournament field will include Holley-Kendall, Medina, Akron, Brighton, Byron-Bergen, CSAT,  East Rochester, Gilead, Livonia-Wayland-Cohocton, Pavilion/York, Pioneer, Williamson and Wilson.

Tournament competition in both Varsity and JV divisions is scheduled to begin at 9:30 with three mats being used in both gyms.

Photos by Cheryl Wertmqn – Albion’s Ryan Olles is fouled by Roy-Hart’s Kara Choate as she goes to the basket during the host Purple Eagles win over the Lady Rams this evening.

A big second quarter scoring surge keyed Albion to a 55-30 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball opener.

Trailing 9-8 after one period, Albion outpointed Roy-Hart 20-7 in the decisive second period to rally into a 12 point, 28-16 half-time advantage.

Honesty Little scored 9, Paige Derisley 6 and Aly Knaak 5 to lead tha Purple Eagles uprising.

Albion maintained a 14 point, 39-25, lead at the three-quarter mark as Little scored 7 and Paige Derisley 4 in the third period.

Paige Derisley finished with 19 and Little 18 as Maya Knaak and Kendall Derisley both added 6, Aly Knaak 5 and Abbie Pappalardo 1.

(Click here to see Albion’s Aly Knaak drive to the lane for a layup.)

Miah Glena and Shelby Wolf each scored 11 for Roy-Hart as Rileigh McCabe added 6 and Ava Owens and Claire Halstead 1 each.

(Click here to see Roy-Hart’s Miah Glena score from outside.)

Barker 41, Medina 31
Kyle Annable and Sydnie Luckman each scored 10 points to lead the way for Barker in the 41-31 N-O opening win over visiting Medina. Serena Harris added 7 and Dakota Leising 6 for the Lady Raiders.

Anya Bloom and Janiyah Holloway each scored 8 and Nodia Osby 6 for Medina.

Barker led 14-9 after one period, 23-9 at the half and 31-25 after three quarters.

Wilson 47, Akron 41
Defending champion Wilson opened N-O competition with a 47-41 win over Akron as Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 23.

Jesse Jonathan led Akron with 21

Roy-Hart’s Rileigh McCabe puts up a shot between Albion defenders Melissa Robinson and Ryan Olles.

Building up as much as a 16 point lead, Albion turned back a late surge by host Akron to claim a 57-51 victory in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball opener this evening.

Albion built up leads of 12-10 after one period, 29-15 at the half and 45-29 at the three-quarter mark.  Kevin Hillman scored 11 in the second period to help the Purple Eagles open up the 14 point half-time advantage.

Akron made the finish close by outpointing Albion 22-12 in the final period.

Hillman finished with 19 and Chris Shabazz 13 to lead Albion as Bailey Blanchard added 8, Deyonci Farley 6, Xavier Cornick 5 and Liam Ward 2.

Adam Mietz led Akron with 21 as Mitchell Holtz added 9

East Aurora 64, Roy-Hart 48
Jumping out to a 32-13 half-time advantage, East Aurora went on to defeat visiting Roy-Hart 64-48 in a non league game.

Rhett Goodwin scored 14 and Tom Ragonese and Canyon Wood 9 each for Roy-Hart which next hosts Albion at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Tonawanda 66, Barker 41
Tonawanda likewise built up a commanding 43-13 half-time advantage in route to downing visiting Barker 66-41.

Shane Gerhardt scored 15 and Joey Brandt 13 for Barker.

Putting together a strong stretch run, Lyndonville edged past host Notre Dame 71-67 in the Genesee Region League season opener this evening.

Trailing 55-50 at the three-quarter mark, Lyndonville rallied to outscore Notre Dame 21-12 in the decisive final stanza to claim the win.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored 8 and Nathan Hydock 7 to lead the way in the fourth quarter for the Tigers.

Dillenbeck also had a big 12 point first quarter which ended with the Tigers and Irish deadlocked at 19-19.

Lyndonville grabbed a slender 36-35 lead at the half but Notre Dame went up by five, 55-50, after three quarters.

Dillenbeck finished with 24, Hydock 17, Russell Stephens 11, Noah Poler 9 and Casey Winiecki 8.

Mark Sanders scored 20, including six threes for Notre Dame as Gabe McDonald added 17, Collin McCulley 12 and Keith Szczepanski 10.

Oakfield-Alabama 69, Holley 43

Building up a 39-16 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Holley 69-43 in a G-R contest.

Joey Burdick scored 26, Kaden Cusmano 12, Travis Wiedrich 11 and Kameron Cusmano 10 for Oakfield-Alabama.

Kohl Morgan had 18 points and 15 rebounds for Holley as Jake Norman added 8 points and Carson Major 7.