Lyndonvlle’s Mario Fidanza earned first place honors in the 220 lb. weigh class at the Byron-Bergen Tournament today.

Fidanza scored a pin of 3:51 over Medina’s Davon Shine in the finals. He also scored a pin of 1:22 in the semifinals over Medina’s Riley Black who finished third.

Medina also had a second place finish from Rashawn Bloom and a fourth place from Miles Hartway.

Albion got second place finishes from Dayne Aina and Yashua Robles-Nunez.

In the JV competition, Medina had Bryden McMurray place second and Ethan Page third.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Brittney Marks puts up a shot over a trio of Lyndonville defenders including Savannah Poler, Prezli Silversmith and Karlee Rounds during the host Lady Eagles tournament title win over the Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Taking charge in the second quarter Kendall downed visiting Lyndonville 46-33 this afternoon in the championship game of the Lady Eagles basketball tournament.

Trailing 10-7 after the opening period, Kendall outscored Lyndonville 20-8 in the decisive second period to open up a 27-18 half-time advantage.

A three and two jumpers by tournament MVP Lizzie Sutphen and two jumpers by Autumn Woodward led the Lady Eagles uprising which also included baskets by All-Tournament team selection Katie Pearson, Brittney Marks and Elizabeth Snyder.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Eagles then used a 13-6 third period scoring edge to extend the advantage to 16, 40-24, at the three-quarter mark.

Marks and Pierson both hit a pair of baskets during that stretch as Sutphen and Snyder each added one.

Lyndonville could get no closer than nine down the stretch.

Sutphen finished with 15, Marks 10, Pearson 9, Snyder 5, Woodward 4, Ciera Kupferschmid 2 and Julie Coble 1.

(Click here to see Kendall’s Katie Pierson make a bucket from the top of the key.)

Holley’s Olivia Radford puts up a shot over Barker’s Courtney Hillman during the Lady Hawks consolation game win.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 11 and Kaylee Nesbitt 10 to led Lyndonvlle as Karlee Rounds added 5, Ella Lewis 3, Prezli Silversmith 2 and Danielle Weldon and Savannah Poler 1 each.

Dillenbeck, who hit a pair of threes to spark Lyndonville out to the 10-7 first quarter lead, and Nesbitt were both named to the All-Tournament team.

(Click here to see Lyndonville’s Lorelei Dillenbeck hit a 3 point shot in the second quarter.)

Kendall is now 2-0 and Lyndonville 2-1.

Consolation Game
Holley 38, Barker 35
Holley rallied late to nip Barker 38-35 to earn third place honors at the Kendall Tournament.

Trailing 35-33, Holley pulled out the win on a three by Olivia Radford followed by a pair of clutch free throws by Jade Hofforth.

Barker had regained the lead for the last time at 35-33 after back-to-back baskets by Haleigh Mason and Kylie Annable.

Barker held narrow leads of 14-13 at the half and 25-23 at the three-quarter mark.

A three and a layup by Radford, along with a three-point play by Hofforth, rallied Holley into a 31-27 lead early in the final stanza.

Layups by Rachel Parfinski and Serena Harris pulled Barker even at 31-31 but Radford answered with a bucket to put Holley back up 33-31.

That set the stage for the close finish which first saw Barker go back up 35-33 on a jumper by Sydnie Luckman and Holley answer with tallies by Radford and Hofforth to claim the win.

Radford finished with a game high 24 for the Lady Hawks as Hofforth and Halee Passarell both had 7. Radford scored 18 in the second half including 10 in the decisive final quarter.

Luckman scored 15, Parfinski 10, Harris and Annable 4 and Mason 2 for the Lady Raiders.

Radford and Parfinski were both named to the All-Tournament team.

Maryvale Tournament
Newfane 53, Cleve Hill 28
Rachel Chunco scored 13, Hannah Hambruch 12 and Paige Littman 10 to lead Newfane to a 53-28 win over Cleve Hill in the consolation game of the Maryvale Tournament.

Boys Basketball
Pembroke 82, Barker 43
Joey Brandy scored 16, Devonte Hill 10 and Shane Gerhardt 9 for Barker in the non league loss at Pembroke.

Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis dribbles by Kendall’s Julia Sczepanski.

LeRoy used a 31-13 scoring edge over the middle two quarters to key a 56-43 win over visiting Albion this evening in a non league game.

Trailing 14-11 after the opening period, LeRoy rallied into leads of 29-20 at the half and 42-27 at the three-quarter mark.

Kendall Derisley scored 14 points to lead Albion as Honesty Little added 8 points and 11 rebounds.

Albion next hosts Roy-Hart on Tuesday to open the Niagara-Orleans League season.

Depew 47, Roy-Hart 27
Miah Glena scored 11 for Roy-Hart in the 47-27 non league loss to Depew as Shelby Wolf, Claire Halstead and Rileigh McCabe each added 4.

CCA 58, Medina 20
Jumping out to a 30-12 half-time advantage, Central Christian Academy went on to defeat host Medina 58-20 in a non league contest.

Anya Bloom scored 10 for Medina which next visits Barker on Tuesday to open the N-O season.

Swimming

Roy-Hart swept to a doubleheader victory over Wheatland-Chili in a non league meet. The Channel Cats won the boys’ meet 133-7 and the girls’ competition 109-22.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley puts up a shot over Lyndonville defenders Nathan Hydock and Russell Stephens during the visiting Purple Eagles win over the Tigers this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a big second quarter scoring surge, Albion turned back a late comeback bid by host Lyndonville to earn a 60-51 victory this evening in a non league contest.

Trailing 18-16 after the opening period, Albion used a turnover aided 19-2 second quarter uprising to grab a 35-20 half-time lead which the Purple Eagles never gave up.

Albion opened the decisive period with an 11-1 run over the first four minutes to take an eight point, 27-19 lead as Elijah Lloyd, Chris Shabazz, Deyonci Farley and Xavier Cornick all scored on layups off turnovers.

Continuing to capitalize on what was a total of 9 Lyndonville turnovers in the stanza, Albion closed with an 8-0 run including layups off turnovers by Farley and Kevin Hillman and a three by Anthony Freeman for a 15 point, 35-20, half-time advantage.

Albion’s Zach Coleccechi works against Lyndonville defenders Trenton Muck and Casey Winiecki.

Albion went up by as many as 18, 43-25, midway through the third quarter after two baskets by Hillman and one by Shabazz.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 13 point, 45-32, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

However, Lyndonville came battling back down the stretch.

A three-point play off a rebound basket by Nathan Hydock and a three by Nate Dillenbeck helped ignite the Tigers comeback.

Lyndonville cut the deficit to seven, 53-46 with 3:35 to go after free throws by Russell Stephens, Dillenbeck and Hydock.

A rebound basket by Hydock followed by a three-point play by Dillenbeck pulled Lyndonville to within five, 56-51, with 45 seconds to go but the Tigers could get no closer.

Albion, which went 0 for 10 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter on Thursday in a narrow 64-63 overtime win over Emerson, this time went 9 of 12 from the line down the stretch to clinch the win.

In fact, the Purple Eagles final nine points came from the line including five by Hillman and two each by Shabazz and Bailey Blanchard.

The Purple Eagles also got two key baskets off layups early in the final stanza by Lloyd and Hillman to help slow the Tigers comeback bid.

Hillman finished with 16 and Blanchard 11 for Albion which got point production from nine players. Lloyd added 9, Farley 8, Shabazz 6, Freeman 5, Xavier Cornick and Michael DiCureia 2 and Zach Coleccechi 1.

Three players accounted for all of Lyndonville’s scoring as Dillenbeck had a game high 26, Hydock 15 and Stephens 10.

Albion is now 2-1 and Lyndonville 1-1.

(Click here to see Albion’s Xavier Cornick steal the ball and go in for a layup.)

(Click here to see Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck connect on a 3 from the outside.)

CSAT 62, Medina 47

CSAT bested visiting Medina 62-47 in another non league contest.

Christian Drisdom scored 13 for Medina as Nate Sherman, Brian Fry and Dontae Rhim 10 each.

Now at 1-1, Medina next hosts South Park at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a non league game.

Lyndonville’s Casey Winiecki drive against Albion defender Bailey Blanchard.

The Holley-Kendall wrestling squad will host their annual season opening Team Tournament on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.

The Hawks will be joined in the tournament field by Canisius, Eastridge, North Rose-Wolcott and Campbell Savona.

Kendall basketball tourney concludes Saturday
The annual Kendall girls basketball tournament will conclude on Saturday afternoon.

The host Lady Eagles will face Lyndonville in the championship game at 4 p.m. Holley and Barker will play in the consolation contest at 2 p.m.

Big first and third period scoring bursts keyed Roy-Hart to a 65-53 non league season opening win over visiting MST Seneca this evening.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 23-15 first quarter lead as Gavyn Boyle scored 9. Reed Albee added two threes and Canyon Wood one.

MST Seneca closed the deficit to three, 34-31 at the half but Roy-Hart pulled away for good with a 21-11 third period scoring edge.

Wood hit two more threes and Tom Ragonese and Boyle both added 5 points to lead that surge which put the Rams up 55-42 heading into the final period.

Boyle finished with 16, Albee 13 and Ragonese and Wood 12 each.

Notre Dame 76, Barker 30
Notre Dame built up a commanding 40-16 half-time advantage in route to downing visiting Barker 76-30 in a non league game.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Elijah Lloyd drives between Emerson defenders Lawrence Russell and Keshawn Conner for a shot during the Purple Eagles overtime win over the visiting Eagles this evening.

It took an extra four minutes but Albion earned victory No. 1 on the young boys basketball season by edging past visiting Emerson 64-63 in overtime this evening in a non league contest.

Kevin Hillman made two layups and a free throw to put Albion up 58-56 early in the overtime period.

However, Emerson answered with a 5-0 highlighted by a layup by Lawrence Russell and a layup off a turnover by Treyvaughn Jackson.

The last comeback though belonged to Albion as a three by Zach Coleccechi retied the contest at 61-61 with 1:32 remaining. A three by Hillman at the 51 second mark then provided the margin of victory.

Emerson though made the finish exciting. Two free throws by Russell sliced the Albion lead to just one with 26 seconds to go. The Eagles then had chance for the win but misfired on a shot in the final second.

Deyonci Farley led Albion with 17 points as Xavier Cornick and Bailey Blanchard both had 11, Hillman 10, Coleccechi 6, Chris Shabazz and Anthony Freeman 3, Damion Lattimer 2 and Elijah Lloyd 1.

Jackson finished with a game high 34 for Emerson as Russell added 12.

Emerson held narrow leads of 11-10 after one period and 25-23 at the half as Jackson scored all 14 of the Eagles points in the second quarter.

Albion got rolling in the third period outscoring Emerson 23-9 to rally into a 12 point, 46-34, lead at the three-quarter mark.

Farley scored 11 to lead that Purple Eagles surge which also included 6 by Cornick.

However, the tables turned in the fourth quarter as Emerson came battling back to outscore Albion 19-7 and force the contest into overtime.

A three by Blanchard and a rebound basket by Farley did keep Albion up by six, 53-47 with 1:39 remaining but the Purple Eagles, which went 0 for 10 from the free throw line in the period, could not score again.

Emerson capitalized on that drought by scoring the final six points to knot the contest at 53-53 on a three by Keshawn Conner, a layup by Jackson and a free throw by Russell with just six seconds to go.

Albion though weathered the storm as eight points by Hillman and a three by Coleccechi in the overtime period earned the Purple Eagles the narrow win.

Albion next visits Lyndonville at 6:30 p.m. Friday for another non league game.

Albion’s Bailey Blanchard goes up for a shot as Keshawn Conner, Lawrence Russell and Deron Loder defend for Emerson.

In a clash of unbeatens, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club team dropped an 8-2 decision to City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara on Tuesday evening at Riverside Arena in Buffalo.  They were the last two unbeaten teams in their division, both being 3-0.

Early in the opening period, the hosts took a 1-0 lead.  Shortly after, RBM responded with a goal by Dayton Ruppel, an Akron eighth-grader.  That goal was assisted by Jason Kuchey (R-H).

Down 2-1. Kuchey evened the score with his sixth goal of the season.  However, RBM fell behind 3-2 by the end of the period.

The second period belonged entirely to CH/CO as they exploded for four unanswered goals, and added a final score in the final period.

RBM attempts to get back on the winning track with a Saturday night game at the Northtown Arena (9 p.m.) against St. Joseph’s.