Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Nate Warters hits the career 1,000 point mark.

Breaking away from a 41-41 deadlock, Kendall outscored visiting Elba 16-12 in the decisive final period to claim a 57-53 Genesee Region League boys basketball victory this evening.

Nate Warters, John Rath and Derek Edick all hit three-point baskets in the final stanza to highlight the Eagles decisive surge.  Warters then capped off the uprising in style with a layup off a steal for his milestone 1,000th career point.

Warters finished with 20 Edick 18 and Rath 12 as the Eagles avenged an early season 62-51 loss at Elba.

Jon Boyce scored 20 and Colton Dillon 12 for Elba.

Elba led 18-16 after the opening period but Kendall rallied into a 33-28 advantage at the half. Edick led that surge with 11 points in the second period.

Attica 50, Holley 23
Building up a 30-14 half-time advantage,Attica went on to defeat host Holley 50-23 in another G-R contest as Nelson Dawson scored 12 and Devon Henderson and Tyler Meyer 10 each.

Kohl Morgan led Holley with 6.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Maddie Williams goes in for a layup against Roy-Hart defenders Maddie Fry and Mallory Stiener during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lady Rams this evening.

Improving to 7-3 in the league, Medina posted a 54-37 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans girls contest.

Camri King, Maddie Williams and Tyesha Robinson  each scored 13 for Medina as Kharise Johnson added 8 and Jarielys Flores-Medina 7.

Roy-Hart’s Rileigh McCabe grabs a rebound away from Medina’s Tyesha Robinson.

Lexie Lovwell scored 11, Meghan Washington 8, Maddie Fry 7 and Shelby Wolf 6 for Roy-Hart.

Roy-Hart grabbed a slender 14-13 lead at the end of the first quarter on a last second three by Fry. Lovewell had 6 in the period for the Lady Rams while Williams had 7 for the Mustangs.

However, Medina rallied into leads of 26-19 at the half and 46-30 at the three-quarter mark. Robinson scored 9 in the second period while King had 9 and Flores-Medina 7 in the big 20 point third quarter.

Wilson 45, Albion 31
Undefeated (11-0) Wilson locked up sole possession of a ninth N-O championship in the last 10 years with a 45-31 victory at runner-up Albion (6-2).

Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 15, Izzy Dinse 10 and Anna Frerichs 7 for Wilson which led 24-14 at the half.

Kirsten Struble scored 9 for Albion as Lexi Wolck and Natalie Lathrop both added 7.

Albion did close to within one early in the final period but Wilson answered with a key 10-0 run to lockup the win.

Munnikhuysen scored 7 and Frerichs 4 in the finals stanza for Wilson.

In the other N-O game, Akron (4-4) downed Newfane (2-7) 50-35.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Vincent Montague goes in for a layup against Roy-Hart defenders Quinten Koch and Lance Krieger during the Mustangs win over the host Rams this evening.

For the second night in a row a big first quarter scoring burst provided the spark as Medina rolled to a 57-37 win over host Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

The Mustangs, which used a 19-4 first period burst to key a 56-36 win over Newfane on Monday, this time raced out to a 23-8 opening period advantage over the Rams to key the victory and improve to 9-0 in the league and 14-2 overall.

Roy-Hart’s Peyton Rhinehart grabs a rebound from Medina’s Joe Cecchini.

Tyler Chinn scored 8, Izaiah Rhim 6 and Vincent Montague 5 to spark Medina in the opening period.

The Mustangs maintained a 15 point, 32-17 lead at the half and upped the advantage to 20, 46-26, at the three-quarter mark.  Nate Sherman scored 6 in the third to lead the Mustangs.

The Rams could get no closer than 13 in the final stanza.

Montague finished with 13, Sherman 12, Chinn 10, Izaiah Rhim 9, Brian Fry 8, Joe Cecchini and William Braswell 2 ad Jarin Rhim 1.

Gavyn Boyle led Roy-Hart with 9 as Peyton Rhinehart 8, Mark Sanders 7, Charlie Brigham, Lance Krieger and Quinten Koch 4 and Ben White 1.

Wilson 57, Albion 51
Wilson stayed within a game of the N-O lead by trimming host Albion 57-51 as the Lakemen improve to 8-1.

Steve Frerichs scored 21, Ian Evans 12 and John Littiere 10 for Wilson which broke away from a 28-28 half-time deadlock to take the lead for good with a 15-6 third period surge to open up a 43-34 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Deyonci Farley scored 19, Xavier Cornick 12 and Bryce Pritchard 9 for Albion which is now 4-4 in N-O action.

In the other N-O game, Newfane (6-3) defeated Akron (2-6) 72-52.

Medina’s William Braswell puts up a shot as Lance Krieger and Ben White defend for Roy-Hart. At right is Medina’s Jarin Rhim.

Legion regained first place in the Medina Euchre League standings by downing former front-runner Sacred Heart 38-32 Monday.

JR Wilson bested Vets Club 40-30 in the other match.

Now on top by four points, Legion is 604-516 on the season, Sacred Heart 600-520, JR Wilson 574-546 and Vets Club 462-658.

League competition continues on February 11 with Sacred Heart at Legion and JR Wilson at Vets Club.

The undefeated (4-0,24-0) Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team rolled to a 90-72 conference win over Genesee Community College this evening.

Kenetria Redfern (Cheektowaga) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals; Molly Mahony (Lancaster) 16 points, 8 rebounds; Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 16 points; Aubrey Halloran 15 points and Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 14 points, 7 assists to lead the way for the Thunderwolves.

A big second quarter scoring surge keyed Kendall to a 43-28 victory over visiting Rochester Prep this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Trailing 9-6 after one period, Kendall put together a big 19-6 second quarter surge to rally into a 25-15 half-time advantage.

Elizabeth Snyder led Kendall with 13 points, including 8 in the decisive second period, as Alezya Brown added 10 and Jenna Regan 7.

Brown also grabbed off 13 rebounds, Snyder 12 and Regan 11.

Holley 53, Byron-Bergen 48

Building up leads of 32-20 at the half and 47-35 at the three-quarter mark, Holley went on to defeat visiting Byron-Bergen 53-48 in a Genesee Region League game.

Maddy Marsh scored 20 and Olivia Radford 10 to lead the way for Holley as Jade Holforth and Halee Passarell both added 8. Marsh also grabbed off 14 rebounds.

Medina 40, Newfane 36

Medina improved to 6-3 in Niagara-Orleans League competition with a narrow 40-36 victory over host Newfane (2-6).

Camri King scored 13, Maddie Williams 12 and Tyesha Robinson 8 to set the pace for Medina. Robinson had a basket and two free throws and King two free throws down the stretch to help the Mustangs lock up the win.

Rachel Chunco led Newfane with 12.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Brian Fry puts up a shot between Newfane defenders Zach Snow and Jarrett Gilson during the Mustangs win over the visiting Panthers this evening.

Jumping out to a 15 point first quarter lead, Medina went on defeat visiting Newfane 50-36 this evening in a make-up game to remain undefeated in Niagara-Orleans League competition at 8-0 (13-2, overall).

Izaiah Rhim scored a game high 17 points as Nate Sherman and Brian Fry both netted 12 to lead the way for Medina as Vincent Montague added 7 and Tyler Chinn 2.

Josh Everett scored 8, Sam Capen and Connor MacEvoy 7, Garrett Srock 6, Zach Snow 3, Deuce Capen and Jarrett Gillson 2 and Matt DiTullio 1 for Newfane which slips three games off the pace in the N-O title race at 5-3.

Medina’s Nate Sherman looks to drive around Newfane defender Jarrett Gilson.

The Mustangs took charge at the outset building up a 19-4 first period advantage.  Back-to-back baskets by Sherman ignited that uprising which also included a three, a layup and a tip-in by Rhim, a three and a fast break layup by Fry and a layup off a steal by Montague.

Medina maintained a 14 point, 31-17, lead at the half as Rhim hit two threes and Sherman had a pair of baskets in the second quarter.

The Mustangs advantage soared to 20, 37-17, midway through the third period after a layup off a steal by Chinn and a three by Rhim.

Medina maintained a 16 point, 43-27 advantage at the three-quarter mark and Newfane could get no closer than 12 in the final stanza.

Medina next visits Roy-Hart at 7 p.m. Tuesday while Newfane will host Akron at 6:30 p.m.

For the second night in a row, the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina/Akron Club hockey team entertained the top echelon of the Large School Division on Saturday.  Top ranked and undefeated Orchard Park defeated RBM for the third time this season 8-2.

The game was a true contest for two periods with the first period ending 2-1 OP.  The RBM goal in the period was scored by Michael Kuchey (R-H) with the assist going to Dylan Krzykowski (Akron).

After falling behind 4-1, RBM got their last score on a power- play goal by Dominic Peracciny (R-H) off assists from Kuchey and Tom Paisley.

The final stanza was all OP as they scored four times.

Now 4-10-1, RBM enters the final week of the regular season with three home games, East Aurora- Holland on Wednesday evening at 8:40, Friday evening against Canisius at 8:30 and Saturday evening against Jamestown at 8:10.  The Section VI playoffs will follow with RBM currently holding the #1 Seed in the Mixed Division.