Starpoint swept to a doubleheader victory over Roy-Hart in a non league basketball twin bill this evening at Niagara County Community College.

Starpoint won the boys’ game 67-52 and the girls’ contest 50-43.

In the boys’ game, Adam Rankie poured in a game high 35 points for Starpoint which led 32-25 at the half. Lance Krieger and Charlie Bruning both scored 14 for Roy-Hart.

In the girls contest, Jaden Mott scored 16 for Starpoint which was up 28-24 at the half. Ashley Hill led R-H with 13.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman- Medina’s Colby Petrie captures a Section VI Class C/D wrestling title.

Medina’s Colby Petrie (126) took top honors at the Section VI Class C/D wrestling championships this evening at Eden.

Petrie scored a quick pin of 1:25 in his championship bout over Joey Piliteri from Falconer.

He advanced by posting a 4-0 decision win in the quarterfinals and then registering a pin of 5:34 in the semis over Nolan Palmatier from Franklinville.

“Colby looks to be peaking at the right time. Hopefully all of his hard work will continue to pay off,” said Medina Coach Eric Gross.

The Mustangs also had Robert Morehouse (285) place fourth as RaShawn Bloom (99) and Chase Weese (220) both took sixth.

Albion had a quintet of place finishers at the Section VI Class B championships at Cheektowaga as Jessy Cruz (170) took third, Cody Wilson (285) fourth, Ellwood Hafner (120) fifth and Amilcar Morales (113) and Bryce Kelly (220) sixth.

Karson Grover (220) of Roy-Hart/Barker captured a Class B title with a pin of 5:30 over Alex Christy of Fredonia.

The Rams also had AJ Schaefer (160) place second.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Karson Grover of Roy-Hart/Barker won the Class B 195 lb. title.

Niagara-Orleans League champion Newfane had a trio of Class B champions in Andy Lucinski (99), Josh Gill (120) and Ryan Nugent (145) as Adam Huntington (106) placed second.

A trio of second place finishes by Dylan Clemons (13), Jayden Pieniaszek (126) and Austin Berns (195) led a large contingent of 12 place finishers for Holley-Kendall at the Section V Class BB championships at Warsaw.

Clemons registered a pin in the semifinals but was then pinned in the title bout by Bryson Terwillager of Canisteo-Greenwood in 3:05.  Pieniaszek scored a narrow 6-5 decision win in the semis but lost 17-2 in the finals to Bradley Cheek of Canisteo-Greenwood. Berns notched an 8-6 decision win in the semis but was pinned by Nate DeGroff from Warsaw in 1:24 in the finals.

The Hawks also had Erik Balys (152) and Frank Flynn (220) place third; Tristyn Moyer (120), Eli Stanton (170), Cade Aina (182) and Jacob Affronti (195) fourth; Bruce Rasmusson (99) and Dawson Custer fifth and Damyan Famoly (285) sixth.

Holley-Kendall finished second in the team standings to Canisteo-Greenwood.

Third place finishes by Chase Stinson (126) and Rodney Davis (160) heads a group of sixth place finishers for Lyndonville at the Section V Class B championships at Perry.

Stinson rebounded from a quarterfinal loss to notch four straight wins to take third place honors. He began his comeback with quick pins of 28 seconds and 1:36. He then posted a narrow 6-5 decision and finally avenged his quarterfinal loss by decisioning Tyler Uveino from Perry 5-3 in the consolation finals.

Davis rebounded from a semifinal loss to register quick pins of 19 second and 1:49 to earn his third place finish.

The Tigers also had Connor Bell (113) place fourth, Dylan Burt-Hodgins (145) fifth and Brennon Munn (132) and Maddox Stirk (195) sixth.

Contributed Photo – Lyndonville’s place finishers at the Section V Class B championships included, by weight class, Connor Bell (113), Chase Stinson (126), Brennon Munn (132), Dylan Burt-Hodgins (145), Rodney Davis (160) and Maddox Stirk (195).

The Marauders of St. Joe’s came to Lockport Friday evening as the second place team in the league and left a 7-4 winner over the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina/Akron Club hockey team.

The game, however, was much tighter than the final score indicates.

The visitors opened the scoring in the first two minutes, but RBM quickly tied the game on a goal by Michael Kuchey (R-H) assisted by Dominic Peracciny (R-H) and Dylan Krzykowski (Akron).  St. Joe’s finished the period with a 2-1 lead.

At the very beginning of the next period, Jason Kuchey (R-H) evened the score with a goal on an assist from Peracciny., Just twenty seconds later, the roles were reversed with Peracciny scoring and Jason Kuchey assisting for a 3-2 lead.  However, St. Joe’s tied the score heading into the last period.

Halfway through the last period, St. Joe’s took the lead for good at 4-3, before scoring two more goals.  Finally, Krzykowski scored unassisted to end the scoring for RBM.  St. Joe’s finished the game with an empty- net goal.

RBM continues a killer weekend when the first place and undefeated Orchard Park team visits Lockport this evening for an 8:10 game.

Moving on top to stay in the second quarter, Kendall went on to defeat host Wheatland-Chili 75-59 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Trailing 17-16 after the opening period, Kendall put together a 22-15 second period scoring edge, including four threes by John Rath and 10 points by Nate Warters, to rally into a 38-32 half-time advantage.

Keeping the momentum, Kendall outscored W-C 23-15 in the third period to extend the advantage to 61-47 at the three-quarter mark. Warters scored 9 to lead that uprising.

Warters finished with a career high 33 points while Rath had 18, on six threes, and Mason Kuhn 11.

Byron-Bergen 64, Holley 47
Leading by a narrow 43-41 margin at the three-quarter mark, Byron-Bergen outscored visiting Holley 21-6 in the final period to claim a 64-47 G-R victory.

Anthony DiQuattro scored 16 and Chad Green and Alexander Brumsted both chipped in with 15 to lead the way for B-B.

Kohl Morgan had 16 points and 14 rebounds and John Mounts 10 points for Holley which led 23-18 after one quarter and 32-31 at the half.

Wilson 69, Barker 28
Building up a 37-16 half-time advantage, Wilson went on to defeat Barker 69-28 to improve to 7-1 in Niagara-Orleans League action.

Jake Miller scored 17, Alex Martinez 15 and Steve Frerichs 10 to lead the way for Wilson which got point production from all 11 players.

Girls Basketball
Wilson 55, Barker 26
Staying perfect at 10-0 in N-O competition, the Wilson girls posted a 55-26 win over Barker.

Izzy Dinse scored 12, Skylar Munnikhuysen 11, Maddy Seeley 9 and Sarah Lewis 8 for Wilson which led 35-11 at the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler puts up a layup against Elba defender Colton Dillon during the Tigers key victory over the host Lancers this evening.

Taking over sole possession of first place, Lyndonville defeated host Elba 52-41 this evening in a key late season Genesee Region League contest.

In grabbing outright possession of the G-R Division II lead, Lyndonville improves to 10-1 in the league and 15-1 overall while Elba slips into the runner-up spot at 9-2 (14-3 overall).

Zach Johnson scored 18, Nathan Dillenbeck 14 and Nathan Poler 10 to lead the offense for Lyndonville as Matt Hess added 6 and Nathan Hydock 4.

Elba’s Colton Dillon puts up a layup as Matt Hess defends for Lyndonville.

Jon Boyce, who fouled out with four and a half minutes to go, and Colton Dillon both scored 16 for Elba as Greyson Huntington added 5 and Evan Hare and Zach Marsceill 2 each.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 16-10 first period lead as Johnson had a three and a layup and Hydock a pair of layups. Dillon scored 6 to keep Elba close.

The Tigers doubled their advantage to 12, 32-20, at the half as Dillenbeck hit three threes and Johnson had three layups in the second period.

Lyndonville, whose winning effort was bolstered by a stingy defense and yoeman work on the boards, opened up as much as a 14 point, 39-25, advantage midway through the third period on two buckets by Hydock and one by Hess.

Elba answered with an 8-2 run, including 6 by Boyce, to cut the deficit to eight, 41-33. Boyce had 11 in the period for the Lancers.

The Tigers though regained an 11 point, 46-35, lead at the three-quarter mark on four free throws by Johnson and a rebound bucket by Poler, who had 6 points in the stanza.

Two baskets by Dillon pulled Elba to within seven, 46-39, early in the final period but the Lancers could get no closer.

Lyndonville emerged with an 11 point victory despite not making a field goal in the final period by outpointing Elba 6-2 over the final three minutes on three free throws by Johnson, two by Poler and one by Dillenbeck.

Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson drives to the basket past Elba defender Evan Hare.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler pus up a shot against Elba defenders Zach Marsceill and Jon Boyce during the earlier season meeting between the teams at Lyndonville. The Tigers and Lancers will meet in a key rematch for the division lead at Elba on Friday.

First place in Division II of the Genesee Region League will be at stake when Lyndonville visits Elba at 7 p.m. Friday in a key boys basketball showdown.

Lyndonville and Elba are currently tied for the Division II lead at 9-1. The Tigers are 14-1 overall and the Lancers are 14-2.

Lyndonville won the earlier season matchup at home turning back strong second half Elba rally to claim a 62-55 home court victory.

Nathan Poler scored 24, Zach Johnson 12 and Nathan Dillenbeck 10 for Lyndonville which built up a 19 point, 37-18 halftime advantage.

However, Elba came battling back in the second half to make the finish exciting closing to within seven twice in the final stanza.

A trio of players accounted for all of the Lancers points as Jon Boyce scored 26, Colton Dillon 19 and Zach Marsceill 10.

The Tigers now have a quartet of players averaging in double figures including Dillenbeck at 14.4, Johnson 14.3, Natahan Hydock 12.2 and Poler 11.6.

Both teams will have three league games remaining after Friday, all against Division II foes, including Notre Dame, Kendall and Wheatland-Chili.

Notre Dame, which at 5-5 is out of the division title race, still looks to play a huge role in determining who does win it as the Irish will host both Lyndonville and Elba.

Medina to host Newfane
Front-running Medina also faces a key Niagara-Orleans League game on Friday as the Mustangs host Newfane at 6:30 p.m.

Currently at 7-0 in N-O competition (12-2 overall) three time defending champion Medina holds a one game lead over Wilson (6-1), a two game edge over Newfane (5-2) and a three game bulge over Albion (4-3) in the N-O title race.

The Mustangs nipped the Panthers in their earlier season meeting at Newfane 50-49 in overtime on a three-point field goal by Brian Fry in the final seconds.

Both teams will have four N-O games remaining after Friday including key meetings with both Wilson and Albion.

Contributed Photos – Local members of the SUNY Brockport Indoor track teams include, from left, Holly Heil, Chanyce Powell and Daniel Heil.

A trio of local student/athletes are off to a good start to the season as members of the SUNY Brockport indoor track and field squads.

That threesome includes Chanyce Powell from Albion along with Holly and Daniel Heil from Medina.

Powell, who is a sophomore, placed second in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump at this past weekend Brockport Golden Eagle Invitational.

An Exercise Physiology major, Powell also scored a win in the Triple Jump at Brockport’s season opening Green and Gold Invitational.

Holly Heil, who is a junior, was on the Brockport women’s winning 1600 meter Relay team this past weekend. She is majoring in Psychology.

Daniel Heil, who is a freshmen, likewise was a member of the Brockport men’s 1600 Relay team which placed third. He is majoring in Accounting.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Rileigh McCabe, left and Shelby Wolf helped lead Roy-Hart to a win over visiting Newfane this evening.

Snapping a season long eight league game losing streak, Roy-Hart downed visiting Newfane 63-50 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans girls basketball contest.

The other two scheduled N-O games, Albion at Medina and Akron vs. Barker, were both snowed out.

The Lady Rams attack was spearheaded by a trio of sophomores as Shelby Wolf scored a game high 21 points, Rileigh McCabe 16 and Mallory Steiner 14. Lexie Lovewell and Meghan Washington both added 4 and Ashley Hill and Maddie Fry 2 each.

Megan Knoll scored 12 and Hannah Hambruch 11 to pace Newfane as Rachel Chunco and Lauren Bouseman both added 8, Nicole Leverentz 5, Paige Littman 3, Madalyn Traverse 2 and Kaitlin Beiter 1.

Roy-Hart jumped out to an 18-9 first quarter lead by putting together an 11-0 run to close the stanza. Wolfe scored 12 in the period to spake the Lady Rams in the early gong.

The Lady Rams boosted their advantage a bit to 13, 29-16, at the half by closing the second period with another 11-0 run. Hill, Wolf, Washington, McCabe and Steiner all chipped in with baskets during that run.

The Roy-Hart lead increased to 18, 36-18, early in the third period but Newfane came storming back.

The Lady Panthers erupted for a big 21-5 turnover aided run to close the period and slice the deficit to just two 41-39, at the three-quarter mark.  Knoll scored 7 and Chunco, Boudeman and Leverentz 4 each to lead that rally.

Newfane pulled even at 41-41 on a layup by Knoll at the outset of the final period and stayed within one at 43-42 on a free throw by Knoll but this time it was Roy-Hart that came charging back.

Regaining the momentum, Roy-Hart put together a clutch 14-0 run to move back on top to stay by 15 at 57-42 with two minutes to go.

A fast break layup by Fry followed by a jumper by Lovewell ignited that uprising which also included 6 points by McCabe.

The Lady Rams closed out the victory with a layup by Wolf and a three by Steiner.

Roy-Hart’s Mallory Steiner looks to pass as Megan Knoll defends for Newfane.

Wheatland-Chili 63, Lyndonville 24
Wheatland-Chili scored a 63-24 win over visiting Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League girls contest.

Boys Basketball
Newfane 70, Roy-Hart 41
Leading by a narrow three point, 24-21, margin at the half, host Newfane exploded for 56 points in the second half to post a 70-41 N-O win over Roy-hart.

The Panthers outscored the Rams 19-7 in the third period to extend the advantage to 43-28 at the three-quarter mark. A big 27 point fourth period then locked up the win.

Garrett Srock took game high scoring honors with 21 for Newfane as Deuce Capen added 12 and Josh Everett 11. Srock scored 11 in the second and Everett 9.

Charlie Brigham scored 7 and Charlie Bruning and Lance Krieger 6 each for Roy-Hart.

Newfane is now 5-2 and Roy-Hart 1-7 in N-O competition.

Wrestling

The Holley varsity ‘B’ wrestling team split a pair of matches this evening against varsity opponents. The Hawks defeated Gilead 54-30 but lost to Gates-Chili 45-31.