Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Maddie Williams helped lead Medina to a 47-36 win over visiting Akron this evening by scoring a game high 18 points.

Improving to 4-2, Medina bested visiting Akron (3-3) 47-36 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Maddie Williams scored 18 and Tyesha Robinson 12 to lead the way for Medina as Camri King netted 8, Kharise Johnson 5 and Sarah Cochrane and Anya Bloom 2 each.

Darion Jonathan scored 12, Jessee Jonathan 9, Jayni Sundown 7, Helena Hill 5 and Elise Leeds 3 for Akron.

Medina jumped out to a 15-9 first period lead as Williams scored 11, including a pair of threes.

The Mustangs maintained leads of 21-11 at the half and 36-32 at the three-quarter mark.

King tallied 7 and Williams and Robinson 4 each in the third period.

Robinson then added 6 in the final stanza to help lock up the win as the Mustangs outpointed the Lady Tigers 11-4 down the stretch.

Newfane 37, Barker 35
A basket by Madalyn Traverse with just seven seconds to go earned Newfane (2-3) a narrow 37-35 win over Barker (0-5).

Gabby Baker led Barker with 9 and Rachel Chunco had 7 for Newfane.

Wilson 46, Roy-Hart 42

Wilson ((7-0) put together a 13-6 closing run to earn a narrow 46-42 win at Roy-Hart (0-6).

Sarah Lewis scored 6 of her 12 points and Skylar Munnikhuysen 4 of her 13 to lead that late surge for Wilson which also got 10 on the night from Anna Frerichs.

Ashley Hill scored 13, Meghan Washington 12 and Shelby Wolf 10 for Roy-Hart.

Olmsted 54, Albion 49

Brylie Hapeman scored 13, Lexi Wolck 11, Kirsten Struble 10 and Paige Derisley 9 for Albion in the narrow 54-49 nn league loss to visiting Olmsted.

Byron-Bergen 50, Lyndonville 39

Leading by a narrow 28-25 margin at the half, Byron-Bergen used a big 18-4 third period scoring surge to key a 50-39 win over visiting Lyndonville in a Genesee Region League game.

Alecia Hinkson led Lyndonville with 18 points as Stacy Buckland, Anna Lewis and Savannah Poler each added 5. Hinkson also grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Notre Dame 49, Holley 34

Callie McCulley scored 16 and Angelia McCulley 11 to lead Notre Dame to a 49-34 G-R win over visiting Holley.

Olivia Radford scored 12, Madison Marsh 8, Sarah Klatt 6 and Julia Smith and Halee Passarell 4 each for Holley.

In another G-R contest, Pembroke downed Kendall 43-18.

Medina and Wilson both scored victories this evening to remain deadlocked for first place heading into Friday’s key battle for the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead.

Staying unbeaten at 5-0, Medina defeated host Akron 53-44 and Wilson downed visiting Roy-Hart 44-34.

Tyler Chinn scored 14, Vincent Montague 10, Izaiah Rhim 9 and Brian Fry and Nate Sherman 8 each to lead Medina’s balanced attack.

The Mustangs led 31-21 at the half as Chinn tallied 9, Montague 8 and Rhim 7 over the first two periods.

Ian Evans scored 14 and Steve Frerichs 12 to set the pace for Wilson.

Trailing 37-34 after three-quarters, Wilson outscored Roy-Hart 10-2 in the final stanza to claim the win as Jake Miller and Evans had key late buckets.

Lance Krieger scored 16 and Charlie Brigham 15 for Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley-Kendall’s Dylan Clemons works toward a win over Lyndonville’s Connor Bell during the host Hawks victory over the visiting Tigers this evening.

Holley-Kendall capped off the Genesee Region League wrestling season with a 66-13 win over visiting Lyndonville this evening which was highlighted by Senior Night ceremonies and a special tribute to retiring Hawks Coach John Grillo.

Frank Flynn (220) and Dylan Clemons (113) registered pins and Jayden Pieniaszek (132) and Damyan Famoly (285) added decision wins for Holley-Kendall which also benefitted from eight forfeit wins.

Chase Stinson (120) notched a pin for Lyndonville as Dylan Burt-Hodgins (145) and Rodney Davis (160) added decision wins.

The Holley-Kendall varsity ‘B’ team lost 39-24 to St. Mary’s Lancaster.

Lyndonville’s Dylan Burt-Hodgins in route to earning a win over Holley-Kendall’s Jakob Silpock.

Holley-Kendall’s Damyan Famoly works toward an overtime win over Lyndonville’s Hayden Arlington.

Sacred Heart downed Vets Club 46-24 Monday to close to within one point of Medina Euchre League leader Legion which dropped a 37-33 decision to JR Wilson.

Legion is now 533-447 on the season, Sacred Heart 532-448, JR Wilson 500-480 and Vets Club 395-585.

League competition continues on January 21 with JR Wilson at Sacred Heart and Vets Club at Legion.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Liam Ward puts up a shot against Elba defenders Tyler Stevens (23) and Jon Boyce (55) during the host Purple Eagles loss to the Lancers this evening.

Notching victory No. 10, Elba (10-2) bested host Albion (4-7) 64-55 this evening in a non league basketball game.

Jon Boyce scored a game high 24 points, Colton Dillon had 18 and Greyson Huntington 10 to spearhead the attack for Elba as Collin O’Halloran added 8 and Tyler Stevens 4.

Deyonci Farley scored 21, Liam Ward 14 and Bryce Pritchard 11 to lead Albion as Kevin Hillman and Dylan Fox both added 3, Xavier Cornick 2 and Vincent Zona 1.

Elba’s Colton Dillon puts up a shot over Albion defender Michael DiCureia.

Elba grabbed a 20-16 lead at the end of the first period as Dillon hit three threes and Huntington one in the early going

Ward answered with three threes and Farley a three, a layup and a rebound bucket for Albion which did lead 16-13 late in the period.

The Lancers upped the lead to 12, 30-18, midway through the second period on two layups by Boyce along with threes by Dillon and Huntington.

Albion though battled back putting together a 10-2 run to close the period, including two layups and a three by Farley, to cut the deficit to four, 32-28, at the half.

The Purple Eagles then closed to within two twice early in the third period, at 32-30 on a jumper by Pritchard and again at 34-32 on a layup by Cornick, but could not pull even.

The Lancers countered with a key 15-5 run to close the period and move out to a 12 point, 49-37, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Boyce had a three, a layup and a bucket off a steal to highlight that uprising which also included baskets by Huntington, Stevens and Dillon.

A three, a jumper and two free throws by Boyce, along with a rebound basket and a layup by Dillon, upped the Lancers advantage to 17, 60-43, midway through the final period.

The Purple Eagles could get no closer than 10, 62-52, down the stretch.

Pembroke 77, Holley 32

Jumping out to leads of 22-7 after one period and 44-12 at the half, Pembroke went on to defeat visiting Holley 77-32 in a Genesee Region League game.

Jarrod Ludwig scored 18, Noah Godzala 13 and Trevor Vaughn and Jordon Ludwig 11 each to set the pace for Pembroke.

Braden Ferranti scored 8 and Matt Wilson 7 for Holley as Kohl Morgan grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Girls Basketball
Kendall 41, Rochester Prep 18
Brittney Marks scored 14, Jenna Regan 10, Elizabeth Snyder 5 and Katie Pearson 5 to lead Kendall to a 41-18 non league win over visiting Rochester Prep.

Snyder also grabbed off 12 rebounds as Marks and Pearson each had 10.

Albion’s Michael DiCureia tries to grab a rebound away from Elba’s Collin O’Halloran as Kevin Hillman and Brill Johnson move in.

The Kendall Youth Wrestling team placed fifth out of 49 teams at the Lockport Tournament Sunday.

Camden Holt, Carson Cady, Bentley Harner, Andrew D’Agostino and Danny Shuler all placed first for the Kendall squad which was competing in its first tournament of the season.

Isaiah Wheelock placed second for Kendall as Hank Aina and Gerry Ferrara both took third; Bryson Shuler, Hoyt Aina and Andrew Cole fourth and Colton Moreland and Dennis Mathes fifth.

Big scoring bursts keyed the Tri County Midget hockey team to a pair of victories this weekend.

Leading by a narrow 3-2 margin, Tri County used a burst of three straight third period goals to earn a 6-3 victory over Perinton on Saturday.

Patrick Ricker, Jake Esposito and Chase Froman took turns scoring those goals. Ricker had a total of 3 goals in the contest as Josh Gimeli netted the other tally.

Today, Tri County broke away from a tight 2-1 game with five second period goals to key a 10-3 win over Webster.

James Hapeman had 2 goals and Ricker, Matt Nielson and Aaron Sheflin 1 each during that scoring surge.  Hapeman finished with 3 goals, Nielson and Ricker 2 each and Sheflin, John Pilon and Froman 1.

Tri County is now 12-1-2 in the league and 13-1-2 overall.

The Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team scored a weekend sweep defeating Herkimer College 86-55 on Saturday and Fulton-Montgomery Community College 79-57 today to stay undefeated at 19-0 on the season.

Leading the way in the win over Herkimer were Kenetria Redfern (Cheektowaga) with 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals; Aubrey Halloran 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals; Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 15 points, 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks; Cori Dickson (Cardinal O’Hara) 13 points, 9 assists and Caitlynn Snook (Albion ) 7 points, 4 rebounds.

Setting the pace against Fulton-Montgomery were Redfern with 21 points, 7 rebounds; Parker  16 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals; Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 16 points, 5 assists and Snook 8 points, 3 rebounds.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina/Akron Club Hockey team traveled to Buffalo Saturday to play Canisius and came away with a 9-1 loss.

There was no scoring until halfway through the opening period when Canisius got a goal.  Then with 22 seconds left in the period, they scored again.

A short- handed goal by the Crusaders made it 3-0, before Ryan Mettler (R-H) scored for RBM off assists from Michael Kuchey (R-H) and Dylan Krzykowski (Akron).

As RBM was five players short, fatigue became a factor and Canisius scored four more goals in the second period for a 7-1 lead entering the final period.  They finished off the scoring with two more goals.

RBM, now 4-6-1, plays next Saturday against St. Mary’s in Depew for their last away game before finishing the regular season with six consecutive home games.