Building up a 25-11 half-time advantage, Roy-Hart went on to defeat the host Lady Warriors 41-35 in the opening round of the Tonawanda Tournament this evening.

Meghan Washington scored 15 to lead the way for the Lady Rams as Maddie Fry added 6, Mallory Steiner and Lexie Lovewell 5, RayLynn Chraston and Rileigh McCabe 3 and Emily Metz and Ashley Hill 2.

Roy-Hart will face Clarence in the championship game at 7 p.m. Friday. Clarence defeated North Tonawanda 63-35 in the other opener.

Newfane defeated CSAT 57-42 in the opening round of the Depew Tournament as Megan Knoll scored 14, Paige Littman 11 and Lauren Boudeman 9.

Rochester Academy Charter downed Barker 51-34 in the opening round of the Pembroke Tournament.

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Batavia defeated Roy-Hart 75-27 in the opening round of the Batavia Tournament.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Eli Stanton works toward a pin for the host Hawks during the annual Holley-Kendall Duals wrestling tournament today.

Posting a perfect 5-0 record, the host Hawks captured top honors at the annual Holley-Kendall Duals wrestling tournament today at Holley.

Holley-Kendall defeated Caledonia-Mumford 63-22, Canandaigua 67-16, Dundee 82-6, Campbell-Savona/Bradford 66-18 and Gilead 66-24.

Frank Flynn in route to a win by pin for the Hawks.

Cal-Mum finished in second place at 4-1 and Campbell-Savona/Bradford third at 3-2.

Bruce Rasmusson, Dylan Clemons, Eli Stanton, Frank Flynn, Jacob Affronti, Erik Balys and Cade Aina all went 5-0 on the day for Holley-Kendall.

The Hawks also had Dave Farruggia, Jayden Pieniaszek and Jeff Moynihan go 4-1, Zane Christakes 3-1, Tristyn Moyer and Dawson Custer 3-2, Jakob Silpock 2-2 and Antonyo Geska 2-3.

Holley-Kendall next competes in the Cal-Mum Duals on January 5.

Photo by Tom Rivers – Alanna Holman

Albion High sophomore Alanna Holman has been named to the second team of the All-Western New York girls cross-country squad.

Holman placed third at both the Niagara-Orleans League and Section VI Class C championship races this fall.

She went on to place 23rd at the state Class C championship race. It was her second trip to the state meet.

Newfane senior Kim Goerss earned first team All-WNY honors. She captured the N-O title for the fourth straight year and went on to win the Section VI Class C championship and place 6th at the state Class C race to earn All-State honors.

Newfane freshman Austin Burkard earned second team honors on the All-WNY boys squad. He won both the N-O League and Section VI Class C championship races.

The Newfane duo helped led the Panthers capture both the N-O and Section VI Class C boys and girls championships.

Contributed Photos – Olivia Diebel (Akron), Katrina Clare (Barker) and Guin Schalck (Medina)

A trio of Niagara-Orleans League players including Barker junior Katrina Clare, Medina senior Guin Schalck and Akron senior Olivia Diebel have been named to the first team of the All-Western New York Field Hockey squad.

Clare, a repeat All-WNY selection, scored 30 goals this season as she helped lead Barker to Section VI and Far West Regional Class C titles and a berth in the state semifinals. She scored three goals in the Lady Raiders come-from-behind 4-3 overtime win in the Far West Regional against East Rochester.

Schalck, a second team All-WNY honoree last year, led Medina in scoring this season with 13 goals.

Diebel, who is also a repeat first team All-WNY selection, had 14 goals and 12 assists for the Lady Tigers this season.

Schalck is also a three-time first team N-O All-League honoree while Clare and Diebel are both two-time selections.

Two N-O players, Roy-Hart senior Lexie Lovewell and Barker sophomore Madison Gancasz have been named to the All-WNY second team.

In addition, Roy-Hart seniors Jamie Bower and RayLynn Chraston, Akron junior Alexis Bell, Barker junior Ciara Gregoire and Kenmore senior Kasey Jo Phibbs have all received All-WNY Honorable Mention.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall Coach Pam Barchett and junior midfielder Hailee Mitchell.

Kendall junior midfielder Hailee Mitchell has been named to the first team of the All Greater Rochester girls soccer squad and Lady Eagles Coach Pam Barchet has earned Co-Coach of the Year honors.

Mitchell, who led Kendall in scoring with 30 goals, was previously named state Class D Player of the Year while Barchet earned Class D Coach of the Year honors.

In addition, Kendall junior center defender Lizzie Sutphen has earned Honorable Mention on the All Greater Rochester squad. She was also a first team Class D All State honoree.

The three helped lead Kendall to its first state soccer championship. The Lady Eagles went 7-0 in postseason competition allowing just two goals and registering five shutouts during that stretch including 2-0 over Cincinnatus in the state semifinals and 1-0 over Fort Ann in the state championship game. Mitchell scored all three of those goals in the state semis and final.

Holley had a trio of players earn Honorable Mention on the All Greater Rochester squad including senior defender Peyton Sargent, junior forward Olivia Radford and sophomore midfielder Halee Passarell. Passarell had 14 goals and 5 assists and Radford 9 goals and 4 assists.

Six Orleans players received Honorable Mention on the All Greater Rochester boys soccer squad including Mickey Gardner from Kendall along with the Holley quintet of forward John Mounts, defender Erik Balys, forward Matt Wilson defender Matt Skehan and midfielder Kayden Servais. All are seniors except Servais who is a sophomore. Wilson led Holley with 16 goals and 10 assists.

Scoring in every period, the RoyHart/Barker/Medina/Akron Club hockey team team traveled to Jamestown Sunday and defeated the home team 4-0.

The contest was a big rematch for the RBM squad which defeated Jamestown last season for the Section VI Championship, but lost to them in the New York State title game.

Jason Kuchey (R-H) opened the scoring at the 4:50 point of the opening period unassisted.  Less than two minutes later, he scored again, assisted by his brother, Michael.

The 2-0 score lasted to the end of the next period when Rhett Wagner (Medina) scored on an assist from Jason Kuchey.

Dylan Kryzkowski (Akron) ended the scoring with an unassisted goal at the end of the game.

The RBM defense was outstanding throughout the contest as was the goalending by Andrew Warner.

Now 3-4-1 on the season, RBM’s next game is a return match with Jamestown at home next Saturday at 9 p.m. in the Cornerstone Arena.

The Tri County Midget hockey team scored a pair of victories this weekend, 10-1 over Monroe County on Saturday and 6-2 over Webster today, to stay unbeaten at 10-0-2.

Tri County jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead over Monroe County on two goals by Patrick Ricker and one by Nico Weber.

Two goals by Matt Nielson and one by John Pilon in the second period doubled the advantage to 6-0.

Nielson then scored two more goals in the final period as Pilon and Josh Gimeli each added one.

Today’s game was closer as Tri County broke away from a 2-2 deadlock with four unanswered third period goals, two by Jake Esposito and one each by Chase Froman and Ricker, to lock up the victory over host Webster.

Earlier in the game, which was deadlocked 1-1 after the opening period, Pilon tallied in the opening stanza and Nielson in the second period for Tri County.

Photos courtesy of Albion Central School

ALBION – The New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Scholar Athlete Team Award program has been created to recognize outstanding scholastic achievement by varsity level student athletes.

Five of Albion’s fall 2018 teams have earned this honor.  They are:  girls’ soccer, girls’ and boys’ cross country, volleyball, and golf. Boys’ soccer and football did not qualify for the team award but individual team members received the award by earning a GPA of at least 90.0.

The top photo shows members of the girls’ cross country team, which had a composite grade point average of 94.17. Bottom row (l-r): Avalina Hand, Allison Mathes, Emma Mathes and Alanna Holman. Top row: Ashley Ames, Tess Pettit, Trinity Allen and Madison Narburgh. Absent from photo: Alexa Adams, Avery Gaines and Lillian Mathes.

The girls’ soccer team had a 93.79 composite grade point average to qualify for the scholar-athlete award. Front row (l-r): Mayra Reyes Rosario, Brylie Hapeman, Alexis Bentley and Catherine Wolck. Middle row: Nicolina Creasey, Kaitlyn Kinter, Mariah Plain, Alexis Creasey and Claire Squicciarini. Top row: Leah Pritchard, Paige Derisley and Alyson Knaak. Absent from photo: Sydney Mulka and Chantel VanDeGenachte.

The golf team had a composite grade point average of 91.50 to qualify for the scholar-athlete award. Front row (l-r): James Beach and Nikolas Newton. Back row: Matthew Rowcliffe and Nicholas Perry. Absent from photo: Jacob Foote and Devin Olles.

The volleyball team had a composite grade point average of 92.41. Front row (l-r): Natalie Lathrop, Logan Conlon and Emani’ Poole. Back row:  Ashlyn LeBaron, Isabella Gibbs, Katelyn Spierdowis and Eowyn Pate. Absent from photo: Breanda Johnson, Sierra Newton, Rylee Pearles and Haley Smith.

The boys’ cross country scholar athletes had a 91.03 composite grade point average. They are (l-r): Jayden Allport, Rowan Ford, Joshua DePoty and Reuben Rivers. Absent from photo: Dyllan Beach.

Football individual athletes are pictured in the front row (l-r): Matthew Kovaleski, Ugene Harrison and Ryan Grandy. Back row: Thomas Furmanski, Cody Wilson and Bryce Pritchard. Absent from photo: Kirk Ellison.

Boys’ soccer individual athletes are pictured in the front row (l-r): Spencer Sietmann, Conner Hollenbeck, Angel Soto Rosario and Daniel Grabowski. Back row: Harrison Brown, Zachary Moore, Evan VanAmeron and Thomas Hollenbeck. Absent from photo: Payton Lake, Spencer Sietmann and Tre Yaskulski.

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