Improving to 4-0, Albion bested Newfane (0-4) 75-19 Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet.

Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke and Harrison Brown in the 200 Free and 100 Free for Albion as Sam Sanchez took the 100 Butterfly, Thomas Furmanski the 100 Breaststroke and Jacob Coolbaugh the 200 Individual Medley.

Getting individual event wins from six different swimmers, Newfane won the girls meet 63-26 to regain the .500 mark at 2-2.

Michaela Pantano won the 50 Free and Laiken Ricker the 100 Backstroke for Albion which is now 0-4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Peyton Rheinhart goes in for a layup as Zach Snow and Deuce Capen defend for Newfane during the host Rams loss to the Panthers this evening.

Scoring the game’s first 15 points, Newfane romped to a 71-35 victory over host Roy-Hart this evening in the Panthers Niagara-Orleans League opener.

All five starters contributed to the point production for Newfane during that decisive opening run including two baskets each by Duece Capen and Garrett Srock as Roy-Hart was stymied by combination of 0 for 9 field goal shooting and 6 turnovers.

Up 15-4 at the end of the first period, Newfane used a big turnover aided 18-6 run over the first five minutes of the second stanza to extend the advantage to 33-10. In all seven players contributed to the point production during that run which was ignited by a three from Sam Capen.

Roy-Hart’s Charlie Brigham puts up a shot against Newfane defender Matt DiTullio.

On top by 20, 38-18, at the half, Newfane extended its lead to 26, 52-26, at the three quarter mark as seven players again chipped in with the point production.

Sam Capen and Jarrett Gilson both finished with 11 and Deuce Capen 10 to lead Newfane’s balanced attack as Josh Everett added 9,  Srock and Matt DiTullio 8, Zach Snow, Connor MacEvoy and Jonah Wisniewski 4 and James Leibring 2.

Charlie Brigham had a game high 13 for Roy-Hart as Charlie Bruning added 9, Reed Albee 5, Blake Halstead, Gavyn Boyle and Hunter Pratt 2 and en White 1.

Roy-Hart is now 0-2 in N-O action.

Wilson 61, Grand Island 54
Trailing 37-32, Wilson rallied with a big 29 point fourth quarter scoring surge to earn a 61-54 non league win over Grand Island.

Jake Miller scored 21, Luke Bradley 11 and Steve Frerichs 10 to set the pace for the Lakemen.

Girls Basketball
Newfane 47, Roy-Hart 38
Trailing 21-20 at the half, Newfane used a big 16-4 fourth quarter scoring edge to lock up a 47-38 N-O win over visiting Roy-Hart.

Julie DuMais scored 12 and Megan Knoll 10 for Newfane while Rileigh McCabe netted 12 and Mallory Steiner 8 for Roy-Hart.

Holley-Kendall celebrated Alumni Night by downing visiting Roy-Hart/Barker 69-12 this evening in a non league wrestling match at Holley.

Zander Carpenter, Dawson Custer, Cade Aina and Frank Flynn all registered pins for Holley-Kendall as Jayden Pieniaszek and Erik Balys had technical fall victories, Bruce Rasmusson a major decision win and Tristyn Moyer and Jakob Silpock decision wins.

Tyler Miller and Nico Cacique both scored pins for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Albion likewise scored a non league victory besting visiting Byron-Bergen 54-30.

Amilcar Morales, Addison Christ, Jessy Cruz and Cody Wilson all notched pins for the Purple Eagles.

Lyndonville bested visiting CSAT 63-18 in a non league wrestling match this evening.

Brennon Munn, Dillon Burt-Hodgins, Cameron Brownell and Mario Fidanza all registered pins and Rodney Davis added a decision win for Lyndonville which also benefitted from six forfeit wins.

Getting point production from eight players, Albion posted a 48-35 victory over visiting rival Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Brylie Hapeman scored 10, Lexi Wolck 9, Kirsten Struble 8, Natalie Lathrop 6, Sydney Mulka and Honesty Little 5, Kendall Derisley 4 and Paige Derisley 1 for Albion which improves to 2-0 in the league and 4-4 overall. Hapeman also had 8 rebounds and 5 steals and Struble 8 rebounds.

Tyesha Robinson scored 9, Kharise Johnson 6, Maddie Williams and Camri King 5, Anya Bloom 4 and Nadia Osby 2 for Medina.

Medina held a narrow 14-13 lead at the end of the first period but Albion answered with a big 15-4 second quarter scoring surge to rally into a 28-18 lead at the half. Hapeman led that surge with 9.

The Purple Eagles then used a 13-6 third period scoring edge to up the advantage to 41-24 at the three-quarter mark.

In one other N-O game, Akron (1-1) defeated Barker (0-2) 74-28.

In Genesee Region League action, Pembroke defeated Holley 49-24 and Wheatland-Chili downed Lyndonville 52-21.

Dekari Moss took game high honors for Pembroke with 16 while Olivia Radford had 9 and Halee Passarell 8 for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Izaiah Rhim goes up to block a shot attempt by Albion’s Deyonci Farley during the Mustangs win over the visiting Purple Eagles this evening.

Racing out to a 14-0 lead at the outset, Medina went on to defeat rival Albion 60-45 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League game at Medina.

Brian Fry had two layups and a three, Nate Sherman a layup and a jumper and Vincent Montague a three to key that early uprising for the Mustangs.

Fry had a total of 12 in the period, including another three, at Medina maintained a 14 point, 20-6, lead at the end of the stanza.

Albion’s Bryce Pritchard goes up for a shot as Medina’s William Braswell tries to block.

Albion did cut the deficit to 8, 30-22, at the half by closing the second period with a 6-0 run on two layups by Deyonci Farley and a rebound bucket by Bryce Pritchard. Sherman scored 6 and Joe Cecchini 4 for the Mustangs in the period.

A three by Vincent Zona then pulled Albion within 5, 20-25, at the outset of the third period but the Purple Eagles would get no closer.

Medina answered back with a decisive 11-0 run, including two threes by Izaiah Rhim, a jumper by Sherman and three free throws by Chinn, propelling the Mustangs back out to a 16 point, 41-25, advantage.

A layup off a steal by Fry and a layup by Montague helped keep the Mustangs up by 16, 46-30, at the three-quarter mark.

Montague then had three baskets and Cecchini two in the final stanza to help keep Medina in command.

Fry finished with a total of 16, Montague and Sherman 12, Rhim 9, Cecchini 8 and Chinn 3.

Farley, who was hampered by three first half fouls, took game high scoring honors for Albion with 18 as Zona added 8, Pritchard 7, Michael DiCureia 4, Liam Ward and Dylan Fox 3 and Brilliance Johnson 2.

Medina improves to 2-0 in the league and 7-1 overall while Albion slips to 1-1, 2-4.

Wilson 48, CSAT 39
Steve Frerichs scored 15 and John Littere 13 to lead Wilson past CSAT in a non league game.

Medina’s Brian Fry tries to drive against Albion defender Vincent Zona.

Albion’s Vincent Zona puts out a shot from outside as Izaiah Rhim moves in.

Roy-Hart swept past visiting Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet this afternoon taking the boys’ competition 94-76 and the girls’ 113-56.

Improving to 3-1, the Roy-Hart boys squad was led by a trio of individual event double winners including Will Rickard (50 Free, 100 Free), Carter Green (200 Individual Medley, 500 Free) and Michael Miller (100 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke).

Medina’s Isaac Pace the 100 Breaststroke and August Pietrafesa the 200 Free.

The loss drops Medina to 2-2.

Staying unbeaten at 4-0, the Roy-Hart girls had a pair of double winners as Amanda Hill took the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Madison Ohol the Individual Medley and Backstroke. Hill set a new school record time of 2:02.17 in the 200 Free.

Kayla Hagen also took the 100 Free, Sandra Sparks the 500 Free and Holly DiMayo the Breaststroke for R-H.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free for Medina which is now 2-2.

In the other N-O boys’ meet, Barker (2-2) defeated Akron (1-3) 92-67.

Akron (3-1) bested Barker (1-3) 95-48 in the other girls’ meet.