Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Tyler Chinn goes in for a layup as Collin O’Halloran defends for Elba during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lancers this evening.

Beginning a busy NBA like stretch of three games in four days, Medina used balanced scoring attack to roll past visiting Elba 62-34 this evening in a non league contest.

Nate Sherman scored 13, Tyler Chinn 11, Vincent Montague 10, Brian Fry, Izaiah Rhim and Joe Cecchini 8 each and Jarin Rhim 4 for Medina which improves to 5-1 overall.

Elba’s Jon Boyce puts up a shot against Medina defender Nate Sherman.

Jon Boyce took game high honors for Elba with 17, Collin O’Halloran and Andrew Hare both added 6, Zach Marsceill 3 and Evan Hare and Colton Dillon 1 for the Lancers which were plagued by cold shooting throughout.

Setting the tone, Medina got baskets from all five starters in jumping out to a 19-8 first quarter advantage. Fry had a 3 and a layup and Izaiah Rhim a 3 to highlight that uprising which also included two layups each by Chinn and Sherman and one by Montague.

Keeping the momentum and the balanced scoring attack, the Mustangs got buckets from six players in a 19-7 second period surge which upped the advantage to 23, 38-15, at the half.  Cecchini hit three jumpers to lead that surge.  Montague added two baskets and Izaiah Rhim a three as Sherman, Chinn and Jarin Rhim each chipped in with a basket.

The Mustangs stretched the lead to 31, 53-22, at the three-quarter mark as threes by Fry and Chinn highlighted the 15-7 third period scoring edge.

Medina next hosts Central Christian Academy in another non league game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and then entertain rival Albion in a Niagara-Orleans League contest at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Medina’s Vincent Montague puts up a shot as Evan Hare tries to block for Elba.

Avenging a loss the week before, Lancaster downed the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team 3-0 today at Depew.

The game was scoreless until 2:28 remaining in the second quarter when Lancaster scored two quick goals in a span of just a minute and a half. Lancaster’s final goal came on an empty netter with 1:24 remaining in the game.

Both teams tested the goaltenders on numerous occasions with Andrew Warner playing a stellar game in goal for RBM which also got great defensive play from Tom Paisley, Jason Kuchey, Colin Dodge and Reed Winslow  from Roy-Hart as well as Jacob Harris from Barker.

RBM’s next outing is Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. in East Aurora for an outdoor game.

Completing  2-0 weekend at the Thunderwolves Clasic, the host Niagara Community College women’s basketball team bested Lakeland Community College 82-59 this afternoon.

Staying perfect at 16-0, the Thundewolves were led by Classic MVP Kenetria Redfern (Cheektowaga) 29 points, 19 rebounds; Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 18 points, 7 rebounds; Cori Dickson (Cardinal O’Hara) 11 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds; Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 10 points, 4 rebounds and Caitlynn Snook (Albion) 2 points, 3 rebounds.

The Tri County Midget hockey team rallied for three goals in the final six minutes to earn a 3-3 tie with host Canandaigua Saturday.

James Hapeman, Max Hapeman and Patrick Ricker each scored a goal during that rally. Ricker’s game winner came with just 59 seconds to go.

Keeping the momentum, Tri County posted an 8-4 victory over Perinton today.

Tri County jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead on goals by John Pilon, Ricker and James Hapeman.

Two more goals by Pilon, along with one each by Ricker and Josh Gimeli, upped the advantage to 7-1 after two periods.

Perinton did cut the deficit to 7-4 in the third period with a lightning quick burst of three goals in 14 seconds but would get no closer.

A goal by Ian McGraw rounded out the Tri County scoring.

Tri County is now 7-0-2 in the league and 8-0-2 overall.

Getting double figure scoring production from six players, the undefeated (15-0) Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team downed Henry Ford Community College 91-72 this evening in the opening round of the Thunderwolves Classic.

Aubrey Halloran had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 assists and  Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 18 points to lead the way for NCCC as Molly Mahony (Lancaster) added 14 points, 5 rebounds; Cori Dickson (Cardinal O’Hara) 13 points, 10 assists, 4 steals; Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 11 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists; Kenetria Redfern (Cheektowaga) 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and Caitlynn Snook (Albion) 2 points, 2 rebounds.

The Thunderwolves next host Lakeland Community College at 3 p.m. in the Classic finale.

Going 5-0 on the day, the Holley-Kendall wrestling squad captured top honors at the South Seneca Duals this afternoon.

Holley-Kendall defeated Letchworth 45-31, Williamson/Marion/Sodus 54-34, Hannibal 51-30, South Seneca 47-36 and Gilead 66-24.

Bruce Rasmussen, Dawson Custer and Cade Aina all went 5-0 on the day for the Hawks as Tristyn Moyer, Erik Balys and Eli Stanton were 4-1, David Farruggia and Nate Schoonmaker 3-2 and Damyan Famoly, Dylan Clemons and Jayden Pieniaszek 2-2.

Holley- Kendall next faces McQuaid in a non league match at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Kendall.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Meghan Washington puts up a shot as Natalie Lathrop defends for Albion during the Purple Eagles win over the host Lady Rams this evening.

Albion downed host Roy-Hart 43-36 and Medina bested visiting Barker 48-36 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball games this evening.

Wilson topped host Akron 58-46 in the other N-O contest.

Lexi Wolck scored 15, Kendall Derisley 11 and Kirsten Struble 6 to lead the way for Albion while Shelby Wolf tallied 12 and Maddie Fry 9 for Roy-Hart.

Trailing 8-5 after one quarter, Albion used a 14-7 second period scoring edge to rally into a 19-15 lead at the half. Wolck and Struble both scored 4 to lead that surge.

Albion maintained a 33-26 lead at the three-quarter mark.  Wolck then scored 8 in the final stanza to help the Purple Eagles lock up the win.

Medina 48, Barker 36
Camri King and Maddie Williams each scored 15 to set the pace for Medina as Kharise Johnson added 9, Jarielys Flores-Medina 7 and Tyesha Robinson 2.

Gabby Baker took game high scoring honors for Barker with 16.

Medina jumped out to a 15-7 first period lead as Flores-Medina scored 7 and Williams hit a pair of threes.

The Mustangs went on to lead by margins of 26-15 at the half and 33-27 at the three-quarter mark. King then scored 7 in the final stanza to help close out the win.

Wilson 58, Akron 46
Leading by a narrow 33-32 margin after three quarters, Wilson used a big 25-14 fourth quarter scoring surge to best host Akron 58-46.

Skylar Munnikhuysen scored a game high 27 points to lead Wilson, 19 of which came in the second half. Sarah Lewis added 11 and Izzy Dinse 9.

Helena Hill scored 13, Darion Jonathan 12 and Elise Leeds 11 to pace Akron which trailed by only two, 22-20, at the half.

Lockport 42. Newfane 38
Newfane dropped a narrow 42-38 decision to Lockport in a non league game. Megan Knoll scored 12, Paige Littman 8 and Kaitlin Beiter 8 for the Lady Panthers.

Roy-Hart’s Shelby Wolf and Albion’s Tess Pettit battle for a rebound.