Snapping a season opening four game losing streak, Kendall downed host Barker 59-31 this evening in a non league boys basketball lame.

Nate Warters and John Rath each scored 15 points, Derek Edick 11 and Mason Kuhn 10 to lead Kendall’s balanced attack. Warters also had 7 rebounds, Kuhn 6 and Rath 8 steals.

Hunter Callen and Nick Guevara each scored 7 for Barker.

Up 28-18 at the half, Kendall used a big 19-2 fourth quarter scoring surge to lock up the win. Warters tallied 7 during that stretch.

Spencerport 65, Albion 36
Roaring out to a 43-11 half-time advantage, Spencerport went on to defeat host Albion 65-36 in a non league game.

Deyonci Farley scored 14 to lead Albion as Michael DiCureia added 7 and Bryce Pritchard 6.

East Aurora 53, Roy-Hart 51
A last quarter rally fell just short as Roy-Hart dropped a narrow 53-51 non league win to visiting East Aurora.

Charlie Brigham scored 16 and Charlie Bruning 10 for Roy-Hart.

Trailing 43-33 after three quarters, Roy-Hart did rally back to within two in the final seconds on a three by Brigham but the Rams could not get off a shot to tie the game.

Oakfeld-Alabama 54, Holley 39
A whopping 33 turnovers proved costly as Holley dropped a 54-39 decision to Oakfield-Alabama in a Genesee Region League game.

Joe Burdick scored 23 to lead O-A which held a 28-14 half-time advantage.

Carson Major led Holley with 12.

Lyndonville dropped a 41-33 decision to Byron-Bergen and Holley-Kendall bowed 59-23 this evening in Genesee Region League wrestling action.

Seth Heveron, Connor Bell, Mario Fidanza and Dylan Burt-Hodgins all had pins and Brennon Munn a decision for Lyndonville.

Cade Aina and Jayden Pieniaszek had pins for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Camri King grabs a rebound against the Wilson duo of Sarah Lewis and Maddy Seeley during the Mustangs home court loss to the Lakewomen this evening.

Putting together a big fourth quarter rally, Wilson edged past host Medina 55-51 this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball opener for both teams.

Medina’s Kharise Johnson puts up a shot as Wilson’s Meg Musall tries to block.

Trailing 44-32 at the three-quarter mark, Wilson rallied to outscore Medina 23-7 in the decisive final period to claim the narrow win.

Anna Frericks scored 11 points, including three threes, and Sarah Lewis added 6 to lead Wilson’s big stretch run.

Skylar Munnikhuysen scored a game high 28 points for Wilson including 14 in the third period.

Camri King scored 16, Maddie Williams 12, Kharise Johnson and Tyesha Robinson 7, Sarah Cochrane 5 and Jarielys Flores and Grace Hughes 2.

Taking a 6-0 lead at the outset as Williams hit an early three, Medina went on to hold leads of 12-5 after the first period and 24-16 at the half.

Medina next hosts Barker and Wilson visits Akron on Friday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Margaret Klotzbach in route to a win in the 200 Freestyle during the Seahorses league home opener against Albion this afternoon.

Albion and host Medina both came away with a victory this afternoon to open the Niagara-Orleans League swim season.

Albion won the boys meet 102-68 and Medina took the girls competition 132-33.

Harrison Brown doubled in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Free and Matt Kovaleski took both the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke to lead the way for the Albion boys as Sam Sanchez took the 100 Butterfly and Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke.

Albion’s Thomas Furmanski heads to a win in the 100 Backstroke.

Sanchez was also a member of all three winning relays while Brown, Kovaleski, Furmanski and Ryan Krenning were each on two.

Ray Paull won the 50 Free and August Pietrafesa the 500 Free for Medina.

Hannah Heil doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Brooklyn Brown took both the Individual Medley and Butterfly for the Medina girls as Margaret Klotzbach took the 200 Free, Corinne Hill the 500 Free, Olivia Carter the Backstroke and Grace Cogovan the Breaststroke.

Amanda Woodruff was on all three winning relays for Medina as Carter, Heil and Rebecca Lunden each were on two.

Albion next hosts Roy-Hart on Thursday and Medina visits Akron on Friday.

Roy-Hart sweeps Barker

Roy-Hart swept past Barker winning the boys’ meet 108-53 and the girls’ contest 125-36.

The Roy-Hart boys were led by a trio of double winners as Michael Miller took the 200 Free and 100 Backstroke, Carter Green the Individual Medley and 500 Free and Will Rickard the 50 Free and 100 Free.

The Roy-Hart girls were led by double winners Kayla Hagen (200 Free, 500 Free) and Amanda Hill (50 Free, 100 Free).

In the other N-O opener, Akron swept Newfane winning the boys’ meet 91-73 and the girls’ 107-63.

Front-running Legion bested runner-up Sacred Heart 38-32 Monday to extend its Medina Euchre League lead to 11 points.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 45-25 in the other match.

Legion is now 422-348 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 411-359, JR Wilson 395-375 and Vets Club 312-458.

League competition resumes on December 17 with Sacred Heart at Legion and JR Wilson at Vets Club.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Akron’s Elise Leeds puts up a shot over Lyndonville defender Kaylee Nesbitt. Akron’s Ella Hill is in the foreground and Madison Henning in the background. The action took place during Lynodnville’s loss at Akron this evening.

Plagued by a costly combination of turnovers and cold shooting, Lyndonville dropped a a 49-29 decision at Akron in a non league girls basketball game this evening.

Darion Jonathan poured in a game high 22 points to lead the way for Akron as Elise Leeds added 13, Helena Hill 10 and Ella Hill and Jayne Sundown 2 each.

Alecia Hinkson scored 11 for Lyndonville as Anna Lewis had 6, Ella Lewis 5, Kaylee Nesbitt 4, Paige McDonald 2 and Jenahlee Reimer 1.

Lyndonville’s Kaylee Nesbitt looks to pass around Akron defender Helena Hill.

Akron jumped out to  9-0 lead at the outset as Jonathan had a pair of baskets and Helena Hill a 3.

Lyndonville though answered back with an 11-2 run including 5 by Ella Lewis and 2 each by Nesbitt, Hinkson and Anna Lewis to knot the contest at 11-11. However, the Lady Tigers could not gain the lead.

Jonathan countered with a 3 to put Akron back on top to stay 14-11 at the end of the period.

Akron extended its lead a bit to 7, 22-15, at the half as Jonathan had a layup and a three to key an 8-4 second period edge.

Akron then broke the contest one by outscoring Lyndonvlle 14-4 in the third period to stretch the lead to 17, 36-19, at the three-quarter mark.  Leeds scored 7 to lead that surge which also included a three by Helena Hill.

Akron led by as many as 23, 45-22, early in the final period.

Now at 3-2 overall, Lyndonville next visits Albion at 7 p.m. Wednesday for another non league contest.

Oakfield-Alabama 64, Albion 53

Building up a 34-17 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat visiting Albion 64-53 in a non league game.

Brianna Smith scored a game high 21 points for Oakfield-Alabama which led 48-34 after three quarters.

Paige Derisley scored 14, Natalie Lathrop 12 and Lexi Wolck 9 for Albion which next hosts Lyndonville Wednesday.

Steadily pulling away, Tapestry handed visiting Medina its first loss of the young season by a margin of 69-52 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Up by 10, 19-9, at the end of the first period, Tapestry extended its advantage to 12, 33-21, at the half and to 15, 48-33, at the three-quarter mark.

Nate Sherman scored 13, Jarin Rhim 11 and Izaiah Rhim 10 for Medina which is now 3-1.

The Mustangs next open defense of their Niagara-Orleans League title at Barker on Friday.

The Roy-Hart/ Barker/ Medina/Akron Club Hockey Team defeated Lancaster 7-4 today at Depew in a Western New York Club Hockey League game.

Falling behind 1-0 in the first minute of the game, RBM rebounded by scoring twice later in the period on goals by Nick Wood (Akron) and Jason Kuchey (R-H) with assists from Jason Kuchey and Drew Marsh (Akron).

Lancaster though pulled even at 2-2 before the end of the period.

However, the second period was all RBM as Dylan Krzykowski (Akron) scored two goals off assists from Michael Kuchey (R-H), Mitchell Johnson (Barker) and Tom Paisley (R-H) and Dominic Peracciny (R-H) scored a power play goal on a great pass from Marsh and an assist from Jacob Harris (Barker).

With the 5-2 lead, RBM continued to score in the last period upping its advantage to 7-2 on tallies by Wood and Krzykowski who completed his hat trick. Jason Kuchey and Tagen Decker (R-H) earned assists.

Lancaster scored two goals late in the game.

Now 2-2-1 on the season, RBM returns to action next Sunday afternoon with another game at Depew again against  Lancaster

The Niagara County Community College women’s basketball team captured top honors at the Cougar Classic by defeating Community College of Rhode Island 76-50 at Genesee Community College this afternoon.

Staying perfect at 14-0, the Thunderwolves were led by  Kenetria Redfern (Cheektowaga) with 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals; Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 16 points, 7 rebounds; Molly Mahony (Lancaster) 14 points, 13 rebounds; Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals and Cori Dickson (Cardinal O’Hara) 9 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds

Redfern and Parker named to All Tournament team.

NCCC next hosts the Thunderwolves Classic next weekend to round out first semester