Five Albion and two Medina/Lyndonville/Barker players have earned Honorable Mention on the annual All-Western New York football squad.

B2 Division champion Albion is represented by running backs Ugene Harrison and Brillance Johnson, defensive linemen Brennan Hughes and Ben Restivo and defensive back Matt Kovaleski. All are seniors except Johnson who is a junior.

The Mustangs have placed senior quarterback Izaiah Rhim and sophomore defensive back Brian Fry.

Two other area players, Wilson quarterback Steve Frerichs and Newfane running back Jaden Heers, also both received Honorable Mention.

Harrison had 540 yards rushing, 6 touchdowns and on defense 51 tackles while Johnson had 660 yards rushing and scored 7 touchdowns.

Kovaleski caught 26 passes for 400 yards and scored 2 touchdowns. Defensively, he had 3 interceptions and made 22 tackles.

Restivo made a team leading 77 tackles and had 5 sacks and 1 fumble recovery and Hughes had 39 tackles and 5 sacks.

Rhim had 1,044 yards passing and 11 touchdowns and also rushed for 535 yards and 10 TDs.

Fry made 72 tackles and had 2 interceptions. On offense he scored a total of 7 touchdowns with 41 receptions for 600 yards.

Getting goal production from seven different players, the Tri County Midget hockey team shutout Batavia 8-0 on Saturday.

Tri County jumped out to a commanding 4-0 lead in the first period on goals by Chase Froman, Josh Wood, Matt Nielson and Patrick Ricker.

Second period goals by Grant Moy and Nico Weber upped the lead to 6-0.

Another goal by Weber and one by James Hapeman in the third period closed out the Tri County point parade.

Nate Wildrick earned the shutout in goal.

Improving to 5-0 in the Empire Amateur Hockey Conference and 6-0 overall, Tri County next faces the Rochester Youth team on December 7.

Improving to 11-0, the Niagara County Community College women’s basketball teams scored a pair of victories in Michigan this weekend defeating Jackson College 72-58 on Friday and Henry Ford College 82-67 this afternoon.

Kenetria Redforn (Cheektowaga) had 19  points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists; Shilah Parker (Cardinal O’Hara) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals; Paige Emborsky (Newfane) 15 points, 5 rebounds and Cori Dickson (Cardinal O’Hara) 14 points, 6 assists in the win over Jackson.

Redfern also had 19 points and 10 rebounds against Henry Ford as Emborsky added 15 points, 4 assists; Molly Mahony (Lancaster) 14 points, 10 rebounds and Dickson 14 points, 4 assists, 4 steals against Henry Ford.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Bruce Rasmusson works toward a win over Gary Hargrove of Campbell-Savona-Bradford during the host Hawks Team Tournament today.

The host Hawks posted a 3-2 record in the annual Holley-Kendall Team Wrestling Tournament today.

Holley-Kendall defeated Campbell-Savona-Bradford 60-15, North Rose-Wolcott 63-18 and Lyndonville 63-24 but lost to Canisius 46-22 and Eastridge 41-39.

Holley’s Erik Balys in route to a win over Jay Thomas of CSB.

Lyndonville went 1-4 on the day as the Tigers defeated Campbell-Savona-Bradford.

James Fox, Bruce Rasmusson, Tristyn Moyer and Erik Balys all went 5-0 on the day and Cade Aina 4-1 for Holley-Kendall and all were named to the All-Tournament team.

Lyndonville’s duo of Mario Fidanza, who went 5-0, and Chase Stinson, who went 3-0, were all both named to the All-Tournament team.

Dave Farruggia and Dawson Custer also both went 4-1 for the Hawks as Zander Carpenter and Eli Stanton were both 3-2.

Medina competes at B-B Tourney
Medina had a trio of place finishers in the varsity competition at the Byron-Bergen Tournament today as Rashawn Bloom placed first, Colby Petrie second and Riley Black third.

In the JV competition, Davon Shine placed first, Donovan Alexander and Miles Hartway second and Noah Skinner third.

Lyndonville’s Chase Stinson works toward a pin over Gavin Li of Canisius.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Olivia Radford puts up a shot against Lyndonville defender Grace Hayes during the Lady Hawks victory in the Kendall Tournament championship game this afternoon.

Steadily pulling away, Holley defeated Lyndonville 47-31 in the championship game of the Kendall girls basketball tournament this afternoon.

Kendall took third place honors by downing Barker 35-30 in the consolation game.

Lyndonville’s Savannah Poler drives by Holley defender Abriana Kruger.

Tournament MVP Olivia Radford scored a game high 19 points to lead the way for Holley.

Madison Marsh, who was named to the All-Tournament team, added 9, Jade Hoffroth 8, Halee Passarell 7 and Julia Smith and Abriana Kruger 2 each for the Lady Hawks.

Alecia Hinkson, who was named to the All-Tournament team, led Lyndonville with 18 as Savannah Poler, who also earned All-Tourney team honors, added 6, Anna Lewis 4, Grace Hayes 2 and Kaylee Nesbitt 1.

Holley jumped out to a 10-2 first period lead and increased the advantage to 17, 27-10, at the half as Radford scored 7 and Hofforth 4 in the second period.

Marsh, Passarell and Hofforth then each tallied 4 and Radford 3 in the third period as the Lady Hawks extended their lead to 22, 42-20, at the three-quarter mark.

Holley is now 2-0 and Lyndonville 2-1 on the young season.

Holley’s Halee Passarell and Lyndonville’s Danielle Weldon go after a loose ball.

Kendall 35, Barker 30
Eight players contributed points to Kendall’s narrow win as Brittney Marks netted 9, Lizzie Sutphen 8, Katie Pearson, Jenna Regan and Elizabeth Snyder 4 and Kaitlyn Gregory, Alezya Brown and Autumn Woodward 2 each.

Kylie Annable puts up a shot for Barker in the consolation game vs. Kendall.

Sydnie Luckman took game high honors for Barker with 10 as Rachel Parfinski added 8, Kylie Annable 6, Gabby Baker 5 and Lauren Sparrer 1.

Leading 16-14 at the half, Kendall extended its advantage to 8, 26-18, at the three-quarter mark as Pearson, Regan, Snyder, Gregory and Brown had baskets in the third period.

Two buckets by Sutphen, along with three free throws by Marks and two by Regan, in the final period helped the Lady Eagles lock up the win.

Roy-Hart Tournament
Oakfield-Alabama 71, Roy-Hart 32
Building up a commanding 34-12 half-time advantage, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat the host Lady Rams 71-32 this afternoon in the championship game of the Roy-Hart Tournament.

Shelby Carlsen scored a game high 25 and Danica Porter added 15 to lead the way for Oakfield-Alabama.

Ashley Hill scored 11, Meghan Washington 8 and Lexie Lovewell 5 for Roy-Hart.

Kendall’s Alezya Brown grabs a rebound as Serena Harris defends for Barker.

Improving to 2-0 on the young season, Lyndonville edged past visiting Rochester Academy Charter 38-36 this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Two free throws and a basket by Alecia Hinkson and a pair of free throws by Anna Lewis down the stretch helped the Lady Tigers lock up the victory.

Lewis scored 8 of her game high 16 points in the final stanza. Hinkson finished with a total of 11 and Savannah Poler 6.

Lyndonville held narrow leads of 10-7 after one period 19-16 at the half and 26-22 at the three-quarter mark.

The Lady Tigers next face Holley in the championship game of the Kendall Tournament at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Roy-Hart 53, Holland 39
Featuring a balanced attack, the host Lady Rams defeated Holland 53-39 in the opening round of the Roy-Hart Tournament.

Ashley Hill scored 11, Maddie Fry and Meghan Washington 10, Mallory Steiner and Shelby Wolf 8 and Lexie Lovewell 6 to spark Roy-Hart which led 20-13 at the half.

Roy-Hart will next face Oakfield-Alabama in the championship game at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Oakfield-Alabama downed Tonawanda 48-16 in the other semifinal contest.

Elba 73, Albion 28
Building up a commanding 36-15 half-time advantage, Elba went on to defeat visiting Albion 73-28 in a non league game.

Brynn Walczak scored 22, Maddie Muehlig 14 and Leah Bezon 11 to lead the way for Elba which was up 49-22 after three quarters.

Lexi Wolck led Albion with 7.

Medina vs. Tapestry ppd.
Because of a scheduling error by the host school the Medina at Tapestry non league was was postponed.

Medina opened the swim season on a high note as the Seahorses swept host Byron-Bergen in a non league meet this evening winning the boys’ competition 121-41 and the girls’ 100-75.

The Medina boys were led by a trio of individual event double winners including Chris Goyette (200 Individial Medley, 500 Freestyle), Hunter Heil (100 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke) and Ray Paull (50 and 100 Feestyle).

Hannah Heil was a double winner for the Medina girls taking both the 50 Free and 100 Free.

Albion also scored a sweep over host Oakfield-Alabama winning the boys meet 57-37 and the girls’ competition 55-30.

Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke for the Albion boys while Amelia Sanchez took both the 50 Free and 100 Free for the girls.

In another non league meet, host HAC swept to a doubleheader win over Roy-Hart.

Carter Green was a double winner in the 200 and 500 Freestyle events and Will Rickard took both the 50 and 100 Free for the Roy-Hart boys.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson reaches for a rebound from Rochester Academy Charter’s Larry O’Heal during the Tigers season opening win over the visiting Racers this evening.

Pulling away in the second quarter, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Rochester Academy Charter 82-69 this evening in a season opening non league boys basketball game.

Leading by a narrow 17-14 margin after the first period, Lyndonville used a 22-13 second quarter scoring surge to move out to a 39-27 half-time advantage.

Up by only two, 21-19, the Tigers put together a 12-0 run to key the big quarter as Nathan Hydock and Nathan Poler both had a pair of buckets during that spurt. Poler had a total of 9 in the period, Hydock 5 and Matt Hess 4.

Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler tries to keep the ball away from RAC’s Joseph Vazquez.

Lyndonville maintained a 15 point, 60-45, advantage at the three-quarter mark as Zach Johnson scored 10, including a pair of threes.

Johnson finished with 18, Hydock and Poler 15, Nathan Dillenbeck 10, Hess and Russell Stephens 8, Casey Winiecki and Evan Horn 4.

Albert Tomlin took game high scoring honors for the Racers with 31 as Daniel Garcia added 15.

Holley 49, Barker 34
Jumping out to a 38-22 half-time lead, Holley went on to down host Barker 49-34 in a non league contest.

Matt Wilson and Carson Major both scored 12 and Matt Skehan 10 to lead the way for Holley.

Dan Ober and Andrew Callaghan both scored 8 and Nick Brandt 7 for Barker.