Avenging an earlier season 36-33 home court loss, Medina defeated host Barker 54-33 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Camri King scored 18 and Je’ne Brown 13 to lead the way for Medina as Kharise Johnson added 8 and Maddie Williams 7.

Medina opened up a 31-14 half-time advantage after a big 17-7 second period scoring burst which included 5 by Williams and 4 by King.

Gabby Barker scored 11 and Sydnie Luckman 6 for Barker.

Medina is now 3-8 and Barker 2-9 in N-O action.

Wilson 42, Albion 39
Rebounding from a 25-15 half-time deficit, Wilson rallied to nip visiting Albion 42-39.

Emily Kelly scored 12 for Wilson which took a 33-30 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Janae Doty scored 13, Natalie DiCureia and Lexi Wolck 7, Sierra Newton 6 and Brylie Hapeman 5 for Albion which played without their season long scoring leader Caitlynn Snook who missed the contest due to illness.

Albion and Wilson both finish the N-O season at 8-4.

Newfane 68, Akron 45
A big second quarter scoring surge keyed Newfane to a 68-45 victory over Akron as the Lady Panthers complete a perfect 12-0 N-O championship season.

Paige Emborsky scored 10 of her game high 27 points and Emily Foltz 4 of her 15 to spark a big 21-5 second period uprising for the Lady Panthers.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jalin Cooper goes in for a layup against Barker defender Nick Brandt during his big 39 point effort this evening that made him the Mustangs all-time career scoring leader. The Mustangs bested the Raiders to maintain a share of the N-O lead.

Medina reduced its magic number for clinching at least a tie for a third straight Niagara-Orleans League title to one by defeating visiting Barker 80-38 this evening as senior Jalin Cooper became the Mustangs all-time career scoring leader.

Improving to 9-2, Medina remains deadlocked with Newfane, a 67-29 victor over host Akron, for the N-O lead with just one game remaining. The Mustangs host Akron Wednesday and Newfane visits rival Wilson on Thursday.

Cooper poured in a career high 39 points to become the Mustangs all-time scoring leader with 1,293 points surpassing the old mark of 1,280 set by Levi Pace during the 2006-7 to 2009-10 seasons. He became the career leader when he scored on a layup with 3:43 remaining in the third period.

Medina’s Brendan Luthart puts up a shot as the Barker duo of Zach Richbart (32) and Nick Brandt (14) try to block.

Alex Allis and Izaiah Rhim both added 8 for the Mustangs as Mason Lewis had 7, Trenton Jones 6, Brendan Luthart 5, Tyler Chinn 3 and Nate Sherman and Jorge Phillips 2 each.

Zach Richbart led Barker with 10 as Austin Sullivan added 7, Nick Brandt 6, Evan Ecker 5, Dan Ober and Malik Smith 4 and Preston Harris 2.

Barker did jump out to an 18-13 first period lead as Brandt and Smith both scored a pair of baskets from close range and Ecker, Sullivan and Richbart chipped in with threes.

Cooper scored 11 of the Mustangs 13 points in the opening stanza.

The Raiders upped the lead to seven, 22-15, early in the second period after a jumper by Richbart and a rebound bucket by Brandt.

However, Medina came battling back with a key 11-0 run to take the lead for good at 26-22. A dunk off a steal by Cooper, a rebound bucket by Rhim and a three by Lewis highlighted that uprising.

The Mustangs maintained a 32-26, lead at the half after a layup by Cooper and a three by Allis.

Medina then broke the game wide open by outscoring Barker 23-4 in the third period to extend the advantage to 25, 55-30, at the three-quarter mark.

Cooper led that uprising with 11 points, including the career record setting layup, as Allis and Luthart both hit threes.

The Mustangs then closed to the win with  25-8 fourth period surge including 10 by Cooper and 6 by Jones.

Newfane 67, Akron 29

Kyle DeVoogel scored 16, Max Weber 15 and Connor Hill 11 to lead Newfane past Akron 67-29.

The Panthers built up a 36-16 half-time advantage.

Wilson 58, Albion 45

Building up as much as a 17 point lead, Wilson (8-3) went on to defeat host Albion 58-45 as Nate Fox scored 16, Steve Frerichs 13, Mac Musall 10 and Jacob Miller 9.

Liam Ward scored 19, Demetrius Gardner 12, Bryce Pritchard 6 and Deyonci Farley 4 for Albion which finishes the N-O season at 6-6.

Wilson led 13-6 after one period, 29-17 at the half and 43-26 after three quarters.

Barker’s Cole Hanssen knocks the ball away from Medina’s Brian Fry and Malik Smith comes in from behind for the Raiders.

Contributed Photo – Kayla Hagen

Roy-Hart sophomore Kayla Hagen has been selected as the Niagara-Orleans League Female Swimmer of the Year.

Hagen finished with the highest point total for Roy-Hart for the second year in a row with 164 points. She finished with 16 individual wins during the regular season scoring 106 points nd was also a member of R-H relay teams that earned 21 wins.

This year, Hagen set new R-H individual event records in the 100 Freestyle (:55.13) and 100 Backstroke (1:04.56) and was also member of the relay teams that set new school marks in the 200 medley (1:59.17) and the 400 Free (3:52.14). The 400 Free Relay time is also a new N-O League record.

During the season she swam in every event at least once, either in a league or non league meet.

“Kayla is an outstanding young woman,” said R-H Coach Dottie Barr. “She is always kind and considerate to others, puts her teammates first, and encourages and cheers her team on during every race. She is a true team player.  Kayla shows her true character as a Roy-Hart athlete by wishing her opponent’s “Good Luck” before each race and “Congratulates” them after the race is completed.  She always carries herself in a positive and cheerful matter.  Her smile is contagious, it never leaves her face during a Swim Meet!”

Medina High’s Unified bowling team rallied from an early 2-1 deficit to defeat Akron 7-2 Monday.

Enzo Gulliani and Jackson Touhey led the way for Medina with a strong showing from Thomas and Joe Biacelli. Coming off the bench were Alex Allis, Morgan Allis, Ian Wagner, William Brazwell. Also seeing some action were Ian Joseph, Jessica Granchelli, Steven Secore, Allissa Blount, Gracie Cogovan, Morgan Crossett, Lydia Bataglia and Emma Carson.

The next match for Medina is at Clarence

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club hockey team won their first playoff game Monday evening, defeating ELPS (Eden/Lake Shore/Pioneer/Springville) 2-0 at at the Cornerstone Arena.

After a scoreless initial period, Jason Kuchey scored unassisted at the 14:57 mark of the second.  That score held up until very late in the final period when Drew Marsh added the insurance goal, assisted by Michael Kuchey.

RBM next faces Dunkirk-Fredonia this coming weekend.

Front-running Sacred Heart posted a 39-31 win over runner-up Legion Monday to extend its commanding Medina Euchre League lead to 36 points.

JR Wilson and Vets Club played to a 35-35 tie in the other match.

Sacred Heart is now 682-578 on the season followed by Legion 646-614, JR Wilson 611-649 and Vets Club 581-679.

League competition continues on February 19 with Vets Club at Legion and JR Wilson at Sacred Heart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Nathan Dillenbeck looks to dribble around Alexander’s Chris McClinic as Nathan Poler sets a pick. The action took place during the Tigers loss to the visiting Trojans this evening.

A big fourth quarter scoring surge keyed Alexander to a 55-37 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Leading by a narrow 32-30 margin at the three-quarter mark, the Trojans outscored the Tigers 23-7 down the stretch to claim the victory and improve to 13-5.

Carson Wright hit three big threes  to spearhead the Trojans big late surge which also included three buckets from close range by Ryan Davis and two by Erik Sharkau.

Lyndonville’s Brody Brown tries to knock the ball away from Alexander’s Erik Sharkau.

Wright led Alexander’s balanced attack with 11 as Davis, Sharkau and Chris McClinic each chipped in with 10.

Nathan Poler scored 11 and Matt Hess 10 for Lyndonville as Kane Flynn added 6, Zach Johnson 4, Ricky Forder 3, Brody Brown 2 and Nathan Dillenbeck 1.

Late threes by Poler and Johnson helped Lyndonville earn a 14-14 tie at the end of the first period.

Jumpers by Hess and Poler then gave Lyndonville a 19-16 lead early in the second period but Alexander closed with a 10-2 run to take a 26-21 lead at the half.  McClinic scored 5 and Tyrone Woods had a three-point play to key that Trojans spurt.

Lyndonville regained the lead for what proved to be the last time at 29-28 midway through the third period after back-to-back threes by Flynn.

However, the Tigers managed just one more point over the last four minutes of the period as Alexander regained the lead for good at 32-30 on a late jumper by Wright.

Lyndonville’s scoring drought continued in the decisive fourth period as the Trojans outpointed the Tigers 21-4 over the first seven minutes of the period to win going away.

Lyndonville, which slips to 5-14, finishes the regular season at Kendall at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Pavilion 73, Kendall 64

Taking charge in the second quarter, Pavilion went on to defeat visiting Kendall 73-64 in a non league game.

Leading 22-16 after one period, Pavilion used a big 26-12 second quarter scoring burst to open up a commanding 20 point, 48-28, advantage at the half.

Nate Waters led Kendall with 20 points as John Rath added 13 and Dale Steffen and Mason Kuhn 8 each.

Getting goal production from seven different players the Tri County Midget hockey team romped to an 11-0 victory over the host Rochester Youth team today in the regular season finale.

Matt Neilson, Patrick Ricker, Victor Benjovski and Tucker Trask each scored two goals for Tri County as John Pilon, Luke Grabb and Jake Donoghue each added one.

Tri County built up leads of 4-0 after the first period and 9-0 after the second.

Nate Wildrick earned the shutout in goal.

On Saturday, Tri County was unable to overcome a 5-0 first period deficit and dropped a 7-4 decision to Batavia.

James Hapeman scored in the second period and Donoghue, Neilson and Trask netted consecutive goals in the third to cut the deficit to 6-4 but Tri County could get no closer.

Tri County, which finishes the regular season at 5-12-3, begins playoff competition on February 24.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team completed their first season of competition with an 8-3 home loss to Wilson- Newfane Saturday. RBM finished with a record of 7-11, highlighted by an early season five game winning streak.

RBM opened the game with a 2-0 lead within the first five minutes on two goals by Drew Marsh with assists going to Dylan Kryzkowski and Jason Kuchey.

However, W-N cut the lead to 2-1 by the end of the period and then scored scored five unanswered second period goals for a 6-2 lead.

W-N continued the pressure with two more goals in the third period, before Michael Kuchey added the final goal of the game for RBM.

Playoffs begin Monday evening and RBM is seeded third in the Mixed School bracket.  They will host ELPS (Eden- Lake Shore- Pioneer- Springville), the sixth seed, at 9 p.m..