Medina High’s Unified bowling team enjoyed a very successful debut match Tuesday defeating host Sweet Home 6-2.

“It was awesome,” said Coach Rob Dennis. “The kids are doing great.”

Competing in the match for Medina were Ian Wagner, Jackson Tuohey. Morgan Allis, Enzo Gulianni, Steven Secore, Morgan Crossett, Emma Carson, Thomas Biaselli, Joe Biaselli, Jessica Granchelli, and Gracie Cogovan.

Medina also had a Unified basketball team this past year.

Completing a home-and-home season series sweep, Wilson defeated visiting Medina 64-55 this evening knocking the defending champion Mustangs from a share of the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead.

Steve Frerichs scored 19, Mac Musall 18 and Nate Fox 14 to lead the way for Wilson which also downed the Mustangs 55-48 earlier in the season at Medina.

Jalin Cooper took game high scoring honors with 24 for Medina as Izaiah Rhim added 11 and Mason Lewis 7.

Leading by a narrow 16-15 margin after one quarter, Wilson extended its advantage to 34-26 at the half and to 49-38 at the three-quarter mark.

The loss drops Medina to 7-2 and vaults Newfane (8-1), a 69-37 victor over Barker, into sole possession of the N-O lead.

The Mustangs next host the Panthers in a must win contest for first place at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Wilson improves to 7-3.

Newfane 69, Barker 37
Kyle DeVoogel and Max Weber each scored 13 points,  Umaro Ibrahim and Chad Dunbar 10 and Connor Hill and Brandon Gross 8 to lead the balanced attack for Newfane in the 69-37 win over Barker.

Nick Brandt scored 10 and Preston Harris and Dan Ober 6 each for Barker.

Leading 28-22 at the half, Newfane extended its lead to 47-33 at the three-quarter mark and then used a big 22-4 fourth period scoring surge to lock up the win.

Roy-Hart 82, Albion 80 (2OT)
Roy-Hart outlasted host Albion 82-80 in a double overtime marathon.

Charlie Bruning scored a free throw to pull Roy-Hart even at the end of the first overtime period and then had a key rebound basket late in the second overtime to earn the Rams the win.

The contest was deadlocked 28-28 at half-time and 66-66 at the end of regulation time.

Jake Bruning scored 42 to lead Roy-Hart (4-6) as Charlie Bruning had 19, Noah Kindron 12 and Blake Halstead 9.

Bryce Pritchard tallied 24, Deyonci Farley 22 and Demetrius Gardner 15 for Albion which slips to 5-5 in N-O action.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Camri King puts up a shot over Wilson defender Anna Frerichs during the Mustangs home court win this evening.

Leading from wire-to-wire, Medina avenged an early season 40-34 loss by posting a 51-33 victory over visiting Wilson this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Camri King poured in a season high 21 points to lead the way for Medina as Je’ne Brown and Maddie Williams both had 9, Kharise Johnson 8 and Divere Brown 4.

Skylar Munnikhuysen led Wilson with 17 as Emily Kelly had 8, Meg Musall 4 and Amanda Murray and Sarah Lewis 5 each.

Medina’s Maddie Williams drives by Wilson defender Meg Musall.

Despite committing 10 turnovers, Medina grabbed a 7-4 lead at the end of the first period as King tallied 5 in the early going.

The Mustangs then used a 14-8 second period scoring edge to extend the lead to nine, 21-12, at the half.  Back-to-back threes by Divere Brown and Williams highlighted that run which also included a pair of baskets by Je’ne Brown.

Keeping the momentum, the Mustangs stretched the advantage to 14, 35-21, at the three-quarter mark as King netted 6 and Williams and Johnson 4 each in the third period.

Wilson could get no closer than 10 down the stretch as King tallied 8 to keep the Mustangs in control.

Medina is now 2-7 and Wilson 6-4 in N-O action.

Albion 46, Roy-Hart 37
Albion boosted its N-O record to 7-3 with a 46-37 victory over host Roy-Hart (1-9).

Caitlynn Snook scored 17 and Elisabeth Baker 13 to set the pace for Albion which held leads of 15-13 after one period, 26-19 at the half and 36-30 at the three-quarter mark.

Ellie Todd led Roy-Hart with 17.

Newfane 55, Barker 28
Locking up outright possession of the N-O title, undefeated (10-0) Newfane used a huge 30 point first period to key a 55-28 victory over Barker (2-8).

Paige Emborsky scored 19 of her 21 points in the opening period to spearhead the Lady Panthers fast start.

Hailey Brown led Barker with 8.

Rochester Academy Charter 65, Lyndonville 25
Anna Lewis and Savannah Poler both scored 9 points for Lyndonville in the 65-25 non league loss to visiting Rochester Academy Charter.

Sacred Heart continued to pull away in the Medina Euchre League title race by defeating runner-up Legion 37-33 Monday.

JR Wilson downed Vets Club 40-30 in the other match.

Now on top by 28 points, Sacred Heart is 643-547 on the season, Legion 615-575, JR Wilson 576-614 and Vets Club 546-644.

League action continues on February 12 with Legion at Sacred Heart and JR Wilson at Vets Club.

In a sea-saw battle, Roy-Hart trimmed host Akron 55-52 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball make-up game.

Jake Bruning poured in a game high 32 points to lead the way for Roy-Hart as Noah Kindron added 14, Charlie Bruning 5, Charlie Brigham 4 and Blake Halstead 2.

Derek Holtz scored 16, Weylon Abrams 12 and Adam Mietz 10 for Akron.

Roy-Hart jumped out to a 15-5 first period lead as Jake Bruning scored 9 and Kindron 4.

However, Akron answered with a 19-9 second period surge to rally into a 24-24 tie at the half.

Roy-Hart though countered with an 11-6 third period scoring run to regain a 35-30 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Roy-Hart then held off a strong Akron comeback bid down the stretch which saw the Tigers outpoint the Rams  22-20.

Jake Bruning hit three threes and Kindron made three clutch late free throws to help the Rams claim the narrow win.

Roy-Hart, which next visits Albion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, is now 3-6 in the league and Akron 2-7.

Traveling to SUNY Fredonia on Super Bowl Sunday, the Roy-Hart/Barker/ Medina club hockey team lost 4-2 to Dunkirk/Fredonia in a Western New York Club Hockey League game..

After taking a 1-0 lead early in the game on a goal by Michael Kuchey, assisted by Dylan Krzykowski, Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina saw Dunkirk/Fredonia tie the game late in the opening period.

RBM again took the lead at 2-1 in the second period on a goal by Drew Marsh with assists from Dominic Peracciny and Krzykowski.

However, Dunkirk/Fredonia took full control of the game, scoring the last two goals in the final period.

Now 7- 10, RBM will close out the regular season Saturday against Wilson- Newfane at 5:15 p.m. at the Cornerstone Arena in Lockport.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Dale Steffen grabs a rebound against the Rochester Prep duo of Terrance Washington and Jalen English during the host Eagles non league loss this evening.

A big second half comeback bid fell short as Kendall dropped a 70-59 decision to visiting Rochester Prep this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Trailing by 20, 44-24, at the half, Kendall got back into the game by putting together a 20-9 third period scoring edge. Nate Warters scored 10 and John Rath 6 to lead that rally as the Eagles closed the gap to 53-44 at the three-quarter mark.

Kendall’s Derek Edick drives by Rochester Prep defenders Jalen English and Josh Heath.

Keeping the momentum, Kendall then completed a big 26-11 scoring surge by opening the final period with s 6-2 run to slice the deficit to just five, 55-50.

However, the Eagles could get no closer as Rochester Prep answered with a 15-9 run down the stretch to lock up the win.

Mickey Gardner scored 5 and Rath and Warters 4 each for the Eagles down the stretch.

Jayden scored 22 and Wesley Henderson 14 to lead the way for Rochester Prep.

Warters finished with a game high 27 for Kendall as Rath added 12 and Gardner and Hunter Menze 8 each.  Menze also grabbed off 10 rebounds, Rath 9 and Warters 7.

Capitalizing on a rash of Kendall turnovers, Rochester Prep jumped out to a 21-11 first period lead as Hayes tallied 8 and Marquis Thomas 5.

Continuing to capitalize on Eagle turnovers, Rochester Prep used a 23-13 second period surge to up its advantage to 20, 44-24, at the half.  Hayes and Thomas both scored 6 during that stretch. Warters tallied 7 and Menze 4 for the Eagles during that stretch.

Kendall next visits Elba on Wednesday in a Genesee Region League game.

Pembroke 78, Holley 36

Pulling away in the third period, Pembroke went on to defeat host Holley 78-36 this evening in a G-R game to improve to 17-0 on the season.

Leading by a narrow seven point, 34-27, margin at the half, Pembroke broke the game open by outscoring Holley 22-4 in the third period.  Zach Von Kramer scored 9 to lead that surge as the Dragons pulled way to a 56-31 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Holley had stayed within seven at the half as Patrick Bower scored 9, Andrew Moseman 6 and Matt Skehan 5 over the first two periods.

Von Kramer finished with 17, Reid Miano 14 and Jamil Marable Jr. 12 to lead Pembroke.

Moseman had 10, Bower 9 and Skehan 8 for Holley.

Photos by Tom Rivers

MIDDLEPORT – The first place runners at the Mr. Ed’s Super Bowl Warm-Up on Sunday didn’t let cool temperatures or mud on the towpath slow them down. Sydney Nowicki, a freshman at Lockport, is shown at the start of the race. She was the first female to reach the finish line, completing the 5-kilometer course in 18:33.

Not only was that the fastest time for a female, but it was good for fifth overall out of nearly 400 participants.

Tyler Scheving of Middleport won his hometown race in a time of 17:15, which was a 5:34-pace. Scheving, 23, ran cross country in high school for Barker and then in college for the University of Buffalo.

To see the full results from the race, click here.

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A big third period rally fell just short as the Tri County midget hockey team dropped a narrow 6-4 decision to Perinton today at Fairport.

Trailing 5-1 in the third period, Tri County got goals from Jake Donoghue, Tucker Trask and Cam Smith to slice the deficit to one but could not net the equalizer.

Perinton scored an empty net goal to lock up the win.

Perinton also got off to a fast start jumping out to a 3-0 first period lead and enjoyed a 5-1 advantage at the end of the second period.

Matt Neilsen scored for Tri County in the second period.

Tri County is now 4-11-3 on the season.