The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina club hockey team lost to Olean 6-1 Saturday evening at the Cornerstone Arena to fall to fourth place in the White Division standings of the Western New York Club Hockey League.

Olean did the only scoring in the opening period taking a 2-0 lead.

At the 12:24 mark of the second period, Dominic Peracciny (R-H) scored, RBM’s lone goal assisted by Rocco Spagnolo (Barker).

Later, Olean added two goals in each of the last two periods.

Now 7-9 on the season, RBM now  makes a Super Bowl Sunday journey to SUNY Fredonia to play Dunkirk- Fredonia  at 4:45 this afternoon. The team will complete their inaugural season next Saturday at home against Wilson- Newfane before entering the Club State Playoffs.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jorge Phillips (22) and Nate Sherman (10) and their Mustang teammates face key Niagara-Orleans League games against top contenders, Newfane and Wilson, this week in their title quest.

Medina’s quest to capture a third straight Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball championship looks to hang on the outcome of the Mustangs two huge games this week against co-leader Newfane and runner-up Wilson.

Currently Medina and Newfane are tied for the league lead at 7-1 while Wilson remains in the title hunt two games off the pace at 6-3.

Medina visits Wilson at 6 p.m. Tuesday as the Mustangs look to avenge their only league loss to date, a 55-48 setback at home earlier in the season.

Medina then hosts Newfane at 6:30 p.m. Friday looking to complete a home-and-home season series sweep. The Mustangs handed the host Panthers their only N-O loss by a 73-65 score in their earlier meeting.

Wilson also has a key home game remaining against Newfane in the regular season finale on February 15.

The undefeated (9-0) Newfane girls will look to lockup outright possession of the title with a win at Barker on Tuesday.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Boys Basketball: Rochester Prep at Kendall, 6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Pembroke at Holley, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball: Medina at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, Barker at Newfane, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Lyndonville at Rochester Academy Charter, 6 p.m.; Wilson at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; Attica at Holley, Elba at Kendall, 7 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball: Rochester Academy Charter at Lyndonville, 6 p.m.; Kendall at Elba, Attica at Holley, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Girls Basketball: Rochester Academy Charter at Kendall, 6 p.m.; Holley at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball: Kendall at Rochester Academy Charter, 6 p.m.; Newfane at Medina, 6:30 p.m.; Albion at Barker, Oakfield-Alabama at Holley, Notre Dame at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.; Akron at Roy-Hart, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Medina at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; Barker at Albion, 7 p.m.

Saturday
Girls Basketball: Lyndonville at Notre Dame, Kendall at Oakfield-Alabama, 2:30 p.m.

N-O Standings
Boys Basketball: Medina 7-1, Newfane 7-1, Wilson 6-3, Albion 5-4, Akron 2-6, Roy-Hart 2-6, Barker 0-8
Girls Basketball: Newfane 9-0, Albion 6-3, Wilson 6-3, Akron 5-4, Barker 2-7, Medina 1-7, Roy-Hart 1-8

Holley-Kendall’s Dylan Spellan (170) earned top honors at the Section V Class BB wrestling championships held today at Avon.

Spellan scored pins of 3:13 in the quarterfinals and 1:13 in the semis to advance to the finals where he scored a pin of 3:38 over Curtis Quick of Canisteo-Greenwaood.

The Hawks also had Tristyn Moyer (113) place second, Jeremy Browe (152) third and Cade Aina (145) and Frank Flynn (220) fifth. Moyer scored sub minute pins in the quarterfinals and semis but was then pinned in the finals by Chris Graham of Canisteo-Greenwood  in :43.

Roy-Hart/Barker had Ben Schwab (220) earn a title at the Section VI Class C championships held at Falconer.

Schwab scored a 7-0 decision win in the quarterfinals and an overtime win in the semis to gain a spot in the finals where he decisioned Newfane’s Jayden Heers 5-3.

Roy-Hart/Barker also had Tyler Choate (152) and Karson Grover (195) place third and Thomas Alvord Jr. (145) fourth.

Albion’s Preston Flugel (138) placed second at the Class C tourney. He scored a 2-1 win in the semis but lost to Giovani Russo of Fredonia 10-1 in the finals.

The Purple Eagles also had Ben Restivo (182) place third and Jessy Cruz (170), Donamic Farley (195) and Cody Wilson (220) fourth.

Medina had a trio of place finishers at the Class C competition as Elijah Sones (195) took second, Da’Ron Bellan (132) third and Rashawn Bloom (99) fourth. Sones advanced with s pin in the quarterfinals and a decision in the semis but then lost by a pin of 1:44 in the finals to top seeded Corey Keefe of Falconer.

Niagara-Orleans League champion Newfane had a trio of Class C winners including Andrew Lucinski (99), Julian Nixon (182) and Ty Casinelli (285).

The top four Class C place finishers and the top six Class BB place finishers advance to next weekend’s sectional championships.

Tony Nemi (formerly Medina 1) came from behind to defeat Reids 9-6 this afternoon in a season opening Kenan Center Indoor Soccer League season opener.

Playing short two players for the first 10 minutes, Neni fell behind 4-0.

However,  two more players showed up and Neni came back to claim the win.

Andrew Houseman had 5 goals. Matt Hess had 3. And Jonathan Pietrafesa had 1.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Je’ne Brown dives for a loose ball with Roy-Hart’s Maddie Fry during the Mustangs win over the visiting Lady Rams this afternoon.

Avenging a 51-45 loss on Thursday, Medina defeated visiting Roy-Hart by a nearly identical margin of 52-42 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball make-up game.

Divere Brown scored a career high 21 points and Je’ne Brown had 19 to lead the Medina attack as Camri King added 6 and Maddie Williams and Kharise Johnson 3 each.

Skyler Christopher led Roy-Hart with 13 as Lexi Lovewell and Maddie Fry both added 7, Ellie Todd 6, Ashley Hill 5 and Delaney Draper 4.

Medina’s Divere Brown puts up a three point shot against Roy-Hart defender Lexi Lovewell.

Medina jumped out to a 17-13 first period lead as Divere Johnson scored 9, including a three, and Je’ne Brown 8.  Lovewell had 5 and Christopher 4 for Roy-Hart.

The Mustangs stayed even at 20-20 at the half despite managing only five scattered free throws in the second period. Hill had a three and a layup during that stretch for the Lady Rams which did grab a brief lead at 22-20.

Back-to-back baskets by Christopher gave Roy-Hart what proved to be its last lead at 28-26  early in the third period.

Medina though answered back with a key 9-0 run on a pair of rebound baskets by Je’ne Brown and a jumper and a three by Divere Brown to regain the lead for good at 35-28.  A late layup by Je’ne Brown kept the Mustangs up by five, 37-32, at the three-quarter mark.

A layup by Draper and a three-point play off a layup by Christopher pulled Roy-Hart back to within two, 39-37, early in the final period.

Medina though moved back out to a 44-37 lead after a layup by King and a jumper by Divere Brown.

The Lady Rams did rally back to within two one more time at 44-42 after a three-point play and a pair of free throws by Fry but could not pull even.

Williams then hit a big three to give Medina a little breathing room and Divere Brown capped off her big afternoon with a jumper and a three to close out the Mustangs first N-O win of the season.

Medina is now 1-7 and Roy-Hart 1-8 in N-O action.

The Roy-Hart duo of Maddy Glena and Ellie Todd battle for a rebound with Medina’s Kharise Johnson.

Taking charge in the second quarter, Franklinville went on to defeat Medina 81-53 this afternoon in the Centercourt Classic at Williamsville South.

Franklinville, which went to the state semifinals last year, broke away from an 18-18 first period deadlock outscoring Medina 22-7 in the second quarter to open up a 40-25 advantage at the half.

Issac Kopp scored 15 and Brock Blecha 10 to lead that Panthers’ surge.

The Panthers then hit five of their 13 threes in the third period to highlight a 24-14 run which extended the advantage to 64-39 at the three-quarter mark.

Jalin Cooper scored 23 and Brian Fry 12 to lead Medina which next visits Wilson at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a key Niagara-Orleans League game. The Lakemen (6-3) handed the 7-1 Mustangs their only league loss of the season by a 55-48 margin earlier in the season at Medina.

Roy-Hart placed second at the annual Niagara-Orleans League vs. Genesee Region League girls swimming crossover meet held this evening at Gates-Chili.

Roy-Hart garnered a total of 296 points to finish in the runner-up spot behind H-A-C with 328.

Roy-Hart’s Amanda Hill, who was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly earned the Swimmer of the Meet award.

Hill also teamed up with Madison Ohol, Jenna Heiser and Kayla Hagen to win the 400 Freestyle Relay.

Hagen also won the 100 Freestyle.

Medina’s Hannah Heil won the 50 Free.

Building up a big 17 point half-time advantage, Albion went on to defeat visiting Akron 60-39 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

The Purple Eagles opened up a 14-3 first period lead and extended the advantage to 27-10 at the half and 42-25 at the three-quarter mark.

Deyonci Farley and Bryce Pritchard both scored 5 and Liam Ward 3 in the opening period. Farley then tallied 7 and  Ward and Kevin Hillman 3 each in the second.

Farley finished with a game high 23 as Pritchard had 15, Ward 11, Hillman and Demetrius Gardner 3, Shyheim Jakes and Hunter Webster 2 and Vincent Zona 1.

Derek Holtz scored 10 and Owen Hill 9 for Akron.

Albion improved to 5-4 in N-O action as Akron slips to 2-6.

Wilson 59, Barker 35
Wilson likewise built up a commanding 36-18 half-time advantage in route to posting a 59-35 victory over Barker.

Mac Musall had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Jake Miller 17 to lead the way for the Lakemen while Malik Smith was tops for the Raiders with 11.

Wilson is now 6-3 and Barker 0-8 in N-O competition.

Girls Basketball

Newfane 50, Lockport 41

Newfane used a big 19 point fourth quarter scoring urge to defeat visiting Lockport 50-41 in a non league game.

Paige Emborsky scored 20, Emily Foltz 8 and Kayleigh Daniels 6 to set the pace for Newfane which trailed 24-18 at the half and 33-31 after three quarters.

G-R Results

In Genesee Region League action Elba hit 11 threes in besting Lyndonville 71-26, Wheatland-Chili defeated Kendall 55-23 and Byron-Bergen downed Holley 58-41.

Maddie Muehling led Elba with 26 while Ella Lewis had 13 for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Mason Lewis goes up between Roy-Hart defenders Quinten Koch and Charlie Bruning during the Mustangs win over the visiting Rams this evening.

A big third period scoring surge keyed Medina to a 74-61 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening keeping the Mustangs tied with idle Newfane for the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball lead at 7-1.

Trailing by four, 31-27, early in the third period, Medina put together a big 24-8 burst to close the stanza and rally into the lead for good by a 51-29 margin at the three-quarter mark.

Jalin Cooper scored 10 to lead that decisive uprising as Brian Fry and Alex Alls both added 4 and Mason Lewis and Brendan Luthart 3.

Medina’s Jalin Cooper looks to go around Roy-Hart’s Charlie Brigham on a drive.

An 8-0 run, which included a layup, a rebound bucket and two free throws by Cooper and a layup by Lewis, ignited that uprising rallying Medina into a 35-31 lead. A three by Luthart upped the lead to 10, 47-37, and a late jumper by Fry gave the Mustangs a 12 point lead at the three-quarter mark.

Cooper finished with 25 as Fry had 10, Luthart 9, Izaiah Rhim 8, Lewis and Allis 7, Tyler Chinn 5, Nate Sherman 2 and Jorge Phillips 1.

Jake Bruning took game high honors for Roy-Hart with 26 as Noah Kindron had 18, Charlie Bruning 7, Charlie Brigham 5, Ben White 3 and Blake Halstead 2.

Medina grabbed a narrow 13-12 lead at the end of the first period but Roy-Hart opened the second stanza with an 11-3 run ignited by two layups off turnovers by Jake Bruning and one by Kindron to take a seven point, 23-16, lead.

The Mustangs though answered back with an 11-3 run of their own highlighted by layups off steals by Cooper and Lewis, to regain a 27-26 lead.

However, the Rams moved back onto a slender 28-27 lead at the half on a late layup by Halstead.

The Rams upped the lead to 31-27 at the outset of the third period after a pair of free throws by Kindron and a rebound basket by Jake Bruning but Medina came storming back with the deciding 24-8 run to lock up the victory.

The victory was a near carbon copy of the earlier season meeting between the teams when Medina erased a one point, 32-31, half-time deficit by erupting for a 30-7 third period scoring surge to key an 80-53 win.

Roy-Hart is now 2-6 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart’s Blake Halstead goes up for a shot as Medina’s Jalin Cooper tries for a block.