Snapping a season long seven league game losing streak, Roy-Hart trimmed Medina 51-45 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans girls basketball game.

In the other N-O contests, Albion edged past host Akron 45-40 and Wilson downed Barker 45-21.

Maddy Glena scored 12, Ellie Todd and Ashley Hill 10, Skyler Christopher 9, Maddie Fry 6, Lexi Lovewell 3 and Delaney Draper 1 for Roy-Hart.

Hill had a three and Fry and Christopher both made a pair of free throws in the final period to help the Lady Rams lock up the win.

Maddie Williams and Camri King both scored 13 and Je’ne Brown and Kharise Johnson 6 for Medina which slips to 0-7 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart held leads of 11-10 after one period, 26-19 at the half and 36-32 at the three-quarter mark.

The teams will meet again in a makeup game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Medina.

Albion 45, Akron 40
Trailing 32-29 after three quarters, Albion used a 16-8 fourth period scoring edge to down Akron 45-40.

Janae Doty had a two and a three and Sierra Newton a pair of late baskets to key the Purple Eagles big stretch run.

Caitlynn Snook led Albion with 13 as Newton and Natalie DiCureia both added 8 and Doty 7.

Darion Jonathan scored 10 and Elise Leeds 20 for Akron.

Akron led 11-4 after one period but Albion rallied into a 23-18 half-time advantage.

Albion is now 6-3 and Akron 5-4 in N-O action.

Wilson 45, Barker 21
Emily Kelly scored 10 and Izzy Dinse 8 to lead the way for Wilson in a 45-21 win over Barker which got 9 from Serena Harris and 6 from Gabby Baker.

Wilson is now 6-3 and Barker 2-5 in the league.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Matt Hess tries to block a shot by Elba’s Jon Boyce during the host Tigers narrow loss to the Lancers this evening.

Elba needed a late scoring burst to edge past upset minded Lyndonville 58-52 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game at Lyndonville.

Breaking away from a 43-43 tie midway through the final period, Elba put together a key 9-0 run on layups by Colton Dillon and Ben Pflaumer, a jumper by Owen Scouten and a three-point play by Jon Boyce to regain the lead for good at 52-43 with 2:50 remaining.

Another three-point play by Boyce then offset a pair of Lyndonville tallies on two free throws by Nathan Poler and a layup by Matt Hess to keep the Lancers on top by eight, 55-47, with 1:45 to go.

Lyndonville did close the gap to four at 56-52 with 22 seconds remaining after a jumper by Poler and a three by Nathan Dillenbeck but the Tigers could not pull even.  Ben Pfhaumer answered with a pair of free throws at the 15 second mark to close out the Lancers narrow win.

Boyce finished with a game high 23 points as Dillon had 12, Scouten 10, Pflaumer 9 and Collin O’Halloran 4.

Poler had 13, Kane Flynn and Zach Johnson 12, Hess 9 and Dillenbeck 6 for Lyndonville.

Zach Johnson drives for a layup for Lynodnville against Elba defender Owen Scouten.

Elba grabbed a narrow 10-8 lead at the end of the first period as O’Halloran and Pflaumer both hit threes.

Lyndonville pulled even at 12-12 early in the second period after a rebound basket by Johnson and a layup off a steal by Hess.

However, Elba answered right back with a 14-5 run to move out to a 26-17 advantage.  Two threes by Boyce ignited that uprising which also included a pair of baskets by Dillon. Another three by Boyce at the buzzer put the Lancers up by 10, 29-19, at the half.

Lyndonville though came battling back from a 10 point, 33-23, deficit by closing the third period with a big 15-2 run to take a 38-35 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Two threes by Flynn and one by Dillenbeck sparked that rally. A three-point play by Poler then knotted the contest at 35-35 and Johnson followed up with a three to put the Tigers up 38-35.

A jumper by Hess kept Lyndonville up 40-37 early in the final period but Elba answered with consecutive baskets by Boyce, Dillon and Scouten to regain a 43-40 lead.

The Tigers pulled even for what would be the last time at 43-43 on a three by Kane but again the Lancers answered, this time with a key 9-0 run to regain the lead for good.

Elba improves to 11-5 while Lyndonville slips to 5-11.

Wheatland-Chili 65, Kendall 57
Wheatland-Chili used a 15-7 scoring surge to close the game to claim a 65-57 G-R win at Kendall.

Elijah Gissendanne scored 12 of his game high 36 points to spark W-C in the fourth quarter.

Kendall had pulled even at 50-50 on a three by Dale Steffen.

Nate Warters scored 22 and Mason Kuhn 15 to lead Kendall as Steffen had 8 and John Rath 6. Rath also had 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Kendall jumped out to a 19-12 first period lead as Warters scored 14 during that stretch.

W-C though rallied into leads of 37-30 at the half and 46-43 at the three-quarter mark.

Byron-Bergen 52, Holley 33
Byron-Bergen built up a 26-15 half-time advantage and went on to down host Holley 52-33 in another G-R contest.

Patrick Bower scored 14 for Holley.

Lyndonville’s Kane Flynn looks to drive by Elba’s Collin O’Halloran.

A big third quarter scoring burst keyed Roy-Hart to a 68-54 victory over visiting Emerson this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Breaking away from a 30-30 half-time deadlock, Roy-Hart took charge by outscoring Emerson 25-9 in the decisive third period.

Noah Kindron scored 7, Jake Bruning 6, Blake Halstead 5, Charlie Bruning 4 and Charlie Brigham 3 to lead a balanced attack during that stretch as the Rams opened up a 55-39 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Jake Bruning then hit two threes down the stretch to help the Rams close out the win.

Jake Bruning finished with 23 points, Kindron and Charlie Bruning 14 and Brigham 10.

Roy-Hart next visits Medina at 6:30 p.m. Friday in a Niagara-Orleans League game.

Wilson 57, Barker 28
Wilson improved to 5-3 in N-O competition with a 57-28 victory over Barker.

Nate Fox scored 22 and Jake Miller 13 to lead the way for Wilson while Preston Harris had 7 for Barker.

Wilson built up a 32-9 half-time advantage as Fox scored 9 and Miller 8 in the half.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis looks to drive against Wheatland-Chili defenders Jenna LaMere, Lindsey Clar and Hannah Callaghan durign the host Lady Tigers loss to the Wildcats this evening.

Savannah Poler puts up a shot for Lyndonville against W-C defender Jenna LaMere.

Plagued throughout by a rash of turnovers, Lyndonville dropped a 61-29 decision to visiting Wheatland-Chili this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Alyssa Seiheimer scored 25 and Jenna LaMere 20 to spearhead the attack for W-C which improves to 14-3.

Ella Lewis scored 12, Alecia Hinkson 7, Anna Lewis 6 and Miranda Lembcke 4 for Lyndonville which slips to 4-12. Ella Lewis and Hinkson both had a pair of threes.

W-C jumped out to a 13-4 first period lead as Seiheimer tallied 7 and LaMere 5, both including a three.

Seiheimer then erupted for 14 points, including a pair of threes, in the second period to help W-C extend its lead to 22, 30-8, at the half.

W-C stretched its advantage to as much as 37, 45-8, midway through the third period which finished with the Wildcats up by 30, 48-18. LaMere scored 11, including three threes, during that stretch.

Contributed Photo – Medina High tennis Coach Chris Horgan here receives the USTA Eastern’s Virginia and Chuck Landis High School Coach of the Year Award from USTA Eastern President John Klennen and Executive Director Jenny Schnitzer at this past weekend’s awards dinner at White Plains.

When it comes to enjoying playing, coaching and teaching the game of tennis it would be tough to top the enthusiasm and dedication of Medina High Coach Chris Horgan.

A coach and clinician for 30 plus years, Horgan’s dedication and enthusiasm for sharing his love of the game of tennis with others has earned Horgan several prestigious awards recently.

This past weekend Horgan received the USTA Eastern’s Virginia and Chuck Landis High School Coach of the Year Award in ceremonies held at White Plains.

The award, which Horgan has now received twice, is given “to a high school tennis coach who has shown exemplary leadership, enthusiasm and team building skills.”

Horgan has also received the USTA Eastern’s Western District Coach of the Year Award and the Buffalo Tennis Hall of Fame Committee’s High School Coach of the Year Award for the Buffalo area.

Horgan has also been informed that he is receiving the Northeast Section Coach of the Year Award for Boys Tennis as selected by the National Federation of State High School Associations and the National Federation of High School Coaches Association. The Northeast section includes New York and New Jersey along with the six New England states.

“Tennis is a great sport and I am honored and humbled that I should be selected for such honors,” said Horgan who has been involved in helping others learn and enjoy tennis in many ways over the past three plus decades. In addition to high school coaching, his efforts have included being involved in training coaches, giving clinics and instructional programs, serving as a coach for the Empire State games and as a 25 year member of the Section VI Boys Tennis Council.

“I love getting people involved in the sport,” said Horgan who has coached the Medina tennis team for the past 17 years guiding the Mustangs to a 160-52 league record and seven Niagara-Orleans championships including the last two and five of the last six years.

Prior to that he coached the Roy-Hart tennis team for 13 years leading the Rams to a 124-46 record and five N-O titles.

At the end of last spring’s season Horgan also received the state Boys Tennis Coach of the Year Award from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

Trailing 14-8 after one period, Roy-Hart used a 14-2 second period surge to key a 53-39 victory over host Wilson this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Jake Bruning and Lance Krieger both hit a three and Charlie Bruning had 4 points to spark Roy-Hart’s second period uprising which rallied the Rams into a 22-16 half-time lead.

The Rams increased their advantage to 40-30 at the three-quarter mark.

Charlie Bruning finished with 19, Jake Bruning 15, Charlie Brigham 7 and Krieger 6 for Roy-Hart which is now 2-5 in N-O action.

Jake Miller scored 20, including six threes, for Wilson which slips to 4-3 and two games off the pace in the N-O title chase.

Newfane 98, Albion 30
Hitting 14 three’s, Newfane romped to a 98-30 victory over visiting Albion to improve to 7-1 in N-O competition.

Kyle DeVoogel scored 38, including six threes, Max Weber 19, including three threes, and Brandon Gross 16, including four threes, to set the pace for the Panthers which move a half game ahead of idle Medina (6-1).

Deyonci Farley scored 9, Liam Ward 6 and Bryce Pritchard 5 to lead the way for Albion which slips to 4-4 in N-O action.

Akron 57, Barker 36
Building up a 26-7 half-time advantage, Akron (2-5) went on to defeat Barker (0-6) as Derek Holtz scored 15, Adam Mietz 14 and Jake Siska 13 to spark Akron.

Evan Ecker scored 10 for Barker.

Trailing 52-48 after three quarters, Notre Dame rallied with a big 20-4 fourth period scoring surge to earn a 68-56 victory over visiting Kendall this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Ryan Moffat scored 15 of his game high 27 points in the fourth period to lead the Irish rally. Nico Zambito added 13 on the night for the Irish.

Nate Warters scored 20, Mickey Gardner and John Rath 12 and Hunter Menze 9 for Kendall. Rath also had 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Menze 8 rebounds, Gardner 6 rebounds and 6 assists and Warters 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Kendall led 19-18 after one quarter and Notre Dame 35-33 at the half.

Wheatland-Chili 69, Lyndonville 62
Jumping out to leads of 16-4 after one period and 38-21 at the half, Wheatland-Chili went on to defeat visiting Lyndonville 69-62 in a G-R contest.

Elijah Gissendanner scored 25 and Adam Lund 18 to lead W-C.

Zach Johnson scored 17, Nathan Poler 16, Matt Hess 13 and Nathan Dillenbeck 10 for Lyndonville.

Pembroke 92, Holley 38
Pembroke built up a 51-24 halftime advantage in route to earning a 92-38 win over visiting Holley.

Reid Miano scored 23 and Jamil Marble 18 to lead Pembroke.

Patrick Bower scored 14 for Holley.

Photos By Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Elisabeth Baker tries to scoop a shot against Newfane defenders Marlee Passuite and Alexa Littman during the visiting Lady Panthers key win over the Purple Eagles this evening.

Taking charge with a huge third period scoring surge, front-running Newfane clinched at least a tie for the title by downing runner-up Albion 66-38 this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game at Albion.

Leading by a slender one point, 22-21, margin at the half, Newfane exploded with a 25-2 scoring burst over the first six minutes of the third period to break the contest wide open.

Paige Emborsky scored 13, including three threes and a layup off a steal, and Megan Knoll added eight on four jumpers to key that decisive uprising.

Emborsky tacked on two more threes to cap Newfane’s whopping 30-8 period which vaulted the Lady Panthers out to a commanding 52-29 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Albion’s Kirsten Struble puts up a shot against Newfane’s Alexa Littman.

Emborsky finished with 25, 18 of which came in the third period, Knoll 17 and Emily Foltz 12 to lead the way for the Lady Panthers as Kayleigh Daniels and Madlyn Traverse both added 4 and Alexa Littman and Emily Geer 2.

Caitlynn Snook led Albion with 14 as Elisabeth Baker added 6, Sierra Newton 5, Natalie DiCureia and Janae Doty 3, Kirsten Struble and Brylie Hapeman 2 and Cassidy Wolcott 1.

Leading 9-7 after one quarter, Newfane opened up an eight point 15-7 advantage early in the second period as a layup off a turnover by Foltz capped off a 6-0 run.

Albion though answered back with  12-3 run, highlighted by back-to-back threes by Baker and DiCureia, to regain a 19-18 lead.

Two jumpers by Emborsky though put Newfane back on top 22-21 at the half and the Lady Panthers pulled away with the 30 point third period.

The victory improves Newfane to 9-0 in the league with three games to go while Albion slips to 5-3.

In the other N-O games, Akron (5-3) defeated Barker (2-4) 58-20 and Wilson (5-3) downed Roy-Hart (0-7) 60-22.  Elise Leeds scored 19 and Darion Jonathan 13 to lead Akron. Serena Harris had 5 points and Hailey Brown 4 points and 11 rebounds for Barker.

In a non league game, Grand Island downed visiting Medina 38-28. Maddie Williams scored 9 and Je’ne Brown and Camri King 7 for Medina which was tied with G.I. 15-15 at the half.

Sierra Newton puts up a shot for Albion against Newfane defender Kayleigh Daniels.

Sacred Heart continued to extend its Medina Euchre League lead with a 36-34 win over Vets Club Monday combined with runner-up Legion’s 37-33 loss to JR Wilson.

Now on top by 24 points, Sacred Heart is 606-514 on the season followed by Legion 582-538, JR Wilson 536-584 and Vets Club 516-604.

League competition continues on February 5 with Sacred Heart at Legion and JR Wilson at Vets Club.

Eight members of the Medina Wrestling Club placed at the Lew-Port Wrestling Tournament Sunday.

Breydin McEwen-Miller placed first. Conor Crandall second. Ryan Frentz and Lathan McEwen-Miller  third, Bryden McMurray, Trenton Morley and Reece Stalker fourth and Colin Miller fifth.