In control for two periods, the Tri County Midget hockey team saw Monroe County rally for three unanswered third period goals to claim a narrow 6-5 victory today.

Tri County jumped out to a 3-1 first period lead on goals by Matt Neilson, James Hapeman and Tucker Trask.

Goals by Josh Gimeli and Patrick Ricker then kept Tri County up by a 5-3 margin at the end of the second period.

However, Monroe County rallied for three goals in the decisive third period to earn the win.

Tri County is now 3-10-3 on the season.

Grabbing the lead at the end of each quarter, Holley posted a narrow 56-50 victory over visiting Rochester Prep this afternoon in a non league boys basketball game.

Patrick Bower poured in 23 points and grabbed off 11 rebounds to lead the way for the Hawks.  Andrew Moseman added 14 points and Ryan Andrews 8.

Holley held leads of 10-6 after one period, 26-25 at the half and 41-34 at the three-quarter mark.

Bower scored six points in each of the last three quarters while Moseman made four clutch free throws  in the final stanza.

On Friday, Holley dropped a 55-48 Genesee Region League decision at Attica as Bower scored 19 and Moseman 10.

Going 4-1 on the day, Holley-Kendall earned second place honors today at the Caledonia-Mumford Wrestling Tournament.

Holley-Kendall defeated East High of Rochester 56-24, Wilson Magnet 72-9, Pavilion/York 82-6 and Cal-Mum 57-24 but lost to Avon/Geneseo 51-35.

Jayden Pieniaszek, Tristyn Moyer, Jeremy Browe and Dylan Spellan all went 5-0 on the day while Jeff Moynihan,  David Farruggia, Cade Aina, Erik Balys and Hunter McLean went 4-1, Dawson Custer 3-1, and Brandon Gardner 3-2.

Browe and Bayles both earned their milestone 100th career victories.

Section VI Duals Tournament

Albion lost 51-33 to Pioneer today in the quarterfinal round of the Section VI Division II Dual Meet Tournament at Lancaster.

The Purple Eagles then dropped a 48-40 decision to Iroquois in the consolation round.

Niagara-Orleans League champion Newfane was defeated 55-21 by eventual tourney champion Falconer in the quarterfinals.

The Panthers rebounded to defeat Randolph 53-21 in the consolation round before being eliminated by Pioneer 44-33.

Akron-Alden defeated Iroquois 45-40 in the quarterfinals and Pioneer 37-36 (criteria) in the semis before bowing 64-11 to Falconer in the title match.

Perry Tournament

Lyndonville’s Rodney Davis placed fourth at 160 lbs. at the Perry Tournament.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Caitlynn Snook puts up a shot over Akron defenders Jessee Jonathan and Ellie Leeds. The action took place during the Purple Eagles win over the visiting Lady Tigers this afternoon.

Ignited by a big first quarter scoring surge, Albion went on to defeat visiting Akron 63-33 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball make-up game.

Moving on top to stay, Albion jumped out to an 11-2 lead at the outset as Janae Doty hit back-to-back threes and Caitlynn Snook followed up with a three-point play.

Albion’s Lexi Wolck drives by Akron’s Olivia Diebel.

Keeping the momentum, the Purple Eagles boosted the lead to 24-9 at the end of the quarter as Natalie DiCureia hit a three and Brylie Hapeman, Lexi Wolck, Natalie Lathrop and Snook all chipped in with baskets.

Getting three threes from Neely Abrams in the second quarter Akron did cut the deficit to nine, 35-26, at the half but the Lady Tigers would get no closer.

Getting great results from a tight, aggressive man-to-man defense, Albion shut Akron out in the third quarter and ended the period with a commanding 19 point, 45-26, advantage. Doty hit another three in the period as Snook, Hapeman and Sarah Gregori all added buckets.

The Purple Eagles then closed out the 30 point victory with an 18-7 fourth period scoring edge which included baskets from seven different players.

Doty finished with 15 and Snook 14 to lead Albion’s parade of point getters as DiCureia added 7, Hapeman and Gregori 6, Wolck 5, Lathrop 4 and Kirsten Struble, Cassidy Wolcott and Tess Pettit 2 each.

Abrams led Akron with 15 as Helena Hill and Skyler Jonathan both had 6, Derion Jonathan 4 and Jessee Jonathan 2.

The Purple Eagles win also gives undefeated Newfane (7-0) a two game lead over runners-up Albion and Akron which are both 4-2 in N-O action.

Albion’s Janae Doty looks to hit one of her five threes as Neely Abrams comes in to defend for Akron.

Two unanswered second period goals keyed Batavia to a 6-4 win over the Tri County Midget Hockey team this evening at Brockport.

Tri County jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first three minutes on goals by Patrick Ricker and Aaron Sheflin.

However, Batavia rallied to first tie the game before the end of the first period and then to take the lead for good at 4-2 in the second stanza.

Tri County did cut the deficit to 4-3 in the third period on a goal by Pat Holzschuh but again Batavia answered right back with two goals to lock up the win.

Ricker’s second goal of the game closed out the Tri County scoring.

Tri County, which is now 3-9-3, next hosts Monroe County on Sunday at Brockport.

Holley-Kendall scored a non league doubleheader wrestling victory this evening downing visiting Gates-Chili 45-27 and Cal-Mum 42-36.

Jeff Moynihan, Antonio Farruggia and Erik Balys scored pins and Tom Buzard had a decision win to lead Holley-Kendall past Gates-Chili.

Moynihan, Buzard, Farruggia, Balys and Dawson Custer then all notched pins in the victory over Cal-Mum.

Improving to 7-1 in dual meet competition, Holley-Kendall next competes in the Cal-Mum Tournament on Saturday.

Defending champion Medina improved to 4-1 in Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball competition by downing host Akron 56-40 this evening.

Jalin Cooper scored a game high 25 points for Medina as Izaiah Rhim added 11, Mason Lewis 9, Alex Allis 3 and Brendan Luthart, Trenton Jones and Brian Fry 2 each.

Weylon Abrams scored 10 for Akron which slips to 1-4.

Trailing 13-10 after the first period, Medina rallied into a 25-18 half-time advantage as Lewis scored 5 and Allis and Cooper 3 each in the second period.

The Mustangs then built their advantage to 17, 42-25 at the three-quarter mark as Cooper netted 9 in the third period.

Medina next visits league leading Newfane in a key make-up game on Monday.

Roy-Hart 92, Barker 40
Roy-Hart snapped a season long four N-O game losing streak in a big way with a 92-40 romp over visiting Barker.

Jake Bruning scored 22, Noah Kindron 21, Charlie Bruning 19 and Quinten Koch 12 for the Rams which led 24-10 after one quarter, 45-25 at the half and 73-29 after three quarters .

Newfane 64, Wilson 34
Newfane maintained sole possession of the N-O lead at 5-0 by downing rival Wilson (3-2) 64-34.

Kyle DeVoogel scored 19, Max Weber 14 and Brandon Gross 13 for Newfane which led 22-13 at the half.

Steve Frerichs led Wilson with 8.

Oakfield-Alabama 76, Lyndonville 68
Oakfield-Alabama used a big fourth quarter rally to edge past visiting Lyndonville 76-68 in a Genesee Region League game.

Trailing 34-33 at the half and 58-55 after three quarters, the Hornets used a big 21-10 fourth quarter scoring surge to claim the win.

Ryan Douglas led the Hornets with a game high 32 points including 10 in both the second and third quarters.

Nathan Poler scored 16, Matt Hess 15, Nathan Dillenbeck and Kane Flynn 11 and Zach Johnson 9 for Lyndonville.

Poler scored 8 in the first quarter and 6 in the second while Hess netted 6 in both the third and fourth periods.

In one other G-R contest, Attica downed Holley 55-48.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Medina’s Brianna MacFarland puts up a shot against Akron defender Neely Abrams during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Lady Tigers this evening.

Steadily pulling away over the first three quarters, Akron posted a 58-38 victory over host Medina this evening to improve to 4-1 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball competition.

Neely Abrams scored 22, Helena Hill 13, Darion Jonathan 11, Jessee Jonathan 7 and Ellie Leeds 5 for Akron which led by 13 (16-3) after one quarter by 24 (37-13) at the half and by 31 (55-24) at the three-quarter mark.

A three by Abrams followed by three straight layups off turnovers by Hill capped off Akron’s first quarter surge.  Abrams then scored 10, including a pair of threes, during the Lady Tigers 21 point second period.

Camri King scored 13, Je’ne Brown 12, Maddie Williams 7, Maleyah Brewer 3, Divere Brown 2 and Brianna MacFarland 1 for Medina which slips to 0-5.

Barker 45, Roy-Hart 43
Barker nipped visiting Roy-Hart 45-43 on a three point basket by Serena Harris with 40 seconds remaining.

Gabby Baker scored 15, Harris 13 and Haley Brown 10 to set the pace for Barker which made it two wins in a row to improve to 2-3 in N-O action.

Meghan Washington and Maddy Glena both scored 10 for Roy-Hart which slips to 0-5.

Newfane 46, Wilson 37
Front-running Newfane downed rival Wilson 46-37 to remain defeated in N-O competition at 7-0.

Leading by a narrow 32-31 margin, Newfane opened up a little breathing room down the stretch as Paige Emborksy hit a three and Alexa Littman followed up with a rebound bucket.

Emborsky finished with 14, Emily Foltz 10, Littman 9 and Marlee Passuite 6,

Emily Kelly and Skylar Munnikhuysen each scored 14 for Wilson which slips to 3-3.

The contest was tied 17-17 at the half.

Hilton 47, Albion 20
Hilton defeated Albion 47-20 in a non league game.

Caitlynn Snook scored 6 for Albion which trailed 23-7 at the half.

Albion next hosts Akron at 1 p.m. Saturday in an N-O make-up game.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Mason Pecoraro competes in the backstroke  during the host Seahorses victory over Akron this afternoon.

Albion and Barker both scored victories this afternoon to share the Niagara-Orleans League boys swim championship at 9-1.

Albion defeated Roy-Hart 63-31 and Barker downed Newfane 100-66.

The N-O title is the first for Albion since the 2005-06 season and for Barker since the 1987-88 campaign.

The Roy-Hart and Akron girls likewise both scored victories to share the N-O championship at 9-1.

Roy-Hart defeated Albion 70-20 and Akron downed Medina 111-59.

Roy-Hart last claimed an N-O title during the 1993-94 season and Akron during the 1991-92 campaign.

In the other N-O action, the Medina boys defeated Akron 101-59 to improve to 5-4 and the Newfane girls downed Barker 106-64 to likewise go to 5-4.

Sam Sanchez doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Harrison Brown in the 100 Free and 200 Individual Medley to set the pace for the Albion boys as Matt Kovaleski took the 100 Breaststroke, Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke and Carlitos Sanchez the 50 Free.

Andrew Jenks doubled in the 100 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Collin Webb in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke to lead the Barker boys as Adam Wagner took the 200 Free.

Thomas Schultz doubled for Newfane in the 200 Free and 500 Free.

Kayla Hagen doubled in the 100 Butterfly and 500 Free, Amanda Hill in the 50 Free and 100 Free and Madison Ohol in the 200 free and 100 Backstroke for the Roy-Hart girls.

Morgan Harris doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Madison Harris in the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Free to lead the Akron girls.

Hannah Heil was a double winner for Medina in the 50 Free and 100 Free.

August Pietrafesa won the 50 Free and Dan Heil the 100 Breaststroke for the Medina boys.

The Seahorses  also swept the three relays as Pietrafesa, Ray Paull, Jack Hill and Dan Heil won the 200 Medley; Hill, Chris Goyette, Dawson Brown and Hunter Heil the 200 Free and Paul, Mason Pecoraro, Pietrafesa and Dan Heil the 400 Free.

Andrew Buyea doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free and Jacob Cobti in the Individual Medley and Butterfly for Akron.

Lauren Gaughn was a double winner for the Newfane girls in the 300 Free and 500 Free while Sara Gendrue doubled for Barker in the Individual Medley and Breaststroke.

Contributed Photo – Jonathan Conte works toward a pin win for the Holley-Kendall youth wrestling team.

The Holley-Kendall Youth Travel Team wrestlers  rallied to win their first meet of the year 34-32 against Rush-Henrietta on Thursday night.

Holley-Kendall winners included  Peyton Wright at 75 lbs. with a pin, Danny Shuler at 50 lbs. with a pin, Andrew D’Agostino at 55 lbs. with a 13-0 decision, Brendan Eichas at 60 lbs. with a pin, Aro Kruger at 65 lbs. with a pin, and Jonathan Conte at 70 lbs. with a pin.

The next dual meet will be on Saturday at East Irondequoit. This program is a K-6 Youth Wrestling Travel Team, and is a part of the Greater Rochester Youth Wrestling League to promote team building within youth wrestling programs.