Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Camri King puts up a shot as Newfane’s Paige Emborsky tries for the block. The action took place during the Mustangs home court loss to the Lady Panthers this evening.

Moving on top to stay with an early third period scoring burst, Newfane went on to defeat host Medina 67-51 this evening to improve to 5-0 in Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball competition.

Leading by a narrow 36-35 margin at the half, Newfane began to pull away by opening the second half with a 9-1 run including a three and a jumper by Paige Emborsky along with jumpers by Marlee Passuite and Alexa Littman for a 45-36 advantage.

Back-to-back baskets off steals late in the period by Emborsky kept the Lady Panthers up by nine, 51-42, at the three-quarter mark.

Medina could get no closer than nine down the stretch as Emborsky hit three more threes to help the Lady Panthers pull away for a 16 point victory.

Medina’s Je’ne Brown puts up a shot against Newfane defenders Alexa Littman and Mackenzie Perry.

Emborsky finished with a game high 38 points, including eight threes, as Emily Foltz added 9, Littman, Megan Knoll and Emily Geeer 6 each and Passuite 2.

Je’ne Brown led Medina with 25 as Camri King added 12, Maddie Williams, Kharise Johnson and Divere Brown 4 each and Maleyah Brewer 2.

Newfane grabbed a narrow 17-16 lead at the end of a sea-saw first period which saw eight lead changes. Emborsky scored 9 to lead the way for the Lady Panthers while Je’ne Brown tallied 7 and King 5 for Medina.

A pair of threes by Emborsky helped Newfane increase it’s lead to six, 27-21, early in the second period but Medina answered with a 10-2 run, including 6 by Je’ne Brown, to take what proved to be its last lead at 31-29.

However, Newfane answered right back with a 7-0 run including a three by Emborsky and layups off steals by both Littman and Knoll to regain the lead for good at 36-31.

Medina did get late layups by King and Brewer to cut the deficit to one, 36-35, at the half but the Mustangs could not regain the lead.

Medina is now 0-3 in N-O action.

Albion 45, Barker 15
Building up a commanding 33-6 half-time advantage, Albion went on to defeat host Barker 45-15 as Caitlynn Snook scored 15 and Janae Doty 9.

Hailey Brown scored 7 for Barker which will next host Wilson at 4:15 p.m. Friday..

Albion is now 3-1 and Barker 0-3 in N-O competition.

Akron 70, Roy-Hart 48
Akron downed Roy-Hart 70-48 to stay unbeaten a 3-0 in N-O action.

Ellie Todd scored 10, Skyler Christopher and Maddie Fry 8 and Meghan Washington 7 for Roy-Hart which slips to 0-4.

Boys Basketball: Albion game time change

Friday’s Barker at Albion boys varsity game will be played at 5 p.m.

Medina’s Kharise Johnson drives against Newfane’s Emily Foltz.

Albion and Barker both scored Niagara-Orleans League boys swim victories this afternoon to remain tied for first place at 7-1.

Albion defeated Newfane 64-30 and Barker downed Akron 102-65.

Matt Kovaleski was a double winner in the 200 Inividual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Carlitos Sanchez in the 50 Free and 100 Free to lead the way for Albion as Sam Sanchez took the 100 Butterfly and Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke.

Andrew Jenks doubled in the Individual Medley and Butterfly and Collin Webb in the 50 Free and Backstroke for Barker as Adam Wagner took the 200 Free and Joe Baronich the Breaststroke.

In the other boys meet, Medina defeated host Roy-Hart 90-80 as Dan Heil doubled in the Individual Medley and Backstroke and Cole Seefeldt captured the Breaststroke.

Dan Heil also teamed up with Ray Paull, Hunter Heil and Mason Pecoraro to win the 200 Medley Relay. Pecoraro and Hunter Heil also teamed up with August Pietrafesa and Jack Hill to take the 200 Free Relay.

Madigan Lang doubled in the 200 and 500 free and Will Rickard in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Roy-Hart.

The Akron girls stayed undefeated at 7-0 with a 113-56 win over Barker as Skyler Massey doubled in the Individual Medley and Butterfly.

The Roy-Hart girls stayed in the title chase by downing Medina 122-48 to improve to 6-1.

Amanda Hill doubled in the Butterfly and Backstroke and Madison Ohol in the 200 Free and 500 Free to lead Roy-Hart as Jenna Heiser took the Individual Medley, Holly DiMayo the Breaststroke and Kayla Hagen the 100 Free.

Hannah Heil won the 50 Free for Medina.

The Newfane girls improved to 4-3 with a 73-20 win over Albion as Lauren Gaughran doubled in the 50 Free and 500 Free and Meghan Mietlicki in the 100 Free and Backstroke.

A five game winning streak was snapped as the Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina Club Hockey team lost 5-3 to Canisius Wednesday evening in a Western New York Club Hockey League cross-division game.

Falling behind very early in the first period, RBM was able to tie the game at 1-1 on a goal by Michael Kuchey, assisted by his brother, Jason.

Canisius, however, did all the scoring in the next period and led 3-1 entering the final stanza.

RBM got two goals in the third period from Dylan Krzykowski with assists from Jason Kuchey (2), Michael Kuchey and Luke Luckman.  However, those goals were matched by Canisius.

Now tied for second place in the White Division, RBM’s next game is against first place East Aurora/Holland on Friday, January 19th at the Cornerstone Arena in Lockport at 8 p.m.

Contributed Photo – The Albion Purple Eagles dedicated their recent home match against Akron to the memory of Johnny Fiebelkorn, the Tiger wrestler who was killed in a car accident this past summer. The Purple Eagles had T-shirts made to show their condolences to the Akron team and their families. Here captains and coaches from the two teams meet with the official prior to the start of the match.

Registering a total of seven pins, Albion posted a narrow 45-39 victory over visiting Wilson this evening to improve to 3-2 in Niagara-Orleans League wrestling competition.

Cody Wilson’s third period pin at 220 provided the margin of victory for Albion which also got pins from Hunter Albright, Preston Flugel, Malachi Sugar, Ugene Harrison, Tim Wells and Chase Carlton.

The loss drops Wilson to 1-4.

Newfane 49, Medina 21
Defending champion Newfane closed out the 5-0 dual meet portion of the N-O season with a 49-21 victory over host Medina.

Elijah Sones, Colby Petrie and Joe Gates all registered pins for Medina (2-3) as DaRon Bellan added a decision win.

Holley-Kendall 50, Byron-Bergen 36
Pins by Jeff Moynihan, Jayden Pieniaszek, Brandon Gardner, Erik Balys and Dylan Spellam, along with a decision win by Hunter McLean, keyed Holley-Kendall to a key 50-36 Genesee Region League victory over visiting Byron-Bergen.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Kane Flynn drives to the basket against Holley defender Nathan Towne during the Tigers victory over the visiting Hawks this evening.

A big 18-7 third period scoring surge keyed Lyndonville to a 69-61 victory over visiting Holley this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Trailing 38-35, Lyndonville put together a key 10-0 run early in the third period to regain the lead for good. Three layups by Matt Hess ignited that uprising. Kane Flynn and Zach Johnson followed up with baskets as the Tigers took a 45-38 lead.

Threes by Nathan Dillenbeck and Flynn, along with another layup by Hess, helped Lyndonville maintain a 10 point 53-43, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Zach Johnson scores two against Holley’s Ryan Andrews and John Mounts.

Another three by Flynn, along with two baskets by Johnson and one by Hess helped Lyndonville increase its advantage to 15, 63-48, midway through the final period.

Holley did battle back to within seven, 64-57, after a three by Andrew Moseman along with a three-point play by Patrick Bower but the Hawks could get no closer.

A pair of free throws by Nathan Poler followed by a three-point play by Richard Forder then helped Lyndonville close out the victory.

Flynn finished with a game high 22 points for the Tigers as Johnson tallied 17, Hess 14, Forder 7, Dillenbeck 5 and Poler 4.

Ryan Andrews led Holley with 20, including six threes, as Bower had 19, Moseman 16 and John Mounts 6.

Ryan Andrews hit three threes and Moseman one to help Holley grab a narrow 16-14, lead at the end of a sea-saw first period which saw four ties and three lead changes.

There were four more ties and four lead changes in the second period with finished with the Hawks up by a slender 36-35 margin.

A three-point play in the final two seconds by Moseman capped off s 7-0 Holley run to close the period which also included a layup and two free throws by Mounts.

Flynn scored 9 and Johnson 6 in the period for Lyndonville which did hold a six point, 33-27, lead late in the period.  A layup off a turnover by Flynn highlighted a 6-0 run to give the Tigers that lead.

Holley increased its lead a bit to 38-35 at the outset of the third period after a rebound basket by Andrews.

However, the rest of the period belonged to Lyndonville as the Tigers outpointed the Hawks 18-5 over the next seven minutes to open up a 10 point, 53-43, advantage at the three-quarter mark. The Hawks could get no closer than seven down the stretch.

Lyndonville is now 2-4 in the league and 3-7 overall while Holley is 0-4, 2-7.

Byron-Bergen 71, Kendall 59

A big second quarter sparked Byron-Bergen to a 71-59 G-R win over visiting Kendall.

Up 19-13 after one period, B-B outpointed Kendall 24-14 in the decisive second period to open up a 16 point, 43-27, advantage at the half.

Cameron Shenk scored 21 to lead B-B on seven threes, six of which came in the first half.

John Rath scored 22 and Nate Warters 12 for Kendall as Mickey Gardner grabbed off 9 rebounds.

Holley’s Ryan Andrews puts up a three over Lyndonville defender Kane Flynn.

Andrew Moseman drives to the basket for Holley against Lyndonville’s Nathan Poler.

It was a tale of two halves as Lyndonville edged past host Holley 32-31 this evening in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game.

Trailing 21-10 at the half, Lyndonville rallied to outscore Holley by a nearly identical 22-10 margin in the second half to claim the narrow victory.

Ella Lewis hit a three to pull Lyndonville even at 31-31 and then added the game winning free throw with 12 sends remaining.

Ella Lewis finished with 14 and Alecia Hinkson 11 for the Lady Tigers.

Olivia Radford led Holley with 12.

In one other G-R game, Byron-Bergen downed Kendall 44-37.

Wrestling
Alexander 54, Lyndonville 15
Dylan Burt-Hodgins registered a pin while Chase Stinson, Chris Clark and Hayden Arlington all earned decision wins for Lyndonville in Tigers 54-15 G-R League loss at Alexander.

Getting point production from 10 different players, Albion posted a 39-29 victory over visiting Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game.

Caitlynn Snook scored 7 and Brylie Hapeman and Natalie DiCureia 6 for Albion which improves to 2-1 in N-O action.

Ellie Todd and Ashley Hill both tallied 7 and Meghan Washington 6 for Roy-Hart which slips to 0-3.

Trailing 12-6 after one period, Albion used a big 17 point second period to rally into a 23-15 lead at the half.  The Purple Eagles maintained a 33-18 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson 40, Medina 34
Skylar Munnikhuysen had 13 points, 8 steals and 7 rebounds and Emily Kelly 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 steals to lead Wilson to a 40-34 victory over visiting Medina.

Je’ne Brown scored 18 and Camri King 9 for Medina.

Trailing 11-6 after one period, Wilson rallied into an 18-18 tie at the half and into a 27-24 lead at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson is now 2-2 and Medina 0-2 in league play.

Newfane 70, Barker 27
Paige Emborsky scored 20, Makenzie Perry 13 and Emily Foltz 10 to lead Newfane to a 70-27 win over Barker.

Hailey Brown scored 9 for Barker.

Newfane is now 4-0 and Barker 0-2.

Five players scored in double figures keying Albion to a 72-65 victory over host Roy-Hart this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Liam Ward scored 16, Demetrius Gardner 13, Bryce Pritchard 12, Deyonci Farley 11 and Vincent Zona 10 to spark the Purple Eagles.

Roy-Hart, which played without scoring leader Jake Bruning, got a career high 33 points from Noah Kindron.  Charlie Bruning added 13 for the Rams as Blake Halstead chipped in with 9 and Charlie Brigham and Lance Krieger 8.

Breaking away from a 29-29 half-time deadlock, Albion used a 26-16 third period scoring advantage to open up a 55-45 lead at the three-quarter mark. Pritchard tallied 8 and Ward 6 to lead that decisive uprising.

Albion is now 2-2 and Roy-Hart 0-4 in N-O action.

Newfane 79, Barker 39
Roaring out to a 48-18 half-time advantage, Newfane went on to down Barker 79-39 to maintain a share of the N-O lead at 3-0.

Kyle DeVooogel scored a game high 22 points and Brandon Gross added 11 to lead the Panthers.

Preston Harris scored 13 for Barker.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Nate Sherman puts up a shot between Wilson defenders Ian Evans and Steve Frerichs during the Mustangs loss to the visiting Lakemen this evening.

Defending champion Medina fell out a share of first place as the Mustangs dropped a 55-48 decision to visiting Wilson this evening in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Wilson improves to 3-0 in N-O competition while Medina slips to 2-1.

Nate Fox scored a game high 19 points, Jake Miller 11 and Mac Musall 10 to lead the way for Wilson as Ian Evans added 6, Matt Daul 5 and Steve Frerichs 4.

Izaiah Rhim scored 18 and Jalin Cooper 14 for Medina as Nate Sherman chipped in with 6, Brendan Lurhart 5, Alex Allis 3 and Trenton Joens 2.

Wilson jumped out to a 9-3 at the outset after back-to-back threes by Fox and the Lakemen went on to hold a 17-11 lead at the end of the opening period.

Medina came battling back in the second period to cut the deficit to one at 29-28 after a layup by Jones. Rhim erupted for 10 points on five layups to spearhead the Mustangs rally.

Wilson though regained a narrow 30-29 lead at the half after a bucket by Fox.

The Lakemen upped the lead to eight, 41-33, midway through the third period after a pair of baskets by Fox and a three by Miller.

However, Medina again came rallying back closing the period with a 7-0 run on a layup by Sherman, a rebound basket by Rhim and a three by Luthart to cut the deficit to one, 41-40.

The Mustangs then regained the lead for the last time at 42-41 on a layup by Sherman to open the decisive final period.

Wilson though answered right back with a 9-2 run on two threes by Miller and one by Fox to regain the lead for good at 50-44.

A pair of free throws and a jumper by Cooper did rally Medina back to within two, 50-48, but the Mustangs could not pull even.

Wilson answered with a big basket by Miller to go back up by four and then put a lock on the victory on two free throws each by Fox and Musall in the final 40 seconds.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Chase Froman competes for Albion in the 100 Breaststroke during the host Purple Eagles win over Medina this afternoon.

Taking first place in all 11 events, Albion posted a 56-38 victory over visiting Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet.

Improving to 6-1 with the win, Albion maintains a share of first place with Barker which downed Roy-Hart 96-73.

Harrison Brown doubled in the 200 Free and 500 Free, Matt Kovaleski in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Carlitos Sanchez in the 50 Free and 100 Free to lead the way for Albion as Sam Sanchez took the 100 Butterfly and Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke.

Kovaleski, Brown, Sam Sanchez and Carlitos Sanchez also teamed up to win both the 200 Free and 400 free relays. Furmanski and Sam Sanchez also combined with Tyler Kast and Chase Froman took the 200 Medley Relay.

Margaret Klotzbach in route to a win for Medina in the 200 Freestyle.

Medina earned a split on the day by downing Albion in the girls meet 70-24 to go to 2-4.

Hannah Heil was a double winner in the 50 Free and 100 Free for Medina which took first place in 10 of 11 events.

The Seahorses also had Margaret Klotzbach take the 200 Free, Brooklyn Brown the 200 IM, Alyssa Beyer the 500 Free, Marguerite Brakenbury the 100 Back and Grace Cogovan the 100 Breaststroke.

Medina swept the three relays as Beyer, Brown, Cogovan and Ashton Laird the 200 Medley; Heil, Beyer, Rebecca Lunden and Amanda Woodruff the 200 Free and Heil, Woodruff, Klotzbach and Kenward the 400 Free.

Albion’s Michaela Pantano won the 100 Butterfly.

Barker, Roy-Hart split
Andrew Jenks doubled in the 200 IM and 100 Butterfly and Collin Webb in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for the Barker boys in the 96-73 victory over Roy-Hart.

The Roy-Hart girls bested Barker 111-59 to improve to 5-1.

The Channel Cats were led by a trio of individual event double winners including Madison Ohol (200 Free, 500 Free), Amanda Hill (200 IM, 100 Free) and Kayla Hagen (100 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke).

Akron, Newfane split

The Akron girls stayed perfect at 6-0 with a 90-80 win over Newfane (3-3).

Newfane (1-4-1) won the boys meet by defeating Akron (1-4-1) 92-69.