Sacred Heart combined a 41-29 win over JR Wilson with Legion’s 36-34 loss to Vets Club Monday to nearly double its Medina Euchre League lead.

Now up by 16 points, Sacred Heart is 491-419 on the season followed by Legion 475-435, JR Wilson 431-479 and Vets Club 423-487.

League competition continues on January 15 with JR Wilson at Sacred Heart and Legion at Vets Club.

Coming from behind in the fourth quarter, Attica rallied to nip visiting Kendall 63-61 this evening in a Genesee Region League boys basketball game.

Trailing 47-44 at the three-quarter mark, Attica rallied to outscore Kendall 19-14 down the stretch to claim the narrow win.

Dawson Nelson scored 9 of his 15 points to spark that late surge by the Blue Devils whose leading scorer was Franke Bisceglie with 23.

Nathan Warters shared game high honors for Kendall with 23 as Hunter Menze added 12 and John Rath 11.

Kendall jumped out to a 15-7 first quarter lead but Attica rallied into a 29-28 advantage at the half.  The Eagles rebounded to reclaim a 47-44 lead after three quarters but the last rally and the win belonged to the Blue Devils.

Kendall next Byron-Bergen on Wednesday in another G-R contest.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Trenton Jones and his Mustang teammates have two key Niagara-Orleans League games this coming week as the Mustangs host Wilson on Tuesday and visit Newfane on Friday.

It’s early in the season but two-time defending champion Medina faces a pair of key contests this coming week in Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball competition against undefeated foes.

Medina, Newfane and Wilson are currently tied for the N-O lead at 2-0 and the Mustangs face both the Panthers and the Lakemen this week. Medina hosts Wilson on Tuesday and then visits Newfane on Friday.

The N-O wrestling champion will be crowned this week as Albion hosts the annual All-League Tournament on Saturday.  Defending champion Newfane currently leads the standings at 4-0 followed by Akron at 3-1. The Panthers visit Medina (2-2) and the Tigers host Barker/Roy-Hart (0-4) in the regular season finales on Wednesday.

In Genesee Region League basketball action Lyndonville visits Holley in a girls contest on Tuesday. The Tigers will then host the Hawks in a boys game on Wednesday.

Weekly Schedule
Today
Boys Basketball: Kendall at Attica, 7 p.m.

Tuesday
Boys Basketball: Wilson at Medina, 6:30 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Barker, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Medina at Wilson, 6 p.m.; Barker at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; Roy-Hart at Albion, Lyndonville at Holley, Byron-Bergen at Kendall, 7 p.m.
Swimming: Medina at Albion, Roy-Hart at Barker, Akron at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Lyndonville at Alexander, 6 p.m.

Wednesday
Boys Basketball: Holley at Lyndonville, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Newfane at Medina, Wilson at Albion, Barker/Roy-Hart at Akron, Byron-Bergen at Holley-Kendall, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Girls Basketball: Newfane at Medina, Albion at Barker, Akron at Roy-Hart, 6:30 p.m.; Kendall at Holley, Lyndonville at Alexander, 7 p.m.
Swimming: Medina at Roy-Hart, Newfane at Albion, Akron at Barker, 4:30 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball: Medina at Newfane, Roy-Hart at Akron, 6:30 pm.; Barker at Albion, Alexander at Lyndonvlle, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball: Wilson at Barker, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Boys Basketball: Rochester Prep at Kendall, 12 p.m.
Swimming: Medina at Newfane, 10 a.m.
Wrestling: N-O All-League Tournament at Albion, 9 a.m.; Lyndonville at Lockport Tournament,; Holley-Kendall at Eastridge

N-O Standings
Boys Basketball: Newfane 2-0, Medina 2-0, Wilson 2-0, Akron 1-2, Albion 1-2, Barker 0-1, Roy-Hart 0-3
Girls Basketball: Newfane 3-0, Akron 2-0, Albion 1-1, Wilson 1-2, Barker 0-1, Medina 0-1, Roy-Hart 0-2
Boys Swimming: Albion 5-1, Barker 5-1, Medina 3-2, Akron 1-3-1, Roy-Hart 1-4, Newfane 0-4-1
Girls Swimming: Akron 5-0, Roy-Hart 4-1, Newfane 3-2, Barker 3-3, Medina 1-4, Albion 0-5
Wrestling: Newfane 4-0, Akron 3-1, Albion 2-2, Medina 2-2, Wilson 1-3, Barker/Roy-Hart 0-4

Exploding for five goals in the first period, the Tri County Midget hockey team went on to defeat Canandaigua 7-3 today at Brockport.

The first goals of the season by both Pat Holzschuh and Luke Grabb highlighted the huge first period uprising which also included tallies by Tucker Trask, James Hapeman and Josh Gimeli. Trask’s goal opened the scoring surge.

Canandaigua did cut the deficit to 5-2 in the second period but would get no closer.

Patrick Ricker answered with a goal for Tri County before the end of the second period. He then rounded out the scoring with a breakaway goal in the third period.

Now at 2-8-2, Tri County next faces a rematch at Canandaigua on Saturday.

Contributed Photo – Medina’s Brian Fry makes solid contact during competition at the World Power Showcase held over the holiday break at Marlins Park in Miami.

Coming up big on a big stage, Medina High freshman Brian Fry earned second place honors in the Home Run Derby at the 12th annual World Power Showcase held at Marlins Park in Miami over the recent holiday break.

Fry hit 5 homers in the finals after advancing by belting 13 in the preliminary round.

During the Showcase, Fry, who has been a starter on the Medina varsity baseball team since seventh grade, also competed in the Babe Ruth Classic Game and the Major League Baseball Scout Day in which the players displayed their diamond skills in front of baseball’s top evaluators.

Players were selected to compete in this elite World Showcase event based on their abilities, power, scout references and high school and showcase tournament performance.

Fry plays travel ball with the Titans baseball organization which competes in national level tournaments during the summer.

He is also a starting guard for the Medina varsity basketball squad and this past fall started as a wide receiver and defensive back for the Mustangs football team.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Adam Wagner splashes to a win in the 200 Freestyle during the Raiders key victory over host Albion today.

In a bizarre finish, Barker edged past host Albion 48-46 today to move into a tie for first place atop the Niagara-Orleans League boys swim standings.

Trailing 43-41, Barker claimed the victory by taking the final relay event as Albion’s winning quartet was disqualified. The Raiders quartet of Andrew Jenks, Alexander Jenks, Adam Wagner and Collin Webb were credited with the win earning Barker the narrow victory.

In avenging an a season opening 95-75 home pool loss, Barker now pulls even with Albion for the N-O lead at 5-1.

Albion’s Matt Kovaleski in route to scoring a win in the 100 Breaststroke.

Andrew and Alexander Jenks and Webb also teamed up with Dominic Clementi to win the meet opening 200 Medley Relay.

In the individual events, Wagner doubled in the 200 Fee and 500 Free and Webb in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke as Andrew Jenks captured the 50 Free.

Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke and Sam Sanchez took the 100 Butterfly for Albion.

Kovaleski and Sam Sanchez also combined with Harrison Brown and Carlitos Sanchez to win the 200 Free Relay which rallied the Purple Eagles into the lead at 35-33.

The teams then traded wins with Webb taking the Backstroke and Kovaleski the Breaststroke keeping the Purple Eagles up by two, 43-41 heading into the decisive final relay whose outcome ended up being decided by a disqualification.

Barker also downed Albion in the girls meet 67-24 to regain the .500 mark at 3-3.

Natalie Menz doubled in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke and Sara Gendrue in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke to lead the way for Barker as Carla Stoloski captured the 200 Free, Natalie Bruning the 100 Free and Ella Gooding the 500 Free.

In the relays, Bruning, Gendrue,and Menz teamed up with Chloe Goodlander to win the 200 Medley while Bruning, Gooding, Paige Sandolfini and Katrina Clare took the 200 Fee and Gendrue, Menz, Goodlander and Gooding the 400 Free.

Albion’s Michaela Pantano took the 100 Butterfly.

Andrew Jenks in action for Barker during the decisive meet ending 400 Free Relay.

Sam Sanchez heads toward a win for Albion in the 100 Butterfly.

A goal late in each period earned Perinton a 3-1 win over the Tri County Midget hockey team Friday night at Brockport.

Perinton scored with just 1:01 remaining in the first period, 2:03 to go in the second and 3:23 remaining in the third.

Tri County did knot the score at 1-1 midway through the second period on a goal by Tucker Trask but could not find the net again.

Tri County, which next hosts Canandaigua on Sunday at Brockport, s now 1-8-2.

Looking to stay on track to end a dozen year long title drought, Albion will host Barker in a key Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Undefeated (5-0) Albion can open up a commanding two meet lead with a victory over runner-up Barker which is at 4-1. However, a Barker victory would pull the Raiders into a first place tie with the Purple Eagles with four meets remaining on the schedule for each team.

The Purple Eagles handed the Raiders their only loss by a 95-75 score in the season opener at Barker.

Albion, which last captured the N-O crown during the 2005-06 season, is led by senior Carlitos Sanchez, juniors Matt Kovaleski and Harrison Brown and sophomores Sam Sanchez and Thomas Furmanski.

Barker, whose only previous N-O title came 30 years ago when the Raiders earned a co-championship with Akron (both 9-1) during the 1987-88 season, is sparked by the senior trio of Collin Webb, Adam Wagner and Andrew Jenks.

The girls meet will see Barker (2-3) look to regain the .500 mark with a win over Albion (0-5).

The meet had originally been scheduled for this afternoon.

The Medina at Newfane meet, which was also frozen out today with the schools closed, has been rescheduled for January 13 at 10 a.m.

Saturday’s local high school action will also see the Albion wrestling team competing in the Victor Tournament while Medina will be at the NCCC Tournament and Lyndonville at the Alexander Tournament.