Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Bryce Pritchard puts up a shot as Newfane’s Umaru Ibrahim tries for the block during the visiting Panthers win over the Purple Eagles this evening.

Starting to pull away with a late second quarter scoring burst, Newfane went on to defeat host Albion 71-42 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game.

Trailing 19-18, Newfane closed the second period with a key 12-2 run to regain the lead for good. A three and a layup off a steal by Kyle DeVoogel ignited that uprising which was capped off by a three by Max Weber giving the Panthers a 30-21 half-time advantage.

Keeping the momentum, Newfane quickly extended the advantage to 15, 36-21, at the outset of the third period after a burst of three straight layups by Chad Dunbar.

The Panthers maintained a commanding 20 point, 51-31, lead at the three-quarter mark on a half court basket at the buzzer by Drew Boudeman.

Deyonci Farley puts up a shot for Albion over Newfane defender Chad Dunbar.

The contest was deadlocked 14-14 at the end of the opening quarter as each team got scoring from five different players.

Albion regained what proved to be its last lead at 19-18 with 3:30 remaining in the second period after a jumper by Hunter Webster and a three by Dylan Fox.

However, Newfane answered right back with a decisive 12-2 run to close the half and take the lead for good.

DeVoogel finished with a game high 19 points to lead Newfane as Dunbar added 13, Brandon Gross 9, Weber 7, Cameron Stanton 6, Boudeman 5, Umaru Ibrahim and Conor Hill 4, Trevor Moreland 2 and Samuel Auernhamer and Jonah Wisniewski 1.

Liam Ward topped Albion with 17 as Bryce Pritchard had 6, Austin Dugan 4, Fox 3 and Kevin Hillman, Deyonci Farley, Demetrius Gardner, Shyheim Jakes, Vincent Zona and Webster 2 each.

Newfane is now 2-0 in the league and Albion 0-2.

Gowanda 72, Roy-Hart 53
Nate Brawdy poured in 43 points to lead Gowanda to a 72-53 non league win over host Roy-Hart.

Jacob Bruning scored 33 for Roy-Hart as Charlie Bruning added 10 and Noah Kindron 8.

Up 38-29 at the half and 56-44 at the three-quarter mark, Gowanda used a 16-9 fourth period scoring edge to lock up the win.

Byron-Bergen 55, Barker 49

Austin Sullivan scored 20 for Barker in a 55-49 non league loss to Byron-Bergen.

Girls Basketball
Elba 54, Medina 38
Maddie Muehlig scored 19, Emily Reynolds 18 and Brynn Walczak 10 to lead Elba to a 54-38 non league win over visiting Medina.

Camri King scored 16, Maddie Williams 10 and Je’ne Brown 6 for Medina.

Newfane 64, Albion 43
Newfane used a 17-5 fourth quarter scoring surge to earn a 64-43 win over visiting Albion in an N-O contest.

Paige Emborski scored a game high 30 points to lead Newfane as Megan Knoll added 12 and Marlee Passuite 9.

Caitlynn Snook had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Albion as Janae Doty added 11 points and Brylie Hapeman and Kirsten Struble 6.

Newfane led 35-24 at the half and 47-38 after three periods before putting together the big final stanza surge to clinch the win.

Wheatland-Chili 59, Lyndonville 24

Building up a 30-11 half-time advantage, Wheatland-Chili went on to defeat Lyndonville 59-24 in a Genesee Region League game.

Ella Lewis scored 10 and Alecia Hinkson 8 for Lyndonville.

In other G-R action, Pembroke downed Holley 41-31. No score was reported from the Kendall vs. Notre Dame game.

Staying perfect at 4-0, Albion defeated visiting Akron 61-33 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet.

Carlitos Sanchez was a double winner in the 200 Free and 100 Free for Albion as Matt Kovaleski took the 200 Individual Medley, Sam Sanchez the 50 Free, Tyler Kast the 100 Butterfly and Thomas Furmanski the 100 Backstroke.

Carlitos and Sam Sanchez also teamed up with Kovaleski and Harrison Brown to win both the 200 Free and 400 Free relays setting a new school record in the 200.

Furmanski , Kovaleski, Kast and Sam Sanchez also combined to win the 200 Medley Relay.

Taking first place in all 11 events, Akron downed Albion 81-13 in the girls meet to improve to 4-0.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Jessy Cruz works toward a pin over Lyndonville’s Chris Clark during the visiting Purple Eagles non league win this evening.

Benefitting from 9 forfeit wins, Albion posted a 75-12 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a non league wrestling match.

Tim Wells (160), Jessy Cruz (170) and Ugene Harrison (152) all registered pins for Albion which also got a decision win from Hunter Albright (145).

Cullen Heveron (132) and Brennon Munn (138) both notched pins for Lyndonville.

Holley-Kendall 48, Wilson 34
Pins by Tristyn Moyer, Brandon Gardner, Cade Aina, Dawson Custer, Jeremy Browe and Dylan Spellan highlighted Holley-Kendall’s non league 48-34 victory over Wilson at Kendall as Erik Balys and Hunter McLean added key decision wins.

Lyndonville’s Brennon Munn in route to earning a pin over Albion’s Shane Hastings.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson goes in for a layup against Wheatland-Chili defender Anthony Rosado during the Tigers home court loss to the Wildcats this evening as Kane Flynn moves in on the play.

Unable to overcome an early 12 point deficit, Lyndonville dropped a 49-42 decision to visiting Wheatland-Chili this evening in a Genesee Region League boys game.

Scoring the game’s first nine points, Wheatland-Chili went on to hold a 12 point, 19-7, advantage at the end of the opening quarter, a lead the Wildcats never relinquished.

Down by 10, 26-16, at the half, Lyndonville did cut the deficit to nine, 29-20 early in the third period after layups by Matt Hess and Zach Johnson.

However,W-C answered with an 8-2 run to close the period, including 6 by Adam Lund, to regain a 15 point, 37-22, advantage at the three-quarter mark

Lyndonville though did come battling back outpointing W-C 20-12 in the final stanza including 7 by Nathan Dillenbeck and 4 by Johnson.

The Tigers cut the deficit to six, 44-38, with just over a minute to go after a three by Kane Flynn but could get no closer at the Wildcats’ final five points came from the free throw line.

Lund and Anthony Rosado both scored 15, Will Gebhardt 9 and Kevin Bayly-Henshaw 8 to lead the way for W-C.

Hess scored 10, Dillenbeck and Nathan Poler 9, Johnson and Flynn 6 and Ricky Forder 2 for Lyndonville.

Notre Dame 64, Kendall 48
Nico Zambito, Ryan Moffat and Spencer Misiti each scored 13 points to lead Notre Dame past host Kendall 64-48 in a G-R contest. Zambito also had 15 rebounds and Moffat 8.

Nate Warters scored 15, Hunter Menze 14 and Mickey Gardner 8 for Kendall, which is now 2-4.

Improving to 6-0, Notre Dame held leads of 18-10 after one quarter, 39-25 at the half and 50-40 at the three-quarter mark.

Wilson 65, Roy-Hart 49
Leading by a narrow 42-39 margin, Wilson outscored host Roy-Hart 23-10 in the decisive final period to claim a 65-49 Niagara-Orleans League victory.

Mac Musall scored 9 of his game high 19 points and Nate Fox 7 of his 15 lead lead that late surge for Wilson which also got 13 on the night from Jake Miller.

Jake Bruning scored 16 and Charlie Bruning 13 for Roy-Hart which trailed by only three, 27-24, at the half.

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

Girls Basketball
Wilson 49, Roy-Hart 33
Ellie Todd and Megan Washington each scored 10 for Roy-Hart in the 49-33 N-O loss to Wilson.

Wilson is now 1-2 and R-H -2 in league action.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Collin Webb heads toward a win in the 100 Backstroke during the Raiders victory over visiting Medina this afternoon.

Barker scored a sweep over visiting Medina this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League swim meet taking the boys’ competition 90-80 and the girls’ 91-79.

A win in the final event, the 400 Free Relay, by the quartet of Andrew Jenks, Adam Wagner, Collin Webb and Ryan Santarsiero locked up the victory for the Raiders.

Jenks also doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly, Wagner in the 200 Free and 100 Free and Webb in the 50 Free and 100 Back as Santarsiero took the 500 Free.

Medina’s Ray Paull won the 100 Breaststroke.

The Raiders improve to 3-1 while the Seahorses slip to 2-2.

The Barker girls got individual event wins from Natalie Menz (Individual Medley), Chloe Goodlander (100 Butterfly), Ella Gooding (500 Free), Natalie Bruning (100 Back) and Sara Gendrue (100 Breaststeoke).

Bruning, Gendrue, Menz and Goodlander also teamed up to win both the 200 Medley and 400 Free Relays.

Margaret Klotzbach was a double winner for Medina in the 200 Free and 100 Free while Hannah Heil captured the 50 Free.

Heil and Kotzbach also teamed up with Alyssa Beyer and Amanda Wooddruff to win the 200 Free Relay.

Barker is now 2-2 and Medina 1-3.

Roy-Hart sweeps Newfane
Roy-Hart likewise swept to a doubleheader victory over Newfane winning the boys’ meet 84-83 and the girls’ 95-75

A win in the 400 Free Relay by William Rickard, Michael Miller, Patrick Sheelar and Madigan Lang provided the margin of victory for the Roy-Hart boys.  Rickard also won the 100 Free and Lang the 500 Free.

The Channel Cats are now 1-3 and the Panthers 0-3-1.

Amanda Hill doubled in the Individual Medley and Butterfly and Kayla Hagen in the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke to lead the way for the Roy-Hart girls.  Hagen set a new school record in the 100 Free with a time of :56.91.

Roy-Hart is now 3-1 and Newfane 2-2.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina  Club Hockey team won their fourth straight game Wednesday evening with a 4-2 home victory over division foe Cheektowaga.

After falling behind 1-0, Jason Kuchey (R-H) scored, assisted by Michael Kuchey (R-H) and Dylan Krzykowski (Akron).

Cheektowaga scored the only goal of the second period.

Very early in the last period, Michael Kuchey scored off assists Tom Paisley (R-H), and Jason Kuchey to even the score.

The game winner was then put in by Krzykowski from Michael Kuchey.

RBM rounded out the scoring on an unassisted goal by Jason Kuchey.

Now 5-4, RBM returns to the ice this Saturday at home in the Cornerstone Arena against Dunkirk- Fredonia at 7 p.m.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ella Lewis tries to put up a shot between Elba defenders Brynn Walczak and Emily Reynolds during the host Lady Tigers loss to the Lady Lancers this evening.

Pulling away with a big second period scoring surge, Elba went on to post a 58-18 victory over host Lyndonville this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Leading 15-7, Elba erupted for an 18-2 second period scoring burst to open up a commanding 33-9 half-time advantage. Two threes by Maddie Muehlig and one each by Leah Bezon and Taylor Augello highlighted that surge.

Elba went on to lead by  44-18 margin at the three-quarter mark.

Emily Reynolds led Elba with a game high 19 points as Bezon netted 18 and Muehlig 12.

Ella Lewis scored 6, Alecia Hinkson 5 and Savannah Poler 4 for Lyndonville.

In other G-R games, Wheatland-Chili defeated Kendall 47-15 and Byron-Bergen downed Holley 56-28.

Mt. St. Mary’s 67, Medina 47
Jumping out to a 20-10 first quarter lead, Mt. St. Mary’s went on to defeat visiting Medina 67-47 in a non league game.

Mt. St. Mary’s went on to lead by margins of 36-24 at the half and 53-36 at the three-quarter mark.

Je’ne Brown led Medina with 24 as Maddie Williams and Maleyah Brewer 6, Shamaria Howard 4, Kharise Johnson 3 and Divere Brown and Camri King 2 each.

Akron, Wilson split
Akron and Wilson split in a pair of Niagara-Olreans League make-up games, Akron won the girls contest 42-36 and Wilson the boys 49-30.