Building up a 16 point half-time advantage, host Williamsville North went on to defeat Medina 47-33 this afternoon in the Mustangs non league season opening girls basketball game.

Up 14-6 after one period, Williamsville North increased its advantage to 24-8 at the half and 42-17 at the three-quarter mark after an 18-9 third period scoring edge.

Audrey Craffey led Will North with a game high 16 points including four threes.

Je’ne Brown led Medina with 15 as Camri King added 8, Malayeh Brewer 6 and Faith Henning 4.

“They were good,” said New Medina Coach Larry Lash. “They are a tough opponent and we’re trying to schedule tough opponents. That helps gives us a good picture of where we are and helps us get better.”

Medina will next host Health Sciences in another non league game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Newfane wins Maryvale Tournament
Newfane defeated the host Lady Flyers 60-41 this afternoon in the championship game of the Maryvale Tournament.

Tourney MVP Paige Emborsky scored 26 to lead the way for Newfane as Emily Geer added 13 and Alexa Littman 12.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Anna Lewis drives in for a layup against Holley defenders Madison Marsh (3) and Olivia Radford (5) during the host Lady Tigers win this afternoon.

Taking charge with a late second quarter scoring burst, Lyndonville went on to defeat visiting Holley 42-11 this afternoon in a non league girls basketball game.

Leading by a narrow 12-9 margin, Lyndonville put together a key 10-0 run to close the period and open up a 22-9 half-time advantage.

Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson looks to shoot over Holley’s Sarah Klatt (4) and Madison Marsh (3).

Ella Lewis scored 6 points, including a layup off a steal and another layup at the buzzer, to lead that Lady Tigers uprising which also included baskets by Savannah Poler and Alecia Hinkson.

Lyndonville upped the advantage to 19, 28-9, at the three-quarter mark.

Holley trailed by only two, 6-4, at the end of the first period and then pulled into a 7-7 tie early in the second stanza on a three by Sarah Klatt.

However, the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Hawks 15-2 over the rest of the period to take control of the contest and go to 1-1 on the young season.

Ella Lewis finished with a game high 14 points to lead the Lady Tigers as Hinkson had 11, Anna Lewis 8, Grace Hayes 5 and Poler and Paige McDonald 2 each.

Klatt led Holley with 5 as Madison Marsh, Olivia Radford and Madison Day had 2 each.

Holley’s Madison Marsh looks to put up a shot as Ella Lewis defends for Lyndonville and Delilah Grathouse backs up the play for the Lady Hawks.

Roy-Hart’s Ellie Todd puts up a shot against Oakfield-Alabama defender Lakin Woodward during the host Lady Rams tournament title loss to the Lady Hornets this afternoon.

Racing out to a commanding 21 point first quarter lead, Oakfield-Alabama went on to defeat the host Lady Rams 76-19 this afternoon in the championship game of the Roy-Hart girls basketball Tournament.

Makayla Hilchey scored 7 and Brianna Smith 6 to help spark Oakfield-Alabama out to a 23-2 first quarter lead.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Hornets went on to lead by 33 (41-8) at the half and by 43 (60-17) at the three-quarter mark. Hilchey and Kylie Schlagenhauf both scored 6 in the second quarter.

Hilchey finished with a game high 23 points as Smith added 12, Schlagenhauf 12, Lakin Woodward 9 and Shelby Carlson 6.

Ellie Todd and Ashley Hill both scored 6 to lead Roy-Hart.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Jeremy Browe works toward a pin for Holley-Kendall against Bolton Elliott of Campbell-Savona during the host HawksTeam Tournament today.

Cade Aina in route to a win for the Hawks over Tim Aumick of Campbell-Savona.

Going 3-1 on the day, the host Hawks placed second today at the annual Holley-Kendall Team Tournament.

Holley-Kendall defeated Campbell-Savona 54-15, Eastridge 48-33 and North Rose-Wolcott 57-18 before dropping a 37-21 decision to tourney champion Greece Storm.

Dawson Custer went 4-0 on the day for the Hawks as Tristyn Moyer, Jayden Pieniaszek, Cade Aina, Jeremy Browe, Dylan Spellan, Frank Flynn and Hunter McLean were all 3-1 and Brandon Gardner and Nathan Silversmith 2-2.

“We wrestled consistent and for a young team I’m pretty pleased with our performance,” said Hawks Coach John Grillo.

Byron-Bergen Tournament

Medina had two second place finishers at the Byron-Bergen Tournament in Rashawn Bloom (99) and Colby Petrie (120) as Elijah Sones (195) added a third place.

In the JV Tourney, Judah Barnum, Connor Miller and Mitchell Silversmith each finished third for the Mustangs.

Albion likewise had a pair of second place finishers in Ben Restivo (182) and Donamic Farley (95). The Purple Eagles also had Preston Flugel place fourth and Tim Wells fifth.

In the JV competition Albion had Antonio Vallejo-Miller finish first, Hunter Albright second, Mitchell Knaak and Mekhi Rivera third and Johnny DePuy fourth.

Medina scored a sweep over visiting Byron-Bergen this evening in a season opening non league swim meet. The Seahorses won the boys meet 115-34 and the girls competition 115-48.

August Pietrafesa was a double winner in the 200 Free and 100 Free for the Medina boys as Chris Goyette took the 200 Individual Medley, Jack Hill the 500 Free, Daniel Heil the 100 Backstroke and Ray Paull the 100 Breaststroke.

Brooklyn Brown doubled in the Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly and Hannah Heil in the 50 Free and 100 Free for the Medina girls as Margaret Klotzback took the 200 Free and Alyssa Beyer the 500 Free.

Roy-Hart likewise swept H-A-C winning the boys meet 97-64 and the girls 87-83.

Barker split with Alexander winning the boys meet 98-69 and losing the girls 100-67.

Andrew Jenks doubled in the Individual Medley and Butterfly, Collin Webb the 50 Free and 100 Breastroke and Adam Wagner the 200 Free and 100 Free and Alex Jenks added a win in the 500 Free for the Barker boys.

Putiting together a big fourth quarter surge, the host Lady Rams rallied to nip Tonawanda 37-36 this evening in the opening round of the Roy-Hart Girls Basketball Tournament.

Down 27-20 at the three-quarter mark, Roy-Hart rallied to score 17 points in the decisive final stanza to advance to Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. champion game against Oakfield-Alabama which downed Holland in the other semi.

Maddie Fry scored 6 points and Alexis Lovewell and Ellie Todd both hit clutch late free throws to help key the Lady Rams final period rally.

Todd finished with a total of 10 points, Meaghan Washington 8, Fry 6 and Ashley Hill 4.

Elba 55, Albion 30
Building up a 34-13 half-time advantage, Elba went on to defeat host Albion 55-30 in the Purple Eagles non league season opener.

Maddie Muehlig scored 19 and Leah Bezon 14 to lead Elba.

Cailtynn Snook scored 14 and Janae Doty 7 for Albion

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson puts up a shot between Albion defenders Shyheim Jakes (15) and Deyonci Farley (5) during the host Tigers loss to the Purple Eagles this evening.

Pulling away down the stretch, Albion rebounded from a 27 point season opening loss on Thursday to defeat host Lyndonville 77-55 this evening in a non league boys basketball game.

Up be eight, 53-45, at the three-quarter mark. Albion used a big 24-10 fourth period scoring burst to lock up the win and bounce back from a 72-45 loss to LeRoy on Thursday.

Albion upped its lead to 15, 65-50, midway through the period as a three by Kevin Hillman and a layup off a turnover by Liam Ward capped off a 12-5 run.. Deyonci Farley also had a rebound bucket, Bryce Prtichard a jumper and Demetrius Gardner a layup during that key stretch.

Two more threes by Hillman upped the lead to 21 at 73-51 with two minutes to go.

Bryce Pritchard puts up a shot for Albion as Matt Hess tries for a block.

“They came out ready to play a whole game and I’m very proud of their effort,” said first year Albion Coach David Kozar. “They played well in the first half and they played very good in the second half. It was a good overall team win.”

Leading by a slender one point, 33-32, margin at the half, Albion began to pull away in the third period with a 20-13 scoring edge. Ward hit two threes and Pritchard and Dylan Fox one each to help the Purple Eagles open up as much as a 13 point, 53-40 advantage.

Lyndonville did cut the deficit to eight, 53-45, on a jumper by Matt Hess and a three-point play by Nathan Poler to close the period but the Tigers would get no closer.

Pritchard scored a game high 25 points to lead Albion as Hillman added 14, Ward 10, Farley 8, Gardner 8, Hunter Webster 5, Shyheim Jakes 4 and Fox 3.

Zach Johnson poured in 24 to pace Lyndonville as Poler had 10, Brody Brown 8, Hess 5, Ricky Forder 5 and Nathan Dillenbeck 3.

Pritchard had a two and a three, Gardner two buckets from close range and Hillman a three to help Albion take a 17-15 lead at the end of the first period.  Johnson tallied 10 and Poler 5 in the stanza to keep Lyndonville close.

Pritchard then erupted for 13 points in the second period on three layups, a jumper, a three and two free throws to help the Purple Eagles maintain a slender 33-32 half-time advantage.  Johnson had 7 in the period for the Tigers.

The Purple Eagles then outpointed the Tigers 44-24 in the second half to claim the win.

The contest was the season opener for Lyndonville.

Akron 53, Barker 52

Akron nipped Barker 53-52 in the Niagara-Orleans League opener for both teams.

Nelson Logan and Adam Mietz both scored 10 points for Akron while Austin Sullivan tallied a game high 16 and Nick Brandt 9 for Barker.

Lyndonville’s Ricky Forder grabs a rebound between Albion’s Brad Sanford (14) and Hunter Webster (21).

Building up leads of 9-0 after one quarter and 16-5 at the half, Kendall went on to defeat visiting Holley 37-15 this evening in the girls basketball season opener for both teams.

Taylor ReQua had a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 steals to lead the way for Kendall.

Jenna Regan added 7 points, Lizzie Sutphen 6, Lyndsay Wright 5 and Kaitlyn Gregory 4 for the Lady Eagles.  Wright also grabbed off 10 rebounds.

Olivia Radford scored 7, Madison Marsh 3, Julia Smith and Abigail Willims 2 and Madison Day 1 for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Demetrius Gardner drives to the basket against LeRoy defender Ryan Kettle during the Purple Eagles home court season opening loss this evening.

A huge third period scoring explosion powered LeRoy to a 72-45 victory over host Albion this evening in a season opening non league boys basketball game.

Leading by a slender two point, 33-31, margin at the half, LeRoy put together a 23-4 scoring burst to pull away to a commanding 21 point, 56-35, advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Coryon Roster scored 12 of his game high 30 points and Luke Stella 11 of his 17 to spearhead that LeRoy uprising.

Albion’s Kevin Hillman drives around LeRoy defender William Beswick.

Liam Ward led Albion on the night with 15 as Demetrius Gardner added 8, Bryce Pritchard 7, Dylan Fox 5, Shyheim Jakes and Hunter Webster 4 and Deyonci Farley 2.

Ward had the hot hand at the outset scoring 11 points in the first period, including a trio of threes and a pair of free throws at the buzzer, to spark Albion out to an 18-16 lead. Fox also had a three during that stretch which also included baskets by Gardner and Webster.

A layup by Pritchard kept the Purple Eagles even at 20-20 early in the second period.

However, LeRoy answered with a 9-2 run, including 6 by Roster, to take the lead for good at 29-24.

Albion did rally back to within two, 33-31, at the half after a three by Pritchard, a jumper by Webster and a pair jumpers by Jakes.

However, the Purple Eagles could not regain the lead as LeRoy, which dominated on the boards, pulled away for good with the whopping 23-4 third period scoring burst.

Albion next visits Lyndonville at 7 p.m. Friday in another non league contest.

Roy-Hart 58, Tonawanda 35
Trailing 17-10 after one quarter, Roy-Hart rallied to outscore host Tonawanda 38-12 over the middle two periods to earn a 58-35 non league victory.

Roy-Hart outscored Tonawanda 15-2 in the second period to take a 25-19 lead at the half. Keeping the momentum, the Rams then outpointed the Warriors 23-10 in the third to extend the advantage to 48-29.

Jake Bruning and Noah Kindron both scored 13 and Charlie Bruning 12 to set the pace for Roy-Hart which is now 2-0 on the young season.

Albion’s Austin Dugan drives by LeRoy’s Kristian Dewald for a layup.

The fledgling RoyHart- Barker -Medina club hockey team dropped a pair of road games  over the past two evenings in Western New York High School Club Hockey League action.

On Tuesday, the RBM team traveled to East Aurora for an outdoor game against East Aurora- Holland losing 4-1.

After a scoreless first period, EA scored three straight goals before RBM finally tallied on a goal by Michael Kuchey (Roy-Hart) assisted by his brother, Jason.

EA outshot RBM 33 to 17.

On Wednesday, RBM was hosted by Depew and was defeated 10-1.

Now 1-3 in the league and 0-2 in their division, the RBM team next travels to division opponent Olean on Sunday.