Photo by Mike Wertman – Albion’s B-2 All-Stars include, in front, Caleb Pettit, Kirk Ellison, JaQuess Harrison, Demetrius Gardner, Bryce Pritchard and Brilliance Johnson. In back are Ben Restivo, Tyler Kast, Justin Robinson, Ugene Harrison, Jessy Cruz, Matt Kovaleski and Jonathan DePuy. Missing from the photo is Nate Moore.

Over a dozen players from Albion’s co-championship team have earned sports on the Class B Division 2 All-Star football squad.

Albion, which shared the B-2 title with Dunkirk at 4-1, is represented on the first team by junior quarterback Bryce Pritchard, junior running back Ugene Harrison, senior fullback Demetrius Gardner, senior defensive back JaQuess Harrison, senior offensive lineman Caleb Pettit and junior defensive lineman Ben Restivo.

Pritchard had 873 all purpose yards and 8 touchdowns, Ugene Harrison 905 yards rushing, 11 touchdowns and 60 tackles, JaQuess Harrison 350 all purpose yards, 5 touchdowns and 41 tackles; Gardner 411 all purpose yards, 3 touchdowns and 64 tackles and Restivo 75 tackles, including 55 solo, and 3 sacks.

Albion is represented on the second team by sophomore running back Brilliance Johnson, junior defensive backs Nate Moore and Matt Kovaleski, senior kicker Justin Robinson and senior offensive lineman Tyler Kast.

Johnson had 355 yards rushing, 3 touchdowns and 23 tackles, Moore 144 all purpose yards, 4 touchdowns and 38 tackles, Kovaleski 33 tackles and Robinson 11 extra point kicks.

The Purple Eagles also had juniors Kirk Ellison, Jessy Cruz and Jonathan DePuy earn Honorable Mention.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Anchoring the lineup for the Kendall varsity basketball team this season will be this veteran quartet go John Rath, Nate Warters, Mickey Gardner and Hunter Menze.

A quartet of veterans will anchor an all underclassmen lineup for Kendall as the Eagles prep for the upcoming boys basketball season.

That veteran contingent includes John Rath, Nate Warters, Hunter Menze and Mickey Gardner, all juniors.

The Eagles lineup also includes sophomores Mason Kuhn, Tyler Wright-Dunkle and Dale Steffen along with freshman Derek Edick.

“We’re going to be young,” said Eagles Coach Matt Zimmer. “We’ve got a good nucleus though of guys who have played together for a couple of years. We’ve got some potential. We just have to find the right mix.”

The Eagles graduation losses included Brandon Miller,James Longrod and Collin Lewis.

Kendall, which went 4-9 in the Genesee Region League and 5-16 overall last year, is slated to host Pavilion in the non league season penner on Novemberr 29 and begin G-R competition at Lyndonville on December 8.

Schedule
November: Pavilion, 7 p.m.
December: 6 – Rochester Prep, 5:30 p.m.; 8 – at Lyndonville, 7 p.m.; 11 – Barker, 7 p.m.; 15 – Elba, 7 p.m.; 19 – at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.; 21 – Notre Dame ,7 p.m.; 29 – vs. Holley at Holley Tournament, 7 p.m.; 20 – at Holley Tournament, TBA.
January: 4 – Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.; 8 – at Attica, 7 p.m.; 10 – at Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.; 17 – Pembroke, 7 p.m.; 25 – Alexander, 7 p.m.; 30 – at Notre Dme, 7 p.m.
February: 1 – Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.; 7 – at Elba, 7 p.m.; 9 – at RAC, 6 p.m.; 12 – at Pavilion, TBA. 14 – Lyndonville, 7 p.m.

Sacred Heart downed JR Wilson 39-31 Monday to close to within three points of front-running Legion in Medina Euchre League action.

Legion trimmed Vets Club 36-34 to improve to 262-228 on the season followed by Sacred Heart 259-231, Vets Club 231-259 and JR Wilson 228-262.

League competition continues on November 20 with Legion at Vets Club and Sacred Heart at JR Wilson.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Helping to lead Lyndonville into the upcoming girls basketball season are veterans Anna Lewis, Grace Hayes and Alecia Hinkson. Missing from the photo is Miranda Lembcke.

With a quartet of veterans anchoring the lineup the Lyndonville girls basketball squad is prepping for the November 29 non league season home opener against Barker.

The veteran foursome includes seniors Miranda Lembcke, Alecia Hinkson and Grace Hayes along with junior Anna Lewis.

The Lady Tigers youthful lineup also includes junior Paige McDonald, sophomores Danielle Weldon and Savannah Poler and eighth grader Ella Lewis.

“We’re going to be a fast, small, aggressive team and just go after teams,” said Coach Barry Webber. “If we can cause some turnovers with our speed and aggressive play that will be key. It will be an interesting year.”

Lyndonville’s graduation losses included scoring leader and G-R All-Star Aubrey Lewis (231 points) and rebounding leader Makenzie Muck (226 rebounds).

Schedule
November: 29 – Barker, 7 p.m.
December: 2 – Holley, 2:30 p.m.; 5 – Akron, 7 p.m.; 8 – at Kendall, 7 p.m.; 12 – Notre Dame, 7 p.m.; 14 – at Barker, 6:30 p.m.; 20 – Elba, 7 p.m.; 22 – at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.; 28 – Rochester Prep, 5 p.m.
January: 5 – Pembroke, 7 p.m.; 9 – at Holley, 7 p.m.; 11 – at Alexander, 7 p.m.; 16 – Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.; 18 – Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.; 26 – at Attica, 7 p.m.; 31 – Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.
February: 2 – at Elba, 7 p.m.; 6 – at Rochester Academy Charter, 6 p.m.; 10 – at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.; 13 – Kendlal, 7 p.m.

Perinton rallied for two late goals to nip the Tri County Midget hockey team 4-3 today at Rochester.

Trailing 1-0, Tri County rallied into a 2-1 lead in the second period after goals by Josh Gimeli and David Archbald.

Tri County maintained a 3-2 lead at the end of the second period on a goal by Patrick Ricker to snap a 2-2 deadlock.

However, Perinton rallied with two unanswered goals in the final eight minutes of the third period to claim the narrow win.

Tri County, which is now 0-3, next faces Monroe County next Sunday.

Photo by Mike Wertman – Getting set to lead Roy-Hart into the upcoming season is the Rams veteran backcourt trio of Charlie Brigham, Jake Bruning and Noah Kindron

A trio of veteran backcourt players looks to lead the way for Roy-Hart as the Rams prep for the upcoming Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season.

That trio of guards includes seniors Jake Bruning and Noah Kindron along with junior Charlie Brigham. Bruning earned second team Al-League honors last season as he scored 335 points for a 15.2 average.

“We have a very talented backcourt and we’ll definitely be leaning on them,” said Rams Coach Joe Pawlak.

Up front the Rams are looking to the quartet of senior Jon Huntington, juniors Quinten Koch and Charlie Bruning and sophomore Blake Halstead.

“We’ve got a really nice rotation of players upfront,” said Pawlak who noted that the Rams are also looking for contributions from juniors Lance Krieger and Hunter Pratt.

The Rams graduated seven players including Cam Meadows, Brendan Hess and Eric Fitch.

Roy-Hart, which went 4-8 in the league a year ago is slated to open the season at home on November 28 with a non league game against CCA. The Rams N-O opener s slated for December 12 at Newfane.

Schedule
November: 28 – CCA, 7 p.m.
December: 5 – at Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.; 8 – vs. East Aurora in the Cataract Classic at Niagara Falls High, 6:30 p.m.; 12 – at Newfane, 6:30 p.m.; 14 – Cleve Hill, 7 p.m.; 19 – Oracle, 7 p.m.; 21 – Wilson, 7 p.m.
January: 4 – Medina, 7 p.m.; 9 – Albion, 7 p.m.; 12 – at Akron, 6:30 p.m.; 17 – Emerson, 7 p.m.; 19 – Barker, 7 p.m.; 25 – Newfane, 7 p.m.; 30 – at Wilson, 6 p.m.
February: 2 – at Medina, 6:30 p.m.; 6 – at Albion, 7 p.m.; 9 – Akron, 7:30 p.m.; 15 – at Barker, 7 p.m.

Contributed Photo – Jason Hellwig

Making his first collegiate start at quarterback, Medina High graduate Jason Hellwig helped lead SUNY Brockport to a 28-7 victory at St. Lawrence this afternoon as the Empire 8 Conference champion Eagles finish the regular season at 10-0.

Hellwig ran 26 yards for one touchdown and caught a 14 yard pass for another score off a double reverse play, both in the second quarter, to help Brockport build up a 21-0 lead.

Hellwig, who holds the Medina career record for touchdown passes with 45, completed 14 passes for 132 yards on the day.

A sophomore at Brockport, Hellwig is majoring in Sports Management with a minor in Coaching.

The Brockport roster also includes another Medina grad, Jake Cotriss who is a senior defensive back.

The Niagara-Orleans League and Section VI Class C champion Newfane boys and girls cross-country teams both earned high finishes at the state meet held today at Wayne Central.

The Newfane girls placed second with 83 points behind Syracuse CBA (62 points) as Kim Goerss led the Lady Panthers with a 4th place finish. Rounding out the Lady Panthers top five finishers were Catalina Ersing (29th), Lydia Chunco (38th), Vanessa Burkard (45th) and Bina Burkhard (46th).

The Newfane boys placed third with 79 points behind Mount Academy (50 points) and Watkins Glen (67 points) as Samuel Auernhamer led the way with a 4th place finish.  The Panthers top five finishers also included Collin McCabe (26th), Alan Lingle (37th), Austin Burkhard (51st) and Noah Thornton (58th).

Also the girls Class C race Akron senior Margo Henley finished 17th while in the Class B race Albion freshman Alanna Holman placed 63rd.

State Field Hockey Semifinals
Building up a commanding 5-0 half-time advantage, three-time defending champion Whitney Point went on to defeat Akron 9-0 this morning in the semifinals of the state Class C field hockey playoffs at Maine-Endwell High near Binghamton.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Jenna Regan and Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson have been named to the Geensee Region League All-Star volleyball team.

Two local juniors, Kendall’s Jenna Regan and Lyndonville’s Alecia Hinkson, have been named to the annual Genesee Region League All-Star volleyball team.

Regan had 203 spiking kills, 48 service aces, 64 digs and 11 blocks on the season.

Hinkson had 134 kills, 43 aces, 152 digs and 11 blocks.

Undefeated Byron-Bergen leads the way with four honorees including Catherine Brumsted, Lauren Burke, Quinn Chapell and Madison Farnsworth.

Oakfield-Alabama/Elba is represented by the trio of Makayla Hilchey, Justina Pruska and Kyle Schlagenhauf.

Rounding out the All-Star team are Kaylee Anderson and Taylor Gadd from Attica, Natalie Thornton fro Notre Dame and Mackenzie Jurek from Pembroke.

Senior game Tuesday
Kendall will also be represented by Sunni Brice and Shianna Patten and Holley by Ava Kohut at the annual G-R League vs. Livingston County League senior volleyball match at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Byron-Bergen.

The G-R lineup will also include Anderson and Haley Hardie from Attica;  Pruski, Schlagenhauf and Hilchey from Oakfield-/Alabama/Elba; Burke, Chapell and Brumsted from Byron-Bergen; Carli Marino and Madison Drysdale from Alexander and Thornton from Notre Dame.