Medina will visit Alden in Class B1 rematch

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Avion Johnson and his Medina teammates will open Section VI Class B1 competition at Alden on Tuesday evening at 7.

It will be a rematch of last year’s playoff opener as No. 5 seed Medina visits No. 4 Alden in the Section VI Class B1 boys basketball quarterfinal at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

It was all Alden last year as the Bulldogs rolled to a 65-38 win. The Bulldogs took charge with a 23-3 second period scoring surge to open up a 37-18 half-time advantage. Keeping the momentum, the Bulldogs then used a 22-10 third period uprising to extend te advantage to 59-28.

Medina brings a 14-6 overall record (6-6 Niagara-Orleans League) into the sectionals while Alden is 7-13 (5-5 ECIC).

The victor will face the winner of the No. 1 Middle Early College vs. No. 9 Southwestern game in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Saturday at SUNY Fredonia.

Offensively, Medina has been led by Jerrell Nealy who has scored 320 points (16.8 ave.), Preston Woodworth (296 points, 14.8 ave.) and Christian Moss (177 points, 8.8 ave.) Nealy has also grabbed off 173 rebounds, Moss 124 and Woodworth 104.

Alden has been paced by the duo of Eli Peresan (266 points, 13.3 ave.) and Liam Shaver (232 points, 11.6 ave.)

Class B2
In Class B2 games at 7 p.m. Tuesday No. 2 Akron (17-3) will host No. 7 Falconer (10-10) and No. 5 Newfane (11-9) will visit No. 4 MST (12-7)

Class C
No. 12 Barker (7-24) will visit No. 5 Cattaraugus/Little Valley (15-5) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a Class C contest.

Section VI Class A2 Girls Playoffs
No. 5 Albion (7-11) will visit No. 4 Iroquois (14-5) at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a Class A2 contest.

The victor will face the winner of the No. 8 Olean vs. No. 1 Depew contest in the semifinals on Saturday.