Newfane girls oust Albion
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Natalie Lathrop and Newfane’s Paige Littman battle for a rebound during the visiting Lady Panthers sectional win over the Purple Eagles this evening.
Avenging a pair of regular season losses, No. 11 seed Newfane upended host No. 6 Albion 37-31 this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 girls basketball playoffs.
Megan Knoll scored 11, Rachel Chunco 8 and Lauren Boudeman 5 to lead the way for Newfane which next hosts No. 14 Fredonia on Thursday.
Lexi Wolck scored 8, Paige Derisley 6 and Kirsten Struble and Kendall Derisley 5 for Albion.
Newfane held leads of 12-5 after one period, 22-14 at the half and 26-18 at the three-quarter mark.
Albion did rally back to within one in the final period but could not pull even.
Wolck scored 6 in the final period for Albion while Knoll had 4 for Newfane.
Class B2
Akron 65, Roy-Hart 45
No. 5 seed Akron downed No. 12 Roy-Hart 65-45 in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 playoffs. Shelby Wolf scored 21 for Roy-Hart.
Section V Class D1
No. 8 Alfred-Almond nipped visiting No. 9 Kendall 33-32 in the opening round of the Section V Class D1 playoffs.
Albion’s Lexi Wolck puts up a shot as Newfane’s Lauren Boudeman tries to block.
