Medina, Albion girls open sectionals at home

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Medina’s Sharon Husung and her Mustang teammates will host Lackawanna Tuesday to open Section VI Class B-1 playoff competition. Cheryl Wertman/Contributor

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February 20, 2012

Mustangs play Tuesday; Purple Eagles open Saturday.

Staff Reports The Journal-Register The Journal-Register Mon Feb 20, 2012, 02:50 PM EST

Big second half of the season winning streaks have earned Medina and Albion home games to open sectional playoff competition.

No. 6 seed Medina, which closed the Niagara-Orleans League season with six straight victories, hosts No. 11 Lackawanna (0-12) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Section VI Class B-1 playoffs. Medina went 9-5 in N-O action and 11-6 overall during the regular season. The winner will visit No. 3 Tonawanda at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Albanellys Perez is averaging 16 points and Maggie Balcerak nine to lead the Medina offense.

Albion, which went 7-1 down the stretch in the N-O after a 3-3 start, is seeded No. 4 for the Section VI Class A-2 playoffs. The Purple Eagles (10-4, 11-7) will host No. 5 Cheektowaga (8-10) at 2 p.m. Saturday in a quarterfinal contest. The victor will then face the winner of the No. 8 Maryvale vs. No. 1 Pioneer game in the semifinals.

Tanisha Moyer averages 10 points to spark the Albion attack.

Also in Class B-1, No. 9 Newfane visits No. 8 Dunkirk Tuesday with the winner taking on top seeded Buffalo East on Saturday.

Roy-Hart, which has the highest seed among local teams at No. 2, will host a Class B-2 quarterfinal game at 2 p.m. Saturday against the winner of Tuesday’s No. 10 JFK vs. No. 7 Akron contest.

Jesse DeWaters and Olivia Kelkenberg both average 12 points and Kristi Harnish nine to spearhead the Lady Rams offense.

Also in Class B-2, No. 3 Wilson will host the winner of he No. 11 Fredonia vs. No. 6 Gowanda contest at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Section V Playoffs

Geneseo 58, Kendall 23

GENESEO — No. 5 seed Geneseo jumped out to a 30-10 half-time advantage and went on to defeat No. 12 Kendall 58-23 Saturday in a Class C opener.

Abby David led Kendall with nine points.

Warsaw 40, Holley 37

WARSAW — No. 7 seed Warsaw scored the last five points to nip No. 10 Holley 40-37 Saturday in a Class CCC opener.

Brenna DiFelice scored 12, Amber Kenyon eight, Samantha Barniak seven and Alyssa Lasch six for Holley which led 22-16 at the half.

Warsaw used an 11-2 third period scoring surge to get back in the game.

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