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February 20, 2012

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sectional openers are Wednesday

Staff Reports The Journal-Register The Journal-Register Mon Feb 20, 2012, 02:57 PM EST

Albion, Medina and Lyndonville will all open sectional boys basketball playoff competition on the road Wednesday.

Seeded No. 9, Albion will visit No. 8 Pioneer at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Section VI Class A-2 contest. Albion, which went 5-9 in Niagara-Orleans League action and 8-10 overall during the regular season, won its last two league contests after struggling through a six game losing streak.

“Those two wins give us good momentum going into the sectionals,” said Purple Eagles coach Charlie Croff.

Nick Santos has averaged 10 points. Elliott Foos nine and Travis Downs eight to lead the Albion offense.

Pioneer brings a 6-12 record into the playoffs. The winner will visit top seeded Amherst on Friday.

Medina, which is seeded No. 11, visits No. 6 Depew at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Section VI Class B-1 contest. The Mustangs enter post season play looking to snap an 11 game losing streak. Medina went 2-12 in the league and 5-13 overall during the regular season while Depew brings a 12-6 record into the playoffs. The winner visits No. 3 Dunkirk on Friday.

Lucas Evans has averaged 12 points and Dan Brown eight to spark the Medina attack.

Lyndonville which is seeded No. 13 travels to No. 4 Jasper-Troupsburg at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Section V Class D-1 contest. The Tigers went 1-17 during the regular season while J-T brings a 14-4 record into the playoffs.

Jiaqwan Dash averages 19 points per outing to spearhead the Lyndoncille offense.

Roy-Hart, which is seeded No. 9 visits No. 8 Emerson of Buffalo at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Section VI Class B-2 contest. The winner will face top seeded Cleveland Hill on Friday.

Brad Bobbitt averages 14 to lead Roy-Hart as Connor Baker, Ryan Metz and Chris Luce are each averaging nine.

Also in Class B-2, Wilson is seeded No. 2 and Akron No. 5.

In Section VI Class C-1, No. 6 Barker visits No. 3 Holland ay 7 p.m. Friday.

No. 8 Holley opens Section V Class C-1 action at home at 7 p.m. Tuesday hosting No. 9 and Genesee Region League foe Byron-Bergen.

No. 11 Kendall visits No. 6 Clyde-Savannah at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a Section V Class C-3 contest.

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