NORTH TONAWANDA — North Tonawanda’s Corey Mis scored eight of his game-high 18 points Tuesday to help spark a 23-7 run to close out the first half and help the Lumberjacks post a 65-56 Niagara Frontier League boys basketball win over visiting Lockport.

Down 51-45 entering the fourth, head coach Dave Gilson’s Lions (7-7 overall, 5-5 NFL) closed to within three early in the frame, but Jacks point guard Joe Curry was a perfect 4-for-4 at the line and 7-for-7 on the night to preserve the win.

Senior guard DiAntre Cullens led the Lions with 12 points. Senior Ezra Nwachukwu netted 11, senior Nick DiMartiule canned 10, junior James Chambers scored nine, sophomore Moziah Townsend had eight points and senior point guard Shaun Allen added six points.

“It was a hard-fought game both ways. Down the stretch, we needed to convert and we just didn’t get anything in the hoop,” Gilson said.

“Nothing really fell for us and on the offensive boards, obviously, we stopped crashing. What we did in the first quarter we didn’t bother to do the rest of the game.”

Next up, Lockport plays at Lewiston-Porter (4-6 NFL) at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Lancers beat Kenmore East, 54-39. Elsewhere in NFL boys hoops action Tuesday, Niagara Falls beat Niagara-Wheatfield, 58-32, and Ken West (9-1 NFL) topped winless Grand Island (78-54).

• N-O BOYS BASKETBALL

Newfane 74, Roy-Hart 67

NEWFANE — The Panthers had the early lead, then held on to beat visiting Royalton-Hartland on Tuesday night.

Scott Kneeland led the hosts with 17 points, including four 3-point baskets. Also for head coach Eric Klumpp’s team (7-2 N-O, 10-2 overall), Brian Geise netted 14, Connor Sears 13, Sean Seefeldt 12 and junior guard Rid Weber had 10 points.

“Reid came in in the secoind quarter and gave us a big boost,” Klumpp said. “We did a good job at the end of the game at the freethrow line.”

Leading the Rams (3-6 N-O) was Brad Bobbitt with a game-high 22 points. Connor Baker added 19 points and Ryan Metz chipped in with 15 for head coach Mark Rydza’s team.

Wilson 69, Medina 51

MEDINA — The Lakemen (9-0 N-O) maintained their two game lead atop the N-O League standings.

Tyler Martin, whose quickness sparked Wilson’s fast break attack, poured in a game high 30 points. Pat Diez chipped in with 14 for the Lakemen.

Lonnie Taylor scored 18 for the Mustangs (2-6 N-O).

CSAT 59, Barker 48

BARKER — Darnell Carson poured in a game-high 27 points to lead CSAT (4-4) past Barker (2-7 N-O).

Josh Haight and Jake Haight each scored 13 points for the Raiders.

• ECIC BOYS BASKETBALL

Lake Shore 73, Starpoint 58

ANGOLA — Andrew Rankie had 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Joe Nye added 12 points and six rebounds, but it wasn’t enough Tuesday for the Spartans (1-12, 1-8 ECIC II).

• NFL GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lockport 68, NT 23

Head coach Bill Shaw’s high-powered Lady Lions shot out to a 19-1 lead after one quarter, then cruised to their ninth league win in 10 starts this season. LHS is 10-2 overall, while the Lady Jacks remain winless in the league.

Sophomore forward Sara Franco continues to shine for the blue and gold with a game-high 22 points, adding 10 rebounds.

Lockport junior guard Alexis Cheatham added 15 points, including three, 3-point baskets, as well as six assists. Also for LHS, senior center Emma Sobieraski had 14 points, senior forward Marisa Guyton canned nine, junior Carly Kane netted six points and junior Allie Cavagnaro had 2.

Kali Marsh led the visiting Lady Jacks with eight points.

• N-O GIRLS BASKETBALL

Roy-Hart 51, Newfane 34

MIDDLEPORT — Olivia Kelkenberg had 22 points and nine rebounds, Kristi Harnish 10 points and Jesse DeWaters nine points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to spark Roy-Hart.

The undefeated Lady Rams (9-0 N-O) jumped out to a 15-10 first period lead as Kelkenberg netted seven.

Up 24-18 at the half, Roy-Hart pulled away for good at 40-26 at the three-quarter mark as Kelkenberg tallied nine in the third quarter.

“We played pretty strong defense in the first quarter and got our running game going,” Roy-Hart coach Don Baker said. “Then in the third quarter we got the defense cranked up a bit and that go us off to a jump start.”

Jess Hambruch scored 12 and Jordan Beutel 10 to lead the Lady Panthers (3-6 N-O).

Wilson 49, Medina 21

WILSON — The trio of Jamie Curry (19 points, 16 rebounds, 4 steals), Emily Lasher (10 points, 12 rebounds, 4 steals) and Courtney Murray (10 rebounds, 6 points) led the way for Wilson (8-1 N-O).

Albanellys Perez scored seven and Abby Button six for Medina (3-5 N-O).

“Defensively, we did a real good job,” Wilson coach Brian Baker sad. “Courtney just did a great job defensively on Alba (Perez).”

Barker 44, CSAT 21

BUFFALO — Daniela Senior scored 12 and Makenzi Strickland nine to led a parade of eight scorers for head coach Jeff Costello’s Lady Raiders (2-6 N-O).

Barker jumped out to leads of 13-4 after one period and 28-14 at the half.

• NFL BOYS BOWLING

Grand Island 6, Lockport 1

GRAND ISLAND — A.J. Brink rolled a 263 single and finished with a 728 series, while Quinn Corao added a 275-716 to lead the Vikings (3-9 NFL).

David Poole fired a 232 single and finished with a 654 series to lead the visiting Lions (7-5 NFL).

Grand Island won the pin count, 3,696 to 3,453.

• NFL GIRLS BOWLING

Lockport 7, Grand Island 0

GRAND ISLAND — Brittany Wright rolled a 246 single and finished with a 662 set to lead the Lady Lions (5-7 NFL).

Also for head coach Marion Singleton’s Lady Lions, Bridget Masiello added a 234-604. Lockport won the pin count, 3,059 to 2,671. Aurora Dee led the Lady Vikings (0-12 NFL) with a 202 single.

• N-O GIRLS SWIMMING

Newfane dominates

AKRON — Undefeated (10-0 N-O) regular season-champion Newfane took first place in eight of 11 events at the annual Niagara-Orleans All-League girls individual swim championships Tuesday at Akron High School.

Lil Masters doubled in the 200 and 500 freestyle events for the Lady Panthers, who also got individual event wins from Julia Wright (50 free), Kiki Dy (100 free) and Allie DeBiase (100 breaststroke).

Newfane swept all three relays. Wright, Dy and DeBiase teamed up with Brianne Strong to win the 200 medley relay; Masters, Strong, Wright and Dy took the 200 free relay and Strong, Masters, Dy and Kelly Bochnewetch captured the 400 free relay.

Roy-Hart’s Sarah DiMayo was the meet’s other individual event double winner as she took top honors in both the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly.

Akron’s Julia Diebel won the 100 backstroke.