White Birch swept to a doubleheader victory Monday evening downing Jr. Wilson 15-9 and Dubby’s 6-5 to improve to 6-1 in Medina Women’s Softball League ‘A’ Division action.

In the other game, Banes regained the .500 mark at 3-3 with a 15-11 win over Parkitect.

White Birch 15, Jr. Wilson 9
Aubrey Lewis, Ella Lewis and Anna Lewis each had a double and two singles and Kenzi Muck and Bekah Hoffee a double and single to highlight the White Birch offense. Maddy Boyle added 3 singles as Stacy Buckland, Dana Cotriss, Mallory Albone, Lily Kompe and Brynn Howell each had 1.

Stormi Beach had 4 singles and Sara Flansburg 3 singles for Jr. Wilson.

White Birch 6. Dubby’s 5
Ella Lewis and Buckland both had a double and a single, Cotriss 3 singles, Boyle, Albone and Howell 2 singles and Aubrey Lewis, Anna Lewis, and Hoffee 1 single for White Birch in the narrow win.

Jayden Townsend and Kelsee Soule both had 2 doubles for Dubby’s.

Banes 15, Parkitect 11
Morgan Allis and Connie Heschke both had 4 hits including a double and triple to lead the Banes attack. Krissy Scharlau, Rileigh McCabe and Teri Scharlau each added 3 hits. Krissy Scharlau’s included a double.

Breaking away from a 6-6 tie, Banes regained the lead for good by scoring 4 runs in the fourth inning on a double by Heschke, a home run by Lindsay Chatt and singles by Allis and Teri Scharlau.

Banes upped the advantage to 14-7 by scoring 4 runs in the sixth on singles by Krissy Scharlau, McCabe, Teri Scharlau, Patti Page, Sophia Goyette and Heschke.

Improving to 4-0-1, Holley bested Greece United 6-1 in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U15 Division game Monday evening.

Addie Crosier scored 3 goals to lead the Holley offense as Carsyn Mogle, Audrianna Lana and Veronica Flow each netted 1.

The Albion Recreation Department will be hosting a free one day soccer clinic this Wednesday from 10 a.m. until noon at Bullard Park.

The clinic is for boys and girls ages 5 and up.

In addition, the Recreation Department will also be hosting a free wrestling camp at the Albion High gym on Monday July 7 through Friday July 11 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.

This camp is for students in grades 4 through 12 who are interested in developing their wrestling knowledge, skills and techniques. The Albion Central Wrestling Coaching staff will be the Directors along with college wrestlers and former high school standouts.

Students will be able to drill techniques, wrestle live and conclude each day with wrestling related games. Participants do not need any experience to attend this camp.

Inexperienced wrestlers will have an opportunity learn the basics skills in wrestling while the experienced wrestler will expand on what they already know.

There is no pre registration and no additional costs. Participants are required to wear gym shorts, t-shirt and sneakers. Please wear your wrestling sneakers if you own a pair

Pullimg away in the second half, the Medina Mustangs FC defeated the Cheektowaga Stingrays 6-1 in a Buffalo District Soccer League 1st Division game Sunday evening at Buffalo State.

Breaking away from a 1-1 half-time deadlock, division leading Medina erupted for five unanswered goals in the second half to claim the win and improve to 7-0-1.

A goal by Greg Husung off an assist from Peter Martillotta ignited that uprising.

Thomas Goetze then scored from Ethan Leonard and Steven Anderson from Aiden Prince.

Martillotta capped off the uprising with a pair of goals, the second coming off an assist from Husung.

Prince also scored Medina’s lone first half goal off an assist from Husung which pulled the Mustangs into a 1-1 tie.

Medina next hosts Ukraine at 6 p.m. July 13 at Vets Park.

U19 Girls Soccer
Avon tops Albion
Avenging an earlier season loss, Avon used a pair of first half goals to key a 2-0 win over host Albion in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game Sunday evening.

Albion is now 3-3.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Catching fire on the back nine today, Medina’s Melanie Green rallied to earn a tie for fourth place at the Epson Pro Golf Tour’s Otter Creek Championship Tournament at Columbus, Indiana.

Green was 3 under par and tied for 17th heading into today’s final round. She was still just 3 under after the front nine as a birdie on No. 5 offset a bogey on No. 6.

However, Green exploded on the back nine registering a barrage of 6 birdies over the nine holes (on 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 18) for a blistering score of 30 to finish the day with a 6 under par round of 66.

That sensational back nine enabled her to finish the three day tournament with a 9 under par total of 207 good for a share of fourth place 5 shots back of the leader.

Green opened the tourney with a par round of 72 on Friday and improved to a 3 under par round of 69 on Saturday as four birdies (on 2, 9, 11 and 14) more than off set one bogey.

The top 10 finish was Green’s fifth of the season and came the week after she scored her milestone first Epson Tour tournament victory.

Her next event on the Epson Tournament will be in Connecticut on July 10-13.

It will be No. 2 seed Barre vs. No. 5 Rotary in the Albion Midget League 9U Division playoff championship game at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Midget League Field.

Barre downed No. 6 Vets and Rotary bested No. 1 Sandstone in the semifinals.

In the quarterfinals, Barre defeated No. 7 Elba 1, Rotary downed No. 4 Carlton, Sandstone bested No. 8 Holley and Vets topped No. 3 Elba 2.

U12 Division
Sandstone 15, Brockport 4
Sandstone downed Brockport 15-4 Saturday in a 12U Division regular season game.

Nikko Russo and Bryce Saxton both had 3 hits and Matt Colmero 2 for Sandstone which improves to 11-0.

The 12U Division will wrap up its regular season this coming week and then begin playoff competition on July 7.

Posting a 3 under par round today, Medina’s Melanie Green has made the cut and advanced to Sunday’s final round of the Epson Pro Golf Tour’s Otter Creek Championship at Columbus, Indiana.

Green, who earned her milestone first Epson Tour tournament victory last weekend, opened with an even par round of 72 on Friday as 3 birdies offset a bogey and a double bogey.

She improved today with a 3 under par round of 69 for a two day today of 141 good for a share of 17th place and just one shot out of a share of 10th place. She had 4 birdies on holes 2, 9, 11 and 14 and one bogey on No. 12.

Seven Albion High seniors recently took part in Signing Day to announce their scholastic and athletic plans for college.

Seth Krenning will attend Wooster Polytechnic Institute to play football and major in Engineering.

Luke Bell will attend Alfred State University to play football and major in Criminal Justice.

Alana Irvine will attend Monroe Community College to play softball and major in Health Science and Physical Wellness.

Cami London wil attend SUNY Oswego to play hockey and major in Childhood Education.

Julia Knight will attend Genesee Community College to play basketball. She has not decided on a major.

Willow Gaines will attend SUNY Oswego t oswim and major in Wellness and Health.

Adrian Figueroa-Fuentes will be attending college overseas as he will be playing soccer at Rome City Institute along with his brother.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville catcher Addison Dillenbeck and pitcher Arnie Sturtevant have both been named to the Class D All State softball squad,

Barker pitcher Madyson Flint has been named to the All-State Class C softball squad.

A trio of local players have earned spots on the All State softball squad.

Lyndonville’s battery of senior catcher Addison Dillenbeck and freshman pitcher Arnie Sturtevant have both been named to the Class D third team.

Barker freshman pitcher Madyson Flint has been named to the Class C fourth team.

Dillenbeck hit .586 with 5 doubles 11 triples, 2 home runs and 23 RBIs.

Sturtevant registered 104 strikeouts in the circle and had a 1.19 earned run average. At the plate she hit .469 with 12 doubles, 4 triples, 2 home runs and 25 RBIs.

Flint had 170 strikeouts and a 1.19 earned run average. At the plate, she hit .514 with 9 doubles, 1 triple and 26 RBIs.

In addition, both Flint and Roy-Hart junior pitcher Abby Fox have both been named to the All Western New York small schools first team while Akron sophomore pitcher Kenadee Jonathan has been named to the second team.

Albion senior pitcher Alana Irvine has been named to the All-WNY large schools second team. She had 105 strikeouts and a 2.37 era. At the plate she hit .515 with 6 doubles, 4 triples ,4 home runs and 16 RBIs.

The Village of Albion Recreation Department will be sponsoring two Tennis Camps this summer at the Albion High tennis courts.

The first camp will start this coming Monday, June 30th, at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12 p.m. each day through Thursday, July 3rd.

The second Tennis Camp will begin on Monday, July 7th at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12 p.m. each day, through Friday, July 11th.

Players do not need tennis experience to join this free summer event. Tennis balls will be provided. Players are encouraged to bring your own tennis racquet. However if a player does not have a racquet one may be provided.

There is no pre-registration for these camps. Walk up registration will be at the beginning of each session. An adult does not need to be at registration but encouraged.

Basic tennis skills will be taught to the beginners along with tennis drills and low level tennis competitive match situations. Scoring, rule and regulations will be taught along with tennis strategies.

Experienced tennis players will have an opportunity to drill and play matches throughout the two weeks.

This camp is for beginners to advanced tennis players of all ages.

The Tennis Camp will be postponed on any day related to bad weather.

Stymied on just one hit, Lyndonville dropped a 12-0 decision to visiting Pavilion in a GLOW League 18U baseball game Thursday evening.

Brandon Parsons pitched the 1 hitter with 9 strikeouts for Pavilion which scored 4 quick runs in the first inning on just one hit. A five run fourth inning later locked up the win.

Shawn Robertson had Lyndonville’s lone hit.

Contributed Photos – Seniors receiving scholarships at this week’s Block ‘M’ banquet included, in front, Carter Woodworth, Brody Fry, Eva Lacy and Ryleigh Culver. In back are Addy Paul, Riley Tompkins, Ryder Jones, Cam Kenward and Cole Callard. Missing is Sophia Goyette.

Current student-athletes and alumni shared in earning honors at the annual Medina High Block ‘M’ Banquet held this week at White Birch.

The honored alumni was the new quartet of Mustang Hall of Fame inductees Karl Barna (Football), Levi Pace (Football, Basketball), Kurt Rosentreter (Wrestling) and Steve Kenward (Cross-Country).

Heading the list of current honorees were seniors Brody Fry and Sophia Goyette who received the Babe Ruth Award and freshmen Bryson Ford and Payton Denniston who received the Russell Houserman Award.

Goyette and Ethan Carson also received the Mustangs Heart Award.

A number of seniors also received scholarships including the following:

Larry Decker Memorial Scholarship – Brody Fry, Addy Paul, Ryleigh Culver, Riley Tompkins and Eva Lacy.

Chad Kroening was honored as the  Fan of the Year.

Boice/Ossont Scholarship – Ryder Jones and Cam Kenward.

Kyle Barna Memorial Scholarship – Cole Callard and Carter Woodworth.

Bev Sargent Scholarship – Addy Paul

Gary Gross Memorial Scholarship – Brody Fry.

N-O League Scholarship – Cam Kenward and Sophia Goyette.

Pony Awards were presented to the following student-athletes by sport:
Football – Brody Fry; Boys Soccer – Cole Callard; Girls Soccer – Honesty Hill; Cheerleading – Mahri Owen Harmer; Volleyball – Addy Paul; Golf – Tyler Allen; Field Hockey – Sophia Goyette; Boys Cross-Country – Ryder Jones; Girls Cross-Country – Talie Rupp; Tennis – Eli Bieseninger; Lacrosse – Cole Callard; Wrestling – Reece Senske; Unified Bowling – Michael Merlin and Matthew Kennedy; Softball – Eva Lacy; Baseball – Carter Woodworth; Unified Basketball – Alexis Lowe; Boys Basketball – Jerrell Nealy; Girls Basketball – Honesty Hill; Boys Swimming – Bryson Ford; Girls Swimming – Sophia Goyette; Boys Track – Riley Tompkins and Gordon Young; Girls Track – Aurora Owczarczak; Winter Cheerleading – Kylee Howard.

The Fan of the Year Award was presented to Chad Kroening.

The special award honorees included, from left, Ethan Carson (Heart of the Mustangs Award), Payton Denniston (Houserman Award) and Brody Fry (Babe Ruth Award). Missing are Bryson Ford (Houserman Award) and Sophia Goyette (Babe Ruth and Heart of the Mustangs Awards).

The Mustangs new quartet of Hall of Fame Honorees, from left, Karl Barna, Levi Pace, Steve Kenward and Kurt Rosentreter.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barre’s Luke Snyder, left, and Sandstone’s Bryce Saxton bang out hits during Wednesday’s key Albion Midget League 12U Division game won by host Sandstone.

Rebounding from as much as an 8 run deficit, Sandstone rallied to edge visiting Barre 14-13 in a key Albion Midget League 12U Division baseball game Wednesday evening.

The win vaults undefeated (10-0) Sandstone into the drivers seat in the race to earn the top seed for the upcoming playoffs as Barre suffered its second loss.

Barre built up a big 11-3 lead as Luke Snyder hit a three-run double to highlight a 5 run first inning and later belted a three-run home run in the fourth frame.

Sandstone though came battling back to claim the narrow win by scoring 5 runs in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 11-8 and 6 more in the fifth to rally into a 14-11 lead. Liam Skowneski had a three-run double to in fourth inning and Giovanni LaMartina a three-run double and Aiden Kelly a two-run single in the fifth to highlight the big rally.

LaMartina finished with 3 hits as Kelly, Bryce Saxton and Jayce Torres each had 2.

Tyler Bennett and Jace Wright both had 3 hits for Barre as Snyder and Hudson Armer 2 each.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kennedy Boyle advances the ball for the Roy-Hart U16 team during Wednesday’s home game against ASA.

Snapping a season opening three game winless streak, Roy-Hart edged visiting Grand Island 1-0 Tuesday in a Buffalo Youth Soccer League girls U19 Division game.

Kylie Churchill scored the lone goal for the Lady Rams which are now 1-2-1.

In the girls U16 Division, Roy-Hart had a season opening three game winning streak snapped by the visiting ASA 2010 Girls team by a score of 4-1 Wednesday evening.

Maria Trombley scored the Roy-Hart goal in the first half as ASA answered with four second half goals to earn the win.